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2 sounds like a plan.

Josh: If ur comin' and ur gonna help me with my lavers, should i still bring a knife?
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2 sounds good to me too.

I just had this brilliant idea though!
Picture: official F.A.T. footbag DVD!

I was just thinking how awesome it would be to get tons of handheld footage of all of you guys to put together a Hackrifice 2004-esque DVD, including the KICKASS project...maybe even in the exact same black and white style I used for my 2004 video.

It would be ideal -- if you guys were interested -- to somehow come up with a trade-off filming strategy. I always tried to imagine how that would work...like in a big circle, passing the camera around. That kind of ruins the groove, though, and I hate that. Any ideas? There is nothing worse than "tripod" footage -- I don't even bother trying to edit tripod footage...I just slap together clips to a song. Maybe Camille, the video expert, has some ideas? ;)
If it comes down to it I will sacrifice shred to film by hand a handful of sessions...but I would so much rather play with you guys (and be in the video :p)

I thought I would share; I'm excited to make another DVD.
I'm also seriously considering making a REALLY in-depth tricks-of-the-trade-esque video when I plan to refilm all the move demos at Christmas with my Hackrifice crew. Thinking of voice dubbing trick tips over multiple slow-mos and stuff...a DVD (or 2 (or 3 -- however many it takes)) of every single trick. This I would make a bunch of copies of and give to new players. Every time someone tells me they learned stuff from Hackrifice.com I'm so happy and surprised, and at the same time I feel really bad that we don't even have 2 add videos on there (or really REALLY bad ones with really bad form (me)).

Anyway, 2 sounds good to me.
I'm kind of sick so maybe I will have to just film -- that would work out.




What's the active F.A.T. roster?
Adam
Josh
Mike
Alex
Camille

I feel like I'm forgetting someone really important...am I? There must be more.

(Oh...I also had this cool idea a couples nights ago, while unable to sleep, of doing a mini F.A.T. website from Hackrifice.com...I'm not sure if that would be useful in anyway, but it could be fun. I'm still here for over half a year.)
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That sounds like a really cool idea Erik!!

I had some ideas on how we could film it without messing up the rythem of the circle.

- We could have one person as a designated camera man per run around the circle. So they miss thier turn, but it would go smoother in terms of footage and such. This person would rotate so in the end everyone has been camera man.

- Each player worth filming (everyone except me!! :D ) would say if they are gonna do something worth filming, then the person that went right before them would start filming. Im thinking that if we did it this way, there may be some extra pressure on players to do well, and that may not be good for the video.

Well, those are my thoughts on it, but I think its a great idea in general.

The in-depth videos on certain tricks might work out, but im not sure how the pressure on the players would be. Perhaps for that, it would be better to just edit out certain clips in the freehand freestyle videos. Maybe?

As for the website, it could be a way to get toronto Footbaggers into the group, and maybe there are some others smaller groups out there...who knows? Currently we have a crappy contact list at Footbag.org right? and this forum. Perhaps a website could help us with making better scheduling and a place to host videos. If we have enough support, we could make it almost like a mini Flipsider.com, with information on everything about footbag. Im thinking that could be cool.

Well anyway, we seem to have some big plans for the future, and i for one would love to be a part of it.

See you guys at 2!
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Post by Lackey82 »

You forgot you, Erik!

Hahahaha...

Alex: I'll bring a good knife and some other tools, don't worry about that at all!

Edit: There is another guy who is psyched to start playing with FAT. His name is Josh (easy to remember) and I've e-mailed him and talked about him coming out to meetings. I doubt he'll be in for today, but at any rate, I thought it should be mentioned!
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Active Fat Members
Joshua Lackey
Mike Faille
Camille Surovy
Alex (whats your last name dude?)
Erik Chan
Adam Greenwood
Billy?
Andrew?

I miss Taishi...... :(

See ya'll at 2. Mike....bring your tune creation device.
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My last names Venis...i'll add that into my sig soon nuff...
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Awesome Ideas, Erik! Lets discuss at the session today.

Add Sam to the FAT list.

I will bring my cd player. Everyone bring CDs if they want.
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If only I wasn't trapped in the Dirty 'Shwa I could be active with you guys. At least I've got the beginnings of a little Oshawa crew going. And nobody got back to me on Worlds?
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Right-o, great sesh, but i got a question for ye guys.

Aiight, so i got an extra pair of Lavers, 10.5, and i was wondering if any of u guys wanted dibs on buying 'em. I have a topic goin' on right now, but if anyone u guys want 'em its no prob..preferred too...less shipping :)
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Hey Toronto! I just wanted to personally invite you all to the event in Rochester on New Year's eve. Adam, Erik, Camille, Mike, Lackey, and anyone else I forgot, I (we) would love it if you all came. I really really enjoyed seeing you at KICKASS and I want to do it again. That event was so much fun that it is my model of what a footbag event should be. Company-wise especially.

Rochester and Toronto are so close together that we should be a tighter group of people anyway. It's going to be a tight-knit event... and those kinds of footbag get-togethers are often the best. Please let me know. I promise you won't forget it.
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Chris: I would love to come out Rochester, but I think we (Canadians) will need our passports to get into the States any time after X-mas or something. I don't have one yet... Also, no one in FAT ownes a car :cry: so simple road trips are expensive for us. That being said, maybe we can work some holiday magic and figure someting out.

Andrew: Worlds would be a blast! I can't plan that far ahead though.
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Oh, well I don't have a passport either, but I will be back home in Winnipeg shredding with my home boys at Christmas (expect some Hackrifice footage of Grant and Vandall!...(and Rory Dawson!)). Otherwise I would have loved to come...

I'd love to hit more tournaments now that Toronto is not in the middle of nowhere like where I'm used to, especially since I've actually been playing lately. Now if only I could get over this stupid flu. I developed a fever at work today and work at 7 in the morning tomorrow :(
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Hi Toronto-ites. I'm eagerly anticipating my last exam on the 16th since it marks the beginning of my Christmas break. I will be in Toronto after that and I'm looking forward to shredding with you all. I want to shred lots during my break.

For Greenwood, here's your new footbag. Start getting excited!!
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See you soon!
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Post by Langstaff »

Hey guys, starting January (27th?) you need a passport to travel by AIR across the border. But I'm pretty sure that you won't need one to cross the border by land or sea until 2008. So driving or busing it down could be an option for some. Is there gonna be a session this coming Sunday? Cause I may be down to join in if there is :D
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I would loooove to play on Sunday if I'm over my flu. I work until 3:30-ish though...anyone wanna play a bit later than usual?
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I may see if my friend Cassy wants to come on Sunday, she seems to have the most potential in Oshawa that I know of so far, and I explained to her how cool I think the people in Toronto I've met are. I'm sure it'd help her to meet more freestylers other than myself. I'd also like to meet more people! So many of you that I haven't witnessed yet. Hopefully there can be a good turn out this weekend!
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Post by BuckRuckus »

That's cool that your're recruiting players in Oshawa, Andrew! Keep it up! I'll be out of town for the next 2 sunday shreds, but I hope this regular session thing stays alive until I get back. I think it's just what Toronto needs to have a flourishing scene.
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I <3 peng. This is the second time I've bought a pengbag...but last time I lost it on the subway within a week of getting it. :( Hoping for better luck this time. :)

Anyway. I'll be kickin on sunday....as usual.
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