Montreal Spring Jam 2010 : 4-5-6th june (confirmed)

[Laroche]

Good write up Mathieu! My MSJ event was slightly different then yours, and a bit more personal, so I'm going to write it up in the Montreal Footblog.

Read all about it: http://www.modified.in/footbag/viewtopi ... &start=640

[james]

Mathieu you get major props for getting the ball rolling on this and organizing places and times for people to coincide for awesomeness. Nick and Bailey hosted...everyone? Love you guys.
Thanks to everyone who came and made this a tight and happenin' lil jam. I had a blast chattin' and shreddin' with all of you (and annoying Nick through my monkeying around)

Also, nice write ups

Peace!

[acxel22]

Big thanks to Mathieu for organising pretty much everything to have this up and running!

[Dio]

A huge thanks to Mathieu for organizing this awesome jam!

I had a fantastic time in Montreal and always enjoy meeting new players and shredding hard. I believe I was the youngest player there (I'm 19) and this really made me realize that I fall into the 'new' generation Nick mentioned in his writeup of the event. This also makes me wonder... what does my generation of players bring to the sport? Mat showed me "Where The Ripwalk Ends" for the first time and now I understand the fascinating history of footbag and how decades ago, players shaped the sport that I'm playing today. I also learned a lot from the older players in Montreal... like what Merlin is haha and basic trick tips as well.

Everyone seems to be saying "Oh the scene in ______ isn't what it used to be" or "There's not really any more players in _______". Will I forever shred with players who are older than me? Who is new and young and entering the sport and are they dedicated enough to make an impact?"

Right now I don't know the full answers to these questions but they are just things I'm thinking about after this jam. I really just started playing footbag because I loved it. I didn't know what a torque was or who Pete Irish was when I started. Now that I do know these things, it's changing my mindset when I go out to shred alone in the backyard. Why am I doing it? Where can I go with it? After a jam, I have more motivation to play than ever but now I've got this footbag-zen to think about.

To finish up, thanks again to Mat for having me at his place for the weekend! I had an awesome time dude, thanks for the great times on the 64 (I claim Super Smash Bros. 64 champion until someone else dares to challenge) and watching those vids! Thanks to all the Montreal guys for being super-cool and some great tips from Ianek! And thanks to all the out of town guys for coming so I could meet you all! I also agree with Mat, my circle with him and Doug Tank was really sweet since we all feed off each other's shred. I really enjoyed playing with you guys!

Kingston jam will happen, more news to come

[MathieuGM]

woops i wanted to write in the footblog

[Laroche]

A huge thanks to Mathieu for organizing this awesome jam!

I had a fantastic time in Montreal and always enjoy meeting new players and shredding hard. I believe I was the youngest player there (I'm 19) and this really made me realize that I fall into the 'new' generation Nick mentioned in his writeup of the event. This also makes me wonder... what does my generation of players bring to the sport? Mat showed me "Where The Ripwalk Ends" for the first time and now I understand the fascinating history of footbag and how decades ago, players shaped the sport that I'm playing today. I also learned a lot from the older players in Montreal... like what Merlin is haha and basic trick tips as well.

Everyone seems to be saying "Oh the scene in ______ isn't what it used to be" or "There's not really any more players in _______". Will I forever shred with players who are older than me? Who is new and young and entering the sport and are they dedicated enough to make an impact?"

Right now I don't know the full answers to these questions but they are just things I'm thinking about after this jam. I really just started playing footbag because I loved it. I didn't know what a torque was or who Pete Irish was when I started. Now that I do know these things, it's changing my mindset when I go out to shred alone in the backyard. Why am I doing it? Where can I go with it? After a jam, I have more motivation to play than ever but now I've got this footbag-zen to think about.

To finish up, thanks again to Mat for having me at his place for the weekend! I had an awesome time dude, thanks for the great times on the 64 (I claim Super Smash Bros. 64 champion until someone else dares to challenge) and watching those vids! Thanks to all the Montreal guys for being super-cool and some great tips from Ianek! And thanks to all the out of town guys for coming so I could meet you all! I also agree with Mat, my circle with him and Doug Tank was really sweet since we all feed off each other's shred. I really enjoyed playing with you guys!

Kingston jam will happen, more news to come

Hey Inferno, I hope you didn't find it too disheartening to note that a lot of us aren't kicking as much anymore.. the scene really was quite something back in the day, and it's sad that there's not that many rays of light coming up these days. 'Course, you're not so much a ray of light as first part of Alighieri's fourteenth-century epic poem Divine Comedy, but it's all the same.

All you young kickers: Get off your ass, shake it a bit and MAKE a scene. Us oldies, well, we put in our time you can believe me when I say that, and we worked hard so that there would be a scene. The average lifespan of the freestyle footbagger is much like a Duracel: 5 - 10 years. Afterwards, we get kinda sluggish.

This is a call to all young players: BRING SEXY BACK! I mean, BRING BACK SEX... SEX BAG FOOT.. whatever

[Wasabi]

Us bootfa--I mean, us footbaggers gotta start a riot.

We are bringing the sexy back in NYC, with our sweaty guns and blades. Believe it!