From owner-announce@list.footbag.org Wed Apr 2 10:17:38 2003 Received: from llic.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by llic.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id h32IHcJh007767 for ; Wed, 2 Apr 2003 10:17:38 -0800 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by llic.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-5) id h32IHchU007765 for announce-outgoing@list.footbag.org; Wed, 2 Apr 2003 10:17:38 -0800 X-Authentication-Warning: llic.net: majordom set sender to owner-announce@list.footbag.org using -f Received: from laxerone@netscape.net by imo-d01.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v34.21.) id z.1a.81d06ba (22682) for ; Wed, 2 Apr 2003 10:06:08 -0500 (EST) Received: from netscape.net (mow-d13.webmail.aol.com [205.188.139.129]) by air-in04.mx.aol.com (v92.17) with ESMTP id MAILININ43-589a3e8afc5fd7; Wed, 02 Apr 2003 10:06:08 -0500 Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2003 10:06:07 -0500 From: Jan Zimmermann To: announce@footbag.org Subject: [announce] FootJam03, May 17-18, Zurich (Switzerland) MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <5A9D18A7.223B663C.0078AB1E@netscape.net> X-Mailer: Atlas Mailer 2.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Scanned-By: Spam Scanner (MIMEDefang 2.21, footbag edition) Sender: owner-announce@list.footbag.org OK, I thought I'd drop a line or two finally, to keep everyone informed. The FootJam03 is fast approaching and, what can I say, it will return to Z¸rich with a blast! 70 competitors in 2001, 90 in 2002, where going for the 100! The event is happening on May 17 and 18, 2003, in Zurich, Switzerland. You can get up-to-the-minute information on the event by going to the event listing on footbag.org: http://www.footbag.org/events/show/1031232420 We have one of the hottest underground clubs for the freestyle and party night with room for over 1000 people (yes, it will be packed!). Bring your gas masks, however, for the smoke. The Judging Panel for the Evening will consist of Ryan Mulroney, Ales Zelinka, Franck Remy, Ole Schnack and a surprise guest as usual. Concert and party tunes will be provided by Ra'San Jong aka Kamilean (L.A./Lausanne), Gold and Incence Soundsystem (Lausanne) and Redemption Sound Soundsystem from Berlin. Food and drink will be provided this year, so your stay in one of the most expensive cities in the world will hopefully be cheap:) Also we'll have a cheap place to stay for everyone, provided you bring your sleeping bag. The net contest will be held right next to the Z¸rich lake with a nice center court for finals, BBQ, shred areas and whatnot. Getting butt naked and jumping in to the lake is strictly allowed;) So much for now, a home page will be up with more details in the next 2 weeks along with online registration. Jan Zimmermann If you have no better plans I suggest you get your ticket straight away and experience one of the hottest tournaments of the season! Yours truly Jan Zimmermann From owner-announce@list.footbag.org Fri Apr 4 05:00:41 2003 Received: from llic.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by llic.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id h34D0fek012853 for ; Fri, 4 Apr 2003 05:00:41 -0800 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by llic.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-5) id h34D0fmh012851 for announce-outgoing@list.footbag.org; Fri, 4 Apr 2003 05:00:41 -0800 X-Authentication-Warning: llic.net: majordom set sender to owner-announce@list.footbag.org using -f Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 09:36:17 -0800 Received: from 194.214.158.221 by by1fd.bay1.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 17:36:16 GMT X-Originating-IP: [194.214.158.221] From: "Grischa Tellenbach" To: announce@footbag.org Subject: [announce] Paris Footbag Festival, May 10-11, Paris (France) Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 12:36:16 +0100 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 12 Mar 2003 17:36:17.0398 (UTC) FILETIME=[E2F53960:01C2E8BD] X-Scanned-By: Spam Scanner (MIMEDefang 2.21, footbag edition) Sender: owner-announce@list.footbag.org The "Rien N'est Hacky" footbag club in Paris, France, will organize its first-ever competition this May. The event details are below and on footbag.org: Date: Saturday May 10, and Sunday, May 11, 2003 Location: Centre Sportif Georges-Carpentier Annexe Georges Carpentier 81, Boulevard Massena 75013 Paris Metro ligne 7 Direction "Mairie d'Ivry" Station "Porte de Choisy" Events: doubles net intermediate freestyle open freestyle team freestyle shred 30 sec sick 3 Pre-Registration and more information: http://www.footbag.fr.st Please e-mail me with questions or check the footbag.org event listing for updates. Grischa Tellenbach Rien N'est Hacky Footbag Crew Paris From owner-announce@list.footbag.org Sat Apr 5 12:45:14 2003 Received: from llic.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by llic.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id h35KjEiq018306 for ; Sat, 5 Apr 2003 12:45:14 -0800 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by llic.