an excellent day :
- work was work- with a delicious footlong blt
- played footbag for 1.5 hours
- hit ripstein
- hit superfly
- hit nate's request with some - fairy butter > rev. swirling pickup > dod > twirl > butters
- leaving work, then thought to self *maybe there are subs in the fridge* - there were subs in the fridge - snatched 2 for tomorrow.
- crossing the bridge, out of tickets (bummer) reached in change and grabbed 2 coins to what i thought was a quarter and a dime to = 35c = the toll. It was.
- got home to see that my injustice card sold for 1.3 million zeny. now have 2.8 million = I'm rich beyaaaatch !!*hooonk hooonk*
- I know that tomorrow is half a day of work, so my mind is at rest and also excited by the fact that chicago is days away.
- I've also thought about the fact that there is potential for a KILLER CIRCLE ( Johnny Suderman , Jorden Moire , James Risden , & Jeremy Mirken (not sure if he deserves to be in the killer circle or not, but i've sure as hell been impressed by his videos!) )
Last session hit flip ps whirl, didn't this one, but footed it a couple times. Brad and I also hit ducking pdx dlo last session, good stuff.
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Here's a video I made 2 years ago or so I never posted. I completely forgot that I made it. I've been transferring files onto an external harddrive and found it. Or maybe I did post it and forgot about that. I don't know. Either way, it was fun to watch.
http://www.footbag.org/media/208/jesterdance.wmv
http://www.footbag.org/media/208/jesterdance.wmv
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Brad
I'm at my mum's house right now and just finished watching 'My Left Foot'. No, it's not a footbag production, but it was a very brilliant movie, and also inspiring. Yes, you may not have all the tools necessary to perform tasks normally, but there is always another answer to what you want to achieve. Apply that to anything and don't let yourself or others slow you down. Keep a positive attitude towards things you believe in and want to achieve. With that in mind, Happy Holidays to all ! (3 days till chitown...)
Played on Saturday with Brad and Bob, a bit of a short session. I slightly tweaked my right hip flexor, but no biggy. Just couldn't push the way I wanted to. Bob's vertigo has slightly decreased over time and since he took his medicine this time. I'd say it is definitely as bad as any type of injury such as an ankle sprain. It's taken him off his game and pretty much had him under an injured status for a bit. Hopefully he'll gain more balance which will help his consistancy, and help his overall love for the game.
I am finally starting to feel some confidence in my game, amazing ! I just read Johnny Suderman post in his blog he feels confidence in his game. I already thought he was amazing, so now he has to be spectacular with an extra hop in his game. Last session I hit pixie butter > flip ps whirl. Anytime I hit ps whirl is a time to celebrate
Another step forward towards my left leg recovering, a big step. So over all I'm quite happy with my game. Shin splints are down to a minimal, I will still feel them after playing hard on my left side. Some knee soreness and such, but overall, near pain free !
I've been trying to develope my right calves more because a long time ago I sprained my ankle and I've noticed that it isn't equalateral towards my left calf. Ever since I hurt my left knee, I favored activities by using more of my calf instead of quads. So I have really nicely developed calves on my left leg which has been helping me on my jumping for symp moves, but I'm still working on quad strength which is the prime mover for almost all footbag moves. It's getting there !
I also shoe goo'd my insteps to my lavers to make them nearly identical to the insteps of my G-Units- I think I'm going to like them very much. I still don't have a clear outlined shoe now that the instep is fixed up - I love both G-unats and my Lavers. I wish I could have a whole closet full for the rest of my life
Played on Saturday with Brad and Bob, a bit of a short session. I slightly tweaked my right hip flexor, but no biggy. Just couldn't push the way I wanted to. Bob's vertigo has slightly decreased over time and since he took his medicine this time. I'd say it is definitely as bad as any type of injury such as an ankle sprain. It's taken him off his game and pretty much had him under an injured status for a bit. Hopefully he'll gain more balance which will help his consistancy, and help his overall love for the game.
