ZachAtree's blog. ( now with videos )

zachatree · Post by **zachatree** » 12 Oct 2004 13:24

i had a substatute to day at welding, so we couldnt do any work so i stood in the shop and footbaged, the hole class joined me and had a shit load of fun, it was great, and during the end of the day i desited to go out and kick alone, and i lerned Cliper> spinning cliper. very very happy, i havent wrote in this for a while... so i gess ill do some up dateing. i been hiting alot of new stuff, must be the fall weather, but what im most proud of now is

Spinning clipper
Rev swirl on flip side
heel stall ducking butterfly

osis on both sides, Osis>Osis.... this was a hard one for me to learn for some reson.
... im haveing truble thinking right now and cant think what i all hit since last time i posted, so im just gonna get back to u all on that... or maybe ill shred my ass off the next few days and stop drilling and try some new stuff

as for my life, life has been going good. hooking up with new girl, she digs footbag, and is hot as HELL and has a Great mind.

something i thoght about last night and thought id put in my Footblog. Maybe ill make a post for it.

I think footbag has changed me in alot of ways... i was wondering if any one else feels the same way about it, Since i started to kick and talk on here i have learned alot, and have relized how inmature i was and i dont just think its becouse of Shreding, i think it has something to do with this fourm, i think that the ppl on here are really great and just a wonderful croud of ppl to be around and talk to, when i went to funtasiks i was so happy, every one i met had a smile and had open arms willing to meet and get to know me, and i got along with every one and had the time of my life. My studys got alot better, becouse i kick all the time and have layed of the harder drugs i used to do, becouse the affected my shred. I have just become so much more mentaly healthy, and physical health, im at the most healthyest time in my 16 year old life. And im just so god damn happy all the time, i was never like this 5 months ago, but now i just love life, every moment. I think footbag, and modified have a big part in that.

^^^^^
Crazy

But ya, hope i get some comments...

Posi-Cole · Post by **Posi-Cole** » 12 Oct 2004 14:31

zachatree wrote:
I think footbag has changed me in alot of ways... i was wondering if any one else feels the same way about it, Since i started to kick and talk on here i have learned alot, and have relized how inmature i was and i dont just think its becouse of Shreding, i think it has something to do with this fourm, i think that the ppl on here are really great and just a wonderful croud of ppl to be around and talk to, when i went to funtasiks i was so happy, every one i met had a smile and had open arms willing to meet and get to know me, and i got along with every one and had the time of my life. My studys got alot better, becouse i kick all the time and have layed of the harder drugs i used to do, becouse the affected my shred. I have just become so much more mentaly healthy, and physical health, im at the most healthyest time in my 16 year old life. And im just so god damn happy all the time, i was never like this 5 months ago, but now i just love life, every moment. I think footbag, and modified have a big part in that.

^^^^^
Crazy

But ya, hope i get some comments...

Awesome to hear man...

Healthy is good ...
Glad to hear footbag and modifed are having a positive impact on your life.

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 12 Oct 2004 16:35

wow - I found that to be a pretty inspiring post!!

I know exactly how you feel - footbag has changed my life completely. I think footbag is the closest thing I will ever have to a religion.

best of luck!

zachatree · Post by **zachatree** » 14 Oct 2004 18:45

to day was pretty phat, had a motavatanal speaker at my school was a captin of the miami dophines back in the day and shit, it was pretty good. At welding to day i was working on this hugh alunnume thing, i hate alunnume its damn hard to weld, soon as the tungston so much as touchs the metal it becomes contamanated and u have to go grind the tungston down, so every time i had to take a walk over to the grinder i would have to wait some times bc some one else was useing it for more of a bigger purpose witch took longer so i shreded with my steal toe boots on

was insane what i was hiting with them on. I did 3 spinning clipers in a 20 titless string with my steel toes on. then when i came home i desited i was gonna get some shred on, i had a pretty good day, im so close to cliper>swirl like left side cliper > right side swirl, and i did sypm mirage bsos was pretty happy about that, some times i try things... such as sypm mirage becouse in this case joe kulacz told me to try it and made a special video and every thing to help teach me it over AIM

