Steel City Freestyle

yacob · Post by **yacob** » 04 Aug 2008 12:42

Not to be overly narcissistic, but this picture is freakin' sweet.

Check out where the bag's shadow is, neat huh? And seeing the bottom of my shoe like that has given me a new appreciation for the quantums (as did hitting Blurry Drifter>Tomahawk and Blurry whirl>Paradox torque on Friday)

Hey Bob, good playin with ya Friday man. Your links are unique and cool, I'm glad you made it out to party too.

word up

C-Fan · Post by **C-Fan** » 04 Aug 2008 13:02

That is a great photo.

Ian Brill · Post by **Ian Brill** » 04 Aug 2008 16:25

I particularly like the angle of sun/shadow.

Kicked today by myself. Hit a lot of torques. Got to the point where I was hitting pm out of the other side torque, but I can't say I have anything dialed. I was pretty spent though. I started out hitting a long run with ducks and dives both sides. I didn't feel like myself because they were deeper than usual and seemed in control too. It was like: wow. I just did that. But then it was all a struggle for the rest of my session. I also schooled drifters. I hit some.

Ian Brill · Post by **Ian Brill** » 06 Aug 2008 15:19

Kicked with Matt.
Highlights:
I hit a string with paradon-torque bsos, etc
Then I hit a bunch more torques
Spinning gyro set is getting better. I think I know what I need to do better.

OT- I completed my 'crackle box' and a contact mic. I like circuit building a lot now.

Edit: Here is a video of my first self-made electronic instrument:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9z15QX7Fijs[/youtube]

Ian Brill · Post by **Ian Brill** » 07 Aug 2008 20:12

Passed my bedtime.
Kicked with Niels and Tyler.
Both of them can take this sport as far as they want to. It's pretty exciting actually.

Niels has developed very good control and symmetry.
Tyler is developing speed an has the potential for a lot of control.

Highlights, me:
Tiltless baby!
I was able to string some mirages on my left side! It took some major warming up though.
Bunch of torques, multiple times bsos, and some good strings

Look out for a band called Ennui. I'm just saying. Their new record is about to drop.

Ian Brill · Post by **Ian Brill** » 09 Aug 2008 17:09

Filmed with Jake and Matt.
Highlights: Lots of Paradons and Torques. My week of training paid off.
Reverse Mullet
diving mirage bsos, first try
Twirls

Kicked later with Matt, Niels and Tyler
Highlights: Some blurs on both sides
a couple reverse mullets
a very close attempt to ducking barfly
off of the foot twice on ducking butterfly swirl
six or seven paradons into paradon-pm-rpt
Twirls
Whirling swirl
Hippy atom on my weak side
paradon-torque-torque
paradon-osis-dyno-torque

Niels brought back a whole lot of great chocolate and a bottle of riesling from Germany for me, which makes me really, really stoked. Another reason why he is the man is because he is taking footbag serious and is really getting tiltless concepts and his foundation tight. Tyler is learning pretty quick as well. Oh and they are both the man because they gave me a heads up about cheap G units and I just ordered 5 more pairs. That will be 8 hunter green pairs that I will have in reserve. Good thing I only plan on getting better at this sport.

Matt is off the chain, btw. That's about all I can say. He played hard all afternoon, and into the evening as well and he put out some new links drills, new tricks etc- like it just comes with the territory. Props again in writing.

Tripp · Post by **Tripp** » 09 Aug 2008 19:12

is the SC crew going to funtastiks?

Ian Brill · Post by **Ian Brill** » 09 Aug 2008 20:04

Tripp wrote:is the SC crew going to funtastiks?

I don't think Matt or Jake are interested, because of school and other obligations. I am. If you feel like going I can help split costs.

Tripp · Post by **Tripp** » 09 Aug 2008 20:18

YES YES YES. I'll probably only be available for sunday and monday. It's not a definite that i'm going but i'm definitely interested.

Ian Brill · Post by **Ian Brill** » 09 Aug 2008 20:41

I don't know if I will be able to make it Monday because of work, but as it is labor day I might be able to.

Let's be in touch before the 15th, as that is when the discount goes away.

Najeh · Post by **Najeh** » 09 Aug 2008 23:01

yo whatup all. nice session we had back there, can't wait for whatever video that is u guys filmed. im really glad i got a little osis lesson in today, now i at least understand and have executed every basic 2 add that i plan on dialing before i try much anything else. btw thats not a promise, im just sayin. oh yeah, the reason im posting: i got another great hacky sacker lined up to kick tomorrow, and watch out because this one might be a keeper.

Ian Brill · Post by **Ian Brill** » 10 Aug 2008 16:27

Edited.

Kicked with Niels, and then his buddy Dave.
Highlights:
1001 consecutive inside kicks back and forth
50x inside stall back and forth, twice
20+ contacts of mirage-legover, repeat
Deeper ducks
long strings with paradons thrown in frequently

Nowhere near enough torques. I will make a point of doing something about this.

Niels: He is learning illusions. He is already at the point with osis where he is making the move more blind, turning more and not relying on a tweaked-out-scoop to provide less-than-optimal results.
His toe game shows great potential with clear effort and results regarding controlling the back after each trick.

I am in such a bad mood. Maybe I'm starving.

yacob · Post by **yacob** » 11 Aug 2008 11:13

I'm glad I didn't ride Ian's bike into the river while filming with Matt's camera. Though that may have made for some interesting b-reel footage.

Ian Brill · Post by **Ian Brill** » 11 Aug 2008 15:12

Kicked/filmed with Jake and Matt.
Highlights, for memory purposes:
Dyno-twirl
Dyno-torque
Dyno-paradox torque
Dyno-rev. whirling xbdy rake
flux-far swirl

Short session.

colefieldhouse22 · Post by **colefieldhouse22** » 11 Aug 2008 15:24

How does that instrument work, Ian

and Jake, that picture is really awesome. You have reason to be narcissistic

Ian Brill · Post by **Ian Brill** » 11 Aug 2008 15:37

colefieldhouse22 wrote:How does that instrument work, Ian

That's a really good question! Let me get back to you with on this one after I have had a chance to review my notes!

yacob · Post by **yacob** » 11 Aug 2008 18:17

i totally own fog

Ian Brill · Post by **Ian Brill** » 11 Aug 2008 18:43

Does that mean you want to play sometime this week?

(BTW, you totally own fog)

Najeh · Post by **Najeh** » 13 Aug 2008 23:23

yo whatup sc. didn't have anyone to kick with today but i decided have a little late night sesh after a jog and i just wanted to post because i was playing well and after i drilled some stalls i hit my dream tiltless combo and im real proud of myself-like.
mirage>pickup>mirage>pickup>illusion>legover>illusion>legover...
i got one more mirage after the first rotation to try and restart the combo and then dropped. it was sweet. ive also been staying on my toes and kind of bouncing around during my drills even just for toe and inside stalls. its great to finally hit something ive been going after for a while, especially since in the past two weeks the learning curve for me has gotten much steeper.

btw: i was freezing mad osis although i still have yet to hit clipper>osis>clipper>osis
also btw: our bags and shoes will all be here on friday

Ian Brill · Post by **Ian Brill** » 14 Aug 2008 04:12

Nice combo! I think I want to hit that now. Looking sharp. I bet the form was solid too. I'm also glad to hear about the osis'. Mad props.

Can't wait for gear o' clock! And, on a Friday too!

Let's try to kick some today.