I am finally starting to feel some confidence in my game, amazing ! I just read Johnny Suderman post in his blog he feels confidence in his game. I already thought he was amazing, so now he has to be spectacular with an extra hop in his game. Last session I hit pixie butter > flip ps whirl. Anytime I hit ps whirl is a time to celebrate
Another step forward towards my left leg recovering, a big step. So over all I'm quite happy with my game. Shin splints are down to a minimal, I will still feel them after playing hard on my left side. Some knee soreness and such, but overall, near pain free !I've been trying to develope my right calves more because a long time ago I sprained my ankle and I've noticed that it isn't equalateral towards my left calf. Ever since I hurt my left knee, I favored activities by using more of my calf instead of quads. So I have really nicely developed calves on my left leg which has been helping me on my jumping for symp moves, but I'm still working on quad strength which is the prime mover for almost all footbag moves. It's getting there !
I also shoe goo'd my insteps to my lavers to make them nearly identical to the insteps of my G-Units- I think I'm going to like them very much. I still don't have a clear outlined shoe now that the instep is fixed up - I love both G-unats and my Lavers. I wish I could have a whole closet full for the rest of my life
More C4 please <3
*currently packing* for Chicago.
I sent out Andy's footbag today, a bit late, but a nice New Years Suprise none the less. So....we've got; 5 boxer briefs, 3 shorts, 3 pants, 3 shirts, 5 beaters, 2 dress shirts, 2 footbags, foot spray, body spray, toothbrush, toothpaste, deoderant, gloves, sleeping bag, 5 socks, trash bag, cell phone, digital camera, sake bottle, drinks, snacks, jerky, cooler, wallet, chapstick, and myself. Directions are all printed off...so I think I'm ready to go to sleep now. Brad and Bob are meeting here and we're taking off at 6:00 AM.
Let the Journey Begin.
I sent out Andy's footbag today, a bit late, but a nice New Years Suprise none the less. So....we've got; 5 boxer briefs, 3 shorts, 3 pants, 3 shirts, 5 beaters, 2 dress shirts, 2 footbags, foot spray, body spray, toothbrush, toothpaste, deoderant, gloves, sleeping bag, 5 socks, trash bag, cell phone, digital camera, sake bottle, drinks, snacks, jerky, cooler, wallet, chapstick, and myself. Directions are all printed off...so I think I'm ready to go to sleep now. Brad and Bob are meeting here and we're taking off at 6:00 AM.
Let the Journey Begin.
More C4 please <3
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We didn't film anything 
We took a lot of pictures though 
But now we can't find the camera
This was easily one of my favorite events I've ever been to. Wow, I had so much fun that I don't know what to talk about. I'll try and write up my experiences sometime.
I'm at Zeke and Eric's place right now. Everyone is gone besides us. We're just chilling today and leaving in the morning.
We took a lot of pictures though But now we can't find the camera This was easily one of my favorite events I've ever been to. Wow, I had so much fun that I don't know what to talk about. I'll try and write up my experiences sometime.
I'm at Zeke and Eric's place right now. Everyone is gone besides us. We're just chilling today and leaving in the morning.
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full nelson wrote:We didn't film anything
Hahaha. Well if you do find that camera you should post pics!!
-Eric Siegel: The man, the myth, the legend
Words of Wisdom from Rockey:
"hittin' ripped warrior bsos: that's a paddlin';
hittin' stepping diving whirl: that's a paddlin;
hittin' montage: you better believe that's a paddlin'"
Words of Wisdom from Rockey:
"hittin' ripped warrior bsos: that's a paddlin';
hittin' stepping diving whirl: that's a paddlin;
hittin' montage: you better believe that's a paddlin'"
No sign of my Canon Digital Camera, oh well. It was getting old anyway, gives me an excuse to buy a new one when I've got some spare cash.
So - The review of Chitown in all it's glory. 2 Thumbs UpI'm just going to run with it and talk about the people I met, the friends I made, who made it great, and the event as a whole:
The players made everything so damned fun and the turn out was huge. I'm not sure the total count of players that came out to chicago, but it was pretty big. I've never made it out to a midwest event, so I got to meet a lot of new players. Every time I go to events like that, I get an excitement that isn't met anywhere else and is rekindled everytime like a fresh new experience.
The players I met :
Jemery O'Mirken
- Strong player and always has some input if you need help on moves and links. Great stitcher as I have now been breaking in his bag I bought, as well as the FootFighter I bought at Chitown. I plan on shreddin the hell outta both of them tonight. I also met Amelia, which I later learned was Jeremy's G/F or Jeremy is Amelia's b/f, yatta yattah. They are lucky to have eachother as far as I can see. 2 great people ! I got to know both of them pretty well for the time I had and truly enjoyed their company whenever they were around. I know if Amelia ever feels like pushing her game some, she has good natural ability and good help to help her along. I guess it will only come with self-terms with herself and footbag. Can't wait till next year to see them both hopefully !
Henry G - Hung out with him a good bit. Now on the negative side...
he SUCKS at boxing !!! Hahaha, we agreed on going to the inflattable boxing ring with the huge boxing gloves. All I can say is I felt like I should have been arrested for the beating I gave Hen. Those gloves were heavy and I could tell he had a hard time swingin, hell, I did too. Except the difference was that my swings landed on his face, and his missed. Hen and I also tackled the climbing wall, this time I wasn't hungover as much. That place had everything, it was so hein. Hen is a great freestyle and has a ton of potential. I had a great time shredding with him and i think he will be a top freestyler in 1.5 years, mark my words.
Will Rockey - So controlled with precise style. I was pretty damned impressed by his game since I've never really seen him shred before or heard too much about him. He is one of those guys that whatever he hits, you can bet it was controlled and solid. He pushed my mirage racing game to the limit, as well as Mirken, but they were both no match for my Olympic style freestyle . I rememeber on the 3rd day or so, he was trying out twirls, and I told him to try PS whirl > twirl. He passed to me so I could try, I hit Phoenix > ps whirl > twirl first try !! So hopefully I left a positive impression with me shred.
Eric Seigal - What can I say...how bout..."alpine blurry ps whirl". Yeah, he NAILED that for sick 1...SICK ! The craziest thing was he wasn't even in the insane category, he was in advanced. Talk about sandbagging, no offense to him or anything, but that was insaaaaane ! i didn't kick with him much, but he was another solid player that had his shit down packed.
Zach Marine - I played with him a good bit, he is still learning a good bit. Not really long strings and lacks some strong style. Now that may sound harsh, but his potential is all there, he just needs stomp some tricks a bit more solidly and he'll be sick ! I enjoyed shredding with him and the rest of Wisconsin guys. If he's like the rest of the gifted upcoming freestylers, next time I play with him, I'll get skooled
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Kaushik - i was impressed cause I didn't know who the hell this kid was. I knew his modified name when he told me, I laughed. It's so different seeing and playing with people when all you know is their online persona. He was pretty quick, datw like woah, and strong stepping sets. Good stuff ! I only played with him for a bit, and that was when my legs were about beat, good time though.
Johnny & Jorden - Yeah, they got a bit better since last East Coast or whichever event that was I played with them like 3-4 years ago. I saw what I expected out of Jorden because he constantly posts footbag vids and everyone eewwwws and ahhhh's over his game. He taught me a couple new tricks. reverse swirling hopover or something. Also reverse swirling blender ! Johnny was just out of hand. That kid shuffles like a fuckin poker player. INSANE. i wish he were a WV kid cause it would push my game like no other, insane. Fun to hang out with, climbed a wall with him while I was hungover. I nearly puked when I got to the top
Everyone else that I haven't mentioned is in my mind, so no worries. CiC, Props on all the hard work. Scott Davidson, Props to you also for landing the great spot. I totally expect that much and more for the next event. CIC , push the event harder next time, you have everything needed to make the sickest event in the US, no doubt. Another thanks to Zeke and Reile for being so kind to let me drunken ass crash at the hotel with you and then the apartment.
The event :
Walking into McComick Place was crazy...absolutely crazy. Every day I walked in there I still couldn't get over the pure size of the place, spectators EVERYWHERE. Thousands of people, everywhere, boooomb. It was so fricken awesome. So many sports going on simultaneously that it made my head dizzy. Brad and Bob wanted to just walk around until we found the footbag venue, which could have taken all day because when you walk in the place, you can either go to one side which is equally as large as the other. So we could have been on the wrong side for 30 minutes lookin around and not even known. Luckily after lookin around for a while we saw people jumpin around, yeah, footbaggers. It was great seeing everyone, wavin to zeke as he was the first one acknowledging our presence. A warm welcome from everyone as always, god I loved this event. It was just like the videos I've seen of Us OPEN and other vids of New Years Jam. The large open green carpet with huge open space behind and all around it. Had a pretty damned nice setup.
Not sure how many hours I played the first day, but it was enough. It was then followed by runnin around tryin to find somewhere else to shred cause my legs weren't pleased. Not sure were I shred next.