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-5) id h35KjEHQ018304 for announce-outgoing@list.footbag.org; Sat, 5 Apr 2003 12:45:14 -0800 X-Authentication-Warning: llic.net: majordom set sender to owner-announce@list.footbag.org using -f Received: from mail pickup service by hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC; Sat, 5 Apr 2003 12:32:04 -0800 Received: from 68.48.165.37 by pv1fd.pav1.hotmail.msn.com with HTTP; Sat, 05 Apr 2003 20:32:03 GMT X-Originating-IP: [68.48.165.37] X-Originating-Email: [jugglingmonk@hotmail.com] From: Pete Irish To: announce@footbag.org Subject: [announce] 20th Annual East Coast Championships, June 28-29, Laurel, MD (USA) Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2003 15:32:03 -0500 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Message-ID: X-OriginalArrivalTime: 05 Apr 2003 20:32:04.0065 (UTC) FILETIME=[6B2CE510:01C2FBB2] X-Scanned-By: Spam Scanner (MIMEDefang 2.21, footbag edition) Sender: owner-announce@list.footbag.org Ladies and Gentlemen, You are invited to the 20th Annual East Coast Championships, June 28-29th in Laurel, MD. We are working hard to make sure this will be a worthy celebration of 20 years of footbag on the east. We have invited the founder of the tournament, footbag hall of famer Rick Kaufman, to join us, and hope to have the attendance of some of the all time greats and legends of the sport. The East Coast Championships is the second longest running tournament in footbag history and this year will be the biggest. We will be offering prize money for pros and awesome prizes for intermediates. As well, there will be plenty of non-competitive kicking and 4-square throughout the event. Events are as follows: Freestyle: 2 min. routines (open and intermediate) 30-second shred (open only) sick trick (open only) Net: singles (open and intermediate) doubles (open and intermediate) Other: footbag golf old-skool footbag consecs (as many as you can do) We will also be throwing a great players' party. This will be a historical event not to be missed, rich in history and tradition. More info is available at: http://www.footbag.org/events/show/1049457912 (so check there fore updates), and will be forthcoming as the event approaches. Specific questions can be directed to Vince Bradley at procrastan8r@footbag.org or Peter Irish at jugglingmonk@hotmail.com. DON'T MISS IT!!! Pete Irish & Vince Bradley Directors, 20th Annual East Coast Championships From owner-announce@list.footbag.org Wed Apr 16 14:40:52 2003 Received: from llic.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by llic.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id h3GLepDV031020 for ; Wed, 16 Apr 2003 14:40:52 -0700 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by llic.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-5) id h3GLepsE031018 for announce-outgoing@list.footbag.org; Wed, 16 Apr 2003 14:40:51 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: llic.net: majordom set sender to owner-announce@list.footbag.org using -f Message-ID: <20030415162552.31961.qmail@web12303.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [68.78.129.229] by web12303.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 09:25:52 PDT Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 15:25:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Scot Hansen Subject: [announce] Online registration for Windy City Open (May 24-26) To: announce@footbag.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Scanned-By: Spam Scanner (MIMEDefang 2.21, footbag edition) Sender: owner-announce@list.footbag.org Greetings, Footbaggers! The Illinois Footbag League and the Chicago Inner Circle are happy to announce that the online registration form for the first annual Windy City Open is now available at . You'll notice that we are not accepting prepayments online, but we want to get a handle beforehand on how many people will be coming, so please take a couple of minutes to register yourself. We are hoping that most everyone will register early and bring cash as a payment method the day the tournament starts. (We can handle checks, but we'd prefer cash. Credit cards will not be accepted.) The Windy City Open will be held in Chicago on Memorial Day weekend, May 24-26, 2003. We are currently in negotiations with the University of Illinois at Chicago for a tournament site and for dorms for out-of-towners looking to save the headaches of trying to find a place to stay for the weekend. (We're still hoping to get Navy Pier Park as a finals site for Monday the 26th, but it's still a little out of budget at this point.) Regardless of how everything works out, we want to assure you that we will be in a highly visible, high-traffic area that's safe for the whole family. We will be running Freestyle and Net events in the Open category only. We will also have some FREE beginner events in both disciplines. If you think you'd be better off competing intermediate, sign up as an amatuer competing in the Open event, and if there's enough people like you, we'll consider opening up an intermediate category on the day of the event (freestyle only). We'll be sending out another announcement soon with details on site location and event schedules. In the meantime, look to for updates and all your footbagging info. The exact URL is: http://www.footbag.org/events/show/1032192280 (then click on "ONLINE REGISTRATION" on that page). Thanks, Scot Hansen Cory Current Jon Nagela By the way, Kenny- After you've checked the box for singles net, check the box for doubles, too. It will ask you for your partner's name. My last name is spelled with an "en" and only one "t" in my first name. From owner-announce@list.footbag.org Fri Apr 18 01:45:51 2003 Received: from llic.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by llic.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id h3I8joDV027263 for ; Fri, 18 Apr 2003 01:45:50 -0700 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by llic.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-5) id h3I8jofR027261 for announce-outgoing@list.footbag.