Had a great solo session today though! It was pretty humid, so I sweated more than a mad dog on the south side of the equator with a ten-foot pole on the broad side of a barn
Highlights and comments:
paradon>pdx egg>paradon>pdx egg>seal
This was definitely the high point of my session. This combo was inspired by the new video from the Finnish folks. I think Mikko hits this combo in that video. I love non-shuffle, technical combos like this!
gyro clip>gyro clip>spinning clip>gyro clip>spinning clip>gyro clip>gyro clip>gyro clip>run
Spinning combos are so sweet. As most players say, keeping the back straight when spinning is of utmost importance. If the back isn't straight it is nearly impossible to set your clipper accurately. Last weekend, I was stoked to hit inspinning mirage bs!!
pdx whirl>whirl>pdx whirl>whirl>run
sidewalk>ripwalk>sidewalk>ripwalk
Definitely a bread-and-butter combo. Repeated stepping is tough for me since most of my shuffle involves pixie sets. My strong side stepping is pretty good but my flip needs a lot of tender loving care. I was playing around with some both-sided atomic stuff and noticed that the set is completely passive--only the dex leg does the work. In other words, the dex leg sets the bag for you. You have to "load" the dex leg before the dex: This is difficult to explain with words but the feeling is that you put all of your weight on the leg that does the first dex; the leg is "charged" with energy as you push all of your weight into the ground. This pushing into the ground feeling seems to be quite important. I combined this feeling with a feeling of doing a reverse walk-over and my stepping really started to feel good. The image of doing a reverse walk-over helps me keep my clipper foot close to the ground and as passive as possible. I really felt a huge difference in my dexing window with this new image of stepping!
A run with pdx drifter BSOS, and a run with pixie whirl BSOS
Just got an email from Kenzo and he said he hit torque>pdx whirl>repeat!
