derek - my sets for legovers sometimes get too close too my body but i try and keep them behind my knees. gonna give them a rest for now and concentrate on other concepts. thx for the feedback and compliments!
so... oak city freestylers is official now!!! why oak city you ask? raleigh is known as the "city of oaks" for its many oak trees, which line the streets in the heart of the city. plus it's got a nice ring to it!
darren kautz moved to raleigh from ohio a couple weeks ago. there is another guy in raleigh named david wilder who used to kick regularly but has gotten out of the sport. he wants to get back into it and we just haven't been able to hook up yet. also, george hayward from psu will be moving to chapel hill for grad school. that's a little ways from here (hour maybe).
so that makes 4 and an official footbag club! about fucking time!!!
darren and i had our first shred together last night. we met in raleigh close to his house. i was having a hard time trying to figure out a shred spot (since all i have done so far is shred in my garage or driveway). i ended up picking lafayette village which has european style shopping and dining. the place is really cool. well lit and has a huge grassy courtyard for all the kids to play in. we ended up picking a nice big area around the shops right next to a fountain.
we started off getting to know each other and darren had brought a ton of old school footbags. wish i would've taken a picture of all of them. it was like going down memory lane. he had a couple of the original hacky sacks and a spiral bag that waylon lew made him. to this day, darren hasn't shred with that bag. it's so cool and he doesn't want to fuck it up. it is a sweet bag. here's a pic that he sent me (not the best quality).
this bag is tiny and so stally!
the other cool thing about darren is he's around my age. he is def "old school". he was telling me stories of kicking with the likes of kenny shultz, peter irish, james harley, tuan vu, vince bradley and steve goldberg. pretty cool!
we finally got the shred going. darren hadn't kicked in 2 months (been busy with the move and all). didn't seem like it. he bust right back into it! his signature move is whirl. pretty sure he could do that all day. they looked great! he gave me a few pointers on a few things, especially legovers. he thought my set wasn't high enough and that it would give me more time for the dex. it did help! he also didn't like me too much when he saw my osis. they are coming pretty naturally to me for some reason. at least i think so.
darren had a couple of long strings which was impressive for not have kicked in 2 months. again i don't have a lot of strings since all i really do is drill.
here are a few highlights from the sesh:
near clipper > far legover > mirage (these are getting much better on strong. flip i'm still having problems with my set from clipper to far legover)
near clipper > mirage
near clipper > osis
near clipper > frigid osis (i love these. i can get the stall really well but then i have trouble with the set. it just kinda falls off my shoe. i can't get any air under it. i'll have to figure that out)
other than that it was just practicing pickup, mirage and shit like that.
we shredded for almost 2 hours. we were gonna grab a beer and some munchies afterwards but darren was tired and didn't feel like eating after the sesh. so i stayed and got some dinner and a beer on the patio. my waitress sucked ass! i had finished eating and set my plate to the other side of the table so it was clear that i was finished. i had also finished my bells two hearted ipa and was ready to get on the road (about 30 min to get back to wake forest).
she kept walking by my table and asking her other tables if they needed anything but kept ignoring me. i could've asked for the check but i was getting irritated at this point and wanted to see if she would do it on her own. she went back into the restaurant and then came out later and went directly to a new table to get their order. i was livid after this. so you know what i did... yep, dine and dash baby!! i haven't done that since college. i know it wasn't the right thing to do but my temper gets in the way of things sometimes and i was like, fuck that bitch, she can pay for my dinner. i've waited tables and have a pretty high standard of how you should treat a patron. my wife just laughed when i told her about it when i got home.
it was so nice to be able to shred with someone! i am really excited to see how my game progresses now and i have made a new friend in the process.
i'll leave you with a footbag fun fact that darren told me.
"Nemesis is the only footbag move that was named before anyone ever hit it. Typically, the first person who hits a move gets to name it. But that move was kind of considered an amazing but unobtainable possibility. So it was all the top players' "Nemesis" at the time.
I'm stoked it all worked out for you both.. 
