Different kinds of footbag shoes

hackysmith · Post by **hackysmith** » 12 Mar 2011 07:48

I know about Rod lavers and Quantums but I was wondering what else there were.
In the market to buy a pair. I really like the Quantums but whenever I tried to buy a pair it accepted my payment but sat at processing for 12 days.

Are Nucleus, G-unit, or anything else any better than the other?

sen · Post by **sen** » 12 Mar 2011 07:55

First of all, where were you buying the Quantums from? Did you contact the site admin? To my knowledge most sites that sell them are run by footbag people. That means they are awesome people and will help get things figured out.

I recently switched from Quantums to G-Units. And before Quantums I used Lavers. Gunit is my favorite out of the three. I got shin splints in the other two. In fact, yesterday I wore my quantums again for a 30 minute session and had some shin pain again which I haven't had since I started wearing Gunits. Problem is, G Units are discontinued and hard to find. Wait, so are quantums. Other than support Lavers work so it would be worth getting them, and I've been told if you are playing right you don't get shin splints or other problems. An issue I'm working on.

hackysmith · Post by **hackysmith** » 12 Mar 2011 08:00

I enquired on there website twice and sent emails without any response. planetfootbag is the website. All the shoes seem to be getting discontinued =/ I tried to find rod laver twils

sen · Post by **sen** » 12 Mar 2011 08:18

To my knowledge twills are quite rare. Mesh is the most common kind that people use for footbag.

mc · Post by mc » 12 Mar 2011 09:31

twills on ebay:

red size 9 mens - http://cgi.ebay.com/Adidas-Rod-Laver-Te ... 4cf5c97879

red size 8 mens - http://cgi.ebay.com/Adidas-Rod-Laver-Te ... 4cf5975a8e

hackysmith · Post by **hackysmith** » 12 Mar 2011 10:30

darn, i'm an 11 =/

CIC flurry · Post by **CIC flurry** » 02 Apr 2011 19:48

There's a thread on this:

http://www.modified.in/footbag/viewtopi ... sc&start=0

jk!

F[uns]tylin' Eclectic · Post by **F[uns]tylin' Eclectic** » 12 Apr 2011 20:28

Hahaha Nice Tom! Bringin back the Mag-meister!

Anyway, everyone has their own favorite shoe. My best advice is start with Lavers and see how you like those. They're probably the most favored. The only thing I haven't tried are g-units. Planning on doing this soon. So in order from best to worst:

Quantums, Lavers, Nucleus (but if you plan on doing a lot of flappers and you have good crank, then Nucleus are number one

MJK · Post by **MJK** » 07 May 2011 00:31

There is an ancient legend...

At the turn of the millenium, they say, the gods took all of the powers of the Rod Laver, the support and cushioning of a more modern shoe, and the old school ratty white footbag shoe look to boot and combined them to create the widely cherished Rod Laver Millenium, the envy of many a man...

As this time of wizardry has passed, this legend grows fainter, and the great mass of souls who once sought these shoes with such fervor at the gates of footbag eternity began to forget...

...but this soul has not forgotten.