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wurzelsepp

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Hi from Utah!
Sep 7^th, 2010 at 10:54am

I grew up in Europe and have been slinging for close to 30 years. When I was a kid I was deadly at it. I have always made my own slings. Leather from old shoes seem to work the best for me.
My favorite part about slinging is to take oddly shaped rocks and shoot them at high speeds so they make crazy sounds.
My technique is rustic or figure 8 and I seem to be able to generate a lot of force.

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Fundibularius Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Sultan of Sling Posts: 1385 Inter Mosam ac Rhenum Gender:	Re: Hi from Utah! Reply #1 - Sep 7^th, 2010 at 11:58am Welcome, wurzelsepp! You must have read quite a few Karl May novels here in Europe, I presume?
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wurzelsepp Novicius Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 5	Re: Hi from Utah! Reply #2 - Sep 7^th, 2010 at 12:01pm Not really and didn't he turn out to be quite the fake anyway.
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Fundibularius Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Sultan of Sling Posts: 1385 Inter Mosam ac Rhenum Gender:	Re: Hi from Utah! Reply #3 - Sep 7^th, 2010 at 1:35pm I just thought of it because your name is the title of one of his novels. A fake? No, that was Karl Marx. Karl May always told the truth.
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Camo-sling Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Forge your own path. Posts: 1419 Australia Gender:	Re: Hi from Utah! Reply #4 - Sep 8^th, 2010 at 4:17am Welcome! Have you been slinging on and off for 30 years or consistently slinging?
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Re: Hi from Utah!
Reply #5 - Sep 8^th, 2010 at 2:51pm

I have not been slinging consistently over the last 30 years.
Over the years I have randomly pulled out my sling and terrorized friends and family alike.
Most people think that they will get hit next and try to hide during my slinging.
My technique feels like an extension of my trowing arm and quite natural to me.
I will try to make a video soon.

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wurzelsepp Novicius Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 5	Re: Hi from Utah! Reply #6 - Oct 4^th, 2010 at 4:35pm http://vimeo.com/15539364
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Steven Interfector Viris Spurii Offline RaptorIsAsRaptorDoes Posts: 2101 Austin, Tx. Gender:	Re: Hi from Utah! Reply #7 - Oct 4^th, 2010 at 5:07pm Like your style ... pretty much what I use but I don't throw with that much force.
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Conor147 Junior Member Offline I dont always herp, but when I herp, I derp. Posts: 52 Glasgow, Scotland	Re: Hi from Utah! Reply #8 - Oct 7^th, 2010 at 1:14am great video. i love using all sorts of different projectiles. 2p coins are the best, makes a humming, whirring sound and flies in a spherical helix kind of pattern
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Re: Hi from Utah!
Reply #9 - Oct 16^th, 2010 at 3:26am

wurzelsepp wrote on Sep 8^th, 2010 at 2:51pm:

I have not been slinging consistently over the last 30 years.
Over the years I have randomly pulled out my sling and terrorized friends and family alike.
Most people think that they will get hit next and try to hide during my slinging.
My technique feels like an extension of my trowing arm and quite natural to me.
I will try to make a video soon.

I had another good look at your video and discovered with HD off it's much clearer. Your technique is excellent. I am especially interested in knowing where and how you learned your style. If you have been doing it that way for 30 years then you would probably be one of the pioneers of the Fig.8 style.

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Burner Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Take me out to the ball game........ Posts: 1238 Northeast Florida Gender:	Re: Hi from Utah! Reply #10 - Oct 16^th, 2010 at 1:50pm Sweet style,and I loved your wife's response!I think she was impressed!
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