Newbie near San Antonio
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Topic: Newbie near San Antonio
Posted By: charlesdmickey
Subject: Newbie near San Antonio
Date Posted: 10/20/10 at 3:24pm
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Greetings! New, old guy here. I recently moved to TX and I want to compete in the Thanks! Mick
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Posted By: BrittneyBoswell
Date Posted: 10/20/10 at 4:00pm
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Come up to the Austin Games on Nov 6th and 7th. Perfect way
to meet all the local throwers in the Central Texas area. It is a walk on game, so if you wanna throw bring your kilt and some cash. Hope to see you there. B ------------- Highland Games - The drama is so high, because the stakes are so low. |
Posted By: charlesdmickey
Date Posted: 10/21/10 at 2:15am
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Hey Brittney, Yeah, I'll be there. But I'll just be a spectator. dont tell anyone, but i dont own a kilt yet...... Hope I dont get banned from the board already! In all honesty I am not ready to throw. I competed in Strongman (lightweight) for quite a few years. But I'm coming off a 5 month hiatus and just getting under the bar again. But I should be ready to get my butt kicked by April and the Thanks, and I hope to meet you soon. Mick
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Posted By: BrittneyBoswell
Date Posted: 10/21/10 at 2:30am
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April is far... Fort Worth has a game in Feb... ------------- Highland Games - The drama is so high, because the stakes are so low. |
Posted By: weaselking
Date Posted: 10/21/10 at 3:05am
Fold a table cloth around your waist & say you're from Clan McPicnic. Srsly, tho, contact the AD. Might be able to arrange a loaner. We're a good community that way. Actually, we're a good community in most ways. ------------- We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality. - Ayn Rand |
charlesdmickey wrote:Posted By: BrittneyBoswell
Date Posted: 10/21/10 at 5:28am
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Mike Baab is the AD at Austin, he usually brings loaner kilts. But if you just wanna meet folks and get to know the community it is a good place to start. ------------- Highland Games - The drama is so high, because the stakes are so low. |
Posted By: BigScot50
Date Posted: 10/21/10 at 7:03am
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I had recently partook in a game and was approaching the time that I needed a kilt asap. I went to sportklt.com, told them when I ordered it that I needed it quickly, and they overnighted to me without charging me extra. Great customer service through them. You might want to check them out. Getting a custom made kilt from Scotland can take sometimes more than two months to get in (a current situation that I am dealing with.) Check on sportkilt.com, should be able to get what you need before the San Antonio games without any problem. ------------- "He who makes a beast out of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a man." - Samuel Johnson (english poet) |
Posted By: weaselking
Date Posted: 10/21/10 at 7:57am
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Definitely don't use a traditional kilt, by which I mean a $600-1500 wool job for formal wear. A fine throwing kilt can be had for under $100, and the nicer of these for under $200. Don't worry too much about Clan affiliation. I've not heard anyone rag on an athlete for wearing a tartan from a clan they don't belong to. There are plenty of neutral ones, tho. http://www.sportkilt.com/ - Sportkilt & http://www.stillwaterkilts.com/ - Stillwater kilts are the 2 I most commonly seen worn. ------------- We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality. - Ayn Rand |
Posted By: charlesdmickey
Date Posted: 10/21/10 at 8:50am
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Thanks for all the info! I will be at the games in Is there anyone throwing near I suppose I need to get my own implements... I’m blessed to have some land that I can practice on. So is The Old Celt the best place to get the implements? I assume I need to find my own caber - about 18'? 20'? About how heavy? Thanks again, Mick |
Posted By: BrittneyBoswell
Date Posted: 10/21/10 at 9:26am
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Ed Cosner is your go to man in San Antonio for Games, assuming you can pull him away from his new gym facility! 18-20 is pretty big for a first caber, at that length the weight would be about 100lbs or so. As for impliments, you can dummy up a number of them for less to get ya started, but Old Celt is good stuff. ------------- Highland Games - The drama is so high, because the stakes are so low. |
Posted By: Duncan McCallum
Date Posted: 10/21/10 at 10:02am
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I can send you a kilt with Ace Boswell down to the Austin Games, no problem. What size waist? Ed Cosner - He's like Yoda...lives in a mud hut, speaks in riddles sometimes...but is VERY strong in the Force. ------------- The man in the arena. |
Posted By: kgb1
Date Posted: 10/21/10 at 4:10pm
Cosner is shorter than Yoda and has less hair on his head. |
Posted By: charlesdmickey
Date Posted: 10/22/10 at 2:07am
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I've tried to contact Ed using the contact info on http://www.sahga.org/ - http://www.sahga.org/ but no luck. I'm sure he is busy. I'll get some stuff together and start throwing. I have plenty of stones and I'll stomp around and look for a caber. I was thinking of cobbling together some stuff out of material from Home Depot. Any/all ideas are welcome. Thanks again, Mick |
Posted By: Duncan McCallum
Date Posted: 10/22/10 at 12:35pm
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try PM'ing "Big Ed" on this board. ------------- The man in the arena. |
Posted By: BigScot50
Date Posted: 10/22/10 at 1:58pm
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There are some ideas for implements on a website I went to called
xmarksthescot.com. One guy had made a weight for distance by using a length of chain, some cable, and a handle. You can also buy a few training devices on sorinex.com. ------------- "He who makes a beast out of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a man." - Samuel Johnson (english poet) |
Posted By: BrittneyBoswell
Date Posted: 11/10/10 at 11:20pm
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Missed you in Austin, Mick. You going to make the Salado
games this weekend? ------------- Highland Games - The drama is so high, because the stakes are so low. |
Posted By: Big Ed
Date Posted: 11/14/10 at 12:16pm
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Cheers Mick!! throw me another email with "highland games" in the subject line so I don't delete it before I read it. I am the AD and VP for the San Antonio Games. Get it to me soon as I am in the process of changing my email lists for invites to the game I do throw a few times a week as well whenever I have time but at least 3 times a week for sure. mailto:edcosner@hotmail.com - edcosner@hotmail.com |
Posted By: BigScot50
Date Posted: 11/14/10 at 3:59pm
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Ed- If you could add me to your email address for invites to San Antonio, I would appreciate it. If you are not inviting any others, I understand. I currently throw B class. Thanks. ------------- "He who makes a beast out of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a man." - Samuel Johnson (english poet) |
Posted By: Big Ed
Date Posted: 11/15/10 at 7:14am
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Would love to have you come and throw!!! Same thing send me an email with "highland games" in the subject line...with all the damn spam I get from hotmail |
Posted By: BigScot50
Date Posted: 11/15/10 at 3:58pm
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Thanks, will send you a mail shortly. ------------- "He who makes a beast out of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a man." - Samuel Johnson (english poet) |
Posted By: charlesdmickey
Date Posted: 12/06/10 at 9:55am
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Sorry everyone for the late reply. Ed, another e-mail coming your way… Brittney, I was there on Saturday. I got to meet Mike Baab and a few other guys (I’m horrible with names). I was the guy NOT competing, standing too close to the athletes, picking brains and most likely double fisting beers.
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Posted By: charlesdmickey
Date Posted: 12/09/10 at 9:26am
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Ed, Please check your e-mail. |