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K, typing this from the camper in Harrisburg... Running out of internet connection fast.. gotta make this quick...

Kick with Ryan Straub. He's getting better. Excite! We kicked. We stitched. FOOTBAG! He learns!

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:arrow: Rev. Eggbeater (New!) Flipside 2morro.. Thx 4 suggest Ryan.
:arrow: Start runPHOENIX, midrunRIPSTEIN
:arrow: Osis> Ripwalk BSOS

Tim Harper footbag tomorrow. He nice. Tim brother play too. Ryan play too. We have fun tomorrow. Great day! Footbag fun!
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Today, I kicked with Tim Harper, Josh Harper, Ryan Straub, and Derek Gooderham. Really fun session. We made a video out of it, which will be posted up here in a few days. Some really good stuff from everyone.

Today's highlights:

:arrow: MOTION SICKNESS Uh... Fuck Yeah.
:arrow: Everything in the video we took. I'm so happy with my parts in the video. It's a totally new side of my game, that I've never even seen before.

Can't wait to post the video.

I might just stitch tomorrow since my legs hurt.

Oh I found a yo-yo tonight:

:arrow: Cat's Cradle! lol Could never hit that when I was into yo-yo back in 5th grade. Pretty funny that I hit it now, like 10 years later haha


Oh and I stitched a new bag and gave it to Ryan since his bag collection got destroyed.

Also a pretty cool thing went down today... Before we had dinner, I taught a footbag 101 class. Tim and Ryan wanted advice on better stepping sets, Josh wanted advice on flip ATW, and Derek wanted advice on alternating clippers. I sat on a step and taught everyone what they wanted to know and everyone hit at least one of everything I was teaching them. It was great to see.

I love teaching footbag.
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Ryan went home today due to I don't know what, so I drilled solo. One bitchin' highlight...

Highlight:

:arrow: I BSOS'ed another 5... Got video of it (and I filmed Symple Dustpan finally) Will post when I'm home :wink: Pretty stoked.

Drilling was good. After I drilled, my dad and I took tire tubes down the rapids on the Susquehanna River. Pretty sick.
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So I just got home from a day at Penn State, signing lease papers for next year and getting my job sorted out. I met with this guy, Jeremy, who was really nice and I guess he liked me because I GOT HIRED! That was such a relief. So next year at PSU, I'll be a god damn security guard at Palmer Museum of Art! I'm gonna smack a bitch with a nightstick and fuck some people up! Nah, probably not, but I'll hopefully at least get to yell at little kids for wiping their boogers on the art or poking paintings with an umbrella. Never know...

Anyway, here is that video of the new BSOS 5 add...

:arrow: Spike Hammer BSOS (wish I would have kept stringing, but I got excited lol) (oh yeah, and Symple Dustpan... this could have been a little higher.. wanna get better footage, but here's the idea)

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dAH-iWxrFc[/youtube]


Today, when I came back home, Jackson and I kicked for a little. Jackson fucking hit Smoke 8O So rad. I haven't even gotten close to that yet. Props Jack. Anyway, had a few cool highlights today:

:arrow: Dustpan> Smear bs
:arrow: Dustpan> Dimwalk bs
:arrow: Porque> string
:arrow: Flip Backside Smear (new on flipside)

Ok, so the guys and I taped this weekend, and here's what we came up with... Well.... enjoy.

Actually, this is my most recent video before the Harrisburg Shred that happened this weekend... Just watch a snipet of this to see how much I sucked before drilling my basics...

This is a video BEFORE DRILLING BASICS...

This is a video AFTER DRILLING BASICS...
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dyno bsos> ss dyno

very niice (borat voice)
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nice spikehammer bsos
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Thanks guys, I really appreciate the feedback. Also, any critiques on anything would be appreciated.

JUST UPLOADED A GOOD VERSION OF THE NEW VIDEO TO VIMEO AND UPDATED PREVIOUS POST... This time it has the proper music
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crazy stuff man. Spikehammer bs0s is off the chain.

