Ben Rea(Ray)

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 14 Jun 2008 08:26

All of the sudden I am going to rochester...haha, yay to randomness.

edit: new page!

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 15 Jun 2008 05:18

We had awesome shred in rachacha. there was a big festival going on and some people watched and we played in front of a band. it was fun. At first I didnt think I was going to have a good session but then I filled up on chicken fries and I was good to go.

So yea, I didnt hit much of anything new but it was just a good ol time for playin footbag. Like mot of the time i didnt really care what i was hitting i was just shredding. I got in the zone for a while and had some insane shuffling going on. It made me want flip pixzie really badly. I didnt even want to bust it out because its so embarrassing. I hit vertigo which was something nice to add to the collection. Im so close to flail which I will be hitting today for sure. It was actually symp bubba. ummm, i cat really think of anything else new i hit in terms of strings or moves. but it was a pretty good day overall I'd say.

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 15 Jun 2008 05:58

What I have it in the past 30 days (not in chronilogical order):

Tapping Drifter
Atomsmasher BSOS
Legbeater BSOS
Smear BSOS
Gyro Mirage
Flip Difter
Drifter BSOS
Pdx Torque
Ripped Warrior>Torque
Blur>Legbeater>Rpt>x8
Flip DLO
Flip Pdx DLO
Flip Fog
Fog BSOS
Legeater
Osis>DLO BSOS
Mobius
PLO>Paste>rpt x4 contacts
Dimwalk>Pdx Mirage>rpt x4 contacts
Pickup and legover b2b x 22 contacts
Mirage>ss Mirage x18 contacts
Quantum midstring
Diving Drifter
Pixie Legeater
Fairy Legover
Fear
Fairy Pickup
Fairy Butterfly
Park Avenue
Fume
Quantum ss Drifter
PLO>Fairy Butterfly
PLO>Fear
PLO>Tripwalk>String
Torque>legeater
DATW> Legeater
Ducking Butterfly>Ripwalk x20
Predator
Flip Neo Butterfly
Ripped Warrior>Crispy Torque>Torque
Ripped Warrior>Backside Blur
Silo
Pdx Whirl BSOS
E-walk
Flip Blizzard
Pdx Mirage>Legbeater BSOS
Pdx Illusion BSOS
Blizzard BSOS
Vertigo

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 15 Jun 2008 11:32

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wfZbroOX70[/youtube]

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 16 Jun 2008 06:49

I got a job finally!

I'm going to be working for some landscaping company

doesnt sound too bad, as long as im not at a register or serving food, im happy.

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 16 Jun 2008 07:04

oh, i also forgot to mention the new moves I hit yesterday:

Symp bubba

Pdx Flail

Spinning clip>Pdx Flail (First time hitting Pdx Flail!!!!)

Spinning clip>Spinning Osis>string

Darkshredder · Post by **Darkshredder** » 16 Jun 2008 08:55

yeah dude that spinning clip > symp bubba was so bald it was shiny. I'm going to have to steal that one from ya. Liked the expression too. I'm glad doug and I could help you out with flailing a little. We're experts in that field of study, after all. We accept checks, visa, or master card.

oh and good work with the job.

still working on that.

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 16 Jun 2008 10:17

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JfQChF-36vw[/youtube]

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 16 Jun 2008 18:12

Huge drill session tonight!

Video will be posted around 11:30 Eastern Time.

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 16 Jun 2008 19:16

Ripwalk x10
Legbeater>Pdx Mirage x12
Pdx Illusion>Butterfly x22
Blur>Butterfly x18
Whirl>Infinity x11
Sidewalk>Ripwalk x7
Symp Mirage>Illusion x9

The video will be coming as soon as youtube is done doing maintenance.

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 17 Jun 2008 06:46

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PCi_LcyoSA[/youtube]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRhrjHl23f0[/youtube]

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 17 Jun 2008 09:35

Drill session today. No camera.

I probably wont be using the camera for a while now.

I just need to sit my ass down and drill. (figuratively speaking)

When i started doing drills before...like...a month ago I think, I was really excited with the outcome and how much better it made me. Unfortunately I didn't go back and keep doing them. I just started shredding with my new found skills. But this time I need to just keep drilling, just keep drilling.

Today I had very little energy compared to most days because I stayed up a little too late last night. I still did some all right stuff but I was definitely not up to par. Im going to do double sessions today again I think. I could really use the practice.

(The following are contacts, not rpts.)

