Melissa.......

[lightningbolt]

Thanks, Clay! I guess my idea wasn't original.

Just an update, I haven't had much time to shred lately. See, I agreed to walk this dog for a week ($20 a day, two times a day). So, since I don't have weels, and nobody in my family wants to take me I have been left with two options. One, take a bus or two, ride my bike. Since, Anchorage bus lines sucked, I chose the bike. It's a pretty nice ride, I stay on a bike trail the whole way. The dog is 7 miles away (one way). So, in 7 days I am going to ride my bike 196 miles in seven days. So, I just exhausted!

While, I was taking the dog for a walk, I was waiting for Stucky (the dog) to complete his sniff. So, I took out my bag and just did a couple of toe stalls. So, this little kid, about 7 ish, came up and he said, "Wow, thats awesome! You must be the best" I just said thanks and told him about footbag. He was like, " That sounds stupid!" This was after he told me I was the best (huge ego boast). Belive me, I am not above arguing with a seven year old.

Me: Why is it stupid?
Kid: You kick a little bag with your feet! It looks stupid!
Me: You do that in soccer!
Kid: Soccer you use a bigger ball! Hacky sack just a rip off of Soccer! It looks stupid!
Me: You just said you thought it was awesome!

Than his parents called him to go home. In hinds sight I should said, "whatever." But, hey I was bored. I guess I should have told him more about the sport but I don't think that would have changed his mind.

For some reason, a ripwalk is really interesting me. I tried it once to horrible results! Whatever, I had fun trying it. They more complected the trick the more it seems to interests me for some reason.

Tricks I want to hit before the end of the year:
Butterfly
Mirage
Ripwalk (Hopfully!)
Illusion
Pick up
Hop over
Whirl
Smear
DATW
???

That's just on top of my head, hopefully, I will be able to do this a more. I feel like it differently in my reach. I feel once the Legover comes, others will follow. I think It's totally possible to hit a ripwalk. Or any of those tricks. I just going to keep working at it!

[lightningbolt]

I am having a hard time finding time to kick and it's getting annoying! In the last week, I have have kick three times! That sucks because I used to do every day for at least 30 min.!

Monday, was the first time I kicked out side, I mean really kick. Usally, I just do it in the garage or basement. Monday was uch a nice day I was like what the hell. I set up my little "area" right by my sister crappy car. It was a suana at 80 F, a new record for Achorage. The "session", if you could call it that sucked. My dexs were slow and wide; nothing was "clicking", just a bad bad day. I even got so mad I throw my bag on to the ground and yelled, " fuck this shit!" I think I scared thoes kids who were walking by.

Today, I played out side again. But I think I am going to move back into my gargae because out side distreacting me. I couldn't foucus like I would have liked. I felt like people were watching me and when people watch me I really fuck up. My dexs were a little quicker and closer but they felt sloppy. I am pretty sure I "the" half of my dexs.

Good news!
I was walking in the mall with my sister and we were going pass this hoe store. I was just causaly looking in at the window display and there! There was a pair of Rod Lavers on display. I could have done a happy dance. They costed $50 bucks. Not bad, now I don't have to shop on-line and pay shipping!

I think what the main thing that drives me to get better is that I am a show off. I love to do thing other people think are really hard. It gives me my Yay-yas. When I just got a bag, I wasn't into freestyle. I looked up it up, but was more interstied in kicking. I kicked with a circle for a couple of times. I wanted to be the best. I wanted to bust moves that would leave them in awe. I want to be a showoff! Since, this circle only get together for like a day ever 6 months, I want to come back better than this guy (joe), who was the best I the circle. I joined as a newbie, maybe kickin once or twice before I joined. Props to them for not telling me to fuck off everytime I droped it (which was a lot). I learned a lot since last may, the last time we kicked. I think I can kick joe's ass just kicing the bag right now. But I want to bust his ass wide open when I hit a butterfly. The trick he never could do. That my motive to get better. To beat Joe. To be the best.

[lightningbolt]

Right now I listening to TWEAKS techno. It rocks!

Today, wasn't that good of a day. I even had trouables even with toe stalls. I was getting really mad so I just quit for a while. I got so mad I kick the hubcap off my sister car. I put it back on; hopefully it weren't fall off while she driving.

