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[Corey]

Symposium Marius or Spinning PS Torque.

It is one of the highlighted tricks in one of Jorden's earlier videos.
Here is a video of ken somolinos hitting a non-symposium version.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwrClf_wVQQ[/youtube]

[F[uns]tylin' Eclectic]

Crap. That's nasty. Props if you've hit that.

[Corey]

I kind of want to be that guy that when he stops playing some kid like me i like "dam that guy was pretty good." Never win anything really big but idk why but i think that that would be cool. Just to like show up to tournaments know youre one of the best and to not compete. Today I didnt know how to play. I decided to go with like mikko lepisto stuff. Blenders whirls whirling swirls and stuff.
I couldnt finish the blender>pdx blender rpt combo. Have I done this? I dont think so? But i couldnt stick that last pdx blender. Although I think getting to that point was above my level.
Whirling near swirl. I think the whirl was midtime idk though. Twas clean though.
Then some other tricks that idk if they are still highlights.
Oh my biggest highlight...Pdx...Whirl... Midstring!!! LOL That trick is impossible. Pdx whirl, drifter, and rev swirl are the 3 hardest tricks and I'm not joking. I got a "clean" barraging set so I'll say nemesis is easier than those 3.

[Corey]

I just played today. I went for strings. They were kind of lame but whatever. i was just doing stuff I was confident with except symposium butters which are sweet. I threw in some double down/barfly stuff. When hit cleanly it is cool.
I am watching way too many footbag videos. Reindeer Games' quality has me obsessed. I an watching like 10 videos a day. I have memorized so many songs. But when i watch a lot of videos I play a lot.
Oh and I now do stuff with my arms. Rather than doing nothing they are extended a lot. I think that that is worse form but it looks cool. So i dont care.

[Corey]

Indoor rainy day stuff. Lots of rswirls and rev swirls bs as well as symp butters and some down double down or double over down or something i honestly dont know set from clipper near abd far so yeah.
Lots of 1 tricks since I was inside. Eh not really. But superfly is awesome as are all of those "fly" moves plus scorpions tail.

[Corey]

Last few days=absolute awesomeness
Pendulous same sole> same rake> op pendulous same sole> same rake rpts Those are always fun and they were a lot easier now that I am a little ess on onesided
Rev swirls/Twists? These arent as hard now that I watched the matt cross tutorial. I can hit consecutive ones fairly easily on my strongside but on flip I still have a strong tendency to go back causing a swirl.
Backside matador. Can you say beta cold fusion? Can you say in 5 years.
Far swirls. Those are pretty sexy and are a good both side trick for me atleast.
Spinning butterfly swirl. Which means I need to drill this and revstein to hit the awesomest sick ever! Spinning butterfly swirl> ripstein> revstein
20 contacts of clip> flapper rpt. All one leg but it was cool. Not sure if that was my highest ever but it wasnt bad
Pendulous double dyno and pendulous downtime dyno. Yeah. Pendulous triple is a long way away. Apparently Bear is close but yeah its tough. Although if I have a STRONG urge to hit it I might spend a week going for it. But it is unlikely.
I had ten slices of pizza in one sitting. That is either the most or second most Ive had. Not sure. I know i had a lot this one time in 8th grade.
I thought of the awesomest string combo thing ever.
marius> cold fusion> mind bender> scorpions> spinning butterfly swirl> ripstein> revstein> moby dick> spender> dsc> 69> sd butter> superfly> rpt It seemed a lot easier in my head. But still it is doable. There are a coupe roadbloacks in there mainly revstein, moby dick, and dsc. Other than that somebody good can hit that. Or me in like a year or two or three. Actually Ill try this tomorrow. Its funny cause Im think if I can muscle out cold fusion a couple times, mind will be easy enough, scorpions really?, spinning butterfly swirl is pretty new but not like that difficult, and than my ripsteins or revsteins will probably stop the run. Lets see how it goes. My money is on Option A) You wont seal cold fusion once and if you do your leg will hit the bag on the whirl dex of mind bender.
Oh I hit flying clipper bsos today. Oh yeah Couldnt hit em b2b though
Watched Finlands NYJ10 video An hour of awesomeness. I think that is the 3rd time I said that so far but yeah People there are good at footbag and Im the biggest idiot for not being playing with mikko and juho. Like 8 months later or something that still pisses me off. I roll into work I request this day off. Come home "Mikko I can play with you and Juho in a few da--- Fuck, I took the wrong day off!"

edit
In case i forgot tomorrow im trying spinning clipper> in gyro clipper> inspinning clipper rpt

[Corey]

I went uber fanboy mode today. Wifebeater, blue adidas shorts, spins, ducks, torques, smoking in footbag videos. What was that last one? Oh most importantly those extended arms with the fingers out. You know what I'm talking about.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU8vSzj548w[/youtube]

Look at those awesome arms. In a totally nongay way of footbag amazement how awesome is that?

