Barefoot Shreddin'

Chris Hanratty · Post by **Chris Hanratty** » 17 Jun 2004 16:24

Tonight I was bored so I picked up the ol' Abshire and dropped it on my bare foot. Surprisingly, it was really really easy to stall. So I had a little 10 minute barefoot session. It was pretty cool... I got some 5 contact strings together a couple times. Usually consisted of 3 or 4 contacts. Did some basic 2-adds like mirage, atw, legover, pixie, etc. And actually got a toe whirl!!! I tried it for fun, and it actually caught on the side of my big toe's knuckle. Hit some ducking toe stalls, haha... and either a diving or zulu toe stall. Can't remember which is which.

Anyways, I'm rambling a bit... anyone have any barefoot stories or experiences to share?

bigdirtyfoot · Post by **bigdirtyfoot** » 17 Jun 2004 16:41

My only really fun barefoot memories were hitting Pixie Legover, Smear, and 3 Consecutive Pendelums in one night.

mc · Post by mc » 17 Jun 2004 16:42

i hit food processor ending on flapper barefoot at ECFC. Josh and Nino said it was clean... there were two others there, but I forget who they were... maybe Dan Greer and Alex Strassman? not sure...

Guest · Post by **Guest** » 17 Jun 2004 16:44

Matt, I think you're probably the second best barefoot player in the world, right after Yves.

Food Processor barefoot is pretty cool.

Posi-Cole · Post by **Posi-Cole** » 17 Jun 2004 18:31

It boggles my mind to see people be able to do any half decent strings with clipper tricks in barefeet. Maybe it's just me, but where I could go 10/10 on clippers with shoes on, I would be lucky to go 2 for 10 on clippers with no shoes on.

I've often hit toe moves for the first time in barefeet though. Like DATW, Terrage, bunch of pixie set moves.

King Monkey · Post by **King Monkey** » 17 Jun 2004 23:48

man u guys have seen nothing barefoot till u see Yves, either in person or on The Move video, he is fucking awesome
Ripped warrior both sides, rubberman, flurry both sides, blurry torque both sides, all barefoot

he has to be the best there is barefoot

Juice · Post by **Juice** » 18 Jun 2004 01:56

I've hit a few moves barefoot that I havent hit with shoes on.

Dr_inferno · Post by **Dr_inferno** » 18 Jun 2004 04:22

I can come closer to pig beater in bare feet than shoes and I had ps whirl roll off my foot a while back.

alex · Post by **alex** » 18 Jun 2004 07:04

hit food processor ending on flapper barefoot at ECFC

Dare I say what the last component of that trick resembles?

MWAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!! Don't worry Matt, your secret is safe with me.

Chris Hanratty · Post by **Chris Hanratty** » 18 Jun 2004 07:45

I'm really anxious to see some barefoot Yves action

:D

mc · Post by mc » 18 Jun 2004 09:36

hahahaha, you mean my monkey paw?

B_Man · Post by **B_Man** » 18 Jun 2004 20:48

I think my best tricks that I hit in barefeet would probably be Pixie Paradon and Phoenix.

Paulsator · Post by **Paulsator** » 19 Jun 2004 04:14

if you wanna see yves, come to europe! last weekend he (totally not warmed up) just took the bag and did a little string in his birkenstocks including both fogs, smoks ans much more...

Jeremy · Post by **Jeremy** » 19 Jun 2004 04:47

what are birkenstocks?

Juice · Post by **Juice** » 19 Jun 2004 04:53

I think birkenstocks are some type of leather sandal.

*Jethro* · Post by ***Jethro*** » 19 Jun 2004 16:37

i have hit alot of my toe moves barefoot first then moved up to shoes.

King Monkey · Post by **King Monkey** » 19 Jun 2004 22:51

yeh i practice some pixie stuff when i dont have time for a full session
barefoot pixie switches, pixie ducking practice etc
i think the hardest thing ive done with no shoes is like, whirl or smear

DoctorJay · Post by **DoctorJay** » 19 Jun 2004 23:19

Jeremy wrote:
what are birkenstocks?

Here you can see yves alternative for the laver

http://www.birkenstock.de/bilddaten/fla ... chland.htm

Muffinman · Post by **Muffinman** » 20 Jun 2004 14:20

I invented Entree (terraging mirage) in barefeet

And I've hit crispy enterrage a lot. I used to play WAAAY better barefoot, minus clipper moves of course >____<

There's an old RFA video by Mike where Matt busts a whole bunch of rad barefoot runs, including ps whirls, food processor, blurry whirls and more all midrun.

ebo · Post by **ebo** » 20 Jun 2004 15:12

I hit my only 3-dex move barefoot - Pixie DLO..

I used to play most of last summer barefoot waiting for my lavers..