Watch the Dropless Video that secured the win for Honza Weber at Todexon 12 in Prague on April 16th

Hello everyone! check this videos from Nucleus Footwear (Facebook). Those guys was really good, better watch the video. Enjoy!
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Big thanks to our sponsors for helping out with the prizes:
Freedom Footbags
Fourkast Footbags
Bomb Footbags

Overall Standings – http://modified.in/footbag/viewtopic.php?p=450568#450568
Video 1 – Bsos 3 http://www.shredglobal.com/archive/bsos-3-results-video/
Video 2 – The Luns http://www.shredglobal.com/archive/shred-global-event-2-video-released/
Video 3 – FDS http://www.shredglobal.com/archive/shred-global-event-3-results-announced/

As a tribute to the one of the founding fathers, Flipsider.com, Shred Global is happy to announce the 4th and final event of the First Annual Shred Global Footbag Season. The deadline for this event will be 11:59 PM PST April 20th. The concept of this event is to show your versatility with the 4 main sets (each toe and each clipper) and then give you a 5th trick shot at something huge!

The prizes being awarded for this event are:
1) The final points towards the $500 grand prize given to the person with the most points after all 4 events
2)$50 to the winner of the event
3) a Hania bag.
4) some various sponsored items from Freedom Footbags, Fourkast Footbags, and Bomb Bags.

The rules are as follows.
1) One submission video per person, sent to submissions@shredglobal.com on or before 11:59 PM PST April 20th.
2) The combo (5-tricks) must be started from a drop (with warmups kicks allowed prior to the first trick in the combo) and finished with a hand catch after the final trick.
3) The only rules is that the first 4 tricks must be set in the following order with the fifth being your choice
trick 1) Toe
trick 2) Flipside Toe
trick 3) Clipper
trick 4) Flipside Clipper
trick 5) and surface / set
–The Flipside designation meaning it is done from the other side then the original for the sake of this contest–
4) the judging criteria will be Creativity , cleanliness, and of course difficulty of the trick, with all three having the same importance for the sake of this event.
5) Any questions on any of this please email to submissions@shredglobal.com

Have fun guys, we look forward to all of the great submissions, and may the best contestant win!

Big thanks to our sponsors for helping out with the prizes:
Freedom Footbags
Fourkast Footbags
Bomb Footbags

And here we go … Halfway through the inaugural Shred Global Season with everything still up for grabs.

Official Info can be found here:
Current Standings
Video 1 – Bsos 3
Video 2 – The Luns

So the third event has come to fruition, and in association with Freedom Footbags, Fourkast, and BombFootbags, are pleased to announce “Flying – Ducking – Spinning”!!!

The deadline for this event will be 11:59 PM PST February 12th

The prizes being awarded for this event are:
1) points towards the $500 grand prize given to the person with the most points after all 4 events
2)$50 to the winner of the event
3) a Hania bag.
4) some various sponsored items from Freedom Footbags, Fourkast Footbags, and Bomb Bags.

The rules are as follows.
1) One submission video per person, sent to submissions@shredglobal.com on or before 11:59 PM PST February 12th.
2) The combo (3-tricks) must be started from a drop (with warmups kicks allowed prior to the first trick in the combo) and finished with a hand catch after the third trick.
3) The original set can be from anywhere you want, But the first trick must be a jumping contact or stall (with the bag leaving your foot before you hit the ground), the second trick must have a Ducking, Diving, Weaving, Zulu element, and the third trick must have a Spinning or Inspinning Element.
EX. Drop to any surface>(Trick ending on flyer)>(Trick that includes a duck)>(Trick that includes a spin)>hand catch
4) the judging criteria will be Creativity (Show me your Zulu and your Inspinning), cleanliness, and of course difficulty of the trick, with all three having the same importance for the sake of this event.
5) Any questions on this please email to submissions@shredglobal.com

Have fun guys, we look forward to all of the great submissions!

Big thanks to our sponsors for helping out with the prizes:
Freedom Footbags
Fourkast Footbags
Bomb Footbags

This is the video everyone has been waiting for, as it reveals the winners of Event #2: the Luns.

The point of the contest was to see who could catch and set from unusual surfaces the best.

The placing of all the submissions is in order from last to first…… so ENJOY!!