The first night of partying, I don't know if it was quite that memorable or not. Drank some with guys I've only seen on tape like Brian Parsons and Dan Koklow. I remember doin a couple shotguns, some shots of jager, and some jager bombs, and then it was a blank after that. For me, that was about normal, but I was informed the next morning as I having a horrible hangover that it didn't stop there with a couple beers and jager, I think i had somebody'd rum and coke and some other stuff... Thanks to those who took care of me, and sorry for whatever the hell I did.
I believe that night before I was trashed, I had a handstand walking contest with Tom, there should be footage of some ownage, I believe it's on Dat's computer.
The next morning was hell, I was so drunk and hungover, felt like puking, but didn't. I climbed the wall with Suderman and Emily and nearly barfed up top. We couldn't get Brad to climb with us, he's not much for heights. Even though I was hungover, I prolly players hours over end and loved every minute shreddin with as many people as I could. That night Brian wanted to go to the bars, but I was just fricken tired. The past couple nights I didn't get much sleep because I had a cold, work, staying up, driving to the event, yatta yatta.
Next day I warmed up my legs with Hen with some Netbag. We sucked at first, but then we took on Matt and Kolo. They warmed us up pretty fast and I'd have to say that Hen and I made a MAD netbag team *highfive*. I'd even say we took'em. I later warmed up on some DDR pads cause they were right next to us. After a while I asked hen if he wanted to box. We were gonna go into the real boxing ring, but it looked like they were just sparring so we went next door to the inflattable boxing ring. SO MUCH FUN !!! We had gloves that were the size of large computer monitors and were pretty damned heavy. I knocked Hen around so much that after I minute of just pummeling him I took my gloves off and walked out the ring. As I was trying to get out, he started punchin me with my gear off and the guy running the thing yelled at him...pwnd. The best part to my memory was uppercutting him till his ass was in the air. He was then lookin at me helplessly, so I took complete advantage of him on the ground, and started layin both of my gloves into his face.
There is so much shred, I can't even remember where and when everything happened. I know I had sessions all day long in all sorts of places, with everyone, I know it's vague. I remember playin with the Wisconsin guys for a while near some sort of water fountain place inside. It was just us for like 30 minutes and no sign of anybody. And then we saw like 20 freestylers walking from the hotel towards us, LET THE SESSION BEGIN !! I remember hitting 2 new things that Jorden pushed me to do. Reverse swirling hopover. I also hit reverse swirling blender, thx jorden !
Greg Nelson came in with a stereo, so I had to follow him, we went to a carpeted area and had a pretty sweet session. Brian Parson, myself, Johnny Suderman, Greg Nelson...and someone else _____. My legs were pretty tired so I didn't play the greatest, but damn was it fun. Some funny ass young black girl completely broke up the circle vibe and started dancin to this one song, I forget what it was. It was so funny, she went off when Brian started singin to it, hahahaha... Shake shake shake it she did.
Whoever didn't immediately leave after the event was over was invited to eat dinner at Tatsu Resteraunt. It was great filling up like 3 tables of freestylers in this little resteraunt. Everyone had a great time trying out different types of food. I shared my Tatsu Fried Rice with Lisa, that and a plate of different sushi. Oh it was so unbelievably good. Later Brad, Bob , and I showed off our WV stupidity by us all eating a decent sized portion of wasabi, a mistake, but good entertainment for everyone else after we were crying.
That night everyone that was still around went to CiC's place (zeke / reile). We partied down there and I bought some Tsiang Tao beer, or however you spell it. Nobody really liked it except for me. I finished off my X-Mas present of Sake with everyone and showed them how I got down. SAKE BOMBS !!! I was soon enough pretty well gone and crashed out before everyone else. But before I did, I learned or atleast tried coin snatching, pretty fun. It was just a great lil get together before everyone had to take off. I sure will miss everyone that was there.
