.. and in the rest of Denmark.
Props for all the new hot stuff btw.
EDIT: Sorry for stealing new page.
footbag-vienna's footblog
weather turned out to be better in the evening. well, at least no rain, but just 13 degrees. so I headed to the park for a shred.
got a nice drill:
barfly > blur > drifter rpt.
starting on either side, so no cheating
it seems I'm motivated again. I'm accepting the fact that I need to play alone quite often. It's okay, because alone I feel more comfortable when learning new moves and drilling technic and my flipside.
got a nice drill:
barfly > blur > drifter rpt.
starting on either side, so no cheating
it seems I'm motivated again. I'm accepting the fact that I need to play alone quite often. It's okay, because alone I feel more comfortable when learning new moves and drilling technic and my flipside.
Alexander Trenner
footbag-vienna - feel the spirit
footbag-vienna - feel the spirit
yo, I'm going to be in Kopenhagen from 21.6.- 24.6. 
escaping from the euro08 hysteria
some highlights from my last couple sessions
atomsmasher > eggbeater rpt.
quantum butterfly > ripwalk > blur rpt.x3 (makes 18 contacts)
ps whirl > pdx eggbeater bsos
9 barfly
symp whirl > ps whirl bsos
still not 100 % sure if and how i should go to euros. if I go, I guess I would fly which costs me about 400 euros. I'm curious who's coming.
escaping from the euro08 hysteria some highlights from my last couple sessions
atomsmasher > eggbeater rpt.
quantum butterfly > ripwalk > blur rpt.x3 (makes 18 contacts)
ps whirl > pdx eggbeater bsos
9 barfly
symp whirl > ps whirl bsos
still not 100 % sure if and how i should go to euros. if I go, I guess I would fly which costs me about 400 euros. I'm curious who's coming.
Alexander Trenner
footbag-vienna - feel the spirit
footbag-vienna - feel the spirit
wow, alex, those are some super impressive combos!! 
you seem to be off the hook!
haven't played footbag in 2 1/2 weeks. but i'm trying to get into good footbag-shape now (if my legs will let me). i've got no excuse anymore. i had my last exam yesterday and got finally holidays now. the last three weeks were super stressful, i had to write two papers and then study for my three exams which were each like 800 pages and were within 8 days.
i had one written exam, so i have no idea how i did on this one, but on the other two i got a 10 and a 12 (best mark in denmark), so i'm really happy with that.
today i had another danish test, because i can finally overjump a class (my old class was way too easy). going to learn danish 4 days a week now, because i've got nothing else to do, hehe, so that i'm not bored with all the free time i have all of a sudden.
i just got a new friend. awesome. he did the danish exam with me and lives so close to me which is totally surprising, because nobody lives in sydhavn where i live. i got some indian food this evening and he said he always wanted to try footbag, i'm curious if he was really serious, but he seemed to be.
so, i can't post any footbag stuff in here, because i suck at footbag, but i promise i'll get a bit better again.
a really long time ago i hit smog>pixie rake>parkwalk>run.
just to end the post with a footbag link.
going to play footbag with lise tomorrow.
you seem to be off the hook!
haven't played footbag in 2 1/2 weeks. but i'm trying to get into good footbag-shape now (if my legs will let me). i've got no excuse anymore. i had my last exam yesterday and got finally holidays now. the last three weeks were super stressful, i had to write two papers and then study for my three exams which were each like 800 pages and were within 8 days.
i had one written exam, so i have no idea how i did on this one, but on the other two i got a 10 and a 12 (best mark in denmark), so i'm really happy with that.
today i had another danish test, because i can finally overjump a class (my old class was way too easy). going to learn danish 4 days a week now, because i've got nothing else to do, hehe, so that i'm not bored with all the free time i have all of a sudden.
i just got a new friend. awesome. he did the danish exam with me and lives so close to me which is totally surprising, because nobody lives in sydhavn where i live. i got some indian food this evening and he said he always wanted to try footbag, i'm curious if he was really serious, but he seemed to be.
so, i can't post any footbag stuff in here, because i suck at footbag, but i promise i'll get a bit better again.
a really long time ago i hit smog>pixie rake>parkwalk>run.
just to end the post with a footbag link.
going to play footbag with lise tomorrow.
