First Figure 8’s of the Year April 27, 2008
Posted by wedge in : recaps , add a commentThe last couple weeks have featured the first figure 8 tournaments of the year. The first was down in Oscala where KSO took home the top prize. Check out BareFootSki dot com for a full recap.
This weekend up in De Pere, WI, 12 brave footers took to the frigid water for the first northern tournmament of the year, the De Dere Figure 8. Marc Donahue of Indiana took home the bragging rights to this tournament. A fuller recap is available at BareFootSki dot com once again.
Next up is the Frost-Bite Figure 8 hosted by UW-Stout this coming weekend (May 3rd, starts at 10am.)
Be sure to check out BareFootSki dot com. In addition to barefooting news, they’ve got a forum, pictues and some decent videos up there as well, including this video of some old school barefooting.
Download Vintage Barefooting - Cypress Gardens (BareFootSki dot com)
Bodies… April 22, 2008
Posted by wedge in : stunts , add a commentI’ve heard rumblings about this video over on the BFC forums and finally decided to check it out myself. It’s a video from Toes Up or Faceplant. The website is a little bright with some crazy fonts, but if you dig around a bit, they have some good stuff.
If you’ve heard the song Bodies by Drowning Pool, you might have an idea about what’s in the video. If you don’t know the song off the top of your head, you may have heard it in ads for the movies Daredevil, The One, xXx, Fahrenheit 9/11, Rambo or even a US Marines Commercial. The song caused a little controversy when it came out and some stations even stopped playing it for a while. Why, you ask? If you think about the lyrics and think about how it’s been used in advertising, it can easily be misinterpreted. It is really suppose to be about moshpitting.
Anyways, the most common phrase in the song is “Let the bodies hit the floor.” According to the lyrics site I found, they say it 27 times, roughly have the lines in the song. Now, while barefooting there is no floor to hit, but there is the water, and this video, A LOT of bodies hit the water, and they hit the water HARD. They did a very good job putting all of these crashes to music so file is a pretty big (but it looks good) so be patient. Enjoy…
Download Bodies Video (Toes Up or Faceplant Production)
Barefooting or Swivel Skiing? April 17, 2008
Posted by wedge in : stunts , 1 comment so farWhile the Rowboat’s Paddlers and Rykert argue about Venn Diagrams and question where their cooler full of beer is, I’m going to ask you to grab a beer out of your fridge, sit back and watch a video production from BFC. I’m not sure where BFC find these guys but they got some crazy footers named De Villers. I let ya’ll know about the first De Villers’ video, now there is a second one. This one has the first name of Zane and it features some solid footing.
Now if you go look at the forums on BFC, you’ll find quite the discussion about the Super Fly High that the De Villers make use of. Some people think it’s cheating and not real footing while others say it is just the evolution of the sport. I fall someone in between… Learning how to foot and get my long line deep water starts more consistent, I could tell the difference between a normal pylon, a slightly extended pylon and a hylon in how they helped me make my starts. Now the SFH is much higher, almost like a trapeze. I’m off the opinion that yeah, it’s going to make the tricks easier to do. But the tricks these guys are doing are sick and even watching them being done on the SFH is pretty awesome. So I guess I’m of the opinion that the SFH’s make the tricks easier, but if they are going to give us tricks like this, I’m all for them. Now when people start doing these tricks on a normal boom or long line on a hylon, then the people doing them on a SFH can be called wussies. Until then, they have bragging rights on some crazy tricks.
One trick Zane does that stands out is the overhead 360 on the barefeet. I see swivel skiers do this all the time, some even throw 7’s or 10’s. I also see shoe skiers do this trick. But never before have I seen it done on barefeet. Zane does some other stuff in there two, but I’ll just let you watch and be amazed.
Enjoy…
Best Dam Barefoot Race 2008 April 15, 2008
Posted by wedge in : announcements , add a comment
Just want to help spread the word the Best Dam Barefoot Race will be taking place on Saturday, May 10th in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Besides it being the Best Dam Race, I think Teri and the Must-Skis throw the Best Dam Party afterwards. For more details, check out the flyer.
If you sign up for the race and this is how you found out about it, be sure to let Teri know you heard about it at TalesFromTheFoot.com… Thanks!
A Good St Patty’s Day Tradition April 14, 2008
Posted by wedge in : press, stories , add a commentFound this story while browsing the internet for barefooting stories. There are a group of friends from Anapolis who were facing a mid-life crisis eight years ago. They wanted to do something crazy and came up with barefooting. Then they started doing footing runs on St Patty’s day. They figure they’re already in body bags (ie dry suits) so if anything does happen, they’re all set to go.
When they are done, then they break out some green beer, a tradition the rest of the country follows.
