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 [...]
OK, so where was I? Oh yeah: The 1997 World Footbag Championships.
By this point, my skater-friends were starting to bug me about how much time I was spending playing hack. As my game was progressing, I had started wearing shorter shorts to accommodate the harder moves. I was always independent and placed function before fashion; [...]
My grandmother bought me my first footbag when I was about 10. It was a sweet two-panel pigskin hacky sack and I remember being excited to get it out of the package. When we got home, I went into the backyard and started trying. I don’t know if you’ve ever kicked with one of those [...]
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 [...]
One of the key components to performing the clipper stall trick successfully is having flexible ankles. It can be difficult to find the time for stretching, but the it just so happens you can practice the stretch for clippers and insides while sitting down. Whether it’s watching TV, or sitting at a desk [...]
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