Chicago Inner Circle (CIC)

CIC flurry · Post by **CIC flurry** » 16 Jul 2006 21:44

Navy Pier Session Review
Freddy, Kudo, Reile, Zeke, Meinard, CJ Al and Tom.

We went inside to avoid the heat. Cold AC! Nice carpet. Beautiful view of the lake.

Good 4 square. Later we roped off the king square with those ropes they use for lines at banks and movie theatre lines. You could spike from above the rope but still play below it. Great rule!
Later the guys played net with the ropes.
Later later we jumped over the ropes. for distance. for creativeness. with somersaults. SO FUN!

Also there was this beach ball thingy that was pretty fun to kick around.

Freestyled with Al. He's getting pretty solid. I'm excited about him coming back and progressing in freestyle.

Zeke · Post by **Zeke** » 17 Jul 2006 09:00

What makes a shred session a CIC session? Well, obviously you'll need several club members supplimented with some local kickers. Food. Great food is always a plus. Shitloads of goofing around and nonsense. Sundays session was 2 out of 3. The food was ok, and it was seriously over priced. Other than that if was perfect. Still lots of fun, though. Probably the most fun I've ever had at the pier.

Reile and I were driving around downtown for 45 minutes for (free) street parking. It was getting quite frustrating but at least we were in an airconditioned rental since his van was in the shop. We decided that we'll just go ahead and park in a lot and pay $25

. We drive up to the lot closest to the pier and notice a open space right before the entrance. SCORE

We parked and hooked up with Freddy and Kudo outside the pier. I talked a bit with CJ who was working outside in an ice cream stand. He would be getting off in an hour and a half and meet up with us later. Tom arrives and we walked inside to check for a spot in the Crystal Gardens atrium. We hacked there and waited for a few more people to show up. Tony calls and I guide him to the spot. Al called soon after and get him to the spot as well.

We grab all our stuff and walked over to the convention halls in the middle of the pier, on the floor above the Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows. Freddy and I dropped off our bags and headed back to the front of the pier to get some food while the others set up my rope 4-square court. They taped down the ends to the carpet since we couldnt use the spikes. It was a long and crowded walk back to the food court. I hate crowded areas. I would have just walked outside if it wasn't so hot. Everything is expen$ive at the pier. They make so much off tourists. The only cheap place to eat is at McDonalds... screw that. I got a turkey sub at a deli and asked freddy to get me some seasoned curly fries at the place he ordered at. Already screwed over one of my monthly goals. I called CJ since he was about to get off work and he told me that he still had to clean up and would meet us back at the spot.

Freddy and I make the long walk back to see a game of squares already in progress. CJ shows up not long after with someone who I thought was his sister and it turns out to be his mom (

) We started playing squares and not long after someone proposed that we use a beachball we found in the hallway. This is where the fun began for me. In one of the first plays the ball was kicked above and slighty behind Kudo and he flat out missed it with an outside kick. "YOU MISSED!!! HOW DID YOU MISS?!?!?!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. I ended up on the floor cuz I was laughing so hard (first of many this session). In another game I tried blasting Freddy with the ball to make it bounce out-of-bounds. He just stood there and grunted and it came right back to me. I blasted him again and he gave another half-assed grunt as he just stood there and returned it. A third try, BANG! Yet another grunt From Freddy and I found the ball bouncing off him at a bad angle which I kicked out of bounds. What a kill, he did absolutely nothing and I got out!

We tried several rules with the beach ball too. Spike after 4 contacts and spikes allowed but only with a knee. With the knee spike rule on Tom and I both tried a flying knee spike at the same high pass. We met in the air as our knees both glanced off the beach ball and our shins collided. Thank fully it didn't hurt but I wish it had been captured on camera, it probably looked cool as hell.

Later we roped off the king square with those ropes they use for lines at banks and movie theatre lines. You could spike from above the rope but still play below it. Great rule!

