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"Hacky Sack" is the name of a brand of footbag popular in the 1970s (currently owned by Wham-O), which has since become a generic trademark. [ 1 ] The most common game of footbag consists of two or more players standing in a circle and trying to keep the sack off the ground for as long as possible.
Mike Marshall (ca. 1947 – 1975) was an American inventor best known for his co-invention, with John Stalberger, of the sport footbag and the Hacky Sack in 1972. Marshall was living in Oregon when he met Stalberger.
Wham-O Inc. is an American toy company based in Carson, California, United States.It is known for creating and marketing many popular toys for nearly 70 years, including the Hula hoop, Frisbee, Slip 'N Slide, Super Ball, Trac-Ball, Silly String, Hacky sack, Wham-O Bird Ornithopter and Boogie Board, [1] many of which have become genericized trademarks.
Hack slap is a game that utilises a footbag or 'Hacky Sack'. The game is similar to the Australian handball rules.. The object is to keep the 'footbag' in the air by any means necessary, excluding hands.
In 1979, Stalberger and Ted Huff formed the National Hacky Sack Association (NHSA) which became the first official organizing body for the sport. The NHSA sanctioned and/or sponsored footbag tournaments in the U.S., including the "Footbag Nationals" which evolved into the World Footbag Championships, an event that it has been running annually ...
Several members of the development team moved on to other projects. Chuck Sommerville, the designer of the half-pipe game in California Games, later developed the game Chip's Challenge, while Ken Nicholson, the designer of the footbag game, was the inventor of the technology used in Microsoft's DirectX.
Hacky can refer to: Hačky, a Czech village; Hacky sack, or footbag; See also. Hack (disambiguation) This page was last edited on 31 ...
In jegichagi, players kick a jegi and the player with the greatest number of kicks wins, similar to Western Hacky Sack. Usually played in winter, jegichagi's name varies by region. The jegi, similar in appearance to a shuttlecock, is made from a coin and hanji (handmade Korean paper).