Lon Smith clip

bcooke02 · Post by **bcooke02** » 07 Mar 2010 21:18

Heres a clip I shot of Lon Smith at Worlds 07 that was begging to be let out of my hard drive...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3tFo6zYCNM

high res version

http://www.vimeo.com/10068995

C-Fan · Post by **C-Fan** » 07 Mar 2010 21:54

Daaaaamn! I know not all the ducking tricks were clean, but still, I've never seen that many ducking tricks in a row (54!!!!). Add in the first trick, and the diving/ducking trick... ridiculous run.

ebo · Post by **ebo** » 07 Mar 2010 21:56

Thanks for this!!

I remember this run from Sam's Respect the Shred - that was
my favourite run of the whole video! Great to see it again in a single
clip!!

What an incredible run. Mindblowing.

Tjuggles · Post by **Tjuggles** » 07 Mar 2010 23:50

That was like jumping into a cold bath after a hot summer shred.

PoisonTaffy · Post by **PoisonTaffy** » 08 Mar 2010 01:17

Wow. This is a clip to be rewatched.

Asmus · Post by **Asmus** » 08 Mar 2010 02:21

LEGEND!

Jayjoo · Post by **Jayjoo** » 08 Mar 2010 02:49

Absolutely ridiculous run!
Someone makes a tricklist please. All those duck, dive ,zulu, spin, osis make me confused. almost getting dizzy just lookin at it .
Craaaazzzyyy!

Jayjoo · Post by **Jayjoo** » 08 Mar 2010 02:50

double post

Muffinman · Post by **Muffinman** » 08 Mar 2010 14:19

Bored at work yields:

Superduperfly > osis > gyro whirl > ducking clipper > spinning osis > dyno > butterfly > mobius > butterfly > mobius > pdx whirl > spinning butterfly > diving osis > ducking butterfly > diving osis > ducking osis > diving mirage > diving osis > ducking clipper > diving osis > ducking butterfly > diving osis > weaving osis > zulu butterfly > ducking osis > diving osis > ducking clipper > weaving mirage > ducking osis > zulu clipper > diving clipper > ducking butterfly > diving osis > weaving mirage > zulu osis > weaving mirage > diving osis > ducking clipper > weaving clipper > spinning ducking clipper > spinning zulu osis > ducking clipper > Zulu osis > ducking clipper > spinning zulu clipper > diving osis > diving clipper > zulu clipper > zulu osis > zulu clipper > gyro diving clipper > ducking clipper > diving clipper > diving same ducking clipper > ducking clipper > ducking clipper > spinning ducking osis > ducking clipper > diving osis > diving osis > zulu clipper > diving osis > zulu clipper > zulu clipper > ducking clipper > diving pickup attempt

Some of the first ducks may not be 100% accurate, as I didn't start paying SUPER close attention to direction until about 1/3 of the way through. It's tough in chunky YouTube quality >____<

Muffinman · Post by **Muffinman** » 08 Mar 2010 14:21

I think it's more overwhelming in writing @_____@

Will Digges · Post by **Will Digges** » 09 Mar 2010 14:05

Lon is the shit, great style, AMAZING string.

I remember watching this string in person, and wondering if he would ever drop the bag.

Thanks for the memory Ben!

Adrian · Post by **Adrian** » 09 Mar 2010 18:13

Best. Ducking. String. Ever.

brianbear · Post by **brianbear** » 09 Mar 2010 20:05

i remember watching this for the first time at ben skaggs place vegas jam 2 years back. i never remember watching a video for the first time, but this was just too epic!!!

Jayjoo · Post by **Jayjoo** » 10 Mar 2010 02:09

Thanks Erik

slapdash21 · Post by **slapdash21** » 10 Mar 2010 10:12

beast mode. it made my neck sore from watching.

bcooke02 · Post by **bcooke02** » 10 Mar 2010 19:48

HQ version up

Radek · Post by **Radek** » 11 Mar 2010 01:51

(frankenstein's voice) mooooooOoooOOreeEE! mooore foot....age!

ShredOnLawn · Post by **ShredOnLawn** » 17 Mar 2010 08:34

Thanks for posting one of my best footbag moments Ben.

I remember thinking that I should try only harder ducking and diving combo's because I didn't want to bore Jordan with just a lot of ducks. I was trying hard stuff thinking I would drop it. It's not like I was trying to set a record for ducks and dives.

I know it seems like a lot but Jim hit 95 in a row and several other players have done over 50 in a row.

Ken Somolinos, What do you mean not all of them were clean?! Name One.

C-Fan · Post by **C-Fan** » 17 Mar 2010 20:00

It's hard to read tone over the internet, so I can't tell if you're being defensive or not. I hope you're not; I hoped my original comment made it clear that I was blown away by the run. To reiterate: this run is one of the sickest I've seen. I'm not trying to take anything away from it at all.

Now to answer your question. In my opinion, a duck/dive is comprised of two parts: a start and a finish. Either of these can be deep, thin, or the. A deep duck/dive is when the bag passes between your ear and your neck. So if you freeze video of a clean duck, the bag will be located between the ear and shoulder. A thin duck/dive is when the bag passes between the ear and the top of your head. You sometimes hear this called "crowny." A "the" duck/dive is when the bag doesn't circle the head at all.

In any ducking/diving trick, the bag circles the head, passing an ear twice: once at the start, and once at the finish. In a fully clean duck/dive, the duck/dive is deep at the start AND at the finish. In your run in this video, you hit many fully clean ducks/dives, such as at the 0:33 mark when you do a ducking clipper. It is also possible to do a ducking/diving trick where the duck/dive starts off crowny, but ends deep. The 0:33 mark of this video of me provides a good angle of such an example, on the spinning ducking clipper. The duck starts off crowny, but ends deep. I consider this type of execution to be thin. It is also possible to hit the start and end of a duck/dive crowny. Your tricks at 0:28, 0:29, and the 0:50 marks of the video all start and end crowny. I'd consider them thin at best.

While it's theoretically possible to start a duck/dive deep, and end it thin, you don't tend to see this often. Usually it's deep/deep, thin/deep, thin/thin, or straight "the."

I hope this cleared up what I meant.

Fkystyl · Post by **Fkystyl** » 18 Mar 2010 10:48

a very nice moment watching this
many thx