Many have played the game before, even if unknowingly. Footbag, also known as hacky sack, has been played professionally for nearly three decades. This weekend, its national championship tournament ...

Nathan Bonslaver, 18, a senior at Exeter, doesn’t find his passion in music or the arts. He prefers his own version of art, the art of freestyle footbag. Freestyle footbagging is the ability to ...

Gaze intense, feet flying, Curtis Taylor is on a hot string. His eyes and his whirling feet are locked on a tiny bag that he's kicking, kicking, kicking. The 17-year-old Clear Lake High School senior ...

The hacky sack players often spotted in White Plaza are a diverse group of "footbaggers" from across the globe. (Serenity Nguyen/The Stanford Daily) Passing through White Plaza on a Tuesday afternoon, ...

After 25 years of retirement, it doesn't take much to bring the inventor of the Hacky Sack and once-frequent footbag tournament organizer back into the game. On Saturday and Sunday, former Oregon City ...

Many of the world's elite footbaggers have one thing in common. Smooth talocrural joints, when turned parallel to the ground in a split second, can catch a 55-gram leather sack filled with stainless ...

Of course Portland has high-level, competitive Hacky Sack. Considering our city is home to sizable Quidditch and unicycle scenes, you shouldn't be surprised to see serious interest in the lunch-period ...

Champion athletes from the United States and Canada, will compete this weekend in a U.S. Open tournament at Willamette Park. Their sport, almost 40 years old, has its roots in the metro area. What ...

Boisean and Footbag Hall of Famer Daryl Genz, right, passes on his tips to kids at the 2016 US Open Freestyle Footbag Championships in Boise on Sunday. From right: Nico Nemeth, 10; Camden Hopkins, 14; ...