Footbag News (News for 2004)
31 December 2004
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tsb
Alexander Pershenliev has added his club in Sofia, Bulgaria to the club list.
27 December 2004
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AFC
Tim Argo has added his club in Ardmore, OK, USA to the club list.
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La Tropa
Cristian Valdes has added his club in Kundalini7@hotmail.com, Chile to the club list.
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Twamp
Twamp Kue has added his club in Denver, CO, USA to the club list.
10 October 2004
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29 September 2004
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27 September 2004
!! 10 Years of Footbag WorldWide
Footbag.org celebrated its 10th anniversary on October 1, 2004! It was on this date in 1994 that Steve Goldberg and Jim Curtis launched the Footbag WorldWide Information Service on its own domain. (Before that, it was spread across two servers at Stanford and Hewlett-Packard.) To see what it looked like in 1996 (as far back as we can find) please check out the Way-Back Machine.
26 September 2004
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7 September 2004
PBHS
Norberto Rodriguez has added his club in Pompano Beach, FL, USA to the club list.
6 September 2004
4 September 2004
3 September 2004
2 September 2004
EMFA
Steve Girotto has added his club in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada to the club list.
1 September 2004
31 August 2004
30 August 2004
!! Footbag.org reaches 15,000 registered members!
We've broken another record with footbag.org. This week, we passed the 15,000-member mark for registered users. Because we make every effort to avoid duplicate memberships, we are pretty confident in this number. However, of course, people come and go. So this is an all-time number, and does not represent active users. Still -- we're very happy to have reached this new milestone. Note: there are many more unregistered users!
29 August 2004
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13 August 2004
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9 August 2004
8 August 2004
6 August 2004
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3 August 2004
!! Footbag.org Is Back
We apologize for the 12-hour outage on footbag.org yesterday. Unfortunately, a hard drive malfunctioned. We believe the problem is now resolved however, please tread lightly for about 24 hours (until this message disappears). Thanks.
1 August 2004
!! World Championships Update
Freestyle finals were last night -- 1st: Vasek Klouda; 2nd place: Jan Weber; 3rd place: Gordon Scott Bevier; 4th place: Peter Irish. Net finals are today!
31 July 2004
!! Rain Day in Montreal
Unfortunately, the worst rain in the last week is happening today, during the spotlighted semifinals at the World Footbag Championships in Montreal. As a result, the event is moving indoors to the Multicultural Center at 3555 St.-Urbain @ Sherbrooke. If you're in Montreal and trying to find the event, please go there! Of course, freestyle finals begin at 7pm tonight at the Rialto Theater and are unaffected by the rain!
30 July 2004
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25 July 2004
!! THE IFPA WORLD FOOTBAG CHAMPIONSHIPS ARE HERE
The 25th Annual IFPA World Footbag Championships are taking place all this week and weekend in Montreal, Quebec, Canada! For the first time ever, every region of the world will be represented. Top players from North America, Europe, Asia, South America, Australia, and New Zealand will be in attendance! You can't miss this 25th anniversary of the main event in the sport of footbag. For more information, click the link above.
24 July 2004
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9 July 2004
8 July 2004
7 July 2004
!! World Championships Registration is Closed!
If you were planning to compete at this year's World Footbag Championships, and have not paid your full entry fee by now, then it's too late -- pre-registration is now closed. All is not lost, however. For a fee, you may still be able to play. See the forum article for more information. Or visit the Worlds '04 website by clicking the link above.
6 July 2004
5 July 2004
PX club
Baptiste Supan has added his club in Bordeaux, Aquitaine, France to the club list.
3 July 2004
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29 June 2004
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27 June 2004
!! IFPA European Footbag Championships are almost here!
Be sure you have visited the website for the European Footbag Championships if you plan to attend this year's event in Copenhagen Denmark (July 15-18). Visit the website of the host club (Footbag Denmark) by clicking the link above.
!! Register now for the IFPA World Footbag Championships
The registration deadline for the IFPA World Footbag Championships is July 6. Click the link above to visit the Worlds website and register online today. Note: pre-registration means nothing if you don't pre-pay! So, please make sure you pay by July 6th, too!
24 June 2004
23 June 2004
!! Covering Our Costs
In an attempt to investigate covering some of the hard costs of operating this service, we are experimenting with text-based "ads" on our pages. We have partnered with Google to provide targeted, relevant ads for our audience, so most of the ads you will see will be for footbag companies and online sellers. Please understand we do not have direct ties to any of these companies -- these are simply advertisements fed to us by Google. However, if you happen to click on any of the links, every time you do, you're generating real money to help offset our costs. So if support our sponsors, you're supporting us!
