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So, time to do a little update on what have been happening lately. The Footbag Workshops connected with the European Union Youth Exchange Program started two days ago. It's really awesome, here's a short relation:
DAY 1
This day was really one of the craziest day in my life. In the morning, when I was sitting in my room, suddenly I got a phone call from some guy, and he says something like "I'm from TVN24 television, we heard that you are playing footbag, we want to come to your house now and make a material with you."
I knew that I have to pick up Ian Pritchard from the Airport, but the guy said it won't take long so I agreed. They arrived soon in their car and took out a big camera as I was greeting them. They filmed my room, where I have some footbag posters, and then interviewed me. After that, we went outside and they filmed some shred - it was a bit funny, beacause I started with some kicks to get a bit warmed up, and after few of them, one of the guys said "Well, it looks quite easy". Then I proceed to shred and they were like "All right... Maybe not as easy as we thought"
. After all the TV stuff ended I run to the Town Center to catch a bus to the Airport. I managed to get there on time, just before Ian's plane arrived. It was really cool to see him again!
We went to eat some Knysza (something like Kebab) and then to the school where the exchange was happening. Some people were already there (the Austrian crew), and after maybe half an hour guys from Szczecin and Słupsk arrived. We did some shredding and after that went to eat something. After the Dinner/Supper there was a meeting where we got to know what is the exchange all about. After this, and some shredding I went with Ian and Dylan back to the school, left them there, and came back home.
DAY 2
It all started very early. On 8:45 I was in that school - everyone was still waking up. When they finished we went to breakfast, and pretty much right after it the Freestyle Workshops started. Dexter and Honza got a projector running, and when I saw the title "The Book of Cool" on the wall I knew it's going to be awesome
They showed us the video of Vasek doing some really cool stuff, the slowmos were crystal clear and it all looked very professional. Then they proceed to different sections of the vid like Basic Kicks, Delays, Dexterities, Sets and stuff. After each section they were commenting it, getting people from the audience to try stuff, correct their mistakes and stuff. Honza was a very good way of explaining things
He hit some really nice runs, Alpine Food Processor (like a staple move for him
), Triple ATW first try! (He was pretty stoked after that, maybe even more then the audience
) and other cool stuff. After they finished, answered some questions the Freestyle Workshops ended. Then we went straight to shred, inspired by the video and Honza, and played for about an hour. Then there were Yoga Workshops, made by Caro Bourgoin - it was pretty fun, but hard at the same time. Some of the postures were a bit hard to stay relaxed doing them
We did it on grass, and I didn't have anything to lie on, so the ants were all over me
After Yoga, we shredded some more, and then we went to the Dinner/Supper. Right after it, we did some more shredding
and then watched a show of "Dancing Lights" - it was pretty fun in the beggining, but then it got a bit boring. When the show ended we went to the city, to do a little sightseeing, and then we entered an area with lots of clubs, and stayed there
It was pretty fun, but I had to go, so after drinking a beer and some talk, I said my goodbyes and went home.
Maybe I would write more, but I have to go to the workshops!
Damn, I think I'm going to be late.
Szymon Kałwak (Ners)
). We played for about 2 hours ? or something like that. Before Sebastien arrived we did some shredding, I hit one new combo, which I think is pretty cool:
