Too Broken in?

ToxicHippo · Post by **ToxicHippo** » 03 Sep 2004 08:13

Is it possible for a bag to be too broken in? When I put my bag in my pocket, it flattens and I have to shake it out to puff it back up.

ericksonj · Post by **ericksonj** » 03 Sep 2004 08:25

Depending on the bag, it is possible for the bag to be "too broken in." If a bag loses beads or the fabric is stretched out too much, then it can become extremely floppy. I personally do not like floppy bags because they are hard to set, but they do stall pretty well. Also, if the bag gets too light it can make it really difficult to bust out shuffle combos or even ducking combos.

As long as you can do your uptime sets fine, and it doesn't cause any problems with your duck/diving then the bag is probably ok.

RipWalker · Post by **RipWalker** » 03 Sep 2004 08:43

Umm... your name is awesome, because Ben Harper (the singer) is the man.

Aaanyway, what type of bag is it? If it's a 32, it sounds nicely broken in... it's only too broken in if it's broken, in which case it will be leaking all over the place.

If it's a Sandbag, they can lose a lot of sand and then get way too floppy and light, then they're hard to play with. If this bag you're using still has all of its filler in it then I'd say it's not too broken in.

If you still don't want it... mail it to me!

Can never have too many bags...

Peace.

zachatree · Post by **zachatree** » 03 Sep 2004 08:46

alot of bags become flat lol you need to shake it up make it round then kick it, thats a good thing bc when it hits your foot it flatens out again makeing it good for stalling

ToxicHippo · Post by **ToxicHippo** » 03 Sep 2004 09:10

Yeah, it's a 12 panel Jester I got from a kid I was kicking with on the boardwalk, it's similar to peanutboy's icon, except it's suede and not colorful.

I have to shake it before I use it.

MegaFighter_X · Post by **MegaFighter_X** » 03 Sep 2004 11:35

Sounds good. It deends on what you want to use the bag for. If you want to use the bag for kicking, floppyness is definitely a bad thing. It starts taking too much effort to pop it up to a decent height so you can kick comfortably. On the other hand, it would be a rather nice freestyle bag. It would basically stop where you want it to (within reason, of course.). and the opposite is true with round, rolly bags, at least to a degree. Some just can't work for you (to me it's a sipa sipa.)

But ultimately, It's up to personal preference as to what you want to do with it.

ToxicHippo · Post by **ToxicHippo** » 03 Sep 2004 11:39

Well, I kinda use it for both..

I'm working on my consecutives, but I'm also learning stalls.