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since everybody is asking, a few sentences about chinlone:
chinlone is the national sport of burma. usually between five and sixe o'clock (when most of the people are done with work) people come out and play chinlone. then, you can see burmese hacky-sack on every corner (well, a bit exaggerated, but still a footbager's paradise). if you don't know the language (well, in the end i could probably say 20 words
) and some chinlone insiders, you've got a really hard time to find some super good players. thanks to one of our hostel-managers, i had once (in mandalay) the chance to play with some very good players (though i've never seen players that were as good as the ones in the video previews on http://www.chinlone.com). that was the best day i had during my four weeks and because of the cane-ball i got as a present from the people i played with i'll remember that time pretty good. maybe, one day i can come back and play with them again. chinlone's so much like footbag, there's so many similarities. it's like circle kicking, only a lot more complex, with more rules (like you've gotta serve to the person that is across from you, etc.) and since the ball is very bouncy also different. i'd say it's probably more like freestyle soccer, because most of the tricks you perform are in the kicking-style (like it's pretty hard to delay the ball and so most of the player do the dexes starting from a low kick). also, there are many blind kicks. some of them are truly crazy and so stylish. the spirit of the circle is amazing.
it's very hard to play by yourself though. chinlone is a very great sport, but it's basically so great because of the people that play it. the people of burma were the nicest i've met in my whole life. that's why the horrible political situation and especially the recent protests were something that strongly affected me. the first days i only spent in front of the computer, trying to get some more information. now, i still try to, but it's very depressing. seems that the worst case scenario (how brutal the crackdown was) has come true.
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yesterday i played with alex (he should start posting again, because he hits some awesome stuff) and hit a few things:
-i started to finally understand flip reverse swirl and hit flip whirl>reverse swirl>whirl
-pixie whirl>reverse swirl>stepping clipper to start a run with
-pixie legover>pixie whirl bsos
-DATW>pixie legover>DATW>pixie legover and pixie legover>DATW>pixie legover>DATW
and some new records (well, they aren't very good, but i improved my old austrian records a bit):
magellan x 21
pixie legover x 17
fairy legover x 17
fairy ss legover x 9
reverse swirl x 17
chinlone is the national sport of burma. usually between five and sixe o'clock (when most of the people are done with work) people come out and play chinlone. then, you can see burmese hacky-sack on every corner (well, a bit exaggerated, but still a footbager's paradise). if you don't know the language (well, in the end i could probably say 20 words
) and some chinlone insiders, you've got a really hard time to find some super good players. thanks to one of our hostel-managers, i had once (in mandalay) the chance to play with some very good players (though i've never seen players that were as good as the ones in the video previews on http://www.chinlone.com). that was the best day i had during my four weeks and because of the cane-ball i got as a present from the people i played with i'll remember that time pretty good. maybe, one day i can come back and play with them again. chinlone's so much like footbag, there's so many similarities. it's like circle kicking, only a lot more complex, with more rules (like you've gotta serve to the person that is across from you, etc.) and since the ball is very bouncy also different. i'd say it's probably more like freestyle soccer, because most of the tricks you perform are in the kicking-style (like it's pretty hard to delay the ball and so most of the player do the dexes starting from a low kick). also, there are many blind kicks. some of them are truly crazy and so stylish. the spirit of the circle is amazing. it's very hard to play by yourself though. chinlone is a very great sport, but it's basically so great because of the people that play it. the people of burma were the nicest i've met in my whole life. that's why the horrible political situation and especially the recent protests were something that strongly affected me. the first days i only spent in front of the computer, trying to get some more information. now, i still try to, but it's very depressing. seems that the worst case scenario (how brutal the crackdown was) has come true.
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yesterday i played with alex (he should start posting again, because he hits some awesome stuff) and hit a few things:
-i started to finally understand flip reverse swirl and hit flip whirl>reverse swirl>whirl
-pixie whirl>reverse swirl>stepping clipper to start a run with
-pixie legover>pixie whirl bsos
-DATW>pixie legover>DATW>pixie legover and pixie legover>DATW>pixie legover>DATW
and some new records (well, they aren't very good, but i improved my old austrian records a bit):
magellan x 21
pixie legover x 17
fairy legover x 17
fairy ss legover x 9
reverse swirl x 17
Verena Lenneis
I played in wiener neustadt, a bit south of vienna, today at their saturday's training. It's very motivating to shred with others than the usual training partners (hope that doesn't sound mean to you verena )
I'll do that regularly if time and hangover allows
hit some cool stuff:
23 pdx whirl
5 fearless --> phoenix > blurry whirl > blurry whirl > ps whirl > spinning pdx whirl
legbeater > blurry whirl > blur rpt.
