Ben Rea(Ray)

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 22 May 2008 04:03

Hye, thanks for the write up there Patrick.

Yea, well, I didnt get that job so if you want to play saturday or sunday as well, that would be cool,

Your coming out to liverpool right?

looks like it's going to be alright weather 63 degrees, partly cloudy with a 20% chance of rain. But saturday and sunday are amazing. woo!

Pat, I think I'm turing in to you.

Your form has always been so relaxed and easy looking and now all of the sudden I play like that too, well, I guess I learn from the best.

EDIT:

1000 POSTS!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this blog over the past two years. There are about 19 views per post, I think that's pretty good. It's somehting I will remember for a long time. And it's on my birthday! even better!

P.S.- Happy birthday to me! (18)

Asmus · Post by **Asmus** » 22 May 2008 06:32

Happy 18!

That is the most important birthday in Denmark (like 21 in US)
And congrats for a 1000 posts!

Post by **Zac Miley** » 22 May 2008 08:24

Happy birthday, Ben.

Darkshredder · Post by **Darkshredder** » 22 May 2008 16:30

appreciate it man. Yeah we definitely do some things identical. I wish I did more things like you.

I can hack all those days. But Tank and Ian can do it friday.

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 22 May 2008 18:27

Birthday in a nutshell:

- 400~ dollars in birthday money
- A kayak
- A 4,250 dollar scholarship

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 22 May 2008 19:28

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbYdaAf_dFk[/youtube]

few highlights.

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 24 May 2008 10:47

Atomsmasher>Smear>Dimwalk>Ripwalk>Ripwalk>Crispy Torque>Torque

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 25 May 2008 09:19

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AojmB9TSigs
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Darkshredder · Post by **Darkshredder** » 25 May 2008 17:03

today was decent footbag promotion. We should play at different festivals and such this summer as well. The skatepark is definitely a hot spot for potential players. . . and I doubt we'd have to resort to a cage for most of them.

you've inspired stepping drifters for me. I need to skool them.

oh and that possible calf injury? nah nothing came of it. After the session it cramped up a little but it was fine after I stretched. Deep whirls. They can get a man killed.

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 27 May 2008 04:18

Deep whirls are bueno until you kick yourself. agreed.

No footbag yesterday, my pelivis is too sore.

No footbag today, have to do job hunting stuff.

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 27 May 2008 18:13

Yes! i just se tup a bunch of drills for myself to work on for the next few weeks.

I want to get them all on video too. i'll have straight up drill vids for a while i think. i need to stop just shredding for a while and start back on the dirll train.

But m excited, yessss!

Post by **Zac Miley** » 27 May 2008 18:15

Can you post the list of drills? Props on making a list, I have one too.

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 27 May 2008 18:34

Yes i will tomorrow. but im really tired. right now.

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 28 May 2008 04:38

Okay, so here is the list, the stuff in blue represents the ones that are most important or useful to me at this point in my game. The completed amount of contacts will be in green. Feel free to make suggestions. I'll keep updating this list.

Butterfly>pdx mirage>rpt 10C
Diving clipper>ducking clipper>rpt 28 C
Pdx mirage>toe whirl>rpt 2 C
Ducking clipper>spinning clipper>rpt
Ducking clipper>whirl>rpt 4 C
Spinning clipper>butterfly>rpt 3 C
Smear>pixie legover>rpt
Spinning clipper>drifter>rpt
Diving clipper>drfiter>rpt 4 C
Ducking clipper>same butterfly>rpt 10 C
Butterfly>whirl>rpt 4 C
Osis>same butterfly>rpt 6 C
Far pickup>same buterfly>rpt
Pixie clipper>pdx mirage>rpt
Far legover>osis>rpt
Weaving clipper>ducking clipper>rpt
Diving clipper>zulu clipper>rpt
Drifter>pdx drifter>rpt
Dimwalk>pdx mirage>rpt
Ducking clipper>ducking osis>rpt
Ducking butterfly>stepping clipper>rpt
Ripwalk>whirl>rpt
Sidewalk>ducking clipper>rpt
Blur>butterfly>rpt
Diving butterfly>osis>rpt
Ripwalk>spinning clipper>rpt
Ripwalk>diving clipper>rpt
Blur>toe whirl>rpt
Stepping clipper>ripwalk>rpt
Diving butterfly>ducking butterfly>rpt
Dimwalk>Blur>rpt
Ripwalk>sidewalk>rpt 5 C
Ducking butterfly>sidewalk>rpt
Diving butterfly>sidewalk>rpt
Spinning clipper>diving clipper>rpt
Drifter>spinning clipper>whirl>rpt
Diving clipper>pdx mirage> toe whirl>rpt
Diving clipper>pdx mirage>butterfly>rpt
Spinning clipper>pdx mirage>butterfly>rpt
Smear>dimwalk>pdx mirage>rpt
Ducking clipper>diving clipper>ducking osis>rpt 6 C
Ripwalk>stepping clipper>diving clipper>rpt
Smear>dimwalk>blur>rpt
Ripwalk>sidewalk>stepping clipper>rpt 5 C
Dimwalk>sidewalk>pdx mirage>rpt
Ripwalk>drifter>ducking butterfly>rpt
Ducking butterfly>sidewalk>stepping clipper>rpt
Ducking butterfly>pdx mirage>parkwalk>rpt
Ripwalk>pdx mirage>parkwalk>rpt
Dimwalk>sidewalk>blur>rpt
Ripwalk>blur>parkwalk>rpt
Legbeater>pdx mirage>rpt 6 C
Legbeater>blur>rpt 4 C
PLO>rpt
Paste>rpt
PLO>paste>rpt 2 C
Pixie same mirage>rpt
Drifter>drifter>rpt 2 C

