I was always a better sewer than kicker, but I loved net and always was ready to play a game. We never had the caliber of kickers in Utah but for several years footbag was taught at the University of Utah by myself and Dutch Holland before me. I was involved with sponsoring many events in Utah and supporting numerous players at tournaments around the country as well as contributing to people traveling the world to introduce footbag and other non-competitive games to foreign countries. I raised my kids in the sport of footbag, going every summer to the Worlds. Those times and making the friendships I have because of footbag has been incredibly rewarding. When my son, Dylan, grew into a very good net player we joined up as a team to compete at the intermediate level one season and traveled to several tournaments. That was a blast. We did pretty well winning a couple and placing second and third at several. My daughter Tia as always there at the tournaments making friends and cheering her dad and brother along. Hardly anyone else had kids back then, but now lots of the old crew have kids and I see them raising their kids in the kicking circle and that is great. It really is a circle -- a community that is comprised of wonderful, warm and loving people.

I think footbag net and freestyle are great spectator events and I believe eventually they will get the spotlight to make them big time sports. I don't know how long it will take but I know it will happen one day.