News 8 Austin story and video clip

Iron Clad Ben · Post by **Iron Clad Ben** » 17 Feb 2006 16:33

The Austin Style Footbag Club filmed with News 8 Austin this week. Check out the story here.

http://www.news8austin.com/content/livi ... rID=155819

Be sure to watch the video clip!!

zeroman13 · Post by **zeroman13** » 17 Feb 2006 16:41

Way to go man. Thats sick that you guys were on the news representing footbag.

Samurai · Post by **Samurai** » 17 Feb 2006 17:08

props

Lazytowner · Post by **Lazytowner** » 17 Feb 2006 18:09

"While many people call it hacky sack, that's actually a brand of bag. The sport is footbag. Enthusiasts have turned it into all kinds of hybrid sports -- like footbag golf, footbag racing, and footbag net, which is like badminton.

"Footbag is a sport. A lot of people treat it like it's just a game or a toy. But it's a lot more than that," Lindley said."

I want my news channel to put this fact out there...it's basically 95% of the U.S. that automatically tags the general look of footbag with the name HACKY SACK. *gags*.

FootbagGuru · Post by **FootbagGuru** » 17 Feb 2006 20:58

yeeaaah!!! way to represent fellas, its great to see footbag getting on the news all over the world...

me and willie got interviewed for the school newspaper, that was pretty cool...

Tjuggles · Post by **Tjuggles** » 22 Feb 2006 21:03

Footbag got interviewed in Japan too

mosher · Post by **mosher** » 23 Feb 2006 10:39

Good job, nicely done.

shredzilla · Post by **shredzilla** » 23 Feb 2006 10:59

Nice Ben! Good job. It was awesome how they mentioned footbag.org at the end.

DanielWhittle · Post by **DanielWhittle** » 23 Feb 2006 12:16

Id say the best thing about this is, that it was shown to be a sport and not a game or brand name.

Another step to making footbag well known.

Lazytowner · Post by **Lazytowner** » 23 Feb 2006 12:23

I totally agree, I know none of us want footbag ending up as some little game like...oh I don't know...HACKY SACK!?!?!

Will Digges · Post by **Will Digges** » 23 Feb 2006 12:53

Props guys, thats some awesome footbag coverage! good work.

Zeb Jackson · Post by **Zeb Jackson** » 23 Feb 2006 13:29

about two weeks ago i went to a physics competition (i know im a nerd :p)
but there was a news channel there filming it, and in it we made catapults that had to launch footbags, and the people caught me and my bro on tape,and they played it on the news during the description of a footbag, it was only about 20 seconds of watching me and my brother suck, but it was still promotion and it was cool, we told them of how its an actual sport that people participate in all over the world, they thought it was cool, and i gave them my name and the school i was with, and they said they might contact me in the future about a segment on footbagging =)

props to you guys though at least you have footage

Stoke · Post by **Stoke** » 25 Feb 2006 10:32

Hey when is the Texas Footbag League gonna get together to shred? The Houston scene has exploded since the last time we had a statewide jam.. Shit I'll drive over there right now if the weather isn't too bad there and you guys are ready for some serious shred..
I'm soooo ready to shred right now. We don't have enough hardcore players in Houston that take it as seriously as I do.
Give me a call or email or something. You can find me on footbag.org as Stoke also.

JoFa · Post by **JoFa** » 25 Feb 2006 11:39

That's me! I love how it says "Jesse Lindley, Footbagger." Talk about the best title you could possibly ever have! It was great to be able to promote footbag as the great sport that it is.

*Jethro* · Post by ***Jethro*** » 25 Feb 2006 16:44

Wow, good stuff guys!
Great job on getting footbag out there!

Also, sweet checkered lavers!