matador > blurry whirl > matador
some other recent stuff:
blurriest bsos
blurry whirl > mullet
pdx torque bsos
67 contacts juggling two bags on one foot
whirlygig
looking fporward to shred next week with the new danish champion mathias blau
)I'll do that regularly if time and hangover allows
hit some cool stuff:
23 pdx whirl
5 fearless --> phoenix > blurry whirl > blurry whirl > ps whirl > spinning pdx whirl
legbeater > blurry whirl > blur rpt.
matador > blurry whirl > matador
some other recent stuff:
blurriest bsos
blurry whirl > mullet
pdx torque bsos
67 contacts juggling two bags on one foot
whirlygig
looking fporward to shred next week with the new danish champion mathias blau
Alexander Trenner
footbag-vienna - feel the spirit
footbag-vienna - feel the spirit
maybe i should also go to wiener neustadt so that i can hit some awesome stuff. props, alex!
today i shredded with alex and our special guest from denmark (mathias). to my surprise my sister showed up as well.
my runs were pretty bad, only for 7 minutes they were long and nice.
nevertheless, i've hit some new combos:
-run with pixie double legover and pdx dlo>pixie ss whirl
-smear>tap>smear>atomsmasher>run
-motion>reverse swirl (finally!)
-pixie double legover>pixie double legover (my first 3 dex>3 dex, pretty embarrassing, but i'm still very happy that i finally hit that combo, after footing it a million times...)
this weekend i'll go to the "burgenland" (federal country that is 1 hour away from vienna). it's good to get a break from vienna (university is already very stressful). my parents invited me and paul (my boyfriend) to come with them.
props, alex! today i shredded with alex and our special guest from denmark (mathias). to my surprise my sister showed up as well.
my runs were pretty bad, only for 7 minutes they were long and nice.
nevertheless, i've hit some new combos:
-run with pixie double legover and pdx dlo>pixie ss whirl
-smear>tap>smear>atomsmasher>run
-motion>reverse swirl (finally!)
-pixie double legover>pixie double legover (my first 3 dex>3 dex, pretty embarrassing, but i'm still very happy that i finally hit that combo, after footing it a million times...)
this weekend i'll go to the "burgenland" (federal country that is 1 hour away from vienna). it's good to get a break from vienna (university is already very stressful). my parents invited me and paul (my boyfriend) to come with them.
Verena Lenneis
yo, mathias is in town again
I've hit some nice stuff yesterday:
pdx torque > pdx torque
ducking rake bsos
matador > ripwalk rpt.
was close to plasticman drill --> barrage - paradon - barfly rpt.
next shred tommorow in wuk. on saturday I'll be in wr.neustadt again for shred. hope it will be as good as last week
I've hit some nice stuff yesterday:
pdx torque > pdx torque
ducking rake bsos
matador > ripwalk rpt.
was close to plasticman drill --> barrage - paradon - barfly rpt.
next shred tommorow in wuk. on saturday I'll be in wr.neustadt again for shred. hope it will be as good as last week
Alexander Trenner
footbag-vienna - feel the spirit
footbag-vienna - feel the spirit
no post in a long time.
i am still playing footbag. university is keeping me very busy, so not so much footbag going on.
this week i managed to play three times. pretty happy about that. also, i think that i'm finally getting better. making some progress with my stepping set and also my double legovers are definitely getting better.
a while ago i've hit pixie double legover>fairy whirl.
today i played by myself and hit:
stepping ss legover>pixie whirl bs
stepping ss legover>pixie ss whirl bs
stepping ss legover>fairy whirl bs
on friday i hit a run that i can't fully remember, but it was pretty good. started with flip double legover and then there were a lot of other legovers, like pdx dlo>pixie whirl and pdx whirls and reverse swirl bsos.
yeah. i've got a huge exam in a week. constitutional law. that's 800 pages. if i pass it, my next exam is in january and that's 1500 pages. pretty crazy. also, crazy how much you can out in your brain.
the weekly footbag course is going pretty good. also, my sister is more motivated to play footbag. yeah!
i am still playing footbag. university is keeping me very busy, so not so much footbag going on.
this week i managed to play three times. pretty happy about that. also, i think that i'm finally getting better. making some progress with my stepping set and also my double legovers are definitely getting better.
a while ago i've hit pixie double legover>fairy whirl.
today i played by myself and hit:
stepping ss legover>pixie whirl bs
stepping ss legover>pixie ss whirl bs
stepping ss legover>fairy whirl bs
on friday i hit a run that i can't fully remember, but it was pretty good. started with flip double legover and then there were a lot of other legovers, like pdx dlo>pixie whirl and pdx whirls and reverse swirl bsos.
yeah. i've got a huge exam in a week. constitutional law. that's 800 pages. if i pass it, my next exam is in january and that's 1500 pages. pretty crazy. also, crazy how much you can out in your brain.
the weekly footbag course is going pretty good. also, my sister is more motivated to play footbag. yeah!
