It was awesome getting a chance to meet you at NYJ, I really hope that you don't quit. I also hope you feel better soon- being sick sucks.
I think I sent you a PM, please respond when things settle down and you get a chance. Thanks.
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David we miss you!!!
David,
I read that you are feeling a little down; well, I just want to let you know that Scott and I were talking about how much we miss you earlier today. When are you coming back to us? Go crazy or quit, we'll still love you.
Aidan
I read that you are feeling a little down; well, I just want to let you know that Scott and I were talking about how much we miss you earlier today. When are you coming back to us? Go crazy or quit, we'll still love you.
Aidan
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hmm, prolly got it from kissing all of those people "like us" at the NYJ. hehe. Really though. Don't give up on footbag because then it would be much harder to destroy you in a 1-1 rap battle of manhood; we'd see each other even less that we do already, which isn't enough. But if you do, I make a good net partner. What, you're 19 already? That's a bit over your "prime" freestyle age.
My name: Jeremy Mirken, AKA Chocolatey Shatner, AKA jerk enemy rim.
I kick it with trunk chef elf and liz luck key my.
I kick it with trunk chef elf and liz luck key my.
They can take a blood sample, and tell you if you have mono. I went to the doctor yesterday. Turns out I have Pneumonia. From what it sounds so many people are getting sick from nyj. Anyway rest up, and enjoy yourself.
"...You have to get, really, practice, like eight hours every day. Then you get good level and then you can compete....There is no money, so players are like big family and that is what I -like" -Vasek-
Reid Strellner
Reid Strellner
So even though I said that I would take a break from modified and all that I kinda can't because I'm bed ridden and I can't do anything physical. So I guess I'll take advantage of this time to blog NYJ so that later on when I'm all old I can look at this and remember everything.
My NYJ trip started basically when I first heard about the event. I didn’t really plan on going at all. I was kinda short on money and didn’t have much of a reason. But as the event attendees list grew and with some financial assistance from the CIC boys, I knew I couldn’t miss this jam. So the tickets were bought and the plan was made.
I got back from North Carolina the day before I left for Chicago. We got home and I didn’t even bother unpacking. I felt like I was living the life of some kind of sponsored athlete. For once lol. So the next morning I woke up at 4:00, ate cheerios with sliced bananas, and got in the car with my dad.
The airport is 1.5 hours away. There are closer ones but the prices are much more expensive. So we got to the airport super early and I got in line for security with some orange juice I bought. But I was soon told that this orange juice threatened national security, and I tossed it on the way through. A weird thing happened as I passed through the gates. The man behind me was having some sort of issue with his laptop. Turns out he was their lucky “random searchâ€
My NYJ trip started basically when I first heard about the event. I didn’t really plan on going at all. I was kinda short on money and didn’t have much of a reason. But as the event attendees list grew and with some financial assistance from the CIC boys, I knew I couldn’t miss this jam. So the tickets were bought and the plan was made.
I got back from North Carolina the day before I left for Chicago. We got home and I didn’t even bother unpacking. I felt like I was living the life of some kind of sponsored athlete. For once lol. So the next morning I woke up at 4:00, ate cheerios with sliced bananas, and got in the car with my dad.
The airport is 1.5 hours away. There are closer ones but the prices are much more expensive. So we got to the airport super early and I got in line for security with some orange juice I bought. But I was soon told that this orange juice threatened national security, and I tossed it on the way through. A weird thing happened as I passed through the gates. The man behind me was having some sort of issue with his laptop. Turns out he was their lucky “random searchâ€
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I think people from the east coast are brought up on their own (New York) style of pizza a lot just as we are brought up on our stuffed pizza here. I know if I ate thin ass, jakota ass, jerry curl ass pizza from the east coast I might not appreciate it because of the difference. 
That's cuz I grew up on these big cheese cakes of pizza here.
We can't be good judges. Steve Goldberg loved it.
That's cuz I grew up on these big cheese cakes of pizza here.We can't be good judges. Steve Goldberg loved it.
Day 1 was my worst day of shred . Oh and reid, hes money. you got the idea
Keep on writin, i like reading what people think of jams i go to so i can compare, y'know?
Keep on writin, i like reading what people think of jams i go to so i can compare, y'know?
JSACK wrote:alright well me and obara'bars, shredded our dicks off, since we are both in high school, obviously there is some sort of talent show
So I’m feeling a bit better latley. Still averaging about 13 hours of sleep a day. W00t! Alright, back to the NYJ trip.
