Maxblog: now officially living in Sydney!

max · Post by **max** » 14 Jan 2005 01:58

Well keep my email handy!
I don't know if I'll be in France still, but I can hook you up with footbaggers around the country nonetheless.

Just holidays?

hacksterbator · Post by **hacksterbator** » 14 Jan 2005 20:56

max wrote:I don't know if I'll be in France still

woah? do you have plans to leave france? if so where would you go? and what will happen to the french connection? who will hook me up with places to crash? and organize jams when i come to vist? who?

when i think footbag in france, i think MAXXX!

King Monkey · Post by **King Monkey** » 14 Jan 2005 21:24

Yeh Max! Ill be in France this year too! Not sure on dates, but ill be in Europe from April till the end of the year
Where are you going? I was gonna hit you up for crash space too heheheheh

max · Post by **max** » 16 Jan 2005 07:12

This week I'm going to start looking for work in Bruxels (man I never know how to spell that in English). With a bit of luck in 90 days I'm there. I was there this week-end and the place fscking rocks. Everyone speaks french (with a slight accent), it's so Europeen that most of what I saw looked just like certain parts of Paris. I know they have a scene there so I'll check that out too.

Oh, and it's a whole 1h25 train ride from the heart of Paris, so I won't exactly be disconnected either.

I won't be selling my appartment so crash space can be available (I will rent it out at some point but I have to move out first). The scene here in Paris is good with a bunch of eager young shredders that are going to make names for themselves.

As for the French Connexion, well as I posted a while ago: we spent the last 18 months or so preparing a routine, and to tell the truth it's just not fun. We managed to get the fun out of team freestyle. So after a long chat Fred and I decided to leave it at that with the promise that "When we want to do some team freestyle FOR FUN then we'll shred".

I think that's a cool motto.
Anyway I'll keep you all posted on my moving around Europe.

mosher · Post by **mosher** » 16 Jan 2005 11:10

Max, I know why team freestyle lost it's fun, because you were both such fun philanthropists with your routines at World's! You gave away all your fun! The French Connection threw down the coolest sets for sure.

I wish you luck in Brussles (I also am unsure how to spell it) it sounds like you are going to have fun there! I *love* really european cities, I am so jealous of the places you get to be.

Hey, perhaps this being set free from Paris is in line with your new set-free footbag game.

Take care max.
shred hard.

edit: also, you are set free from a 'relationship' of sorts with the switch to singles only.

max · Post by **max** » 20 Jan 2005 02:18

had a fun session yesterday with Fred.
Just a quick hour and half then I hurt my ankle (not quite sure how). During those 90 minutes we filmed about 45, so maybe that'll be up on the net once it's edited (say by summer 2012 or thereabouts).
I tried some new stuff out with heels:

drifter xbd heel
pixie same xbd heel
a couple of long duck / dive combos with run > diving heel > diving clipper > rest of run

I have a pdx whirling swirl midrun on video also if I remember correctly and 2 new tricks:

- diving pdx drifter, or zulu drifter without planting.
- spinning symp swirling pickup

both unsealed

also I'm very very happy for having hit a very clean gyro weaving drifter. I'd been trying that for years.
Other than that a cool little combo i hit:

weaving osis > far dyno > weaving osis > far dyno.

I gave tomahawk swirl and diving whirling swirl (non symp) a couple of attempts... still no luck but I'm awfully close.
I've also been trying double dyno (not motion) and reverse whirr but damn those are hard!

Other than that I just simply had a fun session. lots of dives/ducks osii, drifters and spins. I'm really enjoying the drifters these days!

As usual I was really eager to kick. I guess that kicking once or twice every two weeks has several advantages:
1) you're super psyched up to shred
2) your legs are well rested and ready to take a beating

I've got too much work to do, I'm off.

HG · Post by HG » 20 Jan 2005 04:57

Max you amaze me! Gyro Weaving Drifter is probably the cooooooolest trick! So stylish.

I hope to kick with you sometime! You are soooo good

Leuch · Post by **Leuch** » 20 Jan 2005 08:04

Ya, something you MaxBlog readers should know (I think max forgot to talk about) is that he started to smoke again!!! Almost no more footbag, but cigarets again!! Bad news...

What is weaving???
Don't smoke after reading this message Max!!

max · Post by **max** » 20 Jan 2005 08:07

hah yeah I kinda flipped out on New Years and started smoking again.
But I don't really feel like quitting as yet. I'll slowly regain motivation and quit again.

But too much shit going on at the moment. I was way too stressed out when I quit.

and weaving is ducking same side.

hacksterbator · Post by **hacksterbator** » 20 Jan 2005 20:56

word max, i quit at new years, and it lasted all of 8 days untill i got a promotion at work, and every thing was placed squarely on my shoulders. the cigs were placed tightly between my fingers again.

Max wrote:During those 90 minutes we filmed about 45, so maybe that'll be up on the net once it's edited (say by summer 2012 or thereabouts).

yeah i was going to ask if you guys had any more video jams since i was there. also what's the deal with the documentry fred, eric and pierrot were shooting at footjam last year? was that project scrapped? i really wanted a finished copy as a keepsake from the tournament!

mosher · Post by **mosher** » 20 Jan 2005 21:56

Oh no! You broke your streak??

You made it so far though!

Oh well, it was a good run while it lasted.

You should go back and re-read all the great things you said about not smoking.

I'm gonna go hit the bong, Peace!

max · Post by **max** » 21 Jan 2005 01:27

haha good point there Mosh.
Hmm my take on the subject is that it's very easy to quit smoking when things are going your way and you're not losing sleep over "stuff".
Got a steady weel-paid non-stress-inducing job? Got a steady gf you love? Got great friends? Living happily without a care in the world? Yes? Well you'll be ablr to quit smoking in no time!
I'm in the intricate process of winiing back for the woman of my life, whilst changing coutries (going to one I know no-one in) and also while changing professionnal sectors..

it's not as easy as it sounds, and it doesn't even sound easy. So yeah the cigarettes are the easy way out of relieving me of a bit of stress.

Andrew: Yes there was a videoJam last friday, yet I didn't participate (had other things going on) but there should be a vid up shortly.

As for the documentary on footjam, Fred is currently working on it and it has def. not been scrapped I'll keep you posted on that.

max · Post by **max** » 21 Jan 2005 01:28

Oh just realised I'm a "Newbie"

Leuch · Post by **Leuch** » 21 Jan 2005 04:11

hmm about the VideoJam, it's not sure at all that it'll be internet once... We ALL did big shit, in shred30, sick3 and Battle... Don't expect too much from us in that videojam...

max · Post by **max** » 21 Jan 2005 05:39

oh we'll put it on the internet anyway, we just won't tell anyone!

Hania · Post by **Hania** » 21 Jan 2005 06:10

max · Post by **max** » 21 Jan 2005 06:15

Ok, I'll just PM Hania the secret location to the video so that she can check out Charles' (and the others) shred 30!

Leuch · Post by **Leuch** » 21 Jan 2005 06:45

No comment!

Hania · Post by **Hania** » 21 Jan 2005 15:18

cool, than I can blackmail Charles and rest of Paris team!!

hacksterbator · Post by **hacksterbator** » 21 Jan 2005 21:31

max hook me up with that address as well. i just wanna see the guys again! it's been a while, you know?