Verena Lenneis
i don't know why i'm writing in here. nothing worthy to post, but i've gotta study a lot, so i'm bored.
yeah, i think finally i'm really motivated again! also, i think playing three times a week is a good goal for me and also good for my body. my shins are feeling good (really the most important thing for me)!!
i think i'm the most untalented person ever when it comes to stepping set. however, my stepping set is getting better. my back is really sore though, i'm doing something wrong for sure. i can only hit blurry whirl when i play by myself, that's really weird. going to change that on friday and hit that one combo i wanted to hit yesterday.
had a *productive* session with alex yesterday. i like two women/men sessions the best. i hate circles that aren't really shred circles and that don't allow you to warm up. unfortunately that happens way too often.
hit a few nice runs and two things that aren't very good, but the only things i can post:
-fairy ss legover>fairy legover rpt (10 contacts)
-fairy whirl>drifter>pdx torque>pdx whirl (cool, because drifter>pdx torque felt really natural)
because everybody is posting pictures of their room/apartment, i'll also post two pics of my kitchen/part of my living room. i like them, because you can see some footbag posters, footbags, a few medals and trophies i won (most of them are at my parents' place) and cool pics on my fridge. one is a russian article about max and i playing footbag in russia, another one is the ugliest family picture i've ever seen (got it as a present in russia), one is my boyfriend and i in the plane to greece and one is an indian saddhu.
http://s36.photobucket.com/albums/e23/f ... MG0002.jpg
http://s36.photobucket.com/albums/e23/f ... 0001-1.jpg
yeah, i think finally i'm really motivated again!
also, i think playing three times a week is a good goal for me and also good for my body. my shins are feeling good (really the most important thing for me)!! i think i'm the most untalented person ever when it comes to stepping set. however, my stepping set is getting better. my back is really sore though, i'm doing something wrong for sure. i can only hit blurry whirl when i play by myself, that's really weird. going to change that on friday and hit that one combo i wanted to hit yesterday.
had a *productive* session with alex yesterday. i like two women/men sessions the best. i hate circles that aren't really shred circles and that don't allow you to warm up. unfortunately that happens way too often.
hit a few nice runs and two things that aren't very good, but the only things i can post:
-fairy ss legover>fairy legover rpt (10 contacts)
-fairy whirl>drifter>pdx torque>pdx whirl (cool, because drifter>pdx torque felt really natural)
because everybody is posting pictures of their room/apartment, i'll also post two pics of my kitchen/part of my living room. i like them, because you can see some footbag posters, footbags, a few medals and trophies i won (most of them are at my parents' place) and cool pics on my fridge. one is a russian article about max and i playing footbag in russia, another one is the ugliest family picture i've ever seen (got it as a present in russia), one is my boyfriend and i in the plane to greece and one is an indian saddhu.
http://s36.photobucket.com/albums/e23/f ... MG0002.jpg
http://s36.photobucket.com/albums/e23/f ... 0001-1.jpg
Verena Lenneis
I really like reading your blog! so please post a little bit more often
I should be studing german right now. And Im sure Im the most untalented person, whats about german, in the world! Im sure were never gonna talk in that language! Ill rather learn russian and spanish
I also try to play 3 time a week, but usually it friday,saturday and sunday, and after that 4 days brak..
greets!!
I should be studing german right now. And Im sure Im the most untalented person, whats about german, in the world! Im sure were never gonna talk in that language! Ill rather learn russian and spanish
I also try to play 3 time a week, but usually it friday,saturday and sunday, and after that 4 days brak..
greets!!
hallo hania, wie geht es dir?
cheers! some of my highlights lately:
pdx eggbeater bsos
blurriest > blurriest
pixie paradon bsos
pixie paradon > mullet
89 x osis
whirling pdx mirage
I just realized that I did not accomplish one goal which I had for 2007. I did not get 180 points in a shred 30. Maybe next year I will plan one ...
cheers!
cheers! some of my highlights lately:
pdx eggbeater bsos
blurriest > blurriest
pixie paradon bsos
pixie paradon > mullet
89 x osis
whirling pdx mirage
I just realized that I did not accomplish one goal which I had for 2007. I did not get 180 points in a shred 30. Maybe next year I will plan one ...
cheers!