Day 2.
I awoke next to a resting baby (dat). I untangled from my mess of sheets and peered through the darkness at the glowing red numbers from the clock. 8:00. I quickly did some mental math as I put my bare feet on the hotel carpet. 9 hours of sleep. I smiled realizing this was probably a record for footbag tournaments. I looked at rory and Jessica in the bed next to me still sound asleep. For a brief second I really wanted a girlfriend to experience footbag trips with.
I got out of bed and stretched a little on the floor. Chicago goodness fell through the partly open curtains onto the floor. My roommates stirred as I threw on some shorts and riffled through my clothes. I realized that since dinner last night I hadn’t eaten anything. I unwrapped a granola bar and ate it as everyone started to stir.
Dat told me I could get some cereal upstairs, so I walked up to the suite and was greeted by a lot of people who were already up. They were gathered around a table, a mountain of pancakes had just been put down by Tom. It was super nice to grab a pancake and eat it for free. The best part of this tournament was the generosity of everyone. If you found something on the counter you could most likely have a bit without anyone getting anal. It was really cool. Zeke was working the griddle pumping out pancakes and I sat on the floor and enjoyed some decent breakfast.
I later headed back down to the room, showered I think, and got everything ready. I then headed down to the event. It was early when I got there, and I watched some people warm up as I listened to my Ipod. I talked to Carlos, a relatively new player who I recognized from modified. He seemed pretty cool and really excited about freestyle. He was always asking me about combos and stuff, and he shredded for a long time everyday. There were a lot of new players just like him, who never seemed to sit down.
My first circle of the day was perhaps the best one of the tournament. In fact it wasn’t really even a circle, because it was just me and jorden. So the best “lineâ€
Day 2.
I awoke next to a resting baby (dat). I untangled from my mess of sheets and peered through the darkness at the glowing red numbers from the clock. 8:00. I quickly did some mental math as I put my bare feet on the hotel carpet. 9 hours of sleep. I smiled realizing this was probably a record for footbag tournaments. I looked at rory and Jessica in the bed next to me still sound asleep. For a brief second I really wanted a girlfriend to experience footbag trips with.
I got out of bed and stretched a little on the floor. Chicago goodness fell through the partly open curtains onto the floor. My roommates stirred as I threw on some shorts and riffled through my clothes. I realized that since dinner last night I hadn’t eaten anything. I unwrapped a granola bar and ate it as everyone started to stir.
Dat told me I could get some cereal upstairs, so I walked up to the suite and was greeted by a lot of people who were already up. They were gathered around a table, a mountain of pancakes had just been put down by Tom. It was super nice to grab a pancake and eat it for free. The best part of this tournament was the generosity of everyone. If you found something on the counter you could most likely have a bit without anyone getting anal. It was really cool. Zeke was working the griddle pumping out pancakes and I sat on the floor and enjoyed some decent breakfast.
I later headed back down to the room, showered I think, and got everything ready. I then headed down to the event. It was early when I got there, and I watched some people warm up as I listened to my Ipod. I talked to Carlos, a relatively new player who I recognized from modified. He seemed pretty cool and really excited about freestyle. He was always asking me about combos and stuff, and he shredded for a long time everyday. There were a lot of new players just like him, who never seemed to sit down.
My first circle of the day was perhaps the best one of the tournament. In fact it wasn’t really even a circle, because it was just me and jorden. So the best “lineâ€
david
So as I talked tonight to some kids I realized that a main part of my evolution as a freestyler in the wee begginings was Allan Haggett. Allan used to talk to me for hours, and all I had to say was all these stupid newb combos that for him were the stuff he warmed up with.
I would rush to my computer to tell him about paradon>spinning osis, or my first pdx. whirl. He would always have advice for me and was just a really cool guy to a newbie freestyler. He taught me other stuff too. I think he was the first vegetarian I ever really talked to as well.
Anyway the point is I was just a 15 year old newb and he was really cool to someone who to most would have just been a bother. And sometimes I think about me being the Allan to someone else. A lot of people tell me stuff on aim, but I think now I will take a more active interest and seek to help them out more. They are walking down the path I walked down not long ago.
