Footbag

You know it as hackey-sack - what all the stoners did between classes, or while skipping class in high school - but it's called "footbag," and there's a whole competition dedicated to it. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But here's a few of us playing footbag with a few kids near the park. ❋ A. Bennett (2006)

Just started doing a bit of footbag and I'm quite tired -- I hope this is going to be a good (and fun) way to be fit. posted by Jonathan at ❋ Jonathan Aquino (2004)

My old footbag -- a lowly Hacky Sack Striker. posted by Jonathan at ❋ Jonathan Aquino (2004)

Finally, you can play with the footbag, which consists of keeping a small beanbag airborne using only your feet -- style counts. ❋ Unknown (1993)

And, surely enough, I was hauled up into the carriage and put just as I was into the footbag lying on the front of the carriage, which was entirely open, with not even a leather apron stretched across it. ❋ Various (N/A)

At the world championship competition in the Czech Republic last month - the largest footbag competition - there were only around 200 competitors. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Roughly 300 footbag players kick their bags competitively in the United States, and only around five players - including Washburn - play the sport across the state, said Benjamin Benulis, membership director of the International Footbag Players 'Association. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Washburn, 22, a Cedar Rapids native, graduated last year from the UI but continues to play footbag on campus and around Iowa City. ❋ Unknown (2008)

One of the competition's most difficult categories, footbag net, meshes the sport with volleyball; the players must volley the bag back and forth over a 5-foot net using only their feet. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The sidewalks of Iowa City are his court, footbag his sport. ❋ Unknown (2008)