my diary
I live in Rome, NY, but i was born in South Korea.
I started footbag exactly 2weeks before the Funtastiks in 2003.
Im 18 now and this is my 11th month playing footbag.
I've only been to one event (Funtastik2003) so far, and planning on to go
again this year.
Yoobin Jin
so i started in the summer of 2003. most of my friends don't hack or shred....only a couple. before, i was never interested in "hacky sack" and didn't like to play when my friends that hacked took out a hacky sack and started kicking it. one day my friend invited me to hack with him. i said no at first but he insisted that i come. so i did...n at this park there was graig n ryan (both who made me come), dan, colin, n me. colin had a mr.sandman n i was like...."wow that's really small" n we kicked. nobody had lavers n i was wearing sandals. we kicked around for mayb 30min n i got bored. when some1 tried to hit an around the world, i thought i'd try it also. ofcourse i couldn't hit it n i tried tens of times. nobody hit atw that day n we all went home. graig had let me borrow his hacky sack so i took it home n practiced atw in my house with bare feet. it was fun n challeging. that night graig told me that he was ordering 3 mr.sandmans.
the next day i practiced n practiced n finally hit atw. i was very happy. 2days later graig called n said he had gotten the sandmans n i could come over n kick with him. but first we went to walmart n bought these $10 valcro shoes. it's crappy shoes but back than we didn't know about lavers. so we kicked n i showed him my atw trick i learned. this was how i got myself into the sport of footbag
the next day i practiced n practiced n finally hit atw. i was very happy. 2days later graig called n said he had gotten the sandmans n i could come over n kick with him. but first we went to walmart n bought these $10 valcro shoes. it's crappy shoes but back than we didn't know about lavers. so we kicked n i showed him my atw trick i learned. this was how i got myself into the sport of footbag
the next wendseday(4days after i had started) graig n ryan had called n said that there was a session at a park so i went with my new sandman i bought from graig n my new walmart valcro shoes. it was me ryan dan colins. 10minutes into kicking, there came some1 walking with sandals on with a pair of shoes in his hands. he introduced himself n every1 knew him but me. he put on his shoes n i thought it was really ugly. he said it was lavers n that we should all get it. i was like no thx n showed him my atw trick n proudly passed the bag over to him. He kicked it around for 20seconds n i thought..."hmm...he's not bad....descent." after those kicks he stalled it n started busting sick moves which i had no idea what it was n he embarassed me completely by hitting double-atw at the end. he was awesome, n he was trying to teach me how to hit mirages. that night he ordered me lavers on-line(since i didn't have a credit card), n said he would give it to me the following session. me n graig practiced hard, trying to master atw n practing mirages. i wanted to b better so i can bust them with my new lavers. 8days had passed(monday) since i first experienced footbag there was a session that night. the mystery man who was busting all the tricks n ordered my lavers for me is Matt Cross who tought me how to hit a lot of my basics n about footbag. so 6mp that day i went to the park n got my lavers, but i didn't wear them cause matt said that it had to b modified. that session he tought me how to hit legovers n advised me to practice atw n mirages on my flipside.
to b continued....
to b continued....
Matt Cross told me about Funtastiks03 n told me that i should go. me graig n ryan decided to go so we went with our lavers which mine was modified by Matt C. we went there, met some ppl though i forgot most of them, n shred like newbs. i was trying to inside stall while watching Matt C. and Kenny Shults bustin big combos. Greg Nelson came up to me n said..."nice shirt, i have the same shirt." i laughed n said it was a good shirt. than he tought me to make a fist with my feet to inside stall n i should practice wrap arounds. he was very friendly n an awesome guy. we shred for about 4-5hrs in the hotel that evening n i learned alot. i hit my first smear, paradox mirage, pixie legover, n magallen that night. sadly, we left the next day 