00:04I saw it on television. It was a show called Sunday Morning, and I remember seeing the game shown on
00:13that TV show.
00:15I ran upstairs and told my mom, like, this game called Hacky Sack, and I've got to have one.
00:23Like, the first time I saw it, I had to have one, and I was obsessed with it before I
00:28ever had one.
00:31In the beginning, freestyle itself was really primitive, you know. There was nothing like today's freestyle.
00:39There were some tricks, but there were not combinations of tricks.
00:44The truth is, we were kind of frowned upon in the beginning, like they didn't really like what we were
00:49doing.
00:50It was a different style. We weren't really participating in the competitive aspect more.
00:55It was more about the sidelines. And it really became a small group of friends.
01:01There were seven people who were doing what were the beginnings of modern freestyle.
01:08I put a lot of time in a footbag.
01:10Had I become a professional skateboarder, I would have made a ton of money.
01:13I could have been famous maybe. I could have been a little bit more of a cult figure than I
01:17am now.
01:19However, if you really do something because you love it, without any kind of agenda,
01:27it will bring you where you need to be.
01:30And you don't have to be a world champion. You don't have to be good at all.
01:35The cool thing about footbag is you come and play, and you make friends, and everyone's invited.
01:47Oh, I can change your heart.
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