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| Where are you from? |
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| I have lived in NJ my whole life. | |||||||
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| NJ is not exactly a hotbed of Footbag, how did you get exposed it? | |||||||
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I went to a lot of Grateful Dead shows and I got to meet excellent kickers from out west, I was hooked. |
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What was the first seed of Xtreme Footbag ? |
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Sept. 5th 1995 I was driving home from witnessing my first major footbag competition in PA. I was amazed at the talent of the world’s top players. This was no Dead show, these guys were serious. I felt that footbaggers deserve the same recognition as skateboarders for their skill and dedication. Yet, the format for the competition was missing the main event to showcase it. | ||||||
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| What was the first thing you did? | |||||||
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The first thing I did is go to the top floor of a hotel and kick while walking down the stairs, that started it all. | ||||||
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| How did that lead to Xtreme Footbag? | |||||||
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| It lead me to the concept of a course and 'stunts' which is the heart of XF. | |||||||
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| What is the dream of Xtreme Footbag? | |||||||
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To have it become an action sport with Xtreme Footbaggers representing company sponsors much like skateboarders. I studied the X Games and realized that they changed the format of existing lifestyle sports making them marketable, which is what I have done for footbag. Skateboarding used to just be five dirtbags in a parking lot also. | ||||||
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| What is the crazist Footbag Stunt that you can imagine? | |||||||
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| I’m not sure, but when I see it I will know! | |||||||
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| What else do you like to do? | |||||||
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I went to The School of Visual Arts, NYC. I make steel sculpture and furniture which you can see at www.CoolTables.com. Right now I am doing a series of paintings for a show. | ||||||
