2010 East Coast Footbag Champs – Results Pictures Video

Last weekend was the 27th Annual International Footbag Players Association East Coast Footbag Championships!

I had an awesome time there and was psyched to see two old friends, Dr. Sunil Jani and Brian McKenzie. Even though they were both supposedly “retired” they managed to bust out some very nice runs for a couple of old guys (like me).

I shot a few pictures on Sunday and also got a couple of video clips. In the net arena, after about 50 tries, I finally got one decent shot of a spike in the Open Doubles Net Finals (picture to right, the bag is outlined in blue)

That’s Dan Greer getting some good air (over a 5 foot net). He’s partnering with Vince Bradley and spiking on Jim Hankens (bald guy) and Greg Nice. Later in the series, I got this video (right, 19MB) of a nice stuff by Jim (off Vince’s spike).

During the informal shred on Sunday afternoon, I shot a couple of clips of David Clavens and Ryan Thomas busting out. I got a good clip of the super smooth antics of Ryan (brown shirt, 40MB) landing several difficult four-adders and five five-add moves. I also got most of a very solid run by David Clavens (no shirt. 61MB)… I just missed his fist trick, which, for the record, was a genesis (furious whirl) – sorry Dave, it was a sweet link!

Note: If you’re having difficulty viewing the videos, you may want to right-click and “Save Link as” to watch them directly on your confuser. Alternatively, you can watch them directly in our video gallery or watch the YouTube versions at the bottom of this post.

I’d like to send out a special “Thank You!” to Vince Bradley, tournament director extraordinaire. He’s now run the East Coast Footbag Championships for the last 15 years in a row, and this time he finally won at his own event (in both singles’ and doubles’ net). The (partial) results were as follows:

Freestyle Events:
Open Routines

1. David Clavens (PA)
2. Daryl Genz (ID)
3. Ryan Thomas (MD)

Open Circle

1. David Clavens (PA)
2. ?
3. ?

Intermediate Circle

1. Barrett Neimeth (NY)
2. Mike Angeski (OH)
3. Mark Bull (NY)

Open Big3

1. David Clavens (PA)
2. Ryan Thomas (MD)
3. Aric McIntosh (NC)

Intermediate Big3

1. Mark Bull (NY)

Net Events:

Open Singles’ Net

1. Vincent Bradley (MD)
2. Dan Greer (PA)
3. Mark Hunsberger (PA)

Open Doubles’ Net

1. Vincent Bradley (MD)/ Dan Greer (PA)
2. Greg Nice (NJ)/Jim Hankins (NJ)

Novice Net

1. Nikolai (PA)
2. Patrick Neary (VA)
3. Nick P. (NJ?)
4. Noah Hunsberger (PA)
5. Jesska (MD) tied Andrew (MD)
6. Steven (MD) tied Nick (MD)

There were some very unique trophies for this tournament. Mine is shown to the right. Thanks to everyone for attending, and also to Adrianne Dukes for helping run the event.

Edit: I just uploaded the videos to YouTube as well: