How High Can You Kick? Pt. 2

So this is the conclusion of the epic battle. Sure my landings might not be graceful (a boxing ring has more give than what it actually sounds like), but I really wanted to win. I spoke with everyone the following week & while all were sore in the following days, 0 people were injured. The 7'7 video that I have doesn't seem to want to load for some reason. So here's the finale!

This was where we maxed out. I'd like to think that I could go a little higher, yet I felt so beat up at this point I think I may have reached my limit. In researching other kicking games I came across the World Eskimo Indian Olympics that has a similar event. They do a one legged jumping kick event & a two legged jumping event. So far I haven't seen the record yet, but there are videos on youtube claiming 8'4. It's pretty amazing stuff. We'll be sure to have some follow up competitions in the coming weeks.

How High Can You Kick? Pt.1

After some discussion about how high we thought we could kick, I decided it was time to throw down. Last weekend we had a jersey premier party & we couldn't think of a better time or place. There weren't many rules involved: standing or jumping, 3 chances, & you only had to make contact with the ball. There were 6 (out of 8) that decided to participate in the contest. We started filming at 7'0 & at that point we were already down to 3 competitors: Andrew, Neil, & myself. The commentary is mostly by Alex G. Enjoy the pain!

Nashville Footbag Gets Jerseys!

The only shirts we've ever made were iron on's & even that was 4 years ago, so this has been a long time coming. It seems like every footbag jersey I've ever seen is blue/white, & I tried really hard to avoid that particular color combination. Emily made the design in photoshop & despite the rush process, I believe it turned out nicely. I decided to make 15 of these because that should cover most of the past & present footbaggers within Nashville. If we went with t-shirts we could have doubled the quantity, but i really wanted to go all out with these.

Blast From The Past: Tree Wizard

We had an unexpected guest in town over the Christmas holidays. James Farmer a.k.a. the tree wizard who kicked footbag with us in '04-'05 at MTSU. He earned the nickname tree due to his inability to move quickly to the bag & wizard because...... it was just damn funny. I'm proud to say he's now serving our dear country in the United States Air Force somewhere in NC. It's been a long time & even though we didn't get to play any footbag together, we managed to knock a few beers back to the M'boro. Take care wiz & we'll see you again.