I know a lot of them cannot technically rpt, so, sorry I put rpt where it shouldnt be. But anyway, this is a pretty solid list so far I would say, yeah there are a lot of similar ones but I really do need to work on it and it will give me something to do for a while. Any suggestions will be taken, thanks.

Should I get rid of the ones I don't think are that important? or should I keep them anyway. Maybe i'll start off with the blues and then do the blacks later.

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 29 May 2008 04:05

List Updated.

I barely got a session in last night before dark. I was practically screaming at my girlfriend, "FIND MY FOOTBAG! YOU PROMISED I WOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT TONIGHT!!!!"

Anyway, I got out there and had about 10 minutes of daylight left and then I went inside the garage.

The first thing I was happy about was my flip drifter. It really isnt much worse than my strong side but it does need work as does anything in footbag. Drifter>drifter felt good to do. I also hit toe whirl for the first time, i don't know why that was so deayed but it was. Im really still not comfortable with it but we'll see, that's what drills are for anyway. I have decided I want to do more stepping clippers, I noticed last night they look pretty stylee and they feel good too, they add a nice hop to my game. The thing I was most proud of was Legbeater>pdx Mirage x6. "YESSSSSS!!!!", is the best way to describe the feeling that gave me. For once I really felt the rythm under my feet and I was able to explode on the atomic sets. Now that I have strong midrun atomic I am more ocnfident about my game, I just need to drill flip now. DRILL DRILL DRILL!!!

Matt K · Post by **Matt K** » 29 May 2008 16:50

I don't think you need even close to that many. I think it's more important to be drilling components rather than doing every drill you can think of. Like, I don't think you need to be splitting your pixie time between 3 or 4 different drills made up of different downtime moves, just have one solid pixie drill where you can really concentrate on making the set the best as possible and do it over and over.

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 29 May 2008 18:41

Thanks for the comment matt, i noticed that during today's session.

Yet another successful session.

I really don't like having bad sessions, i think thats one of the reasons i push myself to shred so hard.

well i started out back on the drills again and really didnt hit much but then I started of the fun by hitting Drifter BSOS again and hitting a few solid whirls.

then later in the session toward the end i was like. shit, there arent any DLO drillls on here at all. but i was like well, i cant do dlo bsos anyway and then i was like wait...can i>??? and then i hit it flipside then BSOS!!! then right after that i hit reverse eggbeater and then on the otheside i learned how to clean my merlin (just like reverse eggbeater but bailed to opp. toe) !!!! it was like SHABAMM!M!!M!M!MM! and then Pdx mirage>Legbeater x8 OHH!H!H!H!

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 30 May 2008 03:49

This is the refined list. i got rid of the ones that i felt were repetaative or i didnt really need much at this point. im going to add some DLO ones later.

Butterfly>pdx mirage>rpt 10C
Diving clipper>ducking clipper>rpt 28 C
Pdx mirage>toe whirl>rpt 2 C
Ducking clipper>spinning clipper>rpt
Ducking clipper>whirl>rpt 4 C
Spinning clipper>butterfly>rpt 3 C
Diving clipper>drfiter>rpt 4 C
Ducking clipper>same butterfly>rpt 10 C
Butterfly>whirl>rpt 4 C
Osis>same butterfly>rpt 6 C
Drifter>pdx drifter>rpt
Dimwalk>pdx mirage>rpt
Ripwalk>whirl>rpt
Sidewalk>ducking clipper>rpt
Blur>butterfly>rpt
Ripwalk>diving clipper>rpt
Dimwalk>Blur>rpt
Ripwalk>sidewalk>rpt 5 C
Diving clipper>pdx mirage>butterfly>rpt
Smear>dimwalk>pdx mirage>rpt
Ducking clipper>diving clipper>ducking osis>rpt 6 C
Smear>dimwalk>blur>rpt
Ripwalk>sidewalk>stepping clipper>rpt 5 C
Ripwalk>drifter>ducking clipper>rpt
Legbeater>pdx mirage>rpt 6 C
Legbeater>blur>rpt 4 C
PLO>rpt
Paste>rpt
PLO>paste>rpt 2 C
Drifter>drifter>rpt 2 C

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 30 May 2008 11:14

1 min. ago:

Osis>DLO BSOS

Flip Pdx DLO

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 30 May 2008 14:42

Mobius

Fog BSOS

PLO>Paste>rpt x4 contacts

Pickup b2b and legover b2b x22 contacts

Mirage>ss mirage x18 contacts

Dimwalk>pdx mirage>rpt x4 contacts

I think that's everything. solid session, footed Whale tail (should have hit it but i was tired (end of session)). hit nice stuff, sorry for the short post, have to go to connecticut, bye.

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