Wired Magizine: Fire Footbag
Last month Wired Magazine did an article on the now infamous Fire Footbag:
Originally, we were quite disappointed with this article, for the simple reason that we provided them the Fire Footbag to use to make this video…
And then they went and linked to another company’s product! That has since been remedied (they fixed their link), and their karma is cleared.;). That being said, they did have an interesting take on the whole article/video, but apparently they didn’t read the very important SAFETY INFORMATION first!!! Oh my word I hope they had a fire extinguisher handy when they made that video!
The other thing I found entertaining (from an informed perspective about the sport) was that they claimed to have landed a “sick pogo butterfly move” with this object. First of, I say, “yeah, right.” And secondly, pogo butterfly (which is a no-plant stepping-set butterfly) is only worth 5 adds, and the link is to www.footbag.org‘s 6-add move list. Even though it’s not to the right place, I was happy to see them linking to the best resource out there! Footbag dot org is without question the best place for players to find players anywhere in the world. If you want to really see what footbag is about, you need to go to a tournament, and footbag.org is the place to find the one nearest you.
On a side note, I remember being called early one morning a couple of months ago by a rather distraught lady from Wired Magazine, hoping to get another Fire Footbag sent to them via Next Day Air. She said the fire footbag had gotten wet and they couldn’t figure out how to restart it. In my head I remember thinking they must have used water to put the thing out… However, After watching the video, I see that they were more dedicated than I originally gave them credit for. I told her the key was to just douse the thing in fuel – even a wet bag will restart with enough fuel on it. I guess at least it was sanitized once they got it restarted.
And, though we don’t have a 6-add move, this video shows Jim Penske hitting a 5-adder with a fire bag:
