Footbag News (News for 1999)
31 December 1999
30 December 1999
29 December 1999
27 December 1999
23 December 1999
21 December 1999
20 December 1999
The event listing for has been updated.
15 December 1999
New Club: HighHatz in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
14 December 1999
12 December 1999
11 December 1999
10 December 1999
9 December 1999
7 December 1999
5 December 1999
4 December 1999
New Club: The Top in Moscow, Russia.
3 December 1999
2 December 1999
1 December 1999
29 November 1999
New Club: Team Triad in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
28 November 1999
27 November 1999
26 November 1999
New Club: phatsacs in Lake Charles, LA, USA.
23 November 1999
22 November 1999
New Club: Puro Hacky in Tuxtla Gutierrez and San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.
21 November 1999
19 November 1999
New Club: HULLHACKERS in Hull, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom.
18 November 1999
17 November 1999
16 November 1999
15 November 1999
14 November 1999
10 November 1999
9 November 1999
New Club: Hackers in Cooma, NSW, Australia.
8 November 1999
5 November 1999
!! The What's New page (this page) has been modified to show only "important" news items by default. Users can click a link to display all updates if they're interested. New clubs and new events are always considered important, as well as editorial news that the administrator adds. But regular updates such as event and club modifications are not considered important and will not show up unless users request them.
4 November 1999
3 November 1999
New Club: TheClub in Colorado Springs, CO, USA.
2 November 1999
New Club: mcfc in Morris, IL, USA.
1 November 1999
31 October 1999
28 October 1999
26 October 1999
!! Footbag WorldWide Gets a Facelift!
Thanks in large part to the hard work of graphic designer Eric Côté,
the new look and feel of the footbag.org website is now ready. Changes include a complete overhaul of the graphic design, as well as a new member
services area.
22 October 1999
12 October 1999
11 October 1999
!! The time is drawing near.
The redesigned website will be launching in the next few days.
8 October 1999
The following clubs have been added to the club list:
- The Circle, in Tempe, AZ (USA)
- CCES Varsity Footbag Team, in Greenville, SC (USA)
- richmond hackers, in richmond, VA (USA)
- Hamilton's Harcores, in Hamilton, Ontario (Canada)
- Utah Footbag Organization, in Salt Lake City, UT (USA)
1 October 1999
The following clubs have been added to the club list:
- Littleton Footbag Club, in Littleton , CO (USA)
- Just a couple of Footbagers, in Buffalo, NY (USA)
- Chubby's Hacky Sackers, in Sgt. Bluff, IA (USA)
- Queen's Footbag Club, in Kingston, Ontario (Canada)
- 4th Period Footbagers, in Fayetteville-Manlius, NY (USA)
- GERMAN FOOTBAG ASSOCIATION, in Berlin, Germany
- Vyn-All Hackers, in Newmarket, NH (USA)
- Ivalon Mätisäkit Footbag Team, in Ivalo, Finland
- F.U.C.K, in Canberra, Australia)
- Footbagging Bobs, in Mountain Home, AR (USA)
- Michigan Footbag Club, in Ann Arbor, MI (USA)
30 September 1999
22 September 1999
!! The Turku Tournee is this Saturday
(Sept. 25) in Turku, Finland.
21 September 1999
!! Get ready.. get set.. Footbag WorldWide is getting a facelift. Just wait 'til you see the new design, thanks to our friend Eric Côté (graphic designer extraordinaire).
9 September 1999
The following clubs have been added to the club list:
- Crazy-Footbags Saarlouis, in Saarlouis, Germany
- Ft. Footbag, in Ft. Collins, CO (USA)
- HooveringHeliumHeads, in Paderborn, Germany
- Footpipers Estonia Hiiumaa , in Emmaste, Hiiumaa (Estonia)
- Hackers Anonymous, in Reykjavik, Iceland
- Sack Attack, in Danville, WV (USA)
- Hotsacz, in Sydney, New South Wales (Australia)
- just4kix, in Spokane, WA (USA)
- Hack Hogs, in Huntsville, TX (USA)
- Riverside Footbaggers, in Riverside, CA (USA)
- The Other UNL Footbag Club, in Lincoln, NE (USA)
- San Antonio Club Kickers (S.A.C.K), in San Antonio, TX (USA)
- Viral'z Footbag Site, in Edenton, NC (USA)
- Sacks, in New Orleans, LA (USA)
- Liquid Shread, in Manhattan, KS (USA)
30 August 1999
23 August 1999
!! The Finnish Open footbag championship is
this weekend (August 28-29) in Helsinki, Finland.
More information is available on the event list.
20 August 1999
19 August 1999
!! The Finnish Open footbag championship is
next weekend (August 28-29) in Helsinki, Finland.
More information is available on the event list.
18 August 1999
9 August 1999
5 August 1999
The following clubs have been added to the club list:
- Figgity Footbizag Club of San Leandro, in San Leandro, CA (USA)
- lightfoot learners, in Sydney, New South Wales (Australia)
- Boston Net Scene, in Boston, MA (USA)
- Hackrifice, in Winnipeg, Alberta (Canada)
- George McDougall Footbag Club, in Airdrie, Alberta (Canada)
- BC Soramäki Indians, in Hollola (Finland)
- Point of Interest, in Vantaa (Finland)
- Footbag Tampere, in Tampere (Finland)
- Bagstage, in Naantali (Finland)
- VfC, in Valkeala (Finland)
- Kicker's HC, in Hot Springs, SD (USA)
- FootbagKickers, in Tampere (Finland)
- Feet Of Fury Hack Squadron, in Detroit, MI (USA)
!! The July update of new clubs has been added to the club list.
More Finnish clubs are still waiting to be added and should appear soon.
For a complete list of new clubs, see what's new.
4 August 1999
29 July 1999
12 July 1999
8 July 1999
1 July 1999
!! The search feature (below) is working again!
27 June 1999
The following clubs have been added to the club list:
- Phatastic Four, in Elmwood Park, NJ (USA)
- Kelowna Footbag Club (KFC), in Kelowna, British Columbia (Canada)
- south#soule, in Stuttgart (Germany)
- F.O.O.D.(Footbag Organisation of Oxford and District), in Oxford (United Kingdom)
- 17th St. Footbagboyz, in Virginia Beach, VA (USA)
- seth,jimbo,stacia, in Hope, RI (USA)
- United Footbag Players of Buffalo, in Buffalo, NY (USA)
- Brisbane Footbag Club, in Brisbane, New South Wales (Australia)
- The International Kickers, in Hamilton, Ontario (Canada)
14 June 1999
10 June 1999
7 June 1999
5 June 1999
The following Finnish clubs have been added to the club list.
Other recently-added clubs will appear soon.
- Friisilä Freestylers, in Espoo, (Finland)
- FoodBug, in Helsinki, (Finland)
- Baggers? Club, in Helsinki, (Finland)
- Tampere Footbag, in Tampere, (Finland)
- Turku Footbag, in Turku, (Finland)
- The Regulators, in Nilsiä, (Finland)
- Virkkala Baggers, in Virkkala, (Finland)
- footbaggers from tronks, in Helsinki, (Finland)
- Move Mania, in Kuopio, (Finland)
- Total Control, in Lappeenranta, (Finland)
- Manatee In the Zone (M.I.Z), in Kuopio, (Finland)
!! Several Finnish clubs have been added to the club list:
Espoo,
Helsinki,
Helsinki (again),
Tampere,
Turku,
Nilsiä,
Virkkala,
Helsinki (yet again),
Kuopio,
Lappeenranta, and
Kuopio (again).
Other recently-added clubs will appear soon.