For anyone not knowing, David Clavens has had one of the most remarkable years in recent freestyle footbag history, taking on all comers and winning with amazing class, style, and skill.
Check him out and see why he is one of the few people around who can mesmerize crowds with his awesome shred.

Big thanks to our sponsors for helping out with the prizes:
Freedom Footbags
Fourkast Footbags
Bomb Footbags

And to the Judges for taking the time to judge all the submissions:
Milan Benda
Mark Monistere
Jeremy O’Wheel

And to Eric Chang for the video!

With money on the line, and first place in the Shred Global Season standings, 22 freestylers took to the challenge of having the best 3 trick combo, with the first and third trick being the same trick started on different feet. This video, shot in order from lowest point score to highest point score, shows how the competition panned out.

Enjoy! (And please leave comments on the youtube video as well as this page to show your support for events like this!!!!)

Coming out of Poland is one of the best pure shred videos I have seen this year. If you dig big shred, this is a must see video. check out the guys from Poland (www.footbag.com.pl) as you get introduced to some of the biggest names in Europe. Easily one of the most impressive videos put together in a long time.

After the awesome reception to event number 1, Shred Global is pleased to announce the opening of event #2: the Luns. The Luns stands for Link of UNusual Surfaces.

The deadline for this event will be 11:59 PM PST January 1st

The prizes being awarded for this event are:
1) points towards the $500 grand prize given to the person with the most points after all 4 events
2)$50 to the winner of the event
3) a Hania bag.
4) some various sponsored items from Freedom Footbags, Fourkast Footbags, and Bomb Bags.

The rules are as follows.
1) One submission video per person, sent to submissions@shredglobal.com on or before 11:59 PM PST January 1st.
2) The link (2-tricks) must be started from a drop (with warmups kicks allowed prior to the first trick in the link) and finished on the stall of the second trick (No Hand catch is needed on this one)
3) The original set can be from anywhere you want, but the first catch cannot be done to a toe stall, a clipper stall, or an Osis position. Anywhere else is legal. (EX: a legal combo would be clipper -> stepping Heel -> ducking outside)
4) the judging criteria will be Creativity (having to set off one of the UNS catches should be fun to watch), cleanliness, and of course difficulty of the trick, with all three having the same importance for the sake of this event.
5) Any questions on this please email to submissions@shredglobal.com

Have fun guys, we look forward to all of the great submissions!

In order to promote what will probably be one of the top 3 freestyle footbag videos of the year, we give you from the great country of Canada….. “Badassery”

To check out some of the reviews of this video, or for updated information, please look here http://modified.in/footbag/viewtopic.php?t=21933

From the desks of team Badassery…

Badassery is an entirely new footbag video, made by Canadians Jay Boychuk and Jorden Moir. The video showcases 100 moves that the public has never seen, all edited within 27 minutes of HD video. This video has multiple sections, including over 6 minutes of string footage. To get ready to see footbag like you’ve never seen it before, click the following link for purchase details.

Video Info:
BADASSERY: 100 Moves You’ve Never Seen
NOW AVAILABLE!!!!
Total Runtime: 26:38
File Size: 2.64 GB
File Type: MPEG
Res: 1280/720 (High-Definition!)

Payment Info
Cost: $15 CAD/USD or 12€
Method: PayPal or Cash (in well-sealed envelope)
Arrow PayPal: jorden.moir@gmail.com

or Address:
Jorden Moir
14 Mulberry St.
Hamilton, ON, CA
L8R 2C5

**Only streaming available at the moment, while we sort out an HD downloading issue. Will be resolved soon**

Upon payment received, an E-mail will be sent to the E-mail that sent payment with the viewing information. Please check within a few hours of payment to see if you got a message. If not, please PM me. Thanks.

Seeing the possibility to gain a bunch of exposure for the sport of freestyle footbag, the people at Nucleus footwear decided to sponsor some of the world’s best to perform some demo work at the 2010 Tony Hawk “Stand up for skateparks” event in Bevery Hills. Honza Weber, David Clavens, and Evan Gatesman can be shown in the video below being the professionals they are, while showcasing our beloved sport in a rare opportunity to the types of people who could appreciate it.

A big thanks to Nucleus Footwear, Honza Weber, David Clavens, and Evan Gatesman for sacrificing the time, energy, and motivation needed to help push the sport to as many people as possible.