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2003 01:45:50 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: llic.net: majordom set sender to owner-announce@list.footbag.org using -f Message-ID: <005b01c3044a$4f376fb0$c987d2d5@dexter> From: "Jan Struz" To: announce@footbag.org Subject: [announce] 2003 World Footbag Championships Website Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 00:59:24 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Scanned-By: Spam Scanner (MIMEDefang 2.21, footbag edition) Sender: owner-announce@list.footbag.org Dear footbaggers, It is my pleasure to announce that the official website of the 2003 IFPA World Footbag Championships has been launched. So far you can find just the most basic of information there, but that will change from day to day, so check this site often. The official website can be found at http://www.footbag.org/worlds2003/ So far, you can explore sections under: - Location - Events - City of Prague All events offered will take place in one venue: a very large athletics stadium AFK Slavia Praha. There's a nice grass field that can hold up to 35 net courts, and if needed, there's still room to build few more nearby. Freestyle events will take place in a big tent (20m x 25m) that will be built directly on the stadium's tartan area. Again, more information will be coming over time, including registration information, lodging info, and much more. The event will take place in Prague, Czech Republic -- the first time it's been outside North America! The event will be seven days long -- starting Monday morning, July 28, and ending on Sunday evening, August 3. Go ahead and make your travel plans now. And remember, the European Footbag Championships will be a full week before, in Frankfurt, Germany, July 18-20. Frankfurt is only a short hop away from Prague. So if you are making a special trip to Europe for Worlds, be sure to hit both events, and enjoy a vacation during the week between the events! Thank you for your patience so far, Jan Struz IFPA & Czech Footbag Association From owner-announce@list.footbag.org Fri Apr 18 01:50:07 2003 Received: from llic.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by llic.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id h3I8o7DV027413 for ; Fri, 18 Apr 2003 01:50:07 -0700 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by llic.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-5) id h3I8o7D3027411 for announce-outgoing@list.footbag.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2003 01:50:07 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: llic.net: majordom set sender to owner-announce@list.footbag.org using -f Message-ID: <20030415162602.52321.qmail@web41612.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [12.226.126.214] by web41612.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 15 Apr 2003 09:26:02 PDT Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 00:26:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Caleb Abraham Subject: [announce] 2003 Steel City Footbag Open, May 16-17, Ambridge, PA (USA) To: announce@footbag.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Scanned-By: Spam Scanner (MIMEDefang 2.21, footbag edition) Sender: owner-announce@list.footbag.org The 2003 Steel City Footbag Open is on, and pumping in full effect. Good times will be had by all at this tournament. It takes place right in the middle of the biggest street festival this little town has every year, Nationality Days. A festival where everyone closeby comes together to play games, watch shows, and eat all the different foods each nationality has to offer. Well this year, footbag is one of the main events. We have media coverage from two sources this year. Radio and a local newspaper to attract crowds and swarms of people to come watch. The event is dedicated to raising money for the IFPA, all proceeds go to them. The cause is a good enough reason to attend just for that. Come one come all, for this event will not be one to miss. The event is happening May 16-17 in Ambridge, Pennsylvania. Yahoo Maps is a suggested resource for directions and if you have any other questions feel free to consult the event listing at: http://www.footbag.org/events/show/1046985067 or email me at: fuz@footbag.org Hope to see you there, Caleb Abraham PS: If you plan to attend this event, please email me so I know how many t-shirts to make. From owner-announce@list.footbag.org Tue Apr 22 00:23:19 2003 Received: from llic.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by llic.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id h3M7NIDV023627 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 00:23:18 -0700 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by llic.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-5) id h3M7NIuV023625 for announce-outgoing@list.footbag.org; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 00:23:18 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: llic.net: majordom set sender to owner-announce@list.footbag.org using -f Received: from I (brat.footbag.org [209.125.90.60]) by llic.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id h3M7NGDW023621 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 00:23:16 -0700 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: brat@209.125.90.2 Message-Id: Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 00:24:25 -0700 To: announce@footbag.org From: Steve Goldberg Subject: [announce] Reminder: No Western Regionals / and a brief history of something... Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Scanned-By: Spam Scanner (MIMEDefang 2.21, footbag edition) Sender: owner-announce@list.footbag.org Hi, everyone. I am pretty sure everyone knows this, but the last thing I want is to have a bunch of people show up at my house this Memorial Day weekend expecting there to be a tournament! So, this message is going out to all of you who didn't get the news last year -- that the Western Regional Footbag Championships is no more. At least, for now. We ran the 17th and last consecutive year of this event last May at Stanford University. It was the 10th straight year at Stanford, and after that milestone I and the rest of the Bay Area crew who've been putting it on that long (and some even longer!) have decided to give it a REST! I for one don't know what I'll do with all the free time this month and next. :-) It was getting to be a lifestyle... Anyway, I want to thank everyone who has helped make the event a success year after year (including the players, some of whom never missed a year). It was a blast. And thanks especially to Chris Ott, the Welches, and Julie Symons. However, that said, there are two important things to know: (1) The IFPA Windy City Open is taking our time slot, at least this year. So if you're hankerin' for some footbag on Memorial Day weekend, check out http://www.footbag.org/events/show/1032192280 (you can register online). (2) The Stanford Footbag Club is *still* the longest-running weekly freestyle circle on the planet. :-) Read below. Steve -- For the strong of heart, or the just-plain curious, here's a little history (from my perspective) of the Stanford Footbag Club and how it's touched many lives in the sport... We started kicking at Stanford every week back in 1987, and haven't stopped since. Sure there've been a few missed weeks each year, but rain or shine, summer or winter (if you can call it that), we've had a regular circle for 16 years and counting (!!). Seems like yesterday that Andreas Roemer and I kicked the bag in White Plaza that fateful day (a few weeks before the first-ever Berkeley Festival on April Fool's Day, 1987), and my best trick back then was a sole kick (no, I couldn't even do a delay). Andreas taught me that. He could do a delay -- that was always my dream. Andreas was kicking the bag in White Plaza when I just happened upon him. He was selling footbags in the plaza. Like anyone at Stanford played footbag. Sheesh. What a fool. [Lest you be mistaken, don't assume I started kicking at Stanford. I started in 1982. I met Jim Caveney in 1983. That's another long story. :-)] The trip to Berkeley was just a stroke of luck. Andreas and I (the entire "club" at that point) just decided on a whim to drive to Berkeley. We figured if we couldn't find action at Stanford, we could *surely* find it at Berkeley. We didn't know anyone in the footbag scene. Nobody at all. So, we just got in the car, and drove. We were looking for people kicking hacky sacks. Any circle would have done. So we just drove around campus, and off campus, looking both for people playing hacky sack and a legal place to park. Imagine our surprise when after only a few minutes of driving around, Andreas screamed at the top of his lungs, "Steven, STOP the car!" I pulled over. He pointed over my left shoulder, up on a raised field. At first I just couldn't believe my eyes. It simply wasn't possible. It was like we'd arrived in Footbag Heaven. There was the first-ever footbag festival at Berkeley, complete with quite a few nets and seriously insane freestylers (like ET Constable) who Andreas and I just couldn't believe were real. It was organized by the Berkeley Footbag Club, and that's where I met Brent Welch. (He and Jody didn't have the last name back then. :-)) But that's another story for another day. Back to Stanford. :-) Next, David Ho and Mark the Mathematician joined the Stanford club. They were the first real students I would play with. We met every single week, first in the quad, then back in White Plaza where the club had started. (Andreas had to leave the country for a while; another long story. Suffice it to say I was the best man and witness at his impromptu wedding at the Palo Alto City Hall.) Then Nina joined the club (she had a thing for Mark; he was a gymnast and a math Ph.D. student, where Nina's brother was an assistant professor.) She had a penchant for slow reggae. Not the most conducive to our games. We often fought over the music. Jody, who joined in the next paragraph during this time, still to this day sometimes imitates Nina ("Steve, can we put on some reggae?!"). Then before you know it, Brent and Jody showed up (pretty regularly, I might add, for quite a few years). They had formed (along with many others) the Berkeley footbag club, which hosted Western Regionals before we moved it to Stanford. Jody was probably the person who coached me, mentored me, and helped me with my freestyle :-), until much later when I got more serious and engaged the services of one Dennis Jones. But that's another story. And once or twice I actually convince Julie Symons to show up. Zander Nosler was in school at Stanford at the time, and he was a regular (I had met him in early 1987, and we later became bestest friends). Then there was Eric Anderson (I introduced Eric to Zander, through footbag, and they are now life-long best friends, both living in Seattle). In fact, years later I was the one who introduced the little red-headed girl to Zander, and the rest is history (Megan and Zander got married not that long ago in the scheme of things). It was so cute. Zander was like, "hey, do you know that little red-headed girl?" And Megan was like, "Hey, Steve, what's your friend's name?" And the Rest Is History. In 1992, the fall before we started running Western Regionals, Eric Anderson got the gumption to make SUFC an official university club, and the Rest, again, Is History. By the way, Eric hooked up with Nina. :-) There, the