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Footbag News (News for 1997)
31 December 1997
The event list has gotten a facelift. It is actually a completely new system with integrated results, links to photo and video galleries (where available), and a better user interface.
!! The new PHOTO GALLERY is now online! This gallery is a collection of "photo sets" that are related for easy viewing. There are two photo sets so far (from the '96 Worlds), with more to come.
The following events have been added to the event list:
- The 3rd Annual Chaos Indoor Footbag Festival, February 7, 1998, in Carbondale (USA)
- Alabama Outdoor Footbag Championships, May 9, 1998, in Auburn (USA)
- Heartland Regional Footbag Championships, May (TBA), 1998, in St. Joseph (USA)
22 December 1997
The club list has gotten a new face, with frames that make it easier to find clubs in a given country; the frames-free version is also still available via a link on the frames page.
The following clubs have been added to the club list:
- 510 Pimp Sacks, in Antioch, CA (USA)
- Normanville Happy Sackers, in Normanville, New South Wales (Australia)
10 December 1997
The following clubs have been added to the club list:
- North Portland Renegades, in Portland, OR (USA)
- Amphi Footbag Club (AFC), in Tucson, AZ (USA)
8 December 1997
The following clubs have been added to the club list:
- Camp Ondosonk Hackysackers, in Rochester, IL (USA)
- Skywalker, in Berlin, Germany
- Richmond Footbaggers, in Richmond, VA (USA)
- Footbag Association Of Tucson, A.Z. (F.A.O-TAZ), in Tucson, AZ (USA)
29 November 1997
The following clubs have been added to the club list:
- Siberian Footbag Association, in Novosibirsk (Russia)
- Northern Iowa Footbag Club, in Waterloo, IA (USA)
21 November 1997
An experimental Video Gallery is now available for perusal and feedback. The current gallery is contributed video taken at the last World Footbag Championships. A more complete video collection will be coming soon.
The following clubs have been added to the club list:
- Association Midi-Footbag, in Le Thor (France)
- Earth & Foot Hackysackers, in Ithaca, OH (USA)
- The Pelagic Hackers, in Launceston, Tasmania (Australia)
- THE SACS, in Houma, LA (USA)
- Footbag For Visions, in Fort Collins, CO (USA)
Final details are now available for the 1997 Finnish Footbag Championships on Nov. 29, 1997, in Helsinki (Finland). This is the first ever IFAB-sanctioned footbag tournament overseas.
The following events have been added to the event list:
- The Commemorative Classic, December 20, 1997, in North Fremantle (Australia)
- East-Must Jam II, December 23, 1997, in College Park, MD (USA)
- U. S. Open Footbag Net Championships, June 20, 1998, in Portland, OR (USA)
- The Bedford Indoor Championships, June 27, 1998, in Bedford (Australia)
- State Games of Oregon Footbag Tournament, July 11, 1998, in Gresham, OR (USA)
- 1998 Southern Regional Footbag Tournament, April 25, 1998, in Dallas, TX (USA)
Results are now available for the Auburn U.F.O. Fall Festival, November 8, 1997, in Auburn, AL (USA).
Results are now available for the 1997 Seattle Fall Indoor Tournament, November 8, 1997, in Seattle, WA (USA).
Results are now available for the 1997 Texas State Footbag Championships, October 11-12, 1997, in Austin, TX (USA).
6 November 1997
!! The 1998 WORLD FOOTBAG CHAMPIONSHIPS have been set for July 13-19, 1998 in Montréal, Québec (Canada).