Verena Lenneis
I'm not so off the hook, actually 
these were highlights from like 5 sessions. but I'm really feeling improvement lately since I'm playing outside again.
anita showed up two times, she hit clipper > op. clipper twice.
my highlights:
ps whirl > superfly
barfly > ps whirl bsos
also played a tiny little bit of doubles with dom, which was really fun.
these were highlights from like 5 sessions. but I'm really feeling improvement lately since I'm playing outside again.anita showed up two times, she hit clipper > op. clipper twice.
my highlights:
ps whirl > superfly
barfly > ps whirl bsos
also played a tiny little bit of doubles with dom, which was really fun.
Alexander Trenner
footbag-vienna - feel the spirit
footbag-vienna - feel the spirit
i really hate my shins. i really hate to always fight with pain when playing. it really drives me crazy. i hate to whine and didn't post for a while for this reason...
i really have no idea why my shins are giving me such a hard time. i play three times a week at the moment (no exams=no excuse not to play anymore) and even this is too much for my shins. maybe it's because i bike a lot every day and my legs have no time to recover, maybe it's my flat feet, i have no idea.
it's especially annoying since my feeling for the bag is really good at the moment, but my left shin hurts so much that i can't do any long runs.
however. here's a few combos: fairy drifter>pdx drifter, smog>pixie drifter, fairy ss dlo>parkwalk, twirl bsos, smog>DATW.
tomorrow morning my best friend here in copenhagen and i will first go to skagen (very north of denmark) and then later go to aalborg, where we will crash at nikolai's place the next two nights. on saturday there's "chill i parken" in aalborg. that's a small music festival, hopefully including some footbag action with mathias, søren and nikolai.
(jeg tror at chill i parken skulle være en rigtig chill event.)
yeah, off to take a shower and eat some pasta. should hurry up a bit, because i have to get up at 5:15 am tomorrow.
i really have no idea why my shins are giving me such a hard time. i play three times a week at the moment (no exams=no excuse not to play anymore) and even this is too much for my shins. maybe it's because i bike a lot every day and my legs have no time to recover, maybe it's my flat feet, i have no idea.
it's especially annoying since my feeling for the bag is really good at the moment, but my left shin hurts so much that i can't do any long runs.
however. here's a few combos: fairy drifter>pdx drifter, smog>pixie drifter, fairy ss dlo>parkwalk, twirl bsos, smog>DATW.
tomorrow morning my best friend here in copenhagen and i will first go to skagen (very north of denmark) and then later go to aalborg, where we will crash at nikolai's place the next two nights. on saturday there's "chill i parken" in aalborg. that's a small music festival, hopefully including some footbag action with mathias, søren and nikolai.
(jeg tror at chill i parken skulle være en rigtig chill event.
)yeah, off to take a shower and eat some pasta. should hurry up a bit, because i have to get up at 5:15 am tomorrow.
Verena Lenneis
hello!
it's been a while...
i've been to skagen and aalborg (may 30th to 31st) and it was a really nice trip.
managed to play with søren and nikolai. nikolai had some really nice and long runs, and søren is impressive. too bad he hardly plays anymore, but instead plays some computer games and apparently earns some money playing them. he can still hit stuff like TATW and stepping ducking bsos on command.
we had two short sessions. i killed the first one, because my shin just wouldn't let me play anymore and then everyone was like "yeah, sure, let's take a break".
unfortunately after the first session my favourite and beloved red-yellow hania-bag was eaten by a fighting dog. rest in peace. now i only have shitty bags to play with. rest in peace.
