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KronoKicker · Post by **KronoKicker** » 09 Apr 2005 16:20

merlin = miraging symposium mirage.

Is this what your hitting, or is it something else? huge props if you hitting merling, but thats a really hard move and i think you have it confused with something else.

Paul Agostinelli · Post by **Paul Agostinelli** » 09 Apr 2005 17:00

i am mixing it with magellan,

my bad

~NEL~

Paul Agostinelli · Post by **Paul Agostinelli** » 10 Apr 2005 18:28

well ive played a bunch at different times today

managed to hit stepping far legover first try on my strong stepping side

i was also fooling around with using more insides in my runs and i did a fairy set from an inside

inside>same out>op out>op clip

i dont know the name of this set but i did it to an op butterfly.

I also hit

legover>magellan>PLO

first time ive ever done a pixie set out of a legover, i ended up doing it twice in one string.

anyway, my friend John is getting really interested in footbag and since he is a beginner he is completely new to footbag except for seeing me play and hearing me talk about it all the time (to other people who dont play either haha)

anyway, he was watching me and i was hitting some new stuff so i was like "YEAH!" and he goes "whoa! that was sweet, when are you gonna start linking all this stuff i see you do together?"

to which i said
"right now!"

and i did a 7 contact guiltless combo with 3 unique tripless

PLO>Butterfly>sidewalk>Butterfly>pdx mirage> osis >ripwalk

that felt really really good.

im still really trying to play tiltless but theres no reason not to throw strings like that into tiltless strings.

Since i want to concentrate on my tiltless im going to force myself to do a set number of tiltless (and butterflys) before doing any tricks with more adds, just to force myself to practice my tiltless more.

anyway, thats it for now, more later!

~NEL~

KronoKicker · Post by **KronoKicker** » 10 Apr 2005 19:05

your new set is called neo, very cool set props on that. and you guiltless string i only see 2 tripless (4 add) moves, the sidewalk and ripwalk, nice run all the same though!

Definitely use the insides more, such a neglected surface (non-xbody of course). And very good idea to drill the tiltless stuff, my game exploded after i spent months drilling basics. It really pays off everything after that just becomes so much easier.

When you got that urge to do more than tiltless, start the run with some small tiltless and then end with a harder combo. I would always start stuff with like mirage > pixie (rpt) > legover > legover > butter > pdx mirage > butter > pdx mirage > guiltless shuffle. Its a really good way to get your body in timed in and focused.

Props on your progress lately, you have really have taken me by surprize. Look forward to seeing you at GRASS, and try to drag some of the NYFA crew with you.

Paul Agostinelli · Post by **Paul Agostinelli** » 10 Apr 2005 23:43

thanks alot man, ill see you at GRASS, ill try to bring alex, and ill get in contact with the outsider jon sneider (sp?)

~NEL~

Paul Agostinelli · Post by **Paul Agostinelli** » 11 Apr 2005 18:55

I hit Neo Butterfly today, anyone know what this is called?

i was happy about this,
infinities definately clicked for me in the last two days, kicking too, i can kick really consistantly now.

thats about it for now.

~NEL~

mosher · Post by **mosher** » 11 Apr 2005 20:17

neo butterfly is called "neo butterfly", it's a good trick.

Neo is a sick set.

It leads to nuke.

How are my shoes?

Paul Agostinelli · Post by **Paul Agostinelli** » 11 Apr 2005 22:19

ive hit a couple of nukes, yeah, i think its a really cool set too.

thanks for the props

~NEL~

Paul Agostinelli · Post by **Paul Agostinelli** » 12 Apr 2005 23:21

ok, so really short post because my computer is currently on someone's (candice's) stomach (dont ask now, ill tell you later) so anyway, ive stitched a shitload of footbags in the last few weeks and i dont have pictures of any of them, but ill try to soon.

i did nothing too special today when i played (like 5 sessions as usual) but im really dialing my butterflys and kicks

i did 57 consecutive kicks today while i was having a cigarette with my friend John (see like 2 posts ago) and when i hit about 30, i caught it on a toe stall, took a drag of the cigarette, slowly blew out the smoke, and continued kicking, it was hilarious, he fell over laughing!

oh yeah! John started doing toe stalls today and he got 5 in a row! and he got his first inside stall. all of this of course in those whores i call my lavers.

peace love and footbag.

~NEL~

Paul Agostinelli · Post by **Paul Agostinelli** » 22 Apr 2005 00:05

Candice (said stomach from before) may very well be coming with me to rochester for GRASS!!!!

im soooo psyched right now for it!

anyway i went to bed at 4 am and didnt wake up till 10 pm and as soon as i was awake and i had shaken the rust off of my bones, i warmed up with some kicking. my kicking record is up to 66 now, this is from a week ago where i hadnt even counted and probably hadnt gotten over 20

no special strings or anything from my practice but i can definately feel a lot of my tricks becoming progressively easier.

my PLO on both sides is getting really good. i hit it B2B for the first time today. that was really awesome. i also hit magellan bsos.

2 new tricks today. neo same and op legover.

thats it for now, hopefully ill have some cool strings to post about soon.

