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Ian Brill
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Post by Ian Brill »

Surprise session today with G. S. Bevier and Jake M.

*Hit a new move: rev swirling toe, second try :)
*Sealed ripstein with an osis
*Hit some tripwalks
*Torques and twirls were looking alright
*Spinning osis felt really good
*Hit a string with both spins in it
*Ducks were good
*Let myself go a bit, and did some atomic ss butterflies and a leggy atomic osis. Felt good to cheat :) (I have been hesitating from doing these until I have schooled hippy set atomic)

It was good to kick with Jake, as it has been a while. GSB was throwing down as usual. Too many highlights to begin.
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Post by Ian Brill »

Actually kicked. With Matt, also.

*New move: Downtime Paradon ending on left clipper
After a session of trying to hit it, in vain, on the one side, I hit it perhaps the first or second try on the other. Footed it twice and I am very happy about it.
*Got both dexes on quantum dyno, but missed the stall.
*Hit weak sided far butterfly swirl 3X. Only tried about 3X too :)
*Hit atom b2b first try, but hippy/leggy-hybrid style.
*Hit about 12 contacts of osis-ducking clipper. Hit about six contacts on the other side.
*Hit rev. whirl-twirl 3 different times.
*Torques are feeling strong still.

Feeling good about my game again. I am going to school dt legovers a ton. It is not a coincidence that my legovers are mid-time-y and that my paradons are as well. Pow! That's the sound of firecrackers going off in my head.
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Post by Rieferman »

nice highlights ian!!
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Post by Ian Brill »

Thanks Bob!

Played with Matt. Highlights:

*New move: Spinning Simple Swirl. I footed it probably more than 20 times, hit it about 4 times (twice missing the next move, once hitting it with the other heal, and finally sealing it with an osis)
*Spins finally becoming reliable. I hit gyro clipper first try 8O , and hit spinning clipper bsos at least twice. I hit one on my right side that felt perfect. Missed spinning dyno by "centimeters", according to Matt.
*swirls bsos and twirl one string
*strong swirl once, and weak side twice in one string
*No dt paradons today but the motion is feeling better on both sides now
*Learned how to commit to a clipper stall by taking weight more firmly with my support leg. It's like I concentrate for the last split second on my support leg, foot and knee, than come down with my clipper. In return, I am able to comfortably freeze the bag and commit to a cleaner set. Today this helped for spinning and swirls.
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Post by Ian Brill »

Kicked with Matt for 45 min.

Highlights:
*Spinning clipper-ripwalk-PM-drop
*Ducking ButterflyX2-string-spinning clipper
*Spinning osis-decent string
*Frozen dyno, from left clipper
*Swirls on both sides
*couple longish strings

Kept it really easy today. Concentrated on spinning.

Solo schooled weak spinning clipper for 50 min.

Documented 100 attempts:
62/100. My knee got tired though, and I also got more ambitious about starting with less hesitation.

Highlights:

3X spinning clipper-pm in one string.
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Kicked with Matt.

Highlights:
*New Move: Diving Twirl
*Left sided toe blurs were strong today
*Hit spinning simple swirl second try
*Ducking butterfly-whirl-string
*DLO bsos, which is awesome because I probably have only tried it a few times ever on my right side, and not all in maybe a year
*Swirls feel like they are gradually getting reliable- bsos multiple times, and mid-string
*Hit ducking clipper to ripwalk today and the set really popped, which reminds me: Just because I have a hard time hitting it out of butterfly
doesn't mean I can't use it in my strings

The bad news is that my weak side spin is still not solid. I played with a lighter bag today and I clearly did not catch the bag long enough to gain control before setting.

Tired. Loving footbag tonight.
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Diving twirl is the shit.

I just sent in all my paperwork for my internship. Stoked to be one of the boys this summer.

dc
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Ahhh, thank goodness you finally made your pittsburgh living status public, I've been biting my tongue for weeks now!

So.. as soon as I know my summer pittsburgh vacation plans (because I visit my folks [who live there] every summer) I'll let y'all know so we can try to get together for some kicky and hanging out etc.
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david wrote:Diving twirl is the shit.

I just sent in all my paperwork for my internship. Stoked to be one of the boys this summer.

dc
It's going to be a good time :)

Wearing my G-Units at work right now, and getting ready to install for a show. Can't wait to kick afterwards.
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Well that sounds like good news.
Josh Gayhart ... keeping footbag tuff since 2002.

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Hey Dave here's an idea for your marketing internship: AE footbag shorts!

