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Free digital copy of THE SPORT OF FOOTBAG

Just before we sold the house and began our move to Europe, @geke and I published The Sport of Footbag. It's a 200-page book (well, 199 pages, to be exact) that...

My wife got us logged in!

Five years ago when everything went south, Stephanie (@geke) and I couldn't get logged on to PeakD. That was during covid so we weren't focused on blogging then...

Take two

I've poked around a bit and am beginning to suss the platform. I couldn't figure out how to get over here back when the split happened. Not sure how I was able ...

Burled maple and Indian Rosewood Nugtray™

A few weeks ago I did some carpentry work for a guy in Denver who was friendly and personable. As a thank you in addition to his payment, he gave me a few block...

Footbags from a different world: Dave Leberknight's bag

This footbag was made many years ago by an old friend, David Leberknight; I used to kick with him and some other guys a lot in Denver's Washington Park. Good ol...

Footbags from a different world: Harlequin

Not many footbag designs can utilize just one shape, but this one does: only diamonds. There are 48 of them in a busy color scheme (or non-scheme) I call the Ha...

Footbags from a different world: Sunburst

The Sunburst is an incredibly unique design: it's made up of 44 panels, sporting four different shapes and two six-pointed stars! Those four shapes are the foll...

Footbags from a different world: "Bud"

Check out this ancient footbag! It was made in the 1980s by an old friend who went by "Bud" and you can see his signature on one of the panels. While this is pr...

Footbags from a different world: Diamond Back2Back

I made this particular bag years back out of pigskin but I'm using this same design right now on a new footbag with a rearrangement of the colors. Unlike a typi...

Old video from the 1995 European Footbag Championships

Just came across an old video that a friend from Denmark shared with me from the 1995 European Footbag Championships. It's been years since I've seen this and i...

Footbags from a different world: Grid

https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmW2oyKFG7mWg92krEbGfVocqhLxMxdNrCF9VaK2NmNvyu/latticework.jpg The Grid is an unusual design... maybe more unusual than functiona...

Footbags from a different world: 42Twist

A few months ago I met Dean Anderson, a footbagger out of Australia who is also sewing together some cool designs. We connected online and agreed to a trade: I ...

Footbags from a different world: Offset

The Offset is composed of 92 panels: 12 pentagons and 80 triangles. It's a pretty unusual design for sphere construction as each pentagon is offset or slightly ...

Course Review: Johnny Roberts Memorial Disc Golf Course -- Holes 1-9

Earlier this week Stephanie (@geke) and I played a round at Johnny Roberts Memorial Disc Golf Course in Arvada, Colorado. This is the course where Stephanie got...

Footbags from a different world: Panther

https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmdUJco4EGbXHpY59g7ohXRntApAmcbaM5EMDQA2Hm6C6C/755945682517405515155709171553921653800960n.jpg The Panther is a relative to the C...

Footbags from a different world: Chris Anderson's Twisted

https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmZPGQg2dPMwRDCHE2EZ2Z7QstFwg3x4MopHsRbQbiE55g/twisted.jpg The four panel Twisted is a pretty unique design that Chris Anderson c...

Footbags from a different world: Octabag

This 26-panel design is made out of pigskin and contains 6 red octagons, 8 black hexagons, and 12 gray squares. It qualifies as a unique footbag, but only just....

Footbags from a different world: Shock Absorber

https://cdn.steemitimages.com/DQmfCVTU4tL6hbqgTBMbPVMgpE1Qo1xRwkRq3bB5obLrUFt/turtle%20shell%20long.jpg The Shock Absorber is an interesting bag design that hid...

Denmark's Kronborg Slot: the King and Queen's apartments, ballroom, and chapel

https://files.steempeak.com/file/steempeak/geke/uHAwwQbA-east20view.jpg The first European castle Allan (@hanedane) took me to see was Kronborg Slot in Helsingø...

Disc golf round with my good friends from the World Footbag Association

Two of my best friends, Bruce Guettich and Peter Shunny, met me, Stephanie (@geke), and Shawn for a round of disc golf up in Adams Hollow, north of Denver, this...