Top 5 UNITED STATES Footbag Players!

Maraxus · Post by **Maraxus** » 20 May 2005 13:57

I loved the poll about the top five, it was very interesting to see everyones different view of the best footbag players on the planet. But what about the USA? It seems like the country's players are more underground these days. Since the footbag scene has gone overseas, what is going on in the country that it was born in? I really want to see what East Coast and MidWest players say about this, seeing as how their opinion will most likely be very different from mine since they rarely play on the west coast. I want to see some opinions, and lists, and discover who truly is the best in the eyes of the players...

My List:

Lon Smith (No question)
Ricky Moran (I understand that he is injured.. but you have to give it to him, the kid is insane.)
Jason Crook (If you could only see what I see every weekend)
Jim Penske (Only meeting him for the first time at CSS6, I have no doubt that he belongs here)
Ahren Gherman/Flash (I couldn't choose, they both have their ability)

Ofcourse, I would choose Ryan Mulroney to be up here but seeing as how I haven't seen footage of him or heard of him since roughly 03', I didn't. I feel like shit not adding in all the older greats like Chad D, Eli, Pete, Kenny, ect, but this is more of a current list although I know Ricky is out due to injury. Shit, he still could bust bigger then 99% of us with just one leg.

Splint · Post by **Splint** » 20 May 2005 14:01

Lon Smith
Sunil Jani
Peter Irish
Jim Penske
Nate Linscott

habitat · Post by **habitat** » 20 May 2005 14:25

Lon Smith
Peter Irish (too bad he can't hit stepping ducking superfly

)
Jim Penske
Jon S. (hehe)
Nate Linscott (no doubt, he is sooooooooo good)

blackcrown · Post by **blackcrown** » 20 May 2005 14:28

Lon Smith
Ryan Mulroney
Flash Gordon
Peter Irish
Chris Pinkus

Eric

Splint · Post by **Splint** » 20 May 2005 15:30

habitat wrote:Peter Irish (too bad he can't hit stepping ducking superfly )

I prefer to think of it as "he chooses not to hit stepping ducking superfly"

david · Post by **david** » 20 May 2005 18:47

flash / scott / lon / penske /

idk who the 5th is. nate, jon, juan, kovacks, brad nelson, caleb, fournier, pinkus, chad, they all have really good games.

:/

ShredOnLawn · Post by **ShredOnLawn** » 21 May 2005 00:06

Jim Penske
Ricky Moran
Peter Irish
Kenny Shults
Rippin' Rick Reese

Slippur · Post by **Slippur** » 21 May 2005 03:57

Lon Smith
Flash Gordon Scott Bevier Gordon Flash Sco...
Jim Penske
Peter Irish
Chad D. (flurricane, gyro barroque.. Chad D is my sex god.)

(I hate not to put the injured players or the ones I haven't seen recent footage of, like Sunil, Ricky, Pinkusaurus Rex, etc.. )

Muffinman · Post by **Muffinman** » 21 May 2005 12:07

Lon Smith
Ricky Moran
Sunil Jani
Jason Crook
Chad Devlahovich OR Scott Bevier

Something like that anyway...and this is mostly from watching videos, so don't yell at me or anything because I don't know what they're hitting now. It would be easier to decide, though, if someone made a list of a whole bunch of players.

Tsiangkun · Post by **Tsiangkun** » 21 May 2005 13:11

Daryl, peter, lon, jim, jason

gimbi · Post by **gimbi** » 21 May 2005 14:31

lon smith
peter irish
sunil jani
rippen rick reese
daryl genz

ericksonj · Post by **ericksonj** » 21 May 2005 15:28

Lon Smith
Jim Penske
Peter Irish
Ryan Mulroney
Scott Bevier

You guys are going to give nate a big head.

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 22 May 2005 01:14

Lon
Gordon
Ricky
Jim
Peter

NotHisRealName · Post by **NotHisRealName** » 22 May 2005 02:05

In no order

Lon Smith (Silky smooth)
Peter Irish (Has an 'aura'. If not a god, a demi god)
Chad D (Loved him from the beginning - 'Sessions' - Thanks Sam

)
Jim Penske (Attacks the bag like a pit bull on a baby - relentless)

A fifth? Hmmm.

That would probably be Allan Hagget (totally fearless). However, some other honerable mentions would be...

Brian Fournier, Ahren Gherman, Rippin' Rick Reese are all of the 'old school' names that come to mind (I don't mean anything by that, just that those were the BIG names when I first started), but.... Damn, there are so many other posibilities.

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 22 May 2005 02:08

Lon Smith
Peter Irish
Jim Penske
Scott Bevier
Ricky Moran

I guess Sunil would be a close 6th but I haven't seen any footage of him since worlds 2003 - same with Ryan - so it's hard to put them in there. Also going by the standards of those top 5 - I think it would be very hard these days to put either player in.

sampotter · Post by **sampotter** » 22 May 2005 09:58

Gareth - Allan Haggett is a Canadian.

1. Lon Smith/Peter Irish
3. too many to make this fair

Lauri · Post by **Lauri** » 22 May 2005 11:26

1. Lon Smith
2. Chad D.
3. Ryan Mulrone
4. Sunil Jani
5. Jim Penske

B_Man · Post by **B_Man** » 22 May 2005 12:06

Lon Smith
Peter Irish
Scott Bevier
Ahren Gherman
Jim Penske

FootbagginBum · Post by **FootbagginBum** » 22 May 2005 22:41

Lon
Jim
Pete
Ahren
Flash (or maybe Ricky if healed)

I wonder how long it'll take me to get there?

We'll see

Peace,
Bum

NotHisRealName · Post by **NotHisRealName** » 23 May 2005 05:19

Nagasake wrote:Gareth - Allan Haggett is a Canadian.

Ah. I was wondering why no-one had mentioned him.

My apologies.