New video of Erik: Hackrifice20080621-chan(mylo).wmv [2min|15mb}

New video of Erik: Hackrifice20080614-chan(unicorn).wmv [18mb|2min]

New video, old footage (K.I.C.K.A.S.S., 2006): Chapter 4: Scott "Flash Gordon" Bevier [42mb | 5min]

ATTENTION!
THE 10TH ANNUAL HACKRIFICE OPEN FOOTBAG TOURNAMENT
has been set for the dates of Friday, September 19th to 21st, 2008! Mark your calendars and tell all of your friends! Enjoy both observing and participating in some of the best shred that Canada has to offer, celebrating TEN YEARS in Winnipeg!!

Also, check out Erik's other YouTube project, archiving significant older videos from 1999 to the present: "nonHackrifice"

Check out Erik's YouTube shred diary: Here

-New video of Manna: Mpepo (24mb | 2:58min)

New video of Andrew from a couple sessions back in October: Andrew Winter 07 (43mb | 5min)

Also added another semi-recent video that Andrew made of himself: Andrew solo (76mb | 7:30min)

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
From all of us at hackrifice, We hope you had wonderful holidays and have an excelent, shred filled new year!

-New Video featuring Andrew. Taken from solo sessions in December, 2007.
andrewsolodecember2007 (78.75mb| 7:30 min)

-New video:
Manna's Christmas Calendar Special (18mb | 2:15min)

New MOTW:
Andrew hits blurry whirl > food processor [repeat]

ATTENTION KICKERS OF WINNIPEG:
Incredible new offer from Hackrifice footbag club! Show up to 10 shred sessions and earn a free custom-made 32-panel facile footbag valued at $35!! Do it! Spread the word! Open to players of all (and "no") skill level!
See some examples: here

Email chantienyee@gmail.com for more information, shred times, etc.

-2 new MOTWs:
Andrew: Symp flurry
Andrew: Pixie whirl > bedwetter [repeat]

-"Hackrifice 2007" added to Events, complete with write-up and full results from The Hackrifice Open Footbag Tournament 2007!

Lon Smith stars in Modest Mouse music video!! Radical!
Invisible

Beautiful new video of Honza Weber, and Ales Zelinka, which is killing me that I can't afford my Canon GL2: Rooftop [36mb | 4:40min]

Plus, a new, late release chapter in my K.I.C.K.A.S.S. project: Chapter 3: Nick Laroche [23mb | 2:44min]
(Added to "2006" section, under video)

Winter shred is soon in session. We will likely start jamming at my house in River Heights. Comment here, or email me, or phone me for directions, etc. Tomorrow's session will probably be the first of many, as it is supposed to rain, and it is getting dark out early. See you then!

Hohoho. Behold, more videoage!
Erik spins + ducks
[29mb | 3:39min]

-Updated all member profiles, under "member"
-Added profiles for: Jess Archer, and Manna Mpepo
-New video:
Erik's stepping ducking
[11mb | 2:04min]

Hackrifice 2007 was a blast! Here are some top results. More extensive results will be posted soon-ish. Hackrifice representin'!:
Open Shred 30: Andrew Grant
Inter. Shred 30: Jessica Archer
Open Sick 3: Rory Dawson
Inter. Sick 3: Manna Mpepo
Open Big 1: Byrin Wylie
Inter. Big 1: Manna Mpepo
Singles Net: Joel Dion

-Cleaned up "links" section

New video:
Erik Chan + Mike Faille in Toronto
[48mb|5:45min]

-added guide (a beginner's video guide for new players!) to the main page menu. Check it out! New video demonstrations of the basic tricks!!
-in the process of reorganizing video section. I have 204 shred videos to add, which for now can be viewed here: .org fallery

We're back from the World Footbag Championships (Aug. 11-18). A lengthy write-up can be found here (3 posts down).

Shred should ensue on Saturday!
(Regular shred times have been Saturdays and another week day - usually Wednesday - at approximately 6 PM (though everyone is always late), by the central white tent at The Forks)

Derek Vandall is going to be playing footbag on Wednesday, August 1st. Be there or be square.

Video of Erik (15mb | 1:04min)

Zeb Jackson's ShrEdmonton video (52mb|6:49min)

Some recent sickness from the community:
Byrin Wylie (28mb|4:01min)
Jim Penske (YouTube|3:10min)
Dave Clavens (33mb|3:21min)
Tina Aberli (69mb|5:55min)

Plus some well-filmed hacky:
Felix Zenger (YouTube|1:36min -- also availble in HD(!) on Modified)
Caro Bourgoin (23mb|3:10min)
Takatsugu Mihara (web-embedded|~3min)

New MOTW (finally):
Blurry reverse whirling swirl

News:
Weds, June 20th:, pre-ShrEdmonton shred with FATty, Adam Greenwood
Second week of August: pre-Worlds shred with Ben Roscoe

We're leaving for ShrEdmonton on Friday morning -- come with us!

