Vert skating is over, street skating is over, downhill is over
February 6th, 2007 by conahan
…skateboarding with wheels and trucks is over. This is apparently from a Denver shop video. I’m sure street skaters look at this guy the way vert skaters react to the Danny Way stunts but then again, I don’t understand modern street skating.
William Spencer - Hollorado
One day, maybe about 1976, my friends and I met this dude who had really good high-jump skills. The guy could hippy jump a shopping cart! He could also wheelie a bike until the front wheel stopped turning, around corners, whatever. He once talked me into a twenty-mile skateboarding excursion. He would get pretty excited and spittle would fly when he talked. Kind of a strange guy but you had to respect his skills. The guy in this video could have been grown in a vat from Craig G’s cells.
Can you imagine deciding to try that last stunt?
February 7th, 2007 at 10:27 am
this is like parkour crossed with skating. some of its dopey but alot of that is very innovative, it’s about time!
February 7th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
There’s more bonless and transfer variations than a 1986 streetsytle contest. I think it’s all excellent. It doesn’t all have to be serious and gnar. If you can’t have a little fun when skating, then what’s the point? It’s obvious he’s got skills, but he’s also got imagination. Good video.
February 7th, 2007 at 9:43 pm
The layback down the handrail has been a long time coming, then again I don’t really pay that much attention to what’s going on- it could be yesterdays news for all I know….
February 7th, 2007 at 9:49 pm
p.s. how about a headcount of dudes that used to do Caveman slides? I did ‘em all over campus, I think I got the idea from a Rocco Trick Tips…anyone?? BTW If you did ‘em right there was no chance of snapping a deck like the unitiated would think…
February 7th, 2007 at 9:50 pm
Yo dude is sick wit it.A lot of skaters would be hard pressed to pull any of this stuff.
February 8th, 2007 at 6:06 pm
This is the kind of fun I used to remember having when out street skating, but that I haven’t really seen since, what, 1989?
Let’s hear it for the end of “too cool to do anything not considered hip” skateboarding, and the return of “have fun and don’t give a rat’s ass what’s cool” dork sessions.
I think Neil Blender would approve.
–SKot
February 8th, 2007 at 7:13 pm
Yeah! Dork sessions for everyone! I’m buying.
April 14th, 2007 at 4:40 am
You know that front flip at the end. He tried like 10 times before landing it. he has balls to keep trying till he did it.