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A Freestyle Rant

5/30/2020

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This is an unusual blog post for me. I'm a writer, and I like to sit down and write my own updates, but this morning Bob and Tony have just about written the whole thing for me. I quote Bob first because, man, yeah, exactly. 
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Then there's this from Tony Gale:
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I've spent the last year (and more) working on footwork, and I've never really been able to put into words how much that footwork flows. It has become very second nature. Tony Gale is right when he talks about learn, perfect, forget. I'm a little embarrassed that I've never connected wu wei with skateboarding. Doing footwork that you've mastered really is effortless action.

My biggest issue these days is that I go to the well too often on certain footwork and longboard dance steps. I have to remind myself to do tricks other than the handful that come to mind first. I've started forcing myself to do new combos because I've don't want to do the same few over and over again.
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Eric Sanders
6/1/2020 06:54:46 pm

Thanks to Tony I now have an image of Bruce Lee and Bob Schmeltzer doing dual fast footwork. Kinda nice in a way. Yes the same thing over and over for days on end gets like that half full bucket of rain water: real stagnant and not so fun. Variety keeps life interesting. Maybe try a daffy and see how that goes. Oh freestyle related does anyone still do dual board 360s with a foot on each board? Steve Cathy ruled at those, just as Ellen O"niel ruled daffy 360s.

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