thanks joe, any way i tryed it and had some truble but non the less did hit it very sketchy, very close to my dexing foot, but i havent even adtempted them for at least 2 weeks, and to day i do it bsos first try

its not easy yet, but still i can do it pretty consecutivly but not so much comfotabuly. Now my pride of the day, Fairy swirl, i do belive if i get this down it will be my BEST TRICK, ok it went down like this, i was trying to do a toe set > swirl same like set with right foot > swirl with left foot and trying this a few times my foot kinda did a whirl motion over the bag, so i figared aww what the hell maybe i can do a whirling swirl so i tryed to do it like that and sure enogh after a few trys i hit it once. Now i think its a fairy swirl but im not sure, i thoght about it latter and desited it was a fairy swirl. what ever it is, im working on it hard has hell so i can have it ready to show off at Kick till your sick

if i can make it witch im hopeing i will. hit ducking buttefly in a nice string to day too

i love this trick. I cant do it often i always get the set PERFECT, then the duck GREAT then the dex smooth as can be and my cliper is always to close to my body to get the bag witch is 3 inchs out from my foot, but there are them slim times ( 3/10 ) that i have it hit my foot

in strings tho expestialy long ones its hard to get the set nice and straight, being short of breath and all. i really need to work on my pixie sets, and work on them challanges im geting in the great new challange section, thanks Chris, good idea.

Moves Today

Whirling swirl ? fairy swirl ?
ducking butterfly
rev swirl bs
Swirl
spinning cliper
sypm mirage bs
pdx mirage X5

ss buttefly> infity>infity>cliper>cliper>cliper>whirl> ducking cliper>far legover>buttefly>osis>buttefly>ducking butterfly>pdx mirage

i made this up to day on a peace of paper and i came sooooo close, after the ducking butterfly i total choked and messed the pdx mirage set all up.
ither way it was a fun string.

Welp this was October 14, 2004, have a nice day everyone.

zachatree · Post by **zachatree** » 15 Oct 2004 13:01

no one likes me, no one ever reads my blog.... im such a losser.

crazydwarf · Post by **crazydwarf** » 15 Oct 2004 14:25

dude zach, I remember we started at about the same time, and now you are so much better then me. It's awsome, it seems that you are progressing really fast. Anyways just wanted to say your awsome, and don't let me ever catch up to you.

zachatree · Post by **zachatree** » 20 Oct 2004 13:57

thanks man

gyro buttefly :0 woot woot im so close, i had it roll like 10 times with bellbottom pants on, im sure in shorts ill hit it, just fall its so damn cold. But any way my spins are geting awsome but only one sides any good at spins, i cant spin at all the other way, any one know how to fix this, i am uncomfortabule doing ducking and diving moves differnet ways, like some moves are easy one differant sides, i dont have a real flipside, every trick has its own flipside, if that makes any sence. I try to think of the trick just how i think of it on my strong side, but that aint working so swell. So what do i do? I POST ABOUT IT, Any one have any addvice or any thing?

i read a post about footbag being banned in some ones school, i think thats HORIBULE i get alot of practice in school just little things like heel and sole stalls but if it wasnt for school hours i wouldnt have these tricks down as well has i do, i can do heel stall then bring it around to a heel cliper, then set it and butterfly it or something. Yesterday i did a heelstall cliper>diving heel stall cliper, same foot. sadly it rolled of but it was one HELL OF A RUSH to see it almost work, i plan on getting this down to pat. then hit it all the time i mean thats a PHAT move. i also stretch alot in school i can bend the right way for a dragon stall... but for some resion just cant do the stall its self, its just a very hard trick.

