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Skateboarding => USELESS WOODEN TOY BANTER => Topic started by: lk130 on April 29, 2016, 07:18:36 PM
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What skaters do you wish peaked? Skateboarding is subjective to what you believe in and I believe these guys could've and would've been alot better if the time was right
Tony Silva, Matt Allen
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if the time was different, Mike Rusczyk.
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Nothing about 'time is rite' or anything but, "skaters that never peaked" is Jeff Lenoce. Super rad tho.
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the younger guys from the final incarnation of rasa libre- Bryan Botehlo, Max Van (forgot), and all of them. I remember thinking all of them were great when that one video came out.
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Scott Kane. Although maybe he did peak, it's hard to say. But the fact that his bootleg 3000 part comes up time and time again as being ahead of its time makes me wonder what that company sticking around for a bit longer, or him getting a decent offer when it folded, would have led to.
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Maybe Kyle James. Or it could be better to think that the existing footage of him is him at his peak.
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the younger guys from the final incarnation of rasa libre- Bryan Botehlo, Max Van (forgot), and all of them. I remember thinking all of them were great when that one video came out.
Max Van Arnem was really good. Seeing Bryan Botelho and Jesse Narvaez in Northern Co. videos is great. Though truly, they never peaked. Just kept doing the same stuff.
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Josiah Gatlyn
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Robbie Mckinley, seemed to have more there and just sort of gave up. There's also a bunch of guys who put out one insane part where you were hoping them to take it a bit further and they just disappeared such as Trainwreck In-Bloom part or as previously mentioned Scott Kane. Greg Myers looked to be on his way to a sick career and just piled out.
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Scott kane, tom penny, travis stenger, drake jones, grant patterson, colt cannon, ronnie bertino, henry sanchez, keenan milton(rip) richard angelidas(sp), carl shipman
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Scott kane, tom penny, travis stenger, drake jones, grant patterson, colt cannon, ronnie bertino, henry sanchez, keenan milton(rip) richard angelidas(sp), carl shipman
I think the bolded dudes peaked, they just didn't stay pumping footage forever Both still had pretty good second winds, particularly Henry with Sight Unseen. Henry was arguably at the top of skateboarding after Pack of Lies, that part took ledge skating to the next level, it'd basically be like taking all the crazy NDB ledge tricks in Fully Flared (and there influence) and putting it into one part. I'd also say Penny's Etnies part was a pretty massive peak.
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Alex Olson
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Nothing about 'time is rite' or anything but, "skaters that never peaked" is Jeff Lenoce. Super rad tho.
It's amazing how much I'd rather watch 100 swich ollies and heelflips from Jeff on repeat before Figgy or TK doing anything on a board. That's me tho.
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Scott kane, tom penny, travis stenger, drake jones, grant patterson, colt cannon, ronnie bertino, henry sanchez, keenan milton(rip) richard angelidas(sp), carl shipman
This is evidence that you are in ignoramus
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I thought this was going to be a thread about skaters with speech impediments.
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Something about Mike Barker. Second Mike Rsykyuk or whatever
Shouldn't Manderson be everywhere by now?
I'm still waiting for a gerwer comeback.
Watching Dan plunketts new stuff had me wondering what he has been up to
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Spanly made a career on not peaking...
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if the time was different, Mike Rusczyk.
Growing up skating Illinois in the 90s I have to agree with this. It was always a treat to watch him skate.
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Robbie Mckinley, seemed to have more there and just sort of gave up. There's also a bunch of guys who put out one insane part where you were hoping them to take it a bit further and they just disappeared such as Trainwreck In-Bloom part or as previously mentioned Scott Kane. Greg Myers looked to be on his way to a sick career and just piled out.
I saw him skate in LA right about the time he first got on Blind. And he was ripping, skated so fucking fast and consistent.
Amazingly good style too.
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Kyle Fredrick, that last part he had filmed all on a cruiser was so sick but he had no sponsors.
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if the time was different, Mike Rusczyk.
fuckin true
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Robbie Mckinley, seemed to have more there and just sort of gave up. There's also a bunch of guys who put out one insane part where you were hoping them to take it a bit further and they just disappeared such as Trainwreck In-Bloom part or as previously mentioned Scott Kane. Greg Myers looked to be on his way to a sick career and just piled out.
