How did u start?

Asmus · Post by **Asmus** » 11 Jul 2004 05:00

This thread might been made 100's of times but what the fuck

How did u start? playing footbag? when and why..

I started for around 2 month ago, one of my friends from internet told me about it and send me a link to the homepage http://www.footbagdenmark.dk here i downloaded some videos and read about the sport.. and i was in!

FreeStylist · Post by **FreeStylist** » 11 Jul 2004 12:03

well it was in like december or november this kid in my school brought a hackysack to school and we would just kick it. Like in feb this other kid learned about freestyle and showed me it then we would watch movies and learn new tricks and yea....

BrianW · Post by **BrianW** » 11 Jul 2004 16:56

i started by just kicking at school. at lunch an older kid started playing with me and he would do his version of atw. like with the bad on the ground he would set it with his hand, then circle around it. i thought it was cool so i looked up "hacky sack tricks" on the internet and i found footbag.

RRW13 · Post by **RRW13** » 12 Jul 2004 11:34

Well does anybody remember pepsi points that pepsi had at one time anyways one of there prizes was a pepsi footbag so i guess my first exsperince of the sport was from that. then i qiut for a couple years because i lost on top the house. then in 2002 i got another one when i went to the state fair so thats how my story goes and i been kicking ever since

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 12 Jul 2004 15:26

I still have one of those two panel pepsi footbags from the pepsi points promo.

Here's pretty much all you'd need to know about how I got started into freestyle (some of my records and stats are out of date). http://hack-bfa.com/members/johnny.html

lightningbolt · Post by **lightningbolt** » 12 Jul 2004 15:45

I saw some kids kickin at the mall, thought it looked cool and picked up a bag.

Juice · Post by **Juice** » 12 Jul 2004 17:15

Well i got started by a few different things. At a tee-ball camp i went to, a few of my friends were circle kicking and i joined in and i found it really fun. Then i saw 'She's all that' and saw Freddy do a bit of freestyle, I was pretty amazed by that so i searched up hacky sack and found footbag.org
Then i saw this show on tv with 2 australian shredders giving freestyle tips.

Colin · Post by **Colin** » 12 Jul 2004 19:45

I'm sorry, but I have to ask. You do know that that isn't Freddy Prince Jr. doing the freestyle in She's All That, right?

qphox · Post by **qphox** » 12 Jul 2004 22:15

Bam! Hollywood!

Muffinman · Post by **Muffinman** » 12 Jul 2004 22:24

Juice wrote:Well i got started by a few different things. At a tee-ball camp i went to, a few of my friends were circle kicking and i joined in and i found it really fun. Then i saw 'She's all that' and saw Freddy do a bit of freestyle, I was pretty amazed by that so i searched up hacky sack and found footbag.org
Then i saw this show on tv with 2 australian shredders giving freestyle tips.

That's exactly (almost) how I started too. Some friends in grade 7 got me into it and bought me bags for my birthday then I saw She's All That in, like, grade 9 or 10 and looked up "hacky sack" and found footbag.org.

innersmile · Post by **innersmile** » 12 Jul 2004 22:55

some of my friends were playing with a crochet bag. I loved it... I bought a crochet and broke in my legs for a day or 2.

Got on the www and found footbag.org and I was like whoa... Ordered a sand master online in a frantic excited panic, waited a few weeks and by that time my friend had started importing them so my footbag collection grew and grew.

I gave a slightly more detailed story on footbag.org but I have work to do now so I is not getting into the whole enchilada...

Juice · Post by **Juice** » 12 Jul 2004 22:57

Newf wrote:I'm sorry, but I have to ask. You do know that that isn't Freddy Prince Jr. doing the freestyle in She's All That, right?

Yep, its Big Add Chad.

420FootBager · Post by **420FootBager** » 13 Jul 2004 09:39

December i always had a bag but never used it ever, not once one day I just picked it up and started footbagging- never stoped

FlexThis · Post by **FlexThis** » 13 Jul 2004 10:17

mouseman · Post by **mouseman** » 15 Jul 2004 23:26

my brother came home with a footbag and after first kicks I was also hooked. We soon contacted Justin and others and started playing freestyle from start.

Flippin It · Post by **Flippin It** » 16 Jul 2004 04:43

My Uncle came to PA to visit me, from California
about 15 years ago.. He spends his free time
Hang gliding and when they are at the top of the
mountain, they all circle kick to pass the time..

So, when he visited me way back in the day, he
gave me one of those leather bags.. (I believe you
were supposed to boil them, to break them in..)
Anyways, since than.. I've been kicking in circles
for fun..... Straight through High School...

I was always known in my area as the guy, who
was really good at hacky sack.... Jesters, super jesters,
ATW's.... Toe and inside and outside delays.... lap, neck,
delays, and clipper kicks..... Well, spectators would walk
by and comment... And, one day... Someone told me that,
I should go to a competition....

So, I went to my first Funtastiks event.. .... Probably around
2000...... My main intention, was to compete in freestyle...
I went.... My draw was dropped to the ground... Probably by
watching half of you guys kickin' freestyle.. I didn't compete
in anything but Net and Golf... Way, too distracted and in shock...

I left the competition, thinking how amazing all the kicking was,
that I saw.... I purchased some lavers and Tricks of the Trade...
And, my addiction.... was altered and taken to the next limit...

Now I'm here, and won't be a leavin.....

Thank you everyone....