The next days were the WV'rs just layin around chillin with CiC recouping from a crazy ass week. We then Took off to party down for New Years. I finally got to meet one of my idols of footbag, James Risden. Everyone that went to the bars had a great time...well except for Risden's girl later that night, haha. The first bar we walked up to had a cover charge of $100 to get in, I'm sure they had some free drinks and food, but still... The second bar we tried was........$125 !!! F That ! So we found some smaller scale bar for $10 and had a blast ! Emily, Risden , Brad, Bob, Reile, Lisa, myself partied it up. Whatever money I had in my wallet, was soon gone from shots. Had a couple tequilla, and the rest I just had dollar shots and gave'm out like they were free, haha. Everyone was just so damned merry and joyous. Brad was gettin his pimp on, but one of those girls were grade A crazy. I later walked up to her cause brad was gone to see if I could start a convo. All she really said to me was "You don't believe in Jesus, right??" As soon as she said that...I was like "uhhh..." and turned away from her and sat there for 1 minutes hoping she would just forget that whole thing. She didn't say anything, so I walked away.
Later that night I talked to 2 nice girls, one was fricken amazing, or atleast her mom was. We got into a conversation about yatta yatta, and minnesota. I told her my idol used to live there, or atleast his tv persona. I told her Macgyver, and she was like
and told me her mom grew up with Richard Dean Anderson. I just about shat myself. I usually get pretty excited about MacGyver stuff, but when intoxicated, even more ! Haha, Had a good chat with her and her friend, gave'm a couple shots and soon enough the bar was closing down.
As the party ended near 3 am, Risden's girl turned into the drunken girl from COPS. No offense , but she went fuckin nuts from the bar to the van, the van ride, Van to Risden's car. She almost got hit by traffic, cop almost arrested her, and she prolly hit me like 25 times since I was trying to calm her down and not have her pull risden's head off. No hard feelings though, alcohol does crazy things. Thanks to all that came out and partied hard with me on New Years, a truly fuzzy memorable New Years.
Mark me down confirmed for next year's New Year Jam !!
I nominate myself for hardest partier/shredder
So - The review of Chitown in all it's glory. 2 Thumbs UpI'm just going to run with it and talk about the people I met, the friends I made, who made it great, and the event as a whole:
The players made everything so damned fun and the turn out was huge. I'm not sure the total count of players that came out to chicago, but it was pretty big. I've never made it out to a midwest event, so I got to meet a lot of new players. Every time I go to events like that, I get an excitement that isn't met anywhere else and is rekindled everytime like a fresh new experience.
The players I met :
Jemery O'Mirken
- Strong player and always has some input if you need help on moves and links. Great stitcher as I have now been breaking in his bag I bought, as well as the FootFighter I bought at Chitown. I plan on shreddin the hell outta both of them tonight. I also met Amelia, which I later learned was Jeremy's G/F or Jeremy is Amelia's b/f, yatta yattah. They are lucky to have eachother as far as I can see. 2 great people ! I got to know both of them pretty well for the time I had and truly enjoyed their company whenever they were around. I know if Amelia ever feels like pushing her game some, she has good natural ability and good help to help her along. I guess it will only come with self-terms with herself and footbag. Can't wait till next year to see them both hopefully !Henry G - Hung out with him a good bit. Now on the negative side...
he SUCKS at boxing !!! Hahaha, we agreed on going to the inflattable boxing ring with the huge boxing gloves. All I can say is I felt like I should have been arrested for the beating I gave Hen. Those gloves were heavy and I could tell he had a hard time swingin, hell, I did too. Except the difference was that my swings landed on his face, and his missed. Hen and I also tackled the climbing wall, this time I wasn't hungover as much. That place had everything, it was so hein. Hen is a great freestyle and has a ton of potential. I had a great time shredding with him and i think he will be a top freestyler in 1.5 years, mark my words.
Will Rockey - So controlled with precise style. I was pretty damned impressed by his game since I've never really seen him shred before or heard too much about him. He is one of those guys that whatever he hits, you can bet it was controlled and solid. He pushed my mirage racing game to the limit, as well as Mirken, but they were both no match for my Olympic style freestyle
. I rememeber on the 3rd day or so, he was trying out twirls, and I told him to try PS whirl > twirl. He passed to me so I could try, I hit Phoenix > ps whirl > twirl first try !! So hopefully I left a positive impression with me shred.Eric Seigal - What can I say...how bout..."alpine blurry ps whirl". Yeah, he NAILED that for sick 1...SICK ! The craziest thing was he wasn't even in the insane category, he was in advanced. Talk about sandbagging, no offense to him or anything, but that was insaaaaane ! i didn't kick with him much, but he was another solid player that had his shit down packed.