~NEL~

Paul Agostinelli · Post by **Paul Agostinelli** » 22 Apr 2005 17:24

stepping same mirage today. in my non-kicking shoes and jeans. im in new jersey right now staying at another sammy chapters house right now and of course i had to kick at some point today.

thats it though, no strings or anything just some good old drunken fun.

by the way, whats that called? clip>op in>same in>op toe

~NEL~

KronoKicker · Post by **KronoKicker** » 22 Apr 2005 19:27

what you called it is its name, stepping ss mirage a good trick. Kind of an awkward trick till you get used to it... at least it was for me. nice man, cant wait to see you at GRASS.

And how much room do you actually have for people?

Paul Agostinelli · Post by **Paul Agostinelli** » 22 Apr 2005 22:15

a lot. i could quite comfortably house upwards of 12 or 13 people. but as much space as we have, it would still be better to keep it under like 8.

i do need a set number of people soon and to make sure everyone will have transport back and forth from RIT during the day because like i said i can only drive 3 others.

im going to make a post in the journeys to tourneys about this.

~NEL~

Paul Agostinelli · Post by **Paul Agostinelli** » 24 Apr 2005 23:37

I will play tomorrow. It will happen, I will hit something new, BSOS.

~NEL~

mc · Post by mc » 25 Apr 2005 09:13

Yo paul, what's your shoe of choice these days? and, how's the shred going? getting prepped for GRASS?

how many people are you bringing with you?

can you send me that picture of us hanging out on the bench at your school?

Paul Agostinelli · Post by **Paul Agostinelli** » 25 Apr 2005 16:55

currently my only shoe is toms old climas. when i first started wearing them, they were way too tight, but now theyve streched a bit and fit me perfectly, i have to wear them barefoot without insoles but they have incredible touch.

my shred has been going really well lately, my strings are getting longer and im hitting things soon after i try them.

i hit something else new at my last session that i forgot to post about

Neo tap?

neo same mirage.

people that im bringing with me as of now is just my girl Candice.

ill post later once i shred today

~NEL~

Paul Agostinelli · Post by **Paul Agostinelli** » 25 Apr 2005 21:25

well, not a long session as i havent played in like 2 days but it seemed to be very productive

i didnt hit a new trick BSOS but i hit a new trick on different sides

i hit my first diving clipper on my strong side and i hit my first ducking clipper weak side.

i also had a couple of new 4>4 links today

dimwalk>ripwalk

parkwalk>sidewalk

sidewalk>ripwalk

parkwalk>sidewalk>ripwalk

dimwalk>sidewalk

blur>parkwalk>blur

these all felt really really good! im so psyched for GRASS!!!!!

~NEL~

KronoKicker · Post by **KronoKicker** » 25 Apr 2005 21:31

neo ss mirage is the correct name... neo tap would be would be like inside set fusing ss mirage... crazyness!!

good job on the tripless links man! sounds like your progressing really fast.

Paul Agostinelli · Post by **Paul Agostinelli** » 25 Apr 2005 23:55

yeah, i thought about that, the only reason i originally thought that was because it is quite similar to the atomic motion followed by a same mirage, it would indeed be crazy to do neo tap inside>same out>same out>same in>op toe ha!

i have to say though that dispite the tripless links, i felt the best about the diving clipper, it feels so friggin cool, WAY better than ducks and WAY more controlled. but now i have to drill it, ALOT

~NEL~

Paul Agostinelli · Post by **Paul Agostinelli** » 26 Apr 2005 09:48

there have been a couple of different things on my mind about my progression through the world of footbag.

1. I absolutely love the community and everything that goes along with it, including the drama and the contention over trick names and difficulty

2. Tombstone is the sweetest looking trick that i could feasably hit in the near future.

3. It is becoming increasingly frustrating to keep myself in the BS category, try as I may, some things progress faster one side than the other. so im gonna devote like an entire month after GRASS to my flip. i want to catch everything up.

4. Going along with #3, a perfect example of this is blender. i can whirl, and i can Osis, but my whirl is set from my left foot (so the dex is with the right leg) and my osis is caught with my left foot, so i presumably have the components dialed, but on opposite sides, making the trick just out of reach.

5. Its damn cool how not a day goes by where i dont hit either a new trick or a new link

6. the different levels of play i.e. tiltless guiltless tripless fearless etc. in my opinion were made to push players to link harder tricks together, not to link higher add tricks together. IMO it is significantly harder to hit magellan>nallegam than an infinity, both are guiltless links but i think everyone will agree that one is harder than the other. i dont have a point here necessarily except that there was a particular post recently in the new tricks forum that one player asked another player why they were guilting by doing a mid-link heel stall (it was a misunderstanding because it was an x-body heel stall, thus negating the guilt) but this disturbed me because it doesnt matter a god damn that the heel stall wasnt 3 adds! a heel stall is a tough trick PERIOD, even if the player is consistantly guiltless, if they're posting a link or a trick in this section, it was obviously something that they considered hard for them to hit, SO GIVE THEM THEIR PROPS AND FORGET IF IT FALLS UNDER SOME CATEGORY THAT WAS MADE UP TO SIMPLY CATEGORIZE A BUNCH OF TRICKS THAT RANGE SIGNIFICANTLY IN DIFFICULTY ANYWAY!!!!

7. That being said, i hit a 10-contact guiltless string today.

8. THAT being said, im sure as hell not going to feel guilty if i have to bail to toe mid-string, if i hit some cool links or some hard tricks, im having fun

9. Im not saying all this because i have beef, this is basically stream of consciousness writing

10. I LOVE THIS SPORT!

~NEL~