Shoggoth Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Well after Jedd's article on the "chicken wing" I decided to give DO bending a try as it'd never felt right to me before. Last week I did a gr 5 in the middle of my gr5 reverse bending and it went okay. Today I tried (and did) a gr8 after ripping 2, ~2,000 page phone books. The second one was a real fight. It was hot and humid and pumped the hell outta my forearms. Anyways, here's the bend. Please critique away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bencrush Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Very nice bend Jason! Especially for only a 2nd DO bend! You're going to go very far if you pursue DO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Gaisser Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 No one will probably have the exact same form but one thing I did notice is you started good and then you dropped your hands too low and you might need to adjust your hand position it kind looked like your hands were in the position that you would be holding onto a set of handlebars when they need to be turned out a little. Hope that helps some. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggoth Posted July 7, 2010 Author Share Posted July 7, 2010 Very nice bend Jason! Especially for only a 2nd DO bend! You're going to go very far if you pursue DO. Thanks Ben! I could never find the flexability or the groove before with this to even make it worthwhile to pursue but like I said that article of Jedd's jogged something and I gave it another shot. I'm glad I did. I think I may wrap up a red just to see what happens to it tomorrow :-) No one will probably have the exact same form but one thing I did notice is you started good and then you dropped your hands too low and you might need to adjust your hand position it kind looked like your hands were in the position that you would be holding onto a set of handlebars when they need to be turned out a little. Hope that helps some. Thanks buddy! Any suggestions are welcome and are sure to help me. Probably noticed me fumbling around quite a bit due to me not being familiar with how to do anything. Usually I can shave substantial amounts of time off of these feat type things once I get them once or twice and I'm hoping for the same here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joefrey Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Very good job !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggoth Posted July 7, 2010 Author Share Posted July 7, 2010 Very good job !! Thanks Joefrey! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rookie Posted July 7, 2010 Share Posted July 7, 2010 Good job staying with the bend.Those grade 8 bolts are tough little bugers.They are fun to bend.Nice D.O bending for being only your 2 nd time doing it.You will find your groove with this bending technique.Stay healthy and good luck with your future bending. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggoth Posted July 7, 2010 Author Share Posted July 7, 2010 Good job staying with the bend.Those grade 8 bolts are tough little bugers.They are fun to bend.Nice D.O bending for being only your 2 nd time doing it.You will find your groove with this bending technique.Stay healthy and good luck with your future bending. Thanks Rick! I knew it would go I just needed to find the right spot. I think I had it under 2" a lot sooner to but it didn't look like it so I just kept hitting it but I don't think I moved it during the last couple of minutes. Springy as hell. It'd fold up then bounce right back as soon as I'd let off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggoth Posted July 8, 2010 Author Share Posted July 8, 2010 (edited) Well I gave a red a go today when I got home from work. I thought it might be kinda nice to have my 3rd DO attempt be killing a red but it was not in the cards. Wobbled it about 13 degrees though. I think with a couple of days rest I might be able to finish it and maybe do one all the way through in a couple of weeks........maybe Edited July 8, 2010 by Shoggoth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bullitt Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 Stay with it buddy! You'll be killing reds in no time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggoth Posted July 9, 2010 Author Share Posted July 9, 2010 Red's dead baby, Red's dead...:-) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaJNx9sgn0o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggoth Posted July 9, 2010 Author Share Posted July 9, 2010 Yesterdays wobble to 13 degrees. It's messy and long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bencrush Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Holy cow Jason, 4th DO bend and you destroyed the Red!!! How long was the bend? The video was too long apparently and I can't view it. That's badass to the extreme though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggoth Posted July 9, 2010 Author Share Posted July 9, 2010 (edited) Holy cow Jason, 4th DO bend and you destroyed the Red!!! How long was the bend? The video was too long apparently and I can't view it. That's badass to the extreme though. Here's the death Ben and thanks a ton buddy! Edited July 9, 2010 by Shoggoth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Gaisser Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 Great job Jason! Way to stay with it and kill that sucker! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggoth Posted July 9, 2010 Author Share Posted July 9, 2010 Thanks Martin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bullitt Posted July 9, 2010 Share Posted July 9, 2010 I hate you. HAHAHA! Awesome stuff buddy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggoth Posted July 10, 2010 Author Share Posted July 10, 2010 Hahaha!! It's only steel Mike. It'll all bend to our will!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bullitt Posted July 10, 2010 Share Posted July 10, 2010 Hahaha!! It's only steel Mike. It'll all bend to our will!! Yea, well I just can't believe how quickly you got to where you are on DO. It took me months to get to where i could kill a red. Very impressive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggoth Posted July 10, 2010 Author Share Posted July 10, 2010 Thanks Mike! I'm a little surprised myself. I'm pretty happy to have a folded up red and gr8 for my collection. I'm giving myself a couple of recoup days then I'll try one again. Until then I'll just keep RGing a bunch of gr5's and maybe try a gr8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANTHOS Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 :mosher G R E A T!!!!! :bow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggoth Posted July 11, 2010 Author Share Posted July 11, 2010 Thanks Manthos! Tried some more DO today and did a grade 8 in 3 hits and a red in 3:30 minutes. I'm pretty happy with the progress that's been happening. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MANTHOS Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Great job Jason! I'm waiting for your Red nail cert bro...go for it!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joefrey Posted July 14, 2010 Share Posted July 14, 2010 Explosive improvements !! Nice job Jason !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shoggoth Posted July 14, 2010 Author Share Posted July 14, 2010 Great job Jason! I'm waiting for your Red nail cert bro...go for it!! Thanks Manthos! Someday I'll go for it. I'm not to sure what we'd have for IM witnesses around here. I'm going to try my IM wraps on the red and gr8 next time I try as well. Explosive improvements !! Nice job Jason !! Thanks Joefrey! I think I'm just doing one of those things that's coming naturally with this. DO bending never did feel good so I never bothered with it, now it feels as natural as my RG after only doing it a few times. I'm pretty happy about that :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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