(ironically nobody of the copenhagen crew liked to play with it, because it was too new and not enough broken in for them. they prefer some patched up bags with no filler that are 100 years old and that you can't do one straight pixie set with
)
strangely my shin felt a bit better during the second session and i managed to have some longer and intense runs. on my side nothing special was hit, but it was a good session. i can remember one long run including midstring atomsmasher>dlo. i also hit fairy drifter>pdx torque.
søren, nikolai and i (haha. not the best picture, but that's the only one i have)
that was the event chill i parken. very chill and nice indeed.
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after i came back from aalborg my boyfriend came to visit me for a week. i only managed to have three short solo-sessions during this week. i had got some new insoles (spenco total support) and managed to play with less pain! yeah!! unfortunately they are too small for my feet, but they are still a lot better than my old ones. don't want to say too much at the moment though. on my last solo-session i hit reverse swirl x39 again. damn it.
i think i need more structure in order to improve (though i haven't really in the last 3 years) when playing footbag. my solo sessions always consist of some long warm up drills and then i make up some short combos and try to hit them (things that aren't too easy, but also not too hard, i can usually hit them within a few tries). yesterday i e.g. hit ss dlo>toe whirl>pdx blender or smear>atomsmasher>toe whirl>pdx dlo>pixie drifter.
...oh...have to hurry up now. i'm invited for lunch at a friend's place.
it's been a while...
i've been to skagen and aalborg (may 30th to 31st) and it was a really nice trip.
managed to play with søren and nikolai. nikolai had some really nice and long runs, and søren is impressive. too bad he hardly plays anymore, but instead plays some computer games and apparently earns some money playing them. he can still hit stuff like TATW and stepping ducking bsos on command.
we had two short sessions. i killed the first one, because my shin just wouldn't let me play anymore and then everyone was like "yeah, sure, let's take a break".
unfortunately after the first session my favourite and beloved red-yellow hania-bag was eaten by a fighting dog. rest in peace. now i only have shitty bags to play with. rest in peace.
(ironically nobody of the copenhagen crew liked to play with it, because it was too new and not enough broken in for them. they prefer some patched up bags with no filler that are 100 years old and that you can't do one straight pixie set with
) strangely my shin felt a bit better during the second session and i managed to have some longer and intense runs. on my side nothing special was hit, but it was a good session. i can remember one long run including midstring atomsmasher>dlo. i also hit fairy drifter>pdx torque.
søren, nikolai and i (haha. not the best picture, but that's the only one i have)
that was the event chill i parken. very chill and nice indeed.
.
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after i came back from aalborg my boyfriend came to visit me for a week. i only managed to have three short solo-sessions during this week. i had got some new insoles (spenco total support) and managed to play with less pain! yeah!! unfortunately they are too small for my feet, but they are still a lot better than my old ones. don't want to say too much at the moment though. on my last solo-session i hit reverse swirl x39 again. damn it.
i think i need more structure in order to improve (though i haven't really in the last 3 years) when playing footbag. my solo sessions always consist of some long warm up drills and then i make up some short combos and try to hit them (things that aren't too easy, but also not too hard, i can usually hit them within a few tries). yesterday i e.g. hit ss dlo>toe whirl>pdx blender or smear>atomsmasher>toe whirl>pdx dlo>pixie drifter.
...oh...have to hurry up now. i'm invited for lunch at a friend's place.
Verena Lenneis
Cool with photos Verena!
Søren is so good and he definitely has one of my favorite styles.
Nikolai is pretty amazing aswell. He is kinda a big guy but he is just so smooth and flowy.
Fairy Drifter > Pdx Torque is awesome!
I'm looking forward to your visit and sharing a tent with you at Roskilde!
FODPOSE!
Søren is so good and he definitely has one of my favorite styles.
Nikolai is pretty amazing aswell. He is kinda a big guy but he is just so smooth and flowy.
Fairy Drifter > Pdx Torque is awesome!
I'm looking forward to your visit and sharing a tent with you at Roskilde!
FODPOSE!
Sweet Verena. Seems like a really nice trip to Jylland!!
I haven't played much since the Green Cup cause I've been kindda bummed out by my constant solo sessions.. at least I got chad out yesterday and I'm looking to kick with him and the others a couple of times before heading home (in 2 weeks!!!).
I'm looking forward to actually get to play with you - which I believe we've never managed to do!! So... Rockskilde... yeah!
Vi ses om lidt!
-Anne
I haven't played much since the Green Cup cause I've been kindda bummed out by my constant solo sessions.. at least I got chad out yesterday and I'm looking to kick with him and the others a couple of times before heading home (in 2 weeks!!!).
I'm looking forward to actually get to play with you - which I believe we've never managed to do!! So... Rockskilde... yeah!
Vi ses om lidt!
-Anne
thanks for your comments asmus and anne!
@anne: yeah! really looking forward to meeting and playing with you!
yesterday i visited mr. asmus helms in svendborg!
the weather wasn't the nicest and so we eventually had to change the shred locations three times. we managed to play outside in a rain break though.
i was really impressed by how much asmus had got better since the last time i played with him!
i didn't play super good, but also not super bad. i maybe hit some new combos (like twirl>pdx blender or pixie (muted) rake>dlo>pixie (muted) rake>toe drifter), hit flip smoke again or had some long and hard runs, but what mostly stood out to me is that i really enjoyed playing footbag.
we maybe played around 2 hours or a bit more and i was playing until i sweated like crazy, and i really enjoyed playing footbag! yeah. i really hadn't enjoyed footbag that much in a while!
also, my shin was doing great, but now is in total pain. but it was worth it.
thanks a lot for the great session, asmus!
here's some pictures:
i took a few, but pretty much every picture sucked.
unfortunately the bag has disappeared.
and to get an idea how much my pictures sucked, i had to post this one. i managed to take a picture of a drop and with somebody walking behind.
@anne: yeah! really looking forward to meeting and playing with you!
yesterday i visited mr. asmus helms in svendborg!
the weather wasn't the nicest and so we eventually had to change the shred locations three times. we managed to play outside in a rain break though.
i was really impressed by how much asmus had got better since the last time i played with him!
i didn't play super good, but also not super bad. i maybe hit some new combos (like twirl>pdx blender or pixie (muted) rake>dlo>pixie (muted) rake>toe drifter), hit flip smoke again or had some long and hard runs, but what mostly stood out to me is that i really enjoyed playing footbag.
we maybe played around 2 hours or a bit more and i was playing until i sweated like crazy, and i really enjoyed playing footbag! yeah. i really hadn't enjoyed footbag that much in a while!
also, my shin was doing great, but now is in total pain. but it was worth it.
thanks a lot for the great session, asmus!
here's some pictures:
i took a few, but pretty much every picture sucked.
unfortunately the bag has disappeared.
and to get an idea how much my pictures sucked, i had to post this one. i managed to take a picture of a drop and with somebody walking behind.
Verena Lenneis
Hey Verena!
I had alot of fun playing with you aswell!
Your super good at footbag! Your DLOs and Pdx Whirls are so tight!
I am sure you will get that world record in no time!
Thanks for noticing my progress.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HANGING OUT AND PLAYING WITH YOU AGAIN VERY SOON!
ROSKILDE!
Give big hugs to everybody in Copenhagen from me.
I had alot of fun playing with you aswell!
Your super good at footbag! Your DLOs and Pdx Whirls are so tight!
I am sure you will get that world record in no time!
Thanks for noticing my progress.
I LOOK FORWARD TO HANGING OUT AND PLAYING WITH YOU AGAIN VERY SOON!
ROSKILDE!
Give big hugs to everybody in Copenhagen from me.
ROSKILDE HYPE!!!! Yeah.. let's get that going in Verena's blog!!!
Looks like you guys had a nice session despite the rain... your both complementing each others game and saying that you weren't playing that well... So I can't wait to see you both play what you think is well at Roskilde...
So soon so soon.... I talked to the weather gods... they promised me the best of footbag-weather!!!
Ses snart!
Looks like you guys had a nice session despite the rain... your both complementing each others game and saying that you weren't playing that well...
