2009 US Open Freestyle Footbag Championships July 11-13

Lycanthrope · Post by **Lycanthrope** » 03 Jul 2009 15:03

wow. props to portland crew and red for the sponsorships.

redshredz · Post by **redshredz** » 03 Jul 2009 15:14

Thanks! : )

Also, the hotel is going be quite a show in itself. There is a big soccer event happening in the area as well, so the hotel will be packed with foot sports players in general (many of the competing soccer players and teams are also staying at there). I look forward to seeing what the crossover is as we are right next to the hotel. It is again going to be a huge foot sports jamboree!

Last note on hotel:
If it books up for the weekend, we have a backup hotel down the road in the Vancouver area. It is;

Phoenix Suites
12712 SE 2nd Cir
Vancouver, WA 98684-6018
(360) 891-9777â€Ž
phoenixinn.com

Rooms range from $80.00 to $90.00 per night.
Red

Eric Chang · Post by **Eric Chang** » 03 Jul 2009 18:59

redshredz wrote:Thanks! : )

Also, the hotel is going be quite a show in itself. There is a big soccer event happening in the area as well, so the hotel will be packed with foot sports players in general (many of the competing soccer players and teams are also staying at there).

If they ask one of us to do it with a real ball, I think we might have a fist fight on our hands

Or maybe a footfight

shinessobright · Post by **shinessobright** » 04 Jul 2009 09:27

Hey I'm Liz and I'm a new stitcher. My boyfriend BrianBear taught me how to stitch, so our bags are similar. I will be selling my footbags at USO for a really good price.

Prices as follows:
USL, lead and seed bead filler bag= $15
Two USL, lead and seed bead filler bags=$25
Microsuede and USL hybrids (same filler)=$20

(I am really open to trades as well since I am new at footbag and stitching. You can check out my stitching in the bags and equipment forum.)

Also, BrianBear and our friend Marc (CSTR) need a 4th for our hotel room Saturday and Sunday night. If anyone is interested post a reply to either of us and we will get back to you ASAP!!!!

Can't wait to go to my first tournament and meet a bunch of talented footbag players!

Zerbalicious · Post by **Zerbalicious** » 05 Jul 2009 21:31

I really looking forward to this weekend. Aside from the SJFFs that I helped organize for 6 years I haven't been to a footbag tournament since worlds 2003. Footbag has been such a huge part of my life I feel lucky that such an epic tournament is just a couple of hours from my house. I can't wait to see old friends and meet new ones and play some mother fuckin' hacky sack!

I'll see y'all on Saturday.

-Alex Zerbe

and it'll be pretty awesome to see Jane and Daryl get inducted into the HOF

Reid · Post by **Reid** » 06 Jul 2009 17:50

I'm losing sleep over this event in a good way.

Zeb Jackson · Post by **Zeb Jackson** » 07 Jul 2009 19:42

There will be 15 copies of Dawn of the shred for sale at the USO. People who are there that already pre-paid and are at the open will have priority over the copies.

STROKED 2 days!

jay7 · Post by **jay7** » 09 Jul 2009 05:49

http://www.footbag.org/gallery/show/-10723

Red and the crew has paved the foundation for a great USO. I think as a group we should take advantage of the opportunity, and make it 100% as awesome as the video, the entire time.

Landes, Bevier, Gatesman, ugh, who can wait? Not Oprah. Best weekend ever coming right up. Thanks Sole Purpose for hosting.

Oh, a side question. What do we do from the airport to the hotel, cab it? Shuttle bus? Burrow?

Kyle Hewitt · Post by **Kyle Hewitt** » 09 Jul 2009 14:23

does anyone want me to me to bring my 360 and rock band 2? i have a shit load of dlc and rock band 1 imported into my harddrive

COULD BE FUN XFD

VOTE NOW

EoghanMcDowell · Post by **EoghanMcDowell** » 09 Jul 2009 15:48

For circumstances I will refrain from conversing about Cale and I will not be attending. Have a great time everybody! And film a crap load and make lots of sick vids!

