Bachelor in central Oregon in April 1983, Bruce Guettich and Greg Cortopassi consummated their dream to create a true players’ organization for footbag. On May 12, 1983, the World Footbag Association (WFA) officially opened its doors to the players of a sport that was just barely 10 years old and mostly confined to Oregon and Washington. In a small, one room office attached to a row of airplane ha
ngers located on a private airport in Vancouver, WA, Bruce and Greg began to chart the course for their new business for a new sport. Fueled with passion, a membership base of two, Bruce and Greg, and only a hand full of footbag manufacturers, they set out to put footbag on the global map. Initially structured as a non-profit organization, the WFA was funded by membership sign-ups, subscriptions to their Footbag World newsletter, product sales, and (whenever possible) sponsorships.
