Hey Dan,
You can find some of the answers you're looking for in my Colombia write-up post:
http://modified.in/footbag/viewtopic.php?t=16652
Colombia & most of South America = spanish
Brazil (and another country that I forget) = portuguese
That's pretty much the layout language-wise.
JM
Jorden's Journal
-=Monday, Nov. 12th, 2007=-
Back from NYC.
- stepping grifter X 2 (WR)
- whirling symp rev-up
- spinning symp rev-up
- frank > spender midrun
- jani > bs bed > paradon swirl (in Sick3 comp)
- reverse eclipse
- whirlygig X 3
- whirling infinity X 8 (WR tied)
- toe blur X 18
- whirling ss drifter (both sides -- first time hitting either!)
- furious flail > paradon swirl
Back from NYC.
- stepping grifter X 2 (WR)
- whirling symp rev-up
- spinning symp rev-up
- frank > spender midrun
- jani > bs bed > paradon swirl (in Sick3 comp)
- reverse eclipse
- whirlygig X 3
- whirling infinity X 8 (WR tied)
- toe blur X 18
- whirling ss drifter (both sides -- first time hitting either!)
- furious flail > paradon swirl
Jorden Moir
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alvarojunka
- Hack Fiend
- Posts: 48
- Joined: 18 Feb 2006 17:27
- Location: Bogota (Colombia)
- Contact:
hey ...
(sorry jorden for use your blog to answer)
Hi Ednie,
My name is alvaro and I'm from colombia as you can see in my profile. I'm gonna try to answer you questions.
1. maybe the 25% of the peolple or less speak spanish here in colombia ,but the most part of the footbag players understand it.
2. Jorden Answered that one
3.same as before
4. we're near of 20 or 30 players here in bogota, but it's very hard to get all together because we all work or study at university, we usually play at weekends.
5. We really want to to know much players as we can because as I speak with Jorden, for us it's very dificult to travel because we need Visa for almost all the countries in the world
and specially for colombian people is harder to get one 
6. For you it's very cheap to live here, in U.S money a pizza cost 2.5DLS, a coke 0.5 DLS (350c.c.), the bus ticket 1 DL, and take a taxi maybe 5 bucks or more.
7. Jorden answered that.
8. hehe..it's better that Jorden answer that..
I hope to know you some day , you can come whenever you want, we always have a place for footbagers, and if you want you can stay in my house or othes players' houses.
If you come betwen June and Agust, we have a local tournament called USBAG and people form all Colombia and Venezuela come, also we're on vacations and have more time to be with you(that was a problem with Jorden
). and if you come betwen October and February we have our Navibag and also come much people for the competiotion and also we're on vacations...
and if you can't come in those months we'll get time for you wherever it takes!!
hope to see you soon
Hi Ednie,
My name is alvaro and I'm from colombia as you can see in my profile. I'm gonna try to answer you questions.
1. maybe the 25% of the peolple or less speak spanish here in colombia ,but the most part of the footbag players understand it.
2. Jorden Answered that one
3.same as before
4. we're near of 20 or 30 players here in bogota, but it's very hard to get all together because we all work or study at university, we usually play at weekends.
5. We really want to to know much players as we can because as I speak with Jorden, for us it's very dificult to travel because we need Visa for almost all the countries in the world
and specially for colombian people is harder to get one 6. For you it's very cheap to live here, in U.S money a pizza cost 2.5DLS, a coke 0.5 DLS (350c.c.), the bus ticket 1 DL, and take a taxi maybe 5 bucks or more.
7. Jorden answered that.
8. hehe..it's better that Jorden answer that..
I hope to know you some day , you can come whenever you want, we always have a place for footbagers, and if you want you can stay in my house or othes players' houses.
If you come betwen June and Agust, we have a local tournament called USBAG and people form all Colombia and Venezuela come, also we're on vacations and have more time to be with you(that was a problem with Jorden
). and if you come betwen October and February we have our Navibag and also come much people for the competiotion and also we're on vacations...and if you can't come in those months we'll get time for you wherever it takes!!
hope to see you soon
Voting for Top 5 starts tonight at 9pm! That's RIGHT NOW!!
Let's take advantage of this 3 hour day and blitz the voting!!!
www.famecast.com/jorden
Please vote once per day for as much as you can until November 29th. Remember you can vote two per day from the same IP address!! Get that sibling/parent to vote! This is getting serious!!
Help me help footbag.
Jorden
Let's take advantage of this 3 hour day and blitz the voting!!!
www.famecast.com/jorden
Please vote once per day for as much as you can until November 29th. Remember you can vote two per day from the same IP address!! Get that sibling/parent to vote! This is getting serious!!
Help me help footbag.
Jorden
Jorden Moir
Yeah, totally.
Thanks for giving the heads up. I like to vote for you as much as possible. I think I got you every single day last time.
If you make a new video if you make top 5, you should do a lot of same leg double dex tricks... Non-hackers will go crazy!
I loved the run with the... juggling and one footbag, I think? Where you, like, did juggling tosses under your leg WHILE alternating toe stalls... wow. Mind-warp! And switching up the juggling tricks at the same time!
It's too bad you don't have an incredible camcorder and filmer, 'cause you would get soooo many more votes if you combined your awesome skills with awesome-quality, beautiful, artistic filming!
Thanks for giving the heads up. I like to vote for you as much as possible. I think I got you every single day last time.
If you make a new video if you make top 5, you should do a lot of same leg double dex tricks... Non-hackers will go crazy!
I loved the run with the... juggling and one footbag, I think? Where you, like, did juggling tosses under your leg WHILE alternating toe stalls... wow. Mind-warp! And switching up the juggling tricks at the same time!
It's too bad you don't have an incredible camcorder and filmer, 'cause you would get soooo many more votes if you combined your awesome skills with awesome-quality, beautiful, artistic filming!
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mahhkohh
- Flower Child
- Posts: 1944
- Joined: 22 Feb 2005 08:36
- Location: near stuttgart,germany
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hey, just voted without having seen the vid, but i will watch it right away and then give you props, i am sure of that.
props on making it to the next round!
i dont realy see how i could vote twice a day. please explain.
EDIT: just awesome. and i just second eric´s oppinion. with a more professinal filming it would be even cooler.
props on making it to the next round!
i dont realy see how i could vote twice a day. please explain.
EDIT: just awesome. and i just second eric´s oppinion. with a more professinal filming it would be even cooler.
come get your mÃcrÖ¶ bag today
buy one of my bags and help finance my guitar lessons
mäcrö hartig
buy one of my bags and help finance my guitar lessons
mäcrö hartig
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CautionFragile
- BSOS Beast
- Posts: 410
- Joined: 05 Jun 2007 05:45
- Location: Sudbury, Ontario
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Zeb Jackson
- Post Master General
- Posts: 2783
- Joined: 19 Dec 2005 12:57
- Location: Boise,Idaho, USA
hey man it was really awesome hanging out with you when you were in boise, it was a shame that i didnt get to stay and chill/talk with you more, it was really fun sword fighting with you, and doing the really cool glow hack,
best of luck on all your endeavors
Zeb
best of luck on all your endeavors
Zeb
-Zeb Jackson
http://www.elitefootbag.com
http://www.elitefootbag.com
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mosher
- brutal footbag cronie
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- Joined: 22 Jan 2004 23:30
- Location: Toronto, Ontario
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Hey Jorden,
I feel like I've had a bit more opportunity to get to know you than some other footbag players. I have definitely seen you progress and grow up a lot as a person over the past several years.
I think that the stuff you are thinking about right now is good stuff to be pondering. I hope that this pondering leads to good solutions/directions for your situations.
You're a good kid and we all know you will go crazy far. Keep giving it your all and stay driven and passionate.
Also, I just had an idea. If you're so keen to get into circus school then you need to know gymnastics. Recently Peng and I have started attending classes. I know it'd be another expense to not be able to afford, but it may be a good way to learn a handful of skills that will be very foundational and especially useful in the near future.
