In Ken's blog a couple of weeks ago, I made a prediction for the final results at Worlds - the following:
1. Honza
2. Aleksi
3. Johnny
4. Ken
5. Rene R
6. Jindra
7. Felix
8. Chris Dean
The results were
1. Jan Weber (Czech Republic)
2. Jindra Smola (Czech Republic)
3. Aleksi Airinen (Finland)
4. Rene Rühr (Switzerland)
5. Felix Zenger (Finland)
6. Ken Somolinos (USA)
7. Dustin Rhodes (USA)
8. Chris Dean (USA)
So I had 7/8 (which is lucky, because there could have easily been a different number of finalists with such a low number of entries this year. I haven't seen much footage this year, but I will watch that in the coming days. Looks like Aleksi absolutely smashed everybody in the Shred 30.
I really hope I can make it next year, though there are a lot of "ifs" on that one. Fingers crossed.
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Hello blog. It's been a little while. I have no Worlds writeup to make, because I wasn't there. Three years now since I have been to Worlds. I'm definitely glad that I have been and I know that I will go again. Maybe not next year. Like Ken and his wedding, some "real world" things may put a stop to that.
We have a baby on the way, due for February next year. So that's pretty exciting news. Good way to regenerate the Australian footbag scene, as we don't seem to have gathered too many new players in the last 5 years. We may see the names Govender, O'Wheel and Boyle continue in Australian footbag in 20 more years time...
I have been reading a lot in the blogs about the Worlds experiences and I also had a great chat with Caroline on Skype a couple of days after Worlds. I have only been to two Worlds, but I would like to go to more. I have to say I am surprised that with such a low turnout, everyone got such a positive vibe from the tournament. It's all about the people I guess, and the time that you have.
Reading about Ken's problems with the music gave me some bad memories of the Oakland worlds. The fact is, even if I did a dropless routine, I wouldn't have gone much further that time around. The music failure just put me in a further mood of irritation.
The Berlin Worlds was so much fun, and for me, that will be hard to beat. I was thinking about it the other day and I have been playing this sport for a long time, but have never been to a lot of the major tournaments. No US Open, no Euros, Todexon, Funtastiks, Green Cup, not even the New Zealand Championships, which were big time around 2003-2005ish.
I have however been to the Australian Championships many times, the South American Championships last year, which was super fun and even the Malaysian Championships, which was an interesting/profitable experience. I still have plenty of life in my footbag "career" and hopefully many more opportunities to get to some of these tournaments.
I am still improving and still have a huge amount to learn. It will be interesting how my availability towards the game changes with this upcoming new lifetime responsibility.
The next few weeks are going to be interesting and we will just have to "see what happens". Tomorrow I have a job interview for a position in a tourism company that could just be the right fit for me. By next week, I should find out about this grant I applied for. I have applied before and not got in, but I think this time might be the right time. I also played soccer with the program director last night, that should count for something...
Like most Chileans though, he is always trying to be the hero. I had a great game last night though, I scored 3 goals and our team won, I think the score was 8-4. It was just a pichanga, so nothing so serious. Normally I get stuck in defence because nobody else bothers, but on this night I had the freedom to roam, and go for a few hero plays myself. I had a good time.
It was a very sporting weekend, which I was hoping would include a game of tennis against Nicolás Massú. He won gold in Athens in the singles and the doubles, which means guys like Federer and Nadal come out every Olympics and say "I wish I could do what Nicolás Massú did in 2004". Despite all of his achievements, he has dropped now to #584 in the world. In his last tournament he earned about $300.
Imagine if the 600th best footbagger (or even the best) earned $300 from a tournament....wouldn't that be something.
Anyway, I got lost on the way there and turned up too late (Chilean style...), so I didn't get to have a play. They had the idea that journalists could play against him, but I think it was all pre-arranged, so just the big newspapers and radios would have a turn.
Anyway, after going that I went with my friend and his kids to the skatepark, had a bit of a skate. The skatepark is super crowded and very badly built, but I did a couple of things carving around but nothing impressive. In reality it is impossible to get a turn to do anything impressive. I also played some footbag there. Didn't hit anything particularly great and nobody much paid too much attention. I think it's better to play at a skatepark with a bit smaller crowd, so you can stand out a little.