Highlights They arent really good because I was focusing on having perfect ricky moran arm status going on.
vortex> spinning osis rpt
flip phoenix Probably the only move that starts and ends on a flip surface but is easier than its strong counterpart. Not even dimwalk. Flip phoenix is easier than dimwalk.
Spinning clipper x11 Not really good but they were 11 good ones very rickyest

No marius or phoenix> pdx mirage rpts but I really like playing like this. Maybe without uber fanmode on but wow. Who smokes in a footbag video and looks like a boss doing so? 70 contact rippin runs? Alpine marius? What a boss.

[Corey]

Spinning ducking osis> spinning osis> ducking osis ill see if i can get a rpt

Thats not the reason for this post some 3 trick combo i hit at 11 barefoot in my room lol but yeah. I am not that self centered and conceited

[Corey]

This rain is so annoying. 60 Degrees and rainy everyday. Inside shred One the bright side Ive hit some cool stuff.
Spinning Gyro Clipper
Sonic Clipper bleh I hate this trick. It sucks dont hit it please, ever.
Spinning ducking osis> mind bender (ron burgundy) Oooh. Hehe but probably the coolest combo Ive hit.
Oh and double spinning osis :p

Spinning and ducking is awesome. Im so much better at spinning than ducking and stuff.

edit: I messed up the main highlight. Posted clipper by accident twas an osis.

[F[uns]tylin' Eclectic]

Please film soon. You've improved so much since Princeton Jam. I want to see these insane fearless and tripless links you've been blogging about as well as some of your rooted tricks. Props on all of your recent stuff, especially your nuclear gyro tricks, pdx blender tricks, and torquing tricks. And that's for inspiring me with rooted and swixie.

[Corey]

Thanks but I dont really feel deserving of any real props. Insane tripless and fearless? My fearless record is like what? 3? 4? 5? Not really insane. Trip? I have no idea. Nuclear gyro tricks? I've hit like two and my nuclear needs much improving. Pdx blender is well sweet I guess. But really mind mender is the easiest 6. And my torques need improvement too. Rather than doing monsters, swixies, rooted, pendulous, soles, and all that other stuff. Im taking some advice

hey budddy!
I was just working on some stuff out of sole stall and have hit some noooiiice shit today.

I thought you might be interested in trying some of it.
sole -> drifter
sole -> dlo
sole -> same legover
and of course... epic... sole stepping.
just hit ripwalk out of sole, but i think it is great.

blurry whirl from sole??? fo sho possible, just need to school my flip p.whirl hard.

Glad you are pursuing the unique, but I find if you can hit things like spender and whirlwind first, more people will have respect your "unique" game.

I have also been drilling tootsie rolls like schneider, they are soo fun, and torque roll attempts have been amusing.

Pendulous double dyno is the shit, props, I am currently about to hit a triple, I am sure you will love it!!!

keep one pushin' the unique tricks, as I have been concentrating on conforming to "shred" to prove that I CAN, but will choose the unique once I have mastered all I can do with a bag.

The reason I dont film is because my laptop does not have a camera. I have a digital camera that takes videos but the quality is poor and more importantly it has a 15? second cap on videos as well as the massive drain it puts on the battery. I have a video camera but my technological bank of knowledge is not filled with the knowledge of that wing. I'll check later on to see what it uses. I think I've tried before though.

Probably the only footbag events that there is any chance I go to this year. Pros and cons and whatnot
PA Jam
-soon
-no idea if I can go
-wouldnt really be awkward since ive met atleast 2 people there

NYFA-assuming there is one
-closesest but its in the city
-probably know people there

Worlds
-insane people gonna be there
-It is in finland
-id know nobody
-expensive
-I can send Kuba some money right now and be in Gielnicki's room. But like how weird would that be? Hi, Damian youre good at ripwalks so can I sleep in the same room as you for a week? Wtf?

Finland NYJ
-New Years in finland nuff said
-Christmas break in different country with people ive never met would feek weird

Boston
-people play in boston?

Those are the only ones I want to go to. If it happens nyfa is a virtual lock. PA Jam is a toss up. Worlds is probably a no go. NYJ same too much money unless I ask somebody from finland that ive never met that lives in finland if I can sleep in their house. Boston who knows its fuking boston. whatever that means. US Open? Boise? Does Boise have airports?

But, Nick Im not really that good. Ill scour the house for a camera that hooks up to my computer and see if i can get a video up but its not like Im david clavens over here. Im a really really bad version of ricky moran with the occasional use of a pendulouus, swixie, and flapper stuff.

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[F[uns]tylin' Eclectic]

I'd still like to see how your rooted stuff is and some of the bigger tricks you're hitting. You don't even need to string stuff together, just make a single tricks video. That would be rad. I'd definitely watch.

Also, yeah! Come to PA Jam!!! You'll actually know 4 people there, Zach, John Goode, Schneider and myself. Try to see if you could get a ride with the Jo(h)ns. It'd be great to have you down.

[Corey]

Alright tomorrow I'll whip out the shittiest digital camera and try to hit a big trick. I think alpine spender gives me the best bang for my buck in terms of being a cool trick but not impossible. I know there is some pendulous vid on my conputer so it is possible...Oh and on some security camera there is over like 60 hours of absolute massacre and probably some of the shittiest footage too. I can only imagine what is on their. Ugh yeah. If i could get my hands on that footage Anyway I'd like a sweet 4 minute video of me throwin' down. You probably overestimate my rooted shit and probably underestimate my swixie set.
It is not transportation its school and shit but I'll see what my plans are supposed to be. I mean probably playing footbag, daydreaming, and watching videos.

