Rory's Journey

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I had been practising 120 contact tiltless runs leading up to the event with about 0-3 drops per run. I think the actual routine length for the event was something like 70-80 contacts.

I won't be getting the video for a while, but here are some photos that my cousin took:

http://www.drewandmerissa.com/photos/al ... at_07.html

The fire performance was my favorite. The guy did a routine to a noyee (the same song jim penske used for his final routines at worlds this year).
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Well done.
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Is it just a coincidence that the song that dude was beatboxing was in a footbag video?

Nice shorts.
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Good job using a super visible red footbag for the demo. I thought everything you did was very easy to follow and understand, which is huge for a non-footbag audience. And of course, props on not dropping.
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yeah Rory! That rocked! People seemed to really like your spinning toes both ways. Definitely stole the show.
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Nice rory! that beatboxer sounded terrible!
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miniVid with some drills Manna wanted to see:

http://www.footbag.org/gallery/show/13043

I only had 15 minutes to film before the battery died. Here are some of the highlights from the session (only some made it on the vid):

whirl > spin clip > whirl > duck clip > rpt > string
drifter > drifter > spin clip > drifter > drifter > duck clip > rpt > string
[paradon > pdx mirage > rpt] x 2
whirl war 1
drifter war 1
pdx drifter > pdx dlo bsos in a string
flip ps whirl (new trick!)
smoke > drifter > pdx illusion > rpt

Feedback is welcome.
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sweet you made the drifters look so nice :D :D :D
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i dug the video. if you are looking to improve your drifter and whirl game, here are some drills i made that helped solidify my stepping out of the different components. you should give them a try!
my stepping-whirling drill:
-whirl> ripwalk> whirl> ripwalk> whirl> blur> toe whirl> blur> toe whirl> side walk> pdx whirl> sidewalk> pdx whirl (optional:> stepping whirl> blurry whirl>stepping whirl> blurry whirl)
my stepping drifter drill:
-drifter> stepping clipper> drifter> stepping clipper> drifter> stepping mirage> toe drifter> stepping mirage> toe drifter> ripwalk> pdx drifter> ripwalk> pdx drifter (optional: tombstone> blurry drifter> tombstone> blurry drifter (i've never completed the optional ending for this one... yet)
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take it off







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Are you coming to NYJ again this year?
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come to NYJ, I need a invisible hack partner!
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Hell Yeah Rory! I really liked that video.

Who did the song?
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rory, you've gotta come to NYJ.



i will buy ice cream


and water balloons, and ponchos.
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Moxie wrote:Are you coming to NYJ again this year?
No, I don't think I'll be able to make it. I'm financially challenged.
Sporatical Distractions wrote: Hell Yeah Rory! I really liked that video.

Who did the song?
I'm not sure who the artist is, but the song (red riot) is from the soundtrack of "Shogo-Mobile Armour Division" (great game).
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3:54pm ... Tonic water is gross. I'm in the dead zone between midterms and finals. My ankle is silly.

stretches
calves
hamstrings
core (bothsides)

equipment
- red mesh lavers. My quantums are on vacation.
- Brian Dennis transformer bag (fun)

bananyamite
- paradon > blur > rpt (with non-muted paradons)
- stepping ss whirl > ripwalk > string (bs)
- fimwalk > fog bsos
- blurry whirl > ripwalk > ripwalk > blurry whirl
- [fimwalk > blizzard] > rpt > tripwalk > [sidewalk > ripwalk] > rpt > [blur > dimwalk] > rpt > [ducking butterfly > ducking pdx mirage] > rpt (new tripless record - 17 contacts)
- tapping whirl and pixie whirl both sides one run
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I ate too much soup.
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that can happen some times
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