Yesterday I played Aussie Rules in the morning, then the aforementioned pichanga. I scored a few goals in each, which is always a positive feeling.
I am full of hope for the next weeks, as well as being full of trepidation. Francisca has a new job, which puts us in a better financial situation. Even for me, I am in a better financial situation and approaching some kind of stability. That's good too...
We have a baby on the way, due for February next year. So that's pretty exciting news. Good way to regenerate the Australian footbag scene, as we don't seem to have gathered too many new players in the last 5 years. We may see the names Govender, O'Wheel and Boyle continue in Australian footbag in 20 more years time...
I have been reading a lot in the blogs about the Worlds experiences and I also had a great chat with Caroline on Skype a couple of days after Worlds. I have only been to two Worlds, but I would like to go to more. I have to say I am surprised that with such a low turnout, everyone got such a positive vibe from the tournament. It's all about the people I guess, and the time that you have.
Reading about Ken's problems with the music gave me some bad memories of the Oakland worlds. The fact is, even if I did a dropless routine, I wouldn't have gone much further that time around. The music failure just put me in a further mood of irritation.
The Berlin Worlds was so much fun, and for me, that will be hard to beat. I was thinking about it the other day and I have been playing this sport for a long time, but have never been to a lot of the major tournaments. No US Open, no Euros, Todexon, Funtastiks, Green Cup, not even the New Zealand Championships, which were big time around 2003-2005ish.
I have however been to the Australian Championships many times, the South American Championships last year, which was super fun and even the Malaysian Championships, which was an interesting/profitable experience. I still have plenty of life in my footbag "career" and hopefully many more opportunities to get to some of these tournaments.
I am still improving and still have a huge amount to learn. It will be interesting how my availability towards the game changes with this upcoming new lifetime responsibility.
The next few weeks are going to be interesting and we will just have to "see what happens". Tomorrow I have a job interview for a position in a tourism company that could just be the right fit for me. By next week, I should find out about this grant I applied for. I have applied before and not got in, but I think this time might be the right time. I also played soccer with the program director last night, that should count for something...
Like most Chileans though, he is always trying to be the hero. I had a great game last night though, I scored 3 goals and our team won, I think the score was 8-4. It was just a pichanga, so nothing so serious. Normally I get stuck in defence because nobody else bothers, but on this night I had the freedom to roam, and go for a few hero plays myself. I had a good time.
It was a very sporting weekend, which I was hoping would include a game of tennis against Nicolás Massú. He won gold in Athens in the singles and the doubles, which means guys like Federer and Nadal come out every Olympics and say "I wish I could do what Nicolás Massú did in 2004". Despite all of his achievements, he has dropped now to #584 in the world. In his last tournament he earned about $300.
Imagine if the 600th best footbagger (or even the best) earned $300 from a tournament....wouldn't that be something.
Anyway, I got lost on the way there and turned up too late (Chilean style...), so I didn't get to have a play. They had the idea that journalists could play against him, but I think it was all pre-arranged, so just the big newspapers and radios would have a turn.
Anyway, after going that I went with my friend and his kids to the skatepark, had a bit of a skate. The skatepark is super crowded and very badly built, but I did a couple of things carving around but nothing impressive. In reality it is impossible to get a turn to do anything impressive. I also played some footbag there. Didn't hit anything particularly great and nobody much paid too much attention. I think it's better to play at a skatepark with a bit smaller crowd, so you can stand out a little.
Yesterday I played Aussie Rules in the morning, then the aforementioned pichanga. I scored a few goals in each, which is always a positive feeling.
I am full of hope for the next weeks, as well as being full of trepidation. Francisca has a new job, which puts us in a better financial situation. Even for me, I am in a better financial situation and approaching some kind of stability. That's good too...
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That's great news about the baby! Congrats man!
While my music troubles at Worlds were unfortunate, I doubt I'll be able to write a similarly epic account to yours from Worlds 2010. I know it was a bad experience for you, but it turned into one of the best blogged moments of the tournament for me. So thank you for turning a negative into a positive.
Best of luck with the upcoming job stuff!
While my music troubles at Worlds were unfortunate, I doubt I'll be able to write a similarly epic account to yours from Worlds 2010. I know it was a bad experience for you, but it turned into one of the best blogged moments of the tournament for me. So thank you for turning a negative into a positive.
Best of luck with the upcoming job stuff!
