Drew ~ Philadelphia

Wasabi · Post by **Wasabi** » 26 Mar 2007 08:44

I can just feel the neon yellow and blue bag killing my feet. Really heavy! Feels really broken in, though, so I can't complain. Very cool bags.

Your dynos are phat. I haven't seen blenders from you yet, but seeing that you're progressing well with whirls and osis, blenders should be nothing.

SHRED HARD!

Drew · Post by **Drew** » 28 Mar 2007 06:59

Thanks Waylon! Can't wait for the next Temple chapter, I feel like I've improved since just Saturday!

Yesterday was FANTASTIC. Tom and I met up around 2:45 on campus @ the Bell Tower. It was like 65 degrees outside, so we were all 'yo m8 we gots to jam 0utside' and jam 0utside we did. The Bell Tower is pretty busy place, it's right in the middle of campus so lots of people walking to and fro, and tons of people lounging on the grass.

When I arrived Tom was already shredding hard with this kid named Roman, who apparently Tom knew! Roman went to the same college as Tom and Josh Bizzle, so he started hacking and stuff with us. He hadn't seen Tom for a while and was pretty impressed. Some of the people watching us came up and took pictures, a bud of mine passed by with his camera and recorded some footage, and lots of people seemed interested! shaweeeeeet.

After more than an hour of hard shred in the beautiful weather, we had some casual hackers join us as they walked back from class. At one point we had like 7 people in the circle, Tom and I freestyling while they kicked and attempted some of the basic stuff like clippers and mirage.

I busted out a different bag at one point, and everybody started asking how many I had, if I were selling any, and how much!

I was like 'aw hellz ya like $10 or sometin' and ended up selling four bags! I know it's cheap, but meh, first sales, and I wanted to possibly get them into the sport! I sold my first bag last week to a kid Tom and I met who seemed interested, even going as far as to look for Lavers! Maybe we will be adding to the Temple crew soon

.

So, I had a few other people ask me for bags and I've only my good bags left. Must go on footbag-stitching-spree! Did I mention it was beautiful outside yesterday? cuz it was.

I played really well too, stringing together dynos, drifters, whirls, clipper>flapper>clipper, DLO's, etc. I am sitting at work right now and I really want to just bail and go shred outside! Too bad I'm tired as hell, need to take a nap today, footbag/hacky sack mucho yesterday.

Drew · Post by **Drew** » 31 Jul 2007 16:59

SO I got some shred in for the first time in a few months today! My knee was injured due to an incident involving the ground, my right knee, and running from the law. So I return to footbag after healing up.

Played for 2 hours today outside in the street. Mainly just hitting every trick I used to be able to, had to get back in the footbag rhythm! I shall work on flipside and drilling for now.

Drew · Post by **Drew** » 01 Aug 2007 17:53

Hour and a half session today. Worked on pixie set, blenders, DLO, torque, and a ton of flipside stuff. good session

Drew · Post by **Drew** » 02 Aug 2007 20:09

2.5 hour session tonight. Pretty damn successful

first timers:
flip drifter
pixie>legover
pdx drifter
blender
toe whirl
toe blender
flip dyno
flip symp mirage
symp mirage BSOS

Longer strings. Better endurance.

Drew · Post by **Drew** » 05 Aug 2007 16:52

2 hour session tonight in the street. Had a few neighbors watching

Started stitching again, making a green-pent black-hex pattern, my stitching seems to have changed so much just since the last time I stitched a bag a month ago. Bag weight preference has changed too, I really look forward to using this new bag

What is the name for a pixie set to dyno? It felt great hitting it, whatever it is!

drifter BSOS

flip whirl

flip blender

pdx mirage BSOS

far legover BSOS

far pickup BSOS

symp mirage BSOS

Edit: Realized that I toed Ripwalk tonight, just didn't know it's name

I'm ecstatic with where my game is right now. Considering how little I played in the beginning of the summer, and my progress in just the past few days, I can't wait to see where I'll be in 6 months. I've been working on my posture too, not just in footbag. Keeping my back straight improves balance and allows me to see the bag easier, not to mention it's easier to breathe!