Zach Marine - I played with him a good bit, he is still learning a good bit. Not really long strings and lacks some strong style. Now that may sound harsh, but his potential is all there, he just needs stomp some tricks a bit more solidly and he'll be sick ! I enjoyed shredding with him and the rest of Wisconsin guys. If he's like the rest of the gifted upcoming freestylers, next time I play with him, I'll get skooled
.Kaushik - i was impressed cause I didn't know who the hell this kid was. I knew his modified name when he told me, I laughed. It's so different seeing and playing with people when all you know is their online persona. He was pretty quick, datw like woah, and strong stepping sets. Good stuff ! I only played with him for a bit, and that was when my legs were about beat, good time though.
Johnny & Jorden - Yeah, they got a bit better since last East Coast or whichever event that was I played with them like 3-4 years ago. I saw what I expected out of Jorden because he constantly posts footbag vids and everyone eewwwws and ahhhh's over his game. He taught me a couple new tricks. reverse swirling hopover or something. Also reverse swirling blender ! Johnny was just out of hand. That kid shuffles like a fuckin poker player. INSANE. i wish he were a WV kid cause it would push my game like no other, insane. Fun to hang out with, climbed a wall with him while I was hungover. I nearly puked when I got to the top
Everyone else that I haven't mentioned is in my mind, so no worries. CiC, Props on all the hard work. Scott Davidson, Props to you also for landing the great spot. I totally expect that much and more for the next event. CIC , push the event harder next time, you have everything needed to make the sickest event in the US, no doubt. Another thanks to Zeke and Reile for being so kind to let me drunken ass crash at the hotel with you and then the apartment.
The event :
Walking into McComick Place was crazy...absolutely crazy. Every day I walked in there I still couldn't get over the pure size of the place, spectators EVERYWHERE. Thousands of people, everywhere, boooomb. It was so fricken awesome. So many sports going on simultaneously that it made my head dizzy. Brad and Bob wanted to just walk around until we found the footbag venue, which could have taken all day because when you walk in the place, you can either go to one side which is equally as large as the other. So we could have been on the wrong side for 30 minutes lookin around and not even known. Luckily after lookin around for a while we saw people jumpin around, yeah, footbaggers. It was great seeing everyone, wavin to zeke as he was the first one acknowledging our presence. A warm welcome from everyone as always, god I loved this event. It was just like the videos I've seen of Us OPEN and other vids of New Years Jam. The large open green carpet with huge open space behind and all around it. Had a pretty damned nice setup.
Not sure how many hours I played the first day, but it was enough. It was then followed by runnin around tryin to find somewhere else to shred cause my legs weren't pleased. Not sure were I shred next.
The first night of partying, I don't know if it was quite that memorable or not. Drank some with guys I've only seen on tape like Brian Parsons and Dan Koklow. I remember doin a couple shotguns, some shots of jager, and some jager bombs, and then it was a blank after that. For me, that was about normal, but I was informed the next morning as I having a horrible hangover that it didn't stop there with a couple beers and jager, I think i had somebody'd rum and coke and some other stuff... Thanks to those who took care of me, and sorry for whatever the hell I did.
I believe that night before I was trashed, I had a handstand walking contest with Tom, there should be footage of some ownage, I believe it's on Dat's computer.
The next morning was hell, I was so drunk and hungover, felt like puking, but didn't. I climbed the wall with Suderman and Emily and nearly barfed up top. We couldn't get Brad to climb with us, he's not much for heights. Even though I was hungover, I prolly players hours over end and loved every minute shreddin with as many people as I could. That night Brian wanted to go to the bars, but I was just fricken tired. The past couple nights I didn't get much sleep because I had a cold, work, staying up, driving to the event, yatta yatta.
Next day I warmed up my legs with Hen with some Netbag. We sucked at first, but then we took on Matt and Kolo. They warmed us up pretty fast and I'd have to say that Hen and I made a MAD netbag team *highfive*. I'd even say we took'em. I later warmed up on some DDR pads cause they were right next to us. After a while I asked hen if he wanted to box. We were gonna go into the real boxing ring, but it looked like they were just sparring so we went next door to the inflattable boxing ring. SO MUCH FUN !!! We had gloves that were the size of large computer monitors and were pretty damned heavy. I knocked Hen around so much that after I minute of just pummeling him I took my gloves off and walked out the ring. As I was trying to get out, he started punchin me with my gear off and the guy running the thing yelled at him...pwnd. The best part to my memory was uppercutting him till his ass was in the air. He was then lookin at me helplessly, so I took complete advantage of him on the ground, and started layin both of my gloves into his face.
