I started playing "Hacky Sack" the beginning/middle of my sophomre year in high school. I played with some friends in a circle in the gym during lunch. I was absolutely terrible when i first started. I could barley get 1-2 kicks in a row. After playing for awhile during lunch I went and bought my own Hacky Sack it was a crotcheted(sp?) 8 ball Hacky Sack. I also bought a 12 panel suede footbag that I thought was awsome. I practiced for a long time, and quickly became the best in our school. After that I went online, and found out about Freestlye Footbag, and after watching a few videos of vasek...and others I was hooked. I then bought some Lavers, and modded them a few days after I bought them. That was about 3 years ago now. I have been playing uncommitedly for the last 3 years, I had a surge during my senior year, and made like 4 footbag videos. Then I bought a Playstation 3, and sat on my ass all day and night playing that.
(but I got pretty dam good at Resistance Fall of Man) 
...anyway....Just recently I graduated (yay) and got a job, and moved to my dads house. It was then I made a decision (probably the best of my life) to loose some weight. Right after I got my job I went to the doctor to get my ingrown toenail looked at, and I weighed 243lbs! on my 6' 1" frame. That was like 2 1/2 months ago, and I now weigh 203lbs! Now I am on this thing called the "abs diet" where I eat 6 times a day, and base most of my meals on protein. My goal however is to get down to 185lbs. I think i should get there in about 6 weeks or so if everything works out good. I think bc I have lost the weight I am playing alot better. After a long session my muscles arent sore like they used to be, and my recovery time is very short. Hopefully shredding 30min-1 hour a day will really help my get down to 185lbs.
Now onto Footbag.... I have most of the basics down pretty good, and I am working on doing the tricks in a string like...mirage>butterfly>legover..ect..ect... Some of the harder tricks I have hit are Dimwalk, Parkwalk, Ducking Butterfly, and Double ATW. Thanks to my new Quantums, Joshua Raye Footbag, and my new weight, I think I am progressing more now, than I ever did in the last few years.
The tricks I am trying to hit now are
- Smear
- Pixie ss mirage
- Ducking Legover
- DLO
- Pixie Legover
- Drifter(cant seem to hit this)
If anyone has some tricks they think I should try and hit, let me know, or if you have any tips on how to hit some of these tricks let me know. (thanks in advance)
And I live in Wisconsin near Madison.