i started playing footbag when i has 12 or 13 ish.
name: manna mpepo
nick name: manna mmmmpepo like yum yum pepo
age: 15
shoes: Rod lavers
"i discovered footbag when i when to some carnival and the prizes were hacky sacks and i got one in 2005 and started kicking it. Then i started noticing that i was getting good. then in 2006 my friend started playing and he got me more in to it, Till one day i was on the internet and found the hackrifce site and i called andrew and he told me when they play and i was there asap. "
so now i have no other intersests but to play footbag.
i have have been play with hackrifice aka Andrew and Erik now for about 6 month's.
Thanks to andrew and Erik they have helped me alot with my game and my both sideness.i have it alot of moves with the help of them.
moves i have hit:
(magellan Botn sides), (infinity BS), (rip, dim, park, side walks BS ) , (blizzard BS),(blurry BS) , (smear BS), (smudge BS), (DLO BS), (drifters BS) and last phoenix only on one side -_-"
Last edited by mannampepo on 02 Oct 2008 20:34, edited 1 time in total.
What a superstar, that kid.
Kevin may also have a rad video of Manna in the near-to-distant-future... with some very catchy original music...
How is the training going? Hit anything new??
all the illusion stuff is new. i wanna try and hit eggbeaters next and alot more drifters next session if were kick???
haha i wonder what this catchy music can be.
i dont think the video kevin shoot of me will be very good, not that im saying kevin is not good at shooting video's but i thought i played like crap that day.
count me out till like november 25th (fuck!) but after that i want to throw down a couple times a week during december. maybe like mon, wed, sat? ring me.
True that.
I won't be home this weekend, either. I'm going to Montana, and then I'm coming home on Wednesday. I'll come hang with you and film solo sessions, though, when I do get back. Hackrifice to the core!
mannampepo wrote:all the illusion stuff is new. i wanna try and hit eggbeaters next and alot more drifters next session if were kick???
haha i wonder what this catchy music can be.
i dont think the video kevin shoot of me will be very good, not that im saying kevin is not good at shooting video's but i thought i played like crap that day.
hah! Yes, we shall see. I've finally just recently found some time to start sifting through the footage. I'll probably make a minute long Manna special or something.
mpepo like yum yum pepo. m-pe-mmMM-po-op-po-oo-o-o-oo-op-oppooo-o-ooo...
hahaha funny. true that, before i didnt have friends till i met footbag. Now im really popular at school cuz they like the way i play footbag. So now all the hacky slackers at school wanna play with me, but back in the day i thought they were good but i just got better and didnt slack.
Manna, great job repping the club at that demo! Pretty drop heavy, but considering you did a 4 minute routine, great job! Just fyi, intermediate routines are 1 minute 30 seconds and open routines are 2 minutes long. 4 minutes is way long for an intermediate, but that said you did a good job.
-tips for next time: start slow, you don't need to be busting smear and magellan at the begining. ESPECIALLY in performances for non footbag players.
-Start out with some basic kicks, then rock the toe stalls, inside stalls. go back and forth with this for a while. do something like left toe> right toe> left toe> right inside> left toe> right inside> left inside> right toe> left inside> right toe> etc.
-stop, and take a breath. try to time this with the music a bit. end on a beat or when it's going into a breakdown. look at the crowd, let them know you are working.
-now go a little harder. start of with some clippers or some thing. some same side clippers, then alternate and do some on the other side. maybe switch up at some point and do clipper> osis> clipper> osis or something like that. throw in a cool trick here. do a walk over or a hop over.
-stop, take a breather. try to time it with the music. look at the crowd. since you started with easy stuff (stalls), they will have been super impressed with the clippers!
-now start to mix up your harder tricks. do legover> mirage. don't feel bad about bailing to toe stalls in here. they don't get half the stuff you are doing, so a toe stall here or there to give your self a chance to get your balance and keep the bag up is good. small note: people like around the world. they can follow it, and it makes sense to them. do them back to back to back if you can.
-so mix up all your mirage, clipper, illusion, legover, pick up, butterfly, osis stuff. if you mix it all together they can't follow it, but if you mix it up in a certain way they can follow it better. try clipper> pick up> other clipper> pick up> clipper> far legover> other clipper> other far legover. they don't know what's hard, only what looks cool. that way to folks who don't know it looks like every trick is "separated" by a different stall.
-Again, break and catch your breath, look at the crowd. they are gonna love you by this point because now you just blew their minds.