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Glad to be of entertainment!
Like the time I was 12th man in the grand final in the under 12s cricket tournament, which we won, that will probably continue to be a long told story. For me it was very difficult after having had such a great time in Berlin, where I went in with no expectations, apart from to just have a good time - to having a bit higher expectations, having been Australian champion, with government funding, etc, etc - and to just flop completely (musical issues aside, my performance was not very good).
So. I haven't played in a couple of days. I have been sore, sore, sore after a fairly heavy dose of sports over the weekend. I may play today during lunch time. Actually, I probably won't as I have a class, so won't be wearing lavers. Might keep resting.
I have a couple of cool interviews coming up in my Shred Global series. I find it funny when people say "what an honour", but that's great to see them happy that I am doing that and happy to be selected. Of course, that means they are stoked on footbag as well.
On the job front, I had an interview yesterday and it seemed to go pretty well. They are planning another interview with the boss, probably on Friday, though in reality I would prefer it to be next week, as by that time I will no more about the possibility of funding.
If none of it comes through, then I have my current position, which is something that I am interested in, though there really needs to be some increase in the pesos coming in...at least it is something to begin with though.
We are also organising a charity match for the Aussie Rules club here. I gave a performance at half time last year, though this year I would probably prefer to play.
I have become really involved in the club, which has been a great thing about being here. Even though, like many of the others, I'm not all that much into the sport, it's a great opportunity to get out and have a run, get together with some mates and drink a beer afterwards.
It's also my birthday coming up next month. I asked for an Universidad de Chile shirt. My wife said my requests are too much like our young nephews...
Like the time I was 12th man in the grand final in the under 12s cricket tournament, which we won, that will probably continue to be a long told story. For me it was very difficult after having had such a great time in Berlin, where I went in with no expectations, apart from to just have a good time - to having a bit higher expectations, having been Australian champion, with government funding, etc, etc - and to just flop completely (musical issues aside, my performance was not very good).
So. I haven't played in a couple of days. I have been sore, sore, sore after a fairly heavy dose of sports over the weekend. I may play today during lunch time. Actually, I probably won't as I have a class, so won't be wearing lavers. Might keep resting.
I have a couple of cool interviews coming up in my Shred Global series. I find it funny when people say "what an honour", but that's great to see them happy that I am doing that and happy to be selected. Of course, that means they are stoked on footbag as well.
On the job front, I had an interview yesterday and it seemed to go pretty well. They are planning another interview with the boss, probably on Friday, though in reality I would prefer it to be next week, as by that time I will no more about the possibility of funding.
If none of it comes through, then I have my current position, which is something that I am interested in, though there really needs to be some increase in the pesos coming in...at least it is something to begin with though.
We are also organising a charity match for the Aussie Rules club here. I gave a performance at half time last year, though this year I would probably prefer to play.
I have become really involved in the club, which has been a great thing about being here. Even though, like many of the others, I'm not all that much into the sport, it's a great opportunity to get out and have a run, get together with some mates and drink a beer afterwards.
It's also my birthday coming up next month. I asked for an Universidad de Chile shirt. My wife said my requests are too much like our young nephews...
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Hello there.
I feel I have a couple of exciting weeks coming up. It's basically two weeks until my birthday (well, on Australian time it is already my birthday).
I'm going to hear back from two things next week - the job I went for during the week, as well as the funding I applied for. Of course neither are set in stone, one or the other would be great and both would leave some hard thinking to do. In reality, the thinking wouldn't be very hard. It's not every day that you get $40 thousand from the government.
We went down to the coast to visit the family this weekend. Fun to see them. I put together a little video of some things I shot on my phone this month.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGcOW9NwfWI[/youtube]
Of course the quality is not good, but there are a few fun things in there. I particularly liked a combo I hit today, which I only did on one side - pdx whirl>reaper - it was just something that I thought of as I was going along and did in a couple of tries.
Today I also hit tap>plo rpt. Yeah sure, that shouldn't be a hard combo, and I think I have hit it before. It is something though, we had a session a few years back in Melbourne, must have been 2010, with Dan Ednie, Phil Morrison and Ryan Richardson. Ryan and I were trying this one, which the other two (of course) did with ease. They could both probably hit it with their eyes closed.
Anyway. I hit it, this time with video proof. The original challenge was probably the other way round, but it has just been one of those silly little combos that I should be able to easily hit any time, but it hasn't always been the case.