Legover> ss Legover 14
Infinity> ss Butterfly 28
Mirage> ss Mirage 10
ss Osis> Pdx Mirage 6
Pickup> ss Pickup 14
Illusion> ss Illusion 4
Ripwalk> Stepping Clipper 4
Duckng Clipper> Diving Clipper 28
Osis> Osis 10
Spinning Clipper> Infinity 5

Failed attempts (2 or less contacts):

Atomsmasher> rpt 1
Whirl> Pdx Whirl 2
Drifter> Pdx Drifter 2
Symp Mirage> ss Symp Mirage 2

What I need to work on on flipside:

Pickup
Osis
Difter
Pdx Whirl
Atomsmasher
Symp Mirage
Spinning Clipper

I'm glad I have things to work on again.

Rieferman · Post by **Rieferman** » 17 Jun 2008 10:10

you're looking more and more solid and fluid. Nice work.

2 things, if I may:
- Your stepping sets look a lot different one side than the other. Maybe that's intentional, but I'm guessing you find one side better than the other, so perhaps getting both side the same in terms of form might help?
- Drills are great, but the list of players that get burnt out from drills is a long one. So make sure you let yourself have some fun too

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 17 Jun 2008 13:13

Rieferman wrote:you're looking more and more solid and fluid. Nice work.

2 things, if I may:
- Your stepping sets look a lot different one side than the other. Maybe that's intentional, but I'm guessing you find one side better than the other, so perhaps getting both side the same in terms of form might help?
- Drills are great, but the list of players that get burnt out from drills is a long one. So make sure you let yourself have some fun too

Thanks or the kind words.

yes, that is something I learned about my stepping while drilling. i have to pull my flipside a lot more whereas my strongside just kinda pops out of there. Maybe that's why I can't duck it.

very true about the second comment. I have to remember fun too.

also, to any stitchers.

I started making another 32 and it pretty much ended up being like any other ones I've made. It looks okay but the bleedholes are like wide open. If i had a picture of it, which i will later, if you were looking on the inside of the bag (showing all hte stitches and such) the two panels that would make up the bleed holes are gaping wide open so that all the fill can get out. I stopped this one early so i wasnt wasting my time. I also need to make smaller pents. I dunno, everytime i start a 32 i feel like im wasting my time.

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 19 Jun 2008 15:58

We had a fun session at the park today. I hit a lot of new stuff...

The only thing I can really talk about this session is bent. and im sure you'll hear about it in doug, ian, and pat's blogs.

i laughed so much more than i have in a long time about this. in essence the conversations were about nothing, and whn i saw nothing i mean no dexes...

we were like that is so sick! it's like...no dexes! how many adds do you get for that? None! ahhahahha. i dont know, maybe you haad to be there.

anyway i hit bent, far symple bent, stepping symple bent, atomic bent, ducking bent, pixie bent

the other guys hit a bunch of shit too like pat hit infinity bents b2b, doug hit quantum bent, and ian hit fairy bent.

it was amazing. we had so much fun and made a video. can't wait!

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 22 Jun 2008 08:49

I got my new sergey bags yesterday. holy shit. they are amazing. I have owned many a bag but these two are the best I have ever owned. Just such professional work that wows me everytime i look at it. I was able to shred with them immediatly out of the box so i cant imagine what it will be likw when they "Break in". I'll take pictures later when I get home.

I also got $290 from relatives for graduation. Can't wait for the actual party....that's when I get loaded with cash. My brother got something like $1900 ...holy shit. I need that.

I start my new job monday...finally. I found out it's just cutting grass. oh well, it's only for two months.

I also got a new Dell XPS from my parents for graduating. The thing is sick and the fingerprint login is sicker.

I also went to a Dave Mathews Band concert last night and got a little drunk. It was fun. The concert was amazing and beautiful. I love Dave.

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Darkshredder · Post by **Darkshredder** » 22 Jun 2008 14:00

dude the xps is amazing. I'm probably going to get one too.

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 22 Jun 2008 15:07

Darkshredder wrote:dude the xps is amazing. I'm probably going to get one too.

yea amazing except for the fact that it doesnt read my digital camera. Neither does my other window operated computer but the one at my dads house does...it just doesnt make sense. so i cant even install the device because it doesnt recognize it.

otherwise its pretty damn sweet.

The speed is only 2k kbps slower that my imac.

I had a sweet session today with a new background, figured people were getting bored with the same old same old.

I decided not to drill today for some reason.

Tomorrow i will deffinitly drill though. for sure.

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 22 Jun 2008 18:48

oh my gosh. i shot that entire video and edited and noticed i didnt do a singe drifter in it...

wow, i'm dumb.

video should be posted soon.

BenRea · Post by **BenRea** » 23 Jun 2008 13:22

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZE4are5kdw[/youtube]

included in video:

37 tiltless
symp mirage>Flail
Gyro Illusion

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