10-21-08
I made a video after nationals to show why my body hurts. It was really long so I didn't post it. I've been pressured to put it on, so some of you have seen this and some haven't. It is a HUGE file so be patient. Why my Body Hurts
Jonesy
08-28-08
KSO had to beat Peter Fleck twice to capture the title. On the second go, Keith and Peter set a new Footstock record of 4 and 1/4 figure 8's to win. Hats off to KSO and Peter Fleck ! I have also updated a few links including the Travel link for accommodations in New Zealand. If you plan on going to Otaki in January check out The road to down under I've also put up some new pictures from the 2008 Nationals Picture Gallery
Jonesy
08-24-08
KSO WINS FOOTSTOCK ! CONGRATS KSO ! The "Hired Guns" from South Africa tried to beat the Americans but couldn't pull it off ! More to come......
Jonesy
08-15-08
Follow this link to buy your copy of "CHICKS RULE ! "
08-13-08
I'll will be posting the link to order your copy of Chicks Rule on Thursday !
Jonesy
08-08-08
I will be shipping the pre-orders copies of "Chicks Rule" out Weds ! You will be able to order your own copy through our distributor after that ! We apologize for the long delay's. This was our first project and a real learning experience.
Jonesy
7-22-08
The big news is the "Chicks Rule" video is done ! We finally got the final copy done and it is off to the manufacturer to make the production copies. We are having problems getting them to size the box cover picture, but it looks like we might have that worked out by the end of this week ! If any of the pre-orders would like their copy without the box cover email me and I can have the video shipped to you in a plain DVD case.
We kind of feel like we are in a "Where's Waldo" picture right now. Why ? Because we've had to travel just to be able to get ski time. We'd like to thank everyone that's offered to extend their welcome. We are currently in Olympia WA, training with Adin Daneker. Adin offered to put us up in his little pad ; ) We've skied on his lake and at Silverado (the 2006 Worlds site). Thank You to Doug Jordan and Tenley Cederstrand for the invite. Tonight we are skiing with the legend Gizzy Halasz. (More to come)....
6-22-08
So what the hell have we been up to ? If for some reason you have been living under a rock, Southern Wisconsin has record flooding. Lake Delton (where the Tommy Bartlett show was) breached a damn and drained, taking several houses with it. Our training site is flooded and doesn't appear to be available before August. Doom and gloom ? Hell no ! We made the best of it by skiing in our friend Dave Muehls 700 acre hay field. It was flooded with 4 1/2 feet of water and we were able to ski 6 days on it before the canary grass started loading up our prop. We have also been fortunate enough to have lots of friends offer their ski sites to us to train. We have spent several days with Tony Smith and Jim Cochran in Crystal Lake Illinois skiing on their gravel pit site. We've also been working feverishly on the Chicks Rule video production. We will have an announcement by the end of June.
5-2-08
Just weighed in at 193 ! That's 31 lbs since December. We'll be adding more to The road to down under in the next few weeks so stay tuned.
Jonesy
4-24-08
Find out how I lost 25 lbs ! The road to down under /nutrition
Jonesy
4-22-08
I just put up a new "promo" video for the 2008 Worlds under the Training link in The road to down under
4-21-08
The Best Dam Barefoot Race 2008 is on ! Click here for more info !
4-16-08
I just posted a new article under the Nutrition link in The road to down under
Jonesy
4-14-08
I just received an email from John Gillette . The Water Ski Hall of Fame has selected John as one of their five Award of Distinction recipients for 2008. There is a ceremony in Orlando next weekend. It appears John is the second barefooter to have been given this award, the first being Peter Fleck last year. John is honored that they thought his contributions were that significant. I just wonder why it took this long ! More information is available at www.waterskihalloffame.com .
4-12-08
If you want to see the Cool
font version you can download the font
here.