Hope to see you at boston jam.
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The video turned out awesome, Nick! The first string of yours is so insane.
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Nice, props on stepping ducking bsos!
Now try hit
Ripwarrior b2b ;)
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props on everything over the last couple days!
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Kevin: Thanks man. Actually you inspired that video. I was messing with Dustpan and then I was thinking about what cool tricks I could do to toe so that I could maybe get dustpan out of it, then I figured my best bet was Spike... Didn't even try to hit it to dustpan lol. I remembered that you hit Ripped BSOS, and I really wanted Spike BSOS. So thanks for the inspiration on that one dude. Definitely going to try my best to make it to Boston.

Tim: Had a great time shredding with you and the crew last weekend dude. Wish you lived closer to my home though. The scene is pretty lively around here. Anyway, thanks for the compliments and I'll definitely hit you up next time I'm going to the camper again. Also, your video parts are pretty good too man. Just work on those P Mirages and the Osii and you're good to go.

Pawel: Yo, thanks for the compliments dude. I'll definitely give Ripped B2B a try soon. Gotta start focusing on my basics again though. I can feel them paying off, but I want more.

Tony: Thanks man! Much appreciation!

I kicked with the other Nick P who plays footbag and lives in Mont Clare, Pennsylvania... the one with 2 eye brow rings, yeah, him lol Pretty crazy that we have that many things that are alike between us. Anywho, We shredded out front of my house today. Pretty ok session... not too many highlights but fun, nonetheless. One great highlight where we both improved on something within the same minute.

:arrow: Motion> Pandora (Gyro Pickup... I've been calling this "Pandora's Box" by mistake lol) This was the first time I've been able to zoom out of Motion. So stoked on that.
:arrow: Motion> Gyro Mirage (2nd time I've been able to zoom out of Motion :D )
:arrow: 3rd Smog (will be trying this flipside soon)
:arrow: Nick and I both realized we sucked at Pdx Whirl on flipside, so we drilled some flip Toe Whirls... We gave each other little tips for figuring them out, then Nick gave me the best tip I've ever had for it... "Keep it in closer". It definitely worked.... for both of us. We both hit our first good flipside Toe Whirls this afternoon. Pretty hyped.
:arrow: Flipside Toe Whirl> Stepping op Clipper (first time I've stepped out of it on flipsideeeee!!!! I R HPPY CMPR)

SO just learned that I've also been mixing up Gyro Legover's name... I've been calling it Merkon.... Merkon = Spinning Legover, Parallax = Gyro Legover... (...right?)

In other news, Jay Boychuk has agreed to help me advertise my "Play Footbag" Day idea. So hyped. He's a really nice guy and I can't believe I've been sort of afraid to talk to him because his skill level intimidated me. I feel so dumb for that. That will change next time we're at the same jam/tourney. Also, Jay suggested that I make it on Labor Day, September 5th. Much more public view, since people will already be outside for festivals and whatnot. So excited that my idea is being turned into reality.

Can't wait until Bob comes home Saturday. I miss Bob.
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F[uns]tylin' Eclectic wrote:I miss Bob.
Awww. :cry:
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It's funny you said i inspired you to sauce spike because you pretty much did the same thing for me, I forgot that i never did that :oops: props dude. i was dicking around with dustpans and got dustpan>dolomite. the timing for symp moves out of that trick is whacky.

phattest thing you posted imo though is zooming out of motion, not enough people do that. Get motion>mobius/vortex/gdlo on tape soon?
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Tony: Bob is fucking awesome man. It's great to shred with everyone else, but Bob makes our scene what it is. He's taught all of us our basics in one way or another, so he's like all of our teachers.

Kevin: Yo man, stoked I was able to inspire you right back! And hell yeah! Props on that dustpan> dolomite. If you liked the dustpan, you should do more of them :wink: lol Glad you liked my zooming out of motion links. I ultimately was going for Motion> Mobius... Got SO close to it. Will def. get this on film soon. Gotta get back to schooling basics soon though. Took a little break from that since I finally reached a new peak in my game, and I've just been having fun being able to string guiltless for the first time lol

No update on shred today (but I've been mindbagging all freaking day), but I found a really interesting band recently and I wanna spread the word.

They're called Awolnation. The genre is a mix of many things and very hard to describe. If I had to, I'd say Andrew W. K., Passion Pit, and, shit, I don't really know. They REALLY do their own thing. Some of it sounds a little bit corny and flamboyant at first, but after the first time through the whole album, I fell in love. This stuff would be great for a footbag video, too. Check it out...

