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by dyalander
09 Oct 2012 18:18
Forum: General
Topic: The Longest Running Footbag Events
Replies: 19
Views: 6450

Re: The Longest Running Footbag Events

10th Annual Australian National Championships will be held this year - 1-2 Dec. Bondi, Sydney.
by dyalander
10 Apr 2012 19:05
Forum: Footblogs
Topic: Canberra, Australia via SCL - Daniel Boyle
Replies: 2151
Views: 469370

Hey Daniel - apologies for not really being in touch - entirely my fault, I've been flat out for a while now. I just had a look back at your last few posts and sounds like you're slowly but surely settling in and have some good ideas keeping you busy. I like the South America Freestyle idea - sounds...
by dyalander
28 Mar 2012 19:38
Forum: Videos
Topic: Honza: Freestyle on Fire
Replies: 53
Views: 15715

After a statement like that I don't see why I should upload more vids at all..... I think you may be misinterpreting my statement - the fact that I haven't felt compelled to post isn't to say your videos or the many other discussion I haven't involved myself in and may or may not have even seen are...
by dyalander
27 Mar 2012 19:25
Forum: Videos
Topic: Vegas Jizzam 2012 Footage - New Headcam Footage Uploaded
Replies: 26
Views: 6041

That headcam footage was really interesting - probably best in small doses - but what I found interesting was that the only person out of that group that I've kicked with is Ken - perhaps it was the sixer's jersey but I feel like it's more than that - but as soon as it cut to Ken I recognised it as ...
by dyalander
27 Mar 2012 19:13
Forum: Videos
Topic: Honza: Freestyle on Fire
Replies: 53
Views: 15715

A couple of things - I haven't seen much on these forums that I've found interesting enough to post about, so I guess that's something. Characterising the forum as communist due to the minimal amount of editing is a little over the top - but then based on the video such a response is to be expected....
by dyalander
12 Jul 2011 21:36
Forum: General
Topic: What's your favorite footbag routine?
Replies: 17
Views: 5467

The above Vasek routine is my clear favourite.
by dyalander
06 Dec 2010 17:58
Forum: General
Topic: Growing footbag by being more like skateboarding
Replies: 25
Views: 9517

We also need to change the names of our heroes to savage and majestic birds like Hawk. From now on we should only refer to Vasek Falcon and Kenny Eagle.
by dyalander
21 Nov 2010 16:57
Forum: General
Topic: Who has the coolest name in footbag?
Replies: 39
Views: 15149

I'm a sucker for names with x in them leave alone x-z combos so Feilx Zenger for me but to fly the flag for us Aussies I'd nominate Jamieson Hickingbotham. It has that old-world British Imperial charm - just like the man himself. Whenever I hear it I picture him hitting rad combos by the hearth, pip...
by dyalander
28 Sep 2010 18:31
Forum: Shred Symposium
Topic: Ranking the difficulty of transitions
Replies: 37
Views: 14295

But there are clear examples that I provided above that show the effect of that style of judging on a sport - I don't see how you can simply ignore them and say footbag will be different becuase we'll be free to be innovative in circles. If you envision a future where competitors are training and wo...
by dyalander
27 Sep 2010 18:58
Forum: Shred Symposium
Topic: Ranking the difficulty of transitions
Replies: 37
Views: 14295

Nor would/should it happen. Assuming it would be possible to reach a workable consensus (which it wouldn't be) you'd end up with gymnastics or diving - where innovation and style is stiffled and everyone just trains and competes to accepted parameters. I enjoy those sports but for different reasons ...
by dyalander
26 Sep 2010 17:55
Forum: Shred Symposium
Topic: Ranking the difficulty of transitions
Replies: 37
Views: 14295

They're the sorts of measurments I expected you were referring to and I agree with your assessment of where controversy will arise - my feeling is that the controversy and disagreement would be insurmountable, leave alone the question of how these measurments are then applied to judging. Different s...
by dyalander
26 Sep 2010 17:37
Forum: Shred Symposium
Topic: Ranking the difficulty of transitions
Replies: 37
Views: 14295

They're the sorts of measurments I expected you were referring to and I agree with your assessment of where controversy will arise - my feeling is that the controversy and disagreement would be insurmountable, leave alone the question of how these measurments are then applied to judging. Different s...
by dyalander
23 Sep 2010 18:19
Forum: Shred Symposium
Topic: Ranking the difficulty of transitions
Replies: 37
Views: 14295

Ok - now I've got a bit more of an idea of what you're intending. Obviously I disagree with scrapping routines but as you note that's a seperate argument (at least for the most part). I would love to see a better formula than the current shred 30 formula - it would have to capture difficulty, variet...
by dyalander
22 Sep 2010 20:58
Forum: Shred Symposium
Topic: Ranking the difficulty of transitions
Replies: 37
Views: 14295

Of course it is true that there are and always will be differences between individuals' subjective evaluation of difficulty - but that's beside the point -you are proposing to come up with an objective method, and I have raised specific reasons I believe that such a thing is impractical and impossib...
by dyalander
21 Sep 2010 19:33
Forum: Shred Symposium
Topic: Ranking the difficulty of transitions
Replies: 37
Views: 14295

Judges need to share a conception of difficulty and artistry and cleanliness and all the things they are evaluating. If you were to go ahead with trying to come up with some systematic exploration of difficulty it could assis this - but not as a scoring system and only in so far as it would help ind...
by dyalander
20 Sep 2010 18:29
Forum: Shred Symposium
Topic: Ranking the difficulty of transitions
Replies: 37
Views: 14295

A bit of a long post, but you seem to be really interested in this and I think if you're going to put effort into it you should think more carefully about precisely what you hope to achieve and whether its possible before you get started. Firstly, I should have been clearer - I am aware that the ADD...
by dyalander
19 Sep 2010 19:13
Forum: General
Topic: Footbag in China http://www.footbag.cn/
Replies: 12
Views: 5950

King Monkey wrote: I wonder however if they have permission
I sure hope so - I've heard that if you do stuff without permission in China the consequences can be - nothing. Eveyone gets on fine and always have.
by dyalander
19 Sep 2010 19:08
Forum: Shred Symposium
Topic: Ranking the difficulty of transitions
Replies: 37
Views: 14295

I noticed some references to a "difficulty system" - we don't have a difficulty system?! We only have the descriptive add system - which describes components but does not rank them in difficulty. The only other system for measuring difficulty in an objective way that I'm aware of is the shred 30 sco...
by dyalander
02 Sep 2010 18:55
Forum: General
Topic: Judging (Routines and shred 30)
Replies: 12
Views: 4398

I've never been convinced a deduction style system is the answer for footbag - I think it works well enough in gymnastics because the routines are not as dense component-wise (ie. in gymnastics there are less judgable components presented to the judge per second than in footbag) and the variety is n...
by dyalander
26 Jul 2010 18:48
Forum: General
Topic: Why Play Sport?
Replies: 11
Views: 9182

I can relate to the feeling of control - although I get it more when I'm on the field than before a game (less so as I get a bit weaker but it's still there). This is why I'd answer yes to the "would you keep playing if you completely stopped improving and had no chance of improving" and the would y...