I did two new interviews on Shred Global and put them up over the weekend. I did one interview with Anssi - http://www.shredglobal.com/archive/foot ... -sundberg/ and one with Cassy - http://www.shredglobal.com/archive/foot ... sy-taylor/
I really liked the responses to both. Very passionate people, also very good players. This series of interviews (though not as regular as I had originally planned) has just been another way to keep me in touch with the footbag world, despite being far, far away.
In reality I was just as far away in Australia, but there was a world there that I was involved in. I also had more money to get from place to place.
Anyway, something I have definitely become more involved in is the freestyle football world. They are having the Chilean championships next weekend, which is of course a good opportunity to get some of those guys into footbag, and I think I will also compete. Probably won't go great, as I haven't practiced in a while, but it will be fun, and more importantly, it's right near my house.
I feel I have a couple of exciting weeks coming up. It's basically two weeks until my birthday (well, on Australian time it is already my birthday).
I'm going to hear back from two things next week - the job I went for during the week, as well as the funding I applied for. Of course neither are set in stone, one or the other would be great and both would leave some hard thinking to do. In reality, the thinking wouldn't be very hard. It's not every day that you get $40 thousand from the government.
We went down to the coast to visit the family this weekend. Fun to see them. I put together a little video of some things I shot on my phone this month.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGcOW9NwfWI[/youtube]
Of course the quality is not good, but there are a few fun things in there. I particularly liked a combo I hit today, which I only did on one side - pdx whirl>reaper - it was just something that I thought of as I was going along and did in a couple of tries.
Today I also hit tap>plo rpt. Yeah sure, that shouldn't be a hard combo, and I think I have hit it before. It is something though, we had a session a few years back in Melbourne, must have been 2010, with Dan Ednie, Phil Morrison and Ryan Richardson. Ryan and I were trying this one, which the other two (of course) did with ease. They could both probably hit it with their eyes closed.
Anyway. I hit it, this time with video proof. The original challenge was probably the other way round, but it has just been one of those silly little combos that I should be able to easily hit any time, but it hasn't always been the case.
I did two new interviews on Shred Global and put them up over the weekend. I did one interview with Anssi - http://www.shredglobal.com/archive/foot ... -sundberg/ and one with Cassy - http://www.shredglobal.com/archive/foot ... sy-taylor/
I really liked the responses to both. Very passionate people, also very good players. This series of interviews (though not as regular as I had originally planned) has just been another way to keep me in touch with the footbag world, despite being far, far away.
In reality I was just as far away in Australia, but there was a world there that I was involved in. I also had more money to get from place to place.
Anyway, something I have definitely become more involved in is the freestyle football world. They are having the Chilean championships next weekend, which is of course a good opportunity to get some of those guys into footbag, and I think I will also compete. Probably won't go great, as I haven't practiced in a while, but it will be fun, and more importantly, it's right near my house.
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Hi blog
I have some very big personal news. We're having a baby. Soz. Already said that. I have the hiccups so things maybe are not going as right as they should.
The Chilean government is going to give me $40,000 (US) (veinte palos for those playing en la casa, no es malo). So now I just have to think / what exactly am I going to do with all that money in six months.
A key segment I am thinking of is creating a footbag world tour. Of course I don't know if I could fund much from this, but it shouldn't be too hard to fund something like this (particularly with a couple of sponsors on board)
Five events - Berlin/Portland/(up to the crowd)/Sydney/Santiago
Basically Sydney and Santiago would be about *the company* / which doesn't really exist yet. Berlin and Portland are cool footbag hubs/places I want to go, and the other place should be decided by the crowd, which is exactly what the project will be about.
Each event on the "tour" should have 10 people. 2 x from the tour (paid from by the company) - 5 x (selected and paid by the "crowd" - 3 x qualifiers. The key sports I want to see an influence from in that are tennis and surfing. Anyway going to get rid of the hiccups now...
I have some very big personal news. We're having a baby. Soz. Already said that. I have the hiccups so things maybe are not going as right as they should.
The Chilean government is going to give me $40,000 (US) (veinte palos for those playing en la casa, no es malo). So now I just have to think / what exactly am I going to do with all that money in six months.