Well here we go folks. It is time to get this season started, and as previously announced we will be holding a 4 event season where the winner gets 500 dollars cashola! Aside from that, there will be numerous prizes handed out for each event, along with prizes for people who place high in the final standings.

The prizes for this event as of now (but possibly to grow between now and the end of this event)
1) Points in the season standings for the $500 prize
2) $50 to the winner
3) A Hania bag to the winner (with a letter of congratulations from the Footbag Princess herself)
4) A Fourkast Shirt / Pair of Shorts to the second place contestant
5) A Freedom Footbag Shirt to the third place contestant

The first event will be the BSOS 3. This event be judged on on three factors by objective judges of our choosing.
1) The cleanliness of the combo.
2) The creativity of the combo.
3) The difficulty of the combo.

The Rules for the BSOS 3 are as follows..
1) The combo must start from a drop and end on a catch
2) The only tricks allowed after the drop are the 3 moves of the combo (Warmup kicks/stalls allowed after drop)
3) The Combo must consist of any trick sandwiched between a trick done on each side
-Trick A > Trick B > Trick A other side- is the correct format
[EX.] Clipper > Ripwalk > Flip Clipper would be a valid entry
4) One Entry per contestant will be submitted by Email before December 1, 2010 to Submissions@shredglobal.com along with your Name and postal address (for prize sending)

So lets to it guys, we wanna see some creative, flashy, innovative combos!!!

Name: Scott Davidson
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Website: http://footbagfreestyle.blogspot.com/
See all Scott Davidson Posts here!

Specifically: .. Phobic Gyro Symposium Whirl, Phobic (opp) Blender and Reverse Twirls.

I am fluent in many spinning tricks, and in many ducking tricks. And until recently, the only trick I had thought to combine spinning and ducking on, was SDButterfly, as featured on tricks of the trade 2.

Tuukka challenged me last week to hit a spinning or a ducking twirl, and it got me to really skool those tricks. This week so far, I have hit Spinning Ducking Whirls on both sides, Spinning Ducking Barfly’s (ducking scorpiontail) both sides.

This movie has: Phobic Gyro Symposium Whirl (from 2 angles), Pixie Same Swirl, Reverse Twirl (thin), Phobic (opp) Blender. The movie was filmed with my iphone4, using apps ranging from ‘camera’ to ‘slomo’ to ‘imovie extras’ (for titles) and of course ‘imovie’.

Keep inspiring me! It seems to work!
Thanks!
Scott!

Fourkast Footbag Company
Location: Oregon, USA
Website: www.fourkast.com
See all Fourkast Posts

In a wonderful end of the season performance, David Clavens has once again taken the title of Funtastik Summer Classic Champion. This may be the final Funtastiks, thus making Mr. Clavens its final champion in fact. A great title indeed! You can see the video of his work here;

Here are the final results of that event;

Open Routines:

1. David Clavens
2. Ken Somolinos
3. Scott Bevier

Circle:
1. David Clavens
2. Jay Boychuk
3. Ken Somolinos
4. Scott Bevier

Shred 30:
David Clavens

Also, here is video of Fourkast Team player Scott Bevier, taking 3rd at that event. Hopefully we will have the 2nd place video soon, enjoy!

Name: Derrick Fogle
Location: Columbia MO
Site: http://h4x354x0r.com
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w00t! Thanks so much to everyone for sending me birthday wishes! Been having a great time so far today, carving it up at Speaker Circle, then grubbing and going for a nice, slow, easy bike ride. The old Rt. K bridge is open, new pedway over bridge is awesome! Now I’m hanging at home with the fam, taking it easy, having someone fetch me a sandwich…

2:40 / 51:10 Thanks for tuning in!

A video with some big tricks we managed to hit on two sessions. Players: Arek Dudziński, Olaf Piwowar and Szymon Kałwak.

Name: Freedom Footbags
Location: Nampa, Idaho
Website: http://www.freedomfootbags.com

Wow! What a worlds it was this year! It is so awesome to see the level of play going steadily up every year. I didn’t compete this year – it was nice to be able to sit on the sidelines and simply watch the routines without the pressure of being a competitor or a judge. While there were other events, the freestyle routines are my favorite and considered by many to be the standard by which “the” world champion is judged.

