Category: World Footbag
[announce] 2014 Footbag Hall of Fame nomination process has begun!
To Footbag players, their families, and their fans,
The Footbag Hall of Fame Historical Society (http://www.footbag.org/hof) is
pleased to announce that the 2014 Footbag Hall of Fame nomination process
starts today February 18, 2014 and ends March 31, 2014, so please think
about who you believe should be nominated and submit your nomination by
going to the nomination form which can be found on the two forum pages or at
the bottom of the Hof page, at the following link.
(http://www.footbag.org/hof). The forums will show who has already been
nominated and their testimonies, so if you want to support an existing
nomination, then we ask that you go to the nomination form and write your
support there as well as on the forums.
The criteria for these nominations and induction to the Hall of Fame is
located here:
http://www.footbag.org/
The footbag.org forum is here:
http://www.footbag.org/forum/
The Modified.In forum link is here:
http://modified.in/footbag/
Thanks in advance to all of the footbag community for your continued
enthusiastic support of the Footbag Hall of Fame by participating in this
years upcoming nominations process.
Tim Vozar, Chairman Footbag Hall of Fame Nominations Committee
World Footbag Donates Footbags to SCHEELS for Jamaica Outreach Trip
World Footbag is a sponsor of many local footbag events as well as the World Championships each year. We’re also proud to donate to all sorts of other good causes that come across our path during this footbag-guided journey we call life 🙂
Recently we received word from SCHEELS, one of the amazing retail partners we work with, that they needed donations of footbags and other equipment for a trip their staff is taking to Jamaica. They will teach young people in Jamaica to use the equipment, then leave it with them for free to use after they leave. We thought this was a fantastic venture so of course we sent them a dozen of our Stellar Staller (glow in the dark) footbags to support their cause.
Here is some more info from SCHEELS about their trip:
SCHEELS Employees to Serve Jamaica
Our society tends to worry and stress over the most minimal things. We do not realize how some of the rest of the world is living. We have become a society that values material things. We always want more. Sometimes it takes an experience to shake us of this mentality. It takes a child’s joy over a box of crayons or a piece of candy. Its takes a hug from an elderly gentleman who is thankful for a visitor. It takes a family’s tears after the rebuilding of their collapsed one room home. It takes a smile on a child’s face after kicking their first soccer goal.
SCHEELS, an employee owned company, is planning a trip to Jamaica to share their passion for sports with the local population. During their week long adventure the employees will interact with the children to teach them several different activities ranging from Foot bags and Frisbee to Soccer. Not only is the group donating their time and talent but they are also donating all of the sports equipment they can take with them.
This trip will forever change the outlook on life and definition of happiness for the SCHEELS team. Their team will greatly impact the lives of others, and the people they meet will make an impant on their lives as well. Relationships will be made, lives will be changed and people will be served.
Footbag Lessons – Tricks of the Trade #39 – Blur Stall (4 add)
Footbag Lessons – Tricks of the Trade #25 – Pendulum (2 add)
Footbag Lessons – Tricks of the Trade #20 – Flying Clipper (2 add)
Footbag Lessons – Tricks of the Trade #2 – Toe Stall
Footbag Lessons – Tricks of the Trade #1 – Choosing Freestyle Footbag Shoes
Interview with Footbag Hall of Fame Member Ken “Kenny” Shults, Star of Tricks of the Trade 1 and 2
This is the first of hopefully many more to come with Footbag Hall of Fame members that contributed to the history and creation of the sport we all love and cherish, Footbag!
Ken Shults is the star of Tricks of the Trade 1 and Tricks of the Trade 2, the first instructional videos focused on teaching the original moves of Footbag. These videos were created by World Footbag back in the early days of the sport, and Ken was nice enough to work on the project with us to make it a high-quality production that still holds up in today’s digital age. Though some of the moves have new names, the principles of how to execute them perfectly every time remain the same.
In today’s modern generation it’s easy to reference the ever-popular hacky sack circle, and more advanced players will know the basic moves of footbag involving stalls. But try to imagine a world where the first toe stall has never occurred. People go to competition and seek to get the most kicks. Frisbee and Hoola Hoops dominate the alternative sports scene. This is the world Ken Shults entered into when he got his first footbag for Christmas one year. The rest is history.
This is Ken’s story:
Footbag Lessons – Tricks of the Trade #17 – Mirage Stall (2 add)