A key segment I am thinking of is creating a footbag world tour. Of course I don't know if I could fund much from this, but it shouldn't be too hard to fund something like this (particularly with a couple of sponsors on board)
Five events - Berlin/Portland/(up to the crowd)/Sydney/Santiago
Basically Sydney and Santiago would be about *the company* / which doesn't really exist yet. Berlin and Portland are cool footbag hubs/places I want to go, and the other place should be decided by the crowd, which is exactly what the project will be about.
Each event on the "tour" should have 10 people. 2 x from the tour (paid from by the company) - 5 x (selected and paid by the "crowd" - 3 x qualifiers. The key sports I want to see an influence from in that are tennis and surfing. Anyway going to get rid of the hiccups now...
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Wow, man. Great video above and crazy stuff with the Chilean govt. That footbag world tour sounds delightful. Hope it pulls through for you. I'm going to start following your blog more. Can't believe I haven't read much from this. Really great stuff. Your game looks solid too. Never seen you play before just now and I was delightfully surprised at what I saw. Sweet stuff man, keep playing! Hope to meetcha and kick witcha at Worlds '14!
Props on the baby! Now BSOS it.
Props on the baby! Now BSOS it.
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********************************I GOT THE FUNDING*******************************************************
I found out last night about it and proceeded to get very drunk. It will all get going in November, so have a few things to do before then. It's very exciting and kind of overwhelming, but it's going to be a huge opportunity. Just have to make sure things go well once it kicks off.
Thanks for the props, Nick. Been trying to film bits and pieces lately and put some little videos together. Think I could do with learning some news tricks. My game relies too much on spinning/ducking
I found out last night about it and proceeded to get very drunk. It will all get going in November, so have a few things to do before then. It's very exciting and kind of overwhelming, but it's going to be a huge opportunity. Just have to make sure things go well once it kicks off.
Thanks for the props, Nick. Been trying to film bits and pieces lately and put some little videos together. Think I could do with learning some news tricks. My game relies too much on spinning/ducking
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Congrats!!!! Holy shit! I can't wait to see what you're going to make happen with the money! If you wanna bounce ideas off of someone, I'm all for helping you out with anything if you need it. Just pm me or talk to me on facebook. I'm excited for the future with your project.
In terms of your game, you sound like me when I was at Worlds. I spun way too much. I started to work on shuffle to even things out and my game feels and looks much better already. Also, try learning all of your stepping tricks out of Osis. That helped me stop zooming so much.
Congratulations again and good luck!
In terms of your game, you sound like me when I was at Worlds. I spun way too much. I started to work on shuffle to even things out and my game feels and looks much better already. Also, try learning all of your stepping tricks out of Osis. That helped me stop zooming so much.
Congratulations again and good luck!
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Thanks mate. In reality it's not a huge amount for "a business", but it is a huge amount for someone who has been struggling to pay the rent in recent years. Exciting stuff.
Speaking of stepping and osis, I hit a combo yesterday that I don't think I've done before. Stepping ss osis b2b. My stepping is pretty reasonable. I am working a bit on building up my toe game, though I really suck a quantums, can't do fairy sets on my flipside and just generally struggle. So that's something that needs a lot of work.
So I have been thinking a little about the project. What I applied with was to build a sports crowd funding platform, that can also be used by journalists (particularly to cover their expenses to go to events). It doesn't exist yet, though I have created a bit of content (more just blog stuff) at www.sportslashlife.com - The business is going to be called Sport/Life - not to be confused with Sportlife, a large gym chain - so you actually say the slash - like it is in the domain name.
So basically, I have been thinking about how it can work. I'm thinking that anybody can create a profile, where they can accept donations when people like what they do. They may be an Olympian, world level footbag player, or just a fitness guru. People can donate to who they like. Then there can be a fee for cashing out.
People, or organizations can also put up social projects, just like on Kickstarter etc - for them, they get whatever they raise, but the social project must be free for the people doing it.
The same orgs can put up infrastructure projects. For this, they need to get 100% of the money, like on Kickstarter.
Then athletes, journalists and event can put forward proposals to go to particular events. For this, they would need to get all the money as well - or maybe the event can link with the journalist and offer them something in exchange. These extra ones would have a small fee attached.