There is so much shred, I can't even remember where and when everything happened. I know I had sessions all day long in all sorts of places, with everyone, I know it's vague. I remember playin with the Wisconsin guys for a while near some sort of water fountain place inside. It was just us for like 30 minutes and no sign of anybody. And then we saw like 20 freestylers walking from the hotel towards us, LET THE SESSION BEGIN !! I remember hitting 2 new things that Jorden pushed me to do. Reverse swirling hopover. I also hit reverse swirling blender, thx jorden !
Greg Nelson came in with a stereo, so I had to follow him, we went to a carpeted area and had a pretty sweet session. Brian Parson, myself, Johnny Suderman, Greg Nelson...and someone else _____. My legs were pretty tired so I didn't play the greatest, but damn was it fun. Some funny ass young black girl completely broke up the circle vibe and started dancin to this one song, I forget what it was. It was so funny, she went off when Brian started singin to it, hahahaha... Shake shake shake it she did.
Whoever didn't immediately leave after the event was over was invited to eat dinner at Tatsu Resteraunt. It was great filling up like 3 tables of freestylers in this little resteraunt. Everyone had a great time trying out different types of food. I shared my Tatsu Fried Rice with Lisa, that and a plate of different sushi. Oh it was so unbelievably good. Later Brad, Bob , and I showed off our WV stupidity by us all eating a decent sized portion of wasabi, a mistake, but good entertainment for everyone else after we were crying.
That night everyone that was still around went to CiC's place (zeke / reile). We partied down there and I bought some Tsiang Tao beer, or however you spell it. Nobody really liked it except for me. I finished off my X-Mas present of Sake with everyone and showed them how I got down. SAKE BOMBS !!! I was soon enough pretty well gone and crashed out before everyone else. But before I did, I learned or atleast tried coin snatching, pretty fun. It was just a great lil get together before everyone had to take off. I sure will miss everyone that was there.
The next days were the WV'rs just layin around chillin with CiC recouping from a crazy ass week. We then Took off to party down for New Years. I finally got to meet one of my idols of footbag, James Risden. Everyone that went to the bars had a great time...well except for Risden's girl later that night, haha. The first bar we walked up to had a cover charge of $100 to get in, I'm sure they had some free drinks and food, but still... The second bar we tried was........$125 !!! F That ! So we found some smaller scale bar for $10 and had a blast ! Emily, Risden , Brad, Bob, Reile, Lisa, myself partied it up. Whatever money I had in my wallet, was soon gone from shots. Had a couple tequilla, and the rest I just had dollar shots and gave'm out like they were free, haha. Everyone was just so damned merry and joyous. Brad was gettin his pimp on, but one of those girls were grade A crazy. I later walked up to her cause brad was gone to see if I could start a convo. All she really said to me was "You don't believe in Jesus, right??" As soon as she said that...I was like "uhhh..." and turned away from her and sat there for 1 minutes hoping she would just forget that whole thing. She didn't say anything, so I walked away.
Later that night I talked to 2 nice girls, one was fricken amazing, or atleast her mom was. We got into a conversation about yatta yatta, and minnesota. I told her my idol used to live there, or atleast his tv persona. I told her Macgyver, and she was like
and told me her mom grew up with Richard Dean Anderson. I just about shat myself. I usually get pretty excited about MacGyver stuff, but when intoxicated, even more ! Haha, Had a good chat with her and her friend, gave'm a couple shots and soon enough the bar was closing down.As the party ended near 3 am, Risden's girl turned into the drunken girl from COPS. No offense , but she went fuckin nuts from the bar to the van, the van ride, Van to Risden's car. She almost got hit by traffic, cop almost arrested her, and she prolly hit me like 25 times since I was trying to calm her down and not have her pull risden's head off. No hard feelings though, alcohol does crazy things. Thanks to all that came out and partied hard with me on New Years, a truly fuzzy memorable New Years.
Mark me down confirmed for next year's New Year Jam !!