cat's out of the bag. :-) It was around that time (in 1992) that I made the first footbag web-page on the Internet, on a server at Stanford that I had access to, even though I'd long since graduated. The Stanford Footbag Club's online presence was born. :-) The second-ever university-sanctioned footbag club, but the first-ever *online* footbag club. :-) And by this time, my best tricks were rakes and osises (thanks, Jody). Around that time, Mike Niday started making appearances (and still does to this day), as did several special visitors from all around the bay area (from Ed La Macchia, where we agreed to team up for many years as a pretty solid doubles freestyle team :-)) to Tonga (Dave Wedertz) to Lisa Monti, to Lisa McDaniel, to Dennis Jones, to Carol Wedemeyer, they graced our circle with their presence from time to time. Once I think I got Megan, Lisa Monti, and Carol Wedemeyer to actually do a demo at some dormitory event. That was fun, though it led to absolutely no new members for the club. (Recruiting was, and is, basically impossible. Yet, *somehow*, I always have at least 2 people to play with when I go each Tuesday.) Then some random kid started showing up. Jeremy Nevin was his name. He couldn't get enough. He found out about my circle somehow, and started playing regularly. He just lived a few minutes from Stanford. He not only came immediately after school on Tuesdays, but he forced me to meet him at White Plaza on Saturdays, too. He needed to be taught, and I was happy to oblige. On a SUFC trip to Berkeley to play with the club there, Jeremy met Dimitri Kavouras. Through their shared passion, they both developed into remarkable players. Jeremy, in fact, named Smear and Smudge, as well as a few other tricks (but who will remember, besides maybe Rippin and Dennis). Unfortunately, Jeremy died just a few years ago in a car wreck; Rippin dedicated his finals routine to Jeremy (I cried) at the 2000 Worlds in Vancouver. Off and on during that time, we had some pretty insane pseudo-regulars. Like the guy Jody liked to call "Spaz" -- to this day I can't remember his real name (okay, I think it was something like "Keith"). People would see him years later at random tournaments and all they'd remember was Spaz. :-) In reality, I think Kevin Ritchie (for those of you who have been graced by his presence, especially in Europe last year) is actually Keith's twin brother, somehow born a few years later or something. Anyway, playing with Spaz was Good Times. Then it was the Next Generation, as Zander and Eric and the gang graduated or otherwise found other things to occupy their time (like the Welches, who heroically continued to show up after having at least one or two kids, finally couldn't wrangle the kids *and* afford the time to freestyle, and of course, play net as well on other days). I'll never forget the Stanford dorm-mates who defined the next couple of years of the club: Matt Stone and Ben Gallant, who was the president of the club 'til he graduated in '98. (Ben showed up at the finals of Worlds in San Francisco last summer. It was so awesome to see him.) Price Lawhon also showed up, pretty regularly for a while, then just completely disappeared. I guess no great loss there. :-) There was Rob Fuller, too. A guy who kind of disappeared, but who left me with a nice bit of memorabilia.. a footbag with the name Brat embroidered on it. He was a geeky engineer type, but got into making footbags, and was generally fun to play with. Rob used to go to Pizz'a Chicago with me every Tuesday after the kick, for quite a while. During that time, and into the next phase, we were graced with the presence of another prodigy, Jeff (Jboy) Gran. Another local kid from the same neighborhood as Jeremy Nevin, Jboy had a gift for the game. He almost never seemed to have to work to learn new tricks, and was *always* equally good on both his left and right sides. This kid had no flipside. Along with Jboy was his friend Chris, who could hit legbeater but couldn't do two clippers in a row. :-) Chris made me a sculpture of myself for Christmas -- wearing my geeky hat that I sometimes wore, and doing a frigidosis (a move, by the way, I invented). Those were great times. Not only was I learning hard tricks like blur and ripwalk (on one side), but Kevin Fine started showing up (a somewhat geeky mechanical engineering coterm student, who we liked to call "the claw" for obvious reasons). :-) Brian Kimball showed up, again I'm not sure how he found out about the circle (I guess it was that "internet" thing). He stayed with the club probably the longest of any person besides Kevin (and of course me). His contributions to my freestyle (in terms of forcing me to practice) and to footbag.org are without description. There's no way possible to thank Brian for all he's done behind the scenes for footbag. So few people know that, which is the sad part. Brian, like so many other people in our club, ultimately just disappeared. :-( Anyway, one day around the time Jboy, Chris, Brian, and Kevin were playing with me at Stanford, I got one of the strangest phone calls I've gotten yet (and that's saying a lot for a guy who's hosted 12 tournaments). Some guy who just identified himself as "Red" called from San Diego. He told me he'd just driven to San Diego from Missouri and was wondering if I knew any kickers there. He was specifically looking for Big-Add Posse members. I think his exact words were, "Do you know the numbers of any Big-Add Posse members in San Diego? I'm looking for the Big-Add Posse." I told him, (and at the time it was true), "You won't find any BAP members in San Diego, dude. They're all up here. Why didn't you call