[Corey]

Worst shred day ever. Not really but I was almost throwing up. Wendy's before footbag. I learned my lesson. The only good really good highlight was some really nice spinning ducking, the kind where the bag passes under the arm after you spin and you get a sweet duck. Spinning ducking osis is probably my second easiest 5 now. Got a couple of new goals. Ricky Moran is going down! Those spinning ducking/diving records are mine. I cant believe I have memorized a Michael Jackson song and have worn and wifebeater for like 5 straight days Some of those lon smith record list thing are redonk. Felix with 100 spinning clips is retarded.

[Corey]

Post number 500. I wonder if I get one of those new title things...
Today some random guy asked me to hit my hardest trick. I gave a couple of tricks a try. Woah! Footing a trick in no way counts but it is an indication that you are not so far off.
I tried to fix my swirls bs now there worse but there was some hope cuz I had like 2 really nice ones.

edit- Dammit Mr. Clavens already hit my almost trick. Curse him. When I almost hit the trick I had guessed Clavens would be one of like 4 or 5 people to hit it.

[Corey]

I was a little hurt these last two days. I hope it is nothing serious. I think it may have something to do with my recent use of 3 pillows or a heavy backpack. Oh its upper back pain. It cant be poor spinning technique...can it? I will not settle for poor spinning form.
Speaking of like poor form and shit that is probably my biggest problem. I feel like I used to hit anything I could regardless of form now I won't trying something if I think it is unclean. (slight exaggeration but yeah)
My flipside is starting to become my strongside. Gyro miraging, pixie sets, and stepping are just a few concepts that my flipside has put a claim on. Pendulous, swirls, and a few others are pondering switching over to the dark side.
The European people on here are so nice.
Saw that top 5 footbaggers thread on here again...Hmm who is in my top 5 right now? I will say Olav, Ricky, Juho, Cod, and Tuukka.
I've been playing like 70-100 minutes a day and the rest of the day I watch video and hit like some low impact moves in my room. I think I actually might have watched every footbag video on youtube. (only half joking)
Outside footbag or good my knees footbag? Tough choice.
Inspinning starts off so weird but it is actually cool. It is like "I shouldnt see the bag...ok"

[Corey]

Epic fail! I locked myself out of the house so my footbag time was reduced. However my short time playing produced magical results. Oh had 3 packs of little bites muffins before too so niw i stppped cuz of cramps.
-spinning ducking clipper x4 (only 14 shy)
-spinning gyro inside stall
-monster bsos
-some long guiltless runs
-phoenix> spinning whirl> frigid> far clipper (They call me the combo hoarder) That was actually really hard though my pixies suck!
-double spinning clipper (Funny how Ive been wanting to hit this since like the day I started playing and it is not the highlight Im most happy with)
-I somehow stalled the bag between my achilles thing and shoe. I'll never do that again.

edit: Played for a longer time just now. Like 2 hrs of actual playing. "Long" runs i guess. So tired i cant hit anything. Call me an add hunter but spinning ducking is the shit. Spinning ducking butter is a 5 This summer... You know how people say "its more about the ride not the end point" or something like that. Thats a load of crap.

[Corey]

Tried drifters today. They're too hard so I did double down stuff. Scorps and bullwhips mainly. Theyre cool but flip bullwhip is so hard. Yeah thats about it. Spinning ducking spinning clipper would be sweet and is doable. Fricken rain ruins everything.
Highlights
scorps bs(os?)
bullwhip bs but theyre not pretty on my flipside
spinning duking butters and stuff

[Corey]

Been hitting some big moves lately mainly because I have to play inside because of this rain. I feel like I am about to make a breakthrough(is that a word?) on scorpions tail to the point of just tossing them in runs. I discovered the secret to bullwhips today, not to set too high or to start the dex too early. I'm so excited about footbag right now. Probably the most excited I've been since I saw that "1 new private message" and I knew it was from mr. clavens asking if he still played on a regular basis.
Tried spinning ducking clipper> spinning ducking butterfly> spinning ducking osis rpt today but couldnt hit it. That combo is the epitome of awesomeness. I did hit spinning butter> gyro butter rpt The learning curve for gyro butters is like 10 minutes of sucking ass then theyre like normal.
In May ill probably go play with some people out in pennsylvania like once a week. Should be sweet to have some people to play with semi regulary. I should probably hit up john goode or schneider since they dont live so far away. But its always an awkward conversation haha. Ill get my texts from footbaggers when Im in the strangest places.
Im getting better and I guess thats all you can ask for. Perhaps I expect too much?

[g00d33]

Haha dude, speaking of awkward, you should hear some of the voicemails I've left Jon S. I always go into the voicemail with a solid plan, but then I end up deviating and that ultimately leads to the awk lol.

Spinning ducking butter is a 5

I know exactly what you mean haha

Keep kickin dude!