I've Been Jammin

freestyler4life · Post by **freestyler4life** » 17 Jan 2007 14:45

blurryben wrote: It kinda makes me wonder why Im so good to my "friends" when they are so shitty to me.

I think I know exactly how you feel, all of my so called "friends" act like dicks all the time, I'm pretty much convinced that there are no genuine kind people at my school, I hate my highschools social aspects.

Com'on Ben, you will be good again

, you have only been playing for like less than 2 years and had a bad accident and your still an amazing footbag player, don't expect too much from yourself, I am confident in your abilities that you will be a very good footbag player again if you are'nt already.

beenjammin · Post by **beenjammin** » 17 Jan 2007 16:04

I had another session today and it went well. I worked on the swirl drill swirl>rev swirl>rpt on other side. Earlier today I was having some serious problems with this. Not anymore.
Duck osis>blink bsos
zigzag one sided (FUCK!)
some records for the list
ducking far swirl
ANd
I dont know if these have been hit before but
rev swirling symp mirage
rev swirling pogo dbl leg over
rev swirling frontside downtime ripwalk? Maybe this could be seen as rev swirling, oh wait no. I stand alone.

beenjammin · Post by **beenjammin** » 17 Jan 2007 16:06

I never really was too good. Thanks though Matt I'll be your friend

Im pretty friendless right now. I do have alot of jerkhole aquaintances though.

Post by **Zac Miley** » 17 Jan 2007 16:20

4 dex? Kick ass!

You're like, way good at footbag.

How many 4 dexes have you hit?

beenjammin · Post by **beenjammin** » 17 Jan 2007 16:25

I havent hit any 4 dex's that I know of.

beenjammin · Post by **beenjammin** » 17 Jan 2007 21:03

I had another session that went Really good. I played nonstop for a few hours or so and it pretty much put my dick in the dirt. SO basically to recap today-\
-Played footbag and surfed modified all day long.
-Shredded until I couldnt go anymore (a few times)
-was pretty hardcore overall.
-Watched tons of footbag videos.

Oh ya, there was some shuffle in there too

dazza · Post by **dazza** » 18 Jan 2007 03:42

blurryben wrote:I havent hit any 4 dex's that I know of.

but rev swirling pogo(=symp stepping ) dlo has 4 dexes right ?

beenjammin · Post by **beenjammin** » 18 Jan 2007 10:19

Rev swirling symp dbl leg over is only 3 dexes. Dont worry your not the only person who has made this mistake.

Iron Clad Ben · Post by **Iron Clad Ben** » 18 Jan 2007 11:10

blurryben wrote:Rev swirling symp dbl leg over is only 3 dexes. Dont worry your not the only person who has made this mistake.

You described it as rev swirling pogo DLO. Pogo is symple steppingimplies you hit rev swirling frontside Haze (rev swirling symple stepping SS DLO). In fact you hit rev swirling Nova (symp DLO). Stepping does not get the symposium add, but DLOs do. Both are 5 ADD tricks, one is a non-symp quad dex, the other is a beta 3-dex. Enough semantics.

Ben stop worrying about how good you used to be before the injury. From what it sounds like you are still damn good now. Did I ever tell you I dislocated my hip when I was 16? I also bruised up the other one pretty bad, both on a skateboard. When I started playing freestyle at the ripe old age of 23 it came back to haunt me when I started learning butterflies. I almost thought for a while I could never get good because of this pain in my hips that wouldn't go away. I almost gave up on footbag altogether. Well I did hip stretches and after a month or so, my hip flexors got strong and loose enough that I no longer got the pain.

Whatever roadblock you are facing, you have the power to take it over. You are naturally talented at footbag this is true. There are guys, including me who will need to put in twice as many hours of practice to get as good as you. The Ancient Greeks had a motto "Calepa Ta Kala" which depeding on how you translate it can mean "Nothing without labor" or "That which is worthwhile is difficult to achieve". That is footbag. It is hardwork, and it is difficult to achieve. If it weren't, it wouldn't be so awesome.

