Is the sport growing?

Eroick · Post by **Eroick** » 27 Apr 2006 18:04

Im new to the sport. Im really wondering if it is growing or shrinking in terms of players. Is it getting more popular or less? Are more people comming over to it from 'hackysack' or no? You get the idea.

Just Curious

BalinorNZ · Post by **BalinorNZ** » 27 Apr 2006 19:47

From my few years of experiance I would say it's definatly growing, there are multiple times more players in my city now then there used to be. However nationally (in New Zealand) it's not going so well, we aren't blessed with many footbag evangelists so it seems only to be growing in my city recently and shinking everywhere else, but I think my country is just very unlucky

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In Europe, Japan and North America the sport is definatly sky rocketing.

proof · Post by **proof** » 28 Apr 2006 09:00

i live in oklahoma w/ ben and the monhollon brothers(only shredded w/ them once(amazing) but checkout "shred towns" in general footbag. i would definataly have to say it is spreading across the world.

later

Larson · Post by **Larson** » 28 Apr 2006 13:26

Oh, it's growing.

Iron Clad Ben · Post by **Iron Clad Ben** » 28 Apr 2006 14:45

In Austin we have a BAP guy who hasn't played in 4 years and the women's world champ in net. Neither of them play any more. It's dead here and my ressurection spell isn't working. Blech

I guess the answers is it's growing in some places and dying in others. In Texas, it's waning. Overall, in the world? Who knows.

Zeke · Post by **Zeke** » 29 Apr 2006 08:08

Growing. Both in terms of quantity and quality. It just seems like there are so many high level players now. There's so much more readily available content too. Back in the late 90's there wasn't nearly as many shred videos on VHS or online.

Imagine this sport without the internet...

beenjammin · Post by **beenjammin** » 29 Apr 2006 13:56

In one of the tricks videos Kenny Schultz (man i hope i spelled that right) mentioned that "when the first tricks tape was made there were only two or three people in the world that could do every move on the tape and now there are literally thousands." I dont know if those are his excact words, but i'm pretty sure there are now even more that can hit every move on that tape, i know i can. I also know that there are many many more people on their way.

Uranos · Post by **Uranos** » 29 Apr 2006 17:57

It definately is growing, both in numbers and in skill

Stobes · Post by **Stobes** » 30 Apr 2006 21:12

the Seattle area used to be booming with hackers and shredders, hell there still are comps every month, but its slowly starting to fade to black (sorry you got a metallica fan here) and its really rare to find a guy who can actually do a simple pendulum, its to the point of getting pathetic, sure there are still the solid hackers, but you have to go to a concert or a guitar center to find a solid hacker. and i never see a good shredder so when i do like one single stall around the hackers their eyes practally fly outta their head. i would like to see bean hacking fade more and Crazy shredding get bigger and bigger

-Stobes

sampotter · Post by **sampotter** » 30 Apr 2006 21:30

Stobes, what are you talking about?

Rain City Shred (Seattle's footbag club, of which I'm a member, as my location may not be readily obvious) meets one to three times a week and is actually growing again now that the summer season is rolling around. Actually, contrary to your claims, RCS has the largest number of members in a club on footbag.org (although we definitely don't have the most active members). We have, at the moment, four active open level players and several intermediate and novice players that are active as well.

Drop me a PM and let me know when you're available, if you're interested in shredding sometime.

Hakker · Post by **Hakker** » 01 May 2006 11:42

It is my opinion that footbag grows with each little new shredder who looks up to their mother and pleads to get that first crocheted bag.

Stobes · Post by **Stobes** » 01 May 2006 16:45

yeah bro! i had no idea, i would love to have some shredders around me, and do you have any info on any seattle area comps? because i havent been in one for almost 2 months now and im going nuts! wow im really in shock right now... i had no idea

Thanks Nagasake !
-Stobes

sampotter · Post by **sampotter** » 01 May 2006 23:46

The next jam in Seattle will be at the NW Folklife festival, check the tourneys subforum. We shred all the time. PM me and we can exchange contact info and hook something up.

Stobes · Post by **Stobes** » 02 May 2006 13:51

alright bro, thanks

smokefree · Post by **smokefree** » 02 May 2006 17:25

Its definatly growing, sometimes I play with new people who have never hacked before and after a few days or hours they go "where can i buy one of these?".

Tsiangkun · Post by **Tsiangkun** » 02 May 2006 18:12

Hackysack is growing. I'm pretty sure that footbag is growing too. I don't really know if I believe the two are related. I think footbag has been growing pretty much independant of the hackysack scene for the last 8 years or so. The hackysack thing might just be a generational return of a fad.

Footbag and hackysack use similar objects in play, in much the same way that tennis and golf use similar equipment.

Hackysack and footbag have different rules and are practiced differently.

Most people who play hackysack are not looking for something to practice. It's a great activity where anyone can walk into the circle and kick at a bag, even if they suck. Nobody really plays hackysack by themselves, it's a group activity. It's all about not dropping the bag anymore than you have to; the group activity of not dropping the bag is more important than tricks.

I think footbag is spread mostly by being seen. It is seen while people are practicing, via the internet, tourneys, jams, etc.

smokefree · Post by **smokefree** » 02 May 2006 21:07

My friends and I try and mix freestyle into circle kicking as much as we can without being risky and dropping the hack. Even if there are people who dont freestyle hacking with you, later on youll see many of them practicing the tricks next time you hack with them.

Stobes · Post by **Stobes** » 03 May 2006 15:28

oh yeah, you can still go in a hack circle and do a little freestyle, ill go into a hack circle and do a few pendilums or rainbows or just simple adds, and it still is a blast

BalinorNZ · Post by **BalinorNZ** » 03 May 2006 16:24

playing hack and doing a few tricks like atw and spinning kicks, maybe osis passes is a good way to alert people to the existance of footbag freestyle

I do it all the time.

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