Pawel's journal - be strong, LIVESTRONG

Ners · Post by **Ners** » 13 Nov 2005 09:58

You wanted challenges, you got them

And don't be so suprised, you don't really have to be able to hit Barrage to hit Symp. Barrage - even though it would be adviced

They are different tricks though. Big props on everything you've hit! PS Flail > Whirl must have looked cool

Szymon Kałwak (Ners)

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 14 Nov 2005 12:57

Todays session was quite nice ;]

I hit:
- Blur > Dimwalk [rpt] (why I haven't hit it before?)
- Blizzard > Dimwalk [rpt]
- Blizzard > Paradon [rpt] (same as Blur > Dimwalk...)
- Run with Phoenix BSOS + Blurriest
- Run with Pixie Paradon BSOS + Phoenix
- Run started with Superfly (felt very nice and clean ;]) + Phoenix in it
- Run with Phoenix BSOS + Dimmiest
- Toe Grifter BSOS (FINALLY!)

And that's probably all... I don't like the lack of variety in it... but whatever...

Today I noticed one thing... I haven't got any talent for footbag... Yeah, I'm sure about it... But I've got some nic talent for hard work, I think... Just my thoughts... Maybe in reality it's totaly different?

Later,
Pawel

footjoe · Post by **footjoe** » 14 Nov 2005 13:04

not everyone can hit that stuff man and bsos WHATT thats some real talent right there , props

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 19 Nov 2005 04:41

-- The 17th of November, 2005 --

Some practicing session in my room. I hit:
- Barfly > Rev. Swirl [rpt] (yeah .. exactly this way... no Rev. Swirl > Barfly to end it with flip Barfly... I just did flip Barfly > Rev. Swirl > Strong Barfly > Rev. Swirl.. all 4 tricks controlled...)
- Pdx Mirage > Pixie Paradon [rpt]
- Pdx Illusion > Pixie Paradon [rpt]
- Twirl > Ripwalk (and a few other Stepping tricks) BS
- Twirl > Sidewalk (only on strong side.. it's super stylish IMO)
- Slicing ss Mirage (Finally some trick out of Slicing, thought it's the easiest one...)
- About 20 contacts run with only 3 BOP's

-- The 18th of November, 2005 --

I had a session on voleybal trainig (my sport teacher leads the school voleyball team, and he let me to practice in one corner of the gym, because our school gym is quite big, and they don't need the whole gym for their training). But I had been playing for only about 45 minutes... Then I played volleyball, because they needed one man to have two complete teams, and play a game...

In this 45 minutes of shreding I hit a few nice runs, my average was quite long, and quite hard...
From what I remember I hit:
- Ripwalk > Sidewalk [rpt] midstring
- Ducking Butterfly > Diving Butterfly [rpt] midstring
- Superfly > run many times
- Lot's of runs with only a few BOP's...

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On the two above sessions I noticed that the difficulty of my runs went really up. They are the same lenght they were, but I use fewer BOP's. And the other thing is hat I play more with toe, I ue left toe much more often. I do more DLO's. My spins are better too. Same with drifters...

That's all... I hope to shred today, but maybe I will go out to some pub, and if so, I won't shred...

Later,
Pawel

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 20 Nov 2005 12:22

Today, after the whole day of studying, I decided to do a little session in my room. It lasted for 2,5 hours.

The results are quite nice. I hit stuff that I wanted to hit some time ago, and some other stuff too.

Here is what I hit:
- Pdx Mirage > Pixie Whirl [rpt]
- Pdx Illusion > Pixie Whirl [rpt]
- Bullwhip
- Phoenix > Superfly
- Rev-up > Paradon [rpt]
- Scorpion's Tail bsos
- Grifter b2b

I'm really happy about the last 3. I wanted to hit these for sooo long. Finally...

I feel really confident when shrediing lately. I hit 37 contacts run. It was easy, but calm and controlled - without loosing controll, balance, etc. And other thing is that it's hard to do long runs on 1.5 x 1.5 quadrat metres space, when there are walls, shelves and wardrobe around...

I think that my style got a lot better.

This seems to be everything, what I wanted to write here. Now I'm going to have a shower, and then I'll study some things, and go sleep.

Later,
Pawel

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 25 Nov 2005 11:29

The two last recent sessions were really, really bad. I feel weak.. I hadn't the power to play, but I wanted to go over it, and get what I wanted - didn't success.

The highlights are only:

From yesterday:
- Fear > Fairy LO > Fear > Fairy LO

From today:
- run with Grifter and Pdx Grifter (both the same foot), and droped on the 2nd Pdx Grifter (almost got it), so I've almost hit Pdx Grifter bsos...
- a few long runs - about 30 contacts. They were 2 or 3...

I'm considering taking a breake - something like one week... In recent week I played only twice. I don't know if I will shred in the weekend. I have got some shin splints too, so maybe I will heal them...

However... my lovely, the one and only Ilja bag died today

One of the stitches had broken

after like 8 months of happines in our marriage... I will try to reapair it, but it won't be the same...

And eh... Tomorrow I should go to Wrocław for Zocha Jam, but I won't

It really sucks... Why this is so fucking materialistic world? Why do we need to spend so much cash everywhere for everything... It sucks so much that I can attend Zocha Jam, because of money...

I'm going to order things in my live too in next few days. I want to live on steady ground (polish expression, I hope you all understand what I mean). I don't know if all things will be good and happy for my, but if they won't be yet, they never will be... And it's better to know what's going on, than to have delusive hopes and false expectations... Some things will probably clear tomorrow, and some will at the begining of next week...

That's probably everything what I wanted to write...

Later,
Pawel

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 25 Nov 2005 14:40

I forgott to mention 7 consecutive flipside Smears, from todays session, in the above post...

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 02 Dec 2005 06:12

I haven't shreded a lot in this week. Only once actually...

On monday:

Highlights:
flip Torque > Barfly
Belnder > Sidewalk
Superfly midstring again

and...

flipside Superfly to handcatch. I've hit it 5 times alltogether, but the 2nd was straight after the 1st. So I hit it to handcatch two times in a row.

I'm going to the big party tomorrow... It's the 18th birthday party of 2 friends of mine. It will be huge. All night, lots of people, and lots of friends.

I don't have time to shred. I'm too bussy with school. Maybe some session will happen today.

Later,
Pawel

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 03 Dec 2005 01:46

I shreded yesterday, but the sessioon was really shitty.

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 03 Dec 2005 04:15

Here is a clip with 3 random superflies, performed by myself - all three are performed on flipside...

http://www.tkk.pl/~ptaku/fbvids/superflies.avi

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 06 Dec 2005 16:22

The party on Saturday was hard. Even too hard, I would say... I don't remember more than half of it... And on the next day I had a giant hungover, and I felt it even on Monday :\

Haven't shreded since Friday.

My love life fucks up, on my eyes... And the worst thing is that I see it, I feel it and I can't do anything... ok ... maybe I could, but I don't know what can I do to rescue it...

Some things suck sometimes... Some parts of life suck sometimes too...

I'm tired... It's 1:21 AM, but I'm not going to bed... I don't think I will be able to fall asleep... I don't think I will sleep at this nigth at all.

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 21 Dec 2005 15:44

I had some sessions recently.

One was on saturday. In a super cool gym. It's like a perfect gym for footbag. I'm going to shred there every saturday. It looks like there will be some cool vids from shreds in this gym. The lighting is so good there, so the picture of footage is so clear and good.

And there were two sessions today. One in some gym with mirrors, in town hall, and the 2nd one in my school, on voleyball training.

Some highlights from today:
Drifter > Spinning Clipper [rpt]
Grifter > Spinning Clipper BS
DLO > ss DLO [rpt]

Blurriest > Blurriest

Btw. I'm shreding mostly genuine recently. It's so much fun. Maybe I don't do 30 contacts runs, but going genuine for 10-15 contacts is more fun for me than going for over 30 contacts just guiltless with BOP's... And Genuine makes my style so much more agresive... I saw it on vid...

Genuine shreding is cool...