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Jonesy
4-12-08
We Just added the information poster the the The road to down under check it out on the "site" link
Jonesy
3-31-08
The construction is underway for The road to down under. So watch for our progress as I add new things weekly
Jonesy
3-12-08
A new update ?......Where the hell have we been ?.... and what have Mr. and Mrs. Jonesy been up to ? For one I've been reloading all my software and data on to my hard drive, yes my hard drive crashed, went limp and died. Now I'm back.... So watch for our new page "The road to down under". I'm doing a series on diet, exercise and training. Basically what Teri and I are doing to make it to New Zealand in Jan 09. Just to let give you a little insight, I was 203 lbs at nationals, by Dec 2007 I was able to put on 20 lbs (of fat). So it was time to get to work. Check in next week to see where I'm at and how I dropped 20lbs.
Jonesy
1-14-08
The New "CHICKS RULE ! " trailer is up !
1-11-08
Get Ready ! Check the weekend poll for a hint !
Jonesy
1-04-08
Happy New Year ! We Just wanted to wish all of you a happy new year and apologize for the lack of updates ! We are in the process of something big and we will keep you updated here. Keep checking back for the big announcement.
Jonesy
12-08-07
The site is back up and running ! I learned the value of backing everything up on a separate hard drive ! I also started a small page on My space.com. Check it out www.myspace.com/toesuporfaceplant
Jonesy
12-07-07
We've just added Toes Up T-Shirts to our site ! We've already sold out of Mediums but you can still get Large and XL in black or white. If you need a small or medium we can order it for you but allow 4-6 weeks for delivery.
Jonesy
12-03-07
A big Toesup HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Shauna Pasanen ! We just got back from an awesome trip to sunny Winter Haven Florida, we'd like to thank the Taylor's for their great hospitality and for putting us back in the right "frame of mind" .
Jonesy
11-30-07
I just found one of the best waterski videos I've ever seen, it's a tribute to the late Ken White by Scott Brown. You can find it on You Tube or check it out under the new You Tube section of the videos page (all the way at the bottom) Check out Scott's website at www.valleylink1.com
Jonesy
11-27-07
Check out the new crash video Bodies !
Jonesy
11-03-07
I just added some new pictures to the Picture Gallery, check them out. If you have any pictures you'd like to have posted send them to me at info@toesuporfaceplant.com
Jonesy
10-31-07
Happy Halloween! Mississippi has the highest rate of obesity. Check out the new video alive.
10-03-07
Randy Filter won the first US nationals even though Mike Botti won tricks and slalom. Mike didn't jump. Check out the new clip of my Regional Jumps. OUCH a 75 foot fall ! At least my chiropractor was happy about my performance.
10-02-07
Check out the new "legend" interview with John Gillette !
Jonesy
9-27-07
Check out the new "Dismount of the Month"
Jonesy
9-23-07
Hello from Taipei Taiwan ! I'm out on the road and working on the finishing touches of our next Legends article with John Gillette. Since some of you don't know who John is I've posted a background article from 1981 Spray magazine. In it John talks about barefoot jumping. As some of you know jumping was a very controversial event, and some even wanted to ban it from the sport. Check it out Barefoot Waterksi Jumping
Jonesy
9-21-07
Here's the quick link to the
AdIN
Daneker
video !
9-18-07
We just got back from Winter Haven Florida, where we had an exclusive photo shoot for the Chicks Rule DVD ! Dave of adjuvant Inc spent two days with the "Chicks" shooting pictures. Dave does an awesome job and has shot photo's for Waterski and other great magazines. We'd like to thank Dave for all his help and we can't wait to see the photo's. In case you haven't seen Dave's work check out his website for some of the coolest pictures you've ever seen ! adjuvant Inc . Check out the new video in the Video section, I just finished one with Adin Daneker, the most eligible bachelor in barefooting ! Forget a World championship check out his wheels !
Jonesy
9-12-07
We're on our way to Florida to shoot the last footage for the "CHICKS RULE ! " dvd ! We added a poll so you can put in your 2 cents on what we should shoot. Let us know. We'll keep you updated all this week.