This song is my favorite... I think. But I really like all of them.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjZVxgDQ2Vo[/youtube]


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyN_jD58qCI[/youtube]


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gH2efAcmBQM[/youtube]


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN5AXq4WvZI[/youtube]

These are my favs, but like I said, the whole cd is a great listen.

Hopefully, I'll be able to kick later on. Busy with visiting my grandparents tonight.
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So I just came back from my grandma's house and I tried to drill but it was a poor attempt, because everyone needed me to help with everything ever x 1000.

:arrow: Drilled 50 flipside Toe Whirls next to my grandma's pool... I wanted to do 100, but like I said, I was rushing around doing shit for my family. As soon as I hit 40, they called me in for dinner, but I said, "ok, 10 more and I'll be in", so I ripped 10 toe whirls out as quick as I could, then threw the bag down and dove into the pool. That felt SO nice. I wish I had a spot to shred next to my pool at home. I would do that all the time.

So anyway, drilling sesh kinda sucked tonight. It really ticked me off that I could only get to 50 tonight. I feel really unbalanced and uneven right now, but I'm going to do 150 tomorrow hopefully to balance it out. I kind of have OCD when it comes to stuff like footbag. Whenever I hit a trick, I really hate to not hit it flipside. It bugs me out that all eight of the 6 adds I've hit are all only on strongside. But those will get better in due time. I really gotta start doing those basics again. I keep saying that, but it sucks to say that I haven't done it for 3 days. Damn.
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I think awolnation is one guy. I heard them at a bar a few weeks ago (sail) and I had to google it. The guy is good.

I hear you on the OCD thing. I think it's part of why your game is so good so fast and why mine has gotten better since I started applying it.

Toe whirl is a lot of fun. I should really start schooling that in lieu of other BOP stuff.
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Hell yeah. So hooked on Awolnation right now. Also just got into some more bands the other day, like Fu Manchu, Man or Astroman, and some other ones. Fu Manchu rips. Cool that you're having the OCD-footbag thing too, Ian. Looks like it's been paying off for you too.

Well, I didn't get to drill because it's been raining here all damn day... OH WAIT, RAIN'S GOT NOTHING ON CHAINMAIL BAGS! HA! SO then I realized I left my chainmail bag at Bob's. FUCKKKKKKK... SO I put my feetgloves on and I drilled atomic sets out in the rain with a regular 32 panel. Awesome sesh.

:arrow: Drilled madd atomic sets
:arrow: Ducked both sides (first time on flip) (ducked strong side around 10 times... ducked flip twice.
:arrow: Ended session on 5 Atom Smashers bs

Gonna go get a toilet plunger for footbag practice. Plus Jackson is yelling at me to get off the computer and stop blogging.. oop, so are my parents. Yep, bye.
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Damn, Footblog, it's been a while...

So I got back from the store not too long ago. Got my toilet plunger! So happy. I don't think anyone has ever been more excited about buying a plunger. When I was at the cash register, and paid for my plunger, I said "Awesome, can't wait to use it!" in front of the lady lol

Anyway, I should explain that now. I bought the plunger to stick to the bottom of my pool so I can practice one-legged double dexes while I'm swimming. Going to saw the pole a little bit tomorrow.

And to go with one legged double dex practice, I just hit a pretty big small-trick milestone...

:arrow: Flipside Double Switchover

I went outside after watching a Suderman video, where he was nailing one legged double dexes like crazy. When I got outside, I tried it and it came pretty quickly and nicely. Anyway, happy about that. Nice little highlight of the night.

Speaking of HIGHlights... My dad just ordered this stuff from Hawaii, called "Kava Kava" and it's this root that you make a drink out of. The drink tastes like dog shit and dog vomit, but HOLY CRAP, it gives you this SUPER relaxing euphoric feeling. My dad said it's kind like marijuana for the Hawaiians. It's hard for me to type right now, because my fingers feel like jello and my whole body feels like marshmellows. This rules. Going to chill with my dad now. Oh shit, he's pouring us another glass now. Cloud 9, here I come.
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F[uns]tylin' Eclectic wrote:I don't think anyone has ever been more excited about buying a plunger.
I think most people are excited to get a plunger when they really need one!
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