4 New Video on Demand album released

Howdy, you were probably wondering what I was doing since I didn't publish any new video collections since January? Well I was busy working on 4 different projects that all came to fruition most recently. The first one is:
2017 World Footbag Championships Net Finals,  all the play by play of the 5 finals sometimes filmed with up to 6 cameras with all the scores on each play and a lot of slow motion. This was a lot of work to synchronize the footage from all different angles and so it took a little longer than usual but it's finally available now and here's a discount coupon to get the best possible price on this marvelous collection. All prices are in Canadian dollars. 

The second project was the same tournament's freestyle finals night. A little easier to handle as it was filmed from only one point of view but still time consuming. Here's the best deal for you, and if you'd like both the freestyle and net collection just scroll a little lower for a great deal on both:

And the Freestyle and net collections from the 2017 World Footbag Championships best deal for those who like both disciplines.

Well the work wasn't over and another album came out of the burner and it's the Akisphere 2017 doubles finals match. Great deal on this one here:

And finally as the mission of Footbag Archives is to provide as much video references as possible to feed the history hungry Footbag afficionados, I produced a collection of the complete 2009 World Footbag Championships net finals. And again this is the best deal on this collection. 

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Hello friends,

Some of you contributed a donation and in return I sent you codes to get a free album of Net and / or Freestyle On demand albums that I published on my Vimeo Pro profile, Vimeo.com/ProKicker

So here's how to proceed to redeem these virtual coupons.

1. Log in into you Vimeo.com account, if you don't have one please create an account it's free.
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3. Follow the instructions if any, you should be good to go. This will give you access to all the clips in the album(s) by streaming at anytime from anywhere but you can also download them on your devices.
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2017 World Footbag Championships: Freestyle The Finals Night

Portland, Oregon, USA     Footbag Net               Video Deals
Footbag Archives announces the release of a new Video On Demand album. This new virtual DVD has all the action of the last night of the Freestyle competition at the 2017 World Footbag Championships, played in the Portland, OR, convention center on August 12th. See the descriptions below the trailer.


The 2017 World Footbag Championships - Freestyle - The Finals Night from Pro Kicker

Women Routines

The night started with women's routines and the first up was Caroline Birch. Caroline has some skills but her strentgh is mostly presentation and she got the crowd going. She was followed by Cass Taylor, the 2013 World Champ from Canada. Her music was very engaging and she has a lot of skills but she seemed nervous and dropped the footbag a little bit too much. Then Paloma Mayo came to do her magic and clinched the title with a very nice routine.

Open Routines

This was a strong open contingent and at this point there were only 8 players left. TJ Boutorwick launched the competition in orbit with a nicely executed dropless routine putting the pressure on for the other open freestylers. Brian Sherrill followed with a very honest performance. Gordon Bevier's was ok too. I wish that Ken Somolinos would have lost the sunglasses before he entered the stage as it seems it made him miss a trick early on in his routine which broke the rythm and made him drop some more...Ken has great moves but he often drops too much in the big moments, focus on the task at hand Ken, forget the costumes. So we entered the top 4 dogs, Jim Penske had some great strings, very entertaining but a couple of drops. Taishi Ishida went dropless with a very nicely constructed choreography, the crowd went wild with him. The great Vasek Klouda set his usual standard but missed once which was enough for the judges to put him second. Pawel Nowak also went for a dropless routine with plenty of tough moves to execute and that got him the title. Poland is on top of the World, for now. At the moment that I write this he still has two days to hold on to his win as the routines finals at the World Championships in Bulgaria are approaching.

Circle Contest

For those who know nothing about footbag freestyle the circle contest may seem a little bit esoteric. The 4 finalists have to display their abilities in two phases, variety which is self explanatory, and density which is harder to explain but basically they have to show all their best moves in long strings of craziness and ankle twisting frenzy. Our 4 players are virtuosos at what they do and they all went on to impress the spectators with their mastery of the footbag craft. Vasek Klouda finished on top followed by Lon Smith, who was my favorite just 'cause he seem to be the one having the most fun out there. Jim Penske and Nick Landes also offered some great moments, it's all well worth watching again.

If you are also a Footbag net Fan you can find my take on the finals as well as the net finals album reference on this page
http://www.footbagarchives.com/p/2017.html

More Pro Kicker Production albums: https://vimeo.com/prokicker/vod_pages

2017 World Footbag Championships Freestyle results

Open Singles Routines:

  1. Pawel Nowak (Poland)
  2. Václav Klouda (Czech Republic)
  3. Taishi Ishida (Japan)
  4. Jim Penske (USA)
  5. Ken Somolinos (USA)
  6. Gordon Bevier (USA)
  7. T.J. Boutorwick (New Zealand)
  8. Brian Sherrill (USA)
  9. Aleksi Airinen (Finland)
  9. Nathan Bonslaver (USA)
  11. Cassandra Taylor (Canada)
  11. Juho Marjo (Finland)
  13. Nick Landes (USA)
  13. Daryl Genz (USA)
  15. Wiktor Debski (Poland)
  15. Peter Bowler (USA)
  17. Larry Workman (USA)
  17. Kevin Hogan (USA)
  17. Dante Diotallevi (Canada)
  17. Khoa Nguyen (USA)
  21. Bruce Li (China)
  21. Justin Blotsky (USA)