The following clubs have been added to the club list:
- ThE bEeP-bOpS, in Norman, OK (USA)
- Droppin' Bombs, in Salt Lake City, UT (USA)
- I can't Believe it's a Footbag Club, in Edmonton, Alberta (Canada)
16 October 1997
The following events have been added to the event list:
- 1997 Seattle Fall Indoor Tournament, November 8, 1997, in Seattle (USA)
- FOOTBAG SM 97 / FINNISH FOOTBAG CHAMPIONSHIPS 1997, November 29, 1997, in Helsinki (Finland)
- 1997 X-mas JAM!, December 31, 1997, in Las Vegas (USA)
- Glenmore Park Footbag Tournament, January 1, 1998, in Glenmore Park (Australia)
- Air-A-Zona 2nd Annual Footbag Net Championships, January 17, 1998, in Scottsdale (USA)
- Southern California Footbag Championships, April 4, 1998, in Hermosa Beach (USA)
- Western Regional Footbag Championships, May 23, 1998, in Palo Alto (USA)
- 1998 WORLD FOOTBAG CHAMPIONSHIPS, July (date TBA), 1998, in Montréal (Canada)
The following clubs have been added to the club list:
- armageddons, in Cass Lake, MN (USA)
- the freestyler, in Clinton, UT (USA)
- Illini Footbag Club, in Champaign-Urbana, IL (USA)
- Mike's Club, in Bakersfield, CA (USA)
6 October 1997
The following clubs have been added to the club list:
- Australian Hackmeisters Association, in Canberra, Australia
- Salisbury State Sla-hackers, in Salisbury, Maryland (USA)
- Chowan College Footbag Club, in Murfreesboro, North Carolina (USA)
2 October 1997
The following clubs have been added to the club list:
- Northeast Arizona Toebaggers, in Showlow, AZ (USA)
- Spanish Footbag Association (Asociación Española de Footbag), in Madrid, Spain
- TCNJ Footbag Club, in Ewing, NJ (USA)
- Golden High Kickers Club, in Golden, CO (USA)
23 September 1997
The following clubs have been added to the club list:
- Shredders, in Etters, PA (USA)
- Footbaggers Anonymous, in Morgan, UT (USA)
20 September 1997
The following clubs have been added to the club list:
- S'toon Hackalicious, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan (Canada)
- The Elites, in Lancaster, CA (USA)
- Club Kicker, in Keizer, OR (USA)
- Geneva Hacky Team, in Geneva, Switzerland
15 September 1997
The following clubs have been added to the club list:
- The Glenmore Park Hacky Sack Dudes, in Sydney, New South Wales (Australia)
- Kickin' in the Valley, in North Hollywood, CA (USA)
- The SackHeads, in North Hollywood, CA (USA)
12 September 1997
The following clubs have been added to the club list:
- Gravity Dancers, in Plainfield, VT (USA)
- Berkeley Freestyle, in Berkeley, CA (USA)
8 September 1997
3 September 1997
OFFICIAL RESULTS are now available for the 1997 World Footbag Championships that ended August 17, 1997 in Portland, Oregon.
27 August 1997
The following clubs have been added to the club list:
- U. Kansas Footbag Club, in Lawrence, KS (USA)
- RIFA (Rhode Island Footbag Association), in Warwick, RI (USA)
25 August 1997
The 1998 World Footbag Championships have been announced for August, 1998, in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
The following club has been added to the club list:
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'97 Worlds TOP-PLACE FINISHERS are now available for the 1997 World Footbag Championships; detailed results down to last place in all events will be available soon.
20 August 1997
The 1997 World Championships are now over! Official results for all events and all places will be available soon; watch this space for an announcement.
The following clubs have been added to the club
list:
- Hookstown Hackers, in Clinton, PA (USA)
- PB&J, in Louisville, KY (USA)
- Howell Footbag Club, in Howell, MI (USA)
5 August 1997
The following clubs have been added to the club
list:
- Carolina Freestylers, in Columbia, SC (USA)
- Full Moon, in Kemmerer, WY (USA)
- Footbag Association of Kingston's Elite, in Kingston, Ontario (Canada)
29 July 1997
The following club has been added to the club
list:
- The Footbag Peace Initiative, in Greenfield, MA (USA)
25 July 1997
The following club has been added to the club list:
- The Splendid Peace Hackers of Love (T-SPHOL), in Colorado Springs, CO (USA)
24 July 1997
The WORLD FOOTBAG CHAMPIONSHIPS home page has been updated and overhauled. It contains more information than ever before. Players and spectators alike should print out the contents of the site in preparation for the event, which takes place August 11-17, 1997 in Portland, Oregon (USA).
