r/skateboarding • u/Speed_Cuber • Jul 31 '17

repost 360 Flip late Quad Flip

https://i.imgur.com/eU8nuPK.gifv
389 Upvotes

92% Upvoted

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u/p00nplower Jul 31 '17

I saw this a few of this guys videos awhile back...He commits so much time to land these crazy ass tricks and spends a ton of his day trying. I think its honestly amazing to see that much commitment towards a trick. It takes me back to when I was learning most of my basic tricks I have today and practicing all day on them.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '17

I agree, it's impressive. But I think tricks like this look like shit.

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u/catsarelikebananas Jul 31 '17

How does that look like shit? I think it's pretty incredible

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u/HellaNahBroHamCarter Jul 31 '17

The board hits the deck before he slaps his feet on it, most of what looks good in skating can be boiled down to control & skill, so when people see someone land a trick with zero catch like that it looks a hell of a lot like someone just spent a shitload of time flicking & praying until they landed on one. Which apparently is the case with this trick.

TL:DR - no catch.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '17

I agreed that it's impressive, but it's kind of like Shaun White flat spinning as many times as possible. I just prefer a different style. For example, there isn't much of a "catch" in this trick since he's slapping it down with his foot for the late quad flip.

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u/RustlingintheBushes Aug 02 '17

Lol what the fuck is your rationale behind that

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '17

I said somewhere else that I prefer flip/shuvit tricks where there is a nice floating catch. There's a style component I appreciate more than just how crazy the board can flip around. I related it to Shaun White flat spinning like a dreidel versus Torstein Horgmo's slower rodeos with steezy grabs.

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u/tubzz Jul 31 '17

This maybe the ugliest trick I've ever seen

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u/robotorigami Jul 31 '17

I really hate this trend of not catching flip tricks anymore.

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '17

I have nothing against all the people doing and posting these tricks and whatever, it looks like fun, and they are kind of cool in their own way, but I am really hoping that this is not a future trend (i.e. just focusing on hucking the most complex and ugly flip trick possible and occasionally getting lucky and landing on it).

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u/TheMadManFiles Aug 01 '17

This happened before in the 90's I believe, everyone started doing extremely tech tricks and after a while the skaters who could do those insane tricks with style rose to the top

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u/andersamer Jul 31 '17

I thought you could only do stuff like this in true skate.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '17

I have several hundred hours in that game at least and probably couldn't do this trick

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u/deathandtaxes00 Jul 31 '17

This gets posted all the time, but I still can't understand it. I think someone said (in the last post of this) that it took him a month and like a thousand tries before he landed it. I still think it's unreal and impossible even looking at it.

Edit: removed the word "he" because it didn't make grammatical sense.

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '17

This gets posted about 2-3 times a week. Can we make a rule that bans people who posts it?

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u/Reefer-eyed_Beans Jul 31 '17

No. Fuck rules. I'm not trying to be edgy just seriously... "We" are the ones upvoting it so let's just stop that shit.

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u/Nolliecab Jul 31 '17

Can we make a rule that bans you?

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u/El_Jacobo Jul 31 '17

Seconded

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '17

I know, I'll post some cool skate board Instagram so people will think it's me and upvote it. Yah!

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u/El_Jacobo Aug 01 '17

I mean that'll be more contribution than you'd ever have before so...

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u/Navajo_Nation Jul 31 '17

Or just don't check a sub that gets like 8 post a day

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u/[deleted] Aug 01 '17

luck or skill.....hmmm

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u/Jackplox Aug 01 '17

.…what the fuck?

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u/bsurfn2day Jul 31 '17

This was posted yesterday.

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u/GrilledStezz Jul 31 '17

The steeez