For the last couple of days, I really lost all motiven to play. But after watching a lot of videos, I am back. I would play right now but I am afriad I might piss my self off again and lose the motiven I bulit.

Things I have trouable with:

1. Flipside clipper stall

2. Legover

3. flipside dex speed

4. Dexs- wide

5. A lot more...

My plan is to skool my ATW hard, becuse almost all tricks are based on that. I think I need to get better at them, alot better. So, I am going to do that and work on leg strength by alt. toe stalls.

[lightningbolt]

OKay, I been at camp for the last week. It kinda sucked... We worked 7-10 almost every day. And We stayed up till three thirty every night, so I really sleepy.

I haven't really felt a deisre to shred. Maybe, footbag was just a fad I got over like everything else. I think I going to have to do some soul seraching, more later

[lightningbolt]

Whew, taking two weeks off made me suck ass. I just got done with a session and damn I blew. It was werid, I felt like I was strating back from square one. I felt awkard and slow, my timing was fucked up. Even just palin a simple kicking felt werid and alien-ish. I just don't know what happened. I knew the first shred or even kick when I strted up again was going to be bad but this bad? It was horriable, I felt like I was using a crappy unfamilar bag, but I was using my sandmaster, that I always kick with. Even my LAvers felt werid and boxy even though I wore them out a couple of times. My clothes seem to be geting in the way even though it was the same I always ware. Just a alll round sucky, alien-ish, session.

For the last two weeks I lost instert in PLAYING, not watching people shred and that kinda stuff. I felt un-motived and just lazy to put it frankly. Lazy, to change into my shred clothes. Lazy to put on my Lavers. Just lazy.
Hope I can snap outta it. Hopefully

[ninja]

Go watch some vids. It usually helps your motivation

[lightningbolt]

Whoa, late night shred. Around 11:30 -12:00 ish, I was doing push-ups/sit-ups/weight lifting in my room. That what I do when I am bored, werid huh? I had all this engery so I like, "why not shred". So, I hopped right up and went to the garage. Everybody eles was sleeping, so I tried to be SUPER queit but, of course, I woke up my sister, who belive me, is not a pretty sight when woken up.

The lighting was sucky in the garage. I barely could see the bag, which is kinda vital. Nothing really new to report. All I did were toe stalls, fun right? I feel my legs getting stonger and more willing to hop to the bag, if that makes sense. That all I been doing lately, sounds lame, I know. But hey verybody gotta start somewhere and belive you me. When I get thourage with toe stalls, I gonna kick fucking ass at them.

My plan is to go slowly and learn each trick and learn it well on both sides. Next, after toestalls are ATW. I really good at them now, but a little more prastice can't hurt.

Currently, I am complete on both sides. That not really saying much but I plan on staying this way. It's think it's very importion to be complete. I hold that in alot of vaule.

Yeah, that pretty much it. If you want to check out my other blog, that not footbag realeted you can: http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=lightingbolt It's not much, teenage girl stuff

Thanks for reading, and as always feel free to leave tips/comments.

[lightningbolt]

I got the Champions League and a Mr.Sandbag for my birthday, yesterday (my birthday was on Sunday). And OH MY GOD Champions League was awesome! Amazing, beyond words. My personal favorite part was when they had Vasek hooked up to a viedo game controller.

The werid thing about though, when I put the disc in my Playstoian to play it, it says ," TV is compatible" but when I put it in my computer or my sister DVD player, it works fine. Has anyone else have this problem?

The Mr. Sandbag is soooo small. My Sandmaster is like three times the size of it. I like the Mr. Sandbag better, It's alot lighter, and sleeker. I think I do better like that.

The bag is blue and yellow and I am going to call either jester or Bitch As you can tell, I just discovered the bold tool!

The Mr. Sandbag is helping with my Legover . It's so small, I can soooo closed to hiting one last night. Today, I belive, is the day!

The Champion League is really messing up me doing my homework. I was watching it while I did math and I got done 7 problems in one hour. And these weren't even hard stuff just graphs.

[lightningbolt]

DMAN THAT EDIT BUTTON!!!!!!!!!!!

EDIT: The werid thing about though, when I put the disc in my PS2 to play it, it says," TV is un compatible

[bigdirtyfoot]

Dude, you have to post a more detailed review in the Videos section! That's awesome that you got it. Do you mean you got a Mr. Sandman?

