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Kick past-moderator Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Hello from Finland! Oct 14^th, 2016 at 7:34am Hi! I'm a long time stalker of the forum and only now got around to getting a log in. I've been slinging now for two years (about) and made quite a few slings along the way. It's so great that for such a "niche" hobby the community is wide and has such great resources. Can't wait to help contribute what little I can
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jeffbonds Descens Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 187 Alabama Gender:	Re: Hello from Finland! Reply #1 - Oct 14^th, 2016 at 11:42am welcome from Alabama in the USA
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Bill Skinner Forum Moderation Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3292	Re: Hello from Finland! Reply #2 - Oct 14^th, 2016 at 8:55pm And another welcome from the US. I believe Timpa is also from Finland. Whether or not you are close to each other is another story.
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Kick past-moderator Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: Hello from Finland! Reply #3 - Oct 15^th, 2016 at 6:29am I've watched a lot of his videos and they're really great but yeah I think he's further North than I am
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Hello from Finland! Reply #4 - Oct 15^th, 2016 at 11:25am Kick wrote on Oct 15^th, 2016 at 6:29am: I've watched a lot of his videos and they're really great but yeah I think he's further North than I am I bet that is a relief
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kentuckythrower Descens Offline Illegitimi non carborundum Posts: 244 Kentucky, U.S.A.	Re: Hello from Finland! Reply #5 - Oct 20^th, 2016 at 11:19pm Hello and welcome aboard!!! It has been a coons age since I've logged onto this site. Happy to see another Finn has taken up this hobby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My wife is Finn!!!!! I'm probably the only American member that understands "SISU"! Maybe we can meet during Vaapu?
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Kick past-moderator Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: Hello from Finland! Reply #6 - Oct 21^st, 2016 at 9:47am Well I suppose I should come clean. I'm actually English but I'm living in Finland and my girlfriend is Finnish and I've been visiting Finland since I was a baby. Lots of open space, forests, lakes, saunas, summer cottages... I may not have been born here but it's definitely home
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Kick past-moderator Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: Hello from Finland! Reply #7 - Jul 4^th, 2020 at 11:16am Wait a minute! I was slinging for two years before joining the forum!? OK. So I've been slinging now for almost 7 years now. Why wasn't I better by the time I joined and why aren't I better now?
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Mersa Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Druid Posts: 2598 Australia Gender:	Re: Hello from Finland! Reply #8 - Jul 4^th, 2020 at 11:18am You’re a big contributor now!!
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Kick past-moderator Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: Hello from Finland! Reply #9 - Jul 4^th, 2020 at 11:19am Some would say I contribute too much Edging ever closer to 3000 posts.
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Reply #10 - Jul 4^th, 2020 at 1:06pm

Kick wrote on Jul 4^th, 2020 at 11:16am:

Wait a minute! I was slinging for two years before joining the forum!? OK. So I've been slinging now for almost 7 years now. Why wasn't I better by the time I joined and why aren't I better now? Cheesy

On a serious note, many here have this problem including me
We call ourselves slingers of 5 years, 10 years or 20 years, but tis meaningless.
Our actual skill level is determined by how much we train consistently according to a fixed protocol
Having fun with a sling once a week at a park for a lifetime isn't going to make a good slinger

You need consistent practice and method like Jaegoor.
The problem is that we lack time/space and good teachers.
I think give Jaegoor a pupil with time and he could train a slinger in a month that is better than most of us

Many of us suck because we don't take the hobby seriously enough, I hadn't until recently

All Glory to God forever and ever, amen

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Kick past-moderator Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: Hello from Finland! Reply #11 - Jul 4^th, 2020 at 2:34pm Very true. Just the short time talking with him and getting pointers during the International was invaluable. I really think meeting other slingers in person is so useful which makes being in Finland, with no other slingers but Timpa up north who I've yet to meet, a little sucky.
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Mersa Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Druid Posts: 2598 Australia Gender:	Re: Hello from Finland! Reply #12 - Jul 15^th, 2020 at 5:10am Well the global environment might just make my plans for Mallorca fall through again
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Kick past-moderator Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: Hello from Finland! Reply #13 - Jul 15^th, 2020 at 6:57am There's still time. A lot can change in just, a few months. I guess that also means it could get worse...
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IronGoober Interfector Viris Spurii Offline ...and now, No. 1, the larch... Posts: 1601 California Gender:	Re: Hello from Finland! Reply #14 - Aug 13^th, 2020 at 7:21pm Kick wrote on Jul 15^th, 2020 at 6:57am: There's still time. A lot can change in just, a few months. I guess that also means it could get worse... When is the international competition usually?
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