If you had one footbag wish...

C-Fan · Post by **C-Fan** » 17 Jun 2011 13:42

...what would it be? No fair wishing for more footbag wishes. I'm also not interested in seeing a long list of footbag wishes, since part of this exercise is to see what people's #1 top wish would be. Can be individual, or for the sport.

Well?

mc · Post by mc » 17 Jun 2011 14:54

I wish I had had the good foresight to start working on long, varied, smooth tiltless strings, and bothsided drills 10 years ago, instead of going for new tricks that I couldn't hit in strings, or just to a bail.

Jorden · Post by **Jorden** » 17 Jun 2011 15:58

I wish all footbaggers could be accurately and fairly compensated relative to their time/effort/experience/skill level,
whether it be monetary or through public recognition (whatever the player values the most).

JM

Corey · Post by **Corey** » 17 Jun 2011 18:16

No injuries

Muffinman · Post by **Muffinman** » 17 Jun 2011 18:17

Footbagger007 wrote:No injuries

Beat me to it!

Outsider · Post by **Outsider** » 17 Jun 2011 19:00

pretty much completely "off-the-cuff"...

Perfect Pendulums, both sides, of course.

edit: it only took 5 seconds to start thinking of other, better wishes...

F[uns]tylin' Eclectic · Post by **F[uns]tylin' Eclectic** » 17 Jun 2011 19:36

Edit: Dumb wish! Re-do!

Matt K · Post by **Matt K** » 17 Jun 2011 19:42

I wish I could make a good living off of what I love

sen · Post by **sen** » 17 Jun 2011 20:16

I think I would have to choose Global Recognition. Top players should be able to make a living for all the hard work put in.

jay7 · Post by **jay7** » 18 Jun 2011 03:38

I would wish that even the slightly uninterested viewer could tell exactly what something like a twirl, or quantum whirl was, just because it looked obvious that their body moved around like that.

Something like a grind in skateboarding looks cool, and is really obvious, for example. Not that I expect the viewer to understand gyro barroque screw, but I don't expect myself to understand ridiculous skateboarding footage upon first view either.

I feel like magically more sincere understanding from the public would make showing footbag to the public more successful, trying to recruit/promote or something. I figure that the other annoying problems in the sport I could fix, might end up being fixed from this wish.

PoisonTaffy · Post by **PoisonTaffy** » 18 Jun 2011 07:47

I would travel back in time, with all the footbag knowledge and skills that I possess today, to when atw was mind blowing.

On top of dominating circles for a while until genuinely talented people catch up, I would have the unique opportunity to gradually "discover" tricks and give them names.

You'd all be hitting "Roywalk" and "roystein". I'd get rid of butterfly, pixie and fairy (storm, thunder and lightning respectively). Also, I would come up with some trick names in Yiddish, because I find that language hilarious for some reason. Schlep instead of Osis would infinitely please me.

CIC flurry · Post by **CIC flurry** » 18 Jun 2011 09:49

Bitches and Money

like jorden said
like Wicked said

Dio · Post by **Dio** » 18 Jun 2011 11:01

My wish would be for footbag training schools/facilities to open up across the world where top players would be paid to instruct younger players and put together teams representing cities and countries at tournaments.

Laroche · Post by **Laroche** » 18 Jun 2011 12:29

jay7 wrote:I would wish that even the slightly uninterested viewer could tell exactly what something like a twirl, or quantum whirl was, just because it looked obvious that their body moved around like that.

Something like a grind in skateboarding looks cool, and is really obvious, for example. Not that I expect the viewer to understand gyro barroque screw, but I don't expect myself to understand ridiculous skateboarding footage upon first view either.

I feel like magically more sincere understanding from the public would make showing footbag to the public more successful, trying to recruit/promote or something. I figure that the other annoying problems in the sport I could fix, might end up being fixed from this wish.

This is the wish that would make footbag popular. Very un-selfish; kudos!!

janis · Post by **janis** » 20 Jun 2011 12:37

Global recognition for footbag (which only slightly edges out no injuries)

Frank_Sinatra · Post by **Frank_Sinatra** » 20 Jun 2011 19:07

Lots of people playing in every city.

cd · Post by cd » 21 Jun 2011 17:15

^yep. The ability to go to any random city and step into a freestyle circle.

Si_iS_High · Post by **Si_iS_High** » 27 Jun 2011 00:44

my 1 footbag wish would be: For every person, big or small, fat or hungry, to have a footbag.. Especially in places like Africa to take their minds off the fact they have aids and no food.

F[uns]tylin' Eclectic · Post by **F[uns]tylin' Eclectic** » 27 Jun 2011 04:42

I deleted my jokey one above and would really wish for footbag to have always been called "footbag", rather than "Hacky Sack". More people would know what footbag was then and they might have a higher tendency to start playing.

The Rhino · Post by **The Rhino** » 27 Jun 2011 12:05

F[uns]tylin' Eclectic wrote: for footbag to have always been called "footbag", rather than "Hacky Sack".

yesterday:

Dad to his daughter watching me: "Let the man play with his hacky sack"
Me: "It's a Footbag"

Dad... : "Its Called a Hacky Sack"
Me: (showing him the Landes bag) "its called a footbag"

Dad: "ITS A HACKY SACK!"

Me: ....