Scott's and Trainwreck's careers we're simply cut short by injuries, and Greg Myers is currently in jail.
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Mike mo definitely
Maybe Suciu? He put out some fucked up videos, but that whole appendix thing seems to have set him back a lot. Not expecting much in the Adidas video. If he wasn't hurt for most of the filming, I'd be expecting one of the best part of the decade, even better than his other ones.
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Scott kane, tom penny, travis stenger, drake jones, grant patterson, colt cannon, ronnie bertino, henry sanchez, keenan milton(rip) richard angelidas(sp), carl shipman
Quite the opposite my friend.
If these guys had come up today with sponsorship money and parks everywhere, multiple video parts etc. These legends would destroy the game.
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Forrest Edwards
Nick Trapasso
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if the time was different, Mike Rusczyk.
I have his amateur retirement board on the wall
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Cale nuske
Maybe he reached his peak? But he whould have got more recognition in NA, stephan lawrance
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Cale nuske
yes fam
based on Bon Appetit part he coulda been, like, Australian Koston
also Pepe Martinez--Fine Artists part is classic but then he got injured or some shit and could never get back to that level
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Shane Cross
Joey Poiriez
Cale Nuske
Nearly everyone who has rode for foundation
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Toms skating was a peak for skateboarding and I'm the biggest fan but I have to agree with the Penny not peaking comment. He came out unreal and then from what I'm to understand he was on hard drugs minus all his teeth 3 or 4 years after he first moved to America. His skating was still good by the time "Sorry" came out but the magic look it had wasn't really there anymore as much. Thats how I remember feeling anyway. The best Penny parts are fan vids on youtube. Really good one that sailboatsandwine made.
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Cale nukse I saw a lib tech not too long ago, that definitely didn't peak. Everyone who rode for Foundation haha.. Shimizu did really good
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Did Lavar ever peak? Or was trilogy it? Would've loved to see another full part from him
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Matt Allen
Trapasso
Marquis Preston
Levi Brown
Pat Burke
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Everyone in the movie "Grind" seems to have fallen off. Matt Beach, Chad Fernandez, Sheckler, Tom Green, Bucky, Bam...
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Matt Allen did peak, it's called Leo Romero
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Mike York, i feel like he peaked skating wise but popularity wise he was just at the wrong place wrong time. He was always a really popular am but it seemed like right when he turned pro was when dudes started to go bigger and were hitting rails and shit, he was still the ledge manny skater and i kids seemed to care more about PRod, Mikey Taylor and even Zeroish type pros.
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Not a single ejaculation comment in all of two pages? I am disappointed in you SLAP.
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well i slept with a girl who skates once, and well... you get the idea
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Scott kane, tom penny, travis stenger, drake jones, grant patterson, colt cannon, ronnie bertino, henry sanchez, keenan milton(rip) richard angelidas(sp), carl shipman
Quite the opposite my friend.
If these guys had come up today with sponsorship money and parks everywhere, multiple video parts etc. These legends would destroy the game.
Are you sure we talk about the same thing? I don't know if I understand "peak", but Colt did for sure. Got tons of pro decks, killed big rails, was super on point. Too bad the heart problem stoped him.
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Scott kane, tom penny, travis stenger, drake jones, grant patterson, colt cannon, ronnie bertino, henry sanchez, keenan milton(rip) richard angelidas(sp), carl shipman
Quite the opposite my friend.
If these guys had come up today with sponsorship money and parks everywhere, multiple video parts etc. These legends would destroy the game.
Are you sure we talk about the same thing? I don't know if I understand "peak", but Colt did for sure. Got tons of pro decks, killed big rails, was super on point. Too bad the heart problem stoped him.
I could have made my post clearer.
I guess Im saying of the guys I listed, if they were more serious about their careers, skated more and avoided health issues, all these guys would have gotten better, even Colt.
And yeah I meant have blended in some "lack of recognition" sprinkled in there as well
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Fletcher
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Everyone in the movie "Grind" seems to have fallen off. Matt Beach, Chad Fernandez, Sheckler, Tom Green, Bucky, Bam...
hahahah i totally forgot that Chad and Danger Ehren were the main rivals/villains in that movie.