There were notable moments from each of the three rounds. Lon Smith had an incredible routine first round and it was the highlight of the day for me (Thanks to John Goode for the slightly shaky video) :

Unfortunately, Lon’s semifinal routine was not quite as solid, and the competition for making it to finals was extremely difficult!

Nick Landes (stitcher of the Fourkast 14 footbag, which, coincidentally is the footbag that Lon Smith used in his dropless first round routine) had an epic semi-finals routine:

Thanks to Evan Lovely for capturing and posting this video (and rooming with us at Worlds).

The singles finals routines were absolutely incredible. My good friend Peter Irish was the emcee for the event. Woman’s Champion Tina Aeberli dominated the field and clinched her 5th straight world title with this awesome routine:

A honorable mention goes out to Sunny Freeman Genz (co-owner of Freedom Footbags) for making it to the finals and placing 6th in the world.

The open finals pool was incredibly densely packed with talented shredders. Two players, David Clavens and Milan Benda had two of the best routines ever… All I can say is I’m very glad that I didn’t have to be the judge.

Second Place, David Clavens:

And the 2010 World Champion, Milan Benda (using a Bear Bag footbag):

I believe this is the first time in history a player with the last place seed managed to clinch the world title. Very well done!

Most of these videos are available at Evan’s YouTube channel where you can watch these videos in high definition (720p):

Name: Derrick Fogle
Location: Columbia MO
Site: http://h4x354x0r.com
See All Derrick Fogle Articles

By Lauren Sanguinet
COLUMBIA, Mo.

In the summer of 1980, Derrick Fogle,17, went to a party while visiting his older brother in the mountain community of Dillon, Colo. A group of people were standing in a circle, all working together, as they kicked a small bean-filled bag and tried to keep it from hitting the ground. This was the first time that Fogle was introduced to the game of hacky sack, or footbag.

Curious about the game, Fogle joined the circle and tried to get in on the action. “I totally sucked the first time I tried, but nobody cared,” he said. The hacky circle welcomed Fogle and even though it was only his first time, he was encouraged to join.

Before this party, Fogle’s life was a little different. “I wasn’t exactly a saint when I was a teenager. I had gotten into a couple brushes with the law already and was likely headed for more,” he said.

After Fogle experienced hacky sack for the first time, he was hooked and he soon got his own hacky sack to start practicing.
“Within two years I had come totally clean, quit the partying and quit the stupid stuff. I was spending my time getting better at footbag,” Fogle said. His partying habits led him to a hobby that changed his life.

Hacky sack showed Fogle the importance of dedication, as he had to work hard to excel at something. “Footbag gave me a spark of passion and a positive direction in my life,” he said.

Fogle grew up in Lawerence, Kan., and brought his passion of footbagging with him from his trip to Colorado. At 19 years old, he won his first freestyle competition, which would be the first of a long list of accomplishments in the sport of footbag.

Competing domestically and on foreign soil in worldwide competitions, he pursued his passion for the sport and avidly wanted everyone to experience the creativity and beauty of footbagging. “I’ve competed in World Footbag Championships [from] roughly 1985-1995; held in various places over the years,” Fogle said. These competitions include places like Boulder, Colo., San Francisco, Montreal and Chicago.

In 2005, after more than twenty years of competing, Fogle was officially inducted into the Footbag Hall of Fame. “It was both gratifying and humbling to be recognized by my peers in this way. I love being able to tell people that I am a member of the Footbag Hall of Fame when people stop and ask,” Fogle said.

Today, Fogle lives a simple, quiet life as a Systems Administrator for the University of Missouri. At the age of 47, he no longer competes in freestyle footbag competitions, however, in no way does that mean one cannot find Fogle “dancing” with his bag on the university’s campus. Known as the “Hacky Sack Guy” around MU, he is a living icon of the sport and displays his skills for students to watch about once a week.

“He is amazing at hackysacking and he is very concentrated out there. I am always impressed when I see him displaying his skills,” said Blair Felter, an undergraduate student at MU who is familiar with Fogle and his hobby.

In his basement office, surrounded with computer wires, Fogle sits at his desk, wearing a long sleeve plaid shirt as he goes about his ordinary day from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. His work life is far different than his hacky sack life, where he is often shirtless in the middle of a college campus, sweating to his upbeat music as he “hacks the sack.”

