Hey guys, thanks for the posts.
Figure I should give a little update here.
So, fizzied, I switched to Lavers. After seeing Anssi, Aleksi and Milan crush worlds with these shoes on, I kind of wanted to hang up the cheater shoes and see what I was made of. I noticed for the last year, I've felt like *something* was off, my clipper, namely. I figured at this time, when I should fix my back and give it rest, I'll do the basics and do them in the right shoes to fix form. I've been playing every other day for about a week, and it feels great. The first day, I did 1000 (total, not in a row) inside->clipper stalls, with zero support foot movement, both sides. I also did 500 alternating clippers, making sure that the bag wasn't rolling around my clipper, but smacking the sweet spot. I feel like my toe game is super refined, so I haven't been drilling those basics..However, last session I tried atomic everything, and hit it first try, in new shoes, so I'm not too worried.
The following days, I did many repeats of the inside->clipper drill, until I got 2 25 contacts both sides, in a row, no fumbles or rolling on the clipper region. At this point, I was suffering, my legs are fine, my back wasn't hurting, I just had to crush something. However, due to not wanting to injure myself again, I only did hard stuff on my flipside. I got flip alpine barfry->superduperfly, and that felt pretty easy. I then got into stepping, and it too, felt good. And now for the last few sessions, I've been working flip whirlwind, superduperfly, and whirling drills. A highlight for me is three superduperflies in a row on my flip, as well as whirlwind->superduperfly->spender, all on flip, which is my first beast in Lavers. I also have got the blurry whirl->whirling mirage->atomic whirl*rpt drill twice now, as well as multiple easier combos along the same lines. Last session, I also got the most whirling concepts in one string to date, including both gyro whirling sets, pdx/near mirage/illusion, and both butterflies. I then decided to try nemesis again for the first time in a while, and those are still in check, and, feel better in lavers than they ever did in Gunits. Good news. I also have done a few invention type tricks, which makes me beg the question:...
a.) Is it better to hit a bunch of inventions, not tell anyone, and feel good about it...But in no way "Further" the sport?
b.) Make a thread on modified, post all the things I have hit, and am hitting currently, keep it updated, so that if someone wants to look something up for historical record, they can? Before you suggest "Get it all on video"..Ugh, just no. Recording ruins my sessions, makes it not fun, and takes a lot of extra work and preparation.
I like both options for several reasons, but if people generally feel like option b.) is the wiser, I guess I'll start a thread or something.
The statement at the end of option b.) Brings me to my next point. For the last three years, I've averaged probably 1 tournament/footbag trip a month. Right now, I have *no* trips planned for the future, and don't even know about worlds next year. I am graduating this year, and I have no idea where I'll end up. Optimally, Finland, the motherland of all things that are majestic, however I realize it will be quite hard to get a good job there. I am now also in the middle of applying for dual citizenship, between Canada and the US. Assuming Finland doesn't work, I was thinking of finding a job in the San Francisco area, so I could visit with Steve a few times a week for Footbag. With a new 'big-boy' job, who knows if I can get the time off for worlds..It would be doubtful. As I am also rebuilding my game with Lavers, and, will be trying to take it a new direction, I wont be going to any tournaments before Christmas most certainly... With that statement, my last few sessions have felt unbelievable. I just drill, and, don't feel quite so "If I can't do this, I'll murder a coconut", I feel much more like "That is really hard, I will hit it, I should think about this".. Having no emotional down points in an entire session is nice,.. It is just, a stream of good, plus high points.
I feel like in a weird way, I am betraying the community though. I've been to so many tournaments in the last few years, I don't want to just screw off in my basement and not say Hi. I swear, I'm not going to whither away, I just want to get really fucking good at footbag, and I feel like tournaments would inhibit that ability at the moment. So much pressure all the time, to make sure your high point is *right* at the peak of the one weekend.. Always worrying about injury, and everything else. I was thinking also of not taking any footage for making videos, because it also acts like a tournament for my brain. I feel like killing yourself to get that one combo raises that individual part of your game, but leaves holes all around it... If I just play for myself, I might finally see my level over-all reach a higher more consistent level. I wont ever be an Anssi, Milan or Aleksi if I just try Alpine Nemesis for a month straight.
In other news, I have a project a-brewing for December that I want you to warm your socks with. I'll be running the Christmas Calendar, and have already went far underway on the organization of it. Grab your tea cozy and sing it sweet nothings, you're going to enjoy waking up every morning...I assure you.
... It seems like a long shot, but if I apply a year in advance and hassle them the entire time, one place within any of the 5 countries I apply for better take me. I just want to engineer stuff and make people's lives better, damnit. The next time you try to use a product, and it sucks the hind tit, I want to be the guy who redesigns it so you smile like an orangutang with a brand new chainsaw. 
.. It all ended at Party Bombe, the bombe that could party bombe's. It was a nice jam, I felt happier about footbag during it than many moments in the last 10 jams I've been too. For some reason, the intense competition, with like 20thousand active bap members, knowing I am miles away from being the best here, just makes me feel like I am a complete noob again.. Which brings me back to jumping up and down flailing my arms without giving a flying fuck. until I am already at the peak of my jump and couldn't stop anyway. As it turned out, I got third behind Anssi and European Champ Aleksi, which felt fucking great. Ranking behind those two players is like, a ridiculous honour. What testosterone raging champions. Aleksi also got like, 3 of my bags, which makes me happy because he actually seemed to enjoy using them. Likewise with Anssi, who was using my bag when I saw him. At this shred, I got torch-torch-superduper first try, where, Anssi said the superduper wasn't clean, but others said it was fine. I also got backside blurriest swirl both sides. I also did torch-torch-psw-psw I think first try for Aleksi, which felt cool. 