Bucky is still winning a fuck ton of those dew tour type vert comps, nobody really talks abt him anymore tho.
also Dylan Rieder was an extra???
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1542860/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t28 (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1542860/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t28)
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Mike Rusczyk and Justin Strubing were both years ahead of their time and stuck on Foundation when they were transitioning to SoCal handrail skating. If they came up now, Mike would probably fit perfectly on Polar and Strubing would pop up regularly in GX1000 clips.
Travis Erickson put out one amazing part and vanished.
Jeremy Reeves, and to a lesser extent, Russ Milligan.
Pat Burke has so much potential, but if he never does anything at the level of his Slave part, that's fine. That part is near perfect.
Jose Rojo seems to be incapable of passing Tiltmode punchline status.
I was always a huge fan of Jan Kliewer's skating. Did he peak in Europe?
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Keenan. I wonder how much his skating would have progressed, and who he'd be sponsored by today if he kept on skating.
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Everyone in the movie "Grind" seems to have fallen off. Matt Beach, Chad Fernandez, Sheckler, Tom Green, Bucky, Bam...
hahahah i totally forgot that Chad and Danger Ehren were the main rivals/villains in that movie.
Bucky is still winning a fuck ton of those dew tour type vert comps, nobody really talks abt him anymore tho.
also Dylan Rieder was an extra???
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1542860/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t28 (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1542860/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t28)
Where's the free product?
(http://canvas.grolsch.com/sites/default/files/styles/article_single_image_center/public/news/images/dylan.jpg)
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Will Harmon - underground guy from the east. He had a few video parts, rode from some great companies, he never "blew up" despite killing it for decades. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z56QyWRTzok
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Fletcher
That's exactly who I thought of when I saw this topic.
Andrew Gordon
Andrew Pearl
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Mike Rusczyk and Justin Strubing were both years ahead of their time and stuck on Foundation when they were transitioning to SoCal handrail skating. If they came up now, Mike would probably fit perfectly on Polar and Strubing would pop up regularly in GX1000 clips.
Travis Erickson put out one amazing part and vanished.
Jeremy Reeves, and to a lesser extent, Russ Milligan.
Pat Burke has so much potential, but if he never does anything at the level of his Slave part, that's fine. That part is near perfect.
Jose Rojo seems to be incapable of passing Tiltmode punchline status.
I was always a huge fan of Jan Kliewer's skating. Did he peak in Europe?
I was saying this exact thing to my friend months ago. Mike Rusczyk's Artbars part is one of my absolute favorite video parts, and I was claiming he skated in the wrong era (as far as appreciation is concerned). Keen observation my friend.
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Haha that photo is fucked
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I feel like Tim O'Connor only really got his style right once he was on Habitat, and due to his ankle injuries we never got to see enough footy of him once he became enjoyable to watch.
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Mike Rusczyk and Justin Strubing were both years ahead of their time and stuck on Foundation when they were transitioning to SoCal handrail skating. If they came up now, Mike would probably fit perfectly on Polar and Strubing would pop up regularly in GX1000 clips.
Travis Erickson put out one amazing part and vanished.
Jeremy Reeves, and to a lesser extent, Russ Milligan.
Pat Burke has so much potential, but if he never does anything at the level of his Slave part, that's fine. That part is near perfect.
Jose Rojo seems to be incapable of passing Tiltmode punchline status.
I was always a huge fan of Jan Kliewer's skating. Did he peak in Europe?
I was saying this exact thing to my friend months ago. Mike Rusczyk's Artbars part is one of my absolute favorite video parts, and I was claiming he skated in the wrong era (as far as appreciation is concerned). Keen observation my friend.
Rusczyk and jlay turned pro at the same time under the tumyeto umbrella ten years ago.
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Mike Rusczyk and Justin Strubing were both years ahead of their time and stuck on Foundation when they were transitioning to SoCal handrail skating. If they came up now, Mike would probably fit perfectly on Polar and Strubing would pop up regularly in GX1000 clips.
Travis Erickson put out one amazing part and vanished.
Jeremy Reeves, and to a lesser extent, Russ Milligan.
Pat Burke has so much potential, but if he never does anything at the level of his Slave part, that's fine. That part is near perfect.
