Human Short-Lines June 18, 2008
Posted by wedge in : stunts , add a commentOver at BFC, they’ve had a new video up for a while. The video features Andre de Villiers from South Africa once again playing on the jacked up boom.
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A while back there was a huge debate on Super Fly Highs and their impact on barefooting over in the BFC forums. If you watch the video you see Andre doing some jumps while footing. The only people I’ve seen get more air hit a ramp so I think the argument about Super Fly Highs (SFH) not helping a barefooter is moot. They provide a fair amount of upward pull (aka lift) that a skilled barefooter can take advantage of.
I’m not saying the footers that do the crazy insane tricks on the SFH’s aren’t good footers. They are. They are usually very good footers, but the SFH is helping them with learn some of these insane tricks. If they start doing these tricks long line, they’ll have taken their skills to a whole new level.
We Need a Friday!!! June 17, 2008
Posted by wedge in : debates , add a commentOk world, I’m rolling out a new feature here on TalesFromTheFoot.com… here’s the first debate topic.
The world of wakeboarding has Dallas Friday as one of it’s leading ladies. She’s a phenomenal wakeboarder, widely recognized as one of the best in the sport, who looks just as good as she boards. Here’s a picture of her holding a wakeboard as she poses on the sun deck of a Malibu Boat (yeah, she’s got a boat sponsor.)
The question I’m posing for this debate is this:
Who is the Dallas Friday of the Barefooting World?
Is it one of the ladies from the Chicks Rule video that has been about to come out for what seems like years now? (Good excuse to link to the trailer over at Toes Up.)
Download Chicks Rule - Trailer 1
Let the debate begin!
Father’s Day Weekend Figure-8’s June 16, 2008
Posted by wedge in : recaps , 1 comment so farJust wondering if anyone knows if the Kwahamot Figure-8 (Saturday in Tomahawk, WI) and Silver Sheet Figure-8 Challenge (Rolling Prairie, IN) happened this past weekend (not sure if the weather/flooding had any impact on them) and if so, who won?
I’ve scoured the net for results and keep coming up empty. Anyone out there know what happened?
Mad-City Dual 2008 - Slightly Longer Recap June 10, 2008
Posted by wedge in : recaps , add a commentMichael Franks mailed in his recap of the barefoot figure 8 tournament to BFC… he’s got a few more first hand details, since he was actually present at the tourny. Head on over to Barefoot Central and check out the recap. There’s some pictures of the “weather” there too.
For a truly brief recap, head on over to BareFootSki dot com… they got a really young looking picture of Stokes in their story.
Mad-City Dual 2008 - The Very Brief Results June 9, 2008
Posted by wedge in : recaps , add a commentJust wanted to do a quick recap of what happended this past Saturday at the Mad-City Dual…
The wind was windy, the bay was still relatively sea weed free (at least at the surface) and the weather provided some excitement for everyone…
With the wind blowing strong in Madison, the normlly calm bay, proved to be a bit rougher than normal. Rougher to the point that the longest 8 of the day was half an 8, which was put up by Paul Stokes. Ironically, if the bay had been weedier, the water would have been calmer, but you can’t have everything.
Roughly 18 to 20 footers suited up for the off again, then back on again, figure 8 tournament. From what I heard, there were supposed to be a few more, but they opted out at the last minute. There was a group from Michigan that made the long haul to Madison for the tourny and they had a good time.
Paul Stokes added another ring to the Mad-City Dual Championship Ring collection that he has going, but not before he missed a step off… rumor on the street is Frank the Tank has a good series of pictures of this rare event. Meanwhile Footstock Dave managed to catch a lot of the many falls on video, which once posted, should provide a lot of entertainment.
Afterwards, most of the footers headed over to Olin Park for some frosty beverages at the Clean Lakes Festival. They arrived in time to catch a bit of the bands, drink some beer and eat some foot before the weather kicked into high gear. It went from a hot, muggy day to pretty cool in a matter of moments, storms popped up out of nowhere, we saw clouds moving in a circular motion over the lake as everyone kept drinking beer until the festival was called to do severe weather.
Props to the One Love Footing Team for putting this together with Paul Stokes and congrats to Stokes for winning yet again.
I’m hoping to get some more first hand details, pictures, and potentially some video to post from this event.
I guess this recap became a little bit longer than I thought it would be.
