Thanx Bob. Yeah, Ive been thinking about that stuff lately, but I still feel like I need to solidify certain parts of my game before moving on to more sets and whatnot. It was a lot of fun playing with you, hope we can shred again!
So yeah, GRASS last weekend. Really fun event. Not my best shred. Haha. First off, scariest ride of my life on the way there.... Pete was driving...

. Once we got there though, it was great to see my home town again (even though I was coming back home today (yea I went to a tournament the weekend before my finals, what of it?)) and it felt good to be back in a familiar place. Anywho, it was awesome seeing the RFA again. Sucked that Paul rolled his ankle first night, but he didnt let that hold him back from still having a good time, hope he heals soon so we can have a session soon.

Anywho, the party spot was great and it was good talking to old friends and meeting some new people. The second night, when we went to Wegmans and Taco Bell was absolutley hilarious. Ben and his friend Jamie are two really cool guys. That reminds me, I need to practice more handstands.
Hmmm, what else? Oh yea, it was really great seeing Aric again. He's just as I remember him. Same shirt and everything, haha. His game was still really good for not playing for such a long period of time too. Bah! I didnt get to say goodbye! Pete and I were on the road for about 20 minutes and then I realized I didnt say goodbye to Aric or Paul! I really wanted to thank Paul for his hospitality and say Peace to Aric since Im not gonna see him until he holds a tournament or I happen to be in NC. Im sure our paths shall cross at least once more.
Shredwise? A lot of people's games looked really solid. Pete had some really nasty shuffle runs for being injured. His game is gonna be insane when he's all healed up. Ugh, I need to get really good this summer so I can continue my reign as best current footbagger in Boston... or just kick Pete in the knee

. Pat was playing really well for being at a tournament. I know he ussually feels like his game suffers when he goes to tournaments, but he was pretty on at this one. Deifnitly lookin forward to the summer shred. Zach Forth has such a consistent game. Every string is at least, like 10 or 15 contacts mostly guiltless, its great. Everyone seemed to think Matt K was surprisingly impressive, and he was, his game is huge, but I was mostly impressed by Danny Petrick. Man, that kid is going to be a maniac. His form is so good and his string length is incredibly long. And he's only 15! Reeee-diculous. Lots of good shred from everyone else too. Matt Cross inventing a new set. I witnessed the creation of the set but I didnt see the far butterfly out of it. dragon reverse swirling stepping. It is absurd. But, so it Matt (in a good way).
I played horrible. Haha. Just, straight up bad. My spinning was totally off, I couldnt hit drifter for the life of me, I could barely bop. Idk what was up, maybe it was just the guilt of finals a few days away in the back of my head, idk. I tried not to let it get the best of me and just have fun, and it worked out pretty well, so whatever. The only day I had trouble doing that though was the last day. It was Dave, Danny and me in a circle and both of them were playing so incredibly well. I felt guilty just being in the circle, totally out of my element. That really got me down and I just stopped playing for a while.
Eventually I saw Colin, who I forgot to mention earlier. Colin is a really cool and funny dude and its so awesome that he made it all the way out from Newfoundland. I think he said this was one of his first tournaments in like, 5 years, other than NYJ or something. But yeah, it was a lot of fun meeting and hanging out with him all weekend. So yeah, I saw Colin and chilled with him for a while until I saw ChrisDeana, and he helped me with my physics a little. Thanx Chris! Soon enough Chris wanted to shred and so did I so we did just that. I played with Will Digges (Griggs), Waylon (such a funny and chill dude), Skippy, Jay and maybe some others, all of which kept going in or out of the circle until I had to leave.
Now, as I was leaving I was saying goodbye to a bunch of people and whatnot, but the one person who really left an impression on me as I was leaving was Ianek Regimbald. Now Ive never talked to Ianek before. I'm really shy so its hard for me to introduce myself to people and whatnot, so after I got done saying bye to Mosher and Johnny, Ianek was looking at me so I thought, "Oh good, an opportunity to introduce myself to Ianek" and after I trip myself up saying "peace" and then "by the way Im doug" he starts telling me that I have good form and stuff. He was saying that he saw me hitting some tiltless stuff and everything looked pretty well controlled and I had potential and whatnot.
Now, Idk if he was just saying this b/c he could tell I was really bummed about how I was playing or if he actually thought I did look like I knew what I was doin tiltless-wise, but either way, it really lifted my spirits. I couldnt thank him enough for such kind words. I think he has one of, if not the coolest, games in footbag, and I just have a lot of respect for him, so its just really hard to convey how hard his words really struck me.
So yeah, that was mostly GRASS for me. Thanx again to Pete for driving there and back (even though I offered to drive but he wouldnt let me

), I still owe you like $20 for gas and shizz! Aw well, you can come to ROC and get it yourself

. Now, I just look forward to shred all summer long. I have plans. BIG plans! Footbag, huzzah!
Peace