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Willem208

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Hello from South Africa
Oct 28^th, 2018 at 10:56am

I have been meaning to introduce myself for some time now. So here I am. I live in Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa. I made my first sling some time ago but it just wasn't right. I was amazed by how powerful it was but disheartened by my accuracy. So I lost interest in sling for a few months. Just about 2 weeks ago I decided to make (making) me a few proper slings. After hours of practice and a sore arm I am starting to hit my target about every 20 throws. I can throw a decent rock about 100m. This stuff is just so much fun. My favourite sling is the butterfly/boat shaped pouch sling. I want to make some more slings and experiment with different cords and pouch material. I'm running out of rocks in the park next to my house (well they are all over the park now). I want to learn as much as possible through these forums. What is your favorite sling? How to make it? And a list of all the throwing techniques will also be great. Thanks and hello Cool

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Kick

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Re: Hello from South Africa
Reply #1 - Oct 28^th, 2018 at 11:50am

Welcome from Finland! I have a lot of slings in a lot of different styles and I don't think I could pick one favourite Cheesy

One of the thins I like about slinging is how much variety you can have for such a simple piece of technology. Same for throws really though I am finally getting ok with fig 8 which I'm happy about. Do post some photos of your slings, we never get tired of more pictures.

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walter Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2072	Re: Hello from South Africa Reply #2 - Oct 28^th, 2018 at 1:50pm Welcome Willen! My favorite slings are balearic and seat belt. I throw f8 and balearic with both types. Great hobby and because of this forum, no end of new ideas or info.
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Drakolith

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Re: Hello from South Africa
Reply #3 - Oct 29^th, 2018 at 11:10am

Welcome to the forum! I don’t really have a favorite sling overall. As for slinging styles, https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=o6kdRs4x1fs I remember this video is pretty good. I don’t remember if it shows them all though. Helicopter, balearic, figure 8, Greek, Greek underhand, Greek overhand, pirouette, that’s all I can recall for now, hope I didn’t miss any. And of course there’s the limitless amounts of ones people create on their own.

“When you do things right, people won’t be sure you’ve done anything at all.”

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Mersa Funditor Offline Druid Posts: 945 Australia Gender:	Re: Hello from South Africa Reply #4 - Oct 29^th, 2018 at 6:18pm Welcome , dyneema mersa sling throwing Byzantine
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NooneOfConsequence Funditor Offline Posts: 965 Texas	Re: Hello from South Africa Reply #5 - Nov 1^st, 2018 at 12:40am Howdy from Texas! Favorite sling is my wife’s “fiesta” sling with pink, green, and blue bamboo cordage and a black leather pouch.
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Worldwalker

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Re: Hello from South Africa
Reply #6 - Nov 1^st, 2018 at 11:38am

Welcome to the forum! Don't feel too bad about your accuracy, that takes time and practice to develop. Remember, longer slings have better power/range, but are less accurate. Shorter slings have less power, but better accuracy.

My favorite slings have been:

The Rockman sling, tutorial available on this site:
http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1246834847

The Apache sling:
http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1498535790

And the one-piece paracord sling, like this one here:
http://www.paracordguild.com/braided-rock-sling-tutorial/

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Jauke Funditor Offline Posts: 904 The Netherlands Gender:	Re: Hello from South Africa Reply #7 - Dec 10^th, 2018 at 3:24pm Welcome Are you Afrikaner? I have cousins there. probably a Willem or two Maybe you are one of them.
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Bill Skinner Slinging.org Moderator Forum Moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3113	Re: Hello from South Africa Reply #8 - Jan 1^st, 2019 at 11:10am Hello and welcome to the site. If you have the means and are willing to do so, post pictures of your slinging adventures. We are an international forum and most like to see where everyone else is from.
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Willem208 Junior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 52 South Africa Gender:	Re: Hello from South Africa Reply #9 - Jan 19^th, 2019 at 9:32am Jauke wrote on Dec 10^th, 2018 at 3:24pm: Welcome Are you Afrikaner? I have cousins there. probably a Willem or two Maybe you are one of them. Yes I am an Afrikaans speaking person. I definetely will post more about my slinging stuff.
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