I have also been in some talks with another site called ThrillPledge, they also have ThrillCapital, which is a similar thing - the Thrill Capital is an equity based crowd funding program. I am thinking of creating my footbag world tour idea in this vein. Get it so that the players (or anybody really) owns the tour. It's the same sort of idea where fans own the club.
Anyway, I have been talking with those guys about creating a Latin American version of the site.
I am also going to bring Caroline over to work on this project. In reality I need someone to execute all of my ideas and she has the right qualifications, can talk the talk, and most importantly, will be someone to play footbag with. She can also help a lot with growing the sport here.
The key is going to be getting top people to use the thing, once created. Conveniently I am in good touch with a lot of Chile's top athletes, so that's going to be the top place to start. Chile is also hosting the South American Games (which is like the regional level of the Olympics kind of thing) during the 6 months that I will be involved in the program.
The key to the idea is that it's way more than about footbag and way more than about Chile. The whole idea is something that is "global and scalable", which I think this really can be. I also got invited to apply for a similar program in Denmark, but I don't really think my project is ready for that level yet.
It's a pretty exciting time. The first half of the year was really not a pleasure, but things are really looking up at the moment.
Speaking of stepping and osis, I hit a combo yesterday that I don't think I've done before. Stepping ss osis b2b. My stepping is pretty reasonable. I am working a bit on building up my toe game, though I really suck a quantums, can't do fairy sets on my flipside and just generally struggle. So that's something that needs a lot of work.
So I have been thinking a little about the project. What I applied with was to build a sports crowd funding platform, that can also be used by journalists (particularly to cover their expenses to go to events). It doesn't exist yet, though I have created a bit of content (more just blog stuff) at www.sportslashlife.com - The business is going to be called Sport/Life - not to be confused with Sportlife, a large gym chain - so you actually say the slash - like it is in the domain name.
So basically, I have been thinking about how it can work. I'm thinking that anybody can create a profile, where they can accept donations when people like what they do. They may be an Olympian, world level footbag player, or just a fitness guru. People can donate to who they like. Then there can be a fee for cashing out.
People, or organizations can also put up social projects, just like on Kickstarter etc - for them, they get whatever they raise, but the social project must be free for the people doing it.
The same orgs can put up infrastructure projects. For this, they need to get 100% of the money, like on Kickstarter.
Then athletes, journalists and event can put forward proposals to go to particular events. For this, they would need to get all the money as well - or maybe the event can link with the journalist and offer them something in exchange. These extra ones would have a small fee attached.
I have also been in some talks with another site called ThrillPledge, they also have ThrillCapital, which is a similar thing - the Thrill Capital is an equity based crowd funding program. I am thinking of creating my footbag world tour idea in this vein. Get it so that the players (or anybody really) owns the tour. It's the same sort of idea where fans own the club.
Anyway, I have been talking with those guys about creating a Latin American version of the site.
I am also going to bring Caroline over to work on this project. In reality I need someone to execute all of my ideas and she has the right qualifications, can talk the talk, and most importantly, will be someone to play footbag with. She can also help a lot with growing the sport here.
The key is going to be getting top people to use the thing, once created. Conveniently I am in good touch with a lot of Chile's top athletes, so that's going to be the top place to start. Chile is also hosting the South American Games (which is like the regional level of the Olympics kind of thing) during the 6 months that I will be involved in the program.
The key to the idea is that it's way more than about footbag and way more than about Chile. The whole idea is something that is "global and scalable", which I think this really can be. I also got invited to apply for a similar program in Denmark, but I don't really think my project is ready for that level yet.
It's a pretty exciting time. The first half of the year was really not a pleasure, but things are really looking up at the moment.
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Really digging your ideas for getting footbag promoted. I also wonder if the same methods used during the 70's and 80's to get skateboarding to the next level could apply to footbag as well. Player funding is always the start, but who could or would offer sponsoring and the like? Have you talked to any of the footbag companies, Adidas, Gatorade, etc. ?
Keep fighting the good fight!! Such an awesome thing your doing.
Somebody good to do an interview with that knows this struggle first hand is Scott Davidson. Would be a great interview and a learning experience all in one!!
Im happy for you. Lookin forward to your next post...
Keep fighting the good fight!! Such an awesome thing your doing.
Somebody good to do an interview with that knows this struggle first hand is Scott Davidson. Would be a great interview and a learning experience all in one!!
Im happy for you. Lookin forward to your next post...
