"flying"? :/

mc · Post by mc » 24 Jan 2005 03:21

why do we say flying?

as in, flying clipper, or flying toe stall.

we're not flying. we're people. we can't fly.

we should just say jumping.

who do we think we are, really? I mean, if I was just standing around jumping up and down saying "look, I'm flying!", I would be put in a mental institution.

come on, people! get with the program!

(imagine this whole post read with my tongue in my cheek)

SergeyKozlov · Post by **SergeyKozlov** » 24 Jan 2005 04:11

jumping - thats right, I think... ( Just meaning)

But flying - Sounds good

ebo · Post by **ebo** » 24 Jan 2005 04:31

a toe>op out>op toe is not *really* that much of an illusion is it?

Footbag lingho has its own logic. We're used to call it flying, so
why change it?

LittleBoy footbag · Post by **LittleBoy footbag** » 24 Jan 2005 05:40

what about air?

wait...then it wll turn into something like the NBA

Chris Hanratty · Post by **Chris Hanratty** » 24 Jan 2005 08:29

I think we should call it levitating (spelling?)!

footjoe · Post by **footjoe** » 24 Jan 2005 08:43

no come on littleboyfootbag lets go do a air clipper

it speeks for it self

LittleBoy footbag · Post by **LittleBoy footbag** » 24 Jan 2005 08:46

meh. it's pretty much all I came up with................

zachatree · Post by **zachatree** » 24 Jan 2005 12:57

Chris Hanratty wrote:I think we should call it levitating (spelling?)!

symposium > no plant, why not just say a, no plant mirage?
proxadon > another big ODD word for are footbag lagange.
im seconing Levitating

Tsiangkun · Post by **Tsiangkun** » 24 Jan 2005 13:05

I'd wager flying has been around for over 20 years, I don't think renaming it is up for debate.

RRendsvig · Post by **RRendsvig** » 24 Jan 2005 16:06

If it should be changed, which I do not second, it should be change to Symposium since that would make sence.
I leviatate when I do a pixie.
I jump twice while doing an infinity.
I'm filled with fury in general.

zachatree · Post by **zachatree** » 24 Jan 2005 16:23

RRendsvig wrote: I jump twice while doing an infinity.
I'm filled with fury in general.

somethings wrong with ur infinitys... those should be more of a hop if there is one at all... if ur jumping then ur infinity sets are crazy high, or u move like light.

C-Fan · Post by **C-Fan** » 24 Jan 2005 23:03

LittleBoy footbag wrote:what about air?

wait...then it wll turn into something like the NBA

Maybe then people will look at my thread finally...

While I`m here though, I have an on-topic question. What is a flying toe? At worlds Scott B and Jorden were doing things like blur, then jumping with the support leg while the bag stayed on their toe, then continuing to play. Is that a flying toe? Lately I`ve been doing something that feels like an eclipse, but with my toe. I jump in the air, toe stall while I`m in the air, set it back up while I`m in the air, then land. Is that a flying toe? And if either of those are flying toes, then isn`t flying clipper a misnomer?

Very confused.

ebo · Post by **ebo** » 25 Jan 2005 00:37

C-Fan wrote:
LittleBoy footbag wrote: Is that a flying toe?

You right mon.

You can see Jorden do it a couple of times in the second chilly-philly
video that has just been posted (http://www.modified.ca/footbag/viewtopic.php?t=8053)

I believe Jorden invented/named them. Blame him

sPinko-Mania · Post by **sPinko-Mania** » 25 Jan 2005 00:51

Good point, yes that's flying toe, and I guess one or the other are misnomers. See I think usually, unlike normal moves, when you say flying you neccessarily imply kicking even though it's sort of out of line with non-flying nomenclature. For instance I think if someone said flying outside it would imply flying outside kick as a rule, even though it is not in the same framework as normal moves (where instead a delay is implied - ie I hit clipper means clipper delay, but flying clipper means flying clipper kick).

But flying toe kick is done so seldomly (I see it done symposium style in hack circles occasionally but that's about it), so if someone said to me they hit flying toe > mirage I would actually assume it was flying delay even though that's not the normal nomenclature as I see it.

I think they have been done for quite a while, a kicker here in Wellington has been doing them for at least 3 years (and flying toe pixie for probably about the same) but I'm sure it has been done elsewhere for ages too.

This post was so footbag nerdy it hurts. The end.

Paul Agostinelli · Post by **Paul Agostinelli** » 28 Jan 2005 18:11

does anyone EVER read the fine print?

take a look again at matt's post....

or die!

or shred!

then die!

and shred when you're dead!

"flying"? :/

what should we say, flying or jumping?

"flying"? :/