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Pete Irish - Juggling Beyond

It’s FINALLY TIME!! :

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In a time when veterans are all too quickly forgotten, Peter Irish reminds us that some players and their contributions are in fact timeless. Here we present a video of Peter’s incredible hand-foot juggling, filmed and edited by Eliot Piltz.

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I had the special honor of being given a sneak-peek of this video a few months ago, and was is it ever hard not to open my mouth about it!

Peter Irish has always been one of my favorite players. I can’t count the hours that I spent at the University of Victoria computer labs downloading Peter’s videos from Footbag Worldwide. I watched him round-for-round at the 1997 World Footbag Championships, and his preliminary-round performance is still one of my favorite routines of all time.

At 2000 Worlds, I finally got to meet Pete (green peppers are very useful!), and I am happy to say that he has been a good friend ever since. He still makes it out the SJFF, like, every year, and it’s always great to see him. They don’t call him “Sweet Pete” for nothin’ :)

You can watch this new video on YouTube, or check out Eli’s post about it on Flipsider and download higher quality versions of it; whatever you do: GO WATCH IT!

2 Responses to “Pete Irish - Juggling Beyond”

  1. Jim Penske Says:

    Pete is the man! Sick juggling, sick edit! Loved this video.

    -Jim

  2. Genzu Says:

    My best wishes go out to my good friend Pete! He’s currently showing off his skills at the 60th Annual International Juggler’s Association Festival in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. With these talents Peter has a good chance at securing the World Title for 2007.

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