A message from China
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- Shredalicious
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- Joined: 24 Jul 2005 16:01
- Location: Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
A message from China
Dear fellow footbaggers, here's a message from China and the Chinese footbag situation or at least from what I've seen. I'm teaching abroad in the Jiangsu province of China and have been for 8 months. I've also traveled to the Guizhou, and Anhui provinces. The equivalence of a footbag in China is called a ( 毽å
Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeet.
One of these days, maybe in the next year or so, I'll be visiting the motherland with my family. And with doing so I plan on playing footbag all around China. I haven't kicked a shuttlecock on Chinese soil for 5 years now!
One of these days, maybe in the next year or so, I'll be visiting the motherland with my family. And with doing so I plan on playing footbag all around China. I haven't kicked a shuttlecock on Chinese soil for 5 years now!
Waylon Lew - maker of Wasabi bags
NYFA represent.
"Footbag can be pretty frustrating when it's supposed to be fun. I was partly driven by this forum - practice, practice, practice... As that is true, I think someone can be too focused on progressing and training that they miss the fun aspect of it." - Bander87
NYFA represent.
"Footbag can be pretty frustrating when it's supposed to be fun. I was partly driven by this forum - practice, practice, practice... As that is true, I think someone can be too focused on progressing and training that they miss the fun aspect of it." - Bander87
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- Amazingly Sexy Man-Beast
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- Joined: 28 May 2003 16:06
- Location: Chicago
My dad grew up on this, and I played when I was in Hong Kong when I was little (pre-1997). Back in his day, though, they'd use a round cut-out chunk of a phone book -- like hundreds of little layered circles of paper (and real feathers) held together with leather kinda, and I think they kick better than the cheap plastic ones (which also tend to fall apart easier).
I have one that has a plastic cap hosting three iron rings above its base, with a bunch of neon dyed feathers on top. It doesn't kick as well as the leathered ones, but it's really cool to see (and hear) it fly.
Waylon Lew - maker of Wasabi bags
NYFA represent.
"Footbag can be pretty frustrating when it's supposed to be fun. I was partly driven by this forum - practice, practice, practice... As that is true, I think someone can be too focused on progressing and training that they miss the fun aspect of it." - Bander87
NYFA represent.
"Footbag can be pretty frustrating when it's supposed to be fun. I was partly driven by this forum - practice, practice, practice... As that is true, I think someone can be too focused on progressing and training that they miss the fun aspect of it." - Bander87