Jeremy Mirken's Footbag Blog
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I had a 41 contact run today, all BOPs, which is cool b/c it was the longest guiltless run Ive ever had, but also sucky, b/c I could only manage 41
Anyway, i spent a lot of time drilling dumb tricks but it paid off a little. I was able to hit ps eggbeater> run, my firt seal of that move. Also i hit a run that started and ended with ripstein. I also hit what i think is a reverse swivel, basically a pdx symple swirling osis. That was cool. i worked a lot on sailing set because i hadnt hit that in a couple months. i got some nice sets just above waist level, but didnt really hit anything cool out of it. i was trying to hit sailing ss whirl, which I barely missed. A couple days ago, i hit smog bsos, which i forgot to mention, so I'll put it here. Hmm . . what else? Oh, i hit my first throught 7th flip side stepping op symple swirls, like riptide without the butterfly dex. i liked that. It would be cool to link those . I also got pretty close to swirling gyro mirage, but I can't say I hit it because i think the set wasnt very clean (i caught the toe stall tho). I hit clip set torque>dlo, which I never hit, so that was cool too. i hit ducking clip>diving clip.repeat. i like that combo, can't hit it with butterflies yet tho. i guess thats it- its a lot really, no great run accomplishments tonight, but, 1 last thing! I managed to hit 23 consec osi (alternatingZ) on two different occasions today, which is really good for me. About a month ago, my high had been about 13 and on average, Id manage 3-4. Now I feel I can consistently hit 8-10, which is gratifying. Osis is lengthening my runs so much!
Anyway, i spent a lot of time drilling dumb tricks but it paid off a little. I was able to hit ps eggbeater> run, my firt seal of that move. Also i hit a run that started and ended with ripstein. I also hit what i think is a reverse swivel, basically a pdx symple swirling osis. That was cool. i worked a lot on sailing set because i hadnt hit that in a couple months. i got some nice sets just above waist level, but didnt really hit anything cool out of it. i was trying to hit sailing ss whirl, which I barely missed. A couple days ago, i hit smog bsos, which i forgot to mention, so I'll put it here. Hmm . . what else? Oh, i hit my first throught 7th flip side stepping op symple swirls, like riptide without the butterfly dex. i liked that. It would be cool to link those . I also got pretty close to swirling gyro mirage, but I can't say I hit it because i think the set wasnt very clean (i caught the toe stall tho). I hit clip set torque>dlo, which I never hit, so that was cool too. i hit ducking clip>diving clip.repeat. i like that combo, can't hit it with butterflies yet tho. i guess thats it- its a lot really, no great run accomplishments tonight, but, 1 last thing! I managed to hit 23 consec osi (alternatingZ) on two different occasions today, which is really good for me. About a month ago, my high had been about 13 and on average, Id manage 3-4. Now I feel I can consistently hit 8-10, which is gratifying. Osis is lengthening my runs so much!
My name: Jeremy Mirken, AKA Chocolatey Shatner, AKA jerk enemy rim.
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AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I had a crazy session today I pushed myself really hard to try some cool stuff; I hit some, and I nearly hit others. One of the highlights of the session was:
-atomic whirl>blur>atomsmasher>atomic whirl>blur>drop (Noooooooooooo!)
I hit this combo: atomic whirl>blur>atomsmasher>atomic whirl 4 different times, including starting from both sides. Today was the very first day that I could step from atomic whirls on either side with some consistency.
Then I moved on to fli quantum set, which isn't really my 'flip" because it is pretty damn good, but it kind of is because i've hit all of my biggest quantum moves starting from the opposite side. in any case, I drilled quantum op dlo (toe fog) for about 40 minutes or so. I knew i could hit it, so I just kept trying and trying. Probably about 200-300 tries at least today.
Then I moved on to quantum drifter, starting again from 'flip" quantum set. I hit it within 3 tries, which was the bomb because that was my first ever flip toe blurry drifter!