Keep playing. Enjoy yourself. Host a damn Oklahoma tournament for crying outloud, shit I'll come if you do. Keep playing lots and lots. Invent new tricks. Be the first guy to hit triple reverse swirl. Go nuts. Don't worry about what Vasek or Clavens or Lon is hitting. Just tear it up and have fun. Hopefully we'll shred together again before Worlds this summer.

Iron Clad

beenjammin · Post by **beenjammin** » 20 Jan 2007 22:09

Played for a few hours today and Ive got my pixie shuffle back! Its not quite as intense as before, but it is coming along fine! Still cant hit flippside dod of any kind although I try soooooooooooooooooooo hard

It makes me so mad

My quantums are getting pretty decent too.

dazza · Post by **dazza** » 21 Jan 2007 10:22

Iron Clad Ben wrote:
blurryben wrote:Rev swirling symp dbl leg over is only 3 dexes. Dont worry your not the only person who has made this mistake.
You described it as rev swirling pogo DLO. Pogo is symple steppingimplies you hit rev swirling frontside Haze (rev swirling symple stepping SS DLO). In fact you hit rev swirling Nova (symp DLO). Stepping does not get the symposium add, but DLOs do. Both are 5 ADD tricks, one is a non-symp quad dex, the other is a beta 3-dex. Enough semantics.

SOOoooooo ? which one was it ?

beenjammin · Post by **beenjammin** » 21 Jan 2007 18:08

Rev swirling Nova

beenjammin · Post by **beenjammin** » 22 Jan 2007 16:00

Aside from just shredding today I mostly worked flipside dod. I still havent hit one yet. I also hit a gyro blazing clipper. By the time i figured that out my hip was already aching so I quit.

beenjammin · Post by **beenjammin** » 22 Jan 2007 22:15

Ben stop worrying about how good you used to be before the injury.

I dont care how good I was I care that I cant do alot of my favorite tricks now and even the simplest tricks are painful. On the other hand I have tons of time to work parts of my game that wouldnt have otherwise gotten worked

Im really close to flipside barfly!

beenjammin · Post by **beenjammin** » 25 Jan 2007 11:02

Lets see
I havent played in a day, but the day before that I worked my pixie shuffle hardcore. I was hittin stuff like
smear>pixie mirage repeat
smear>pixie legover repeat
magellan>smear>pixxie legover (or mirage)>rpt
i threw ikn a parkwalk and some dimwalks too + atomic and quantum on one side. Legovers can be really painful for me if im leaning back at all! This is why I havent played any footbag in a day + skipping today which is sac-religious for me! I love footbag so much! Ive got a Clavens bag on the way as soon as he recieves my check I assume! Im really excited about that. David is one of my heroes. Most of my time these days is devoted to getting better at footbag even if im not playing. Because of this I study footbag videos almost all day every day. Im especially fond of watching Vasek, David Clavens, Penske, moir, and Lon Smith (or Luis).

The other day someone called me a fanboy because I like to watch videos of or talk to my favorite footbag players. That pissed me off so much

Im not a fanboy, Im a man who Loves footbag and works tirelessly to bring this art to life. Of course Im gonna watch excellent shredders, they give birth to the most beautiful form of art and I'm gonna kill them all!

beenjammin · Post by **beenjammin** » 25 Jan 2007 21:17

Still no footbag

This has got to be some kind of record

PegLegHolly · Post by **PegLegHolly** » 25 Jan 2007 23:23

I stand alone
Ben Rinowski

whats that mean?

beenjammin · Post by **beenjammin** » 27 Jan 2007 00:27

Thats the story of my life Holly.

beenjammin · Post by **beenjammin** » 27 Jan 2007 23:04

Lets see,
I played footbag today. Still cannot hit a flipside dod of any kind. Hip hurts, I think Im gonna have to get it replaced sooner or later. Luckily there are some bad ass hip replacements out there! On the plus side I am a sexy mother fucker!

PegLegHolly · Post by **PegLegHolly** » 27 Jan 2007 23:15

no matter how alone you feel in your mind, you are never actually alone. there are a lot of people that care about you... just sometimes its hard to see.

i have hip problems too... and im sure i will be replacing them when im old. they actually "click" when i walk sometimes... kinda gross. just do stretches and that will help in the long run.

chin up, kid-o