Travis' Footblog

vettehunter123 · Post by **vettehunter123** » 27 May 2006 19:08

Well I thought its about time i started my own blog. I got into footbag about 3 weeks ago. I ordered a Mr. Sandbag, it came in on Thursday and it kicks ass. My Lavers are all modded up. I took out the inside mesh, added a toe box, and laced em' with 27" laces. I've been shredding everyday now and I'm lovin it. So far I've got my toe delays pretty much skooled and my insides are lookin' better. I've hit some mirages and atw's and I'm trying to do an osis and a butterfly. Everywhere I go I take my footbag. I have also been practicing my left hits because its weaker than my right. I know I'll have a lot of time to shred since its summer. I recently discovered Anz' Trikz or something like that and its really helping. Thanks Anssi!

I'm selling stuff on ebay to save up for a Peng bag or one made by Josh Raye but I probably won't get one until my skills improve. I'll practice more tonight and do this blog thing tomorrow.

Here's what I can hit so far.

~Mirage
~ATW
~Clipper
~Butterfly
~Legover
~Pickup
~Far Legover
~Far Pickup ~Hopover lol
~Paradox Mirage
~Clipper Pickup
~Clipper Mirage
~Osis (getting better)
~Pixie
~Heel Delay (not very often)
~Smear
~Dimwalk
~Ducking Clipper
~Ducking Mirage
~Dadacurves
~Stepping
~Stepping legover

Some cool strings I have hit:

~legover>legover>mirage>butterfly>clipper mirage>legover
~pickup>pickup>mirage>butterfly>clipper mirage>pickup
~butterfly>far legover>osis

Feel free to post in here and add your opinions and suggestions.

vettehunter123 · Post by **vettehunter123** » 08 Jun 2006 12:22

I got a job at kroger this week as a "courtesy clerk" (a fancy term for bagger.) I'll be making close to minimum wage which is $5.25 an hour here in Texas. I'm looking forward to making some money over the summer. Now I do an atw but catch it on the other foot and a toe to clipper. That's about all.

Iron Clad Ben · Post by **Iron Clad Ben** » 08 Jun 2006 16:07

Travis!! Dude don't forget to save some money this summer to come to

TEXAS STATEWIDES... BOOYAHH!@!!!@1111

Info here:

http://www.modified.in/footbag/viewtopic.php?t=13493

Keep shreddin'! Peace,

Ben

vettehunter123 · Post by **vettehunter123** » 11 Jun 2006 18:11

I had my first day of work today and i kinda liked it. no new tricks yet but they're comin. I'll probably shred after my meeting tomorrow. Now I gotta eat some hamburger helper. mmm...

vettehunter123 · Post by **vettehunter123** » 13 Jun 2006 10:43

i've been workin on my butterflys but there just not happening so ill just have to work harder at them. also I might get a new bag made by josh raye which would be sweet. well im gonna go shred, peace.

vettehunter123 · Post by **vettehunter123** » 13 Jun 2006 13:45

YES!

I finally hit an atw off my left and I can do them pretty good off my right. next up----butterfly.

krumpage · Post by **krumpage** » 13 Jun 2006 23:09

im not sure if you should be working on butterflys just yet. get your around the worlds, mirages, leg overs, pick ups, but if you do want to continue practicing butterflys at least get your clippers down where you able to stall on them. along with that you said that you modified your lavers and took out the inside mesh. your only supposed to have the inside mesh left you take out the leather

vettehunter123 · Post by **vettehunter123** » 14 Jun 2006 15:05

Thanks for the tips Josh but its too late for the Lavers. Oh well they work just fine. I'll definately practice legovers. Are pickups just the oppisite of legovers? My clippers are pretty good off the right and there coming along off the left.

krumpage · Post by **krumpage** » 14 Jun 2006 15:31

yes pick ups are the opposite of legovers like how you got 2 ways for atw its the same for legover which its opposite is a pickup (pick is in>ou and legover out>in. someone correct me if im wrong.)

lol im glad the lavers work for you. im assuming you got the leather model which means you had to cut out the mesh from the inside that mustve been hard. well if you didnt cut out the mesh in the toe area you could still take off the leather in the toe area. the mod is to make the shoes lighter and for you to be able to feel the bag, but still its the same frame so other than the lighter stuff it should still be a great shoe just like how you said.