I also tried atomic blender about 40 times, didnt hit it and was a bit angry about that. I KNOW I can hit that move . . . i just haven't yet. I tried S&M smasher too, and got super close but also didn't hit it. I KNOW I can hit that f-in move too and Ive wanted to for a long time. Next session it is mine!
I hit several tomahawks on my strog side today, one on my flip. Hit 15 consec osi with a semi-broken in bag.
Oh yeah, Wjile schooling my atomic set, I gave some attempts to atomic whirling swirl (not tapping). I dont know if its ever been hit, but I was kind of close, which is promising. Id really like to hit that move as well, but its a long ways away.
Well, for those of you who've read this far now, I guess you're kind of wondering whether I ever hit the toe fog from flip quantum set. Well, I did! I hit it, sealed with a butterfly (I think) and went into a run from there. I was sooooo happy but for once i didn't let out a scream. I just stood there, then walked around in a circle with a huge smile on my face. I knew i could hit it- I did. Jackbag saw it, which added coolness to the trick.
thanks for reading guys and gals!
-atomic whirl>blur>atomsmasher>atomic whirl>blur>drop (Noooooooooooo!)
I hit this combo: atomic whirl>blur>atomsmasher>atomic whirl 4 different times, including starting from both sides. Today was the very first day that I could step from atomic whirls on either side with some consistency.
Then I moved on to fli quantum set, which isn't really my 'flip" because it is pretty damn good, but it kind of is because i've hit all of my biggest quantum moves starting from the opposite side. in any case, I drilled quantum op dlo (toe fog) for about 40 minutes or so. I knew i could hit it, so I just kept trying and trying. Probably about 200-300 tries at least today.
Then I moved on to quantum drifter, starting again from 'flip" quantum set. I hit it within 3 tries, which was the bomb because that was my first ever flip toe blurry drifter!
I also tried atomic blender about 40 times, didnt hit it and was a bit angry about that. I KNOW I can hit that move . . . i just haven't yet. I tried S&M smasher too, and got super close but also didn't hit it. I KNOW I can hit that f-in move too and Ive wanted to for a long time. Next session it is mine!
I hit several tomahawks on my strog side today, one on my flip. Hit 15 consec osi with a semi-broken in bag.
Oh yeah, Wjile schooling my atomic set, I gave some attempts to atomic whirling swirl (not tapping). I dont know if its ever been hit, but I was kind of close, which is promising. Id really like to hit that move as well, but its a long ways away.
Well, for those of you who've read this far now, I guess you're kind of wondering whether I ever hit the toe fog from flip quantum set. Well, I did! I hit it, sealed with a butterfly (I think) and went into a run from there. I was sooooo happy but for once i didn't let out a scream. I just stood there, then walked around in a circle with a huge smile on my face. I knew i could hit it- I did. Jackbag saw it, which added coolness to the trick.
thanks for reading guys and gals!
My name: Jeremy Mirken, AKA Chocolatey Shatner, AKA jerk enemy rim.
I kick it with trunk chef elf and liz luck key my.
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PROPS ON TOE FOG!!! I wanna hit it too!! I don't know if I can muster up the stamina to try it 300 times though, and it would probably take me 500 trys at least to hit it.
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A nice mix of single tricks and runs today> I hit about 4 runs over 30 contacts and one that was 40 contacts (the last being BOPs). I hit diving gyro mirage for the first time today, sealed with a small run. Then I hit
pdx eggbeater>smoke>pdx whirl! The first two tricks are soooo hard to link. I also hit step clip>step butt>step osis, but only on 1 side. Then, I gave tornado (nuclear ingyro mirage) about 15 tries and got super close. Didn't hit it tho. Then I gave Irish Spring about 50 tries. Didnt hit that either, but got even closer that I got to tornado. I also tried mantis (gyro egg) about 25 times and got damn close to that too, but again, no dice. i think you're getting the idea here?? Finally, I said: Okay, I get 10 tries to hit a 30 contact run and if i do I can go for consec ps whirls, but if I can't manage 30, I have to go inside. Well, on try number 6 I hit exactly 30 contacts, dropping on 31. On my 7th attempt at consecutive ps whirls, I broke my record. I hit ps whirl x6, which, in long form looks like: ps whirl> ps whirl> ps whirl> ps whirl> ps whirl> ps whirl!
