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random question of the day:


does a 180 mirage have a special name or is it just that?
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How are you setting it and how are you catching it? This could be spinning mirage, it could be miraging xbd rake, it could be torque. Please describe further.
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Iron Clad Ben wrote:How are you setting it and how are you catching it? This could be spinning mirage, it could be miraging xbd rake, it could be torque. Please describe further.
what the HELL are you talking about? i have no idea how you could draw the latter two conclusions from that question.

Ben (the first one): It depends on which leg you are dexing with. if you set, spin, dex with the setting leg, and catch on the opposite foot, you are describing a gyro mirage (gyro implying the half spin, or "180" that i think you're referring to).
if you set, spin, dex opposite the leg you set with, and catch with the same foot you set with, you are describing spinning paradox mirage.
figure out which one describes your sitch and there you have it.
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ok here it is.

toe stall with right, mirage with the left leg, catch it with a toe stall on the same foot but you just spin 180 degress while your left leg is going over the bag. not too hard if you can mirage easily.

"if you set, spin, dex opposite the leg you set with, and catch with the same foot you set with"...exactly
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For a spinning mirage (gyro or pdx), you spin *before* you dex/mirage.
I honestly have no clue what you're talking about. Sounds like a miraging gyro toe stall to me.
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i spin while i dex.....is that wierd?
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This is just mirage. Done with not very proper technique.
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haha, yea thats what my friend told me, i know how to do it correctly, i was just trying to spice it up. 8)
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Yah, you kinda lose the dex there when you turn at the same time.

-- a VERY bad topic naming btw
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yeah, see i was too lazy to think of a better title.
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How about "180 mirage name?"?
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Newf wrote:How about "180 mirage name?"?
pwned :lol:

so what u guys are saying is.. you cant spin while dexing? I though this might be creative...
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no , we are saying that i can but they told me its nothing special, its just an ugly mirage, which is very true :roll:
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I think I remember seeing on flipsider that a 180 degree toe stall had a name. I tried finding it but couldn't. Maybe I'm thinking something else.
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I decided to do a 180 spin while miraging out of a clipper stall and it's pretty cool. Kinda reminds me of the beginning of a torque like spin. Although i've never hit a torque.
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ptaku wrote:This is just mirage. Done with not very proper technique.
Idk, moves with unusual spins like these could be considered styley by some. If I'm imagining the move right.

I came up with a weird move where it was butterfly set from toe, but then half-way through the dex you kinda did a backspin 180 to face the other direction and toe stall. You could hit other stuff from it too. I guess it was kinda gyro-y, but for some reason the half butterfly dex made it unique.

Never really got into it, because I was trying to stay focused on more important moves, but it seemed like it could be a neat concept.
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shredzilla wrote:butterfly set from toe, but then half-way through the dex you kinda did a backspin 180 to face the other direction and toe stall
It's called a Wauxpin :wink:
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Lol yeah Wauxpin was unique... for about 5 mins till someone named it and everyone started doing it :p.

This thread sounds a lot like something you would get at footbag.org :lol:
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BalinorNZ wrote:
This thread sounds a lot like something you would get at footbag.org :lol:
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whats that supposed to mean!!!! 8O
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