anyone else heard this story?

hallucinogenious · Post by **hallucinogenious** » 06 Feb 2005 02:30

i heard footbag "of course it probably wasnt called that" was started by stoners who kept thier weed in leather pouches and when the got bored they kicked it around and it developed in to a game, its probably just a myth but, anyone else heard of this?

pips · Post by **pips** » 07 Feb 2005 05:04

Nope.

mosher · Post by **mosher** » 07 Feb 2005 06:27

crazydwarf · Post by **crazydwarf** » 07 Feb 2005 15:14

I've heard it! Don't believe it though, I think someone on here told it to me...

max · Post by **max** » 08 Feb 2005 01:22

There was a pretty funny clip on a German video (Euros '99 I think) that basicly told that story in film. It was pretty funny but full of crap.

Blue_turnip · Post by **Blue_turnip** » 06 Mar 2005 05:30

its a load of shit. I wrote this on my old site at http://www.geocities.com/olopoz

The History

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Footbag had its beginnins in Oregon City in 1972. Two athletes: John Stalberger and Mike Marshall. Marshall had made a round bean bag and had been kicking it to practise his coordination, while his friend John Stalberger used this to strenghen his legs after a knee injury. The game was called "Hack the sack". They later put their product to sale and called it a "Hacky Sack".

Sadly a heart attack exterminated Mike Marshall. This tragedy enflamed Stalberger's vision to make Hacky Sack an extremely popular game. He later sold the rights to Wham-o after forming the national Hacky Sack association.

Till today Wham-o continue to produce extremely low standard Hacky Sacks, which for an unkown reason are still quite popular. However many companies have breached the copywright law and produced Footbags under the Hacky-sack name.

Today there are roughly three types of Footbag: Freestyle- which involves performing a routine of tricks to music to score points, Hack the Sack- which most amatuers do, it involves Kicking the footbag around to other people in a Circle. Finally Footbag Net- which is a volley-ball like game which involves 2 or 4 people on seperate teams, kicking a footbag over the net in an attempt to beat the opponent.

Over the years footbag has become increasingly popular, many kick just as a leisurely activity with friends, while others do it pro. The footbag future looks bright as more and more people are entering the sport either by walking up to some Hobo on the street or friends teaching them.

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junkyardjew · Post by **junkyardjew** » 06 Mar 2005 09:57

Sadly a heart attack exterminated Mike Marshall.

That's possibly the best term I've ever heard used to describe the results of a heart attack.

the footbag future looks bright as more and more people are entering the sport either by walking up to some Hobo on the street or friends teaching them.

That Hobo was definitely me last summer. Well, I was just hacking, not footbag, but i must have met twenty or thirty people while hitch-hiking around BC who just walked up to me and started kicking with me.

King Monkey · Post by **King Monkey** » 06 Mar 2005 22:47

Exterminated is a fucked up word to use in this instance. You should change that.

C-Fan · Post by **C-Fan** » 06 Mar 2005 23:00

This section is mostly serious non-footbag discussion

Yeah... I definitely didn`t expect this topic when I clicked on `anyone heard this story?` in the discussion section.

Blue_turnip · Post by **Blue_turnip** » 07 Mar 2005 01:09

Firstly, the term exterminate was used to make light of a legends horrible and grissly death. His spirit lives on through the shitty wham-o bags. We dont need to say goodbye (no offence intended)

Secondly, its not my fault the topic starter brought up footbag. In fact if anything I was helping the topic. I was puting it to death.

footbinc · Post by **footbinc** » 07 Mar 2005 14:51

Holy shit,

dont post stuff that is that funny. All my workmates are staring at me as I wet myself.

exterminated.

hahaha

LittleBoy footbag · Post by **LittleBoy footbag** » 07 Mar 2005 15:29

Today there are roughly three types of Footbag: Freestyle- which involves performing a routine of tricks to music to score points, Hack the Sack- which most amatuers do, it involves Kicking the footbag around to other people in a Circle. Finally Footbag Net- which is a volley-ball like game which involves 2 or 4 people on seperate teams, kicking a footbag over the net in an attempt to beat the opponent.

don't they have 4-square footbag? I think Tom blogged about that........hmmmm

crazydwarf · Post by **crazydwarf** » 07 Mar 2005 16:32

Yep four square is awsome. I don't know if anyone like only plays four square though, it seems mostly just something to do when your too tired to freestlye or net...

Blue_turnip · Post by **Blue_turnip** » 08 Mar 2005 06:22

its like tennis. There is one game: tennis that you go to wimbledon and other grand slams to play, but there are games that are like around the world (the tennis game) that are games to play, based on tennis, if you get my drift...

LittleBoy footbag · Post by **LittleBoy footbag** » 08 Mar 2005 12:12

ok now I see it......I just thought that 4-square footbag was played more than just recreationally..........oh well

whitetop · Post by **whitetop** » 13 Mar 2005 00:43

have u guys heard of footbag golf?

King Monkey · Post by **King Monkey** » 13 Mar 2005 05:26

how the fuck can you think it 'appropriate' and 'funny' to describe his death as an 'extermination'? Thats pretty sick. He deserves better than that... some respect.

the Executioner · Post by **the Executioner** » 14 Mar 2005 09:44

Blue_turnip wrote:Firstly, the term exterminate was used to make light of a legends horrible and grissly death. His spirit lives on through the shitty wham-o bags. We dont need to say goodbye (no offence intended)
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Dude that's pretty fucking disrespectful of the inventor of this game.
If you didnt intend to offend anyone you shouldnt have posted stupid
shit like that.

And frankly, it's annoying to scroll thru that HUGE photo every time I encounter one of your posts. Could'nt you have made it just a little smaller

the Executioner · Post by **the Executioner** » 14 Mar 2005 09:48

Blue_turnip wrote:its like tennis. There is one game: tennis that you go to wimbledon and other grand slams to play, but there are games that are like around the world (the tennis game) that are games to play, based on tennis, if you get my drift...

What?

LittleBoy footbag · Post by **LittleBoy footbag** » 14 Mar 2005 13:51

mmmm.....maybe his posting styles are quite different from all of ours peter.........geeeyyaaaarrrrr............

Anyways, the wham-o bags ARE pretty bad but better than a crocheted so it's still pretty good bags wham-o are.