And now for a video that isn’t related to the cold… it just shows 4 friends out having a blast on their little slice of heaven. They do a bit more than barefooting, but it is very evident that they love to spend a whole lot of time on the water. Enjoy this little distraction from the winter doldrums…
Tag: stunts
Another Chetek Video
I’d start off by saying the Chetek Boys (link to their first video) have gone to far with their latest video that shows them watching Chetek Girls video that was done, but I don’t think I can in good concious say that. I can’t say it because they make good videos.
First, the video quality is great. The production quality is great too. They take time editting their videos together and put a good soundtrack on them. Finally, the footing video is outstanding. Now, they aren’t doing tricks like the DV boys, but good solid footing, a couple good comments here and there and they usually have a nice little crash sequence. All elements of a good footing video, at least in my opinion.
In their latest video, 2 of the Chetek Boys take “Keith” out for some barefooting on November 1st. For those that don’t know, Chetek is is northern Wisconsin. On November 1st, it’s cold, and the water is cold even in southern Wisconsin. Toss in the fact that it didn’t look like a bright and sunny day and you have a very brisk footing set. And they have fun doing it.
Enough commentary, here’s the video that they submitted to BFC for the Show Ski Challenge. That makes 3 entries for Chetek by my count.
You can find their video on BFC Show Ski Challenge Page here. It’s titled “Fake It”.
One last thing, stick around to the very end. One of them makes a funny comment after a bad fall.
Worlds Pictures – Day 3
Footnfotos.com has another 436 pictures up documenting day 3 of Worlds. Stuary Fafeita has been busy taking pcituresand putting them online, and once again, the pictures are pretty amazing. I love the jump pictures since it is something I don’t see a lot, and when you do see it in a video, it is really quick. With a picture you can really stop and stare at what that footer is going through and just imagine what is going through their head at that moment in time.
Here’s the link to the Day 3 Pictures.
One of the many awesome pictures from footnfotos.com
I am going to offer one tiny point of criticism for Stuary. I want more pictures of the jump landings. There are lots of pictures of the people hitting the ramp, which are great. I want more pictures of the landings. I know I’m greedy. I’m just thinking there’s got to be some good pictures of the landings. Ones where they foot away… and ones where they don’t. And I’m guessing some where we’d wonder how they footed away.
And yes, I saw the pictures of the Junior Jumps near the end where they landings are shown. I want landings for the Open Divisions. I’m thinking they gotta be good!
KSO at the Moo
I decided to check KSO’s site to see if there was anything new there and was pleasantly surprised to find a video he put together from a trip he took to the Blue Moo. He put together a nice little video to the tune of Kick Start My Heart by Motely Crue featuring some jump and footing tricks. He’s currently competing over in New Zealand at Barefoot Worlds and I wish him the best of luck. He’s one of the favorites favored to win it all and would cap of an extraordinary 2008 for him. He won the US Barefooting Title and Footstock. World’s would make it a trifecta. Without further ado, here’s the video…
http://www.ksobarefoot.com/Blue%20Moo.wmv
KSO Foot’n Fun (aka Blue Moo Challenge)
World Update Day 1
Opening Ceremonies and Day 1 I believe are both done. So far, the only place to be giving relatively up to date updates is a photo website… footnfotos.com
Team USA Marching in the Opening Ceremony
You can see a slide show of the entire Opening Ceremony here.
There are also some pretty awesome pictures of the first day of competition. Here are a couple low res samples…
The agony of defeat…
And the thrill of victory?
No idea who either of the skiers are, but those are just a couple of the awesome pictures that have been posted for the first day. You can view a slide show of all the photos here.
All of the pictures from here are from the footnfotos.com website. Be sure to go check them all out.The competitors are going to have some sweet pictures to remember their time at Worlds.
Meanwhile, I’ll try to hunt up some actual results.