So thanks Allan if your reading this, because I wouldn't be busting how I am without you, and without a lot of other people. It's funny because we still haven't met.
dc
I would rush to my computer to tell him about paradon>spinning osis, or my first pdx. whirl. He would always have advice for me and was just a really cool guy to a newbie freestyler. He taught me other stuff too. I think he was the first vegetarian I ever really talked to as well.
Anyway the point is I was just a 15 year old newb and he was really cool to someone who to most would have just been a bother. And sometimes I think about me being the Allan to someone else. A lot of people tell me stuff on aim, but I think now I will take a more active interest and seek to help them out more. They are walking down the path I walked down not long ago.
So thanks Allan if your reading this, because I wouldn't be busting how I am without you, and without a lot of other people. It's funny because we still haven't met.
dc
david
January 13, 2007
It is not uncommon for pro sporting events to make me think about my life and footbag and how it all relates. I sat through my first ever full NFL game tonight with my dad, watching the Eagles lose. I'm not a football fan, and if it wasn't for the fact that the Eagles are based 1 hour from my home, I would have been content stitching or chatting online. But I watched because it hit a little closer to home.
Watching things like pro football makes me feel weird. Weird because if you could measure heart, dedication, and all those other factors that make athletes, I might tie some of those guys. And I'm sure someone like Vasek would blow them out of the water.
It is funny that these guys live in mansions and Vasek (im assuming) lives in a normal house. I know no footbag players who are "rolling in it". And it just seems unfair. Not for my sake, but for those people who have dedicated their lives and their physical well being to the game.
It says a lot when you play a sport no one knows about. Anyone who plays footbag does it for the love of the game really. Yea sure maybe it's fun to get props and all, but when it boils down to it you have to love freestyle to be good. It's funny because a lot of kids on this site, and a lot of people who are probably reading this, don't know whats up. I get the vibe a lot of people think being good is luck. Not luck, but that it was just natural talent and it all "just clicked". There is no luck and no secret, it's just lots and lots of time.
I watched some Rodney Mullen footage after Reid posted it and I really enjoyed it. It made me want to get creative. But for some reason when I session I just can't break my mold. I just want to do the big stuff, and when I try to sit down and invent something I really can't. It's funny because I always said "ok, I'll get really good, and then I'll invent shit." Well, now im alright at freestyle and I can't invent a single trick. I don't know.
Meh, this was all disconnected and I just kind of wrote it from my head.
dc
It is not uncommon for pro sporting events to make me think about my life and footbag and how it all relates. I sat through my first ever full NFL game tonight with my dad, watching the Eagles lose. I'm not a football fan, and if it wasn't for the fact that the Eagles are based 1 hour from my home, I would have been content stitching or chatting online. But I watched because it hit a little closer to home.
Watching things like pro football makes me feel weird. Weird because if you could measure heart, dedication, and all those other factors that make athletes, I might tie some of those guys. And I'm sure someone like Vasek would blow them out of the water.
It is funny that these guys live in mansions and Vasek (im assuming) lives in a normal house. I know no footbag players who are "rolling in it". And it just seems unfair. Not for my sake, but for those people who have dedicated their lives and their physical well being to the game.
It says a lot when you play a sport no one knows about. Anyone who plays footbag does it for the love of the game really. Yea sure maybe it's fun to get props and all, but when it boils down to it you have to love freestyle to be good. It's funny because a lot of kids on this site, and a lot of people who are probably reading this, don't know whats up. I get the vibe a lot of people think being good is luck. Not luck, but that it was just natural talent and it all "just clicked". There is no luck and no secret, it's just lots and lots of time.
I watched some Rodney Mullen footage after Reid posted it and I really enjoyed it. It made me want to get creative. But for some reason when I session I just can't break my mold. I just want to do the big stuff, and when I try to sit down and invent something I really can't. It's funny because I always said "ok, I'll get really good, and then I'll invent shit." Well, now im alright at freestyle and I can't invent a single trick. I don't know.
Meh, this was all disconnected and I just kind of wrote it from my head.
dc
david
The only pro sport I ever watch is the NBA, and I've often thought the same thing you were talking about. Some athletes undeniably play hard every night and obviously became that good because of passion (AI, Steve Nash), while others are only there because of size (Olowokandi), or totally underachieve 90% of the time (Tim Thomas, Darius Miles, Stromile Swift). I watch the underachievers make money and wonder how far they'd get in footbag, with no financial incentive. I watch AI consistently dominate physically stronger opponents all the time, and wonder how good he'd get at shred if he loved footbag as much as he loves basketball.