That's all folks.
pdx eggbeater>smoke>pdx whirl! The first two tricks are soooo hard to link. I also hit step clip>step butt>step osis, but only on 1 side. Then, I gave tornado (nuclear ingyro mirage) about 15 tries and got super close. Didn't hit it tho. Then I gave Irish Spring about 50 tries. Didnt hit that either, but got even closer that I got to tornado. I also tried mantis (gyro egg) about 25 times and got damn close to that too, but again, no dice. i think you're getting the idea here?? Finally, I said: Okay, I get 10 tries to hit a 30 contact run and if i do I can go for consec ps whirls, but if I can't manage 30, I have to go inside. Well, on try number 6 I hit exactly 30 contacts, dropping on 31. On my 7th attempt at consecutive ps whirls, I broke my record. I hit ps whirl x6, which, in long form looks like: ps whirl> ps whirl> ps whirl> ps whirl> ps whirl> ps whirl!
That's all folks.
My name: Jeremy Mirken, AKA Chocolatey Shatner, AKA jerk enemy rim.
I kick it with trunk chef elf and liz luck key my.
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I hit some new and some old 5>5 combos yesterday:
-fog>atomic whirl
-sumo>atomic drifter! (a sweet rewind combo)
-fog>atomic drifter!
-ps whirl>blurriest!
-blazing pdx mirage>atomic whirl (a sweet rewind combo)
but is blazing p mirage only a 4? I guess so . . .
-fog>atomic whirl
-sumo>atomic drifter! (a sweet rewind combo)
-fog>atomic drifter!
-ps whirl>blurriest!
-blazing pdx mirage>atomic whirl (a sweet rewind combo)
but is blazing p mirage only a 4? I guess so . . .
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Thanks Newf and Full Nelson. I went out again today and hit a few more new 5>5 combos:
-bedwetter>paradon swirl!
-ps whirl>janiwalker!!
-sumo quantum>whirl?!!!!8O
AND . . .
Blazing (pdx) drifter (a flipsider "massive" trick)
also spinning osis>spinning osis
and ps dlo sealed to a run
-bedwetter>paradon swirl!
-ps whirl>janiwalker!!
-sumo quantum>whirl?!!!!8O
AND . . .
Blazing (pdx) drifter (a flipsider "massive" trick)
also spinning osis>spinning osis
and ps dlo sealed to a run
My name: Jeremy Mirken, AKA Chocolatey Shatner, AKA jerk enemy rim.
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Low Energy Session
Well, I had been read-sleeping for about 35 minutes (that's when you're just so tired that you can seem to stay awake for more than half a page) before i decided it was time to get off my lazy ass and shred a bit. the only problem was that when got outside, I lacked the motivation or energy to go for long runs. I kept thinking, i dont want to be out of breath, i just want to footbag. So i decided to focus the session just on new combos. It was quite fun. I hit a few more new 5>5s and one new move that is cool.
New:
-matador>blurry whirl (seems easy, but not for me)
-blurry whirl>blurry drifter (sweet)
-janiwalker>blurry drifter (flip bl. drifter)
-frontside whirlwalk
Who has hit frontside whirlwalk before?
New:
-matador>blurry whirl (seems easy, but not for me)
-blurry whirl>blurry drifter (sweet)
-janiwalker>blurry drifter (flip bl. drifter)
-frontside whirlwalk
Who has hit frontside whirlwalk before?
My name: Jeremy Mirken, AKA Chocolatey Shatner, AKA jerk enemy rim.
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Hmm . . . I hit frontside whirlwalk again, very cleanly or so i think. I have it on camera but the camera is one of those old VCR-tape style cameras so i can't even post the footage here:( My digital camra is broken. Oh well. On the bright side, I hit it again. Also, i hit pixie dbl switch for the cammy and nearly frontside flurry and very nearly furious drifter I was f-in' close! I think that Ill hit that move within a month or so if i continue to try it a few times each session.