[lightningbolt]

Hmm, okay then, I got a Mr. Sandman!

Yesterday, I got 2 "herd" bags. Have anyone herd about these? There over 32 pannels. My best guess would be around 52. There have sand filling and the panles are kinda like the material they use in a sandmaster. They arn't broken in yet so they stalls are roll-y. Hopefully, they will break in nicely and are not like the nike bags. I was bummed that my aunt didn't get me a abshire per to my request. I think I might get one with my birthday money.

I decided to name my Mr. sandman, "Chester". I was going to name him Jester but my sister kept calling him Chester and that name stuck. Evn I called him that, after awhile. Chester broke in nicely, my favorite bag so far.

I decied to name one of the herd bags, Seawolf since it panels are Green and Yellow, and that my collage colors! Un-orignal, but that the name that stuck.

2 bags of mine are waiting for names. The brown-orango herd bag and a all blue Mr. sandbag. Hopefully, the name will come to me as I play today.

ATW, I have down so good, I could do them in my sleep. Today, onwards to Legovers Which I going to nail, TODAY

[lightningbolt]

Okay, the blue Mr. sandman is now called Fuzz and the other Herd bag is now Fajta.

Also, I have decied to stop posting on Modified, for now. The main reason is that I not advancing. Period I have no game and I am getting super frusted. I think part of the reason is that I compare my self to other newbies on the borad like Zachtree. If I took all the time I spend on this borad and schooling legover, for example, instead, I think I would be alot better.

Yeah, so that pretty much what I am going to do.

Good bye for now.

Good Luck Maraxus in Iraq

Peace out

[Shaun]

Just practice stuff like crazy it will come. I had the same trouble with legovers bothsides and I eventually got the hang of them. So all it takes is schooling.

[Shredster]

I feel your pain, since i'm going through similar feelings at m game.

Just work hard. Things will definatly come your way. Just takes some practice. Mix up your shred spots. Dont' play with a camera on (if you have one) every time. Just remember, the most important thing is to have fun.

[MrRoboto]

Hey bolt, don't get discouraged, it took me forever to get legovers as well, I think it was mostly because I was lazy and didn't want to school them though

If that sandmaster bag was 3 times the size of your Mr. Sandman, you'll probably find your game inproving alot with the Sandman. That old one must be huge!

The only thing I can suggest for the legovers is try to set them close into your body, and keep practicing!!!

[zachatree]

practice an have fun an it will come try to do other things, think of things in your mind an then try them, an then maybe one day you will just hit it with ease no problem, school pixies an get them down i think they help for hiting legovers most importantly just have a good time shreding and think of how much funner its gonna be when you can hit whirl> op whirl> smear> swirl> op swirl.

just have a great time an love this great sport

[lightningbolt]

I FINALLY GOT A LEGOVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's sealed. Now I can do a couple in a row which is good. The main reason is the Freedom! It's loads better than my other bag. It's so small, really helpful.

Sorry for being dramtic. The last post was made really late at night and I was really mad......

[zachatree]

AWSOME so glad to hear your makeing progress mellisa KEEP IT UP now hit it on your flipside

[lightningbolt]

Today was nothing much. I skooled flip legover and legover. I getting the timing pretty well so I landing about 50% of 'em. (0% on flip but aleast I am skooling it ) It's all about the timing with legover I belive.

I am also working on Fairys (Thanks Amus for the vid. ). There coming along well, alot less hard than legovers I tell ya that. Alot like legovers... actually there like the flip of legovers. Maybe I even land one today.

Also, I gonna skool Pixie like Zach said, but I can't find a video of it, does anyone know where I can find one?

My left leg hurts pretty bad. Oh crap, shine splits! NOT NOW!!!!!!!!!! I think or it could just be a pulled muscle since I been skooling it hella hard. I need good insole for my Lavers. Like Dr. Soles. Dose anybody recommend any type? Do they really make a diffence? The price is kinda steep.

[lightningbolt]

Shit I though I could edit my last post.

Anywhooos, I just hit and sealed a fairy! WOOOOHOOO! ON MY THRID TRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yep, I am happy about that! I working on flip right now. Get get that damn dex speed up to par with my other one. So, tonight it's me and the cone I dexerixcise with. No bag. No shoes. Just dexs!
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