Wes Posted July 6, 2007 Posted July 6, 2007 Man what a time. Prolly 4 straight hours of bending and gripping! Booyah made several valiant attempts on several Magnificent Hexes and damn near succeeded, taking it way past 90 degrees. He also tried an Edgin but didn't get it that day. He murdered a shiny as well as a 6.5'' by 1/2'' piece of aluminum! Nailzilla made a nice attempts on a huge hex, huge bastard and a 7'' piece of 1/2'' aluminum and took them way down but wasn't quite able to crush them. I fully bent a huge hex and shiny (there were vids of everyone's bends!) took a mag hex to 90 degrees and finished off one that was a bit past 90 degrees. Also bent a very tough Ironmind Red Nail in Ironmind wraps in about 10 seconds. Tried an edgin but wasn't able to do much more than a 20 degree off center kink. Overall we had a hell of a time and everyone did an awesome job. Looking forward to it next year The vids of all the bends will be up in a couple of days Quote There is a natural order. The way things are meant to be. An order that says the good guys always win, that you die when it's your time or when you have it coming, that the ending is always happy-if only for someone else.
ox3782 Posted July 6, 2007 Posted July 6, 2007 Sounds like a Great day was had by all of you!!! Brendan Quote Brendan Dwyer | 6'1" | 204lbs | 7 7/8 inch hand
unseenbeat Posted July 6, 2007 Posted July 6, 2007 Yep, there were vids of every single bend and attempt, and after all that everybody went back inside and watched 336 pounds of fury lol, and had a few cold ones. Well, me and booyah did anyway lol. Quote Tim Myrick "Mr. Lahey, is this you, or the liquor talking?" 'Randy...' *SWIG-SWIG-SWIG* *GULP* '...I am the liquor.' He who fights monsters...
Alawadhi Posted July 6, 2007 Posted July 6, 2007 Great meet up Can't wait to see the videoS. Quote Read about me in my biography. Founder of Middle East and North Africa Grip Sports (MENA grip organization) "I made him an offer he couldn't refuse" ― Marlon Brando “We’re here to put a dent in the universe. Otherwise why else even be here?” ― Steve Jobs
bencrush Posted July 6, 2007 Posted July 6, 2007 Great short writeup and great bending guys! Way to kill that steel. Quote
vikingsrule92 Posted July 6, 2007 Posted July 6, 2007 Great bending to everyone. Sounds like it was an awesome time. Quote
Cannon Posted July 6, 2007 Posted July 6, 2007 Your casual bend-a-thon looks like contest results! Great job everyone. Quote
pdfk20 Posted July 6, 2007 Posted July 6, 2007 Awesome bends Wes, sounds like you destroyed a red in record time. what grip feats did you get up to? you must be closing in on the no.4 MMS ? Quote Pete Kerr, 165lbs Goals: Close current hard #3 Dominate #3 again 16/06/12 CCS several hard #3's, MM2 replica etc #3 Cert MMS #3.5 Close a brand new #3.5 out of the packet MM3 100kg 2HP Finish in the top 3 in this years WSH under 82.5kg class
Booyah!!! Posted July 7, 2007 Posted July 7, 2007 Had a great time at Wes's house Wes is a very impressive young man with very powerful hands. He is able to close the #3 gripper like it is from a discount store. I was somewhat humbled when he took my unsuccesful Mag Hex and friggin just squeezed it into submission well below 2" and the way he destroyed the NEW RED in IM pads left me almost speechless Got some great tutoring on grippers and hopefully by next year I will be able to get the #3. It was also a pleasure to meet unseenbeat and the quiet guy. We are going to see a lot of progress from Wes in the near future!!! Wes's Cert vids are the 6" HexaBastard, 7" Shiny Bastard, and a 7" Red Nail in IM Pads for GB Cert. It is going to take a little while to get the Vids Processed. I will not be back in town for a little while. Already looking forward to a get together next year Quote I Love Bending Steel http://www.youtube.com/user/booyahbender
GetAGrip87 Posted July 7, 2007 Posted July 7, 2007 Sounds like you guys had a fun time and did some great grippin' Quote Scott Harris Jr. 5'6" 150lbs. My Training Has Completely Switched Gears! 2012 Goals: ... Get Back to 154's 143's for Nationals???
CoC#3 Posted July 7, 2007 Posted July 7, 2007 Great work Wes! Awesome bends Wes, sounds like you destroyed a red in record time. what grip feats did you get up to? you must be closing in on the no.4 MMS ? Acorn's cert bend was 8 seconds long i think. Quote real name: Sam Solomi
gazza Posted July 7, 2007 Posted July 7, 2007 Great getogether guys. Mike keep working on those mag hexes bro it will yield to you. Sounds like wes will be an Awesome bender if he wants to be. Quote "There he goes. One of gods own prototypes. A high powered mutant of some kind never ever considered for mass production.Too weird to live and too rare to die."
neilkaz Posted July 11, 2007 Posted July 11, 2007 Sounds like a hell of a good time..cant wait to see the vids !! .. congrats all .. neilkaz .. Quote
Autolupus Posted July 11, 2007 Posted July 11, 2007 Some VERY respectable bends! If Wes was to do a little specialising we'd probably see some really big metal fall! Quote Mike Mackenzie. Luceo non uro.
airdevil Posted November 28, 2007 Posted November 28, 2007 Any chance of having another one of these Sunshine State get togethers... ? I've met up with a local here in Orlando named Tim (timiacobucci) and we have been training bending, grippers and pinch every other week or so. I've got an assortment of blobs, grippers and bending stock, although from the quality of the feats listed above Im sure your collections put mine to shame. Just planting the seed, seeing if anyone is intersting in getting together some time after the new year. Quote 2024 - Mandolin and Climbing. Looking into armwreslting. 41 years old. 6'3" 215 lbs
Crotchulla Posted November 28, 2007 Posted November 28, 2007 I'm up for it. I'm in Ocala and have gone to Porkchop's a couple of times, but those were over a year ago. I don't do too much grip stuff anymore (just a lot of jiu-jitsu) but I've been trying to get back in to it. Quote Goals by April 2008 Close #3 (still) Deadlift 470 lbs (still) Middle finger lift 200lbs Military Press BW
nockowt1 Posted November 28, 2007 Posted November 28, 2007 I'm in Pensacola, but I'm willing to drive a few hours to meet up with any fellow gripsters. Quote Real Name: Kevin McFadden
Booyah!!! Posted November 28, 2007 Posted November 28, 2007 Looking forward to another get together, don't know when we will be able to make it to Fla yet though. Still need to get the Vacation time scheduled and approved by sometime early next year. I am trying my hardest to be able to at least MM set the #3 to at least half catch up with the Grip Master WES Quote I Love Bending Steel http://www.youtube.com/user/booyahbender
EricMilfeld Posted November 28, 2007 Posted November 28, 2007 That's some serious hurt ya'll inflicted on the steel! Very nice. Quote
timiacobucci Posted November 28, 2007 Posted November 28, 2007 Sounds pretty fun, where exactly did you all meet in Florida? Quote
Titan Posted November 28, 2007 Posted November 28, 2007 I wish we could have one at my place and I have ALOT of stuff. Blobs, Inch, Training Devices, Tons of Grippers and Steel .. Plus I need for someone to teach me the DO style. lol Quote If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness. For when I am weak then I am strong
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