Women's Singles Routines:

  1. Paloma Mayo (Spain)
  2. Cassandra Taylor (Canada)
  3. Caroline Birch (Australia)
  4. Heather Cook (USA)

Intermediate Singles Routines:

  1. Christian Britting (USA)
  2. John Redding (USA)
  3. Sean Nyman (USA)
  4. Ken Moller (USA)

Open Circle Contest
1. Václav Klouda
2. Lon Smith
3. Jim Penske 
4. Nick Landes 


Intermediate Circle Contest
1. Christian Britting
2. Ryan Morris
3. Sean Nyman
4. John Redding


Shred 30
1. Lon Smith 255.75
2. Vasek Klouda 243.15
3. Jim Penske 232.00
4. Pawel Nowak 196.71
5. Nick Landes 187.50
6. Santeri Karvinen 175.94
7. Taishi Ishida 171.60
8. TJ Boutorwick 0.00


Request Contest
1. Jim Penske

Other references about this tournament:
Official web site http://www.footbag.org/worlds2017/

Complete results for the 2017 World Footbag Championships are at:
http://footbag.org/events/show/1471686537

The 2009 Bembel Cup top dogs

The 2009 Bembel cup was a prelude to the World Footbag Championships. Players flocked to Frankfurt, Germany from all over Europe, the US and Canada. This video album features the complete doubles finals with scores and slow motion on some key points.

The Bembel Cup 2009 Doubles finals complete match from Pro Kicker

This tournament was a lot of fun as frankfurters know how to receive people and make them feel at home. The competition was well organized and the finals location, near a very well known large pool was well chosen. Unfortunately the weather was overcast and a little chilly for that time of year so we didn't get many spectators from the passers by.

For those who attended though the show was great. The doubles finals match offered a lot of exciting plays. Big smashes, lot of digs and big air. The players were in control. The opponents were Andreas (Andi) Wolff one of the local prodigies teaming up with Ullrich (Ulli) Haase from Berlin facing my teammates from Aki Québec (Quebec is the french speaking province of Canada - editor's note) Gilles Demers and Luc Legault.

The germans painfully won the first game 17-15 but the Quebeckers were just warming up. They won the two remaining games by 15-6 15-2. Don't let the scores fool you though as they had to work for these results. Ulli seemed to be a little hurt as he would't participate to the offence as much as usual. Andi Wolff hit a lot of very spectacular shots included a bunch of toe jams, his specialty shot. Gilles and Luc on the other side of things dug a lot of the other team's smashes. They also hit a lot of highly spectacular shots, especially Demers who has great jumping and spinning abilities.

In conclusion thie was an exciting match to watch and the winners went on to make the semi finals at the World Championships in Berlin the week after.

Here's a special discounted price for those of you who would want to purchase the complete match:

If you'd want to get access to all the Footbag Archives content for life, including everything published so far and everything that we'll publish in the future,  here's the coupon to set you up:

All prices in Canadian dollars, makes it an even bigger bargain for European and US citizens!

And finally one last little treat for you, this short video features the best rallye of the 2009 Bembel Cup doubles finals: 

The BEMBEL CUP 2009 Best Rallye of the match from
Pro Kicker

A new collection of Footbag Net videos from the 2003 World Footbag Championships

This time we're travelling back in time to 2003. As a player it was one of the greatest years for me. I was fortunate enough to be on the team that won the Footbag net World doubles title. It was also a keystone moment in the short but vibrant footbag's history. Imagine, the first World Championships played in Europe.

For more information about this collection and the tournament click here.

The videos in this series were filmed in Prague, Czech Republic. in SD format. Check this out:

The 2003 World Footbag Championships Net Collection  from Pro Kicker.

The 2013 World Footbag Championships Freestyle Routines Finals - Online now

The 2013 World Footbag Championships were in my hometown that year. Here is the online album with the 11 routines that I filmed on freestyle finals day. From Montreal with love!                      Deals                    
Footbag Net here.

Women Singles Routines finals

Four competitors made it to the finals in 2013: Chrissy Fryer, Caroline Birch, Hanna Mickiewicz and the winner Cassandra Taylor. Honestly that was a weak year for the women's routines. Cassandra won with an honest routine, nothing too spectacular, but the others dropped the footbag way too often. I didn't film Chrissy Fryer's routine due to technical problems. The 3 others complete routines are documented in this album. Judge for yourself.

Open Singles Routines finals

Even though some of the superstars were missing we still were graced with top performances on the men's side. Jan ''Honza'' Weber, the champion of 2012, was in the house and he gave the crowd a nice visual treat. In fact I think that most of the players did pretty good. Jindra Smola the youngest player performed the only dropless of the contest, nicely done. Aleksi Airinen was solid but could have gone a little further in difficulty. Rene Ruhr had some nice juggling and high difficulties in his routine. Felix Zenger, whom we haven't seen since, had a very energitic and difficult routine as well. The three americans that obtained the remaining positions were good too. Ken Somolinos showed some major skills and really nice choreography. Dustin Rhodes came in with a better original seed than 7th so his problem was a few unfortunate drops. The last one, Chris Dean, had some interesting moments too.
Overall this was excellent freestyle.

