Author Topic: Pitchin shoes :) (Read 469 times)

Jackal1 · « **on:** April 11, 2006, 10:44:01 AM »

Anyone here into pitching horseshoes?
I used to throw shoes quite a bit, but haven`t done so in a while.
A few of us around here have started gathering materials , etc. to build some pits in my back yard.
Just got to wondering who here throws shoes.

Mustaine · « **Reply #1 on:** April 11, 2006, 10:55:05 AM »

i pitch my shoes into the corner by my door every night when i get home.

FiLtH · « **Reply #2 on:** April 11, 2006, 10:59:01 AM »

I do. Love it. Im the type who sucks until the 5th beer, is awesome till the tenth beer, then start suckin again. Same way I bowl.

midnight Target · « **Reply #3 on:** April 11, 2006, 11:27:41 AM »

I knew an old guy (my sister's father-in-law) who was an awesome pitcher. He was also a B-17 instructor pilot during the war. Loved to throw with him at picnics and stuff just to get him talking.

He threw a flat shoe.. kinda like a frisbee that made one exact revolution to the stake. I tried to do it and sucked horribly.

Jackal1 · « **Reply #4 on:** April 11, 2006, 02:29:34 PM »

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Originally posted by FiLtH
I do. Love it. Im the type who sucks until the 5th beer, is awesome till the tenth beer, then start suckin again. Same way I bowl.

LOL I`m more the type that sucks until the 5th beer, sucks until the tenth beer, then blows chunks after that.

Actualy I used to be fairly good at it. Going to take a while to get back in practice. Just hope it don`t aggravate the discs in my neck.

Jackal1 · « **Reply #5 on:** April 11, 2006, 02:30:48 PM »

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Originally posted by midnight Target

He threw a flat shoe.. kinda like a frisbee that made one exact revolution to the stake. I tried to do it and sucked horribly.

Yea, I`ve seen people use that technique. I could never get the hang of it.

Blooz · « **Reply #6 on:** April 11, 2006, 05:07:50 PM »

I like horseshoes.

I don't get to play much but I like it when I can.

My father is a pro.

New York State champion (4 times)

World Champion (2 times)

National Horseshoe Pitching site

boxboy28 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 11, 2006, 07:02:29 PM »

Ya just made me another project........my house in college(MSU) had pits and we played all the time......as well as i built pits/(rebuilt) back when i lived in Michigan for an old roomate of mine, im 34 he was late 50's that old bastage could toss some shoes i tell ya............LOL i remeber the late nights of drinking and parking the 2 cars in the back ya so we could play in the dark at 3 am!!!

Well now i live in the moutians in NC............only flat spot is an old jeep trail! I just fear losing many a shoe to the hill or even worse the lake if it rolls far enough! maybee i could built some short lil walls along the edge of the trail and back from the pits.

Jackal1 · « **Reply #8 on:** April 11, 2006, 07:44:31 PM »

Blooz, that`s a neat site. Was on it earlier.

Boxboy...sandbags...sandbags.

boxboy28 · « **Reply #9 on:** April 11, 2006, 11:13:22 PM »

LOL remember.... im in North Carolina..............home of the RED CLAY CEMENT for a soil...........sand? i guess i could head up the river and get some sandish type soil and fill bags with it but it too will be ROCK HARD CLAY WHEN DRY! ............. thanks actually i like the idea! (for a retaining wall.)

but i do prefer sand in my shoe pits!

Captain Virgil Hilts · « **Reply #10 on:** April 11, 2006, 11:17:58 PM »

I do pitch horse shoes when we have get togethers and set up a pit. I love it, lots of fun.

culero · « **Reply #11 on:** April 11, 2006, 11:25:36 PM »

Ya'll have prolly seen this, but I can't resist anyway

Captain Virgil Hilts · « **Reply #12 on:** April 11, 2006, 11:29:52 PM »

Friends of yours, or family? The one on the right bears a faint resemblence, except for the less than gray hair.

FiLtH · « **Reply #13 on:** April 12, 2006, 08:47:04 AM »

I throw a flat shoe with one rotation. Its not that hard. Its the range that gets me. Until I get locked in I can be a foot short or knick the top if the pin alot. Aiming fluid really helps.

Sixpence · « **Reply #14 on:** April 12, 2006, 12:06:01 PM »

Sounds like a project for the yard, that site will come in handy.