Blake- new moves!!!!

Beezer · Post by **Beezer** » 29 Jul 2007 13:19

hey, at Conrad's suggestion, I'm finally starting up a blog!

My name is Blake. Quick history: I was a "hackey sacker" for like 5 or 6 years on and off before I found footbag; I could do toe stalls and all kinds of head and back stalls, but that was it. I started to find footbag videos online when I got to college and it took off from there. Unfortunately, I didn't find anyone to kick with until just recently, so I never got very good because of the lack of motivation, pointers, good examples... So I figure I've been in the novice range for the last 2 years or so.

But now I'm gettin out for sessions with Conrad and Josh (whenever he can make it

), so I'm actually learning some stuff!

Sessioned wtih Conrad a couple days ago and hit like 3 or 4 new moves.
First it was just the blurry followed a little later (after many failed attempts) by ripwalk, almost bs, but not quite.

Next thing was a pdx mirage followed closely by butterfly>pdx mirage.

I didn't really hit any long strings or anything, I was really just trying to get some up time elements down to add some spice to my game as it were. I worked on pixie and realized that I can hit it way better barefoot than I can with Lavers; the toe box was getting in the way, I gotta get used to that.

We are going to session again soon, we'll see how it goes!

zeroman13 · Post by **zeroman13** » 29 Jul 2007 18:24

Hey man, sweet progress! Sorry I couldn't make it out on friday, I wish I could've! Dude, you've already hit ripwalk! Mega props! Can't wait till thursday to kick with ya and Conrad!

Take it easy....
Josh

P.S. I got all the panels for your bag cut out, I'll probably stitch it tomorrow if I can get in the mood for it!

mrjauss · Post by **mrjauss** » 29 Jul 2007 21:52

Blake,

Good idea to start a blog! I want to kick one of theses days but first I think I better hit the doctor first. Hopefully nothing is messed up to bad with my ankle.

Anyway, great progress! Keep it up! Don't forget to work the 2 adds (tiltless)! I think it is finally getting through to Josh. He is drillin more! He is an animol anyway. Sounds like you are on your way too! I will talk/see you one of these days!

take it easy and keep kickin,
later...

Beezer · Post by **Beezer** » 05 Aug 2007 16:41

Sessioned with Conrad and Josh a few days ago, it was less eventful than the session with Conrad a week ago, but not too bad.

Unfortunately, due to some tight muscles, I was afraid to do too much with stepping sets so I didn't hit ripwalk again. Footed it quite a few times though.

Didn't really try to hit any other big moves, I just tried to put together some tiltless strings. I got some, not long ones though. I think the best was mirage>LO>rpt.>butterfly> then I just toe stalled because I was so amazed that I had made it that far that I didn't think of another trick to do after the butterfly! haha

oh, I did hit illusion bs with shoes on, which is new, I have hit it before barefoot, that's easier for me, I don't know why.

Shred on! see you later

billman_c · Post by **billman_c** » 20 Aug 2007 20:44

Oh man!

You haven't posted yet!

I'll be back!

Later,
Conrad

Beezer · Post by **Beezer** » 20 Aug 2007 22:12

had a pretty good session with Conrad today.

First I hit the string: mirage>LO>rpt.>butterfly again, but easier this time.
After that, I started going for some bigger single moves.

I decided my goals were either ripwalk again or sidewalk for the first time and either parkwalk or dimwalk.

I tried those and failed.....a lot, so in my crappy shreding induced boredom, I decided to try symp mirage and hit it after footing it a few times!!!!

Then I went back to the others and still couldn't hit anything. After seeing Conrad hit some awesome stuff with drifters, I decided "what the hell!? I'll give it a try for kicks (no pun intended)." So on a whim, I tried a few drifters and hit that too!!!!!!

Then I went back to the walks again. Finally, I hit sidewalk (with a little slurry, but back the hell off!!!! I was tired and it was the first time I hit it!!!)

I never did hit dimwalk or parkwalk

My pixie sets weren't really consistent enough on either side, I did foot it quite a few times. I also tried dragon from a same clip set sort of as a joke, then got really close and tried it a few more times more seriously. I cought the bag a few times, but was never able to set it back up, when I tried to toss it up again, it would just roll off

but it was close!!!

I think that's everything, I'll get back to you after next session!!

later shredders!!!!!

Beezer · Post by **Beezer** » 02 Sep 2007 23:20

Hey!!! Sessioned a little earlier with Conrad

Pretty much my only goal today was to put together some strings because I haven't really been trying that much, just trying for bigger single tricks (well....bigger for me). Also, it was kind of hard to keep the energy level up because we were shredding under the only lights in the park which happened to be near a funeral for a guy named Rob. So while we were shredding, we had to listen to these people crying and talking about him. I really don't mean to be an insensitive ass or anything, I'm just saying that it was kind of a downer.

Anyway!!! Good stuff:

Hit a few solid whirls for the first time and got fairly close on the flip.

Had some pretty good runs, at least....better than mirage>LO>rpt.

The best was
mirage>LO>illusion>ss butterfly>ss butterfly>almost infinity

I also footed a lot of stuff: park walk, dim walk, not footed but got sort of close to DLO, drifter sort of, and my pixies are slowly getting better.

I think that was about it.

later!

Beezer · Post by **Beezer** » 18 Sep 2007 08:44

Iâ€™m a little late but I figured Iâ€™d go ahead and post about the session with Josh and Conrad on Friday.

Iâ€™m still trying to put together some tiltless strings which was going pretty well. I donâ€™t remember any specific runs, but I tried to add some stuff that I didnâ€™t have before like pick ups and mirages and illusions from ss clips (is that called near? I think so).

