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dazza · Post by **dazza** » 30 Apr 2005 15:56

Ners wrote: Expect a new vid soon

i do, i do !

Major props on the whirl combo, Szymon !
Can you tell me more about your shuffle ?
Due to Michals (Cod) drills he pmed me, i start to link more pixie>pixie moves, i also wanna learn more about atomic...
Any tips would be more than welcome

Are you going to be at footjam ?

Ners · Post by **Ners** » 01 May 2005 06:27

Hey Daryl, I don't think I'll go to Footjam

I would love to, but don't have the cash. About Atomic - here are some drills for linking that set:
Tap > Legover (rpt)
Atom Smasher > Mirage (rpt)
The set should go under your knee (hippy movement). Your ankle should be locked and only move up and down, if it goes to your side the set will be less controlled and harder to play out of. I hope that this advice will help you

From what I've been reading in your blog you make awesome progress! Ducking Illusion? That's hard

Soon you'll be going guiltless!

Well the video session that was supposed to happen today didn't happen. The guys that said they will film us didn't show up, so we visited the main coordinator who said that they send him a message yesterday saying that they're no longer interested.

We're going to make a vid anyway - my friend Gosia will film us tommorow. This will be a promoting vid for our tournament "Fire Jam". We already have some ideas how it should look, so we only need to record

I had a short session and hit:

Vertigo BS
Symp. DLO

The other player that was playing with me got tired very quickly and I played by myself for the second half of the sesh. I got close to Blurriest Rake, it's a funny feeling trick

I also started a run with Ripwalk > Ripwalk > Pdx Whirl > Pdx Whirl > Drifter > Drifter. Maybe if would school my Stepping Ducking I could hit Blurry Vertigo - that would be sweet.

Szymon Kałwak (Ners)

Ners · Post by **Ners** » 03 May 2005 02:44

We filmed some good material

I think the vids are going to be sweet! I'm going to start editing them today. We're going to make two vids - trailer for our tournament and another one with the rest of the shred

I played shortly today, but I got a little late and there was nobody on our shred site. Maybe I'll catch someone for a quick sesh.

Drifters are cool.

Szymon Kałwak (Ners)

Ners · Post by **Ners** » 05 May 2005 12:21

Today, finally after 3 days of fighting with Adobe Premiere, many system crashes and data losses (sp?) we finished our vid. The link is in the video session under "Wroclaw Shred" topic. There are some good combos in it, and I hope you'll like it.

I practiced a lot of Spinnig nad Ducking, I think I was inspired by Dylan Fry from Jeremy O'Wheel's vid

My flip Spins started to work nicely and I got some nice combos. I remember Spinning Clip > Gyro Clip > Gyro Mirage BSOS - I thought it's a nice link. I worked on PS Whirl too, hitting it back to back a few times. My Barflies are getting better.

Olav hit Ducking Mobius and Mobius > Mobius today. This guy is crazy.

Another session tommorow

Szymon Kałwak (Ners)

dazza · Post by **dazza** » 05 May 2005 13:07

Szymon, i'm so freaking excited to see your new video...
When i read in your blog, that you already finished
making it and that its ready to be downloaded i was
like

rpt
i reaally wanna see some Olav footage, cause the stuff
he writes in his blog sounds really crazy, i mean he's only
shredding for like, what 6 months

and i'm also curious
to see yours and Hania's progress

21% finished...
it better be worth the wait

thanx 4 the atomic advice, by the way !

Too bad you cant come to footJam

see ya in Wroclaw

Ners · Post by **Ners** » 05 May 2005 13:57

I'm afraid that you'll have to wait some more time to see Olav shredding

He was at some lake with his family when we were making that vid so his not in it. But I'm shure he'll make it to our next filming session

Szymon Kałwak (Ners)

Ners · Post by **Ners** » 06 May 2005 14:19

Good session today. Highlights:

Drifter > Vortex > Drifter and Blurry Whirl > Blurry Whirl in one string
Pdx Whirl > Spinning Clipper (rpt) and Drifter > Spinning Clip (rpt) in one string

And some other stuff that I've forgotten

Olav hit Spinning Mobius today

My legs hurt and I'm tired, because I went to a big concert right after shred. Another sesh tommorow!

