Tales from the Foot http://www.talesfromthefoot.com All Things Barefooting... Sun, 03 Jul 2011 15:40:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 First Person Footing http://www.talesfromthefoot.com/2011/07/03/first-person-footing/ http://www.talesfromthefoot.com/2011/07/03/first-person-footing/#comments Sun, 03 Jul 2011 15:38:44 +0000 wedge http://www.talesfromthefoot.com/?p=831 Continue reading →]]> I now have access to a GoPro camera and strapped it onto my wrist yesterday while taking a couple short runs just to see how it’d work. The water wasn’t the best and the stretches of calm water were short due to there being several tubers in the area, but I did get a little footage.

First Person Footing [video]
The videos’ in HD… feel free to bump up the quality and/or make it full screen…

And in keeping with the Pearl Jam backing music in the videos, here’s a video Ron Scarpa’s Watersports made a while back. Great footing and a great song.

Spring Wind Down – well, kinda [video]

]]> http://www.talesfromthefoot.com/2011/07/03/first-person-footing/feed/ 0 A Day at the RSWS http://www.talesfromthefoot.com/2011/04/19/a-day-at-the-rsws/ http://www.talesfromthefoot.com/2011/04/19/a-day-at-the-rsws/#comments Tue, 19 Apr 2011 05:05:35 +0000 wedge http://www.talesfromthefoot.com/?p=822 Continue reading →]]> Here’s a nice video showing the fine people at Ron Scarpa’s Watersports in action as they teach some new footers how to foot and some old footers some new tricks. Mr. Paul Macdonald, among others, makes an appearance as well.

Fun times had by all at RSWS! [video]

The hardest part I have about watching these video made by people at the barefoot schools is looking at the water. First, they are in Florida so there’s Gators in the water. Up here in Wisco, all we have are some real big fish, but nothing that’ll bite an arm or leg off. That bit about the Florida water scares me just a little bit. Probably not enough to keep me out if it, but it’ll definitely be in the back of my mind when I’m in it.

Second, 95% of the water is butter in these videos and the rest is still really, really calm. I see water like that maybe once a year and IF I’m lucky, I’ll be the only boat out there. 50% of the time, the water I foot in, most people won’t. 25% of the time the water would be nice except for the 5 or 6 other boats making waves as the pull their kids tubing. 15% of the time there is good water and only one or two other boats. The other 10% of the time, the water is rough enough where even I won’t try to foot.

]]> http://www.talesfromthefoot.com/2011/04/19/a-day-at-the-rsws/feed/ 0 Even They Catch a Toe… http://www.talesfromthefoot.com/2011/04/16/even-they-catch-a-toe/ http://www.talesfromthefoot.com/2011/04/16/even-they-catch-a-toe/#comments Sat, 16 Apr 2011 18:12:03 +0000 wedge http://www.talesfromthefoot.com/?p=819 Continue reading →]]> …or a heal, or just fall over.

But one thing is true, the more spectacular the tricks that are being attempted, the more spectacular the falls can be. So here are the likes of KSO, Small, Groen and many others at the WBC showing the world they are indeed human in this video that the WBC put together.

Barefoot Crashes and Smashes [video]

I like the one where the guy backfoots into the weeds.

]]> http://www.talesfromthefoot.com/2011/04/16/even-they-catch-a-toe/feed/ 1 Footstock 2006 on YouTube http://www.talesfromthefoot.com/2011/04/15/footstock-2006-on-youtube/ http://www.talesfromthefoot.com/2011/04/15/footstock-2006-on-youtube/#comments Fri, 15 Apr 2011 06:15:32 +0000 wedge http://www.talesfromthefoot.com/?p=815 Continue reading →]]> A ways back, Slalom Magaine… I mean WaterSki Magazine went up to Footstock, wrote a nice little article and even created a video that they posted on their website. I know I linked to that video when it came out, but now it has found its way on to YouTube… so here it is.

Footstock 2006 [video]

]]> http://www.talesfromthefoot.com/2011/04/15/footstock-2006-on-youtube/feed/ 0 Sad, But True http://www.talesfromthefoot.com/2011/04/01/sad-but-true/ http://www.talesfromthefoot.com/2011/04/01/sad-but-true/#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2011 13:00:10 +0000 wedge http://www.talesfromthefoot.com/?p=807 Continue reading →]]> Off Topic… This looks a little bit staged, but still, it’s a man at a hockey game… and yes, it was a Friday… and since this is April Fool’s Day, lets see someone making a fool of themselves in public.

Friday at a Hockey Game [video]

And since it is a Friday, and this is a Friday related post, here’s Dallas Friday on a boat…

Yes, she’s a  wakeboarder, but I’ll let anyone in my boat that loves to be on the water… just as long as they save some glass calm water for me to do some footing on. It helps if they can drive the boat… anything else is just a bonus.

]]> http://www.talesfromthefoot.com/2011/04/01/sad-but-true/feed/ 0 In Trouble for Water Skiing http://www.talesfromthefoot.com/2011/03/29/in-trouble-for-water-skiing/ http://www.talesfromthefoot.com/2011/03/29/in-trouble-for-water-skiing/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:04:41 +0000 wedge http://www.talesfromthefoot.com/?p=805 Continue reading →]]> Off topic… A man is in trouble from Australian authorities for spending the day water skiing with his son on the Victoria River. The authorities have an issue with it because he wasn’t using a boat. He was towing his son with a helicopter.

A quote from the article…

Blooby nanny state. For gods sake get a life or get back under your rock you bunch of kill joy grannies. Piss off and let people be themselves, get a life or take the next plane out of here. Wankers.

I found this story via Slashdot. Read the full story here (it even has a little bit of video). I’m sure the creative writers over at The CRB will come up with a witty article about this.

Wondering what this might look like? Click here.

]]> http://www.talesfromthefoot.com/2011/03/29/in-trouble-for-water-skiing/feed/ 0 A Closer Look at Lauren Lindeman http://www.talesfromthefoot.com/2011/03/27/a-closer-look-at-lauren-lindeman/ http://www.talesfromthefoot.com/2011/03/27/a-closer-look-at-lauren-lindeman/#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 00:57:27 +0000 wedge http://www.talesfromthefoot.com/?p=798 Continue reading →]]>

Photo from Barefoot in the Burbs

Over on Karen Putz’s blog Barefoot in the Burbs, she has a nice article about Lauren Lindeman. Lauren learned to ski at 3 1/2, barefoot at 6 and is now a World class barefooter. Take a moment and check it out…

Links:

]]> http://www.talesfromthefoot.com/2011/03/27/a-closer-look-at-lauren-lindeman/feed/ 0 Calendar Updated for 2011 http://www.talesfromthefoot.com/2011/03/15/calendar-updated-for-2011/ http://www.talesfromthefoot.com/2011/03/15/calendar-updated-for-2011/#comments Wed, 16 Mar 2011 04:23:04 +0000 wedge http://www.talesfromthefoot.com/?p=795 Continue reading →]]> Take a moment and check out the calendar on the site. Lots of events have been added for 2011. If you have a barefooting event that you want listed, send it to wedge [at] talesfromthefoot [dot] com.

I’m anxiously waiting for the Madison lakes to melt so I can get my boat in the water for that first run of the year. The weather hit near 50 here today, which will work some wonder on that sheet of ice covering Lake Monona.

]]> http://www.talesfromthefoot.com/2011/03/15/calendar-updated-for-2011/feed/ 0