Footbag in university newspaper

Muffinman · Post by **Muffinman** » 09 Jan 2006 16:10

http://umanitoba.ca/manitoban/2005-2006 ... y.sack.php

With special guest Max Boucoiran!

C-Fan · Post by **C-Fan** » 09 Jan 2006 16:57

Overall good article.

Still, I am a little peeved that the journalist sent me a list of questions, I took time off my vacation to write really extensive answers, and none of it was used

I was contacted because they wanted input on footbag outside of the Americas, and my experience in Japan and with Nestle Australia put me in pretty good position to comment. If I had known my answers wouldn't be used, I wouldn't have taken the time out of my East Coast trip to write pages worth of it.

In any case, good exposure for footbag. Good work Hackrifice.

brian relly · Post by **brian relly** » 09 Jan 2006 17:06

Awesome article! I really enjoyed it, although they didn't go too much into detail about what freestyle actually IS. Good work.

Xain · Post by **Xain** » 09 Jan 2006 18:16

Much better than the article I inspired.

sen · Post by **sen** » 09 Jan 2006 18:27

Hey, Ken any chance we can see your answers? Sounds like it would be a good read.

HooD · Post by **HooD** » 09 Jan 2006 19:28

One of the best articles I've read on footbag. It really hit all the major spots of footbag's dilemmas and high points. Thanks for the link and props to max, chan, and grant for good opinions and information of the footbag world.

Anz · Post by **Anz** » 10 Jan 2006 01:25

This is a bloody good article

Props to all you three who were introduced in it!!

If only this kind of article could be published in New York Times or something...

max · Post by **max** » 10 Jan 2006 03:08

Cool! I only just saw this now. For those intrested the questions I was sent were:

That being said, I'd love your perspective on a couple of questions:

1)What drew you to footbag as a sport, and what makes it different from other
sports?

2)I've heard a lot about the great community around footbag. Could you tell me
a little about that community and what makes it so close, and maybe some of
your experiences at tournaments, etc?

3)How do you feel about the fact that footbag doesn't get a lot of recognition
or attention from a lot of sporting associations, etc.?

As you can tell it wasn't really freestyle orientated but axed around the community aspect of footbag. I think this was a good approach as, let's face it, us freestylers are never fully satisfied when journalists attempt to explain what freestyle is.
Anyway a nice read for sure.

shredzilla · Post by **shredzilla** » 10 Jan 2006 06:06

Definitely a great article.

sniikeri · Post by **sniikeri** » 10 Jan 2006 06:30

Awesome.