Willie Farrel Stands Alone
Here’s a video from SacFooter Productions of Willie Farrel doing some “winter” barefooting… California Winter Barefooting to be exact. (I have a hard time calling in winter footing when it’s bright and sunny with no snow on the ground*.)
Anyways, the video is of Willie on Jan 11, 2009 at the Port of Sacramento, probably getting some last minute training in for Worlds. You’ll see some front and back barefoot slalom and some tumbles as does som training in his dry suit. Good luck at Worlds Willie!
Willie Farrel – Stands Alone
*Here are some links that show winter barefooting. This one has a story about real winter footing and this one has a video of it. Real winter footing involves being worried about hitting ice during your footing runs.
Club Foot Montage
Once again a video that has nothing to do with BFC or any famous barefooter. This one was evidently put together by a Michigan barefoot club called Club Foot Barefoot Water Ski Team. A quick search of the my internet didn’t turn up anything current.
It’s a good montage video of the members footing. Takes about 2 minutes to get started, but the editting of the footing footage was done very well. And if Club Foot still exists, drop by and say hi.
I think a lot of the footage is late 90s so there is some great hair and wetsuits. Enjoy…
Heinrich Lets Loose
Heinrich Sam, a young and very talented barefooter from South Africa, took a footing set with Andre to try a little free style barefooting.
It starts off with what is probably a typical Heinrich pass. For those that don’t know, he’s a pretty good barefooter of some reknown. At the ripe old age of 17, he has already set some European Junior and Open trick records. The kicker is he is just as good as barefooter now, if not better, after he has survived a bout with cancer.
After his initial trick run to warm up, he lines up next to the boat to try some freestyle. His freestyle isn’t as polished as Andre’s yet, but I’m sure it’ll get there soon. Enjoy the video from BFC…
You can find the video on BFC’s South African Barefoot scene page here. In the video section on that page, it is called “Heinrich shows his Freestyle Talent”.
This video does come with a little warning. They do a boat to boat exchange of footers on the boom. Please don’t try this without excellent drivers and some serious confidence in the other footer’s ability. The results could be bad without 4 very competent people (2 drivers and 2 footers). Be sure to be comfortable with all 4 peoples’ skill level for that trick.
BTW, be sure to watch till the very end. Heinrich tries some overhead 3’s on the boom. Fun to watch, looks like it might hurt, but he bounces right back up… literally.
Let’s Get The Party Started
Unlike BFC, Toes Up has no qualms about putting up crashes and here’s a classic video, or least a classic video according to the description on USA Water Ski. In reality, it’s a video put together last year by Paul & Heather Stokes. Paul Stokes, for those of you who don’t know, is regarded as a very good barefooter… he was a US Barefoot Champion in 1994. For more details about him, check out Stokes Sports.
But back to the video. There isn’t anything ground breaking in the video, but I guess there isn’t suppose to be… it’s a crash video. Enjoy.
http://www.toesuporfaceplant.com/get%20the%20party%20started_wmv.wmv
Get the Party Started [toe’s up video]
And They Do Fall Down…
Back in the beginning of October, the following question was posed on the BFC forums:
These guys (the De Villiers brothers) are always trying new things so there would have to be some great spills. How about a video of that? It would just be nice to see a human side to these guys?
Well, it appears that Chuck has changed his mind. On the eve of the election, this new video came up on the website.
You can find the video on BFC’s Video page here. It’s titled “I Fell Down”.
Chuck’s rational for not showing the wipeouts is that he’s trying to encourage people to barefoot and doesn’t want to show the painful side of it. But guess what, unfortunately pain is a part of the sport of barefooting. It doesn’t need to be a big part of it, but even people that are learning the basics, they want to see that even the great footers fall down and go boom when they are trying new things. Plus, if they don’t see the pros struggling to learn new things, new people can become frustrated when they don’t get it as quick as these guys do.
So thank you for the video of the wipeouts, even if they do just tumble up about half the time, which is really just sickening.
BTW, no I did not start that thread.
Mad-City Wedge 