me *before* you drove all the way down there?!" So, he got in his car, and drove up to the Bay Area. He was, after all, "looking for the Big-Add Posse". And the Rest, as they say, Is History. Aside from frequent kicks with all the BAP members in SF and Berkeley (including but not limited to everyone you can think of), Red started playing with me and my Stanford posse. He was pretty fresh-off-the-boat when I met him (I never did quite teach him to master that damnable osis), but over time managed to get way better than I ever will be, and helped motivate Jboy, Brian, and Kevin along the way. It was, again, Good Times. I'm sure I'm leaving things and people out, but that brings us pretty much up to the last few years. With the exception of a one-year (or so) absence in the middle, Kevin has been with the club ever since (to this day). He comes almost without fail every Tuesday. Sometimes in the winter, he brings industrial lighting (or so it seems) to keep us from having to play in the dark. Kevin's basically better than me now, which annoys me to no end. It probably doesn't help that I retired from freestyle and basically just play 4-square at every session. And I can do that because of the kids (read below). Ever since Ryan Mulroney graduated from Berkeley, when he's in the country he shows up at Stanford, too. Almost without fail while he's around, he graces us with his presence, and his music. I never have to worry about music when Ryan's around -- nor could I since he is kind of "controlling" that way. :-) [I could write a thesis on how footbaggers get when you mess with the music.] We've had a few students come and go, but the last few years or so we've had another phD student showing up, this time a computer science geek (imagine that) named Ben Lynn. Ben's been finding new heights to his game recently, finally understanding what I meant by "on the way up". :-) He's hitting all sorts of interesting tricks now. Ben finally went to an event in his native land of Aussie. So now he knows most of those players (lucky them :-)). The most recent injection of fresh blood has been the Santa Clara footbag posse -- Scrawny (Jonathan), Fryguy (Brian), Hector (Edgar), Pepe (Pepe), Adam, and random others they drag along. They make four-square challenging (but I still win 80% of the games) because of course they play every week with the best (that'd be me, or Ryan when he shows up). I just wish I could keep them out of the trees. Another long story. Well.. That pretty much brings us to now. Hope you enjoyed it. And of course -- the plug: Anyone's welcome at the Stanford Footbag Club's REGULAR weekly freestyle and four-square sessions. We play almost without fail in White Plaza on the Stanford Campus, Tuesdays from 3:30-6pm. Just if you come, be prepared to accept the music you're dealt. :-) And get ready to defend your square. Steve P.S. There's physically no way for me to list every single person who ever played at our regular Tuesday session. You all know who you are. And I can only say "thank you" for helping keep the tradition alive. :-) And come back soon. We'll be there. From owner-announce@list.footbag.org Wed Apr 23 19:55:50 2003 Received: from llic.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by llic.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id h3O2tnDV028492 for ; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 19:55:49 -0700 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by llic.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-5) id h3O2tnlg028490 for announce-outgoing@list.footbag.org; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 19:55:49 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: llic.net: majordom set sender to owner-announce@list.footbag.org using -f Message-ID: <20030422151335.55232.qmail@web12302.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [68.78.43.118] by web12302.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 08:13:35 PDT Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 19:35:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Scot Hansen Subject: [announce] IFPA Windy City Open (May 24-26) -- Update & Lodging Info To: announce@footbag.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Scanned-By: Spam Scanner (MIMEDefang 2.21, footbag edition) Sender: owner-announce@list.footbag.org Hey, folks. Just a little update on how things are going concerning the IFPA Windy City Open, to be held Memorial Day weekend in Chicago... ( http://www.footbag.org/events/show/1032192280 ) The good news is that we have firmed up a site at the University of Illinois at Chicago. We will be using the outfield of a baseball field at the corner of Roosevelt and Halstead on campus at UIC for our net matches. There is a great little freestyle area right outside the fence of the baseball field that we will use if the weather cooperates. If not, we have a multi-purpose room reserved inside that can also accomodate net if it got real nasty outside. We have the go-ahead to use these sites on Monday for finals if we can't get one of the higher-traffic sites we're hoping to get. (Either Grant Park or Navy Pier Park, which I'm told is actually called Olive Park.) The other good news is that we have at least $2000 confirmed in sponsorship dollars, and we won't have to use any of it for the UIC site. (Thanks First Illinois Mortgage and Eric Cokee!) The bad news is that we will not be able to offer UIC dorms to out-of-town guests to the big city as we'd originally hoped. I've called around and found a couple of nearby hotels, but I'm reluctant to sign a contract with any of them without getting a better sense of how many rooms we can fill. With that