New MOTW (Move Of The Week) videos, to make up for their two-year absence. These were taken with a still digital camera, so the quality is low, but the file size is correlative:
Rubberman w/Fogs
Spinning Ducking PS mirage
Blurry Reaper
Reverse Maelstrom

And a bonus treat: Woo
Also updated Props section

Hey, start posting tricks and combos you hit; I want to start updating the Props section, and keep this website alive in other ways too! I will add stuff that I remember and stuff that I post in my blog at Modified.

Let's make people come to this site again! Starting with a new Move of the Week: Backside Bedwetter

THE MUFFIN MAN COMETH!!!
Well, it's official: Erik has returned to the river city, AND he's playing! That's right folks, rocking double knee-braces erik is back in the land of the kicking, and i couldn't be more psyched on it.
At present, our tentative kicking schedule is wednesday and saturday evenings (roughly 6pm) at The Forks center court, next to Muddy Waters BBQ. Once this is finalized we will post it online with more details.
I hope all of you will be able to come down saturday night to welcome back a home town hero!

Check out my profile on the new TorontoFootbag.com!
Plus, I'll be coming home on May 9th, so prepare to shred!! (Although not necessarily that same day, 'cause I think it's later...)
Oh, I also want to update this site and add some players and maybe get it more active again, 'cause this is lame and everybody in the world knows about us -- this site should be awesome again...

I have lots of footbag video projects on the go, but my computer died about a month ago. Here's some stuff I have to finish in the near future:
-KICKASS 2 video -- about 59 gigs of GOOD stuff (about half or more is Cleaver + Flash)
-Hackrifice 2005 (made DVD, need to fix a few glitches)
-Beginner's guide to footbag (filmed and captured video)
-F.A.T. 2007 -- 2 or 3 tapes so far (maybe wait until outdoor sessions)
-Film new move demos for website (back home with spot light and back drop)
-Exlusively Erik Chan (or something... "Just James" style video)

I also want to write a guide to footbag etiquette.

Rory Dawson in Winnipeg:
070105-roryinwinnipeg.wmv [44mb|8:13min]

Christmas footbag in Winnipeg:
061230-eriksnow.wmv [8mb|34sec]

"Christmas Calendar" video: 061215-muffinman+superman.wmv
[42mb|5:44min]

THREE new videos!
KICKASS Chapter 2: Chris Dean + Aric McIntosh [50mb|6:17min]
061130-chantoronto.wmv [28mb|5:23min]
061130-mikefaille.wmv [8mb|1:24min]

Mike Faille + Erik Chan:
061118-fat02.wmv [19mb|3:27min]

Matthew Cross shred to Matthew Cross guitar: 061118-fatcross.wmv [22mb|4:02min]

Finally finished K.I.C.K.A.S.S. Chapter 1: Will Digges (22mb|2:53min)

New video from Toronto: F.A.T.! (25mb|6:24min)

(and a bonus: pants shred -- taken with my new digital camera) (2mb|1:30min)

Here is the view from my condo in Toronto -- the skydome and CN Tower, plus some footbag: 061026-chantoronto.wmv [10mb|1:54min]

I'm living in Toronto for a while. Here is the intro to a video I am making from K.I.C.K.A.S.S. in Kingston, at the beginning of the month. More to follow in some time: KICKASS [14mb|1:44min]
-Erik

PS: Anyone who hasn't MUST see the trailer for Jere Vainikka's video, "Bringing Out the Shred"; it looks sooo sick! BOTS [24mb|1:26]

The Hackrifice Open 2006 was great! Big thanks go out to all those involved, ESPECIALY our sponsors:

Farside Productions (so much better than silence!)
Freedom Footbags
Hempyrean
Kustom Kulture
Stella's Cafe and Bakery
The Urban Bakery
Winnipeg Jungle

With your generous support the Footbag community in Winnipeg will continue on!!!