Jose Rojo seems to be incapable of passing Tiltmode punchline status.
I was always a huge fan of Jan Kliewer's skating. Did he peak in Europe?
His (Jan) peak was a shared part in Bon appetite. So I would say no, there was potential left (his Jart parts were ok but him on cliche with a full part would have been godly). I remember angrily emailing the dudes at the time demanding to know why he got the boot, the answer was disappointingly generic "not skating with the team enough" bullshit.
Also the fact that we never got to see more of Travis Erickson or Jeremy Reeves is truly a shame
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colt cannon for sure
watching old element demos makes you see how naturally gifted that guy was on a board
one of the few rail skaters who legitimately made it look good
maybe tony tave too (another element skater) he seemed to be the next big thing during his element days
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Bam Margera.
He was everywhere with Jackass and all that shit so he didnt peak. Early Element Bam was the bomb skating.
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Tony Tave should definitely be a bigger presence in skateboarding than he is.
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I thought Greg Myers got kicked off his sponsors because the kiddies weren't feeling him. I'm going to venture a guess and say he didn't finish high school because he was sponsored by major companies as a child. When the rug was pulled out from under him, he didn't adjust to real life so well. All speculation of course. He did put out this part before his "incident".
Greg Myers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzW-hn_q7ZU#)
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Raymond Molinar
Danny Garcia
Jeff Lenoce
Scott Kane and Tony Tave definitely deserve more credit.
I first started following skate media in 2003 and wonder: did Ethan Fowler ever get proper recognition?
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Tony Tave should definitely be a bigger presence in skateboarding than he is.
He will after away days
You did know dennis durrant is both tony tave and mark appleyard right?
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Tony Tave should definitely be a bigger presence in skateboarding than he is.
Remember when everyone was calling him the next (pre-insta/ social media) Koston?
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Raymond Molinar
Danny Garcia
Jeff Lenoce
Scott Kane and Tony Tave definitely deserve more credit.
I first started following skate media in 2003 and wonder: did Ethan Fowler ever get proper recognition?
Unfortunately Danny Garcia peaked with his Mosaic part. All his other footage is rad, but he never got back to that level.
Ethan Fowler was Pro for OG Stereo and had a hell of a run on Foundation. Also was pro for Vans and Converse. He certainly got his recognition, but was definitely under-appreciated, I believe.
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Tony tave learns tricks after hes popped them...
Didnt he switch back heel like 12 stairs, landed 90 degrees and just stood there, still on the board.
Wtf???
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ethan fowler, in all his incarnations, defs got proper recognition
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Antwuan Dixon. Dylan rieder dipped out (of course not by choice) seemingly right before he was about to enter his prime. Ali boulala. Trainwreck. Ragdoll. Spanky. Nick dompierre. Mike mo. Bastien Salabanzi. Devine Calloway. Shecklers injuries really took a toll. The guy is obviously a living legend and his spot in the proverbial HOF is cemented, but he could have been so much better.
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Everyone in the movie "Grind" seems to have fallen off. Matt Beach, Chad Fernandez, Sheckler, Tom Green, Bucky, Bam...
hahahah i totally forgot that Chad and Danger Ehren were the main rivals/villains in that movie.
Bucky is still winning a fuck ton of those dew tour type vert comps, nobody really talks abt him anymore tho.
also Dylan Rieder was an extra???
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1542860/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t28 (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1542860/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t28)
Why is Chad Fernandez on this list? In Thrasher's The Storm article the guy said that he had a shoe out and made tons of money. Sounds like he peaked at the right time, the only time he did something right...
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Josh hawkins, ben hatchell, most everyone else in Powell's Fun
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Mike Rusczyk and Justin Strubing were both years ahead of their time and stuck on Foundation when they were transitioning to SoCal handrail skating. If they came up now, Mike would probably fit perfectly on Polar and Strubing would pop up regularly in GX1000 clips.
Travis Erickson put out one amazing part and vanished.
Jeremy Reeves, and to a lesser extent, Russ Milligan.
Pat Burke has so much potential, but if he never does anything at the level of his Slave part, that's fine. That part is near perfect.
Jose Rojo seems to be incapable of passing Tiltmode punchline status.
