Zac Miley

Kljopa · Post by **Kljopa** » 28 May 2008 14:43

toe blurx8

fuck.

i need to work on my quantums!!!

b drifter bsos is sweet too.

Damn it Zac! Props !

gMoney · Post by **gMoney** » 28 May 2008 16:20

Good job on all those highlights. They all sound challenging.

Anyway, I wasn't being rude or anything yesterday on the flashchat, my internet went down. I guess I've just got bad luck or something

(my ISP sucks)

Post by **Zac Miley** » 29 May 2008 12:34

Thanks guys, and it's cool Grant.

Session in climas because my shins are killing me. I need new insoles(/ shoes), my quantums' soles are just falling apart.

- 7 contacts spin>gyro
- 8 contacts whirl war

Post by **Zac Miley** » 29 May 2008 14:30

Said fuck it, I'll rest this weekend.

101 contacts Infinity>SS Butter

Matt K · Post by **Matt K** » 29 May 2008 16:45

You asshole.

Props for getting the first over 100

Post by **Zac Miley** » 29 May 2008 20:35

Actually, Jay got 118 of the Legover one and 104 of the ducking one (!).

Post by **Zac Miley** » 30 May 2008 10:09

Session. I don't think my shins have ever hurt this bad. Break time.

- Drifter x 10
- 5 contacts Drifter>PDX Drifter
- Toe Drifter>DLO rpt (aka downtime blurry legover

)
- Twirl>Drifter

I guess drifters were pretty good today.

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 30 May 2008 11:02

Isilwar wrote:Session. I don't think my shins have ever hurt this bad. Break time.

- Drifter x 10
- 5 contacts Drifter>PDX Drifter
- Toe Drifter>DLO rpt (aka downtime blurry legover )
- Twirl>Drifter

I guess drifters were pretty good today.

props on drifter x10!

i also like the Toe drifter>DLO>rpt drill, that's a good one.

twirl...damn you.

Post by **Zac Miley** » 30 May 2008 13:40

Thanks Ben.

Of course I played again. I just can't resist.

- Vortex bs
- 19 contacts PLO>Magellan

slapdash21 · Post by **slapdash21** » 31 May 2008 10:48

i remember when you had no flip pixie.

i try to remember that when i think there's a concept i just cant ever learn.

bigups.

Post by **Zac Miley** » 01 Jun 2008 21:24

Really? That means a lot Pete, thanks.

I stitched a bag this weekend while I rested. I'll get a pic up tomorrow. It's alright, just a bunch of scrap facile I had. Mostly amatista with a few animal print hexes. The stitching isn't that great, but it should play really well. I'm happy with it.

Now that I'm truly OUT of fabric (and filler) I promise that there will be no more stitching. I'm undecided on what to do with it. I'll probably take it to Wichita and if nobody buys it there I'll either hold a contest for it on modified or just keep it for myself.

edit:

Also, my mom offered to buy me some quantums. I've already got $40 saved up. Hopefully I can scrounge up another 40 before the end of June. One more week of mowing? Maybe she can spot me some cash and I can get a new clavens bag too... I'm getting to where I need a new bag.

Spontaneous Spaz · Post by **Spontaneous Spaz** » 02 Jun 2008 06:41

i wouldn't worry about bags for a bit, Zac

ur bag should arrive on wednesday

Post by **Zac Miley** » 02 Jun 2008 13:12

Cool.

So, I bent half of my toe nail completely backwards last night. It hurt. It hurts now when I curl my toes for flip clipper, and sometimes toe kicks. Doesn't hurt on hard planting type stuff though. Fancy.

I had a session, just played around trying to make stuff look good. Spinning felt good. I like spinning osis a lot.

Post by **Zac Miley** » 02 Jun 2008 15:55

Two year post.

It's my footbag anniversary tomorrow. June 3rd . I'm really not the kind of person to write super long posts about what footbag is to me, but I feel like I should. And I have the time.

3 years ago, June 3rd would just be another summer day spent playing video games. Or chatting to hawt babes that are 5 years older than me online. But 2 years ago, I went to my first footbag tournament. I sincerely thought I was hot shit and that I was just going to dominate this tournament with my awesome New Balances and butterfly kicks. As Cody's mom drove up to the pavilion that had a bunch of hackers and Jose Cocolan, the first real footbag trick I saw was DATW. I probably turned white, and I got really nervous.

Jose was cool though. We signed up and did the competing thing. I think Cody and I spent the whole tournament trying to hit clipper, and feeling sort of successful when it would kind of roll from our ankle and magically appear back in our hand. Jose was encouraging though, and I think that if he would have blown us off and played by himself or something, I wouldn't be playing now. It was inspiring, and after the tournament I was seriously hooked.