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11 June 2004
Hacky
Matt DePodesta has added his club in White Oak, PA, USA to the club list.
10 June 2004
PSP
Alek Tomanov has added his club in Sofia, Bulgaria to the club list.
8 June 2004
7 June 2004
B33F3D
Paul Holness has added his club in Hull, East Yorkshire, England to the club list.
6 June 2004
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6 May 2004
SWAT
Daniel Hudson has added his club in Superior / Louisville, CO, USA to the club list.
5 May 2004
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30 April 2004
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Basic
In Lee has added his club in Seoul, South Korea to the club list.
16 April 2004
15 April 2004
H.F.C.
Andy Meinzinger has added his club in Yakima, WA, USA to the club list.
14 April 2004
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31 March 2004
!! Denmark TV Commercial w/Footbag
Mads Neuhard and Mads Hole, two of the main footbag organizers in Denmark (and producers of this summer's European Footbag Championships in Copenhagen) have starred in a television commercial using their footbag skills with a rolled-up piece of paper. Check it out by clicking the title above. Thanks to Eli Piltz for making this available.
30 March 2004
!! Houston Chronicle Covers Footbag
A great article about footbag appeared this week in the Houston Chronicle newspaper. Thanks to the Houston Skyliners and many others for providing input into this great media portrayal of our sport.
29 March 2004
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hacky boyz
Alberto Langarica Bulos has added his club in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico to the club list.
18 March 2004
17 March 2004
Paradox Box
Gregory Raymond has added his club in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to the club list.
16 March 2004
Voetzak
Paul De JOng has added his club in Delft, The Netherlands to the club list.
15 March 2004
14 March 2004
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5 March 2004
4 March 2004
SpokHack
James Randall has added his club in Spokane Valley, WA, USA to the club list.
3 March 2004
2 March 2004
Kshte crew
Vojin Mitrovic has added his club in Belgrade, Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro to the club list.
1 March 2004
27 February 2004
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8 February 2004
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6 February 2004
!! Spam Filtering Through Footbag.org
For those of you who actually give out your footbag.org e-mail aliases, you may want to take advantage of our new spam filtering service. Read all about footbag.org e-mail aliases as well as our new spam filtering in the forum.
5 February 2004
4 February 2004
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2 February 2004
31 January 2004
!! New Server!
Footbag.org now has a brand new server: a 2.4GHz Pentium IV (Debian Linux). This will hopefully eliminate some of the serious performance issues we've had in recent months. But please note: moving to a new server has been a very large undertaking. It is QUITE possible things will be broken. Please do not make major changes to your club listings, event listings, personal profiles, or personal galleries, for the next few days. This will help us test all aspects of the system and discover problems before you lose your precious time and data! Thanks.
29 January 2004
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24 January 2004
22 January 2004
!! Club List Reset
Well, we allowed a solid 30 days for official club contacts to "validate" their club listings based on an e-mail that went to each club contact. Incredibly, only about 20% of the clubs on the site were validated in that period. This could be because people forget to update their e-mail addresses on footbag.org, or because of spam filtering, or because of just plain laziness. :-) But either way, anyone who did not validate their club by the deadline of last night will not continue to have a listing on footbag.org's club list. This is to respect our membership who attempt to contact clubs and only get ignored (for the reasons above). Anyway -- if you're a club contact and your club disappeared, all is not lost. Simply click the link sent to you in e-mail. If you didn't get the e-mail, talk to an administrator.
21 January 2004
20 January 2004
19 January 2004
18 January 2004
!! New videos on move list
For those of you who are still learning 4-add freestyle moves, we've uploaded some new demonstrations on the freestyle move list. Just click on the Moves on Video link to see all the currently-available video demonstrations. Thanks to Ale? Zelinka of Czech Republic for doing the latest demonstrations. This is just the tip of the iceberg -- more samples will be coming next weekend.
15 January 2004
14 January 2004
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10 January 2004
9 January 2004
!! Verify your club listing!
We are in the process of cleaning up our club list. You'll notice on many club listings there is a comment at the top saying, "Club information not verified since..." This means that the contacts listed for that club have not replied to our automated e-mails and the club will be removed from the listing within the next week. Please check your favorite club and verify that the contact information is correct. If you have problems, e-mail the webmaster.
8 January 2004
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