Who Do I Root For Now?

7:15am San Francisco, CA, USA and I�ve already ridden my bike around the city in search of a pub or cafe that�s open and that has cable TV.  I�ve been to one breakfast cafe and a standing room only Kezar Pub before settling at the Mucky Duck for the World Cup - USA style.

World Cup USA style?  Isn�t that an oxymoron?

End Of An Era

Cliche alert! 

Peter Irish performed his final competitive singles freestyle routine this past Sunday at the East Coast Footbag Championships in College Park, MD; the same event where he first competed 20 years ago.

chaosfootbag.com generally reports exclusively on the happenings in the world of footbag net.  However, on occasion there is a footbag event so significant it must be covered even if it is not directly related to the net discipline.  This is just such an event.

Peter is the greatest competitive footbag freestyle player of his time.  He set the standard for the world both in the shred circle and with his competitive routines, and I don�t doubt he has somehow inspired every player of today�s freestyle generation.  Even after 20 years of competition and at the ripe old freestyle age of 36 he is among the best shredders in the world.

Green Cup Comes Together

I’m sure I speak for many of the chaos crew when I say that we are still recovering from the weeks of preparation which lead up to an event such as this, not to mention the demands of the weekend itself.  This much competition and celebration can really take it’s toll .  Mostly complete results are now available and I hope we can leave much of the description of the weekend’s exploits to our guests’ comments.  So, if you attended The Green Cup 2006 as a spectator or as a competitor then please share your impression via the comment link below - Thank You!

What’s my take on the whole thing?  Much the same as in years past except that it seems our local footbag community came together even more, pushing the event to it’s highest level yet.  The level of competition was very high as always and I think everyone had an absolutely great time.  We’re already brainstorming to find ways to improve for next year.  Thanks to everyone who volunteered - from Monday’s judging crew, the cooks, DJs, and announcers, right on up to the tournament directors - we kicked ass this weekend!

A final congratulation to our guests of honor - Yves Archambault and Emmanuel Bouchard!  They didn’t do so bad in the competition either.

Results - Green Cup 2006
Green Cup 2006 photo gallery by Jarno

You Have No Idea

The event of a lifetime!

Do you kick hack?  Have you never seen the sport of footbag?  Perhaps you’ve never even heard of it.  Hacky Sack?  No, that’s just a brand and it’s hardly footbag like you will see this weekend in Oakland on Sunday night, and Golden Gate Park on Monday.  Some of the best and most passionate athletes in the world from as far away as Germany and Quebec converge on Northern California’s Bay Area this weekend to compete for the Green Cup.  All the best of the sport will be here including current and former World Champions.

Don’t let the lack of commercialism fool you.  You will find no spoiled athletes here and you will also realize there is no lack of talent or passion.  Everyone is playing for the love of the game and an extreme desire to compete and win.

Admittance to spectators is free.  Come to Peacock Meadow in Golden Gate Park on Monday, May 29th, Memorial Day, and share an afternoon with some of the most talented athletes in the world.  Enjoy the championship matches while you sip on a margarita or enjoy a grilled lunch on your blanket in the sun.  There will be hot dogs, hamburgers, chips, juice, soda, margaritas, beer, etc.  All available for a modest donation which goes to support the event.

Still not convinced it’s worth your time?  Thanks to footbagnet.com you can check out this 2 minute trailor (4MB streaming).  Also, if you can’t make it but still want to support the sport please purchase this very high quality video documentary about the 2005 footbag net season.

Did I mention there will also be music and massage on site for players and spectators to enjoy.  Music is of course free and donations are asked for massage.

streaming video preview (4 MB) | purchase the video | event details (directions, etc)

Green Cup 2006 - Guests Of Honor

We’re trying something a little different at the Green Cup this year.  In lieu of prize money, which has not yet been significant, Chaos is sponsoring two of the games greatest all time players and promoters.  We put allot of thought into who the Green Cup’s first guests of honor might be and it is now official - Emmanuel Bouchard and Yves Archambault.  Congratulations to them!  That means this year’s Green Cup tournament honors them for their tremendous contributions to the sport of footbag as both players and promoters.

The Green Cup 2006 is just around the corner.  Have you registered?  If not, please do so asap.  Don’t worry about payment online.  We’ll take care of that when you arrive.  See the links above.

Stay tuned for more Green Cup updates.

Ah, It's Alive!

As many may not have heard - chaosfootbag.com version 5.6.25 beta is here, finally.  What the @#$*! is beta you ask?  I don’t know but all Google’s stuff is beta and they’re making oodles of cash so this web app is beta too.  Perhaps we’ll get rich off it and then we’ll help support our great sport in a manner by which it’s hardly accustomed.

Apparently team chaos thinks it’s cool enough to be blogging - so here is our blog.  By the way, we hope for it to become your blog too.  By that I mean - in the future… once we figure this thing out… and hoping the site doesn’t get hacked all to crap before it’s truly secure (I have no clue but I can hardly get in myself so it can’t be too bad, eh?) we hope that the site may be used by anyone at all to publish little articles, pics, video, and such about footbag net events worldwide.

Wow, collaborating and sharing and yada yada.  Free lovin footbag (cool - an emoticon).

Sometime in the near or distant future instructions on becoming a member of this footbag net blog thing will be made available.  Heck, for all I know the instructions are actually around here somewhere already.

Okay, so beta basically means the users are now the testers of this product.  In other words, we make no gaurantees that this thing, this interactive webiste called chaosfootbag.com, actually works yet, but we think it does mostly - kind of.  So please take it for a spin and give us any feedback at all.