Jonesy
9-04-07
I just have to say that it's a VERY sad day. On the last poll Bud won over Miller in Wisconsin (Miller is from WI). Thanks for voting and I can't believe the overwhelming pre-orders for the CHICKS RULE ! video. We've been hearing lots of good feedback on the SFH and next year it will change skiing forever ! We'd like to thank the Heller's for all their support and putting up with us on their labor day.
Jonesy
08-30-07
Go Fast Films
and
have teamed up
to shoot a video like you've never seen before !
Wondering what we've been shooting ? Check out the trailer for our first DVD
coming out this fall !
CHICKS RULE !
08-29-07
From the Rumor mill ! Rumor has it that the Super Fly High may be allowed for the World Standings list and qualifying for the 2008 Worlds ! If you haven't seen the SFH or you're wondering what it is check it out here !
08-28-07
Check out the story on the 2007 US National Barefoot tournament in the NEWS section!
Jonesy
08-27-07
If you want to see the Cool
font version you can download the font
here.
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Jonesy
08-26-07
I'd like to put a big congratulations out to Elaine and Shannon Heller for their wins at Footstock ! Elaine won the juniors division and Shannon won the Women's ! Our good friend Paul Stokes placed fourth in the Open ! Winning the whole thing was Chris VanZeeland beating KSO twice to take it all. Bad news for Southern Wisconsin, torrential downpours have caused widespread flooding. All of our lakes and rivers are "slow no wake", so we've been "chasing water". We headed 4 hrs north this weekend to the upper peninsula of Michigan, where the wind blew us out 2 out of 3 days. I guess we'll just thank God that we had great weather leading up to Nationals !
Jonesy
08-22-07
I don't know if you have seen the barefoot forums, but they're good source of info http://www.barefootworlds.com/ABCForum/ . We are working with Go Fast Films on a project that will knock your socks off ! Look for the trailer in early September ! I've added a long video to the site for those of you interested in inverted jumping. It is from a practice session I had early in the season, it's not much better than raw footage, but it's new. Inverted jumping 101
Jonesy
08-21-07
Well Nationals are over and we will have a story up next week with all the fun. Let's just say I've never seen a World Champion in any sport milk a cow ! And Blake Heller got serenaded by John Patterson (yes I have the video). Check out the new "Dismount of the week" !
Jonesy
8-16-07
We've been busy at the US Nationals ! Look for an article next week on what was up and all the fun. I've been shooting a lot of video so lot's of new stuff this winter. Hang in there and smile when you see the camera !
Jonesy
8-10-09
Tony Chemer has stepped up and bailed me out ! Check out Tony's "Dismount of the week", way to take one for the team Phil !
Jonesy
8-9-07
I've added a poll that I think is pretty important. Boat manufacturer's are claiming they don't want to make "barefoot" boats because they don't make any money on us, what about using boats that had been "approved" in the past. Tournaments would have to post the boats being used well in advance, and limit the number to keep the tournaments moving, but the idea is worth exploring. We are working on the John Gillette interview, and we should have it posted soon. We are training for nationals right now, so the new content is on hold. I have the footage for a couple of new video's and will be working on them in September.
Jonesy
8-8-07
We are having problems with the videos in the intro, so we've decided to reprogram the flash. It should be back up and running next week.
Jonesy
7-29-07
Brian Hetherington gets the Toes up Bad Boy award for jumping X-games style at the southern regionals last weekend ! In case you haven't heard yet Brian did a front to back and back to front on his way into the jump ! Then he landed a 41 footer ! Brian you're on your way to Legend status.
Jonesy
7-26-07
As you can see if you got this far we have a new intro ! The server for the video's crashed and should be up by tomorrow morning, sorry . We will have some new intro's loaded this weekend !