Eoghan

calemccoy · Post by **calemccoy** » 09 Jul 2009 16:12

what yogan said.... my apologies to the guys we were rooming with. please film tons, and i will be there in spirit. have an incredible time, ill see you guys next year.

QuantumBalance · Post by **QuantumBalance** » 09 Jul 2009 16:56

USo 2010 RePrEsEnT!!

redshredz · Post by **redshredz** » 09 Jul 2009 19:54

Hi,
Regarding Jay's good question, there is a shuttle service that takes you from the airport right to the Marriott Hotel (and thus the site), called the Blue Star Shuttle. I believe it is $16.00 for the ride. They said it runs every ten minutes as well. Look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow night!
Red

redshredz · Post by **redshredz** » 09 Jul 2009 23:20

Hi,
A note on registering, we will collect your music if you are competing when you sign up. We gladly accept thumb drives or cd, we would rather not be playing from things like PSP's or anything of that nature (too much hardware switching around, not as efficient as importing the music to our laptop).

Also, again every one must register and sign the waiver form for Nautilus and the US Open. We will be accepting registration in the morning of Saturday the 11th for competition until 11am. If you are showing up any time during the day Saturday or Sunday, you must still get registered with the event and sign the Nautilus waiver (even if you are not competing).

With the players packs, here is what is included in the player pack;

* Nice Whole Foods carry bag
** Bottle of water
** Clif Bar
** Tropical Smoothie card (Buy one get one Free)
** Red Robin $1 off coupon
** Burgerville $10 Gift Card
**Panera Buy a coffee and get a Breakfast Sandwich FREE
** Optional "Hacky Sack" footbag

If you are competing, you get a t-shirt included. If you are registered as a Sideline Shredder, you get the player's pack, for an extra $5.00 (making it a total of $25.00 for Sideline Shredders for the weekend) you get a t-shirt as well. Anyhoo, back to business, more details to come!
Red

Zac Jackson · Post by **Zac Jackson** » 10 Jul 2009 10:49

the convoy of zac 1 zac 2 zeb kyle matt eric and sam are on there way! hit the oregon border about 30 min ago, see you all soon

QuantumBalance · Post by **QuantumBalance** » 10 Jul 2009 20:54

lots of talent

abstract · Post by **abstract** » 12 Jul 2009 04:35

day 1 updatez?! living vicariously through the internets.

redshredz · Post by **redshredz** » 12 Jul 2009 20:59

2009 US Open Freestyle Footbag Championships!

First I would like to say this was the best event I have had the honor of being involved in, much appreciated to all the players and staff for making it into what it was. Much love to my business partner Johnny Stalberger for working on this, we are extremely happy with the outcome : ) Thanks to everyone for making it happen and go as smooth as it did! Special thanks to all of our sponsors (much love to our title sponsors Nautilus, Realty Pro, Wham-O, Burgerville) A lot more info to come....

Official Results:

Open Performance Routines:
1. Scott Bevier (cash prize win)
2. Jay Boychuk (cash prize win)
3. Evan Gatesman (cash prize win)
4. Nick Landes
5. Reid Strellner
6. Jake Wren
7. Zac Miley
8. Matt Kemmer
9. Aaron Shepard

Scott Bevier is the 2009 US Open Freestyle Footbag Champion

People's Choice Awards (for performance routines):
1. Scott Bevier
2. Jay Boychuk
3. Tie! Evan Gatesman and Reid Strellner

Women's Performance Routines:
1. Shawnell Tolliver (cash prize win)
2. Sunny Freeman Genz (cash prize win)

Shawnell Tolliver is the 2009 US Open Women's Freestyle Footbag Champion

Intermediate Routines:
1. Marc Strauss
2. Eric Chang
3. Victor "Old School" Burnham
4. Ken Moller

Marc Strauss is the 2009 US Open Freestyle Footbag Intermediate Champion

Open Circle:
1. Nick Landes
2. Scott Bevier
3. Evan Gatesman
4. Reid Strellner

Nick Landes is the 2009 US Open Circle Champion

Women's Circle:
1. Caro Bourgoin
2. Shawnell Tolliver
3. Sunny Freeman Genz

Caro Courgoin is the 2009 US Open Women's Circle Champion

Best 3:
1. Nick Landes
2. Evan Gatesman
3 Jay Boychuk

Request Competition:
1. Evan Gatesman
2. Jim Penske
3. Nick Landes

Last Kicker Standing:
Ken Moller (winner)

We were happy to have a decent cash payout this year (we had an extra boost at the end to help make it happen : ). As I write this the players don't know they are about to get paid), I firmly believe in supporting our players who have trained hard!