I was always a huge fan of Jan Kliewer's skating. Did he peak in Europe?
one of my all time favs
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Mike Rusczyk and Justin Strubing were both years ahead of their time and stuck on Foundation when they were transitioning to SoCal handrail skating. If they came up now, Mike would probably fit perfectly on Polar and Strubing would pop up regularly in GX1000 clips.
Travis Erickson put out one amazing part and vanished.
Jeremy Reeves, and to a lesser extent, Russ Milligan.
Pat Burke has so much potential, but if he never does anything at the level of his Slave part, that's fine. That part is near perfect.
Jose Rojo seems to be incapable of passing Tiltmode punchline status.
I was always a huge fan of Jan Kliewer's skating. Did he peak in Europe?
one of my all time favs
Noseslide nollie up to noseslide!
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Not sure if Forrest could be one of the best ever if a few sponsors gave him their full support, or if he'd spend all his money on drugs, hookers and cars and be burnt in a month. But we definitely haven't seen him film a part to his fullest abilities.
And again, fuck Toy Machine and Sinclair and Ed for not putting him on. I'm never supporting anything tum yeto related
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Tony tave learns tricks after hes popped them...
Didnt he switch back heel like 12 stairs, landed 90 degrees and just stood there, still on the board.
Wtf???
Switch inward big spin
https://instagram.com/p/2RTz-ppCXq/
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I feel as if John Rattray had more to give, a little too early for his own style, and moving to éS at the worst time. Nick Dompierre coulda woulda shoulda had an incredible part in since day one, but that party life and such. To me these guys are like the ruined orgasms of skateboarding, it's good, but there's no climax.
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Leticia Bufoni
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the answer is guy
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chris roberts, not that it seemed like he would peak.
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Jimmy Cao
Olly Todd
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I'm backing a good Forrest edwards hookup, bye bye Mystery
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Daewon.
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Chaz Ortiz
People hyped the shit out of him now nobody wants to back him up.
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mike mo he started out too strong with his lake part and then everything after that was just a disappointment to some
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chico and jeron seem to have their best ability wise parts in more recent videos
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Spencer Fujimoto, Justin Eldridge, Jeron Wilson, Chico, Paulo Diaz.
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haven't read through the whole thread, but the first name that popped up in my head was Eric Fletcher. I don't know what happend to the kid but he could've been one of the greatest.
Eric Fletcher's "Theatrix" part (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fyF6P3TKcI#)
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I don't know what happend to the kid but he could've been one of the greatest.
Well for starters ... he's on LE (which should explain a lot)
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Evan Schiefelbine was another one of those dudes who's potential was never utilized. I remember Cliff saying that Blind sorta dropped him for no reason a few years after this part.
Classics: Evan Schiefelbine's "What If?" Part (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTFAPFNLeaQ#)
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Evan Schiefelbine was another one of those dudes who's potential was never utilized. I remember Cliff saying that Blind sorta dropped him for no reason a few years after this part.
Classics: Evan Schiefelbine's "What If?" Part (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTFAPFNLeaQ#)
this part is actually so good
I feel like he should have been on habitat or something
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Hosoi is the only one I can think of.
Oh no also P-Rod and Koston.
Also Hawk.
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At one point fabrizio santos was hyped real hard. Pat Cocoran if life had let him skate. And last but not least the Ball, this Moroccan kid who quit skating to be a hipster.
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Mike Rusczyk and Justin Strubing were both years ahead of their time and stuck on Foundation when they were transitioning to SoCal handrail skating. If they came up now, Mike would probably fit perfectly on Polar and Strubing would pop up regularly in GX1000 clips.
Travis Erickson put out one amazing part and vanished.
Jeremy Reeves, and to a lesser extent, Russ Milligan.
Pat Burke has so much potential, but if he never does anything at the level of his Slave part, that's fine. That part is near perfect.
Jose Rojo seems to be incapable of passing Tiltmode punchline status.
I was always a huge fan of Jan Kliewer's skating. Did he peak in Europe?
one of my all time favs
Noseslide nollie up to noseslide!
His Bon Appetit part is excellent.
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Brent Atchley.
He still rips but the timing was never quite right for him. Just another reason Element sucks.