On the Album you will find movies with the complete rounds of women and open freestyle in the order that the players performed. 

You will also be able to enjoy each of the routines in solo for quicker views.

The 2016 World Footbag Championships Net ''The 2016 Superstars'' on demand Video album is available

Trnava, Slovakia   DEALS   Footbag Freestyle   Descriptions

After a lot of hardwork synchronizing the feeds of two cameras, cutting the useless time between points, adding all the scores and a whole lot of slow motion + cool intros and outros, the 2016 World Footbag Championships Net Finals Album is ready for everyone to watch. The 5 finals are included, play by play. Women singles and doubles, Mixed doubles, Open singles and doubles from A to Z.

Don't forget to visit our deals page for the best price on the album and more. For now let's have a look at the trailer:

The 2016 World Footbag Championships Net Finals from Pro Kicker on Vimeo

If you want more details about how the finals went you can find my descriptions on this page

The 2016 World Footbag Championships Freestyle ''The Finals'' on demand Video album is ready

Trnava, Slovakia               DEALS            Footbag Net

At the other end of the world for me. I'm here to play Footbag Net but also to document the two last days of competition. On day 1 the freestyle events were the finals of Shred 30 and the Circle Contest finals as well. On day 2 we had the Women Circle Contest, the Open Doubles Routines, the Women Routines and finally the Open Routines finals. Lets watch the trailer and then I'll push the descriptions a little further.

The 2016 World Footbag Championships Freestyle Finals from Pro Kicker on Vimeo.

Shred 30 finals

I like Shred 30, it's fast, the players succeed to each other while the raging techno music doesn't stop. Some shred their heart out and others have a more technical or mathematical approach. Alexander Trenner from Austria won it over Taishi Ishida from Japan. The other contestants were; Mariusz Wilk, Evan Gatesman, Dominik Simku, Patrik Cerny, Jakub Mosciszewski, Mikko Lepisto and Krystof Malér. Judge for yourself.

The Circle Contest finals

The Circle Contest in Copenhagen in 2015 were insane and a few of the top players were missing this year. Evan Gatesman was the only one from last year's top four to be on site. He won it brilliantly but Mariusz Wilk and Jakub Mosciszewski had great runs too, Mikko Lepisto was not at the same level this time. The contest was divided in two phases: Variety and density so there is a clip for each one in the Album.

Open Doubles Routines finals

The team freestyle event had their returning champions ready to rock once more. After winning the 2014 (Paris) and 2015 (Copenhagen) the World title holders offered a quasi flawless execution of their routine. Tomas Tucek and Martin Sladek confirmed their domination on the discipline with this threepeat.

In second place Paloma Mayo and Sergio Garcia from Madrid were handicapped greatly by Paloma's knee injury. She went all the way...with pain. The 3rd place went to two clowns, Patrik Cerny and Dominik Simku wearing masks of the Champions made us laugh but stroke a wall in terms of performance.

Women Singles Routines finals

The return of the queen, Tina Aeberli from Switzerland came back to win the title after missing the 2015 Championships. It is unfortunate that last year's champion, Paloma Mayo, hurt her knee during the earlier rounds and couldn't offer her best to put some pressure on the best female freestyler of all times.

You will also see the routines of Lena Scheiwiller and Caroline Birch on the album.

Open Singles Routines finals

The Open Singles suffered from the lack of depth caused by a lot of missing players compared to 2015 but the greatest dissapointment came from an ankle injury that happened in the first rounds of the tournament. I was really looking forward to the return of another Czech prodigy. Unfortunately Jindra Smola couldn't perform, he was a routines winner in 2014 (Paris) and the runner up in 2013 (Montreal)  . On the other hand this was an opportunity for some youngsters to make a name for themselves. 
Evan Gatesman took the title for the first time and that completed a great cycle for him as this was the only freestyle title missing in his collection. The second place went to footbag freestyle legend Vasek Klouda who managed to show some great stuff on one leg with the lowest drop count with only one. Yep another injury to a leg. The third place went to Patrik Cerny from the ever prolific Czech Republic. 

All the other players that made it to that round are also featured in the album:

Rafal Kaleta, Jakub Mosciszewski, Dominik Simku, Taishi Ishida, Arkadiusz Stanek and Krystof Malér.

Women Circle Contest finals

The women circle contest went directly to the finals round with 6 contestants, and often this caused a player to be in the way of the performer so it is here as documentation. Fortunately the area was clear when Tina Aeberli's turns were coming so we can see her quite well in the clip. She also managed to win it over 2. Hanna Mickiewicz 3. Jana Sassakova 4. Lena Scheiwiller 5. Caroline Birch and 6. Nina Stuppacher.