Rory's Journey

SlashC · Post by **SlashC** » 05 Sep 2006 20:54

10:33pm ... turkey and stuffing... The taste of victory!

Well, I won the first round of "Edmonton's Got Talent" tonight. It was a pretty relaxed show put on by a local comedy club. The audience consisted of about 30-40 people including the judges and performers. I was up against a bunch of comedians, a humming group, and a magician. The stage was kinda sketchy at 4feetx8feet. The other thing that sucked was the lack of backstage. I had to just sit there and cool down for 20 minutes before it was my turn to perform. I managed to pull through my improvised routine with about 4 drops. Luckily, the judges had never seen anything like footbag before. The general consensus was that I had "blown them away". After the judge's words, the comedian MC asked me to try and hit my biggest trick. I went ahead and hit clip set symple far pickup. First try. Crowd went craaaaazy. Super adrenaline rush! Awesome evening.

In addition to getting into the finals show at the end of the month, I also get to be on TV thursday morning. I think I might be mentioned on the radio too. I love footbag promo. I'm going to milk it like a cow.

This is the contest website:
http://www.thecomicstrip.ca/talent.asp

and you can check out the video that got me into the show here (edited by kevin and remixed by me):
http://www.footbag.org/gallery/show/9782

Tommorow is the first day of school and I don't even know what classes I'm taking...

Spawn · Post by **Spawn** » 05 Sep 2006 21:03

Holy Crap Rory thats awesome MAJOR PROPS!

X10

qphox · Post by **qphox** » 05 Sep 2006 22:51

You're se secretive! Why do I never know anything about anything!

SlashC · Post by **SlashC** » 12 Sep 2006 20:30

11:49pm... toe salad

stretches
straight leg
bent knee

drills
- ingyro toe > gyro toe > rpt

featherweight
- inmerkon bs
- out datw bs
- diving illusion bs
- 77 contacts toe tiltless

ankle status
n/a (I only used toes)

The Randallizer · Post by **The Randallizer** » 12 Sep 2006 21:41

SlashC wrote:11:49pm... toe salad

Did you hit with using the [crab] add? PRiggity PrizzoPPsz

Oh, and I request diabolo footage!!!!!!!!!!!

!!!!!

Sporatical_Distractions · Post by **Sporatical_Distractions** » 13 Sep 2006 10:13

You're my canadien idol rory. way to rock televisions nation wide.

btw, the most recent shredmonton shirt aris my favorite footbag shirt

toe salad--toe inspinning ducking whirl...hmmmm......maybe.......maybe not.

something's gotta get that name and ShrEdmonton's the group to do it

SlashC · Post by **SlashC** » 16 Sep 2006 22:19

11:49pm... fra tah tah

My shoulder hurts from toe spinning so fast.

stretches
straight leg
bent knee

featherweight
2 minute TOE tiltless run (improv routine) =apprx 115 contacts

ankle status
Who needs ankles anyways?

SlashC · Post by **SlashC** » 17 Sep 2006 11:24

1:06pm... Pictahgrams

PHOTOGRAPHS from my trip to Kelowna:

Ferns - Where's Rory!?

Diabolo Break - Keep it spinning!

Mount Knox - Shredding at the top of the world.

Mount Knox View Point - Beautiful

"Don't go chasing waterfalls..." blah blah blah. I'm all about waterfalls.

Gaurdian of the bridge - I just about fell into the waterfall.

Cave Shelter - Where's RORY!!?

Mountain Man - I love tree climbing.

Sail Fountain - I made $3 shredding in Kelowna's mardi gras festival.

SET > SAME or OP OUT [DEX] > OP CLIP [XBD] [DEL]

Columbia Icefields - Where's Rory!? There he is!!!

Glacier View - "Don't leave designated path areas, or you will die in the crevase."

Car Swimming - Has anyone seen the highway?

Spawn · Post by **Spawn** » 17 Sep 2006 19:01

That some kick ass Photos Rory; The Mount Knox view point is probly my favorite.

