SBrancheau Posted June 3, 2003 Share Posted June 3, 2003 Surfrose: I have the highest regard and respect for ANYONE who spins rifles or sabres! Man, what nerves of steel! :::bowing humbly::: Good luck this year with your guard! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankBeMe Posted June 3, 2003 Share Posted June 3, 2003 Cavie's spin :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrishDish1002 Posted June 3, 2003 Share Posted June 3, 2003 SPIN!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malibu Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 I would say if not handled properly, it could cause some damage to your body parts......gloves are a must when catching those babies.....so I've been told.The blades look flimsier and much narrower than what you see most guards using. Anyone out there familar with these, please chime in. Um, well, I'm using those sabres this summer. If gloves are a must, then somebody should tell my instructor :) They hurt, no question about it. I've spun both the white coated ones and the spanish ones. The spanish ones hurt a lot more, but they're weighted much better and therefore easier to spin. btw, they may look flimsy, but solid metal, no matter how thin, is far from flimsy. Hmm....someone needs to put a bug in your instructors ear....letting him or her know by wearing gloves, especially the proper ones, will help make your catches more solid AND help you from getting injured. B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deftguy Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 Hmm....someone needs to put a bug in your instructors ear....letting him or her know by wearing gloves, especially the proper ones, will help make your catches more solid AND help you from getting injured A bug??? Someone needs to drop an elephant in his ear. I used the chrome sabre in high school guard, and I wouldn't touch them without gloves. Grab a megaphone and put it to his ear and tell him " I won't last a season without gloves". Malibu is right, gloves make for more safe(in this case) better more solid catches.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCVAlumniGuard Posted June 4, 2003 Share Posted June 4, 2003 There is no question in my mind that gloves are a must when it comes to spinning & tossing sabres & rifles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfrose Posted June 5, 2003 Share Posted June 5, 2003 In my instructor's defense, I notice that the times when sabre really hurts would not be helped by gloves at all. Gloves cover the part of your hand that is the most naturally padded anyways. The times when i find that sabre hurts enough to want a glove are the times when I catch it on parts of my hands that wouldn't be covered by a glove at all, like my fingertips :P . Also, a glove REALLY makes it difficult to to handle the sabre well while not actually tossing, cause you can't really pinch through it as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guardgurl229 Posted June 19, 2003 Share Posted June 19, 2003 You spin a flag. Wimpy girls is sparkly "bathing suit" costumes twirl a tiny little baton with rubber ends so they won't hurt themselves. (sorry, I hear it already) Mean, strong, and talented women spin and toss rifles that have sharp metal ends on them and are capable of smashing bones of an untrained "twirler" trying to manipulate the most deadly of all equipment. That doesn't sound too biased, does it???? :devin: :devin: :devin: :devin: :devin: :devin: :devin: LOL, that is so funny, yet so true. You rock, vintage rifle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flagspinner829 Posted June 23, 2003 Share Posted June 23, 2003 spin= Flag Twirl= baton I want to scream when some calls me a baton twirler, a flag twirler, or a cheerleader how come so many people think we a cheerleaders? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChopsIncChic03 Posted June 27, 2003 Share Posted June 27, 2003 I definately agree with Flagspinner829. One of my biggest pet peeves is when we're doing a parade and someone screams "Hey! Look at the pretty flag twirlers!" I just want to go smack them with my flag in hopes it will knock some sense into them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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