So I can't wait to see you both play what you think is well at Roskilde... So soon so soon.... I talked to the weather gods... they promised me the best of footbag-weather!!!
Ses snart!
thanks for the kind words, asmus!
@anne: ROSKILDE! hype! hype! hype!
haha, anne, i wasn't saying that i played bad. i just didn't play at my best either.
and i better hope that the weather gods were saying the truth!
the only thing that sucks about roskilde is that once the festival starts, i know that the very end of my stay here in denmark has come!
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AND:
mr.alex is in the plane right now and very soon in copenhagen!
i'm really looking forward to finally seeing him again (haven't seen him in 5 months!!) and hopefully playing a lot of footbag!
footbag-vienna is shredding it up in copenhagen!!
@anne: ROSKILDE! hype! hype! hype!
haha, anne, i wasn't saying that i played bad. i just didn't play at my best either.
and i better hope that the weather gods were saying the truth!
the only thing that sucks about roskilde is that once the festival starts, i know that the very end of my stay here in denmark has come!
.
.
AND:
mr.alex is in the plane right now and very soon in copenhagen!
i'm really looking forward to finally seeing him again (haven't seen him in 5 months!!) and hopefully playing a lot of footbag!
footbag-vienna is shredding it up in copenhagen!!
Verena Lenneis
yeah. i guess we're indeed very lucky...
@anne: yeah. that's true. also 100.000 people celebrating my birthday on thursday.
i'm not in a mood for a long post now.
but here some updates:
1. i feel really strange about leaving denmark so soon. since i'm going to roskilde on saturday, i already had to say good-bye to a lot of people.
since a few days i take pictures in my head everywhere i go to. always with the feeling that this might be the last time for a while that i visit this place...
2. mr.alex came here for a short visit. we had a really good time including a lot of going out and two footbag sessions (since the weather wasn't very good we had to focuse on the going out part).
i played really bad both times, but my whole body was hurting, so i couldn't help it.
i hit pixie whirl>pdx drifter and pdx drifter>pdx double legover though.
3. today i played with lise and finally hit the reverse swirl world record.
reverse swirl x 42 >hand catch! (i just wanted to beat the record, too tired to set up a good new one)
also i was happy with midstring pdx drifter>pdx dlo>dimwalk.
@anne: yeah. that's true. also 100.000 people celebrating my birthday on thursday.
i'm not in a mood for a long post now.
but here some updates:
1. i feel really strange about leaving denmark so soon. since i'm going to roskilde on saturday, i already had to say good-bye to a lot of people.
since a few days i take pictures in my head everywhere i go to. always with the feeling that this might be the last time for a while that i visit this place...
2. mr.alex came here for a short visit. we had a really good time including a lot of going out and two footbag sessions (since the weather wasn't very good we had to focuse on the going out part).
i played really bad both times, but my whole body was hurting, so i couldn't help it.
i hit pixie whirl>pdx drifter and pdx drifter>pdx double legover though.
3. today i played with lise and finally hit the reverse swirl world record.
reverse swirl x 42 >hand catch! (i just wanted to beat the record, too tired to set up a good new one)
also i was happy with midstring pdx drifter>pdx dlo>dimwalk.
Verena Lenneis
props on the record. amazing!!!
As verena already said I was in Kopenhagen. it was a really great weekend. so awesome. some highlights:
- the shred session in christiania with lise
- the illegal pirate party in this old fabric-hall meeting rasmus, a former footbag player
- the reggae party the next evening
- going around town the whole time with the bike
- seeing verena again
- sleeping more and drinking less than I would have in Vienna
- the wickedly drunken dudes playing guitar and singing in the christiania jazz.club
- and many more ...
I played my routine dropless last night, although I'm in a pretty bad shape at moment. to much drinking an d going out and too less sleep. I guess this will never happen again ...
I also got a new personal record: barfly x12
and I've finally hit blurriest > blurriest
euros are next week. I think I'm getting excited.
cheers!
good night!