My name: Jeremy Mirken, AKA Chocolatey Shatner, AKA jerk enemy rim.
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Close but no cigar:
I just skooled symp barraging on my strong side for about 15 minutes. I think i tried about 50-60 symp flurries and 3 symp janiwalkers. I hit nothing. BUUUT, i did have the symp flurry off my foot on about 10 occaqsions. One time, it kind of stalled, but got caught in te flap of my toe box, so i didn't count that. on another note, i was super close to symp whirl>janiwalker.
And close to fury>atomic set anything
EDIT:
I hit ps whirling xbd rake for the second time tonight, quite easily actually. it was sweet!
I just skooled symp barraging on my strong side for about 15 minutes. I think i tried about 50-60 symp flurries and 3 symp janiwalkers. I hit nothing. BUUUT, i did have the symp flurry off my foot on about 10 occaqsions. One time, it kind of stalled, but got caught in te flap of my toe box, so i didn't count that. on another note, i was super close to symp whirl>janiwalker.
And close to fury>atomic set anything
EDIT:
I hit ps whirling xbd rake for the second time tonight, quite easily actually. it was sweet!
My name: Jeremy Mirken, AKA Chocolatey Shatner, AKA jerk enemy rim.
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2 sessions 'n 2 days
Here's what went down (lots of new shiznit!):
-sumo bsos
-pdx tapping dlo (new trick)
-janiwalker>fog
-janiwalker> blurry whirl>ps whirl (new 5>5>5 combo?)
-janiwalker>pdx torque (new 5>5)
-symposium flurry!!!!! (new trick) (twice)
-blurry whirl>matador
-atomic whirl>janiwalker (new 5>5)
-8O fury>atomic whirl
-and fury>atomic whirl>ps whirl (dropped it tho)
-and . . . janiwalker> blurry whirl>blurry whirl>ps whirl>ps whirl (first string of 5 unique 5s) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG, it was so cool.
-sumo bsos
-pdx tapping dlo (new trick)
-janiwalker>fog
-janiwalker> blurry whirl>ps whirl (new 5>5>5 combo?)
-janiwalker>pdx torque (new 5>5)
-symposium flurry!!!!! (new trick) (twice)
-blurry whirl>matador
-atomic whirl>janiwalker (new 5>5)
-8O fury>atomic whirl
-and fury>atomic whirl>ps whirl (dropped it tho)
-and . . . janiwalker> blurry whirl>blurry whirl>ps whirl>ps whirl (first string of 5 unique 5s) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OMG, it was so cool.
My name: Jeremy Mirken, AKA Chocolatey Shatner, AKA jerk enemy rim.
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nothin huge today.
-fog>pixie paradon on my first try; cool, dunno if Ive ever hit it before.
-butt>symp whirl>x5
-didnt drop a flip symp whirl today!
-two flip whirling swirls in 4 tries
ps whirl> flip spin clipper (1st time)
-fog>pixie paradon on my first try; cool, dunno if Ive ever hit it before.
-butt>symp whirl>x5
-didnt drop a flip symp whirl today!
-two flip whirling swirls in 4 tries
ps whirl> flip spin clipper (1st time)
My name: Jeremy Mirken, AKA Chocolatey Shatner, AKA jerk enemy rim.
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non-footbag related:
I took my graduate school written comprehensive exams today. I really hope that I passed the test, but i am not at all confident i did so. I guess I'll find out after spring break. I should have studied more and shredded less in the days and weeks leading up to today. Oh well.
I took my graduate school written comprehensive exams today. I really hope that I passed the test, but i am not at all confident i did so. I guess I'll find out after spring break. I should have studied more and shredded less in the days and weeks leading up to today. Oh well.
My name: Jeremy Mirken, AKA Chocolatey Shatner, AKA jerk enemy rim.
I kick it with trunk chef elf and liz luck key my.
I kick it with trunk chef elf and liz luck key my.