The Results:
Open Shred 30
1-Andrew Grant 182.7
2-Rory Dawson 155.3
3-Byrin Wylie 148.3
4-Scott Ellenberger 61.1
Intermediate
1-Jess Archer 75.5

Open Sick 3
1-Kevin Regamy- legbreaker> pdx flail> ss symp eggbeater
2- Andrew Grant- blurry whirl> blurry whirl> ps whirl
Intermediate
1- Jess Archer- parkwalk> pickup> drifter

Open Sick 1
1-Kevin Regamy- alpha atomic torque, pandemonium
2-Byrin Wylie- spinning swivel
3-Andrew Grant- fury, symple food processor
4-Scott Ellenberger- zoid butterfly
Intermediate
1-Jess Archer- ducking butterfly, smear

Doubles Net
1- Scott Ellenberger/ Joel Dion
2-Rory Dawson/ Andrew Grant

Singles Net
1-Joel Dion
2-Scott Ellenberger

Hope to see every one again next year!
-Andrew

- Congrats to Andrew and Jess who repped Hackrifice at the Shredmonton Open in july and brought home the heavy hard wear!
Andrew:
1st Open Shred 30 - 192.5
3rd Open Sick 3
3rd Open Sick 1
Jess:
1st Intermediate Sick 3
1st Intermediate Sick 1
-Andrew

-New Andrew footage: Epica (15mb|2:38min)

Ben Roscoe, an up and commer from ontario, will be passing through Winnipeg on his way to Folk Fest! A jam has been organized for Monday, July 3rd at 6pm at the usual spot at the forks. Any one who can make it out should swing by and show him how hackrifice throws down!

Canada Day is quickly closing in. Tentative plans are in place to shred at the canada day street festival on Osborne, just like last year, or at the forks in the evening. No time has been set, so please drop a comment so we can figure out when to jam.

Some positive, BIG, recent footbag promotion:
www.frostedflakes.com (video on site) -Pete Irish
www.yo-yo.com (video) -Sam C,Chris P,Ashley D,Emily K

Not to mention Pepsi's Pepsi Twist footbag promotion in Japan, and Nestle's promotion in Australia!

'EVERY HACKRIFICE VIDEO' ARCHIVE
I've joined the IFPA (hoping to join one of the governing committees...), and am uploading EVERY SINGLE OLD Hackrifice video I have ever made to my footbag.org gallery. Please check it out -- there is sooooo much footage! Erik Chan's Gallery I haven't finished uploading everything, because it takes some time, but I hope to upload everything that I don't have on the website :)

New video, old footage: july2005-vandall (3:37min|15mb)

The sequel to Sam Colclough's footbag movie is finally complete, and online (at over a gig)!:
FREESTYLE REALITY

Footbag in UofM newspaper: The Toban

Latest sports news hotness:
-Vasek Klouda: [6:04min|74mb]
flurry > pigbeater > dod swirl [repeat]
-Jorden Moir: [5:51min|55mb]
Beesauce: Whirring swirl, blurry torque, mariu...
-Felix Zenger: [7:56min|172mb]
Whirring swirl > alpine food processor
-Johnny Suderman: [0:17min|3mb]
matador > barfry [repeat] > rubberman 2, pdx tapping drifter

My last video for a long time. I'm going to jam with Cloud 9 in Minneapolis and CIC in Chicago this coming week, on a Fine Arts field trip; and then I'm taking a ton of time off, and maybe I will heal.
051028muffinman.wmv (28mb|3:30min)

I hit bigwalk today. I thought it was both sides, but it wasn't: 051014-bigwalk.wmv

Erik's 75-contact run (4min|7mb)

New video: 051001muffinman.wmv (1:40min|3mb)

ATTENTION HACKRIFICE:
We've now opened an ONLINE PHONE DIRECTORY: If you want to shred, and have nobody to shred with, the idea is that at least one other person on the list should be up for a session.

If you wish to participate please comment or email me with your phone number and name and we will add you to the list (which can be found in the "contact" section of the website)! Hopefully we will be starting regular weekly jams in the spring again. Comments?

New video: 050924muffinman.wmv
(10mb|2:40min)

Minor site cleanup. Updated Props, Links, Videos.

Erik hits some new moves (30sec|2mb)

Kevin Regamey's amazing Hackrifice 2005 film:
awesomeness (8:27min|68mb)
(mirror)

Short video from the Hackrifice Open:
Toe Inspinning special (3min|11mb)

ATTENTION:
7TH ANNUAL HACKRIFICE TOURNAMENT 2005
(September 3-4)
Flyer: in JPG / in PSD (print and distribute me!)
NOTICE: DO NOT POST FLYERS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY (IE: ADVERTISING BENCHES, SIDES OF BUILDINGS, ETC) WITHOUT PERMISSION!!!

New videos: july2005-grant.wmv (22mb|5:20min)
july2005-chan.wmv (19mb|4:30min)

Workshop went well -- foursquare ROCKS!
New video: 050628muffinman.wmv (16mb|4:12min)

Website still broken
New video: Derek Vandall Extra (42mb|6:44min)

Hackrifice.com should actually work now
-Short video: 050525experiment.wmv
-Updating overall website (progressively), reimplimentating comments feature
-Updating layout for compatability with Mozilla Firefox
-Planning week-long workshop for Westgate Mennonite Collegiate (June 20-24)