Do you remove canvas?

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Do you remove canvas?

Yes
31
70%
No
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30%
 
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xndru
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Post by xndru »

Less rubber, lighter shoe
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Post by calex »

Rob wrote:Makes your shoes lighter. Eli says it adds more cushion too but I'd have to try it before I made any decisions about that.
Haha you call him Eli. That is what everyone in Austin calls him. I don't know when the switch came about.
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Post by HooD »

I made a tutorial for anyone that is wanting to remove the underlying canvas.

http://hood.012webpages.com/Living%20Ro ... moval.html
More C4 please <3
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Post by ebo »

wow hood, nice modding tutorials!

Tutorials shoudl always be like this.

Props.
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Post by C-Fan »

The only reason you want to remove the canvas from your shoes is so you can feel the bag on your foot better. The weight difference is really negligible, I doubt its even perceptible. If you bother to do the modification, then wear really thin socks when you play, or even no socks. The idea is you want to feel the footbag making contact with your foot.
I`m under the impression that most pros remove the canvas from their shoes.
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Post by sNale »

he HooD great tutorial! I will try it with my lavers today :?
Maybe you can post links to lager pictures, so we can see better how you seperate the two layers.

Max
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Post by HooD »

The hardest part Snale is initially finding the first 2 layers, but once you've figured out how thick the canvas layer is, the rest is a snap, well, most of it...and since you have pics and description, that's a lot better than just cutting into it with know idea of what to look for like i did with my old shoes, and yet, everything went fine. Have fun :-D

Once you have your toe box done, compare your other shoe to your newly mod'd shoe. It's a world of difference with softness and feel.
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Post by sNale »

HI everyone :)

I'm just cutting out the canvas layer under the toe boy of my left laver :?
And it works, I just cut one small hole in the top layer :( because I was to rollicking ;)

Max
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Post by kevin »

Nice tutorial hood. The pics are good and same with the descriptions.
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Post by Trent »

I play in bare feet a lot or really thin socks, and having just one layer really helps me feel the bag.
Goooo Lee!
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Post by Whatsfootbag? »

where can you get some lavers from japan or whatever?
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Post by Whatsfootbag? »

Senor Grommet wrote:Ling,
I am fairly sure that most pros today remove the canvas from their lavers. This excludes of course the pros wearing millenniums because that mod isnt necessary. But the laver-wearing pros prolly all do. Currently, Lon is experimenting with removing the outside mesh rather than the canvas.
I think eli removes; ryan removes; daryl removes everything; everybody does it!

what are the millenniums?
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