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Mr Strix / I have been in touch with various companies, with varying degrees of success. Flying Clipper have been a great support in terms of footbag companies. I also did a cool thing with Adidas in Malaysia a couple of years ago. There are a lot of promotional things to do in footbag. This is actually exactly what I studied, but I see it being hard to become part of the "real sporting world"
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I wanted to make a post about playing yesterday. I played after getting home from the office, and just kept playing well after dark. I hit fairy ss dlo, which may or may not be a new trick. If one was to go through 38 pages in here, or thousands of posts in other internet locations, they may know. Let's just say it was, I still have not hit a 3/dex>3 dex and that's something that disappoints me.
What doesn't disappoint me today is LA BULLANGERA.............vamos leones.....
What doesn't disappoint me today is LA BULLANGERA.............vamos leones.....
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Whoa whoa whoa. Easy on the Mr.boyle wrote:Mr Strix / I have been in touch with various companies, with varying degrees of success. Flying Clipper have been a great support in terms of footbag companies. I also did a cool thing with Adidas in Malaysia a couple of years ago. There are a lot of promotional things to do in footbag. This is actually exactly what I studied, but I see it being hard to become part of the "real sporting world"
Im 33 I have not earned my Mr. tag yet. But thank you. LOLI have been researching sponsors and promotional options as well. It would seem most assistance come from within the community. Achieving the support of bigger athletic companies is not as easy.
Something really cool that I found is the Footbag Museum. Im sure your aware of them. But I was blown away at all they offer in the way of help to people trying to setup an event.
How was it working with Adidas and what was the thing you got to do? Do you have any ideas or thoughts on how to become a more recognized sport?
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I have many ideas, due to a lack of money a lot of them have not really come to fruition, so this grant is going to be a great help. The first thing is for the footbag community to support itself. I know the companies probably don't have a lot of money, but just giving away bags and things can be great. I have been given some bags by Flying Clipper to help with my educational programs and that has been awesome. I am running out of the ones they sent me (100), so now I am looking for the next step.
The first thing we have to do is let people know we are playing - play in public, make videos, post on Facebook, Twitter and be the "opening act" for things - places where plenty of people go.
Malaysia was a good experience, but I wasn´t really well prepared for it. I had a few bags to give away, but not enough (in reality I didn't think it was going to happen). The whole thing was organised by a marketing company - that's something else - getting in good touch with the marketing companies, who could then use footbag to promote it. Branded footbags are something that I see as the way for mass promotion.
I think the biggest thing all of us have to keep doing is keep playing, keep doing competitions. In reality footbag doesn't need too much support, for the logistical side of things, particularly freestyle. Which means costs like bringing the best players, or adding to the player experience is where the money can go.
I have heard a bit about the Footbag Museum, but in reality I don't know much about their operations. I think I will get in touch with them.
The first thing we have to do is let people know we are playing - play in public, make videos, post on Facebook, Twitter and be the "opening act" for things - places where plenty of people go.
Malaysia was a good experience, but I wasn´t really well prepared for it. I had a few bags to give away, but not enough (in reality I didn't think it was going to happen). The whole thing was organised by a marketing company - that's something else - getting in good touch with the marketing companies, who could then use footbag to promote it. Branded footbags are something that I see as the way for mass promotion.
I think the biggest thing all of us have to keep doing is keep playing, keep doing competitions. In reality footbag doesn't need too much support, for the logistical side of things, particularly freestyle. Which means costs like bringing the best players, or adding to the player experience is where the money can go.
I have heard a bit about the Footbag Museum, but in reality I don't know much about their operations. I think I will get in touch with them.
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Played a couple of times this week. There are a couple of things I have been trying to get of film, which I still haven't done, but a couple I got close. The biggest one is 15 x unique tripless (today I got 13). The other one is 50 guiltless (the other day I got 41). In going for these I am probably using to limited trick selection, in order to reach the target.
I can't remember the exact combo I hit for the 13, I have it filmed on my phone. I'll look later. I think it may have been blur>dimwalk>blur>dimwalk>sidewalk>ripwalk>sidewalk>ripwalk>diving butterfly>ducking butterfly>diving butterfly>ducking butterfly>spinning butterfly then drop on spinning osis.
It's my birthday on Monday so we're having a celebration this evening.