-now, try harder stuff mixed with easy stuff. so do mirage> legover> toe stall> clipper> ripwalk> toe stall. or you can stop, look at them, point at your feet to let them know you are gonna do something hard, then start with ripwalk or smear or phoenix or something.
-always end your routine with something cool, but something that you know you can hit. it never looks good to drop on your last trick! try something cool, like a hop over or a steping osis. try to end it on the last beat of your song, or if you are in the middle of a song, end it on a beat.
-grab the bag out of the air. throw your arms in the air while looking at the crowd. bow. wave. listen to the cheering and roaring. leave your assistant to pick up the stuffed animals, roses, and panties thrown on stage by your admierers. walk off stage having just hit a dropless routine that looked awesome and easy.
try this next time you do a school routine or talent show and you'll bring the house down.
mannampepo wrote:hahaha funny. true that, before i didnt have friends till i met footbag. Now im really popular at school cuz they like the way i play footbag. So now all the hacky slackers at school wanna play with me, but back in the day i thought they were good but i just got better and didnt slack.
high5 five andrew.
HIGH5! Get the coolest ones of them to play seriously with you! Spread the love!
Ducking Clipper, Double ATW and Pendulum are all great show tricks.
hacksterbator wrote:Manna, great job repping the club at that demo! Pretty drop heavy, but considering you did a 4 minute routine, great job! Just fyi, intermediate routines are 1 minute 30 seconds and open routines are 2 minutes long. 4 minutes is way long for an intermediate, but that said you did a good job.
-tips for next time: start slow, you don't need to be busting smear and magellan at the begining. ESPECIALLY in performances for non footbag players.
-Start out with some basic kicks, then rock the toe stalls, inside stalls. go back and forth with this for a while. do something like left toe> right toe> left toe> right inside> left toe> right inside> left inside> right toe> left inside> right toe> etc.
-stop, and take a breath. try to time this with the music a bit. end on a beat or when it's going into a breakdown. look at the crowd, let them know you are working.
-now go a little harder. start of with some clippers or some thing. some same side clippers, then alternate and do some on the other side. maybe switch up at some point and do clipper> osis> clipper> osis or something like that. throw in a cool trick here. do a walk over or a hop over.
-stop, take a breather. try to time it with the music. look at the crowd. since you started with easy stuff (stalls), they will have been super impressed with the clippers!
-now start to mix up your harder tricks. do legover> mirage. don't feel bad about bailing to toe stalls in here. they don't get half the stuff you are doing, so a toe stall here or there to give your self a chance to get your balance and keep the bag up is good. small note: people like around the world. they can follow it, and it makes sense to them. do them back to back to back if you can.
-so mix up all your mirage, clipper, illusion, legover, pick up, butterfly, osis stuff. if you mix it all together they can't follow it, but if you mix it up in a certain way they can follow it better. try clipper> pick up> other clipper> pick up> clipper> far legover> other clipper> other far legover. they don't know what's hard, only what looks cool. that way to folks who don't know it looks like every trick is "separated" by a different stall.
-Again, break and catch your breath, look at the crowd. they are gonna love you by this point because now you just blew their minds.
-now, try harder stuff mixed with easy stuff. so do mirage> legover> toe stall> clipper> ripwalk> toe stall. or you can stop, look at them, point at your feet to let them know you are gonna do something hard, then start with ripwalk or smear or phoenix or something.
-always end your routine with something cool, but something that you know you can hit. it never looks good to drop on your last trick! try something cool, like a hop over or a steping osis. try to end it on the last beat of your song, or if you are in the middle of a song, end it on a beat.
-grab the bag out of the air. throw your arms in the air while looking at the crowd. bow. wave. listen to the cheering and roaring. leave your assistant to pick up the stuffed animals, roses, and panties thrown on stage by your admierers. walk off stage having just hit a dropless routine that looked awesome and easy.
try this next time you do a school routine or talent show and you'll bring the house down.
*is going to use this advice*
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Pdx mirage > same butterfly > osis [repeat] as many rotations as you can (try to beat your record every session!)
5 whirls [both sides] (not in a row)
5 drifters [both sides] (not in a row)
5 pixie sameside clippers [both sides] (not in a row)
5 stepping sameside clippers [both sides] (not in a row)
5 DLOs [both sides] (not in a row)
5 spinning clippers [both sides] (not in a row)
5 clipper-set ducking clippers [both sides] (not in a row)
The last three may be a big challenge, but I think they will become more natural for you pretty quickly.
everyone knows im not really the footbag king but atless my lovely fwend Marina thinks so cuz she drew it for me. Thank you Manrina even tho you will never see this.