in mind, I have a couple of different ideas... I found the Hyatt-University Village (625 S. Ashland, 312-491-1234) on Orbitz.com for $109/night. This is the same price they quoted me as long as we could fill 10 rooms. The Hyatt is located on the campus of UIC, but it is on the complete opposite end of the campus. There is also a Best Western (1100 S. Michigan, 312-294-2400) that would be a 2-minute cab ride (or 20 minute walk down a busy, dirty street) to the site, but I couldn't get them to come down from $139/night. If I can find any other close, cheap hotels I'll announce them immediately, but these two are probably the best bets. Also, I can comfortably house and transport 10-12 people each night at my house. I can actually sleep a whole lot more, but I won't be able to drive any more than 12 people, and I live about 25 miles from the site. If you are interested in taking advantage of the free Hansen Hotel, email me on the side at . Looking forward to seeing you all in the Windy City, Scot From owner-announce@list.footbag.org Wed Apr 23 20:03:11 2003 Received: from llic.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by llic.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id h3O33ADV029136 for ; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 20:03:10 -0700 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by llic.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-5) id h3O33AUJ029134 for announce-outgoing@list.footbag.org; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 20:03:10 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: llic.net: majordom set sender to owner-announce@list.footbag.org using -f Received: from laxerone@netscape.net by imo-d01.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v34.22.) id z.4.7f07cf0 (16213) for ; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 06:38:32 -0400 (EDT) Received: from netscape.net (mow-m03.webmail.aol.com [64.12.184.131]) by air-in01.mx.aol.com (v93.8) with ESMTP id MAILININ11-3f553ea66d2834f; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 06:38:32 2000 Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 06:38:32 -0400 From: Jan Zimmermann To: announce@footbag.org Subject: [announce] IFPA FootJam03, May 17-18, Zurich (Switzerland) MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <57C4E672.00BFF474.0078AB1E@netscape.net> X-Mailer: Atlas Mailer 2.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Scanned-By: Spam Scanner (MIMEDefang 2.21, footbag edition) Sender: owner-announce@list.footbag.org Switzerland invites you to one of the hottest Footbag events of the year: FootJam03 -- Zurich, Switzerland -- May 17-18, 2003 * Sanctioned by IFPA ( http://www.footbag.org/events/show/1031232420 ) We have worked hard and relentlessly to make this event unforgettable for all participants. What will be different this year? Well first of all we've switched the order of events. The freestyle event will be held on Saturday and the net event on Sunday. Freestyle will be held in one of the hottest locations in town, the Rote Fabrik. We're expecting 1000+ spectators, and this is no idle boast! 10,000 flyers are being spread throughout Switzerland and our strategic combination of freestyle contest and some of the best Swiss and German dance hall artists (Kamilean aka Ra'San Jong from the Oops! Footbag Club, and Redemption Sound Soundsystem) will ensure massive attendance. Entertainment will be the primary objective of the evening so be prepared to hear, see and experience some wild surprises. As usual we have managed to secure a professional jury consisting of some of the head figures in world and European freestyle. Namely: Ryan Mulroney (two time world freestyle champion), Ales Zelinka (winner of the freestyle title at FootJam02), Frank Remy (three time French freestyle champion) and Ole Schnack (double freestyle European champion 2003). Plus of course A special guest from outside the footbag community. On Sunday we will have the net contest directly at the lake. As usual we will have an intermediate tournament that allows even people who have never kicked a net bag before to test their skillz. The definite highlight will be the open tournament where some of European top teams will battle for the title. As the FootJam is still one of the few tournaments in Europe that focuses on net as well as freestyle, huge attendance is expected from net teams from all over Europe. Of course there will be music again, food, drink, party, good mood and finest action! For all details and online registration (please use!) check out the event homepage at http://www.footjam.ch Jan P.S. Oh, and did I mention? Housing, food and drink will be FREE for all registered participants this year!!! From owner-announce@list.footbag.org Wed Apr 23 20:06:21 2003 Received: from llic.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by llic.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id h3O36LDV029233 for ; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 20:06:21 -0700 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by llic.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-5) id h3O36LYE029231 for announce-outgoing@list.footbag.org; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 20:06:21 -0700 Message-Id: <200304240306.h3O36LYE029231@llic.net> X-Authentication-Warning: llic.net: majordom set sender to owner-announce@list.footbag.org using -f Received: from [12.226.126.214] by web41612.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 23 Apr 2003 15:14:36 PDT Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 15:14:36 -0700 (PDT) From: Caleb Abraham Subject: [announce] Steel City Open, May 16-18, Ambridge, PA (USA) -- Change & Reminder To: announce@footbag.