2 June 1999
1 June 1999
17 May 1999
10 May 1999
3 May 1999
26 April 1999
25 April 1999
The following clubs have been added to the club list:
- C.A.F.E. - Columbus Area Footbag Enigma, in Columbus, OH (USA)
- Okeechobee High School Hack Club, in Okeechobee, FL (USA)
- footbag.de, in Nürnberg, Germany
- Beginners club, in Lincoln, NE (USA)
- Seattle Hack , in Burien, WA (USA)
- christian footbag association (C.F.A.), in Lincoln, NE (USA)
- The HardCore Hackers of Agoura, in Agoura Hills, CA (USA)
- Blaze911, in Oberkirch, Germany)
- Happy Hacky Club, in Wellington, Wellington (New Zealand)
- Knight Hours, in New Brighton, MN (USA)
- The Vanuatu MoFo, in Port Vila, Vanuatu
- Sleeping Cheerleaders, in Marion, IA (USA)
- SHENANIGANS, in Santa Rosa, CA (USA)
- Hack Society, in Corner Brook, Alberta (Canada)
- Aztec Footbag Squad, in San Diego, CA (USA)
- Flying Hackies, in Johnstown, PA (USA)
- team #footbag.fi, in Vantaa, Finland
- Lost Motion, in Keuruu, Finland
- Grueni Footbag Association, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
19 April 1999
16 April 1999
!! CANCELLED: The Eastern Illionis Footbag Festival is not happening
this weekend. It was cancelled several weeks ago but Frank forgot to remove it from
the footbag.org event list. Sorry for any confusion.
15 April 1999
12 April 1999
!! The e-mail discussion lists were down
last week due to technical problems. No mail was lost, but everything was
delayed until the problem was fixed. There may continue
to be some problems, so please report any error messages you receive and check this
space for updates.
8 April 1999
23 March 1999
22 March 1999
9 March 1999
8 March 1999
6 March 1999
The following clubs have been added to the club list:
- Pakila Baggers, in Helsinki, Finland
- Mass Hack, in Boston, MA (USA)
- hack attack, in Clinton, AR (USA)
- Grassy Knoll Hackers, in Savannah, GA (USA)
- The Zoo, in Burlington Twp., NJ (USA)
- Duke @ Alive And Kicking, in Bielefeld, Germany
- Greenlake Sackers, in Seattle, WA (USA)
- Desert Baggers, in Yuma, AZ (USA)
- UVA School of Medicine Hackers, in Charlottesville , VA (USA)
- NewHackys, in Canberra, New South Wales (Australia)
- Symposium Alliance, in Colchester, CT (USA)
- Icarus Footbag, in Montpellier, France
- Pihlis Puls, in Helsinki, Finland
- Hack n Schützen, in Munich, Germany
1 March 1999
!! HELP WANTED: assistant sysadmin for footbag.org service. Inquire
by e-mail to the webmaster. Position is all-volunteer, and candidates must
be experienced with Linux/Apache/Perl/HTML. Experience with majordomo is
a plus.
25 February 1999
!! The footbag season is heating up! Check out the
upcoming events on the footbag event list to find
out if there's an event in your area. Or, if you're a tournament director,
be sure your event is listed there. Listings are free and easy to add.
8 February 1999
!! The Heart of Vegas freestyle
jam is this weekend (February 19-21) in Las Vegas, Nevada! Most of the
top shredders in the world will be there. You can, too. Check out
the event list for more info.
24 January 1999
The following clubs have been added to the club list:
- Desert Baggers, in Yuma, AZ (USA)
- The Roundabout , in Sabina, OH (USA)
- O.C. Christian Hack, in Buena Park, CA (USA)
- West Coast Chaos, in Bay Area, CA (USA)
- Hacky R.D, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
- The Kickin' Phatties 2, in Laramie, WY (USA)
!! The club list has been updated with new clubs
(including a club in the Dominican Republic!). For details,
see What's New.
11 January 1999
5 January 1999
3 January 1999
!! HAPPY NEW YEAR! Welcome back to the site.
Check out the event list for upcoming events in
'99 (information about the World Championships will be coming very
soon, so check back).
1 January 1999
!! Visit the freestyle page for information about
tricks, including video demonstrations of selected tricks.