Scenes from the '95 Worlds

Burgess Gymnasium (Menlo Park)
Golden Gate Park (San Francisco)

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  1. w95-4-01.jpg -- Peter Irish (left) and Eric Wulff show how team freestyle is done, with a wonderful display of cooperation. This picture was taken on finals night (August 5, 1995) in the Burgess Gym in Menlo Park, California. Peter and Eric placed 2nd in this event.

  2. w95-4-02.jpg -- Peter Irish (left) and Eric Wulff weave freestyle magic at the team freestyle finals in Menlo Park, California (August 5, 1995).

  3. w95-4-06.jpg -- Julie Symons goes up for a spike during the women's net finals in Golden Gate Park on Sunday, August 6, 1995.

  4. w95-4-07.jpg -- Lisa McDaniel (El Cerrito, California) scuffs the bag over the net as the crowds watch anxiously during the women's net finals in Golden Gate Park on August 6, 1995.

  5. w95-4-08.jpg -- Tricia George, 1995 women's overall world champion, punches one over during the women's doubles net finals in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. She and partner Jody Welch (Mountain View, California) placed second in that event.

  6. w95-4-09.jpg -- Julie Symons (Santa Clara, California) sweeps the footbag into the opponents' court. This photo was taken during the women's doubles net finals in Golden Gate Park, in which defending women's doubles net champs Julie and partner Lisa McDaniel (El Cerrito, California) tried to protect their title from Jody Welch and Tricia Georgia. Welch and George ended up stealing the title this year.

  7. w95-4-10.jpg -- In the third-place playoffs for women's doubles net, Becca English-Ross (Eugene, Oregon) hits an outside sweep as Tina Lewis (Austin, Texas) watches carefully. Tina and her partner Constance Constable (Monterey, California) won the match, earning Tina the first ever women's Master's overall award. Becca's partner was San Francisco's own Lisa Monti.

  8. w95-4-26.jpg -- A sort of local legend around the Santa Cruz, California, area, this one-legged kicker (name currently unknown) shows that it's not the end of the world to be missing a limb. First of two photos taken during finals in Golden Gate Park (San Francisco, California).

  9. w95-4-29.jpg -- A sort of local legend around the Santa Cruz, California, area, this one-legged kicker (name currently unknown) shows that it's not the end of the world to be missing a limb. Here he is seen freestyling with intermediate freestyle champion "Big Dave" Wedertz (San Francisco, California) and ace freestyler Rich Cook (Vancouver, British Columbia). Second of two photos.

  10. w95-4-71.jpg -- Kenny Shults (Portland, Oregon) confirms that he's still a force to be reckoned with as he spikes the footbag down with deadly force into the court guarded by a vigilant Alf Marcussen (San Francisco, California) during the men's open doubles net finals. Shults and his partner Randy Mulder (Denver, Colorado) won the open doubles net title after Alf and partner Brent Welch (Mountain View, California) gave them a serious run for their money before an enthusiastic crowd in Golden Gate Park. Official Jim Caveney (Mountain View, California) watches carefully from the center line.

  11. w95-5-18.jpg -- Randy Mulder (Denver, Colorado) is congratulated by his friends Mag Hughes and Peter Shunny after he and partner Kenny Shults (Portland, Oregon) win the world open doubles footbag net title. Shults, in the center of the photograph, watches, letting it all sink in.

  12. w95-5-19.jpg -- Yves Archambault (Montréal, Québec), on the left, graciously accepts the Mike Marshall Award from "Mr. Hacky Sack", John Stalberger. The award is presented yearly to the individual who, on the whole, has contributed the most to the sport of footbag during the year. Yves built a solid foundation of footbag players in Montréal, leading to the site being chosen for the 1996 World Footbag Championships in August, 1996. John Stalberger and the late Mike Marshall co-invented the Hacky Sack® footbag in 1972.

  13. w95-5-20.jpg -- Peter Irish entertains crowds on finals day in Golden Gate Park, between net matches, performing his freestyle routine that won him the open world championships freestyle title the night before in Menlo Park. First of three photos.

  14. w95-5-21.jpg -- Peter Irish entertains crowds on finals day in Golden Gate Park, between net matches, performing his freestyle routine that won him the open world championships freestyle title the night before in Menlo Park. Second of three photos.

  15. w95-5-22.jpg -- Peter Irish entertains crowds on finals day in Golden Gate Park, between net matches, performing his freestyle routine that won him the open world championships freestyle title the night before in Menlo Park. Third of three photos.

  16. w95-5-24.jpg -- Randy Mulder (Denver, Colorado) goes up for an intimidating slam, as Jody Welch (Mountain View, California) prepares for the dig, during the mixed doubles finals in Golden Gate Park. Randy and his partner Julie Symons ultimately won the match, unseating Welch and her husband, Brent Welch after their long reign as mixed doubles champions.

  17. w95-5-25.jpg -- Brent Welch (Mountain View, California) stands at the ready as Randy Mulder (Denver, Colorado) dinks the footbag into the corner. Randy and his partner Julie Symons ultimately won the match, unseating Welch and his wife, Jody Welch after their long reign as mixed doubles champions.

  18. w95-5-26.jpg -- Randy Mulder (Denver, Colorado) goes up for another trademark spike, as Jody Welch (Mountain View, California) hopes for the best, during the mixed doubles net finals in Golden Gate Park. Randy and his partner Julie Symons ultimately won the match, unseating Welch and her husband, Brent Welch after their long reign as mixed doubles champions.