Hall of Fame

John Stalberger, one of the founding members of the Footbag HoF. © CFA

The Foot­bag Hall of Fame is a spe­cial group of peo­ple that have con­tributed greatly to footbag’s growth since 1972, when it was first invented. The cur­rent mem­ber list, kept up to date on footbag.org, includes names famil­iar to foot­bag play­ers around the world, from John (“Mr. Hacky Sack”) Stal­berger to Ken Shults to Emmanuel Bouchard, one of last year’s inductees.

The orga­niz­ers of the 2011 IFPA World Cham­pi­onships would like to appre­ci­ate all the play­ers, young and old, with a spe­cial party that links together the his­tory of our sport with the present. The Hall of Fame cer­e­mony will be an event to remem­ber, and a good excuse to take a lit­tle flight to visit Helsinki, the Pearl of the Baltic.

More details about the HoF party will be posted as soon as they are con­firmed. Mean­while, check out the recently updated nom­i­na­tion cri­te­ria for inductees to get into the Foot­bag Hall of Fame.

UPDATE: the who, when and where of the 2011 HoF cer­e­mony are finally con­firmed. Tuo­mas Kärki will be the only inductee present and cel­e­brated (all the more so) at the Tues­day, August 2, night party in Dubrovnik. Right after the cer­e­mony, once Tuo­mas’ lengthy speech is over, we’ll get to see and award this year’s video con­test finalists!