If you haven't already noticed, I joined modified on June 4th. I learned about fizzied there (the Kansas Open) and I was so excited to get on a forum for people just like me. I think that was the Runescape player in me, wanting to interact with a bunch of people who did the same thing as me all day. Ugh.

In one of my school papers, I cited footbag as my anti-drug. I sincerely guarantee you that if I didn't play footbag, I would be a stoner like half of my school. That is sort of ironic, since footbag tournaments are the most that I have been around drugs.

Worlds, NYJ, and GRASS have been the best times of my life. By far. Worlds was 10 days of pure awesome â€“ what a first tournament. It gave me that fuzzy feeling, you all know it. NYJ was the first time I really truly met Dave. The sauna room was great. That sounded sort of gay, and it sort of is. GRASS and NYJ are a tie for my favorite tournament so far. Matt really made GRASS special I think, he's become sort of like a best friend or something. If you read my GRASS write-up, you'll understand.

Footbag has really impacted my life though, and I owe a lot to it. When I get a real job, I promise to donate some of my money to the IFPA or something. There aren't a lot of things in most people's lives where they just wake up thinking about something, and then fall asleep at the computer talking to somebody about that thing.

I remember one night talking to Dave on AIM, and he commended me on staying at it (footbag) for so long. That felt like a weird thing to say to me, since 2 years really isn't that long, and also because I've never even thought about quitting.

It's hard to express how much I love footbag. It's a lot though. Onto a few thank you's:

Jose C. - THANK YOU for coming to Wichita 2 years ago. It was a great experience and I wish you still played regularly â€“ you are good.

Cody C â€“ Thanks for being my shred partner. You've really pushed me. Sometimes I get really mad when you hit something that I can't. You quantum ducking freak.

Have fun in Idaho.

My School â€“ For either completely rejecting footbag or completely loving it, I appreciate it. It inspired me a lot to get better. Impressing my friends, while it is a sort of shallow thing to say, is one of the main reasons I played (not so much anymore)

Cleaver â€“ Oh man. You're such a huge inspiration. I almost cried at Worlds when you went dropless and screamed after your final routine. Thank you for playing, thank you for putting up with me ceaseless fanboy-ness, and thanks for being and awesome dude on top of all of that. You're one of my favorite people I've met in footbag.

Jay â€“ Thanks for being so nice Jay. You're really good at footbag, and it makes me jealous when you hit shit like 104 ducking clippers or 64 contacts of Smear>PLO. When you figure out how to just throw that stuff into runs, you're going to just explode all over the scene, I guarantee it. Plus that patching tape has been pretty useful.

Aleksei â€“ Thanks for being from Estonia and playing footbag. I sort of compete with you in my brain, I'm not sure if you knew that.

Matt K â€“ I hope you have the biggest paragraph. I really do think you are my best friend. I hope that doesn't soun too gay, but I dunno. I look forward to talking to you every day, and almost every one of my highlights are influenced by you somehow. You're really good at footbag too. I hope you just completely take over the east coast scene, and everyone bows to you or something. You'll get a hug to make up for the rejected one at GRASS.

Done. 2 years, yay.

mc · Post by mc » 02 Jun 2008 21:01

yo zac,

your post : day ratio is incredible. props on two years of freestyling. hope it carries on for you as long as it has for me.

matt

ps: thanks for the sweet quote that is now in my signature!

Kljopa · Post by **Kljopa** » 03 Jun 2008 05:11

Isilwar wrote:

Aleksei â€“ Thanks for being from Estonia and playing footbag. I sort of compete with you in my brain, I'm not sure if you knew that.

It's kind of the same for me

so i understand what you are talking about.

And its kinda cool

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 03 Jun 2008 06:15

Kljopa wrote:
Isilwar wrote:

Aleksei â€“ Thanks for being from Estonia and playing footbag. I sort of compete with you in my brain, I'm not sure if you knew that.
It's kind of the same for me so i understand what you are talking about.

And its kinda cool

That's how it is for me with you Zac, except I see it as a disease.

Post by **Zac Miley** » 03 Jun 2008 11:59

Haha np Matt. I forgot about you, and if I hadn't I probably would have mentioned you. Sorry.

Thanks for being awesome!

Thanks Aleksei and Ben.

I played, but like total shit. Oh well. I'm doing a footbag show on Friday for a church.

Kljopa · Post by **Kljopa** » 03 Jun 2008 13:03

Go Zac!

Good luck on the show!

C-Fan · Post by **C-Fan** » 03 Jun 2008 13:37

Good post, and props on your anniversary. I hope you have many more.