Alexander Trenner
footbag-vienna - feel the spirit
footbag-vienna - feel the spirit
yahoo, hania is posting in here!
unfortunately, i can't post in here that often, because i don't hit a lot of things that are worth posting.
my progress is slow. my runs are definitely getting harder though, i don't care so much about strictly playing guiltless/genuine or whatever, but i consider butterfly/osis/pdx mirage as a bail/very easy and boring trick.
still working on my stepping set, slow progress, but at least there is some. worked on blurs which are somehow very awkward. hit stepping clipper>blurry whirl>run. definitely getting better at blurry whirl, hope that soon i can hit some nice stuff out of it.
hit pdx double legover bsos.
pixie and fairy double legover are getting easier, can often hit them in the same run now.
torque>double legover.
so not much to post as you can see, but that doesn't matter, because the real reason i'm posting is...
today's alex 25th birthday.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ALEX!!
unfortunately, i can't post in here that often, because i don't hit a lot of things that are worth posting.
my progress is slow. my runs are definitely getting harder though, i don't care so much about strictly playing guiltless/genuine or whatever, but i consider butterfly/osis/pdx mirage as a bail/very easy and boring trick.
still working on my stepping set, slow progress, but at least there is some. worked on blurs which are somehow very awkward. hit stepping clipper>blurry whirl>run. definitely getting better at blurry whirl, hope that soon i can hit some nice stuff out of it.
hit pdx double legover bsos.
pixie and fairy double legover are getting easier, can often hit them in the same run now.
torque>double legover.
so not much to post as you can see, but that doesn't matter, because the real reason i'm posting is...
today's alex 25th birthday.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ALEX!!
Verena Lenneis
thank you!!!!!!
latest highlights:
- teaching a beginner the "magic hop"
- sachertorte (famous viennese chocolate cake) made by my mother for my b-day. Yummy!
- holunderpunsch at the MQ (our summer-shred-place) Yummy!
- just watched "reuqiem for a dream" the first time. Great movie! hard stuff
not so yummy...
latest highlights:
- teaching a beginner the "magic hop"
- sachertorte (famous viennese chocolate cake) made by my mother for my b-day. Yummy!
- holunderpunsch at the MQ (our summer-shred-place) Yummy!
- just watched "reuqiem for a dream" the first time. Great movie! hard stuff
not so yummy...Alexander Trenner
footbag-vienna - feel the spirit
footbag-vienna - feel the spirit
since a few days it's raining non-stop. those rainy grey winter days are not only depressing, but also very dangerous, because that's when those people that can't handle their umbrellas come out. today i got almost impaled by an umbrella.
university is keeping me very busy and antisocial.
one week ago, i had this huge exam and passed it with a 1 (best mark in austria). that's actually very good, because it will bring me some money (scholarship for last year's grades).
new footbag-stuff:
-flip magellan x7 (forgot to post about it)
-smog in the very middle of a pixie shuffle string
-smog>porque>run
thinking about making a new video. it's almost been a year since my/our last video (last shred 2006). not sure about it though. feel that my improvement over the last year is not video worthy (there were a lot of footbag-breaks and shoe-switches).
really looking forward to studying in copenhagen. the crazy thing is that it's only 1 1/2 months until i leave!
university is keeping me very busy and antisocial.
one week ago, i had this huge exam and passed it with a 1 (best mark in austria). that's actually very good, because it will bring me some money (scholarship for last year's grades).
new footbag-stuff:
-flip magellan x7 (forgot to post about it)
-smog in the very middle of a pixie shuffle string
-smog>porque>run
thinking about making a new video. it's almost been a year since my/our last video (last shred 2006). not sure about it though. feel that my improvement over the last year is not video worthy (there were a lot of footbag-breaks and shoe-switches).
really looking forward to studying in copenhagen. the crazy thing is that it's only 1 1/2 months until i leave!
Verena Lenneis
just came back from playing footbag and drinking beer with alex and paul.
wow. now there's a christmas-tree in my apartment. got it as a pre-christmas present from paul. pretty big surprise! also, it's "self-made", had been in my boyfriend's garden for a while...
yeah. still playing footbag and enjoy it. not too much footbag action going on though. my stepping set is getting better though...
-stepping ss whirl
-stepping ss mirage>pixie ss whirl>run
-pixie ss double legover (finally. i seriously footed that trick 100 times)
-blurry whirl>pdx blender
-blurry whirl>pdx torque
good night.