I nominate myself for hardest partier/shredder
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More C4 please <3
So i'm finishing up tonight's session. I'd like to make this portion like a challenge thread also, I'll have up to 5 challenges at a time and anytime I knock one off, feel free to put something in. If it's too easy or too hard, I'll change it a bit more for my style. So to keep it simple, Green is hit, red I haven't. This is just gonna be something to the side so I can keep good record and motivation for my shred.
Scorpions Tale bs
Parkwalk > Sidewalk > stepping ss clip > stepping ss mirage > rpt
pdx whirl > reverse swirl >rpt
alpine smear > atomsmasher > rpt
phoenix > pdx whirl bsos
Scorpions Tale bs
Parkwalk > Sidewalk > stepping ss clip > stepping ss mirage > rpt
pdx whirl > reverse swirl >rpt
alpine smear > atomsmasher > rpt
phoenix > pdx whirl bsos
More C4 please <3
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full nelson
- 8-Bit Ninja
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- Location: West Virginia
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I'm at WVU now. Seems like there's a lot to do here. Paying for a $6 game of bowling was outrageous in Chicago. I walked across the street to the Mountainlair and I found a bowling alley underground for a $1 a game. Score!
So anyways, I used facebook and found a hack club here. On their board is a La Resistance video. I'm going to try and get with them this week and kick some. Maybe freestyle if they're interested.
Also, I just noticed about 20 minutes ago that the Footfighter I bought from Kolo is my school colors. Weird I didn't realize earlier. Since everyone is so prideful here, maybe I can recruit tons of people as long as I'm playing with a gold and blue bag, haha. Seriously, these kids are WVU crazy.
So anyways, I used facebook and found a hack club here. On their board is a La Resistance video. I'm going to try and get with them this week and kick some. Maybe freestyle if they're interested.
Also, I just noticed about 20 minutes ago that the Footfighter I bought from Kolo is my school colors. Weird I didn't realize earlier. Since everyone is so prideful here, maybe I can recruit tons of people as long as I'm playing with a gold and blue bag, haha. Seriously, these kids are WVU crazy.
Brad
I totally forgot to mention in the chicago rant above that the WV Crew joined the Polar Bear Club on Jan. 1st noon, @ Michigan Lake. For those who don't know, it was Emily, Lisa, Brad, Bob, and myself and about 150 or so other people that ran into freezing assed Lake Michigan. How does it feel you ask ? Well the first part was nearly the worst, standing on the freezing sand in shred shorts and nothin else was soooo cold. My feet were killin me, felt like pins and needles goin to town on the bottom of my feet. Oh yeah, I'm scared of natural water, like lakes, rivers, oceans, and stuff like that. Also to add on, I was still a bit hung over from the hein New Years Party. That only added to the complete build up and overall 'rush'. Once we ran in we had to get head to toes soaked, it felt like forever till I was about waste high or below before I dove in. If I would have went any deeper, my brain would have stopped working cause of the sensory overload. It was pretty funny seeing everyone pumped screaming as they went in, and then 20 seconds later, every one is screaming and running out trembling freezing cold like they were being chased by sharks... good times, good times, add that to the memory book of chicago, love that place and the people.
More C4 please <3
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full nelson
- 8-Bit Ninja
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- Joined: 16 Jul 2003 13:58
- Location: West Virginia
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Great Saturday ! Woke up and went to work as usual. Lifted and got motivated and then got into shred. I decided to push the 5 request to 10. My sessions are usually pretty long, so why not. bout 1.5 hours + and had pretty good endurance. I've noticed some slight shin splints ever since chicago, go figure. So I finished 2 challenges today and can throw 2 more in. Most of these requests were from the footbag chatroom, good stuff.
Scorpions Tale bs
Parkwalk > Sidewalk > stepping ss clip > stepping ss mirage > rpt
pdx whirl > reverse swirl >rpt
alpine smear > atomsmasher > rpt
phoenix > pdx whirl bsos
smear > smudge > atomsmasher > rpt
ripwalk x 10
paradon > barrage bsos
fairy paradon bs
blurriest > pdx torque > pswhirl
Scorpions Tale bs
Parkwalk > Sidewalk > stepping ss clip > stepping ss mirage > rpt
pdx whirl > reverse swirl >rpt
alpine smear > atomsmasher > rpt
phoenix > pdx whirl bsos
smear > smudge > atomsmasher > rpt
ripwalk x 10
paradon > barrage bsos
fairy paradon bs
blurriest > pdx torque > pswhirl
More C4 please <3