so mr. paradox himself came through here on friday, bringing with him several sheets of grip for us. having followed the thread a little bit i was obviously a little skeptical, but what could it hurt to get some free grip and a weird demonstration on magical griptape? figured it would be entertainment if nothing else. short version is this- either he was using intense mind control on me or the grip tape really does have some kind of mental and/or physical effects.
he did a few demonstrations in our office using me as the subject, and let me say i had/have no stake in this whatsoever and had never met the guy or anything before, and it was pretty baffling. i ended up letting them film him doing the demonstrations on me because i was so tripped out by it. if they post the footage of me anywhere i think it was pretty obvious i was a little confused by it, which might be entertaining on it's own. my balance and flexibility were both obviously improved when i was standing on the tape or holding it. he did these balance tests where i would stand on one foot with my arms out to the side- when i was just on the carpet he could tip me over fairly easily, but standing on the tape it took a whole lot more pressure to move me. there was another one where i'd stand and twist at my waist trying to rotate my arms around as far as they'd go. they'd mark where i got to and then i'd do it again holding the tape and i could twist a good 9 inches further. there were a few more demos along these lines...
i'm still fairly tripped out by out. i'm a skeptical person on this kind of thing, and i don't know about all the proposed metaphysics and crystals and harmonics, but i do think it actually has some positive physical effects. i'm yet to set up a board with the tape, but i will soon and see what's what.
hey ari, i hate having logos on my grip- if i cut out the logo will the magic leak out?