QuantumBalance · Post by **QuantumBalance** » 17 Sep 2006 20:33

Crzy d00d, that 2nd to last photo. I've been there.. .... 6 years ago.. I just rememberd.

mc · Post by mc » 17 Sep 2006 23:09

Rory, awesome job with the talent competition, and beautiful pictures. Good page

SlashC · Post by **SlashC** » 19 Sep 2006 21:03

10:42... shirley temple

I can't decide on a song for my routine!

stretches
straight leg
bent knee

drills
- butterfly > stepping ss clipper > rpt

- xbd rake > inspinning toe > rpt
- ss symple legover x 5 > symple legover x 5 > rpt
- dlo x 3 > ss dlo x 3 > dlo x 3 bs

featherweight
- 2 minutes of toe stuff again (routine prep)
- muted fairy xbd rake bs
- muted pixie xbd rake bs
- muted pixie ducking xbd rake into a fake plant (I found it wedged between two tiny branches! Sealed!)
- double switchover > double switchover

ankle status
I accidentally broke my clipper fast and practised some stupid stuff for like an hour. I think I'll be feeling it tommorow.

I made a short video of my pear style!

http://www.footbag.org/gallery/show/10045

I'm going to win the everything!

The Randallizer · Post by **The Randallizer** » 20 Sep 2006 11:43

diabolo video

SlashC · Post by **SlashC** » 24 Sep 2006 09:55

11:54 am... EIEIEO no shooooes for you.

I landed a toe stall with a ping pong ball.

hacksterbator · Post by **hacksterbator** » 26 Sep 2006 19:22

SlashC wrote: toe stall with a ping pong ball.

huge props, that's hard!

SlashC · Post by **SlashC** » 14 Oct 2006 21:13

10:54pm ... mandarin orange fest

I was large and in charge tonight. Massive sesh-on

stretches
No stretches!

drills
- toe ss drifter > ss pickup > rpt
- toe whirl > drifter > dlo > rpt
- toe drifter > whirl > dlo > rpt
- world war 1 (whirl > pdx whirl > rpt)
- whirl > blur > rpt
- pdx drifter > drifter > rpt

featherweight
- pixie osis bsos
- torque bs
- ducking symposium mirage bs
- smoke bsos in a run (smoke > blur for sauce)
- whirl > ripwalk bsos
- assasin > toe blur > assasin > toe blur (drop)
- dimwalk > stepping ss mirage bsos
- phoenix > ducking pdx symposium mirage
- phoenix > spinning ducking osis
- the other phoenix > spinning ducking butterfly > ps whirl (drop) DOH!
- phoenix > blurry drifter > ps whirl (drop) DOH!
- alpine fairybeater
- phoenix > blur > rpt to start a run
- pixie ss dlo > pixie ss dlo (to end the sesh-on. First triple triple)

BOUNCE BOUNCE BOUNCE. (I'm caffeinated)

Sporatical_Distractions · Post by **Sporatical_Distractions** » 22 Oct 2006 19:37

sen · Post by **sen** » 22 Oct 2006 22:44

I was watching Breakfast Telivision this morning and they had the girl who won the second round of Edmonton's Got Talent on. In my opinion she was horrible. Oh, and they mentioned you too! The women talking to the singer was talking about the tough competition she'll being against in the final.

SlashC · Post by **SlashC** » 27 Oct 2006 22:52

"You know you've drank too much freckled lemonade when you start peeing strawberries."

SlashC · Post by **SlashC** » 28 Oct 2006 22:11

11:48pm ... weird five fruit combo trip

No more midterms no more pork! No more babies in the stork!

stretches
stretches fletches

drills
(ss clip > op clip) x a zillion
ss clipper > ducking clipper > rpt
diving clipper > op clipper > rpt
spinning clipper > op clipper > rpt
ss clipper > osis > rpt
ss clipper > stepping clipper > ss clipper > op clipper > rpt
ss clipper > whirl > op clipper > rpt
ss clipper > pdx whirl > rpt
pdx drifter > op clipper > rpt
toe whirl > drifter > dlo > rpt
ducking clipper > gyro mirage > rpt
spinning clipper > gyro clip > rpt
ripwalk > spinning butterfly > rpt
ss butterfly x 3 > butterfly x 3 > rpt
dimwalk > symposium pdx mirage > rpt
(ducking butterfly > ducking pdx mirage) x 4
phoenix > ducking pdx mirage > rpt

featherweight
- phoenix > matador bs
- 27 contacts into shred30 (174.8 score)
- dropless 2 minute routine (cowboy bebop TANK!)... usually averaged about 2-3 drops/routine... not too bad.
- ducking butterfly > ducking pdx mirage > rpt > phoenix > blur > legbeater > ripwalk (8 tripless.. record?)
- rubberman > ..string.. > phoenix > blurry whirl (roll off foot) to finish the session

I made a 12 panel footbag!

http://www.footbag.org/gallery/show/10285