Also, hackrobatics is like the best idea ever!
And one last thing that Peng suggested I pass on to you.
If money is super tight and you have a bit of time to kill then just go to a temp agency (I went to Apple One www.appleone.ca) and get a job. It is SO easy, you just walk in, fill out some forms and the next day you can have a full time job making over $10/hr. I got one making $11.25/hr at a niceish warehouse with basically no effort.
Also, it will build lots of good skills and even introduce you to new people that you could possibly befriend.
Don't get too down, you have retarded potential, just stay strong and determined, you'll make it Jorden.
I feel like I've had a bit more opportunity to get to know you than some other footbag players. I have definitely seen you progress and grow up a lot as a person over the past several years.
I think that the stuff you are thinking about right now is good stuff to be pondering. I hope that this pondering leads to good solutions/directions for your situations.
You're a good kid and we all know you will go crazy far. Keep giving it your all and stay driven and passionate.
Also, I just had an idea. If you're so keen to get into circus school then you need to know gymnastics. Recently Peng and I have started attending classes. I know it'd be another expense to not be able to afford, but it may be a good way to learn a handful of skills that will be very foundational and especially useful in the near future.
Also, hackrobatics is like the best idea ever!
And one last thing that Peng suggested I pass on to you.
If money is super tight and you have a bit of time to kill then just go to a temp agency (I went to Apple One www.appleone.ca) and get a job. It is SO easy, you just walk in, fill out some forms and the next day you can have a full time job making over $10/hr. I got one making $11.25/hr at a niceish warehouse with basically no effort.
Also, it will build lots of good skills and even introduce you to new people that you could possibly befriend.
Don't get too down, you have retarded potential, just stay strong and determined, you'll make it Jorden.
Tom Mosher
hate is a waste of passion!
hate is a waste of passion!
Hey Jorden, I'm glad to hear you're considering talking to Duncan. I was also glad to hear of your high standards for what products you'll stand behind. That's great conviction to have. If it's meant to be...
The struggles you wrote about summed up what I think a lot of young people go through - I know I've gone through it (still going through it?). On one hand, life is short and we want to make the most of it, on the other hand there are real life constraints (money, housing, relationships). But, in my opinion, the fact that you're thinking about these things means you'll figure it out. I mean, a lot of people just float past all this stuff without a thought. (I used to say to my wife "Why can't I just turn my brain off for awhile and be fat and happy like 95% of the planet?").
Edit: Oh yeah, I have this one friend that loves biking. Instead of a "grown up job" he still works at a bike store and travels all over the place doing bike races etc. He's really good. I was kind of jealous of him for a long time. I mean, he's essentially still a college kid in terms of responsibility. But it's just a different path - I value kids and wife and house and hobbies, he values freedom and lower stress etc. I guess that story is meant to convey that many paths can be good paths.
What you say about friends is especially important in my opinion. I read a great article about "friends of grown men" (or similarly titled.. or it could apply to women I'm sure). Basically is says that the paradox is that men change a LOT after high school age, and often times have a lot of difficulty making friends that fit their new self. Whereas friends at a young age are often picked because of proximity (same bus ride to school, same home room class, next door neighbor etc.) and similarity (play same sports, in the same "clique" etc.), it gets a lot trickier to pick the right friends for you after all the peer pressure and the "proximity" is gone. Where do you meet these friends at an older age? Tough one. And when you do find one, how can you build trust in that person similar to the person that you knew for all your growing up years? It didn't really give an answer on how to find the friends you need, but definitely said that having good friends is good for you. Sounds like a simple premise, but when I read it, I was like "yeah, totally". Since I read that article, I've really been taking time for me to make sure any budding friendships I have are cultivated, and that any long time friendships I have left (not many) are nourished.
Ha ha.. I just typed a ton, and I don't know that I really said anything.
