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9-5-07
Last night an era came to an end.
It all started when my mom and dad traveled to California when I was 14. They came home with a *hacky sack* and I was stoked...a young man in Indiana had a footbag all the way from California! I played with that footbag everywhere...all through high-school. Then through college in Southern Indiana at Vincennes. Even my first job in Chattanooga, TN...I can remember playing out back on my lunch break.
I came home to Indiana, was married and traveled all over the US and overseas. My little black and white checkered hacky sack followed me everywhere...it kept me busy while waiting at every major airport on the east coast. I played with it in every major city in the US and - Portugal, Spain, Morocco, France, England, Russia, Estonia, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Poland, The Netherlands, Denmark, Canada, and Hawaii.
I've thrown and kicked it since I was 14.
I turned 30 last weekend. Do the math...that's 16 years!
Well, last night, my little hacky sack developed a small hole...the little white pellets started coming out. They rolled out onto the ground almost in slow motion...I couldn't believe it...it was over.
The bag is so worn, you can't even read the logo on it...but I've always remembered, "iKic".
Thank god for the internet, I typed in "iKic Footbag" and low and behold...now I can get a new one.
I'm interested to see what the sand one is like. Interested to start a new era for my hacky sack.
I can't imagine how you can make a profit selling a product for $10.00 that lasts 16 years! But I want to applaud you for making a great product...it was probably the greatest dollar investment that my parents ever made.
And, just to be clear, I don't want to mislead people...it's not like I just played with it gently. I was really rough on it, fell in water several times...stepped on it, in dog's mouth...it took a beating.
Thank you
-Jason Brown
*a raving fan*
-Jason Brown
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Hacky Sacks
People have probably seen them somewhere in a park, on a campus or even
on the streets. Groups stand in a circle and kick around a small bag to each
other while performing tricks and other moves to make the game more
interesting. The sport is often called hacky sack and uses, amazingly enough, hacky sacks to
play it with. The footbag, as the hacky sack and the sport is less often
called, is pastime of many people old and young. It is an easy, fun and
portable sport.
The hacky sacks today
come in vast variety of colors and styles. The term ‘hacky sack’ is a
trademarked name that was given to a footbag made by the inventors of the item.
The inventors were John Stalberger and Mike Marshall. While the name was and
still is trademarked the term has becomes a generalized term to refer to the
footbag or to the sport it is associated with. Lots of companies sell different
types of hacky sacks or footbags today like Flying Clipper.
Many hacky sacks share
the same general characteristics even though the individual look and style
might differ. A hacky sack is essentially a small bag filled with either sand
or small pellets. The pellets can be made from a variety of materials to
plastic for novice or general hacky sacks to a complex mixture of ball bearings
and tungsten for professional hacky sacks. They can be made from almost any
durable material though professional hacky sacks are made from especially
durable material called ultrasuede light or facile. The average hacky sack can
cost as little as five dollars while the more professional ones can go as high
as forty dollars.
The
sports that are practiced with hacky sacks are also wide and different. At the
moment there are three distinct sports that can be played with a hacky sack.
Circle kicking is probably the most well known incarnation where a group of
people keeps the hacky sack moving between them without touching the ground.
Footbag net is like a combination of volleyball and tennis with a hacky sack that is
kicked over a net on a court the size of a badminton court. Freestyle footbag
is the sport where an individual attempts to perform various trick with a hacky
sack like some sort of dance. Freestyle footbag takes a lot of skill and has
become an international sport that is quite competitive.
Hacky sacks are
small, relatively inexpensive and easy to carry around anywhere. Anyone can
learn to play the game and all it takes is a little skill and practice.
Companies like Flying Clipper sell a wide range of hacky sacks or footbags that
are perfect for the beginner, the intermediate or the professional. They come
in a range of colors and designs made to suit anyone’s particular needs. So
when there is nothing to do, why not grab a few friends, pull the hacky sack
from a pocket and start a freestyle circle game amongst yourselves?
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