Jonesy
7-20-07
Watch the projectile helmet in the dismount of the week
7-19-07
Check out the new video from Tony Chemer ! Top 10
7-15-07
Want to try out the Super Fly High ? Blake Heller is sponsoring a demo day on August 19th the day after Nationals ! For more info go to Cowzrus.net
7-09-07
Hello ! We went out to WA last weekend for the Silverado tournament it was held at the site for the 06 Worlds. We would like to thank everybody for making us feel at home; we had a blast again this year. We'd especially like to thank Adin Daneker for letting us stay at his little abode ; ) I just updated the dismount of the week so check it out.
Jonesy
7-4-07
Happy 4th of July ! I've updated the DMJ video ! I'd added a small special effect that adds to Don's trick pass.
Jonesy
7-2-07
You asked for it now here it is ! The DMJ video !
Jonesy
7-1-07
Check out the new dismount of the week it took years to learn !
I'd like to thank the Heller's for their hospitality last week for letting us ski with them. The site is World Class ( ; We went up and skied Thursday and Friday. Cody tried to kill the "Old Man" (me) by making me take 20 jumps ! Thanks again for the opportunity and I promise to bring more "liquid" bribes next time.
Jonesy
6-28-07
We're getting lots of great suggestions for new polls ! I love ALL the suggestions !
Jonesy
6-24-07
I just uploaded the new dismount of the week, it's a new dismount and a "teaser" for the upcoming release of the DMJ video ! I will release it next week along with a new "surprise". I went up to the "Blue Moo" ( the site for the US Nationals) this past weekend. Blake Heller and all the volunteers have put an awesome site together ! Look forward to seeing everybody there in August.
Jonesy
6-17-07
I just uploaded the new dismount of the week, and of course a new daily poll question. I'm still working on the DMJ video, please hang in there.
6-15-07
Alright the voters have spoken ! Check out Teri skiing in her bikini on the pictures link ! Jen Taylor of Go Fast Films shot all the pictures, to have your own photo shoot contact Jen Taylor at jimjentaylor@gofastfilms.com No naked photo shoots please ! We'd like to thank Jim and Jen for all of their hospitality and putting up with us "Yankee's" for the past 3 weeks. We'll miss you guys !
Jonesy
6-13-07
We're getting about 120 hits a day now, but only 10 votes on the daily poll. Get out and VOTE ! You can also suggest a daily poll question at the bottom of the poll. I'll be working on the DMJ video next week so keep checking in !
Jonesy
6-10-07
Check out the new Dismount of the week courtesy of Lane "Dawg" Bowers !
6-6-07
The Don Mixon Jr. interview is up ! Check it out on the Legends page.
Jonesy
6-2-07
We just updated the site again ! We've added the "The Dismount of the week" and a daily poll. More fun stuff next week. Now you won't have a reason not to check in every day.
Jonesy
5-27-07
We are working on some new exciting stuff at Toesup ! We just finished the interview with Don Mixon Jr. and we should have it up sometime next week, with the video to follow.
Jonesy
5-20-07
We are excited to announce the addition of our online STORE ! Check it out, and make sure you click on the first link to automatically register for the free shipping and 10% bonus !
Jonesy
5-14-07
I've added a link for News, anybody that would like to submit an article about a relevant barefooting event is welcome. Please include pictures and use a Microsoft Word format.
Jonesy
5-12-07
I've been getting a lot done ! First off, the Brian Fuchs video is done and online on the Legends page. Secondly, because I've had lot's of feedback from people trying to remember the website name, I added a new domain name that will be easier for people to remember. www.toesup.us It's the same site, same old toesuporfaceplant , just an easier way to navigate here. So now there are two ways to get here www.toesuporfaceplant.com and www.toesup.us .
Jonesy
5-4-07
The new Legends page is online ! Check out my interview with Brian Fuchs. He held the World Record in wake slalom for 18 years !
Jonesy
5-1-07
We are excited to announce that Barefoot International has become the exclusive sponsor of Toesuporfaceplant.com for wetsuits and gear ! We are in the process of adding a link so you can purchase all of their gear.