I can't wait for the next jam in Philly, should start seeing if people are interested in coming before school starts.

Drew · Post by **Drew** » 07 Aug 2007 20:46

2 hour session yesterday, just drilling.

2.5 hour session tonight, mostly drilling. Stitched a new bag as well, photos tomorrow mebbe. Drilled pixie set a ton, hit some random stuff out of pixie. What is pixie>dyno?

hit torque a few times tonight, for the first time.

Drew · Post by **Drew** » 10 Aug 2007 09:04

2.5 hour session last night, pretty shitty weather but was a great time!

Hit eggbeater for the first time. Drilled flipside whirls, drifters, torques, and pixie set.

hit several 15+ contact strings

I'm liking this sport more and more every session

Rieferman · Post by **Rieferman** » 10 Aug 2007 09:41

got some vid to post (or can you figure out a way to post a couple clips)? Even if your game is a work in progress, this is a great way to get pointers before you learn any bad habits etc.

Xain · Post by **Xain** » 10 Aug 2007 10:15

Still planning on worlds?

Drew · Post by **Drew** » 10 Aug 2007 10:46

Can't, had to pay for housing this semester with it

I'm terribly sad I'm not going.

Xain · Post by **Xain** » 10 Aug 2007 11:48

I'm sorry, maybe next year?

Are you planning on making funtastiks?

Drew · Post by **Drew** » 10 Aug 2007 12:00

I'll try to get to Funtastiks, when abouts is it occuring? I'm not certain of where, either.

Xain · Post by **Xain** » 10 Aug 2007 13:31

http://www.footbag.org/events/show/1182542776

the magic of footbag.org

Drew · Post by **Drew** » 11 Aug 2007 16:02

4.5 hour session today. It was the first day in a long time that I've shred outdoors during the day, so I figured I'd shred till exhausted.

whirl BSOS
drifter BSOS
flip blender
pdx mirage BSOS
symp whirl for the first time

too many contacts to count
RIDUNKULOUS improvement on pixie set
symp mirage BSOS
landed a couple eggbeaters
pixie>torque
torque>torque

and more that I forget

Drew · Post by **Drew** » 13 Aug 2007 22:37

3 hour shred session on Monday. My Parents randomly decided we needed new cell phones (I've needed one for 8 months

), so I've a new toy for the next week or two.

drilled pixie set and my BOP's and all the usual stuff. I can pretty much hit pixie on command, finally!

I just realized while looking through the list of tricks on footbag.org that I hit Blur before I even hit mirage... I'm not sure I can hit blur now...

Now that I am done with my old job for the summer, I've all week to shred before i move back to school... Tom Stepek says he hasn't played since June, and I hope I'm meeting up this week to shred with Tom. I think I've improved a ton since the last time we played, we'll see what happens!

I plan on getting new Ultrasuede colors soon, it will be footbag galore'

Drew · Post by **Drew** » 14 Aug 2007 17:12

3 hour session again in Reeves' Park in town. Some people were recording their fencing practice, I got to use the bandshell to myself

I've developed a problem footbagging.... I Don't know when to stop!! Not really a problem I guess

Smear

Magellan

eggbeater

flip whirls drilled

Torque drilled

dyno BSOS

I've been practicing juggling bags with my right foot now, I can get a couple contacts in a row with two bags, not bad considering I've never put much effort into it...

In other news, I bought a 25lb bag of lead shot! Might need new insoles for my Laver's, they could use a washing too...

Footbag Forever · Post by **Footbag Forever** » 17 Aug 2007 05:19

Wow Drew! Really seems like you're progressing faster than ever! Congrats. Once the semester starts I hope to get back into the groove, although I don't think I will progress as quickly. We'll see what happens. Keep up the good work.

Drew · Post by **Drew** » 17 Aug 2007 09:43

hey, thanks, it means a ton to me. I've put in a lot of practice the last 2 weeks and have yet to shred with anyone else over the summer

2 hour session last night worked on some flipside and mostly foundations tricks in longer strings.

Drew · Post by **Drew** » 17 Aug 2007 13:32

Brand new bag, 87.8g