The struggles you wrote about summed up what I think a lot of young people go through - I know I've gone through it (still going through it?). On one hand, life is short and we want to make the most of it, on the other hand there are real life constraints (money, housing, relationships). But, in my opinion, the fact that you're thinking about these things means you'll figure it out. I mean, a lot of people just float past all this stuff without a thought. (I used to say to my wife "Why can't I just turn my brain off for awhile and be fat and happy like 95% of the planet?").
Edit: Oh yeah, I have this one friend that loves biking. Instead of a "grown up job" he still works at a bike store and travels all over the place doing bike races etc. He's really good. I was kind of jealous of him for a long time. I mean, he's essentially still a college kid in terms of responsibility. But it's just a different path - I value kids and wife and house and hobbies, he values freedom and lower stress etc. I guess that story is meant to convey that many paths can be good paths.
What you say about friends is especially important in my opinion. I read a great article about "friends of grown men" (or similarly titled.. or it could apply to women I'm sure). Basically is says that the paradox is that men change a LOT after high school age, and often times have a lot of difficulty making friends that fit their new self. Whereas friends at a young age are often picked because of proximity (same bus ride to school, same home room class, next door neighbor etc.) and similarity (play same sports, in the same "clique" etc.), it gets a lot trickier to pick the right friends for you after all the peer pressure and the "proximity" is gone. Where do you meet these friends at an older age? Tough one. And when you do find one, how can you build trust in that person similar to the person that you knew for all your growing up years? It didn't really give an answer on how to find the friends you need, but definitely said that having good friends is good for you. Sounds like a simple premise, but when I read it, I was like "yeah, totally". Since I read that article, I've really been taking time for me to make sure any budding friendships I have are cultivated, and that any long time friendships I have left (not many) are nourished.
Ha ha.. I just typed a ton, and I don't know that I really said anything.
Bob R.
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mahhkohh
- Flower Child
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- Joined: 22 Feb 2005 08:36
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hey jorden,
bassicly wanna say hi, and... well mosher said it, he is mostly right about the stuff he said.
specially the stuff witht he temp jobs. i learned that at work you meet the nicest people (also asshole´s, but thats not what i wanna say), and as far as i know you (yeah from videos and brielfy from tourney´s
) you are a very nice and open minded person, so i guess it shouldn´t be a problem for you to get in touch with new people and befriend with them. think about it. also earning money is good
nice video, intense trick, super clean execution
all the stuff thats bothering you with your dad: it will pass, you will see, dads are mostly blockheads, but they also do some thinking, and sometimes the make the right decisions after that.
the duncan stuff and the going to circus school: good luck on it! i also think you can and will go far.
i hope your "to-do-list" includes me
cheer up buddy!
bassicly wanna say hi, and... well mosher said it, he is mostly right about the stuff he said.
specially the stuff witht he temp jobs. i learned that at work you meet the nicest people (also asshole´s, but thats not what i wanna say), and as far as i know you (yeah from videos and brielfy from tourney´s
) you are a very nice and open minded person, so i guess it shouldn´t be a problem for you to get in touch with new people and befriend with them. think about it. also earning money is good nice video, intense trick, super clean execution
all the stuff thats bothering you with your dad: it will pass, you will see, dads are mostly blockheads, but they also do some thinking, and sometimes the make the right decisions after that.
the duncan stuff and the going to circus school: good luck on it! i also think you can and will go far.
i hope your "to-do-list" includes me
cheer up buddy!
come get your mÃcrÖ¶ bag today
buy one of my bags and help finance my guitar lessons
mäcrö hartig
buy one of my bags and help finance my guitar lessons
mäcrö hartig
You have so much drive. You can do anything with that. Don't let the bad choices of others around you bog you down; of course, I don't mean don't care about them and wish for their best, but know that you do your best and you're only responsible for you (and I don't mean that in a selfish way -- I mean you cannot make the choices of others for them). Do your best and you can achieve anything. I'm really lazy and get most of what I want out of life... imagine what you, who works 1000% harder than me, can accomplish.mosher wrote:You're a good kid and we all know you will go crazy far. Keep giving it your all and stay driven and passionate.