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Scanned-By: Spam Scanner (MIMEDefang 2.21, footbag edition) Sender: owner-announce@list.footbag.org This is the last chance reminder for the 2003 Steel City Open. Everyone needs to come because it will be so fun. There are however some significant updates that everyone in the area needs to see. First of all, the entire schedule has changed. In order to spark more attendance the event will now be Friday-Sunday. Friday will be a jam, no competition, but we will put on a show for the crowds. Saturday, the tournament begins and it will all conclude in the same venue Sunday (our new additional day to the event). So come and go whenever you please over the entire weekend, the shred stays strong in Ambridge the whole time. It will be mega fun. For a look at the specific schedule and details see: http://www.footbag.org/events/show/1046985067 Any additional questions may be emailed to me. Thanks for reading, Caleb Abraham From owner-announce@list.footbag.org Wed Apr 30 16:23:21 2003 Received: from llic.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by llic.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id h3UNNLDV012618 for ; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 16:23:21 -0700 Received: (from majordom@localhost) by llic.net (8.12.3/8.12.3/Debian-5) id h3UNNLYf012616 for announce-outgoing@list.footbag.org; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 16:23:21 -0700 X-Authentication-Warning: llic.net: majordom set sender to owner-announce@list.footbag.org using -f Received: from localhost.springsips.com (localhost.springsips.com [127.0.0.1]) by mamacass.springsips.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A80491CB88A for ; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 16:20:43 -0600 (MDT) Received: from mamacass.springsips.com (localhost.springsips.com [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.springsips.com (VaMailArmor-2.0.1.10) id 79943-5100C9D2; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 16:20:43 -0600 Received: from [192.168.254.7] (dsla020.springsips.com [63.94.180.149]) by mamacass.springsips.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id CA1331CB884 for ; Wed, 30 Apr 2003 16:20:42 -0600 (MDT) User-Agent: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.0.3 Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 16:15:20 -0600 Subject: [announce] Flying Clipper turns twenty! (Celebration May 3-4, Veneta, OR, USA) From: Bruce Guettich To: announce@footbag.org Message-ID: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" X-AntiVirus: checked by Vexira MailArmor (version: 2.0.1.10; VAE: 6.19.0.3; VDF: 6.19.0.9; host: mamacass.springsips.com) X-Scanned-By: Spam Scanner (MIMEDefang 2.21, footbag edition) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by llic.net id h3UMKgDV009603 Sender: owner-announce@list.footbag.org Dear Footbag Fans, This month (April 2nd to be exact) signifies a milestone in footbag history for our sport's most established manufacturer. For the past TWENTY YEARS Flying Clipper has been a cornerstone for footbag innovation in our industry. On behalf of all of us at the World Footbag Association, and the thousands of WFA customers who have purchased Flying Clipper footbags, we say THANK YOU. Thank you Flying Clipper boys for adding "JUICE" to our lives. Thank you for your leadership and innovations in material and design. Thank you for sponsoring events and players. Thank you for pushing your fingers to the outer limits to produce Net footbags that are still today the standard models used in competition. Thank you for encouraging fellow manufacturers to strive for quality and creativity. Thank you for helping new players enjoy our sport with more ease and success. Thank you for your long term commitment while many others have come and gone. This weekend, May 3-4, a special celebration has been organized to honor the creative genius of Flying Clipper's founding fathers, Reed Gray, Dennis Ross and Jim Fitzgerald. If you¼re in the area or can manage a spur of the moment road trip this is one celebration you won't want to miss. Party information and directions are listed below. A veritable who¼s who of footbag pioneers will be celebrating and sharing their favorite Flying Clipper stories with the core group of craftsmen who have helped to mold our sport. Congratulations on reaching your 20th birthday. We all look forward to your contributions in the next twenty years down that long and winding footbag road. Kickin' for life, Bruce Guettich WFA Director ----- Here's the info: Flying Clipper 20th Anniversary Campout Celebration WHEN: May 3-4, 2003 (Optional set-up/camp day, Friday, May 2!) WHERE: The Flying Clipper Fun Farm, near Veneta, OR (See directions, below) WHAT: Commemorating 20 years of hand-crafted footbag and juggling apparatus WHAT ELSE: Camping, juggling, footbag games, music, memories, bonfire, disc golf, footbag golf, general springtime antics! BRING: Camping gear, food & beverage, Flying Clipper memorabilia, and whatever else you need for fun! DINNER: Saturday Night Dinner provided by the Clipper Bros RSVP: Please call the Fitzgeralds at 541-935-9607 or email jim@flyingclipper.com DIRECTIONS: - I-5 South to Beltline Exit. At the end of Beltline, Turn - Right onto Hwy 126 - Right onto Territorial - Left onto Wharthen - Right onto Sheffler - Just past the vineyard, turn - Right onto Baker. You are now IN THE WOODS - After the sign "Pavement Ends, 800 feet" watch on your left for a group of mailboxes - Jim and Sandy Fitzgerald's driveway is the one on the right, just past the mailboxes. -----