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Yves Archambault
Yves Archambault (Montreal) prepares for a leftie sole
punch in the singles net preliminaries. Photo by Martin Cote.
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Sebastien Verdy
Sebastien Verdy (Montreal) shows his powerful pulldown during the
singles net preliminaries. Photo by Martin Cote.
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Emmanuel Bouchard
Emmanuel Bouchard (Montreal) during the net singles
preliminaries. Photo by Martin Cote.
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Chris Siebert
Chris Siebert (Portland, Oregon) at the
singles net prelims on Tuesday. Photo by Martin Cote.
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Tuomas Karki
One of the top net players in Finland, Tuomas Karki (Helsinki)
punches the bag during the singles net prelims. Photo by Martin Cote.
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Amy Westberg
In the women's singles net preliminaries,
Amy Westberg (Chandler, AZ) holds her own. Photo by Martin Cote.
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Anthony Intemann
Anthony Intemann (Cliffside Park, NJ) during the
intermediate singles net finals on Tuesday afternoon.
Anthony ended up in second place against local
favorite Kyle Baird. Photo by Martin Cote.
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Kyle Baird
Kyle Baird (Charleston, IL) goes up for a sole push
during the intermediate singles net finals against
Anthony Intemann. Photo by Martin Cote.
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Intermediate World Champion
Kyle Baird (Charleston, IL) makes a placement shot
during the final game of the singles net championship
in the intermediate division. He beat Anthony Intemann
for the title. Photo by Martin Cote.
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Jake Leong
Jake Leong (Vancouver, Canada) goes up against
Randy Mulder in the singles net prelims. Photo by Martin Cote.
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Cory Current
Tournament organizer Cory Current in a
classic pose during the singles net prelims. Photo by Martin Cote.
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Lavigne vs. Leong
Tall Bob Lavigne (Montreal) intimidates
Jake Leong (Vancouver, Canada) into submission by
showing his ability to cross the plane of the
net. Photo by Martin Cote.
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Freestyle Prelims
The freestyle prelims was a colorfully-carpeted
conference room in the McCormick Place convention
center next to the host hotel. Here, Lisa McDaniel
is shown corraling the judges while Matt Churney
warms up for his routine during the first day of
freestyle prelims. Photo by Steve Goldberg.
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Rick Reese and Daryl Genz
Rippin' and Daryl (both from Colorado) show their amazing
doubles freestyle routine during the first round of freestyle
competition on Thursday. Photo by Ann Lasken.
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Shredding on the Sidelines
This was the typical scene on the terrace above
the net prelims all week long. Photo by Steve Goldberg.
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IFAB Meeting
Kenny Shults (Portland, Oregon) awaits his turn to
pontificate during the annual International Footbag
Advisory Board meeting, held Thursday night at the Hyatt. Photo by Steve Goldberg.
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More IFAB
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Ryan Mulroney
During the IFAB shred. Photo by Steve Goldberg.
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Big Add Chad
Chad Devlahovich (San Pedro, California)
during the IFAB shred. Photo by Steve Goldberg.
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Young Blood
Bryan Fourner (left) and Josh Childs watch intently
as Jane Jones shreds it up (off camera) during the IFAB
shred on Thursday night. Photo by Steve Goldberg.
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Jboy Gran
Jeff "Jboy" Gran (Menlo Park, California) shredding
at the IFAB jam. Photo by Steve Goldberg.
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Matt Meets Ryan
Matt Churney (left) shows Ryan Mulroney
the finer points of freestyle during the
Saturday night Freestyle Jam at 1am. Photo by Steve Goldberg.
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Freestyle Shred Audience
Most people in the know come out and watch
the freestylers as they go hog-wild on Saturday night
after the freestyle finals. Photo by Steve Goldberg.
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Night Vision
The freestyle shred (from 1-4am on Saturday night/Sunday morning)
attracted about 110 people. Photo by Steve Goldberg.
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Through the Lens
The best source of freestyle shred video
tapes is the late-night freestyle jam that
takes place after the world championships finals.
In the viewfinder -- Peter Irish. Photo by Steve Goldberg.
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Sebastien Verdy
Sebastien Verdy (Montreal) in the doubles net finals at the Mayor's Cup.
Sebastien and partner Emmanuel Bouchard took the open doubles net title
this year. Photo by Martin Cote.
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Sunback
Sebastien Verdy (Montreal) hits a perfect sunback
spike (with his back to the net) as Kenny
Shults (Portland, Oregon) awaits the chance to set
the spike for his partner. Photo by Martin Cote.
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Net Finals at Mayor's Cup
Emmanuel Bouchard (Montreal) slams one over while Randy Mulder
prepares to dig. Emmanuel and his partner Sebastien Verdy took the match
in two games to win the world doubles net title. Photo by Martin Cote.
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Josh Childs
Sideline freestyle never stopped the whole week.
Up-and-comer Josh Childs is shown here, skooling on the terrace
near the net prelims. Photo by Steve Goldberg.
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