Category Archives: stunts

Ditch Footing Again

Posted on August 6, 2010 by wedge

Videos of people barefooting in ditches continue to make the rounds. This video is from March of 2009, so it isn’t new, or related to the current flooding issues in southern Wisconsin, but it’s still fun to watch people do … Continue reading →

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1993 Barefoot Nationals

Posted on July 26, 2010 by wedge

Old school videos keep showing up on the internet and making their way to my inbox. Here’s the Men’s Open footage from the 1993 Bareboot Nationals featuring footing by Don Mixon Jr, Lane Bowers, Jon Kretchman and Rick Powell. And … Continue reading →

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A Small Exclusive

Posted on July 22, 2010 by wedge

One of my regular readers and contributors, SacFooter (229 videos and counting on YouTube), recently had the opportunity to foot with David Small out at Diablo Shores in Brentwood, CA after their regional tournament. David stuck around for a few … Continue reading →

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Barefoot Circles

Posted on July 5, 2010 by wedge

Back in ‘the day’ all of the barefoot circles you’d see in a ski show were BIG. Lately, they’ve grown a little smaller so they can both keep the action in front of the audience and say they did 5, … Continue reading →

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Two Ski Wake Jump to Bomb Out

Posted on July 1, 2010 by wedge

Trolling the news feed that is my Facebook feed, this video showed via The Stokeman. It’s not a video of him, but of Randy Filter and it’s old school. As the title of this post implies, there is a sweet … Continue reading →

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Vintage Tricking

Posted on June 23, 2010 by wedge

Here’s some vintage barefoot trick skiing by the one and only Paul Stokes. I know he’s phenomenal footer and person, having skied with him on several occasions (he’s even dabbled in show skiing once or twice). Paul Stokes – 2002 Barefoot … Continue reading →

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Ice Footing

Posted on March 25, 2010 by wedge

The boys (and girl) from Beaver Dam suited up early this year, hitting the water on March 21st this year. The lake had thawed just enough so that there was open water on one side while ice covered the rest. … Continue reading →

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First Person Perspective

Posted on March 20, 2010 by wedge

AreaMike of Barefoot Ski Dot Com posted another video using his GoPro video camera. I have to give some props to provide a new perspective on video to me. I don’t think I’ve seen first person LONG LINE deep water … Continue reading →

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Through the Eyes of a Footer

Posted on February 22, 2010 by wedge

Courtesy of the Freeman Funk Footers and via Barefoot Ski Dot Com comes a video of some barefooters that decided to break the ice… literally. What’s unique about this video is that it is shot from what I must assume to … Continue reading →

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Willie Rips the Port of Sacramento

Posted on November 20, 2009 by wedge

Tales from the Foot’s west coast correspondent SacFooter sent us a video that he produced exclusively for Tales from the Foot. SacFooter has the privilege to ski with Willie Farrell fairly regularly and has posted about his experiences before (link). While those … Continue reading →

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