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Post by TayChaint » 21 Jan 2008 17:04

Update.

Whirl BS today finally!
Dada curve BS, but it was a pretty jenky--i have to work on raising the 2nd leg's knee more. In the video below i hit ss mirage-ing butterfly where the same practice is needed [at least that's what I feel is going on].

Anyways this video is formed from a bunch of clips I filmed with my dad's new camera...it's better quality than the actual video camera we have :lol: . Some footbag and at the end there's a some longboarding clips...


oh and one of my shorts has this funky built in underwear that makes me look like i'm wearing granny panties :oops: 8) awww right.

http://www.footbag.org/gallery/show/13646


comments? critiques?


Peace.
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Post by Cass » 21 Jan 2008 17:19

Nice vid, your strings look really smooth

props.

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Post by dp » 21 Jan 2008 17:31

Yeeeea dervish! Purty cross stepping.

Good stuff.

(Footbag was looking very much improved too!)
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Post by Asmus » 22 Jan 2008 13:33

woah!

you are going to be better than me in less than a half year.
im not happy about this. :x

I like how fluid and surf like (your) longboarding looks..
I gotta try that.

You should learn pixie and stepping now.
Aswell as trying out goofy creative moves.

Fun is everything.

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Post by TayChaint » 22 Jan 2008 18:49

thanks guys :D

i'd really like to work on stepping. does anyone have any tips on learning this set? i've read some tips in the trick tips forum so i'll see how that goes. blah blah blah... Asmus, i don't know where you're getting that prediction but thanks :wink: ; maybe i'll encorporate some stallburger action into my strings...hehe. You should definitley try longboarding, it's so much fun!

footbag!
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Post by Zeb Jackson » 23 Jan 2008 09:27

wow your SO much better in this video than you were at worlds, a lot more consistent a lot more controlled, and a lot more variety, thats really awesome to see. I liked plo bsos that was un expected.

and you make long boarding look really fun :P

challenge: SS butterfly>osis>pdx mirage>rpt as many times as you can :D

p.s i just thought of something, because i was noticing that you were wearing a knee brace and you were doing whirls with that side. Try not to let the dex leg go above your knee when doing a whirl. If you watch vasek/dave/jim/jorden they never do that. I think thats what cause a lot of peoples knee problems :)

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Post by BenRea » 23 Jan 2008 10:40

my girlfriend thought it was pretty cool, so did I.
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Post by Jimpenske » 23 Jan 2008 12:24

Taylor nice video! I just watched it. Your clipper stuff looks really good. I liked the dada curve in there. Or was that pixie symp butter? I thought the best footbag clips were at the end. Your form was looking solid there. Your toes are good too. On some of your toe moves your foot flops a little. Just work on keeping your ankles flexed while you dex. Steve Goldberg gave me that advice way back in the day and it helped me a ton.

I liked the long board stuff at the end. Do you surf too?
Keep up the great shred. :twisted:

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Post by Moxie » 23 Jan 2008 17:05

You can hurt yourself playing footbag (no, don't do that) but you know if you go out of commission because of longboarding we're going to kill you, right?

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Post by TayChaint » 24 Jan 2008 15:16

Thanks for watching everyone :P

Zeb, thanks for the tip on whirls. They haven't bothered my knees yet but i'll be mindful of that and work on keeping the dex below knee height. My knee has periodically been having weird aches in it and sometimes pixie sets can aggravate it, does anyone see if something in my form for pixie sets is wrong?

Ben I'm glad you and your girlfriend liked it :)

Jim thanks for the advice. I was just doing some legovers and felt the difference. I surf a little bit, but I'm not very good :oops:
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Post by TayChaint » 09 Feb 2008 12:44

I just took a 30 minute footbag break from studying for exams and for the first time really tried stepping.

run made up 10 BOP
step>op. legover bs.
RIPWALK! what?

http://footbag.org/gallery/show/13737
tips/critiques on my stepping? on my flipside the bag tended to hit my thigh or right under my knee.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGvWTUEiHG4
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Post by Zac Miley » 09 Feb 2008 12:50

stepping on your left side looks perfect. Props!

On your right side, make the step one motion, and the butterfly another motion. It's a move eseentialy done in two parts, they'll become one part after you get better at them.

More specific tips maybe.. uhh...

Open up your hips more, think of pointing your knee at something off to the left of you (on your right side)

Good luck, it's looking really good!
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Post by BenRea » 11 Feb 2008 08:27

:arrow: stepping ss legover or pickup BSOS
:arrow: Handstand on your dervish while riding and video tape it

:wink:
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Post by janis » 11 Feb 2008 13:05

that ripwalk looked perfect, props!

maybe try stepping op osis?

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Post by TayChaint » 14 Feb 2008 13:45

thanks for the comments guys.

i don't think i'll be able to do a handstand on my dervish though...seeing as i can't do a handstand on the stable ground :roll: but maybe i'll work on that...

stepping>ss legover bs
ripwalk bsos
stepping>legover bsos
legover>legover 38 contacts
whirl>butterfly rpt.
butterfly>ripwalk bs
osis>ripwalk bs
infinities 25 contacts


also a few strings with both pixie and stepping sets. i feel a surge of motivation with stepping, i was getting pretty frustrated by my pixie sets and how erratic they are, so to have some success with stepping has really enjoyable.
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Post by QuantumBalance » 15 Feb 2008 03:29

You go girl!!

Okay, the ultimate challenge.

Take a jazz dance class, or a ballet class. The ballet one isnt as fun, but will make u so strong and will help heal ure knees. You need a good teacher though. And to show them footbag and such.The jazz class will be way more fun and make ure life more expressive and creative.

The movies step up and step up 2 are very inspiring.

Cool! PEace!

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Post by TayChaint » 27 Apr 2008 10:57

Update.

Today was pretty good. I finally tried ripwalk>ripwalk and got it both sides a few times each!

Some other hightlights:

15 ducking clippers bs in one session
pickup>ss pickup rpt. x2
plo>plo 5 contacts
ss butterfly>plantless clipper>pdx. mirage rpt.
stepping ss butterfly BSOS
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Post by dp » 27 Apr 2008 11:09

I gotta challenge for you.

cross-step, transition to switch, cross-step x2, transition to strongside, cross-step, right into a shuvit.

That's what I'm trying. Stupid switch cross-stepping is hard though...
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Post by Moxie » 10 Jun 2008 14:15

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