We are at an interesting and critical time in our sport! In this moment one of the two key pieces of equipment we need to play is becoming increasingly difficult to source. The Laver- our backbone thus far- although not discontinued, has been changed and become unusable. All our other options are shoes that are no longer being manufactured and increasingly rare. We can’t depend on stockpiling shoes to survive the future, we need to create the solution.
We, Johnny Suderman and Tom Mosher, have started a footbag company called Lockstitch. We feel as though it is time to pick up where others have left off; to learn from their successes and mistakes; to create the next footbag shoe - the best footbag shoe! For the last few months we have been in the process of doing just that. We are thrilled to be doing something that is so intrinsic to who we are as makers, meticulous designers and passionate footbag people!
To make this happen we will need support from the community to bring this shoe into production. For this reason we will be launching a Kickstarter campaign, and we are excited to invite you to help with a project that is so vital to the future of footbag freestyle.
We are in the prototyping stage, and have already made many revisions, but we encourage you to be a part of this process. Please take the time to fill out our brief questionnaire. Please share this with everyone you know that plays footbag but is not an active member of the online scene. It is very important to us that your voices are heard.
This will take time, but we're on it (daily) and we'll keep you updated! We anticipate and keenly pursue the day when we can comfortably say, 'so long Lavers, thanks for all the dexes'!
