Skateboarding, Breakdancing, Fire Poi, Juggling, Footbag, Slacklining, Kayaking (a kayaker's wave has just been put into the river 50 feet from the venue), Music, DJs, Martial Arts
Here's a panorama of Caras Park, our venue:
Click here for bigger picture of venue
A different kind of event that fills a unique niche in the world of entertainment, the Montana Freestyle Jam takes it's eclectic array of freestyles and does something that no other footbag tournament does: pits them against one another.
Each competing member of each freestyle has 30 seconds to make the crowd scream as loud as they can. A decibel meter will be on hand and a measurement will be taken after their performance with no music playing. Highest db wins. It's a competition of perceived impression. Something that makes the hard to comprehend sport of footbag difficult to compete against other more understandable activities.
A traditional IFPA-sanctioned tournament will also be held (run by MFA members Kevin Crowley and Riley Stark) with Shred 30, Big 3, Rippin Run, Sick Trick, and Footbag Golf. Yes, you read me, Footbag Golf.
The first day will be at Caras Park, pictured above. It will be VERY public. There will be a ton of people there that have never seen half the things going on. 11am-10pm, this event will start off next to the Saturday Market crowd which will be family oriented. Workshops will be available. Later in the day, local Micro-Brew vendors will open their taps to the public. A full bar should be available along with a wide range of local, excellent food vendors. Live music and performances (along with a presentation of ALL freestyle to the public. Peter Irish will also be doing a presentation of the combination of freestyles) will span the entirety of the event.
A celebration will take place Saturday night at my house with a selection of dank, local micro-brews. We are walking distance from downtown, which has many awesome bars and good places to eat. Crash space will be available for everyone at my house. If we fill up (which we won't) we have extra houses available. Sunday morning a big breakfast will be made for all to enjoy.
The 2nd day will take place in a very chill relaxed, part of the woods close to Missoula which has concrete and a disc golf course.
I hope you come.
ALL ARE WELCOME.
Check out video from last year's Jam
And finally:
MFA's new web site is up
http://www.MissoulaFootbag.com
videos & player profiles section still in works though...
CONFIRMED LIST OF ATTENDEES
Peter Irish
Jim Penske
Daryl Genz
Nick Landes
Byrin Wylie
Kevin Regamy
Rory Dawson
James Randall
Justin Dale
Ricky Moran
Scott Behmer
Sam Potter (I know you haven't confirmed, but you HAVE to come)
Zeb Jackson
Zac Jackson
Kyle Hewitt
I think some members of the Missoula Footbag Alliance will be there:
Evan Lovely (MFA)
Kevin Crowley (MFA)
Ben Little (MFA)
Jere Bechard-Somberg (MFA)
Riley Stark (MFA)
Ty Grogan (MFA)
Michaela Delight (MFA)
Anybody not on the list who should be, please post and I'll put you up.
WHO ELSE IS COMING???
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