BlogHide Resteemshanedane (60)in weedcash • 5 years agoBurled maple and Indian Rosewood Nugtray™A few weeks ago I did some carpentry work for a guy in Denver who was friendly and personable. As a thank you in addition to his payment, he gave me a few blocks of exotic woods he had lying around.…hanedane (60)in footbag • 5 years agoFootbags from a different world: Dave Leberknight's bagThis footbag was made many years ago by an old friend, David Leberknight; I used to kick with him and some other guys a lot in Denver's Washington Park. Good old days. This is another rare…hanedane (60)in footbags • 5 years agoFootbags from a different world: HarlequinNot many footbag designs can utilize just one shape, but this one does: only diamonds. There are 48 of them in a busy color scheme (or non-scheme) I call the Harlequin. As you can see by the…hanedane (60)in footbag • 5 years agoFootbags from a different world: SunburstThe Sunburst is an incredibly unique design: it's made up of 44 panels, sporting four different shapes and two six-pointed stars! Those four shapes are the following: 8 hexagons, 12 pentagons, 12…hanedane (60)in footbag • 5 years agoFootbags from a different world: "Bud"Check out this ancient footbag! It was made in the 1980s by an old friend who went by "Bud" and you can see his signature on one of the panels. While this is probably the worst design and…hanedane (60)in footbag • 5 years agoFootbags from a different world: Diamond Back2BackI made this particular bag years back out of pigskin but I'm using this same design right now on a new footbag with a rearrangement of the colors. Unlike a typical 32-panel, this design uses only 30…hanedane (60)in footbag • 5 years agoOld video from the 1995 European Footbag ChampionshipsJust came across an old video that a friend from Denmark shared with me from the 1995 European Footbag Championships. It's been years since I've seen this and it was a kick, literally, to see it…hanedane (60)in footbag • 5 years agoFootbags from a different world: GridThe Grid is an unusual design... maybe more unusual than functional for a footbag. It's got 60 panels with 20 triangular pouches held together with three well-placed stitches. Each little pouch…hanedane (60)in footbag • 5 years agoFootbags from a different world: 42TwistA few months ago I met Dean Anderson, a footbagger out of Australia who is also sewing together some cool designs. We connected online and agreed to a trade: I would send him one of my Morning Stars…hanedane (60)in footbag • 5 years agoFootbags from a different world: OffsetThe Offset is composed of 92 panels: 12 pentagons and 80 triangles. It's a pretty unusual design for sphere construction as each pentagon is offset or slightly turned as you go along. A better…hanedane (60)in discgolf • 5 years agoCourse Review: Johnny Roberts Memorial Disc Golf Course -- Holes 1-9Earlier this week Stephanie (@geke) and I played a round at Johnny Roberts Memorial Disc Golf Course in Arvada, Colorado. This is the course where Stephanie got her first birdie back in October with…hanedane (60)in footbag • 5 years agoFootbags from a different world: PantherThe Panther is a relative to the Cat's Paw bag, a design I sold to Wham-O back in the day. A lot of people who worked for Wham-O back then were freestyle frisbee guys and one of them contacted me at…hanedane (60)in footbag • 5 years agoFootbags from a different world: Chris Anderson's TwistedThe four panel Twisted is a pretty unique design that Chris Anderson came up with back in the day. Our friend "Bart" (Eric Bartholomay) kinda jumped on this one and helped Chris produce and promote…hanedane (60)in footbag • 5 years agoFootbags from a different world: OctabagThis 26-panel design is made out of pigskin and contains 6 red octagons, 8 black hexagons, and 12 gray squares. It qualifies as a unique footbag, but only just. What makes this bag rare is the…hanedane (60)in footbag • 5 years agoFootbags from a different world: Shock AbsorberThe Shock Absorber is an interesting bag design that hides a secret: its center is hollow! The only fill used in the bag is held inside the 12 three-dimensional pentagons making up the outer shell.…resteemedgeke (70)in travelfeed • 5 years agoDenmark's Kronborg Slot: the King and Queen's apartments, ballroom, and chapelThe first European castle Allan (@hanedane) took me to see was Kronborg Slot in Helsingør, Denmark. In the photograph above, taken from the cobblestone courtyard, you can see the chapel straight…hanedane (60)in discgolf • 5 years agoDisc golf round with my good friends from the World Footbag AssociationTwo of my best friends, Bruce Guettich and Peter Shunny, met me, Stephanie (@geke), and Shawn for a round of disc golf up in Adams Hollow, north of Denver, this morning. Bruce operates the World…resteemeddavedickeyyall (73)in discgolf • 5 years agoDisc golf meet-up..So @bethvalverde and I are meeting @hanedane and his gf @geke for some disc golf at Ferringer Ranch DGC in Littleton.. @bethvalverde couldn't make it because there are mystery shops in Gunnison and…hanedane (60)in footbag • 5 years agoFootbags from a different world: WhiteSnakeThe WhiteSnake is a play off the eight panel footbag. The eight panels are obvious, but the bag has a total of 26, including 12 snaking panels and 6 white squares where the snaking panels meet. The…hanedane (60)in travelfeed • 5 years agoA carpentry job in Breckenridge, Colorado with all its amazing fall colorsWhen I'm not playing disc golf or turning bowls in the shop, I'm a professional carpenter who specializes in window and door installation. A few days ago, I accepted a two-day job to build out a new…