Szymon Kałwak (Ners)

Ners · Post by **Ners** » 07 May 2005 12:26

We played for about 3 hours today. In the beggining my game was a bit shaky, but it got better with time. New stuff:

Drifter > Sidewalk (rpt) - harder then I thought

I guess that's it. I got the dexes for Clown Face, maybe I could hit it if I tried hard. We will see tommorow.

Szymon Kałwak (Ners)

Ners · Post by **Ners** » 08 May 2005 08:38

The weather is awful today. But the session was good

I focused on trying new links and veried combos today and worked on double dexes (as Hania told me to do

) here are some combos that I hit:

Barfly > Barfly midstring (also Pdx Whirl > Barfly BS)
Dimwalk > Barfly > Osis > Butterfly > Ripwalk > Scorpion's Tail > run
Barrage BSOS and Drifter > Barrage in one run
Spinning Osis > DLO BSOS
Eggbeater midstring!

Ripwalk > Ripwalk > Butterfly Swirl > run

I got some nice combos, but felt uncontrolled. I guess that's because I don't have those links dialed. I have a Physics test tommorow, and German test the next day. Just great.

Szymon Kałwak (Ners)

Ners · Post by **Ners** » 09 May 2005 13:01

I worked on my 5's today, and hit:

Blurriest BSOS
Blurry Whirl BS and Tomahawk in one run
Janiwalker and Pdx Blender one run

And some other stuff that I dpn't remember. I found out that when I'm shredding, before I start a run I pick up a theme for it. I have 3 themes, I think:
- varied run (harder links that I don't try often, the more genuine the better, basically nothing above 5 adds)
- 5's run (trying to hit 5's - the more the better, linked mostly with bops and easy tricks)
- long run (one dex, od dexless tricks mostly, spinning, ducking, try to go as long as I can)

It's pretty funny actually

I also practiced my routine and did it with one drop and two drops (yeah, I only practiced it twice), I guess it's a good routine and if I'll keep schooling it, maybe I'll be able to hit it dropless. And maybe not. I have to work on my Sick3 combo too - I don't have a big hit ratio with it... Next shred on Friday.

Szymon Kałwak (Ners)

dazza · Post by **dazza** » 10 May 2005 15:46

Ners wrote: I have a Physics test tommorow, and German test the next day. Just great.

Wie war dein Test ? Wenn du beim deutsch lernen so fleissig bist,
wie beim Footbag spielen, ist bestimmt alles gut gegangen

!

It was interesting to read, that you chose themes for your shred
aswell ; Max from our team does the same thing sometimes for his runs.

Props on all your 5's, blurriest bsos, jani and pdx blender, thats huge !
I bet you were very happy while/after hitting these

!

Keep up all that good stuff and thanks for your entirely positive vibe,
and all the inspiration !

Ners · Post by **Ners** » 14 May 2005 10:53

Heh NuR

I think I understand what you said - playing footbag is way easier then learning German

The test went ok though, I got 4 so I'm happy. Footbag ist am bestern (?) !

Du bist auch sehr gut footbag Spieler und lernst schnell

I'm not very good at this

I hit two new, cool tricks today:

Gangsta Party
Quantum Drifter

I'm so happy about the second one, and I think it's one of the hardest moves I've ever hit

I didn't practice my routine, because the radio that we play our CD's with was gone. I hope it will be back tommorow.

Szymon Kałwak (Ners)

Ners · Post by **Ners** » 15 May 2005 10:02

Good shredding day today

At first we did a demo in Galeria Dominikańska (one of the biggest shop centres in Wrocław). It went well, there was a band that played some good, funky music for us while we were shredding. The crowd liked it and we gave away some flyers with info about our tournament. I hit Blurry Whirl, Blurriest and PS Whirl BSOS - that felt nice

Then I got back home but didn't stay in it long - there was our planned training session on 17:00. There were only me and Olav but we did some good strings. I footed Pixie Mobius a few times, and I think I can definitely hit it. I also had a run that went like:
some stuff > Drifter > Drifter > some bops > Vortex > some bops > Vertigo > handcatch

...

