Author Archives: Mike Walgrave

Tournament #2: Wisconsin State Foosball 2023 WI State Foos ventured to Mad Apple Billiards in Appleton, Wisconsin for four days of competition (March 16-19, 2023). Over 200 players from around the Midwest and as far as Florida showed up to compete on twenty-seven T3000 Tornado Foosball Tables. Here are the Top 10 Journal Notes ofContinue reading “Tournament 2 Notes: Wisconsin State Foosball 2023”

DrifterRadio.com might need a new podcast. Over the nearly twenty years of DrifterRadio.com’s history, there have been multiple podcast attempts. Regardless of the “Syrian-hackers” that wiped out drifterRadio.com’s website work and recordings (I think it was 2012),…. I believe there is a hard drive and some data CD’s sitting around from as far back asContinue reading “DrifterRadio Podcast?”

Pre-drifterRadio.com days. 2002. The memoir cover’s Wali-G’s first major foosball tournament and two of his hitchhiking adventures. Now on sale at Amazon.com https://a.co/d/aSIVSdS

U.S.Foos TourSpring 2023Written by Wali-G. Book: “DrifterRadio.com Videography and Marketing Project” Chapter 2: Foos Tour ProjectLike any project, there is the who, what, where, when, and why to answer. There also needs to be a “how” and “how much.” A project should outline each of these answers for potential sponsors. The project does not haveContinue reading “Excerpt from New Book: “Videography and Marketing Project” Chapter 2″

U.S. Foos Tour MarketingSpring 2023 Project: Sports-videography and MarketingProduced by: DrifterRadio.comProducer: Michael “Wali-G” WalgraveProduction Dates: March-May 2023Film/Tournament Locations: Appleton-Wisconsin, Las Vegas, Clearwater-Florida, Hoffman Estates-Illinois Background of DrifterRadio.com ProductionsDrifterRadio.com has over a decade of experience in the videography production arts. Stemming back to a military deployment in Afghanistan in 2007, Wali-G has produced videography projects. HisContinue reading “Foos Tour Sponsorship Prospectus”

Wali-G begins his Spring 2023 U.S. Foosball Tour on the South Dakota prairie against topshot foosball players from the Midwest and beyond. The foosball competitors gathered to compete at a 25-Tornado table weekend tournament at the Royal River Hotel’s Royal Room on the Flandreau Santee Sioux Reservation. If you have never been to a weekend-longContinue reading “Foosball Notes for Tournament #1: SD State Foosball Championship”

Today begins the 2023 Spring Foosball Tour. DrifterRadio.com will be drifting to Flandreau, South Dakota to cover and compete in the South Dakota State Foosball Championship. Royal River Casino and Hotel will be hosting this shoot out in prairie country. This U.S. spring foosball tour will then cover Wisconsin State, Las Vegas Hall of FameContinue reading “2023 Spring Foosball Tour”

III.    Hitchhiking from Miami to Jazz Fest (2002) Phoenix to New Orleans to Miami Arriving back to Phoenix, I discover Dr. Love and his hosts are in conflict.  Dr. Love has not been able to find a trucking job yet either.  He suggests we just pop-smoke and head to Miami.  He still has friendsContinue reading “Phoenix to New Orleans 2002”

Outcome of My First Major Tournament in Las Vegas, Nevada My hopes were high enough for myself to hitch hike to Las Vegas for a major tournament, but my grit and fundamentals were not honed.  The trail was long.  The funds were short. The practice time was minimal.  I did not expect to win inContinue reading “Outcome of First Major Foosball Tourney”

Probably the strangest coincidence of this journey is that I some how manage to team up with the stranger that made me aware of the professional foosball tour.   Jim Waterman created the Foosball.com website I found 5-years ago on the internet.  I drew Waterman as a partner in a Draw Your Partner (DYP) foosballContinue reading “Foosball Legend Jim Waterman”