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Is "hacky sack" a real sport?

 
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Caleb Salvadori (cesces)
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PostPosted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 5:35 pm    Post subject: Is "hacky sack" a real sport? Reply with quote

I want to get this down.Is hackysacking a real sport. Question

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Devin Adams-Sweet (kicken-it)



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PostPosted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 3:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

defanition of sport: verb to amuse oneself / noun: physical activity engaged in for pleasure according to these defanitions i would defently say that "hacking" is most defenitly a sport.
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Benjamin Benulis (ironcladben)
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PostPosted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 9:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

hackysack is a brandname owned by the whamo toy company.

Footbag is a sport.
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James Randall (habitat)
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PostPosted: Sun Nov 30, 2008 6:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Sadly, no, footbag is not a sport. I looked it up in a book once.
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Eric Schultz (eschultz)
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PostPosted: Wed Dec 03, 2008 2:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

anything you can compete in is a sport. If bowlling and chess is a sport certantly foot bag is. Very Happy
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Paul Linhart (Cee187)
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 21, 2009 5:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

yea, footbagging is a sport. But most people treat it like a game, just kicking around in a circle for fun.
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Paul Linhart (Cee187)
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 12:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Eric Schultz (eschultz) wrote:
anything you can compete in is a sport. If bowlling and chess is a sport certantly foot bag is. Very Happy


bowling and chess aren't sports...
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Logan Longfellow (logload)



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PostPosted: Wed Feb 25, 2009 5:45 pm    Post subject: yea Reply with quote

doesn't matter what people call it, hacky sack is hacky sack! but yes i would call it a sport, just not a real popular and i know i don't do it competitively but it's still a sport
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Trevor Caylor (Cannon)
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PostPosted: Mon Jun 22, 2009 7:28 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

footbag has been played for thousands of years the chinese military played footbag to discipline there soldiers on the battle field, some chinese man a 1000 years probably kicked it a million times
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Jonathan Carano (elmo27)



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PostPosted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 12:06 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

ITS A FING SPORT SO GET OVER IT IF YOU DONT LIKE IT AND HAPPY 420\
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