This was SO fun. It was surprising to see how many legal passes below the line went uncontested! It just seemed like it took defenders longer to proccess. Spiking on purpose is way more difficult than it looks but I did manage to get a few good flying knees and a few sloppy scuffs over the line. We stretched the ropes across the center of the 4S court and played doubles net. There were quite a few good rallies, defensive plays and some nasty spikes. I think I played well with both Reile and Meinard as my partners but had the most fun with Freddy on my team. Kudo was suddenly on fire and single handedly took us apart. We rallied back to massacre them the next game, 15-3 with Fredward scoring like a machine.

Too bad Reile's camra broke again. I would have liked to have seen jumping footage. It's not something I could explain... you would have to have been there to see some of the funny/amazing stuff. Oh, and what's a true CIC session without a game of CROTCHFIRE? Al joined me and Reile for a quick game, none of us got hit but I did manage to fart all over Reiles head. What a great day

quadgun · Post by **quadgun** » 17 Jul 2006 09:28

*tear*

CIC flurry · Post by **CIC flurry** » 18 Jul 2006 21:08

Please post if you're down with a Friday night session @ Wrigley Building.
I will give directions when the sesh is confirmed.

Oroza · Post by **Oroza** » 18 Jul 2006 21:29

train?, is it lit at night? ill come, i think the twins are coming too

hackeysnacker · Post by **hackeysnacker** » 18 Jul 2006 22:30

yeah there's decent lighting there, I plan on coming

CIC flurry · Post by **CIC flurry** » 19 Jul 2006 01:14

The lighting is titsola. We used to kick here all the time. This is where we kicked when Erik Chan came thru.

The passerbys are abundant, and sometimes funny.

xXLoss_of_ControlXx · Post by **xXLoss_of_ControlXx** » 19 Jul 2006 09:01

ill see...

The Actual Sized E · Post by **The Actual Sized E** » 19 Jul 2006 16:43

I'll be there fo sho.

Tim might come out too

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quadgun · Post by **quadgun** » 19 Jul 2006 20:01

The Actual Sized E wrote:I'll be there fo sho.

Tim might come out too ......................

you lucky lucky people

i explained footbag to my physical therapist a couple of days ago ...
and then i told her today that i was trying some clipper stalls ... and she yelled at me ... i just couldnt resist

CIC flurry · Post by **CIC flurry** » 19 Jul 2006 21:41

Tim?! We gotta make it happen. If R and I are down then we're confirmed.

Kam-Kam, you'll be back in the game soon. Dexless baby. Physical therapy in the circle!

K. So I'll post up a time and address/directions tomorrow. 7 pm or later most likely.

ObArA'BaRs · Post by **ObArA'BaRs** » 19 Jul 2006 22:49

Ill see if i can make it. I really want to. Is the lighting pretty bright there? My night vision has gottin worst so i really need some light

JeffRichards · Post by **JeffRichards** » 20 Jul 2006 05:44

same here. if your going chris im down

JeffRichards · Post by **JeffRichards** » 20 Jul 2006 15:35

got my wisdom teeth pulled....dont think im down anymore.

CIC flurry · Post by **CIC flurry** » 20 Jul 2006 16:44

CIC flurry wrote:The lighting is titsola.

Kicking begins @ 8pm.
Location 400 N. Michigan
Map
Pics

Directions: Red line to Grand stop. Then walk a few blocks. The spot is on the elevated part of Michigan Avenue. Next to the river.

stay on grand. go 2 blocks east.
pass Rush and go upstairs to Michigan Ave
turn right walk 2 blocks south
Passed Walgreens and before bridge

The Actual Sized E · Post by **The Actual Sized E** » 20 Jul 2006 17:36

I finally found where Tim's been hiding! No wonder he was so hard to find, he's been hanging out on this root beer box:

I guess he decided to grow the other half in.

Bottom photo by Dat Phan

Not-so-ripped Warrior · Post by **Not-so-ripped Warrior** » 20 Jul 2006 19:20

HAHAHA that's awesome

hackeysnacker · Post by **hackeysnacker** » 21 Jul 2006 09:35

Chris and I will be at the Wrigley building by around 7 PM

CIC flurry · Post by **CIC flurry** » 21 Jul 2006 15:14

We're not going to Wrigley building because of the rain.

Josh, Chris, Reile and I will be kicking by jefferson park instead. In the tunnel towards the blue line.

HG · Post by HG » 21 Jul 2006 17:06

1 week!