@rené: sorry. no footbag tournament.
i've gotta study a lot.
wow. now there's a christmas-tree in my apartment.
got it as a pre-christmas present from paul. pretty big surprise! also, it's "self-made", had been in my boyfriend's garden for a while...yeah. still playing footbag and enjoy it. not too much footbag action going on though. my stepping set is getting better though...
-stepping ss whirl
-stepping ss mirage>pixie ss whirl>run
-pixie ss double legover (finally. i seriously footed that trick 100 times)
-blurry whirl>pdx blender
-blurry whirl>pdx torque
good night.
@rené: sorry. no footbag tournament.
i've gotta study a lot.Verena Lenneis
hmm, berlin sounds sooo awesome again too bad i can't make.
some new stuff I was happy about:
- bedwetteer > pixie dlo
- flipside stp. pdx dlo
- 6 x barfly
- blurriest->barfly -> barfly -> blurriest
- dlo > atomsmasher rpt.
I hope sunshred footbag open happens again in györ in '08, I dreamt aobout it yesterday
too bad i can't make.some new stuff I was happy about:
- bedwetteer > pixie dlo
- flipside stp. pdx dlo
- 6 x barfly
- blurriest->barfly -> barfly -> blurriest
- dlo > atomsmasher rpt.
I hope sunshred footbag open happens again in györ in '08, I dreamt aobout it yesterday
Alexander Trenner
footbag-vienna - feel the spirit
footbag-vienna - feel the spirit
Berlin !!!
I can't believe you guys won't make it. Now who am I supposed to bitch about north German beer with?
-Andrew McCargar
Don't mess with the bunny, Outsideworld.org
-Andrew McCargar
Don't mess with the bunny, Outsideworld.org
yeah, too bad. I'm sure it will be a massive party in Berlin, despite the german beer 
was in wr.neustadt again. i had 2 good runs:
- one starting with pixie paradon > mullet + tripwalk > blurry whirl + some other stuff and ending with pdx torque
- the other had blurriest bsos and ps whirl and ripwalk > matador bsos
great, lets party
was in wr.neustadt again. i had 2 good runs:
- one starting with pixie paradon > mullet + tripwalk > blurry whirl + some other stuff and ending with pdx torque
- the other had blurriest bsos and ps whirl and ripwalk > matador bsos
great, lets party
Alexander Trenner
footbag-vienna - feel the spirit
footbag-vienna - feel the spirit
expect a new footbag-vienna video (featuring alex and me) very, very soon!
(as soon as alex recovers from editing the video all night long.)
unfortunately i just couldn't hit any runs, so it's just a few combos of me. it was filmed by two chairs on wednesday and yesterday.
on wednesday we were playing in the basement of my parents' apartment building. there it's always really slippy and cramped. yesterday that wasn't the problem though, there was lots of space. my freestyle brain was switched off though. funny thing, fortunately that doesn't happen often. i seriously couldn't hit any runs, because i didn't know what to do.
i hit three combos that i'm proud of. actually they don't look that impressive, but that one sick 3 is hard because of its links. best sick 3 i've hit yet. the runs are really missing though, but what can you do, it's last shred 2007, so there's no time for another chair cameraman.
haven't seen myself playing in a year, so it's really helpful to get an idea what my tricks look like.
and as usual, the music in our video is very nice.
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on the 23rd i went with paul and alex to this awesome drum'n'bass-party at "the himmel" (the final location of euros) that was run by a friend of mine. wow. it was just so beautiful. snow everywhere and in the middle of nowhere. so practically i was just stoked about the beauty of nature.
(as soon as alex recovers from editing the video all night long.)
unfortunately i just couldn't hit any runs, so it's just a few combos of me. it was filmed by two chairs on wednesday and yesterday.
on wednesday we were playing in the basement of my parents' apartment building. there it's always really slippy and cramped. yesterday that wasn't the problem though, there was lots of space. my freestyle brain was switched off though. funny thing, fortunately that doesn't happen often. i seriously couldn't hit any runs, because i didn't know what to do.
i hit three combos that i'm proud of. actually they don't look that impressive, but that one sick 3 is hard because of its links. best sick 3 i've hit yet. the runs are really missing though, but what can you do, it's last shred 2007, so there's no time for another chair cameraman.
haven't seen myself playing in a year, so it's really helpful to get an idea what my tricks look like.
and as usual, the music in our video is very nice.
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on the 23rd i went with paul and alex to this awesome drum'n'bass-party at "the himmel" (the final location of euros) that was run by a friend of mine. wow. it was just so beautiful. snow everywhere and in the middle of nowhere. so practically i was just stoked about the beauty of nature.
Verena Lenneis