For some weird reason, my stepping sets got really good at the end of the session out of nowhere

, so I hit some cool moves with that:

ripwalk againâ€¦.finally

blurry legover

and I tried to hit blurry pickup and blurry mirage (what was that called? Blur?) I didnâ€™t hit either one, but it felt good, I think Iâ€™ll be able to hit those soon.

Beezer · Post by **Beezer** » 18 Sep 2007 22:39

ok, had a last minute session with Conrad, so unfortunately we couldn't get Josh out for it (sorry man).

I was feeling really good so the session went really well. I hit some righteous new stuff:

BLUR!!!! (told you I'd get it next session

) It took like 6 million tries footion it to actually hit it.

Ripwalk bs (first time hitting it on the flip)

DLO!!!

(hit this on what I thought should have been the flip side...weird)

Then for the sake of strings, I had Conrad com up with a run for me to do and he gave me:

Mirage> ss mirage> butterfly> pdx mirage
so I hit that and, since I was in mirage mode, hit another mirage at the end.

Beezer · Post by **Beezer** » 27 Sep 2007 00:47

Had yet another session with Conrad

I was workin the stepping sets:
blurry clipper

stepping clipper

hit some cool connections:
consecutive stepping clippers
stepping clipper> ss butterfly

this one was fun

I also hit an 8 contact tiltless run, but I donâ€™t remember what was in it

later!!

zeroman13 · Post by **zeroman13** » 27 Sep 2007 07:27

Very nice! Maybe I will see some of this friday?

Beezer · Post by **Beezer** » 29 Sep 2007 22:21

Sessioned with Conrad and Josh last night and hit some more new moves:

Stepping leg over
Parkwalk and dimwalk!!!!

(both with the help of Joshâ€™s favorite words of wisdom â€œslow down.â€

billman_c · Post by **billman_c** » 30 Sep 2007 09:54

What about that flip ripwalk?

zeroman13 · Post by **zeroman13** » 30 Sep 2007 12:14

What about Stepping Clip > Ripwalk footed?

Beezer · Post by **Beezer** » 30 Sep 2007 14:32

haha, ya

well I've hit the flip rip before and I just forgot the stepping clip> rip

Beezer · Post by **Beezer** » 16 Oct 2007 12:10

Hey, havenâ€™t posted in a while, so I thought Iâ€™d post about last Fridayâ€™s session. It was the biggest footbag circle Iâ€™ve ever been in: Josh, Mike, Jason (new guy

), Conrad (sort of

), and me.

I hit a few ok runs with a whole lot of mirages.
My strong side illusion got a lot better.
Iâ€™m still trying to improve the basic elements so that I can hit longer tiltless runs.

I did hit a couple new moves:
Flip far legover
Ansâ€¦â€¦â€¦.BLIZZARD

!!! it was nice too, pretty clean and smooth, it was awesome.

Might session with Conrad later, not sure yet. But if not, then Friday will be the next one.

Later

Beezer · Post by **Beezer** » 29 Oct 2007 22:55

Wow! Itâ€™s been longer since my last post than I thought!!! Iâ€™m finally posting about our session last Friday!! It was sweet.

I hit a bunch of stuff:
Atomic clipper
Tapping mirage!

(is that what atomic mirage is called?)
Legbeater!!

Drifter

(finally hit it again) I can only do it from a toe set though, not from clipper which is supposedly easier.
Flip whirl!! (Oddly satisfying even though itâ€™s not a very big move)

I also hit some pretty good runs; I can never remember what they were though!

Later

Beezer · Post by **Beezer** » 12 Nov 2007 00:41

Ok, finally posting again.

Iâ€™ll start with last week, which I didnâ€™t bother posting about because there wasnâ€™t much to talk about. Really the only thing worth mentioning is that I footed flip blurâ€¦.yayâ€¦.

This weekâ€™s Friday footbag session was pretty sweet though:
Hit some ok runs
New stuff:
Stepping osis
Blurry osis
Andâ€¦(drum roll): atom smasher!!!!

After footing it like a million times.

I also had some good pixie sets (wellâ€¦better than before

), but I didnâ€™t really do anything with them.

Disaster struck toward the end of the session though when my footbag sprung a leak!!! One of the panels has a bad hole, NNOOOOOO!!!!!

Until next time, I wish you good shredding

Beezer · Post by **Beezer** » 19 Dec 2007 12:45

Ok, finally got past crunch time at school (a.k.a. finals) s owe finally got together for another session last Friday!!!!

I donâ€™t have a lot of highlights:

I was hitting longer strings like Mike said in his blog. I think Iâ€™m finally starting to slow down, though Mike says I still need to slow down more, Iâ€™m sure heâ€™s right. Maybe it was the cold that slowed me downâ€¦

I think the only new move was whirl.

I hit rev whirl before, but now I have both on the strong sideâ€¦ well, I donâ€™t â€œhaveâ€

zeroman13 · Post by **zeroman13** » 19 Dec 2007 13:05

Beezer wrote:Iâ€™ve been messin around in my house here in Page and hit a new move today! In Jeans!!!
It was ducking butterfly from an opp clip set, I donâ€™t know what thatâ€™s called, but it was awesome!! Like a phoenix only not nearly as cool cause it was only a clip set, not pixie.

Oh!!! We nicknamed Josh!! He is now Josh Gumby Munstermann. I like it, I donâ€™t care what he says, Iâ€™m calling him that from now on. (evil laugh)

Props on Ducking Butter! And by the way, that is what's called too!

And........

Gumby will not stick! EVER!