Flexmoney Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 I'm looking through Henning's website. He and a couple of Grand Masters are on a trip and hanging out at Taran Bulter's range. He posted a video of Chris Tilley running through a stage. Chris is our USPSA Nationals Champion in Open division, and he nearly captured the Limited title this year as well. Chris is well known for his locomotion and his ability to shoot on the move. Take a look at the video. You should note how important appropriate footwear can be in our game: Tilley on the move <clickity> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatepickles Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 That's a cool bit o' video. I could see steel around the 2nd right hand port, but I heard no steel hits or falls, did the footwear choice induce FTE's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Keen Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Flex showed up at a local club match once wearing similar footwear because he forgot to pack his shoes, and I thought "Oh yes, I got 'em NOW!" Well, I still cant figure out how he beat me on (most) every stage by 1 - 2 seconds. I still got you on that classifier Flex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Knight Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Was that Taran as the RO? As far footwear goes we have a guy that competes in Ropers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scout454 Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 John Hutchenson competed barefoot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XD Niner Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 If you look closely, I believe you'll see he has football cleats on the bottom of his flip flops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Not a valid point, Flex... THOSE ARE TACTICAL TEVAS! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRe Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 I've thought about shooting in Tevas once or twice (though not flip flops...). I've long held that footwear didn't matter anywhere near as much as technique, overall... Where the footwear seems to help is when you're moving agressively on a surface that can be slick... After almost busting ass twice in those situations this year, I switched to Underarmour Hammers (cleats), which seem to be working out nicely... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSeevers Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 I see the headlines in Front Sight. "Tilly wins Nationals wearing flip-flops" Stock of FLIPFLOP INC goes through the roof as all shooters convert. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Cheely Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 $20 to the first person to shoot and area or nationals and win thier class wearing sandals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Hayden Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Looks like he was just hangin around and borrowed someones pistol to shoot.. he doesn't even have a holster.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nemo Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 $20 to the first person to shoot and area or nationals and win thier class wearing sandals. You're on! 2007 Area 6, Top B-Class Revolver! Won't be flip-flop's, though. Probably Keen or Tevas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgary Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 $20 to the first person to shoot and area or nationals and win thier class wearing sandals. I've RM'd an area-level multi-gun match wearing flip-flops. That oughta be worth at least $5 B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warpspeed Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Was that Taran as the RO? As far footwear goes we have a guy that competes in Ropers! Yes, Taran was RO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbadaboom Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 I hope that everyone else that I shoot against watches that video and starts wearing flip-flops to shoot in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ihatepickles Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 $20 to the first person to shoot and area or nationals and win thier class wearing sandals. I'll double that amount ($40 woohoo!) if that person wears Birkenstocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 ...this should end the debate Kyle, You really should know better than that by now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Capizzo Posted December 6, 2006 Share Posted December 6, 2006 Has Teva got a contingency program? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted December 7, 2006 Author Share Posted December 7, 2006 $20 to the first person to shoot and area or nationals and win thier class wearing sandals. Let's get this pot growing. Anybody else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micah Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 (edited) Flex showed up at a local club match once wearing similar footwear because he forgot to pack his shoes, and I thought "Oh yes, I got 'em NOW!"Well, I still cant figure out how he beat me on (most) every stage by 1 - 2 seconds. I still got you on that classifier Flex Yeah, I remember that day...and that Bodyguard classifier... Stage 4 Body Guard 1 Place Name No. Class Division Points Penalties Time Hit Factor Stage Pts Stage % 1 Chris Keen 16 M Production 50 0 10.87 4.5998 60.0000 100.00% 2 Kyle Farris 26 M Production 49 10 10.08 3.8690 50.4674 84.11% 3 Micah Barcelo 15 C Production 48 0 13.83 3.4707 45.2720 75.45% Edited December 7, 2006 by Pharaoh Bender Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted December 7, 2006 Author Share Posted December 7, 2006 I would have shot that classifier faster and without the mike, but those damn sandals were holding me back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Meek Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 should the sandals be slip on only and none of the sandals that are strapped on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XRe Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 Let's get this pot growing. Anybody else? Someone drop an email to Chris T and tell him we'll get together $1000 if he'll shoot the Nationals in his flip flops next year and he wins.... heh heh.... Call it the "Teva Contingency Program". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Merricks Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 should the sandals be slip on only and none of the sandals that are strapped on. NO STRAP ON'S PLEASE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSeevers Posted December 7, 2006 Share Posted December 7, 2006 I am in for $20. We can call it the Special Teva Olympics Nationals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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