Although Fogle leads an average life, he uses his passion of footbag to display another personality. “In ‘normal’ life, I’m fairly quiet and unassuming. Playing footbag in public is kind of like an alter-ego,” Fogle said.

He added, “Kicking at Speakers Circle is a very flamboyant activity. A couple hours a week balances out the quiet nerd of work life.” His random appearances on campus provide not only entertainment, but more importantly a subtle inspiration for students that encourages hard work and passion of hobbies.

Fogle set a world record in one discipline of footbag and although it has been broken, it still proves his dedication to the sport. He even inspired his wife to become an active footbagger when they first started seeing each other. She currently holds a world record in the women’s 5-minute timed consecutives event.

Spending years of his life promoting hacky sack, Fogle never stopped pursuing his enjoyment for the sport. “I wanted to share what footbag had done for me. But at some point in time, I realized that not everybody was going to find their salvation in footbag,” Fogle said.

Fogle and his wife have two children, a daughter, 14, and a son who is 11 years old. Although hacky sack is such a significant aspect of Fogle’s life, he encourages his children to find their own passions.

“Different people are inspired by different things,” Fogle added when talking about his children’s different interests. “I care far less about specifically what might inspire my children. I care far more that they do become inspired by something, and accomplish something,” he said.

At his age, a healthy lifestyle is important and Fogle’s physically demanding hobby keeps him motivated to continue kicking for as long as possible. Along with the physical benefits, Fogle mentally benefits from his hobby. He is merging a blogging and documentation project about footbag. “[This project] includes the issue of aging, and that helps keep me inspired too,” he said.

Hacky sack is not only a hobby for Fogle, but something that shaped his lifestyle.

Footbag started for Fogle in Colorado, and it persistently stimulates his life in Columbia. He has been dedicated to footbag for nearly 30 years and he continues to practice his love for the game.

“Just getting out and kicking to some music is pure and simple joy,” Fogle said.

Name: Freedom Footbags
Location: Nampa, Idaho
Website: http://www.freedomfootbags.com

By Sunny Freeman-Genz

I love the Quantum Footbag shoes and so does Mark Monistere! He sent me this video today…he had purchased 4 pairs of Quantums from the defective batch…since they are no longer being made he wanted to make sure he could play in them for years to come.

Here he is hitting a 555 combo!

Mark Monistere of Metairie, Louisiana

Name: Scott Davidson
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Website: http://footbagfreestyle.blogspot.com/
See all Scott Davidson Posts here!

This is a concept that has been literally stumbled upon by many, but until now, not fully embraced as a concept in the Footbag freestyle community. I think Rooted tricks deserve a Body add, much like Symposium gets… and Pure Solo tricks definitely should get an extra add. Not that I really care about adds.
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Definition of ‘Rooted’:
When a player both catches and lands with the same foot at the same time while the other leg does not touch the ground.

Modification of ‘Pure Solo’:
When a player shows balance and control after a Rooted catch by freezing position, ideally with a difficult balancing position, like grabbing the non-rooted foot with other hand.

Almost every trick that ends with a toe delay can be Rooted. Possible that clippers could be Rooted, but unlikely. Well I did experiment with that and found it is possible, but since I needed to step down almost immediately after the Rooted inside and walk over it, there was no chance of a Solo modification to this, and it was really hard to see if it was even rooted. So I’m not going to break my ankles over this. I suppose someone with complete ‘crankle’ can pull it off, but no rush there for me.

Today I hit some more new ones:
Paradox Solo DLO,
Nuclear Solo toe pickup

The ultimate would be to do all of them Pure.

Rooted is not a new concept, but up until now it has only been stumbled upon by players as a bail. For instance, even when I do a clipper set step plus extra mirage and end with Rooted it ‘feels’ like a bail. When it is done intentionally, it adds an element of difficulty to the tricks that have been modified by it, and deserves an add when being counted. It can be applied to any trick ending on a toe. Pure Solo Rooted indicates a grab and frozen balance position at the point of the Rooted maneuver.

Watch the movie above to see many examples of Rooted and Pure Solo. Ran out of battery today, but added a few new tricks to this concept.

-enlightener