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Greg Cortopassi, World Footbag Co-Founder
At the top of his successful career as a professional footbag player, World Footbag Association co-founder Greg Cortopassi, had a life changing knee injury, and was never able to return to championship level competitive play. In 1989 he made the most difficult decision of his life…to leave the sport and organization he loved.
With no college or skills society recognized as valuable, he has made a successful career as a trainer in the world of personal and organizational development. Since then Greg has assisted hundreds of organizations and individuals to actualize their dreams. (Visit Greg’s LinkedIn profile)
In 2007 he ventured into a totally new industry, the professional world of nature photography. His images have received the reputation for being spell-binding, original and evoking….
Check it out at http://www.cortoimages.com/
Tricks of the Trade 2 – The Best Players, The Biggest Tricks, The History
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UPDATE: World Footbag Donates Footbags to SCHEELS for Jamaica Outreach Trip
We have received word that the SCHEELS trip to Jamaica with our donated footbags has been a success! Here’s the message we got from their event coordinator yesterday:
“We had a great trip and really enjoyed the time we were able to spend with the kids of Corn Wall Court. We spent 5 amazing days teaching the kids numerous different American sports in addition to doing several different service projects to enhance their school.
As a group we would reflect every night about the things we had done during that day. It was amazing to hear all of the stories and moments that touched each and every one of my team members. We will forever remember this experience and the kids. We can’t wait to go back again next year!
Thank you again for your donation!”
Tricks of the Trade – Outro Video
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[announce] 2014 IFPA World Footbag Championships July 26-August 3, in Paris, France!
Hi footbag fans,
On behalf of IFPA’s Worlds Operating Committee, I’m pleased to announce that
the 2014 IFPA World Footbag Championships will be held July 26 – August 3,
2014, in Paris, France!
For 2014, we had three formal bidders, but the first two had to be rejected
for various reasons.
Eventually the RHN Footbag Club from Paris set up a formal bid, which was
voted in favor by IFPA Worlds Operating Committee.
You can find more detail about the new Worlds bidding process and the
players’ bill of rights at this link:
http://www.footbag.org/
We all have to understand that an early decision of WOC about future
World Championships is strongly related to potential bidders.
It would be awesome to publish such a decision more than a year
in advance. But we depend entirely on clubs and organizers to
do the leg-work and provide much of the talent and volunteer
time to make the event viable.
So if your club is interested in hosting a future IFPA World Footbag
Championships, please inform us as soon as possible (details at
the link above). You don’t need to have a complete project plan — if
your club has potential and good will, that’s a good start!
In addition, IFPA has outlined a Players’ “Bill of Rights”, documenting the
rights that footbag athletes should have at the World Championships and
hopefully all other events.
This Bill of Rights guides the organizers and informs the priorities and
choices that are made in providing arrangements, venues, and schedules for
the week-long event.
Expect a separate email announcement soon soliciting bids for 2015.
We’re very excited to have Paris take the event for the first time this
summer. We have the utmost confidence in the team, including
Grischa and RNH Footbag, as well as other French players, clubs,
and organizers who will help make this year’s event “fantastique!”
Check out all details on the official event listing (more details
including a full Worlds website, will be coming over the next
weeks and months):
http://www.footbag.org/events/
If you have questions or are interested in volunteering, please contact the
IFPA Worlds Operating Committee at woc@ifpa.footbag.org.
We hope you all can make it!
Regards,
Wiktor Debski
Worlds Operating Committee
IFPA Executive Director
http://www.footbag.org/list/
wiktordebski@footbag.org
[announce] New iOS Footbag game “Shred Sessions” – free until March 15th
Hello footbaggers!
Good news! There is new Footbag game called “Shred Sessions” now available
for the iOS platform (iPhone & iPad)!
How to get the “Shred Sessions” game? Go to AppStore and simply search
for “Shred Sessions” and download it.
5 star rating would be of course appreciated since helping the rating would
make the game more visible!
It was developed by Damon Mathews in cooperation with the current World
Freestyle Footbag champion Jan Honza Weber. (www.honzaweber.com,
facebook.com/honzaweber)
You can also check the app on the internet link here:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/
or go to the website of the game:
http://blurryworld.com/
Here you can watch a short video about the game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
If you are an Android user, you do not have to be disappointed because
there is different footbag game for Android called “Footbag Frenzy”
downloadable on Google play:
https://play.google.com/store/
Here you can also watch a short video about the game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Best regards,
Honza Weber
www.honzaweber.com
Footbag Lessons – Tricks of the Trade #5 – Knee Stall
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Footbag Lessons – Tricks of the Trade #4 – Outside Stall
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Footbag Lessons – Tricks of the Trade #13 – Neck Catch
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