Haha, j/k. Seriously though way to pick up some real world experience, that's awesome. And can't wait to have ya in the Pgh scene!

Yeah, that session Ian mentioned with Bevier was awesome. His style is so fun and unique. Cloud kicks and squeezes like whoa!

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Clavens... do a Murse... or a Pan... it'll be huge.


hee hee hee :twisted:
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Kicked with Matt:

Highlights:

*New move: Quantum ss mirage
*Hit a couple twirls nicely, had another go at div. twirl, but nowhere near
*Had some nice, longish strings
*Hit ducking clipper-rev. whirl rpt. first try which felt good

It was a long day. Got up super early (for me) walked a ton before getting to work, and then spent the day on a scaffold, before hurting my hamstring trying merkon (but not having the bag close enough.) Considering, it was a decent session.
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Kicked with Matt.

I asked Matt to hit alpine blurry drifter. He footed it first try and hit it solid his third.

Personal highlights:
*I played well
*Spinning osis- torque :)
*Ducking clipper to weak ripwalk
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Kicked with Matt and Jake today at a free outside concert (Ted Leo/New Pornographers) on the CMU lawn. It was supposed to be a low key session because Matt and I have a paid gig tomorrow. Instead, Matt started off with a 30+ contact string of ultra styley tricks. Needless to say I tried to do my best to keep up and I am so sore now.

No real highlights. I'm just sore.
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Ian Brill wrote: No real highlights. I'm just sore.
That's a highlight.
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Some guy with a fancy camera that had a big flash bulb thinger came and took a ton of pictures of me and Ian at that show. Then he just snuck off. Look for us on creepy internet sites!

Also, anyone who wants a stuffed toy from the carnival won for them should find Ian and direct him towards the dart game.
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Kicked with Matt for two hours in the blistering sun, non-stop, for $50 an hour :)

*Since I had to pace myself I incorporated a bunch of far legovers into my strings. They looked good and will help me with my pledge to use more dt legovers in general.
*I started several strings with 5+ consecutive clippers just to work on my ducks and get clippers deeper for spinning sets and step-sets.
*Spinning clipper-ducking butterfly is a newish link. I hit it a couple times and strung out of it. I like it a whole bunch.
*I never ever do this trick but I hit it bsos, for my first successful tries (perhaps ever 8O): Ducking Legover
*Ate two really good oranges
*Petted the most beautiful American Bulldog (looked like a largish Pittbull Terrier, but white with cow patches)
*Some swirls
*Longer than usual strings- I had whole bunch of fun and tried to keep things alive. Their was one string in particular where I was hitting ducking butterflies and PM's, and I felt like I could visualize/execute the trick perfectly. It felt so nice. Almost like I was escaping into the game again for the first time since I tried to expand beyond just hitting Bop moves fro string length.
*Probably broke my mirage record: I wasn't counting but it felt like it was easily over twenty. Hit about six then on the weak side.
*Hit some nice tiltless drills/strings
*Paradox mirage on the left side is finally back. I know where it went and I padlocked the fence.

I think I will take tomorrow off from footbag. 5 days in a row, ending on a non-stop two hour session took a lot out of me.
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So, the Earth Day event at Frick Park on Saturday was definitely the best paid performance we've done at present. First, the event itself was just flat out awesome. Beautiful day, great landscape, lots of people and all sorts of cool activities for kids. They had a mini-climbing wall and a tree for repelling down! I would have loved that when I was little. Actually, I probably would have been afraid of it, ha ha, but whatever.

And there were other performers doing their various things as well, like the zany umbrella circus folks. Ian and I, and Jake in work clothes and steel-toe boots for a while, played hard for two hours, talked to a bunch of people and gave away some footbags. It was a blast. Lots of amazed parents, kids and elderly couples.

For me, a day like that is the best thing footbag has to offer. Playing hard with friends, having a blast, and doing it all in a way that makes other people stop and be amazed and smile for a minute.

Major props Jake for setting it up.
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Post by Ian Brill »

Coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee...!!!

I just got done kicking with Matt, and now I am sitting down finishing my second cup of coffee of the day. Looking forward to my third... :)

Highlights:

*swirl-swirl-swirl-string. Second try.
*ducking butterflyX6
*super duper clean, weaksided atom/legbeater/dimwalk. Very close multiple times to dimwalk swirl
*ducking clipperX5-5(pm-infinity)-string
*ducking pm-bfswirl-string
*ducking clipper-ripwalk bsos
*ducking clipper-stepping ss inf., weakside stepping set.
*bunch of strong sided ripwalks
*good strings
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