have you laced them yet? i got my lacing instructions on my blog but they only work for eight hole shoes. there are plenty of different lacing methods and they help straighten out the sides which gives you more toe area

vettehunter123 · Post by **vettehunter123** » 15 Jun 2006 11:24

Yep I laced em' with shorter laces and have done the lace mod. I hit a pickup today and now I can do pixies. So I guess my (small) bag of tricks would be:

clipper

mirage

pickup

atw

pixie

vettehunter123 · Post by **vettehunter123** » 16 Jun 2006 15:32

ok so today i learned atw's the other way (inside dex i guess) on my right. my pixie sets are looking better along with my clipper. i did a few mirages off my left too. im not sure what its called but i did clipper>mirage today.

im also trying to get some laver twills. i dont know if they will be good for footbag but i might try em'. right now my legs are sore from too many atws.

i might try to get a few of my hacky sack buddies into footbag soon. i need someone to freestyle with. i can't wait for my freeking josh raye bag. its gonna be tight!

i think the best thing for me right now would be to start doing a training regimen daily.

vettehunter123 · Post by **vettehunter123** » 17 Jun 2006 12:07

Holy freeking crap I just got back inside from landing 2 really sloppy butterflys.

The only thing messing me up is planting my left foot before catching the bag in a clipper. Oh yea and I did a legover off my left. pickup=right, legover=left. hmmm weird. I must diversify

Today has been so sweet on top of my new tricks i got my new 12p dog bag in the mail after waiting almost a month! Heres pic's. Sorry if there really big

i love the random color pattern and animal skin

vettehunter123 · Post by **vettehunter123** » 18 Jun 2006 15:55

holy crap my left leg hurts so freeking bad from my long shred yesterday and plus I worked all day. im gonna soak it in warm water so hopefully I can play tomorrow. havent played today cause of me leg but i probably wont be able to resist by the end of the night.i cant wait for my raye bag

vettehunter123 · Post by **vettehunter123** » 18 Jun 2006 20:25

I couldn't help but update this because I should be getting these babys shortly:

LAVER TWILLS. I got them off ebay. I'm' not sure if I will mod them right out of the box but it will be tempting. They will definately beat my old leather ones. I really want my leg to get better so I can shred normal.

vettehunter123 · Post by **vettehunter123** » 19 Jun 2006 17:54

"sort of new" tricks of the day:

butterfly

clipper>same mirage
I made a TINY 12p today about the size of a grape. After messing around with it the floss broke so its about to fall apart. My blind stitch looked a little better than horrible on this one and I might make a 4p tonight. My leg still hurts like a bitch but I played today anyway. Oh yea my garage smells like ass cause something died in it

vettehunter123 · Post by **vettehunter123** » 20 Jun 2006 17:02

Today=good sesh

I hit 6 butterflys(3 consecutive!), a mirage off my left, this thing: right toe>right clipper>left toe> left clipper, and an atw but insted of catching it back on my toe I caught it on the inside.

My motivation now comes from this video ----->Jamison's Guiltless?!

I drilled clippers by stalling then moving my leg up and down and also did a bottle drill for my atw's last night. (Jamieson's advice) I also worked on my kicks for a long time today.

I made a better 12p today. Took me like 3 hours but its my best bag yet although its a bit lopsided.

The leg is feeling a lot better.

I've got drumline tomorrow but after i will definately shred.

vettehunter123 · Post by **vettehunter123** » 22 Jun 2006 20:01

THE RAYE BAG IS HERE. I almost fainted when I pulled it out of the envelope. It is so nice. Perfect colors, perfect weight. I had work and drumline most of the day today so I barely got to play. I'll post pics soon when I can borrow a digital camera. I'm so excited about it.

vettehunter123 · Post by **vettehunter123** » 24 Jun 2006 09:22

Here it is. The Raye bag. Only a few days old.

And again:

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^JOSH RAYE BAG^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

vettehunter123 · Post by **vettehunter123** » 25 Jun 2006 15:55

I got off work today at five and started playing around 6. I hit 2 new moves; ducking and heel delay.I can't seem to grasp illusions yet but I will keep trying them. I also wish I had some local shredders to play with. Playing alone gets lonely.

Everytime I drink a Red Bull and then shred, it feels like I play much better. Maybe its just a coincidence, but Red Bulls are freekin' good anyway.

I can hit these trick consistantly:

Mirage (right)

ATW (right)

Clipper (bs)

Mirage>Clipper(right)

Pixie Set (right)

I can hit these tricks about half of the time

Mirage (left)

ATW(left and in dex on right)

Butterfly (right)

Pickup (bs)

Legover (left)

Pixie Set (left)

Goals:

Get my left foot stronger and practice both sides.

Improve my kicks.

Increase stamina while practicing.

Illusion (bs)

PEACE

vettehunter123 · Post by **vettehunter123** » 26 Jun 2006 17:09

Footbag is fun.