Tuesday, August 3, 2010
69 Dead Footbaggers
In my attempt to find new footbag blood, I've logged in quite a few hours in the footbag.org members section. I searched Nashville & every podunk town in about a 50 mile radius of the city. So I created an excel sheet of all the footbaggers, year joining footbag.org, e-mail, & phone numbers, and by the time I finished, I had a list with 70 people on it. I began e-mailing & calling profiles that were created all the way back in 1998. Sure there were a tons of expired e-mail accounts & disconnected phone numbers, but a few people e-mailed back. Unfortunately the most popular response was, "who are you?" followed by, "what's footbag?". Yup you guessed it... the phone calls were even worse. After it was all said & done, I found 1 person who answered the call to play some footbag & is still with us today. It was worth it - even though I discovered 69 dead footbaggers.
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Heya, I'm in Cookeville, and I used to kick in circles just for fun in college. I miss doing it, and am also interested in learning technique. Do you know of any players or regular circles near me?
hey cale, i actually remember you. you & brian heckler came down once to kick with us down in manchester in the summer of '02 or maybe '03. sorry there are no active footbaggers close to you, but i can think of a couple "dead" ones -andy chumbley & matthew gibbs. they are from manchester, but have been going to school at TN tech, i'm unsure if they have graduated yet. i'd like to keep you in the loop so feel free to e-mail me elliott.johns@amec.com also i just started a facebook group for nashville footbag last week.
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