rod laver as a person???

bentonedge · Post by **bentonedge** » 28 Nov 2002 03:53

i wonder if rod laver the tennis player knows what he has done for our sport?? wonder how many pairs he has. wish i had a shoe with my name on it. maybe he would sign a pair of my shoes for me. sorry guys i can't sleep and it is early here so i was bored and this was kind of poking me in the brain. anyways what you all think?

Gabe · Post by **Gabe** » 28 Nov 2002 07:26

He was born August 9, 1938. He might be still alive.

http://www.infoplease.com/ipsa/A0109383.html

Jonathan · Post by **Jonathan** » 28 Nov 2002 08:38

He's still alive and he doesn't like us using his shoe for footbag. Don't know why, but probably because we aren't playing tenis.

Muffinman · Post by **Muffinman** » 28 Nov 2002 14:07

ha
whered you hear that?

Gabe · Post by **Gabe** » 28 Nov 2002 19:23

Anyone Got Rod Laver's Email?

HackyRichard · Post by **HackyRichard** » 28 Nov 2002 20:15

Being an Australian he probably doesn't fully grasp the concept of footbag like the majority of people in the South Pacific region ... (not including any easily offended aussie footbaggers in that lot).
Then again it could have something to do with you americans taking something and, in his eyes, misusing it (kinda like splitting the atom, nuclear weapons etc ... but in a good way) for you own gain, without giving him credit for it or something like that. Of course this is ignoring the fact that Australians are also guilty of this taking credit for someone elses inventions/products/sports talent, happens all the time (can anyone say Russell Crowe ... although on his current form they can have him) ...
If I've offended anyone with any of this too fuckin bad, my opinion is just that ...

HackyRichard

Lexiticus · Post by **Lexiticus** » 01 Dec 2002 13:51

Bah hes an old man now, so its his job to complain about everything

NotHisRealName · Post by **NotHisRealName** » 01 Dec 2002 18:46

Russel Crow is a god damned KIWI.
He doen't say "Crikey" enough to be an Ausie!

(ok, now I'm scaring myself).

But yes, I agree, there are few over here that have been enlightened to footbag. But we're working on it.

It's kinda cool being in the pioneering age of footbag for Australia. So many people are impressed by our basic tricks. I wonder what sort of response Lynton gets down in Melbourne.

shaggster · Post by **shaggster** » 16 Jun 2004 11:58

this is him at the 2002 thing with andre augussi and pete sampras

Fu Xi · Post by **Fu Xi** » 16 Jun 2004 12:02

wow, old....

my pop calls me rob laver

(sorry)

SpaceMonkey · Post by **SpaceMonkey** » 16 Jun 2004 12:14

Rod Laver was the best tennis player ever. The sad thing is that his shoes are horrible for tennis. I mean really bad. A ripped a pair to shreds in a month or two playing tennis with them. Then I found out they had a better use. All I know is that a lot of people now know of Rod Laver beacuse of his shoes use in footbag.

FlexThis · Post by **FlexThis** » 16 Jun 2004 14:59

Zeke · Post by **Zeke** » 16 Jun 2004 23:35

Check out Steve's post...

http://www.footbag.org/forum/viewtopic. ... ight=#6281

the Executioner · Post by **the Executioner** » 17 Jun 2004 07:11

Yeah, Ive heard Rod Laver is not too crazy about footbag.

[quote="HackyRichard"]Being an Australian he probably doesn't fully grasp the concept of footbag like the majority of people in the South Pacific region ... (not including any easily offended aussie footbaggers in that lot).
Then again it could have something to do with you americans taking something and, in his eyes, misusing it (kinda like splitting the atom, nuclear weapons etc ... but in a good way) for you own gain, without giving him credit for it or something like that.

What the fuck does kicking footbag in Rod Laver tennis shoes have to do with "Us Americans" taking something and misusing it for "our" own gain, without giving credit where it's due?? I'm not the biggest patriot here but if your going to bash americans at least make some sense, and use some relevant context.

bigdirtyfoot · Post by **bigdirtyfoot** » 17 Jun 2004 07:58

Haha, that was posted almost 2 years ago... and ... I'm too pissed off write now about other stuff so I'm not going to type anymore.

Splint · Post by **Splint** » 17 Jun 2004 08:20

HackyRichard wrote: Then again it could have something to do with you americans taking something and, in his eyes, misusing it (kinda like splitting the atom, nuclear weapons etc ... but in a good way) for you own gain, without giving him credit for it or something like that....
If I've offended anyone with any of this too fuckin bad, my opinion is just that ...

There are a lot of things that you can say this about where the US is concerned, but I think on this one you are dead wrong. In case you haven't noticed, no one plays tennis with Rod Lavers because they suck for tennis and Adidas hasn't bothered to come out with an updated version of the shoe that's stylish enough for tennis players to want to buy.

The world on footbag is the only group that thinks the Rod Laver shoe is worth a shit for our purposes and if we all stopped using the shoe tomorrow Rod Laver would stop getting his royalty checks. 99% of the footbag community, of which a majority is american, constantly promotes the use of Rod Laver Tennis shoes for freestyle. I don't see how you can say that americans have stolen anything from Rod Laver without giving credit.

EDIT: Haha I too just noticed it was posted 2 years ago. Oh well, my statements still stand. Though HackyRichards views may have changed since then; or maybe not.

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 17 Jun 2004 10:21

actually I'm pretty sure that the amount of lavers sold to footbaggers is a very small minority. I can't imagine any more than 200 pairs being sold world wide in a year, and suspect the actual number is around 50. If a shoe were selling those kinds of numbers I'm sure it would be taken off the market.

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 17 Jun 2004 10:27

edit: - Why can't I edit my post?

What I wanted to say is:

The USA sucks

Splint · Post by **Splint** » 17 Jun 2004 10:37

I'd have to guess that your numbers are wrong. There are well over 1,000 members of Footbag.org and at least half of us own more than one pair of Lavers.
Obviously there are enough pairs of the shoe being sold that they not only didn't stop production on them when it was expected to happen years ago, but I would venture to say that the amount of that shoe purchased by footbaggers has also led to all the new colors and styles that have been introduced such as the red, blue, grey, black, tan, pink, etc....

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 17 Jun 2004 10:51

but how often do you buy a new pair. I bought my current and only pair that I've owned in late 2002 and will probably get a new pair this year.

I usually play every day, shuffle lots and play off my toes. I am sure that many players would buy shoes less often than I do.