i found out there is the church get to gether, they call it On Fire, well its in a gym every wendsday and i didnt go to day but plan on going next week. My friends go to play basket ball so im gonna go and footbag, i figar i will get alot of kids in to it, but ither way its a spot to go for winter time!!! so i got this winter semi planed out, im gonna be geting a sofa and stuff for my basement.... and move some stuff around, that way i can shred down there all the time. If i had a indoor place to go i would be X5 better

zachatree · Post by **zachatree** » 21 Oct 2004 18:11

well to day i got osis>osis FINALY, was very happy... Last night i did something pretty cool i thoght at least, i threw my 2 mr sands in to the air, and cliperd them both at the same time then heel stalled them both then cliper, it was awsome. To day i gave away a old Dirt bag and the kid i gave it to can hit atw both sides and toe stall both sides, he is very athletic and loves soccer i think he will catch on fast. At school im preparing to have a talk with my prencipule about something i call S.A.S ( shred after school ) maybe once a week or 2 times a month i will get a bunch of us to stay after school and just shred in the empty nice marble floor hall ways, or the hugh gym, maybe set up some nets. I been thinking about it and figared i NEED something for winter some place to go, and school seems pretty awsome, so i desited i would just ask the school if i can stay there after words and shred with friends, im sure i know 5 or 6 ppl who would come stay after with me 3 that i know for a fact would be game. Alot of the ppl i been shreding with around my town are drop outs... so they couldnt stay after school, bc there loooossssers, but there still cool in there own ways.

any way, today i tryed stepping butterfly, i need to really work on my stepping set, really bad, any one got any good tips that my help me?

Comment plz...

mosher · Post by **mosher** » 21 Oct 2004 18:32

Hey, Sorry I missed your blog before.

I found that post about how footbag changed your life so awesome! I can TOTALLY relate, it makes you more wise and you're more in touch with yourself and stuff around you.

And yes, the footbag community is awesome! It's the most unbelievably supportive group I have ever found!

I think the trick you were hitting was kina a fairy ss swirl and kina a ss butterfly swirl. I remember hitting this sooo early in my footbag career and having no idea what to call it. It's a wicked trick that I hadn't tried since I first hit it so long ago and I hit it again the other day.

It's great to read about all your progress, keep it up!!

lightningbolt · Post by **lightningbolt** » 21 Oct 2004 18:56

Zach, your 'how footbag changed my life' post was so inspiring. It almost made me cry........

Not really, but it brighted up my day. Thanks

zachatree · Post by **zachatree** » 22 Oct 2004 06:19

lightingbolt wrote:Zach, your 'how footbag changed my life' post was so inspiring. It almost made me cry........

Not really, but it brighted up my day. Thanks

i could cry, just from thinking about how long it took me till i descovered this Greatness and superiority.

Tom moser read my footblog, just when i thought i was a losser the cool guy Mr.Tom the Tom cat cool posted a reply in my footblog

thanks for the reencouragement tom.

im at school right now... just shiting here board out of my mind. i usaly take a bathroom break every day in my math class, teacher likes me and im doing well, so she dont ask questions when it takes me 15 mins every day to go to the bathroom and back. But the truth is i go in and shred

i did a little string im particularly proud of.. Spinning cliper> spinning cliper>spinning cliper> diveing cliper> catch

all on the same side but still am proud.
Footbag is just great, theres noting more to it, its the bees knees and more

i love you footbag.

Cant wait to get home... just want to go hang out with some friends and get my shred on, ill post latter to night if i have a good day

hell if i have a bad day im sure ill post and infourm all you about it.

Have a great day every one.

crazydwarf · Post by **crazydwarf** » 22 Oct 2004 19:01

found out there is the church get to gether, they call it On Fire, well its in a gym every wendsday and i didnt go to day but plan on going next week.

Footbagging at church is awsome. Me and my friends sometimes get a circle going at our youth group, and people always join in. Hope you can figure out where to shred in the winter... oh yeh awsome combo I can't even do one of those tricks consistantly let alone link them...

zachatree · Post by **zachatree** » 25 Oct 2004 19:08

well... to day i just sat around in my barn, i didnt have a footbag on me all day, but i was useing a little red Bic lighter and hit some nuts shit i got a 6 contact string of toe stals butterflys ss butteflys and osis, i ducked it too

ducking buttefly

feels good.

zachatree · Post by **zachatree** » 26 Oct 2004 12:48

just got a freedom footbags sticker for free

had to post made me happy.

