Worlds in Southern Hemisphere

General footbag-related topics that don't fit elsewhere go in here.
Post Reply
HG
^^^^^pwn3d
Posts: 4730
Joined: 14 Jul 2004 09:09
Location: pm for info

Worlds in Southern Hemisphere

Post by HG »

Would this be possible? I dont really think that you could do this unless it was way north IN the southern hemisphere. Since Worlds is in July/August that is winter down under.

Is there a way we could make this work? just hold it way north in the southern hemisphere? An indoor worlds?


Any thoughts welcome
JSACK wrote:alright well me and obara'bars, shredded our dicks off, since we are both in high school, obviously there is some sort of talent show
User avatar
C-Fan
Rekordy Polski
Posts: 11366
Joined: 23 Jan 2003 23:51
Location: Denver
Contact:

Post by C-Fan »

Australia and New Zealand aren`t THAT cold in winter. Neither gets snow... if I wasn`t so lazy, I`d look up average winter temperatures in the major cities of each country, but my tooth hurts, so f*ck it.

The main problem with a southern hemisphere worlds, is the same problem with Worlds in Japan: not enough players live there, it`d be expensive for Europe and the Americas to fly there, and once you are there, it`s not ridiculously cheap (unlike poland or czech republic, where an American could afford to buy a plane ticket, because food/accomodations would be so cheap once he arrived).
User avatar
King Monkey
Post Master General
Posts: 2745
Joined: 18 May 2003 04:39
Location: Sydney, Australia

Post by King Monkey »

Yeh the weather would definitely be fine for shred. It does rain more in the winter but not that often, and average temperatures are around 22 degrees i guess. We had a really dry, hot winter last year, it didnt rain for over 2 months in Sydney and we were having temperatures of 35+ Celsius 8O

As Ken said, in Australia at least there is only about 20 players, and we dont have a National organisation to help get funding and sponsorship. There are a few people who would probably be willing to put in the legwork, but money is just not there. Maybe in a few years... it would be brilliant to have a big tournament here.

NZ i think has a similar situation, although they have a secret weapon... Floyd Morgan, master tournament organiser! .... now ... retired :?
Ian Pritchard - http://www.ausfootbag.org

'People, just play Footbag and stop being dickheads!' - Michał Biarda
User avatar
Tsiangkun
Post Master General
Posts: 2855
Joined: 23 Feb 2003 02:27
Location: Oaktown

Post by Tsiangkun »

why couldn't it happen, can't be any colder than SF in the summer.
Post Reply