I can't remember the exact combo I hit for the 13, I have it filmed on my phone. I'll look later. I think it may have been blur>dimwalk>blur>dimwalk>sidewalk>ripwalk>sidewalk>ripwalk>diving butterfly>ducking butterfly>diving butterfly>ducking butterfly>spinning butterfly then drop on spinning osis.
It's my birthday on Monday so we're having a celebration this evening.
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I gave a little demo today. In reality it didn't go that well, but people still liked it. I was a little disappointed with it, but that didn't matter as I was part of the organising team of the whole event, which was a huge success.
Also I was on TV once again. I think that's ten times on TV here. I'll have to count them all out sometime, but it's really been a lot.
I also really like this photo. We had a freestyle football competition last week, the event went well. I didn't have a lot to do with, but had a run. I did ducking clipper in my routine, which would have of course been very "the", but most people get away with anything in freestyle football. Anyway, I didn't do that well in my run, but I was happy with my performance. Not too many drops and a couple of good tricks. I don't really train with a football ever, so I wasn't expecting much.
It's my birthday tomorrow. Been celebrating the whole weekend. Started out with the Chile game on Friday. This team is absolutely on fire. I think they will beat Spain on Tuesday, and that's saying something.
Also I was on TV once again. I think that's ten times on TV here. I'll have to count them all out sometime, but it's really been a lot.
I also really like this photo. We had a freestyle football competition last week, the event went well. I didn't have a lot to do with, but had a run. I did ducking clipper in my routine, which would have of course been very "the", but most people get away with anything in freestyle football. Anyway, I didn't do that well in my run, but I was happy with my performance. Not too many drops and a couple of good tricks. I don't really train with a football ever, so I wasn't expecting much.
It's my birthday tomorrow. Been celebrating the whole weekend. Started out with the Chile game on Friday. This team is absolutely on fire. I think they will beat Spain on Tuesday, and that's saying something.
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Nice pic!
I have been a big fan of the chilean national team for some years now. Awesome football!
Alexis Sanchez for president.
I have been a big fan of the chilean national team for some years now. Awesome football!
Alexis Sanchez for president.
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Vidal is the man for the moment. They just played in Copenhagen last month (6-0 vs Iraq). Spain tomorrow, which is going to be a big test. Spain are resting a lot of players, so I think Chile have a great chance. They are in really good form, which is at the exact correct time. I am hoping to go to Colombia for the next match.
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Played a little this week. Not a whole lot, but hit a couple of new tricks. Have been working particularly on my flip fairy set, which is something that I have just neglected for far too long. I hit fairy ss whirl on both sides, which was good because my flip whirl is another trick I struggle with.
I first hit fairy sets on my strong side in 2007, playing with JP in Melbourne. I have hit some flip fairy tricks, but never with any real power or consistency. I was starting to get quite a few of the different tricks and get more consistency there. That's been my main focus.
I was thinking of going to Colombia next month, Chile will play Colombia in a World Cup qualifier and there is also a freestyle football tournament, but the tickets are about a thousand dollars, so I guess I will just have to watch in on TV. Chile had a draw with Spain last week, they are in pretty strong form. While Spain rested a few players, the team they fielded is better than most in the world.
Chile have done pretty well since Sampaoli took over - just one loss (against Peru) and two draws (against Brazil and Spain), with all the rest victories.
I am coming down with a bit of a cold or flu. It was a heavily active weekend/week, so I am ready to just relax, take it easy. Hopefully will get a kick in over the weekend too, if I start feeling better.
I first hit fairy sets on my strong side in 2007, playing with JP in Melbourne. I have hit some flip fairy tricks, but never with any real power or consistency. I was starting to get quite a few of the different tricks and get more consistency there. That's been my main focus.
I was thinking of going to Colombia next month, Chile will play Colombia in a World Cup qualifier and there is also a freestyle football tournament, but the tickets are about a thousand dollars, so I guess I will just have to watch in on TV. Chile had a draw with Spain last week, they are in pretty strong form. While Spain rested a few players, the team they fielded is better than most in the world.
Chile have done pretty well since Sampaoli took over - just one loss (against Peru) and two draws (against Brazil and Spain), with all the rest victories.
I am coming down with a bit of a cold or flu. It was a heavily active weekend/week, so I am ready to just relax, take it easy. Hopefully will get a kick in over the weekend too, if I start feeling better.