to day was pretty good, i tryed to do cliper>dlo for the first time and think with some practiceing i will get it... i also did ducking butterfly on my flip and osis>spinning cliper, took alot of trys to start geting my osis straight and in the end my weak osis was straighter then my strong osis ? i dont kno how it worked out that way but then i tryed to spin after it and shit, i did it!

lifes good, footbags better.

zachatree · Post by **zachatree** » 27 Oct 2004 16:19

well to day was pretty much like any other, i missed my bus

again, the bus to school so my mom too me to school and i was late, got to class and found out we have a report, on the 1970-1979 since im such a hippie, and teachers love me;) she let me slip a year and let me do woodstock so while researching it i found some crazy facts out, gess ill share a few, at wood stock they had special tents, Quite areas for ppl who had bad acid trips. There where 2 births. 3 deaths all from herion over dose. The cops where easy on the pot smokers, but there was a total of 80 arrest for LSD in the 3 day event. Then i had a talk with my english teacher, she asked me if i talked to the princeiple yet about orgnizeing a after school footbag shred, maybe once a week. and i said yes i did but that ass hole, he thinks we are gonna be kicking a bag of rocks around like a football ( every one hates my vice prenciple he is a dick) any way, he said that if i could get some one who works at the school to shaporone it would be ok, so she said she was at the school 2 times week till like 4. BINGO so i found a teacher and we can use her room, im so exsited. Went to math and sat on the computer the hole class...

i spend every math class siting in front of modified. Well i got board of that and i got some shred going in the bathroom... 5 FIVE F I V E ducking butterflys back to back, i finaly figared out the trick i gess to ducking butterflys. I never lifted my stall leg enogh to bring the back back up, insteed i would just let it hit my foot and bounce/roll off. well NOT NO MORE. well i went to Tech, Welding and found out that this hugh stainless steal mobile i made for a musiume in harrisburge got sent back... 2 of the poles for it got bent when it was being shiped... so i had to make a HOLE new one. Stainless is hard to bend nice, and you cant heat it to much bc it will take the impuritys out of it. witch make it stainless. so couldnt do that, buy the way stainless steal is like 2 bucks a pound. mild steal is like 90 cents i think.
well i got a ride home from tech so i didnt have to take my 2 hour bus ride home got no shred on, but im geting ready to go out to the barn and play 007 golden eye with my friend. Might i add im the king of kings at that game.

well to day was pretty cool i started a poems thread in the art & leisure section, i think im gonna be righting in it alot. GO WRITE IN IT.

zachatree · Post by **zachatree** » 02 Nov 2004 05:55

Welp i have been been bumming it lattly, but i still get shred in but only in pants, so cold and just no where to get some good shred going.
Yesterday i spent most the day in my barn playing 007 and monoploey on the n64 its really alot of fun. went to my good friend Mikes house and had a good old time. He used to footbag, just basic stuff and we got some kicking going on he didnt do many dexs but you coud tell he was mad old school, and good at it, he stalled the bag ever where you could think of and was for the most part dropless

well im gonna get going im in school and im late for my period b class. C ya evey one.

zachatree · Post by **zachatree** » 03 Nov 2004 06:54

well yesterday i got a ride home from tech but i had them drop me of at the high school and i went with this one girl i been seeing lattly and went to hersey park to get her pay cheek. it was a cool hour drive but we smoked the hole time and drove back back roads, once we got there we got to do something insane, she never even got to do it, WE DROVE THEREW the park it was mad awsome. Then we walked around in the statium and went to get her pay cheek she works there and is like a high manager or something cool as shit, then we went to the back of the statuim to smoke and we found a hugh pile of SNOW lol it was the sambonies juice as my dad used to call it. After the sambonies clean the ice all the shaveings are throwen out side. It was cool i started a snow ball fight with her witch ended in us makeing out in the pile of snow and the building of a snow man on top of her truck

then we drove home down he high way with a snow man on top the truck ( its not gonna snow for a while yet around here ) It was a good time, when we where standing around most the time i was shreding and hit 5 infitys with pants on, i was happy about that. Im working on finding some one with a digital camara to tape me for the new thread on modified, i think swirl>diving cliper>spinning cliper or something would be awsome for the contest. I just need a camara

i wonder if the school would lent me one... probley not school is dumb, im siting here in math class again, typeing on modified, licening to floyd. what a good day i cant wait to chill with megan again ( the girl ) i really need to get a girl friend.