Later,
Paweł

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 23 Dec 2005 10:26

Yesterday was very good day, no footbag though.

First I went to school, but we hadn't lesson. At first we prepared our class rooms for the meal and pre-christmas meeting. Then we wen't to the school gym to watch the Christmas play, made by the teachers this year! It was very cool to watch our teachers playing their parts.. It's always something new. I recorded all the play on my camcorder...

Then we went back to our classrooms to break up with wafer, and gave wishes. And then we had a meal (everyone brought somethng to eat or drink) and then talked about things.

Then I came home, and there were LIVESTRONG and Speak Up Stand Up wristbands in the post. I ordered them last weekend via internet. I'm happy that I finaly have them. I'm happy especialy about the LIVESTRONG one. I ordered them too for a christmas gift for my sister. She will llike them, because today she asked me, why I didn't order them for her.

Then I went to a club with my friends. We played pool a lot. Of courste we played the 'eight'. It was fun. We talked a lot and laughed a lot. I drank only one beer, because I didn't want to spend too much money. Two weeks ago I had spended too much on beer...

Today I bought a present for my mother. I bought her a hand cream. I remember that once she told me that she would like buy this one, but she didn't want to spend money on it, and thought that it is redundant for her.

I bought ink for two printers and settled some formalities in city department too.

Then I went with my father to market and bought some drinks for christmas. I bought an imported ukrainian beer too. I can't wait to taste it, I'm really curious the flavour.

I slept a little bit after the dinner.

The weather is like... hm... It's more like a beginning of the spring than
early winter...

I downloaded some christmas rap a few days ago, and now I'm listening to it all the time. I want to feel the christmas spirits more...

Merry christmas and happy new year everybody!

Later,
Pawel

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 28 Dec 2005 03:27

From yesterdays session in the mall...

- Bedwetter
- Double Over Down > DLO [rpt]
- Sailing Butterfly

and some runs... not long though...

Next session wil happen today... Oh... In like 40 minutes

Later,
Pawel

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 28 Dec 2005 12:57

Today my legs were sore after yesterdays training, but I managed to kick today too.

I hit only:
- Blurry Whirl BSOS

I almost hit one, good but common drill. I fucked the last of 6 tricks. Today it was the first time I tried this drill. I had never thought that I can hit this drill, but now I know that I had been wrong.

Maybe tomorrow I will shred too? Don't know... I've got some time on my hands, so I should use it.. Shreding is good use of free time...

Greets,
Pawel

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 30 Dec 2005 07:17

from today:

- Fog (on 3rd try)
- Fog > Dimwalk (actually this is the same Fog I mentioned above... I just hit Fog and Pixie out of it, because I was drilling pixie out of DLO 5 minutes before and it was just naturally

)... I'm gonna hit Fog midstring in genuine run on next session.
- flipside Down-Double-Down - shame on me that I haven't hit this move n my flipside before.

I think next session will happen tomorow.

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Thanks to everyone who is going to buy LIVESTRONG wirstband or actually have bought it.

Greets,
Pawel

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 30 Dec 2005 14:09

I don't like Bew Year's Eve...

I would say I hate it, but I don't use to say that I hate something...

Later,
Pawel

Cod · Post by **Cod** » 30 Dec 2005 16:06

ptaku wrote:I don't like New Year's Eve...

Why?

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 30 Dec 2005 16:44

Because at this day I had good time only once in my entire life. And every other year I was siting at home and was sad thinking that everyone has good fun and I'm not. And this day I feel like I'm totaly alone on this World. The people I think are my friends have fun with their other friends, but not with me. If I'm invited to a party I'm invited to one that I don't want to visit, because of numerous reasons.

And I don't understand how people thing that this day something new starts. We can start something new, make the world better every day. We don't need any determined day to start beeing better people.
I chose my way long time ago, and I'm still on this way, and I'm still geting better man.
And everyday, everynight brings something new. It doesn't matter if it's the 31st of December - 1st of January.

JaJoo · Post by **JaJoo** » 31 Dec 2005 13:38

HAPPY NEW YEAR