Ultimately, there's only so much you can control. If AI were born 200 years ago, he wouldn't have had a chance to play basketball, because it wasn't invented. I'm sure there are thousands of people who would fall in love with footbag and be great at it, but are poor and live in rural China and will never get a chance to play. What I'm driving at is that we're really pretty lucky. Will our passion for footbag ever be rewarded the same way athletes in pro sports are? Probably not. Are we lucky that we were born in a time and place where footbag exists? Are we lucky that we are young enough, healthy enough, and financially well-off enough that we had a chance to play it?
I may never make as much money as Adonal Foyle, but I play footbag; I love it, and I feel lucky everyday that I've had the good fortune to have found something I love this much.
Ultimately, there's only so much you can control. If AI were born 200 years ago, he wouldn't have had a chance to play basketball, because it wasn't invented. I'm sure there are thousands of people who would fall in love with footbag and be great at it, but are poor and live in rural China and will never get a chance to play. What I'm driving at is that we're really pretty lucky. Will our passion for footbag ever be rewarded the same way athletes in pro sports are? Probably not. Are we lucky that we were born in a time and place where footbag exists? Are we lucky that we are young enough, healthy enough, and financially well-off enough that we had a chance to play it?
I may never make as much money as Adonal Foyle, but I play footbag; I love it, and I feel lucky everyday that I've had the good fortune to have found something I love this much.
just have fun. if you just want to hit the "big stuff" today... so be it. imaginative inspiration will hit you when you least expect it, don't push it. Also, you have broken the mold. Each and everyone of us has at one point or another. The sport is freestyle footbag. Every run you do is unique. it is your style, and your game. In a session, as long as you improvise a run, letting your body and your subconscious take over you have been creative.
"...You have to get, really, practice, like eight hours every day. Then you get good level and then you can compete....There is no money, so players are like big family and that is what I -like" -Vasek-
Reid Strellner
Reid Strellner
Hey,
So I've been stitching a lot latley and the turnout is great. I was thinking about opening a for sale page but I don't really want to do that quite yet. I'm happy selling bags at tournaments and people seem to like them so that's good. But right now I have 4 bags done and no tournaments for a while, so I am going to post one of them here. You can purchase it.
Colors: Light green and purple
Attributes: Very soft, medium gather
Expected turnout: A floppier bag, medium size
Weight: About 58 grams. On the heavy side.
Prediction: With right break in will turn out great. Have used this color before with good results. Stitching pretty clean. Colors will last if washed often and taken care of. About 1 week break in for prime playing. Dense filler (lead) with some special mix for a nice feel.
Price: $25 + $2 shipping.
My bags have been used for:
- east coast championships 1st place
- finals of nyj circle contest
- finals of cornell circle contest
- cornell 1st place rippin run
And that's just off the top of my head.
I replace any bag that sucks.
First PM gets it.
Thanks,
DC
So I've been stitching a lot latley and the turnout is great. I was thinking about opening a for sale page but I don't really want to do that quite yet. I'm happy selling bags at tournaments and people seem to like them so that's good. But right now I have 4 bags done and no tournaments for a while, so I am going to post one of them here. You can purchase it.
Colors: Light green and purple
Attributes: Very soft, medium gather
Expected turnout: A floppier bag, medium size
Weight: About 58 grams. On the heavy side.
Prediction: With right break in will turn out great. Have used this color before with good results. Stitching pretty clean. Colors will last if washed often and taken care of. About 1 week break in for prime playing. Dense filler (lead) with some special mix for a nice feel.
Price: $25 + $2 shipping.
My bags have been used for:
- east coast championships 1st place
- finals of nyj circle contest
- finals of cornell circle contest
- cornell 1st place rippin run
And that's just off the top of my head.
I replace any bag that sucks.
First PM gets it.
Thanks,
DC
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try atomic symp whirling swirl
try furious merlin
try blazing ps egg
try quantum whirling swirl
try zulu whirling swirl (or symp version)
. . . if you want to invent or be the first.
try furious merlin
try blazing ps egg
try quantum whirling swirl
try zulu whirling swirl (or symp version)
. . . if you want to invent or be the first.
My name: Jeremy Mirken, AKA Chocolatey Shatner, AKA jerk enemy rim.
I kick it with trunk chef elf and liz luck key my.
I kick it with trunk chef elf and liz luck key my.