As verena already said I was in Kopenhagen. it was a really great weekend. so awesome. some highlights:
- the shred session in christiania with lise
- the illegal pirate party in this old fabric-hall meeting rasmus, a former footbag player
- the reggae party the next evening
- going around town the whole time with the bike
- seeing verena again
- sleeping more and drinking less than I would have in Vienna
- the wickedly drunken dudes playing guitar and singing in the christiania jazz.club
- and many more ...
I played my routine dropless last night, although I'm in a pretty bad shape at moment. to much drinking an d going out and too less sleep. I guess this will never happen again ...
I also got a new personal record: barfly x12
and I've finally hit blurriest > blurriest
euros are next week. I think I'm getting excited.
cheers!
good night!
Alexander Trenner
footbag-vienna - feel the spirit
footbag-vienna - feel the spirit
just a short post and update.
i'm back from roskilde festival.
i had a really good time there.
i haven't played that much footbag in like four years. i was pretty happy how i played. i never played super good, but i consistently played on every day pretty well (considering the amount of partying and the lack of sleep quite impressive).
haha. i have some very funny memories. mads took a lot of pictures that should be fun to look at it. especially our hair styles were quite interesting. mads brought 7 wigs and one thousand pairs of sun glasses with him.
right now i'm listening to disko partizani by shantel and bucovina club (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gViaOYgV8yI). what a great concert.
today i got a swedish coin from a girl after playing footbag, apparently in swedish saying that i made her day. haha.
on one day i hit whirl x39. hadn't tried to hit a lot of whirls in a long time.
my maybe favourite little footbag fooling around session was with anne during some concert out on a little hill. i didn't wear shorts, but had some footbag shoes on and had already started to drink some beers. i was doing like 30 ATWs and all of a sudden a lot of people were looking and applauding.
today i played with anne again (for the first time) and was impressed. she also hit quantum butterfly and pixie ss rake first time ever!
i also managed to talk a bit in danish and got some compliments.
also, i'm 22 years now.
now my feet feel like falling off.
i'm completely tired and unproductive, but should do a lot of things.
tomorrow i'll go back to austria.
crazy.
i'm back from roskilde festival.
i had a really good time there.
i haven't played that much footbag in like four years. i was pretty happy how i played. i never played super good, but i consistently played on every day pretty well (considering the amount of partying and the lack of sleep quite impressive
). haha. i have some very funny memories. mads took a lot of pictures that should be fun to look at it.
especially our hair styles were quite interesting. mads brought 7 wigs and one thousand pairs of sun glasses with him. right now i'm listening to disko partizani by shantel and bucovina club (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gViaOYgV8yI). what a great concert.
today i got a swedish coin from a girl after playing footbag, apparently in swedish saying that i made her day. haha.
on one day i hit whirl x39. hadn't tried to hit a lot of whirls in a long time.
my maybe favourite little footbag fooling around session was with anne during some concert out on a little hill. i didn't wear shorts, but had some footbag shoes on and had already started to drink some beers.
i was doing like 30 ATWs and all of a sudden a lot of people were looking and applauding. today i played with anne again (for the first time) and was impressed. she also hit quantum butterfly and pixie ss rake first time ever!
i also managed to talk a bit in danish and got some compliments.
also, i'm 22 years now.
now my feet feel like falling off.
i'm completely tired and unproductive, but should do a lot of things.
tomorrow i'll go back to austria.
crazy.
Verena Lenneis
Hey Verena.
Thanks for letting me crash at your apartment.
Thanks for not getting mad at me for being so annoying at times (for example when I stole your pillow).
And thanks for shredding so hard it was very nice to watch.
See you in a month.
(I was actually thinking about using Disco Partizani as my song for my Roskilde video)
Hugs.
Thanks for letting me crash at your apartment.
Thanks for not getting mad at me for being so annoying at times (for example when I stole your pillow).
And thanks for shredding so hard it was very nice to watch.
See you in a month.
(I was actually thinking about using Disco Partizani as my song for my Roskilde video)
Hugs.