New Footbag interview

I mentioned a couple of posts ago, I have begun a new project, I am planning to interview Footbag players from around the world, at least one per week. I haven't really put all that much planning into it yet, so each week I will just pick someone I'm interested to talk to in the Footbag community, and see what's happening with them and what their thoughts on the Footbag world are.

This week I chose to go somewhere between Australia and Chile, and there is really only one active player in that region, Phil Morrison from New Zealand. The "Red Rocket".

Here is a video made from a few years ago, from some of Phil's visits to Australia. It was made by Ian Pritchard, a good friend of mine. It was part of the 2009 video contest at Worlds in Berlin. Phil and I shared a dorm with some other great guys that year.

You can read the interview on Shred Global here. I am keeping to my target so far of one per week, although my real goal is to have 100 by the end of the year, which is almost 2 per week.

Got talent?

I just got an email last night, talking about getting an "elite Footbag team" together for the next series of

Australia's Got Talent. They may have been watching the Czech version, with Honza Weber and Vasek Klouda, two of the greatest Footbag players of all time, and want to do something similar.

That video just recently had over 100 000 views on Youtube, which is really a huge amount for Footbag. A great routine song too (see Phil Morrison, Australian Championships 2009).

I honestly don't think anyone in Australia is at the right level at the moment, maybe Dan Ednie, who appeared on the first series of the show. You may remember this infamous green suit in the semi finals

The question I have is, is it really good for Footbag? I think yes, any of these TV shows, they have huge viewing numbers, and especially kids are very interested in it. The problem is that Footbags, good ones anyway, are quite inaccessible to the general public. It's an easy sport that doesn't need too much equipment. However, all this equipment is not available at your local sports store. That is the real trouble.

Anyhow, it's just a missed opportunity for me. I am actually still yet to make my television debut in relation to Footbag. Maybe the Chilean television world will have me...