Yesterday i had a pretty good amount of ppl over, we all where chilling in my barn as normal. was like 8 ppl and one my good friends colie has quit smokeing weed for 3 months now, and he says he will do every other drug with me but he isnt smokeing pot any more, said his minds so clear and thinkings so easy and just all kinds of stuff that got me thinking, im really thinking about going along with tom moser and try and at least cut back... i smoke so much its starting to get old, but yet every time is there... its in my lungs.

I think im gonna have a shred session in school this week some time maybe friday, or next monday so i have the weekend to get every one ready for it and have alot of ppl show. Think how great that would be, have like 10 kids all in the same room at MY OWN school after school shreding. Think what i could teach them! thats my only goal i just want to see other ppl haveing as much fun as i have with it.

Jeremy sent me a pm

i can get a bag from him pretty cheep i cant wait till he has one ready im gonna prize it like as if it where filled with gold bbs. it will be my first 32 !!!! cant wait cant wait cant wait.

last night i was thinking alittle, and i thought about if any one else is like me, i wear lavers alll the time, they are my shoes, shoes usaly last me 6-8 months and i only usaly have 2 pairs at a time and only where 1. Well i have lavers on all the time, and a bag in my pocket, and any time im standing around knowing im gonna be standing for a bit i pull it out. Yesterday my friends came over, a friend from Welding, he borught 2 girls and when he sat down he told me to show them my ""foot shit"" everyone has there own words for footbag, its all good tho i dont expected them to know the termanology, i mean i clearly wouldnt have called it footbag a few months ago. but non the less, i put my hand in my pocket busted out my bag and hit a few nice things, ending the string in a ducking butterfly atempet.
They seemed to find it inpressive

so i did the job.

There is a cat war going on in my home... Ill talk about it latter, its a intresting subject, Ahhh animals.

im so board, so im gonna keep on writeing, i felt like busting some poems out.

Flowers smelling the room
light shineing in threw a crack
heat comeing from a fire
sheep in a pasture, dumb and akward
cold and blind
humans in there citys, dirty and nosie
warm and bright
ever wander what the other creaturs of the world think of us?

zachatree · Post by **zachatree** » 04 Nov 2004 07:24

yesterday i went to the mall with my one laddy friend, and in side a sport shop i found some new balances they where all differeant collars and where mesh. The toe had a little of the front tougher matterial come up alittle on the toe. They looked very modabule the sides where a little round but i could fix that with no problem.

they where kinda cheap too 2 pairs for 89 bucks 55 dollars i think alone, i think im gonna get a pair maybe and try them out, see what there like.

as for me an my laddy friend, i think we are really hiting it off maybe she will ditch this guy she has been seeing and start dateing me

that be all that an more! But till then ill just keep kicking.

i think next week on wensday there is gonna be a after school shred FIRST ONE i dont know what day yet but right after i get out of this class im in now im skipping lunch to run up to Mrs.Swartz and find out what day she can stay at the school. I am gonna get a few buddys to come i dont expect a bunch of ppl, i just want to get some persnalle shred in at least. I dont get to kick to much since it has gotten cold out. And i get sick fast out side when im sweeting and then when i come in to the house i cough and cough and just get so sick. So im trying to make as much room in my basement as i can, only problem is its kinda a low celling i cant jump to much

or else ill hit a air vent.

Think to day is gonna be a fast and good day... *sigh

some one needs to start reading this stuff.

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lightningbolt · Post by **lightningbolt** » 04 Nov 2004 14:22

I read it. I read everyone you make.

Can you shred in your barn? or is that too cold?

zachatree · Post by **zachatree** » 04 Nov 2004 17:22

i shred alot in my barn but the floor is very uneaven its concreat that has cracked from ageing and we have carboard on the floor, along with thik rubber pads an rugs i do alot of kicking in there bc we have a wood stove be i never put shorts on and went out... just in pants.

Thanks for reading!