Jonesy
4-29-07
Sorry it's been so long since a new video, but I've been working on a new project that will be posted next week ! I made a new "instructional" video on toe holds so check that out in the meantime. I've started a series I'm calling Legends. It's interviews and videos of legends of our sport. I'm really excited, so keep checking in next week to see the first "legend" interview !
Jonesy
4-22-07
I just added a new link under the Our sponsors section. Go Fast Films has the best barefoot videos on the web ! Jim and Jen Taylor owners of Go Fast Films, have spent a lot of time making some great videos. Jim's films are what inspired me to do this site to begin with. Check it out !
Jonesy
4-3-07
I just updated the
Picture Gallery with some pictures from our Spring Break trip. The
water is so low in
Jonesy
3-30-07
I just added a link for 15
second auto timer in the links sections. The schematic was given to me by Brian
Heeney. It is a “majority” rules switch system, in
other words 2 of 3 switches must be turned on for the timer to start. You can
use it yourself for training by turning on one switch, and then use just one of
the other switches to start the timer. It works awesome for training and video,
you have the “horn” already on the tape.
3-26-07
I’m sitting in
Jonesy
3-16-07
I just found out a font I
added to the site is not a common one. If you want to see the Cool version you can download the font
here. COOL
FONT. Save it to :
Jonesy
3-15-07
I just spent some time (I
wasted 2 ½ hrs because I had an extra space in some code) changing the look of
the site, hope you like it. I figured out the links page, and made the
“clickable” links for the whole site
blue.
3-12-07
We just started a new
“instructional” video series, “Toesup Style” of
course. Tony Chemer submitted a video on front deep
water starts. Tony’s friend Dave, who weighs in at 240 ;), volunteered to be
the crash test dummy. Dave has two bad knees but a great attitude ! If you have something that would fit into
this category send it to
info@toesuporfaceplant.com I’ll preview it and make sure it fits the “Toesup Style” not all videos will make it on the site. Keep
it under 2 minutes, it must be an instructional video on one trick, and try to
make the video in wmv format.
Jonesy
3-8-07
It’s been a long time since
an update ! Look for a new video next week
! I’m working on a project that was
originally done by Paul and Heather Stokes. I’ve put it in digital format and
I’m working on editing and putting in a soundtrack. The World rankings are out
! Check out EAME Barefoot Web Pages to see where you stand. Teri made 7th
in Sr. slalom and 13th in tricks with only one tournament last year
! I made 9th in Sr. jump with the one I landed. Keep checking in to
see the new video, I’ve noticed the hits drop dramatically without any new
stuff. We’re headed to
Jonesy
2-25-07
I would like give a HUGE THANK YOU to everybody that braved through the
blizzard and 15 inches of snow to attend my 40th birthday party last
night ! I had a blast ! Thank you for all the cards
and gifts, they weren’t expected, but greatly appreciated. Just being around
all my great friends, was all I wanted for my birthday. Teri (again) out did
herself, and with all your help put on one hell of a party.
Jonesy
2-23-07
Hello ! Things are starting
to shape up on toes up or faceplant, the learning
curve is really steep right now ! We’ve added a picture gallery under the links
section, and I’m still trying to learn how to make that little hand pop up over
our sponsors pictures (any suggestions?). Even though there’s just an arrow
over the picture you can still click over them and get hyperlinked.
It’s been a long road to
recovery for Teri after shoulder surgery in September. She has been diligent in
her rehab, and just got released to ski ! We can’t wait to get back on the
water, plus we’ve used up all our video footage ! We’re spending some time in
Jonesy
2-22-07
I would like to thank my
wife Teri for everything she has done for me over the past three and a half
years. As some of you know I turned 40 on February 7th. Teri gave me
the best gift I have ever received, it took her a year of research and numerous
emails (thank you everyone else that was involved with this). In 1986 I set a
national record in Mens I jumping at the Midwest Regionals in