South American Killers -- SURA 2009

Here, finally, is some video footage of SURA 2009 in Bogota, Colombia.

The future of footbag net is in South America!
I encourage everyone to think about attending SURA 2010 in Caracas, Venezuela.  Venezuela is home to some of the world’s finest beaches and coral reefs, as well as the world’s tallest waterfall.  Venezuela would like to remind you that they win a disproportionate number of beauty pageants, too.  Early December, warm and dry, is an ideal time of year to visit…

Chaos Approved
In 2007 PT, Eric and Patti attended the 1st South American Footbag Championships in Medellin, Colombia.  Their mission: To develop a relationship with the growing footbag net scene in South America.  They provided coaching and participated in various exhibitions to promote the sport, but did not compete because of the wide disparity in skill levels.

In 2008, Jack and Jeremy of Chaos joined Yves Archambault of Pro-Kicker to continue that mission in San Cristobal, Venezuela.  This time, perhaps prematurely, the norteamericanos entered the tournament.  The energy and style of the South American players was easy to appreciate, however, there was too much focus on offense--with plenty of injuries and fouls--and not enough on basics and defense.  That said, a few of the players could legitimately have competed internationally at the open level.

This past December, Jeremy and Jack returned for the 3rd South American Footbag Championships in Bogota, Colombia.  Things have changed.  Several of the South American players are now clearly ready for international competition (you will get to meet a few of them at the 31st IFPA World Championships in Oakland), however, most of these guys are quite young, and though their fortunes may rise with Venezuela’s and Colombia’s, for now it is prohibitively expensive for them to travel abroad.  In the short term, the goal is to get enough North American and European players to attend next year’s tournament to raise SURA 2010 to level 3.  Think about it…

Chaos at Finals of The World Championships - Streaming Live

World Championships streaming live!  PT, Manu VS Patti and Flo - 10am start time.  I’m watchin em warm up right now.

Later this morning, about 10am, Chaos #3, PT Lovern - Oakland, CA, and his partner Emmanuel Bouchard - Montreal Quebec, will meet Florian Goetze, Frankfurt DE, and his partner Patrick Schrickel, Chaos #8, in the Championships Match for the Open Doubles title.

These two teams met at the finals of the 2008 Green Cup and it was an epic match going the distance and more with Florian and Patrick taking the title.  Many folks have been eagerly anticipating a rematch, not least of all of all these 4 guys.  Today we will have it and in the most dramatic of settings.  Flo and Patrick are from Germany - Flo from Frankfurt and Patti from Berlin.  Patrick moved to the US 2 years ago and is a member of Team Chaos now.  So, they are looking for their 2nd 3rd World Championship overall and second on German soil.

Emmanuel and PT are looking to defend their World Championship and this is the team they want to challenge for it.

2009 Akishpere Highlights: Bring it Down!

This video is courtesy Martin Chartand! It is fast and furious a good representation of what the final was like. He also edited the entire match coming soon.

For The Green Cup - 1a

Chaos #3 (PT Lovern) and Emmanuel Bouchard (Oakland, CA and Montreal, QE respectively) VS JF Lemiux and Benjamin Rochon (both from Montreal, QE) in the Open Doubles Championship Match at The Green Cup presented by Chaos Footbag, 2009 edition.

Sura '08 MIX I

2008 South American Footbag Net Championship
(Campeanato Sudamericano)
Open doubles net quarterfinal
Jack Harris & Jeremy Mirken (Chaos) vs. Roberto ‘Portu’ Abel & Oscar Loreto (Venezuela)

Filmed by Jack Harris and Miguel ‘Pepe’
Edited by Jack Harris
Music: Control Machete—‘Me Comprendes Mendes’

Notes:
This is the first video I posted back in January. Facebook removed it, so now it’s on YouTube, in “HD” (not really HD). Enjoy!
Special thanks to Miguel ‘Pepe’ (does anyone know his full name?). 

Sura '08 Mix II

2008 South American Footbag Net Championship
(Campeanato Sudamericano)
Open doubles video mix

Filmed by Jack Harris and Miguel ‘Pepe’
Edited by Jack Harris

In December 2008 Jack and Jeremy of Chaos traveled to Venezuela for the 2nd South American Footbag Net Championship.  This video features some of the best South American footbag net players.

Notes:
Facebook took down my other Sura ‘08 video because of alleged copyright violations.  This time I posted to YouTube with higher definition.  I’ll repost (and re-link) the original video soon.