Vašek Klouda
Encyclopedia
Vašek Klouda is a competitive freestyle footbag
player. Born in 1986, raised, and resident in Prague
, in the Czech Republic
, Václav Klouda started playing footbag when he was 13. He won his first Footbag World Championship in 2002 in San Francisco, beating the two-time defending champion Ryan Mulroney in the most tightly contested finals ever. He completed a clean sweep by taking first place in the three major freestyle disciplines: 2 Minute Routines, Shred30, and Sick 3. Vašek has since successfully defended his title five times, in Prague
in 2003, Montreal
in 2004, in Helsinki
in 2005, in Frankfurt
in 2006, and in Orlando
in 2007. He holds the record for most consecutive World Titles (6), as well as total World Titles (7).
In the 2008 IFPA Footbag World Championships, held in Prague
, Klouda was beaten by Damian Gielnicki of Poland
, ending his bid for a 7th straight world championship.
Bouncing back from 2008, Vasek reclaimed the world title in Berlin, Germany. At the tournament Vasek's first book was launched. The Vasek Klouda Manual: How to Play Footbag is an eBook downloadable from the Czech Footbag Association's homepage.
In Klouda's autobiography he mentions tennis, boxing and Tae Kwon Do. He also talks about his time learning Chess and says, "I also had a chance to play against the then world champion Kasparov".
Freestyle footbag
Freestyle Footbag is a footbag sport where players demonstrate their abilities by performing sequences of acrobatic tricks. The ending position of the bag on one trick becomes the starting position of the bag on the next trick. Tricks are created by combining different components between contacts...
player. Born in 1986, raised, and resident in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, in the Czech Republic
Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....
, Václav Klouda started playing footbag when he was 13. He won his first Footbag World Championship in 2002 in San Francisco, beating the two-time defending champion Ryan Mulroney in the most tightly contested finals ever. He completed a clean sweep by taking first place in the three major freestyle disciplines: 2 Minute Routines, Shred30, and Sick 3. Vašek has since successfully defended his title five times, in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
in 2003, Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
in 2004, in Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
in 2005, in Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
in 2006, and in Orlando
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
in 2007. He holds the record for most consecutive World Titles (6), as well as total World Titles (7).
In the 2008 IFPA Footbag World Championships, held in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, Klouda was beaten by Damian Gielnicki of Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
, ending his bid for a 7th straight world championship.
Bouncing back from 2008, Vasek reclaimed the world title in Berlin, Germany. At the tournament Vasek's first book was launched. The Vasek Klouda Manual: How to Play Footbag is an eBook downloadable from the Czech Footbag Association's homepage.
In Klouda's autobiography he mentions tennis, boxing and Tae Kwon Do. He also talks about his time learning Chess and says, "I also had a chance to play against the then world champion Kasparov".
Major Tournament Victories
- Footbag World Championships 2002 (San Francisco, California, USA)
- Footbag World Championships 2003 (Prague, Czech RepublicPraguePrague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
) - Footbag World Championships 2004 (Montreal, Canada)
- Footbag World Championships 2005 (Helsinki, Finland)
- Footbag World Championships 2006 (Frankfurt, Germany)
- Footbag World Championships 2007 (Orlando, FloridaOrlando, FloridaOrlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
, USA) - Footbag World Championships 2009 (Berlin, Germany)
- European Championships 2002 (Budapest, Hungary)
- European Championships 2003 (Frankfurt, GermanyFrankfurtFrankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
) - European Championships 2004 (Copenhagen, Denmark)
- European Championships 2005 (Wroclaw, Poland)
- European Championships 2006 (Lausanne, Switzerland)
- European Championships 2007 (Vienna, Austria)