->

I also hit a run with Blurry Whirl > Spin Pdx Whirl and other Blurry Whirl > Blurriest. And I didn't practice my routine once again

Szymon Kałwak (Ners)

Ners · Post by **Ners** » 16 May 2005 11:16

RUBBERMAN!

* celebration dance *

I tried it today and hit the whole combo first try - the best feeling ever

My good friend Bucek came to shred today - it was so cool to see him and shred together. He had to stop training a few months ago, beacuse of his graduation exams, but they're finally over! More people to shred with

Some other stuff that I've hit today:

Pdx Whirl > Pdx Whirl and Barfly > Barfly one string
a run with Blurry Whirl > Blurry Whirl, Symp. Whirling Swirl, Janiwalker, Blurriest, Tomahawk and Spinning Pdx Whirl

I also practiced my routine once. It didn't go very well and I had a few slops, but still not many drops. My legs hurt, gotta eat

Szymon Kałwak (Ners)

ptaku · Post by **ptaku** » 16 May 2005 13:44

Ners wrote:RUBBERMAN!
* celebration dance *

a run with Blurry Whirl > Blurry Whirl, Symp. Whirling Swirl, Janiwalker, Blurriest, Tomahawk and Spinning Pdx Whirl

Props on Rubberman, but it's just boring shuffle drill

It's damn hard and amazing, but still boring

That second run sounds AWESOME! So many greate tricks. You're a BOOMB!

Ners · Post by **Ners** » 20 May 2005 11:40

Thx ptaku

And I don't think that Rubberman is boring, Sidewalk > Ripwalk (rpt) - that's boring!

We shredded in the centre of Wrocław, on the Town Square today. It was fun, but we couldn't really practice. We tried to play to the passing people, and sometimes they even gave us some curious looks. I hit Drifter > Barrage BSOS, that's a cool feeling link! I'm going to work more on Xbd Rakes, beeing able to hit them consecutively would be nice. I'm going to practice my routine tommorow, the Fire Jam competition is on next weekend! It's going to be a blast!

Szymon Kałwak (Ners)

dazza · Post by **dazza** » 21 May 2005 11:00

Ners wrote:D And I don't think that Rubberman is boring,

my thoughts exactly

big, big props Szymon !!!

Max, our best player will hit it soon o guess, and its really exciting
to witness him getting closer everytime, especially, since i can hit
atomsmasher and blur my self now

rubberman must feel so
awesome...

Shred Hard !!!

Ners · Post by **Ners** » 23 May 2005 10:46

Thx Daryl

I'm shure that with your dedication and progress you'll hit it soon as well

Very good session today. I had lots of energy and hit some good runs. I remember hitting Blurry Whirl > Blurry Whirl > Scorpion's Tail second try, and combos with other 5's (one with Spin Pdx Whirl > Butterfly > Tomahawk). I got really close to Clown Face a few times. I think that I should school my Eggbeater more, and then I will be able to hit it. I also BSOS'ed Mobius again, and it felt really nice

I can't wait for Fire Jam!

Szymon Kałwak (Ners)

Ners · Post by **Ners** » 26 May 2005 02:25

I had a really nice session yesterday, I was pretty relaxed but still managed to hit some new links:

Blurry Drifter > Food Processor
Spin Pdx Whirl > PS Whirl
Blurry Whirl > Bedwetter

I also remember some good combos, like one with Drifter, Pdx Drifter, Pdx Whirl and Barfly BS. I also hit a cool drill!

Pdx Whirl > Pdx Drifter (rpt)

I need to work on my flip Eggbeater, it sucks. And Torques too, there's never enough schooling them

All right, time to prepare for today's session!

Szymon Kałwak (Ners)

Ners · Post by **Ners** » 29 May 2005 10:45

Fire Jam was awesome! There were many players from all around the Poland. We shredded a lot and it was great fun

I got 5th place in Open, which is quite good. There was free food and water, and cool shows - Breakdancing Battle was especially hardcore

Big props for the tournament directors - everything went really well and on time! Time to start the countdown for next tourney

Szymon Kałwak (Ners)