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The Return of Wonderful World of Wild Records!

You may already be aware that World Footbag has been posting  pictures on Instagram from back issues of our magazine/newsletter, called Footbag  World.

Footbag World is the newsletter run by World Footbag, formerly the World Footbag Association or the WFA. Most of these issues are out of print and no longer available except in private collections. We feel that sharing this vital history is a valuable part of what we have to offer the footbag community, and social media is the perfect way to share it, such as in our YouTube “Tricks of the Trade DVD” campaign going on now. We’ll continue to innovate ways to share the history we have in our archives in the future as we find interesting ways to do so. This is simply to show the newest generation of footbag players what was happening in footbag history before they discovered this awesome sport.

Now, as fun as that all sounds, there’s even more good news!

We’re just about to get to the Wonderful World of Wild Records years of Footbag World! This is a time when we asked our subscribers, friends, family and everybody with a footbag to send us their crazy and amazing footbag records! We had some wonderful times and got some really amazing photos out of this campaign. You can see some of them below in the infographic-like picture.  We thought we’d revive the program with a social media upgrade so people around the world can participate! We’re really excited to launch this fun and interactive program for all to enjoy!

We’re calling it Wild Records, and the hashtag is #WildRecords!

We’re asking our fans to submit their record via photo or video on any of our social media channels. To submit a photo or a video all you need to do is post it to YouTube, Instagram, Twitter OR Facebook and remember to tag our official account so we receive the photo and can share it on our channels. If posting to YouTube, it’s a good idea to hit us up on Twitter just to make sure we saw it. Here are our official channels for reference:

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And here are some of our favorite records and extra information!

World Footbag Wild Records

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Current Footbag Guinness World Records

Current Footbag Guinness World Records

Sanctioned by World Footbag

Last submission to Guinness: January 1, 2012

 

Record Holder:  Ted Martin / Des Plaines, Illinois, USA
Category:  Open Singles Footbag Consecutive

Date of Record:  June 14, 1997
World Record:  63,326 kicks – 8 hours, 50 minute, 42 seconds
Event:  1997 Midwest Regional Footbag Championships
Location:  Lions Park, Mount Prospect, Illinois

Record Holder:  Constance Constable / Seaside, California, USA
Category:  Women’s Singles Footbag Consecutive

Date of Record:  April 18, 1998
World Record:  24,713 kicks – 4 hours, 9 minutes, 27 seconds
Event:  1998 Women’s Singles Footbag Consecutive Fest
Location:  California Athletic Club, Monterey, California
 

Record Holder:   Gary Lautt / Chico, California, USA
Record Holder:  Tricia George / Clackamas, Oregon, USA
Category:  Open Doubles Footbag Consecutive

Date of Record:   March 21 & 22, 1998
World Record:  132,011 kicks – 20 hours, 36 minutes, 17 seconds
Event:  1998 Chico Challenge
Location:  Lia Way Rec Center, Chico, California

Record Holder:  Constance Constable / Seaside, California, USA
Record Holder:  Tricia George / Clackamas, Oregon, USA
Category:  Women’s Doubles Footbag Consecutive

Date of Record:  February 18, 1995
World Record:  34,543 kicks – 5 hours, 38 minutes, 22 seconds
Event:  1995 Heart of Footbag Freestyle Tournament
Location:  Eagle ¹s Hall Rec Center, Portland, Oregon

Record Holder:  Ted Martin / Des Plaines, Illinois, USA
Record Holder:  Andy Linder / Geneva, Illinois, USA
Category:  Open Doubles One Pass Footbag Consecutive

Date of Record:  April 3, 1993
World Record:  27,956 kicks – 3 hours, 56 minutes, 54 seconds
Event:  1993 RecPlex Footbag Consecutives Challenge
Location:  RecPlex Fitness Center, Mount Prospect, Illinois

Record Holder:  Constance Constable / Monterey, California, USA
Record Holder:  Tricia George / Clackamas, Oregon, USA
Category:  Women’s Doubles One Pass Footbag Consecutive

Date of Record:  July 28, 1987
World Record:  6,136 kicks – 1 hour, 4 minutes, 23 seconds
Event:  1987 World Footbag Championships
Location:  Golden Recreation Center, Golden, Colorado

Record Holder:  Andy Linder / Carol Stream, Illinois, USA
Category:  Open Singles Timed Footbag Consecutive

Date of Record:  June 7, 1996
World Record:  1,019 kicks – 5 minutes
Event:  1996 Midwest Regional Footbag Championships
Location:   Mount Prospect, Illinois

Record Holder:  Ida Bettis-Fogle / Columbia, Missouri, USA
Category:  Women’s Singles Timed Footbag Consecutive

Date of Record:  August 11, 1997
World Record:  804 kicks – 5 minutes
Event:  1997 World Footbag Championships
Location:  Westmoreland Park, Portland, Oregon

Record Holder:  Ted Martin / Des Plaines, Illinois, USA
Record Holder:  Andy Linder / Geneva, Illinois, USA
Category:  Open Doubles Distance One Pass Footbag Consecutive

Date of Record:  March 10, 1995
World Record:  622 kicks – 9 minutes, 24 seconds
Event:  1995 St. Patrick ¹s Footbag Fest
Location:  Kishwaukee Community College, Malta, Illinois

Record Holder:  Tricia George / Clackamas, Oregon, USA
Record Holder:  Paul Vorvick / Tigard, Oregon, USA
Category:  Open Doubles Timed Ten Minute One-Pass Footbag Consecutive

Date of Record: August 5, 2006
World Record:  1,415 kicks in 10 minutes
Event:  Fun in the Park
Location:  Wilsonville, Oregon

Record Holder:  Jody Welch / Mountain View, California, USA
Record Holder:  Tricia George / Clackamas, Oregon, USA
Category:  Women’s Doubles Distance One Pass Footbag Consecutive

Date of Record:  July 28, 1992
World Record:  249 kicks
Event:  1992 World Footbag Championships
Location:  Colorado School of Mines Athletic Field, Golden, Colorado

Record Organizer:  Andy Linder, Geneva, Illinois, USA
Category:  Largest continuous circle of people playing footbag

Date of Record:  July 6, 2001
World Record:  946 people playing footbag in a circle
Event:  Cornerstone Festival
Location:  Bushnell, Illinois

Record Holder: Alex Zerbe, USA
Category: Footbag

Date of Record: June 30, 2004
World Record: 26 Consecutive Eclipses
Event:  L’Été De Tous Les Records
Location: Biscarrosse, France

Record Holder: Vasek Klouda, Czech Republic
Category: Footbag

Date of Record: July 6, 2005
World Record: 35 Consecutive Diving Butterflies
Event:  L’Été De Tous Les Records
Location: Argeles-Gazost, France

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New Footbag Hall of Fame Inductee Announced at Worlds 2013: Becca English-Ross

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bruce-becca-english-ross-footbag-hof-worlds-2013The Footbag Hall of Fame has another name in their rosters: Becca English-Ross  was announced at the Footbag World Championships 2013!

While our own Bruce Guettich was originally going to announce the occasion, the announcement event got moved forward to an earlier day when Bruce wasn’t at the tournament. We did however get time to snap a shot of the two together in front of our sponsorship banner! 🙂

Congratulations to Becca English-Ross and the other Footbag Hall of Fame 2013 Inductees from World Footbag!