Selin!                                                                  
         Oy! We got ourselves another OZZIE!! Welcome to the forum!    Well, I am in    
Massachusetts about 50 miles west northwest of Boston, and I think you will find, as I did, that it is FUN
talking about slinging ( and other stuff ) with guys and gals from around the globe. If you haven't already,
be sure to check out the how-to articles and the member's gallery and historical gallery, as well as, of course,
all the fun pics that people post here on the forum.                                                    
         Are you on the outskirts of Sydney or in the city? Do you have a good spot to go slinging? I stumbled onto Slinging.org a little over a year ago and it is oddly addicting. I work second shift ( 3PM - 11PM ) and I have gotten in the habit of driving to work a bit early and stopping on the way at a forest to do some slinging.
Very relaxing before work!                                                      
         Selin, welcome aboard, and I look forward to reading your posts!            
                                                                                                                                         .......Dan

Hi, thanks for the enthusiastic welcome! Any other Sydneysiders poking around?
 
I'm living about half an hour from the Sydney city, on the busyish outskirts where there's lots of bush and enough parks to keep me in the slinging addiction, which I'm practically certain is going to hit me when I finish making my first. I can't wait!
 
I found this website pretty blindly, since no-one else in my group has started yet or knew enough to point me towards anywhere with info. It seems pretty awesome though, really informative and quite funky, so I'll tell everyone to check it out.
 
So people here are mainly in the US? Do alot of you live close to eachother? Do you get to meet up in person? That'd be great...

Hi Selin,
 
I'm from Melbourne. Not from Sydney, but still in Australia.
 
Give me your postal address and I'll send you one of my slings. I love making them but there are only so many that I can use. The pouch is designed so that round ammunition will not fall out ie. cupped. I generally make them in two sizes; for golf ball size, and tennis ball size. I recommend you start with tennis balls for safety's sake; yours as much as any one elses. Golf balls fly much further and faster but are as dangerous as stones, especially as at the beginning you are bound to send one or two straight up into the air. A golf ball landing on your head is no joke.
 
If you don't already have your own technique I recommend you watch Dave Taylor's video on Greek style. I've seen it dozens of times and he always hits that bucket he's aiming at.  (haha)
 
 
Regards,
 
Aussieslinger

Aussieslinger, thank you so much! The leather I have spare at home is completely stiff at about .7cm, so the only materials I've been able to find for my first sling is a cloth bag I took apart at the seems (which is fraying quite badly already), some old acrilic velcro from an old rollerblading wristguard and some annoying elastane-jean material. Your offer is very much appreciated, believe me!  
 
And I probably should swap to tennis balls - I've managed to hit myself almost as much as the houses behind me...

don't be like that wileke  
 
this way we have a truthfull presentation on how nice and cozy this little board of ours is, and i don't think it bothers any of us  
 
 
there may be a thing if they wanted to keep the adress or the phone number private, but since this is not the case (you guys knew that we have PM's, right?), i don't see why not  
 
 
 
 
p.s. it'd be great if we could get some more smileies  

i know, ID theft and such. it was a (non succesfull) joke 70% of it any way.

damn it. now i have to give your nuber to all of my friends, because i'd be too suspicious.
wait. we don't have much slingers in croatia, it means you'll still know i'm responsible. hmmm.
 
that leaves me only one option - to make a banner with your number, and state that you give free psihological help, and put it on as many sites on the web as i can. i bet that would make for some really interesting callers