Special thanks to Ianek Regimbald for his great work at the event. We need more thinkers like him leading and innovating our sport!

We are also happy to announce our new BAP Inductee, by unanimous decision, we welcome Nick Landes to the Big Add Posse. Congrats Nick!

Along with inductions, we are happy to induct our new Sole Purpose members officially, they are;

Chase Card-Burns
Sam Colclough
Scott Bevier
Brian McKenzie
Aaron Shepard
Jaime Scheffler
Shawnell Tolliver

Enjoy your new jerseys guys, you have earned them!

Much love from the Sole Purpose Footbag Group, we are proud that three of our players (Scott Bevier, Nick Landes, Shawnell Tolliver) all took away top awards (Bevier routines, Nick, Circle, Shawnell, women's routines). Keep training gang, it's paying off : )

Also, congrats to our new Hall of Fame Members;

Daryl Genz, Idaho
Jane Jones-Zerbe, Washington
Jack Lentz, Pennsylvania
Justin Sexton, Finland
Carol Wedemeyer, California
Steve Smith, Illinois

Jane Jones-Zerbe was there to accept her award, and Sunny Freeman-Genz accepted on behalf of her husband, Daryl Genz. Many thanks to these people for performing the great work they have done over the years!

Also, many thanks to our staff, all the people not only involved with the event, but with the operation of our new company which we launched at the US Open. We are happy to announce the Fourkast Footbag Company has officially launched, many thanks to Jamie Scheffler, Christina Murphy, and Bonnie Stalberger for working our Fourkast sales booth. Thanks to Brian McKenzie for filming and documenting the event and Fourkast, as well as Chase Card Burns for filming and hyping the company at the event. Much love to Mr. Kenny Shults for his support of what we are doing. Thanks to my business associate (Mr. Stalberger), and our new staff working on the project. Much love to our IT guy, Sean Wingert, who has built an immense Fourkast site that will launch a month or so after Worlds (two of our guys are going to be there covering the event). Finally, much love to our Official Freestyle Team repping Fourkast at the event. They are;

Nick Landes (Fourkast production manager, freestyle representative)
Scott Bevier (Fourkast freestyle representative)
Jim Penske (Fourkast freestyle representative)

Also a shout out to our man David Clavens, who could not make the event but is the final member of the freestyle team (thanks for repping at the Green Cup demo). You were missed David! Much more information to come, Fourkast is specializing in footbag promotion, product (footbags, apparel, DVD's, news coverage, some new contributions : ), as well as media, shows, and events. Much appreciated to the people who picked up our new products at the Open, you were our first official customers and have purchased our Gen 1 line! Also, from here on the US Open (as long as it is in Portland) will be run by the Fourkast Events Team. We will be running a few other events around North America in 2010, more on that later. There will be much more information on what we are doing, again after Worlds in the 4th quarter the new site goes live. Our funding and support have been good, many thanks to our investors locally and other!

Anyhoo, much more information, we have some very fun projects slated for the end of 2009 and 2010. More to come!

Finally, thanks to the players for supporting the US Open, it's you guys that keep us going! Tomorrow we shred at the Water Temple in honor of footbag, should be fun!
Red Husted

Cod · Post by **Cod** » 13 Jul 2009 00:56

I can't wait to watch top routines online. It looks like Jay did a really nice work!

BTW: What's Nick's BAP nickname?

Kyle Hewitt · Post by **Kyle Hewitt** » 13 Jul 2009 16:32

man I'm so lost right now:( stupid Portland being so big