1999 Montreal International Championship

This one was quite an adventure. After three years of collaboration with La Ronde, Montreal’s well known attraction park, a new administration kicked us out. Surprisingly, after the big successes that we had with the 1996 and 1998 World Championships, + the 1997 Montreal International, the new ladies in charge didn’t recognize that it could be of any interest for the users of the park. Even though I came well prepared with the impressive videos and the press review, they didn’t budge. Then, we negociated a venue change and moved the event to the municipal beach, that was under the same administration.
As a competitor, it was my second tournament, coming back from a knee reconstruction surgery and I’m proud to see my second spots in Open singles and doubles in these ancient results.

Media Coverage

We were lucky enough to get good media coverage by two local stations as I didn’t have the resources to film any of it, so here’s a mashup of the 2 shows, with an added personal touch. It’s in french with the english subtitles that I created, not AI.

This video montage reminds us of the good times of the 1999 Montreal International Footbag Championship. The sequences are taken from TV reports from the shows 110% on TQS, and SPAM, which was broadcast on Musique Plus.

1999 Montreal International Championship – Results  – July 2-4, 1999

Location:

Plage du parc des Iles de Montreal
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Intermediate singles net

1. Eric Lardinois
2. Dan Kramer
3. Maude Landreville
4. Katia Couture

Intermediate doubles net

1. Maude Landreville – Marilyn Demuy
2. Marie-Ange Cossette-Trudel – Amelie Jolicoeur
3. Jean-Philippe Rochefort – Eric lardinois

Open mixte doubles net

1. Genevieve Bousquet – Patrick Asswad
2. Amy Westberg – Emmanuel Bouchard
3. Ann Laskin – Yves Archambault
4. Maude Landreville – Robert Lavigne

Open singles net

1. Emmanuel Bouchard
2. Yves Archambault (yes he’s back)
3. Patrick Asswad
4. Martin Graton

Open doubles net

1. Emmanuel Bouchard – Sebastien Verdy
2. Yves Archambault – Martin Graton
3. Patrick Asswad – Andrew Morgan
4. Robert Lavigne – Pat Keehan

Open singles freestyle routines

1. Marc Conti
2. Josh Penney
3. Eric Lardinois

Intermediate singles freestyle routines

1. Ken Somolinos
2. Pierre-Pascal Gauthier
3. Marc Giard-Lariviere