You're a star.
You can make it <3
Rough times man. I can really relate. I couldn't even successfully quit my job today.
Let me give you some quick advice as an individual who has gone through plenty of hardship, lack of recognition for their efforts and gained nowhere near the celebrity status that you have. Keep doing it. For yourself. For your family. For your friends, even if they seem like they don't exist, or even if they seem like they only relate to one dimension of you.
Trying to change things can be done best through example. For instance, I used to dream of tricks and laugh in the 90's and now you hit them back to back. You have made peoples' dreams seem that closer to possible. This is what it's all about. But you do have to support yourself. You can do this. You're disciplined and you're smart. Your also creative.
I wish I had better advice. Your talent seems to transcend footbag. Footbag seems like it the tip of the iceberg. You will figure it out. Btw, thanks for the juggling tips.
edit: tripe
Double stampede was awesome and your performance at Cornell was unbelievable.
Good luck,
Ian
Let me give you some quick advice as an individual who has gone through plenty of hardship, lack of recognition for their efforts and gained nowhere near the celebrity status that you have. Keep doing it. For yourself. For your family. For your friends, even if they seem like they don't exist, or even if they seem like they only relate to one dimension of you.
Trying to change things can be done best through example. For instance, I used to dream of tricks and laugh in the 90's and now you hit them back to back. You have made peoples' dreams seem that closer to possible. This is what it's all about. But you do have to support yourself. You can do this. You're disciplined and you're smart. Your also creative.
I wish I had better advice. Your talent seems to transcend footbag. Footbag seems like it the tip of the iceberg. You will figure it out. Btw, thanks for the juggling tips.
edit: tripe
Double stampede was awesome and your performance at Cornell was unbelievable.
Good luck,
Ian
Last edited by Ian Brill on 26 Nov 2007 19:11, edited 1 time in total.
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colefieldhouse22
- BSOS Beast
- Posts: 358
- Joined: 01 Jan 2006 17:55
- Location: Silver Spring, MD
I only want to tell you that you are amazingly awesome as a person and as an athlete.
As far as that Pac-Man guy, he has no talent, especially compared to you! He is wiggly and that's about it. I invited a bunch of my friends to your facebook group, and they said they would definitely vote for you!
As far as that Pac-Man guy, he has no talent, especially compared to you! He is wiggly and that's about it. I invited a bunch of my friends to your facebook group, and they said they would definitely vote for you!
Adrienne Craver
dude, don't be sorry for sharing with us, or for getting down about stuff. Be confident that we ALL go through that kind of shit. Everyone has to deal with it, especially us directionless footbaggers. I second tom's suggestion to go to a temp agency. Money = decision-making power, so if you make it yourself, that empowers you. a temp agency worked well for me when I was a dropout footbagger trying to make some extra bucks like yourself.
Oh, also, Barrett wants to be our agent. He thinks that you and i should put together a show, where I play guitar and do a lot of talking and you do all the hard stuff and we do some funny interaction. Considering our success so far with the "don't give a shit" approach to putting demos together, imagine the potential if we tried! I have a looping pedal that we could use to make some musical themes to rock to, and I can go back and forth between soloing over that and interacting with you. We could have musical cues for your juggling and everything.
Think about it. With your absurd talent and my big mouth, we could go places.
-coffee matt out
Oh, also, Barrett wants to be our agent. He thinks that you and i should put together a show, where I play guitar and do a lot of talking and you do all the hard stuff and we do some funny interaction. Considering our success so far with the "don't give a shit" approach to putting demos together, imagine the potential if we tried! I have a looping pedal that we could use to make some musical themes to rock to, and I can go back and forth between soloing over that and interacting with you. We could have musical cues for your juggling and everything.
Think about it. With your absurd talent and my big mouth, we could go places.
-coffee matt out
BRICK!
rfa::never give up::
nyfa
rfa::never give up::
nyfa