Tuesday, August 11, 2009

With love

I'm guessing this is in Russia somewhere judging by the road signs. This is a guy who can throw whips, spins,etc. with style and balls!


Burns my bridges!

Ok, for those of you who really know me, you also know what pisses
me off about riding. In this video below, you will see some
shredding. Or will you? This kid has all trendy tricks and moves.
What I take issue with is that the site I found this video on, all
the comments were about how amazing he was, how awesome
his riding is, and it went on and on like that.

I think not, and I feel bad about using this kid as an example.
Not one trick made it over the box jump. Just a fly-out on top.
Not one single spin made it above the coping. Nothing was done
proper. Maybe it's just me, but I only see this as half done!
Having skill is one thing, and the kid has plenty of it, but
having balls is another thing all together. If you are going to
throw no foot-can's, do it at a height of more than six inches. If
you are going to 360, and 540, at the very least get them at
coping height. And for God's sake, JUMP THE BOX and do your
stunts. Anyone can do flyouts.

This is just my opinion. Same goes with street riders. We can all
do a million little tech tricks over a six inch curb. We can all
jump down stairs. Be original, and grow a set! We all know that
tailwhips and no-handers are now pretty much entry level riding
these days, and it seems that every Tom Dick, and Harry are doing
them.

Let's keep riding original and fresh people!