23 July 1997
The new Footbag Discussion List Server is now operational at list.footbag.org! It allows users to easily subscribe and unsubscribe from the available footbag e-mail lists, as well as view and search the archives for previous e-mail sent to any of the supported lists.
22 July 1997
The following clubs have been added to the club list:
- The International Zion Footbag Foundation, in Paris, France
- Hack Hogs, in Independence, MO (USA)
17 July 1997
The following club has been added to the club list:
- Southern Nebraska Footbag Club, in Hebron, NE (USA)
15 July 1997
The World Records page has been updated with the latest records, including:
- Ida Fogle's new women's timed consecutive record (799 kicks in 5 minutes), and
- Ted Martin's new men's consecutive kicks record (63,326 kicks in 8 hours, 50 minutes, 42 seconds).
14 July 1997
More information is now available on the 1997 World Footbag Championships taking place August 11-17, 1997 in Portland, Oregon (USA).
The following clubs have been added to the club list:
- FOOTSTAR, in Berlin, Germany
- The Jerry Hackin' Association, in Peru, IN (USA)
11 July 1997
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2 July 1997
The following clubs have been added to the club
list:
- G'ville Underground Freakstyle, in Gainesville, FL (USA)
- Fanatic Freestyle Footbaggers Club, in Amarillo, TX (USA)
25 June 1997
The following clubs have been added to the club list:
- Hick Hack, in Bruchsal, Germany
- Hack On, in Birmingham, AL (USA)
- Florence Footbaggers, in Florence, SC (USA)
- Cascaritas, in Quito, Ecuador
18 June 1997
13 June 1997
More information is now available for the Montreal International Footbag Championships, taking place July 19-20, 1997, in Montréal, Canada.
9 June 1997
The following clubs have been added to the club list:
- West Coast Hackers, in Mississauga, Ontario (Canada)
- Santa Rosa Freestyle Club, in Santa Rosa, CA (USA)
31 May 1997
More information is now available on the New York Footbag EXPLOSION, taking place June 28-29 in Central Park, New York, New York (USA).
The following event has been added to the event list:
- The Ultimate Chaos Outdoor Footbag Flying Disc Festival, September 27, 1997, in Carbondale (USA)
The 1997 California State Footbag Championships has been relocated to Santa Rosa, California (USA) from the originally-publicized site in Santa Cruz. The dates are the same as previously announced: July 5-6, 1997.
30 May 1997
The Illinois Footbag Championships scheduled for July 26-27, 1997, in Malta, Illinois (USA), have been CANCELLED.
29 May 1997
More information is now available for the 1997 Emerald City Open footbag net championships June 7-8 in Seattle, Washington (USA), on the upcoming events page.
28 May 1997
The results are now available for the 1997 WhoWhere? Western Regional Footbag Championships, which took place on May 24-26, 1997, in Palo Alto, California (USA).
The following clubs have been added to the club list:
- Hidden Falls/Monument Sipa Club, in St. Paul, MN (USA)
- High Kickers, in Excelsior Springs, MO (USA)
- UCSD Friday Afternoon Group, in La Jolla, CA (USA)
- Free Hack, in Plainview, TX (USA)
4 May 1997
More information is now available on the WhoWhere? Western Regional Footbag Championships in Palo Alto, California, which will take place this Memorial Day wekend, May 24-26, 1997.
1 May 1997
The following clubs have been added to the club list:
- MSU Hack, in Starkville, MS (USA)
- Farrand Hackology, in Pittsburgh, PA (USA)
- Crazy Hackers, in Abilene, TX (USA)