The RPM Pekapeka is an understable fairway driver with six glide — a combination that makes a 9 speed behave like a distance disc for a moderate arm. Three turn against a single fade means it flips up without being asked and does not come back hard.
Six glide is high for the class and is what keeps the shape developing long after most 9 speeds have stopped. RPM describes it as a disc for working left to right, hyzer-flipping down narrow corridors and laying down rollers, with a small convex rim it considers beginner-friendly. Note that Infinite publishes the glide as 5 where RPM says 6; RPM’s own figure is on the page here. Lower-power players will see the whole flight without a full run-up; stronger arms should expect it to turn over sooner than they want on a flat release.
That puts it in the turnover and roller slot, and in the hyzer-flip slot for players who cannot yet get a stable driver to stand up. Into a headwind, six glide with three turn is a poor combination — it will flip and keep going.
The pekapeka is the odd name in a lineup of birds: it is the New Zealand long-tailed bat, the country’s only native land mammal, which hunts and navigates by echolocation. RPM makes the connection explicit, saying the disc will navigate dark, tightly wooded fairways with the same ease. RPM names its lineup for New Zealand native wildlife throughout. PDGA approved in July 2021 and made in Strata, Cosmic, Atomic and Glow; a limited Atua Series re-stamp of this mold is sold as the Tūmatauenga.
How much the Pekapeka turns and fades depends on how hard it is thrown. These three shapes are drawn from the manufacturer’s numbers, not from measured throws.
Measured by the PDGA when the Pekapeka was certified. Each card names discs that share the number, so you can feel it in the hand.
