CSS6 VIDEO!

ericksonj · Post by **ericksonj** » 13 Mar 2005 17:09

Ok guys here is my video.
It's about 36 mb and over 13 minutes. The server should be really fast.
Thanks to Brad and Chris for putting together such an awesome event. I had one of the best times of my life.
Enjoy!

http://footbag.destroythesun.com/CSS6.avi

Compression is Divx. (looks ok in full screen mode)

Chris Holden · Post by **Chris Holden** » 13 Mar 2005 17:36

great vid j, and thanks for putting me in your vid, it makes it all worth it.

HG · Post by HG » 13 Mar 2005 18:46

Where are you in the video Chris?

That was a great video! I wanna see more Loren footage!

I love you james, that download was so fast.

sampotter · Post by **sampotter** » 13 Mar 2005 19:14

James -- your style looked better since the last video of you, though I guess one string isn't proof enough. Maybe you should hook us up with that Chosen Juan & Eugene crew footage next.

Great video, by the way. Loren's awesome.

Sporatical_Distractions · Post by **Sporatical_Distractions** » 13 Mar 2005 19:24

that was a crazy video. NOt to mention it contains a song from my favorite radiohead album. Lon had some insanely long runs at css and you captured some of the nuttiest ones. *his super long ducking run* great vid overall and keep up the good work james. You are a cool guy and fun to shred with.

footjoe · Post by **footjoe** » 13 Mar 2005 20:35

That was a very sweet video , I love really long ones it makes me feel like what the tournament was like and stuff. Props for making a sweet video.

shreddaily · Post by **shreddaily** » 14 Mar 2005 11:29

Thanks for smacking that together. AND no rap to boot!! My shred 30 was in there, I typincally don't raise my hand in joy after in a circle, or at least only half the time.

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 14 Mar 2005 13:03

Nice video James!

Nice that you have put there so many players!
I really enjoyed it!

Greets,
Pawel.

Maraxus · Post by **Maraxus** » 14 Mar 2005 14:24

Nice James. I almost filmed half of that shit O_O, and I'm even in it, yay...

ericksonj · Post by **ericksonj** » 14 Mar 2005 14:36

Thanks for all of the comments guys! I wish I had more Loren on tape. That guy is off the hook. Lon Smith is my new favorite player, I love his game.

Oh yeah thanks to Aaron and Nate for doing most of the filming with my camera. If you notice I am in most of the clips, because I could never seem to stop shredding and film.

Everyone who plays footbag is awesome

brian relly · Post by **brian relly** » 14 Mar 2005 14:42

Wow, my first time featured in a shred video! I'm honored.

ericksonj · Post by **ericksonj** » 14 Mar 2005 15:51

Oh for those who can't tell or don't know, here are the names in order of appearance. I chose not to clog the shred with text.

Section 1:
Jim Penske
Aaron Orton (USMC)
Nate Linscott
Stephen Barnes (The next Vasek)
James Randall
Evan Gatesman
Chris Holden
Daryl Genz
Luis Monhollon
Brad Kaplan
Brad Nelson
James Erickson (me)
Loren Baum
Ethan "Red" Husted

Section 2 is a mix of Daryl, Loren, Nate, Red, and Penske.

And then of course section 3 is the crazy, styley, and smooth Lon Smith.

Nathan · Post by **Nathan** » 14 Mar 2005 15:59

NICE!!!

Luis is sooooooo smooth.
and lorens shuffle is phat.

i liked every single second of that video, props to everyone in it.

One quick critisism though, it would have been even nicer if you filmed the whole body or the person playing.

Props!!

QuantumBalance · Post by **QuantumBalance** » 14 Mar 2005 20:15

Thanks for the video! I liked it. I felt strange about the end though, a good video does not have to say the end, the music got all crazy but you kept the video in slo-mo and then faded out the music. It felt anti-climactic. But, that's okay, I'm only telling you this so that, the next time you make a video, you will make a better one

ericksonj · Post by **ericksonj** » 15 Mar 2005 20:05

shreddaily wrote: What the fuck sam! That video was bomb. The Lon section was perfect, plus it gave video of lots of CSS shredders. All of the epic parts of the song were right to the shred. I could watch Lonns section for days!! All of your "constructive critiscizm" is LAME. I can't wait to tear apart your "professional" videos.

Just great, I totally did not write this, Nate had been on my computer last night while we were hanging out.

Maraxus · Post by **Maraxus** » 15 Mar 2005 20:53

MUAHAHAHA

The End

habitat · Post by **habitat** » 15 Mar 2005 22:33

I finally got around to d/l it last night. Nice job James! I also thought it was tight. Although I would have rather you left my dumbass string out, but hey its cool

at least I hit pdx whirl. I like the music as well, and lon is very good, I still have some footage of sunday night to put out, I can't wait to post it

ebo · Post by **ebo** » 15 Mar 2005 23:39

What a bombass video! So many modifieders I've never seen shred before, like Maraxus, Stephen and Loren!

Loren is off the hook, such nice combos and hard links!

The Lon section was epic, it went really nice with Paranoid Android!

Thanks for putting this together!

NotHisRealName · Post by **NotHisRealName** » 16 Mar 2005 02:09

ericksonj wrote:What the fuck sam! That video was bomb. The Lon section was perfect, plus it gave video of lots of CSS shredders. All of the epic parts of the song were right to the shred. I could watch Lonns section for days!! All of your "constructive critiscizm" is LAME. I can't wait to tear apart your "professional" videos.

Ummmm, Sam is entitled to his opinion. Just because you disagree with him doesn't give you the right to 'tear apart' what he does.
The fact is, if you post a video here, then be prepared for people to tell you what they don't like about it. For example, Nate mentions that there is no rap in the video... it's clear he's sick of rap soundtracks (as am I, to a point), and he's stated that.

Sam's opinion is his own, and I'm sure he's not trying to run you out of town or anything. He did say he liked it and does say at the end of his post

It felt anti-climactic. But, that's okay, I'm only telling you this so that, the next time you make a video, you will make a better one.

We ask for critiscizm so that we can improve... like calling a move 'The'. It's all about improvement.
Now, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to speak for Sam... he's pretty good at doing that himself. I just figured that you were over reacting a little.

ps, I'm downloading the video now.

EDIT
I think I have to agree with Sam here. I found the choice of music to be a little morbid for footbag. On their own, I love the songs used (especially Radiohead's 'Paranoid Android' - one of my all time favorite songs), but their use as a soundtrack for a footbag video was a little off putting.
You've got some great footage there, James, and have done really well with editing it and incorperating so many players from an event (something alot of people don't do). But like all films, be them made in Hollywood or Bollywood, the soundtrack is more important than most people are aware of.
It was a nice try, using something other than techno or rap as a soundtrack, but I think you fell short with your choice of music.

But keep at it! The sheer volume of players on your video makes it stand out. It's all good shred, and you've used it and not just focused on all the 'name' players.

ericksonj · Post by **ericksonj** » 16 Mar 2005 08:28

Uh I didn't write that post above, that was nate using my account last night.

Thanks for the comments about the video. I am by no means a great video editor, I don't claim to be and don't aspire to be. I am just a footbag player with a camera, and really one of only 4 or so that brought cameras to CSS, so I felt it was my responsibility to put out video so people could see what went down. I'm just trying to add to the footbag community. If people don't like my editing style, then thats fine, because there really is no style to it. It is just clips fit to music. I just presented the best shred that I saw and have on film, no more no less. The only thing I wish I could have done differently would be to film even more players, just so that I could get their faces and shred online too.

Peace out folks