Sin City Shredders

professor · Post by **professor** » 24 Feb 2007 21:14

Video of Evan and I. The lone shredders in Vegas.

We're both looking to improve our game in any way possible, so any tips are welcome.

*Right-Click, Save As the footbag.org links.*

Sin City Shredders 1:
Footbag.org: http://v.footbag.org/media/729/SCSFootbag_2_19_07.mov
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO15Wlc2_RU

Iron Clad Ben · Post by **Iron Clad Ben** » 24 Feb 2007 21:36

As soon as I saw this topic I knew this video would be something special

<==== big Evan Gatesman fan

Damn. Hell of a video. So much great stuff. Last combo on there was off the hook yo. I'd be interested in the experts commentary on your moves, because it all looked super smooth to me.

The video quality was really good, it was just the right angle, you could see all the tricks, editing was good. Very nice. My only commentary would be you live in frickin Las Vegas, let's see some shred on the strip in some cool spots

So of course that means you gotta make another video

Zeb Jackson · Post by **Zeb Jackson** » 24 Feb 2007 23:36

wow you both have gotten a ton better in the last 6 months!!!!!!

that last drill at the end of the vid was intense

and props to you ben for the midstring 6!

Muffinman · Post by **Muffinman** » 24 Feb 2007 23:45

Whoooaaa
Evan Gatesman!
I saw a little footage of him from, like...CSS(?) but wow. His style is so similar to Johnny Suderman's (ie: he has perfect, smooth style) -- trick selection is a bit similar too.

Wow.

I hadn't seen much footage of you either, Ben. I really dig the bothsided spinning...there was a run with like, scorpion's tail one side and spinning whirl on the other, or something?

I can't wait for the next installment!
Do the other Vegas players shred anymore?

SlashC · Post by **SlashC** » 24 Feb 2007 23:45

Was it just me or were the opera dudes singing "corn on the kabob"?

Some fresh links there. I liked the stepping out of torques and midstring 5's looking as easy as 4's.

jay7 · Post by **jay7** » 25 Feb 2007 02:14

I was a little dissapointed that you didn't look more like the guy in your avatar, but I was extremely impressed with the shred. I wouldn't say you were playing crappy at all

How long have you been able to comfortably play outside?

setman · Post by **setman** » 25 Feb 2007 03:33

Frankly, i thought 8 mins of video is too long, but it wasn't. i was shocked when i saw playing guy with pretty long hair (Evan?). he's really good. i've never seen him playing - i didn't know that there could be so good and i've never heard about him. Ben's runs was pretty good too, but they could be longer. the last drill was great. Evan, i think that couple of your whirl are the, but i might be wrong.

Cod · Post by **Cod** » 25 Feb 2007 03:50

Oh my god, this video killed me!

It's pretty cool to download some random vid from Modified and to watch such a good shred of players you have never seen before! I loved every Evan's run. Blubberman with an extra Legover was great! Last drill was amazing! Some Ben's runs was also really sweet. Props guys for your variety!

Ners · Post by **Ners** » 25 Feb 2007 06:23

Awesome video - I always wanted to hear this track used in a footbag vid

Evan reminds me of Vasek, it must be the crank

Great stuff from both of you, thanks a lot for the video! I hope there will be more

Szymon KaÅ‚wak (Ners)

dazza · Post by **dazza** » 25 Feb 2007 06:40

saugeil, Jungs !

professor · Post by **professor** » 25 Feb 2007 08:30

Iron Clad Ben wrote:My only commentary would be you live in frickin Las Vegas, let's see some shred on the strip in some cool spots So of course that means you gotta make another video

We would definitely do that, but almost every spot we've played at on the strip, we've been kicked out. We could play on the side or back of a casino, but the scenery wouldn't be any better than any other city.

Eric Chan wrote:Do the other Vegas players shred anymore?

We are it.

SlashC wrote:Was it just me or were the opera dudes singing "corn on the kabob"?

Haha. It does sound like it, but they're actually speaking Sanskrit.

shreddaily · Post by **shreddaily** » 25 Feb 2007 09:52

Props sinners.

EG was in like all the seattle vids (including mine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPkQY4_jtJA) kevins css vid and both were in all the us open vids... Some of you guys even comented on those vids

B_Man · Post by **B_Man** » 25 Feb 2007 11:28

You guys are amazing. You impressed me in Seattle, and you blew me away now. You guys shred how I want to shred, and have given me more motivation to get better.

A big thank you for putting this video out Ben. You and Evan are awesome

.

professor · Post by **professor** » 25 Feb 2007 11:41

B_Man wrote:You guys are amazing. You impressed me in Seattle, and you blew me away now. You guys shred how I want to shred, and have given me more motivation to get better.

A big thank you for putting this video out Ben. You and Evan are awesome.

Thanks, but you want to shred like Evan, because you are definitely better than me.

jay7 wrote:How long have you been able to comfortably play outside?

Our comfortable shred time is roughly from September - May. That's when it's not 120 degrees out. We still play in the heat, but it's certainly not comfortable.

cammel · Post by **cammel** » 25 Feb 2007 11:42

wow that was awesome, both your styles are really great. I especially like all the zooming and stepping out of blenders and torques. Hot

david · Post by **david** » 25 Feb 2007 12:06

Ben - you look way more in control than you did at US Open, well done. You have a lot of concepts under your belt. Keep it up.

Evan - god damn, your style is art. I love when you just flip a mobius out and step it like nothing. Top 5 in US by now I would say, probably #1 soon. I'll have to watch my back.

Thanks for making this. It is the best video I have seen in a while.

dc

Post by **Zac Miley** » 25 Feb 2007 13:44

Whirr>Ripped Warrior rpt. was Hawt.

Great vid, I liked the song. It's a pity that my computer plays .mov files in slow motion the whole time.

(That was an insinuation (sp?) for someone to put it on YouTube)

Zeb Jackson · Post by **Zeb Jackson** » 25 Feb 2007 14:03

or to dl a different media player

to ben and evan:
cant wait to play with you guys again!

Post by **Zac Miley** » 25 Feb 2007 14:13

Zeb Jackson wrote:or to dl a different media player

Linux. (as in, MPlayer)

professor · Post by **professor** » 25 Feb 2007 14:48

Uploading to youtube right now. I tried to encode/compress it into a wmv, but it would've been too big, or not as good quality.