Yves Archambault

Yves Archambault (Montreal) prepares for a leftie sole punch in the singles net preliminaries.

Sebastien Verdy

Sebastien Verdy (Montreal) shows his powerful pulldown during the singles net preliminaries.

Emmanuel Bouchard

Emmanuel Bouchard (Montreal) during the net singles preliminaries.

Chris Siebert

Chris Siebert (Portland, Oregon) at the singles net prelims on Tuesday.

Tuomas Karki

One of the top net players in Finland, Tuomas Karki (Helsinki) punches the bag during the singles net prelims.

Amy Westberg

In the women's singles net preliminaries, Amy Westberg (Chandler, AZ) holds her own.

Anthony Intemann

Anthony Intemann (Cliffside Park, NJ) during the intermediate singles net finals on Tuesday afternoon. Anthony ended up in second place against local favorite Kyle Baird.

Kyle Baird

Kyle Baird (Charleston, IL) goes up for a sole push during the intermediate singles net finals against Anthony Intemann.

Intermediate World Champion

Kyle Baird (Charleston, IL) makes a placement shot during the final game of the singles net championship in the intermediate division. He beat Anthony Intemann for the title.

Jake Leong

Jake Leong (Vancouver, Canada) goes up against Randy Mulder in the singles net prelims.

Cory Current

Tournament organizer Cory Current in a classic pose during the singles net prelims.

Lavigne vs. Leong

Tall Bob Lavigne (Montreal) intimidates Jake Leong (Vancouver, Canada) into submission by showing his ability to cross the plane of the net.

Freestyle Prelims

The freestyle prelims was a colorfully-carpeted conference room in the McCormick Place convention center next to the host hotel. Here, Lisa McDaniel is shown corraling the judges while Matt Churney warms up for his routine during the first day of freestyle prelims.

Rick Reese and Daryl Genz

Rippin' and Daryl (both from Colorado) show their amazing doubles freestyle routine during the first round of freestyle competition on Thursday.

Shredding on the Sidelines

This was the typical scene on the terrace above the net prelims all week long.

IFAB Meeting

Kenny Shults (Portland, Oregon) awaits his turn to pontificate during the annual International Footbag Advisory Board meeting, held Thursday night at the Hyatt.

More IFAB

Ryan Mulroney

During the IFAB shred.

Big Add Chad

Chad Devlahovich (San Pedro, California) during the IFAB shred.

Young Blood

Bryan Fourner (left) and Josh Childs watch intently as Jane Jones shreds it up (off camera) during the IFAB shred on Thursday night.

Jboy Gran

Jeff "Jboy" Gran (Menlo Park, California) shredding at the IFAB jam.

Matt Meets Ryan

Matt Churney (left) shows Ryan Mulroney the finer points of freestyle during the Saturday night Freestyle Jam at 1am.

Freestyle Shred Audience

Most people in the know come out and watch the freestylers as they go hog-wild on Saturday night after the freestyle finals.

Night Vision

The freestyle shred (from 1-4am on Saturday night/Sunday morning) attracted about 110 people.

Through the Lens

The best source of freestyle shred video tapes is the late-night freestyle jam that takes place after the world championships finals. In the viewfinder -- Peter Irish.

Sebastien Verdy

Sebastien Verdy (Montreal) in the doubles net finals at the Mayor's Cup. Sebastien and partner Emmanuel Bouchard took the open doubles net title this year.

Sunback

Sebastien Verdy (Montreal) hits a perfect sunback spike (with his back to the net) as Kenny Shults (Portland, Oregon) awaits the chance to set the spike for his partner.

Net Finals at Mayor's Cup

Emmanuel Bouchard (Montreal) slams one over while Randy Mulder prepares to dig. Emmanuel and his partner Sebastien Verdy took the match in two games to win the world doubles net title.

Josh Childs

Sideline freestyle never stopped the whole week. Up-and-comer Josh Childs is shown here, skooling on the terrace near the net prelims.