Here it is, the secret to freestyle footbag: The magic hop! Sometimes the most subtle things can be critically important. The footbag “magic hop” is one such thing. Learning the magic hop is critical to leaning freestyle footbag because it is an inherent component of most footbag tricks. Succinctly put, the [...]

Want to learn to stitch a 32 panel footbag?

Dat Phan created a pretty good step-by-step instructional video.
A Modified forum thread that came up recently has some funny dialog about the fact that it takes Dan 19 minutes to get through stitching one panel, but I think the point is well made that this is [...]

Yet another cherry pick form the modified footbag video forum. This time it’s Honza Weber dropping the crazy video scoop of a new player on the scene.
His YouTube profile only uses the name “sanchezmc”, and lists him as a 19 yr old Czech. This guy is unique. He reminds me of Jesse James Hilbert (I [...]

So, I took a peek in the modified video forum just now, and noticed that Jim had posted a new video (22MB quicktime file) that he made just yesterday; as usual, Jim throws down.
At one point in the session, he hits “Dracula”, which Jon Schneider describes as follows. Jon essentially “invented” dragon-based (cross-body outside) footbag [...]

Female footbag players are few and far between, and really good ones are rare indeed. I’m lucky enough to be married to one of them: Sunny Freeman Genz. We actually met at the 1st Annual Colorado Shred Symposium back in 2000. She’s currently ranked 5th in the world:

You can watch [...]