Footbag's ethnic minorities

Muffinman · Post by **Muffinman** » 26 Feb 2011 04:28

All the talk about shuttlecock and Chinese footbag players got me wondering about the number of Chinese players already, and the numbers of players in visible minorities in the footbag community (especially outside of their native countries). What are the minorities? Obviously there are a lot of Japanese players now, but outside of Japan there aren't many East Asians. There are no black players I can think of other than my and Andrew's prodigy, Manna Mpepo. And what about East Indians?

Chinese players:
-Kung Ho
-Waylon Lew
-Peng Peng Du (no longer plays?)
-Eric Chang
-Erik Chan (half)

Vietnamese players:
-Tuan Vu
-Tu Vu
-Dat Phan

Filipino players:
-Zeke Ibardaloza (no longer freestyles?)
-Manna Mpepo (half)

Zeke · Post by **Zeke** » 26 Feb 2011 09:38

Yep, no more shred for me... or Tuan as far as I know.

Aren't Ken S. & Jeremy O. both half Japanese?

xXLoss_of_ControlXx is Thai, but sadly,no longer plays.

Post by **Allan** » 26 Feb 2011 12:36

Without prejudice, it would do everyone some good to know what the term "minority" means, and, more importantly, what it doesn't mean:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minority_group

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 26 Feb 2011 14:47

Yeah my heritage is half Japanese. Dyalan from Sydney has Indian heritage, but from South Africa, I think. There have been quite a few Asian decent players in Australia - Jon Lee, Harvey Lee, Norman, Kenny, and I think Chris DeRusso (?) had some Filipino ancestors, but I don't think any of those guys play any more. There have also been one or two players of Maori descent in New Zealand I think. There's a guy from NZ in the 2001 Aus Champs video (VHS) that hits toe set double spinning stuff, but I forget his name.

C-Fan · Post by **C-Fan** » 26 Feb 2011 15:41

John Kingi of Wellington, NZ is half Maori.

Pasquar · Post by **Pasquar** » 06 Mar 2011 12:54

for minorities, I honestly feel any demographic that isn't lanky white male should be mentioned

dat phan isn't the same guy as the comedian, right??

Muffinman · Post by **Muffinman** » 06 Mar 2011 14:03

Tuan stills plays.
We were both in Munich for a while in 2008 and we sessioned. He was still doing stuff like rubberman, paradox torques, and nuclear, I think. We also chatted at Worlds this past summer and he said he concentrates on net, but does still freestyle, and that his son plays, I think.

Zeke · Post by **Zeke** » 06 Mar 2011 16:48

Wow, I don't know how his knees can take both disciplines! I finally met him at a Memphis net event a few years ago. He's really into MMA and he showed me a bunch of pics on his phone with a bunch of fighters he's met.

I'm not quite sure of the exact user names nor do I know if they play any longer
--Juice
--Limester
--Peanutbutter Boy

C-Fan · Post by **C-Fan** » 11 Mar 2011 08:31

Yacine was half Algerian, and Sunil Jani was Indian-American. Yacine no longer plays, and I'm not sure about Sunil, but I'm of the impression he doesn't.

Luis Lipchak is half Chinese and half Mexican, and he still plays some.

Frank_Sinatra · Post by **Frank_Sinatra** » 13 Mar 2011 18:10

Is Sunil in Baltimore now? I'm pretty sure I heard him on the public radio show "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me" a few weeks back...

CIC flurry · Post by **CIC flurry** » 13 Mar 2011 21:25

Damn for real? talking bout what?

Rieferman · Post by **Rieferman** » 14 Mar 2011 06:25

Sunil is back in Philly doing his residency for Ortho surgery I believe. But I may have the discipline wrong. We caught up briefly when he moved back to town and talked about trying to get together - but he's obviously wicked busy and so am I so it hasn't materialized yet. But he did say he wanted to shred when we got together, and I think he played at east coasts last year at a level most of us would dream of - could just be residual talent, or that he still plays a bit.

Frank_Sinatra · Post by **Frank_Sinatra** » 20 Mar 2011 21:28

Probably wasn't him, then.