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# Basics of Luding #
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# By Sinbad Sailor #
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# M C M L X X X V! 0 D #
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Luding is a sport in which one or more person(s) takes hold of a flagpole
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rope, runs in a linear and/or circular direction, and tries to succesfully hurl
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themselves into the air for as long as possible.
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To succesfully Lude, or fly in air, one may have help from his/her fellow
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Ludist. In the circular Lude, the members of the " Ludist Colony," try to help
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the fellow Ludist stay in air by a series of pushes in an upward and circular
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direction. The ultimate object is to complq4 as many " Ludians " or
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revolutions as possible. The record so far is 1.2 DecaLudians, held by one,
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Riff Raff, of the " Ludist Colony Elite "
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`@@The Ludist Colony Elite is the original Ludist Colony, they are the ones
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who put the research into the actual sport. They checked out several
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Ludatoriums in the Twin Cities area in the winter of 1984/85.
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Please DO NOT get this sport confused with flagpole rope swinging, Luding is
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much more than that! Just read on!
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# Intermediate Luding #
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# By Sinbad Sailor! #
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# M C M L X X X V ! #
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Once a "Ludatorium" is found and some begining Luding has been accomplished,
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you should start thinkin of new ways to Lude. For one thing a proper grip upon
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the Lude rope is essential! We, the Ludist Colony Elite prefer the " Official
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Air Force Grip." That is, one hand through the rope, taking hold of the main
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ropes, forming a loop, and then placing one hand above that, and make sure that
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you have a tight grip.
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Once a firm grip is made, then the Ludist is set, we also prefer gloves in
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the winter. Then the Ludist may circular lude, with help from his/her fellow
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ludists.
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After awhile this circular Luding gets to be quite fun and enjoyable, and one
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can see that yit can be fun for Dh whole family. But when the Colony begins to
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get sick of this, there are other forms of Luding.
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One other form is the famed " Linear Lude Lash." Which is where the Ludist
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takes hold of the Lude rope, with the " Official Air Force Grip ", and runs in
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a straight line, thus the term 'linear', and tries to lash forward. Hieght is
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the main idea behind this one. As of right now the record for that max hieght
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for Linear Lude Lashing is held by The Latin Appler, unfortunately, we do not
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have an exact measurement on this because it would be rather cumbersome to
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calculate the max hieght while the Ludist is in flight, so we prefer to
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'eyeball' it.
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For more Luding, read on...
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# Advanced Luding! #
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# By Sinbad Sailor #
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# M C M L X X X V! #
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As an advanced Luder, one who has succesfully done several decaludians and
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several Linear Lude Lashes, the Luder and his/her colony should also be
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considering doing some other things.
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One thing is to appoint a " Official Lude Ref." One who keeps official track
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of important things, such as the available Ludatoriums in the area, keeping
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track of members of the colony, counting revolutions, and ' eyeballing ' the
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Luders' Lude Lashing.
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Other research that has come up from the Colony Elite. There are a myriad of
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ways to Lude, some others are the famed "Inverted Linear Lude Lash."
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This concept was first preformed by Biko Mack. It was quite an incredible
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sight to see, it is the standard Linear Lude Lash AND inverting oneself while
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in flight! The main reason why this was so incredible was because it was
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Biko's first time to ever Lude!
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Another form of Luding is the Semi-Nude-Lude, which is when a Luder from the
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colony ludes with no shirt on. **WARNING** When this stunt is preformed in the
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winter seasons, we would only attempt this type of Luding by an expert or
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advanced Luder, and if preformed, do the Linear Lude Lash, for it is much
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quicker and less unpleasant!
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If the Semi-Nude-Lude is attempted by an begining Ludist, we fear that
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there~r{_ may be action to be taken to aviod "pin-biffs." This is when the
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Luder hits the Lude pole on the way down from a Linear Lude Lash. Pin from the
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way the pole looks like a pin, and biff, from the old Batman televsion series,
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when something is struck by something or someone else the word BIFF would
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appear on the screen, thus "pin-biff."
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Another hazard of Luding is the gravel grind, this first never really happend
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to us at the Ludist Colony Elite because of the positioning of the Lude rope,
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but when we went to another Ludatorium, one at a golf course, where there
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happens to be gravel on the ground and the position of the Lude rope is low,
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thus the Luder grinded into the ground into gravel, thus " the gravel grind."
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More research continues... and not just by the Ludist Colony Elite. We want
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YOU to research too, and input information into this BBS and others that
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support Luding to make this a success across the ENTIRE nation, a pastime,
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xhobby, and maybe even an official olympic sport... the limit is the sky...
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Uploaded By: FENRIS ULF
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LUDING
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Items needed:
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Luding pole-Not to be less the twenty feet high or have a diameter of less
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than four inches.
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Luding rope-It must be a loop of rope connected to the top of the luding pole
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with a thickness of not less than one quarter of an inch.
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Luding gloves- These are most commonly selected by the individual luder they
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are generally made out of leather but other materials are
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accepted. The flyer mus t were them at all times.
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Luding padding- Padding is purely optional, but is strongly recommended to
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the new luder especially if he is linear luding. The padding
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will protect him from the dreaded pin biff.
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The Game:
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Luding, like any other sport, needs a field that the action can take place
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on. This field is called the Luditorium. It consists of one large Lude pole
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with a rope connected to the top (we have found through research that a flag po
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le works well). It is very important that the immediate area around the pole
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be c lear of any ofstacles like rocks, poles, trees, etc. A word of caution:
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most l uditoriums are considered illegal to use wq4z_?}Pproper consent.
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The next thing needed for any sport is a team. A luding team consists of two
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to eight people. The first and most important position on the team is the
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flyer. This is the man that grasps the rope using the official air force grip
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(se e glossary below for definition). It is recommended that the flyer were
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gloves for protection. All the other men on the team perform one task that is
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one of acceleration.
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The sport begins with the flyer using the air force grip running down the
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runway accelerating until he becomes air born at which time the lead man helps
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him by P}\hing him both out and around. After a short distance the accelerator
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be gins to push the flyer in a circular motion always keeping him air born.
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Then the last leg is picked up by the anchor man he must make sure that the
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flyer ma intains a circular motion around the pole. Each complete circle
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around the pol e i s called a ludian. A decaludian is ten revolutions around
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the pole. A variation on luding is linear l uding. This is more of a one man
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sport than the standard luding. Linear ludin g i s when the flyer runs in a
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straight line near the pole until he becomes air bor n. In linear luding the
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height and lude lash are the things to watch for. The lude lash is when the
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flyer pulls down on the rope just before take off causin g t he pole to bend as
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the flyer reaches take off. After take ofb`hhe pole bends b ack giving the
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flyer extra lift. When doing this it is very important to make sure that the
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flyer does not come back and hit the pole resulting in a pin biff .
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As stated in the most high book of ludiviticus, if thouest taketh the name of
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lude in vain, thou will be sent to thy house of heet!
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If thouest defameth any ludist herein, thou shalt be tied to a lude pole, hav
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est thine pants taken off, and have the holy suckling calf turned loose on ye.
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Thou shall not reveal the secrets of the great Luders or ye shall be forced t
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o do a nude honey lude in thy bee yard.
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Those Luding at a nonsancitioned Luding event shall be penned with a gross of
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homosexual pigs for no less than three weeks.
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Thou found doing thee double lude lash shall be forced to do thy gravel grid
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with thy gonadal bin biff.
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Thee who gets caught whenst he is Luding by thee local inforcement group and
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tells of his adventures shall be set apart from the rest of thy lude world.
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