SKATE TRIVIA
Last Skatepark Visited: Downey Skatepark (Independence Park), 1/4/08
Last 5 Tricks Learned:
B/S Bigger Spin 1 - December '07
Ollie Late B/S Big Spin 1 - December '07
Ollie B/S Big Flip 1 - November '07
B/S 360 shove-it under a flat rail 2 - November '07
Ollie Late B/S 360 shove - November '07
1: It seems like the kids who spend more time playing video games about skateboarding than actually skateboarding failed to grasp the distinctions between Big/Bigger Spins and the much easier, uglier pop-shove it to nose drive. If any part of the trick you're doing involves a front truck pivot (nose drive), it's not a big spin. Or a bigger spin, for that matter. Let alone a big flip.
2: Skateboard video games have also confused people about this trick and its variations. Gonz did a kickflip where his board sailed under a bar and he sailed over it. This was always called a Gonz Flip. Skaters since clay wheels have been jumping over a broomstick, bar, or flat rail while letting their board cruise underneath, then landing back on the board. This was always called "Jumping over a bar/broomstick/rail". THPS has "named" this trick a "Hippie Flip" or a "Hippie Jump". Whatever. All that matters is that in this trick, I do a 360 shove, and my board goes under a flat rail while I go over it, then I land on the other side. Next variation: 360 shove under a bar to nose drive.
Favorite Trick Ever Learned:
3/4 Cab to pivot to fakie (2002 - mini-ramp)
Current setup:
Deck: Baker Andrew Reynolds "Neck Face" (7.56" x 31.63")
Trucks: Independent 139s
Wheels: Ricta Supernaturals Kareem Campbell (51mm)
Favorite recent skate moment:
Grom: "How old are you?"
Me: "32."
Grom: "Jeez. How long have you been skating?"
Me: "20 years."
Grom: "Oh my God. Shouldn't you, like, be a pro by now?"..
------------------------------------------------------L = -2.75
R = -2.25
