Footbag

I have been playing footbag, aka Hacky Sack, since 1980. I first saw the Net game in 1982, and after I went to Berkeley for graduate school (PhD, Computer Science) I started to go to tournaments. I met my wife playing footbag, and she grew into the best overall woman Footbag Net player.

The best overall Footbag website is Footbag.Org

Jody's World Championship Titles

As of November 2013

Women's Singles Net (9): 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007.
Women's Doubles Net (15): 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2012. 5 With Tricia George. 10 with Julie Symons.
Mixed Doubles Net (9): 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2010, 2011 7 with Brent Welch, 2 with PT Lovern.
Women's Singles Freestyle: 1989
Women's Doubles Distance One Pass - 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999
Women's 5 Minute Timed Consecutives: 1990, 1991

Brent's World Championship Titles

Mixed Doubles Net (9): 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2010, 2011 7 with Jody.
Open One-Pass Consecutives: World Record 10,454 in 1987 with Bill Langbehn. That record was eventually broken by Andy Linder and Ted Martin.
I appeared in the Open Doubles Net finals match with Jim Caveney in 1991, and with Alf Marcussen in 1995. We lost.
I competed at the World Champsionships 20 years in a row from 1984 to 2003, traveling to Golden Colorado, Portland, Montreal, Vancouver, Chicago, and Prague. We hosted the Worlds in San Francisco in 1994, 1995, 2001, 2002, and 2010.