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This dude Anthony Williams was skating with Nyjah at one point. .3 of the teams he was on canceled back to back, but he is buttery https://youtu.be/Qkndu2oHJ_U
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This dude Anthony Williams was skating with Nyjah at one point. .3 of the teams he was on canceled back to back, but he is buttery https://youtu.be/Qkndu2oHJ_U
Anthony Wiliams was the shit!!! That guy was freakishly good and I always hoped he'd blow up but he seems to have nArCIssISt'd his way out of the industry
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Luke Croker was made for this thread.
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To be honest, I am a little confused about the use of "peak" in this instance--seems like people are interpreting it differently from one another as well based on some responses in this thread. It could be seen as people who had untapped potential and fell off (Matt Allen, Scott Kane, etc.), or skaters who seemingly haven't peaked yet despite having been pro for decades (Guy, Daewon, etc.)
I'm going to think of it as skaters who were great, and seemingly had a future ahead of them, but for one reason or another (sponsor issues, partying, injuries, etc.) never "made it big"/got their deserved recognition/filmed that next video part we all expected and wanted.
Gailea Momolu is who always comes to mind. I fucking LOVED his part in Darkstar - Batallion. He was so damn smooth, great trick selection, and doing some really, really gnarly tech stuff down handrails. He seemed like he had a very bright future ahead of him. No clue what happened to him, but it's a damn shame that he only had this and like, a Logic part or something.
DarkStar Battallion - Gailea Momolu (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we6OM8Sh9g4#)
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Tony Manfre and Danny Fuenzalida come to mind as does Paul Sharpe. Did Billy Rohan ever peak? He's another one of those guys who got sidelined very early.
There are a lot of others, but I'm not sure they were ever good enough to peak in any meaningful way. Like, I probably peaked in the early '00s. Does that matter? Not really because my peak was realistically only a few hundred feet high at best and that was probably only for a few days.
In the credits of Lick at 7:04 Chris Erickson does a nose manual nollie flip out. He was an amazing guy from south Florida at the time Matt Milligan was coming up. Chris got really bad tendinitis in his knees one summer and never recovered. He was one of those guys we all knew who was on the same level as the pros.
http://skately.com/library/videos/h-street-skateboards-lick#24807 (http://skately.com/library/videos/h-street-skateboards-lick#24807)
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To be honest, I am a little confused about the use of "peak" in this instance--seems like people are interpreting it differently from one another as well based on some responses in this thread. It could be seen as people who had untapped potential and fell off (Matt Allen, Scott Kane, etc.), or skaters who seemingly haven't peaked yet despite having been pro for decades (Guy, Daewon, etc.)
I'm going to think of it as skaters who were great, and seemingly had a future ahead of them, but for one reason or another (sponsor issues, partying, injuries, etc.) never "made it big"/got their deserved recognition/filmed that next video part we all expected and wanted.
Gailea Momolu is who always comes to mind. I fucking LOVED his part in Darkstar - Batallion. He was so damn smooth, great trick selection, and doing some really, really gnarly tech stuff down handrails. He seemed like he had a very bright future ahead of him. No clue what happened to him, but it's a damn shame that he only had this and like, a Logic part or something.
DarkStar Battallion - Gailea Momolu (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we6OM8Sh9g4#)
Fuck yeah. Used to watch this part everyday back then. Him and Sven Kilchenmann were my favorites in that video
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To be honest, I am a little confused about the use of "peak" in this instance--seems like people are interpreting it differently from one another as well based on some responses in this thread. It could be seen as people who had untapped potential and fell off (Matt Allen, Scott Kane, etc.), or skaters who seemingly haven't peaked yet despite having been pro for decades (Guy, Daewon, etc.)
I'm going to think of it as skaters who were great, and seemingly had a future ahead of them, but for one reason or another (sponsor issues, partying, injuries, etc.) never "made it big"/got their deserved recognition/filmed that next video part we all expected and wanted.
Yeah, this thread is in danger of becoming another "where are they now"/"name your favorite overlooked skater" thread.
I feel like the "never peaked" distinction should be for skaters who seemed like they were on an inevitable upward trajectory and for whatever reason never got there. There are plenty of guys who had careers with peaks that were perfectly logical in hindsight (was Ragdoll going to keep going and be the biggest thing ever?)
Guy and Daewon are at the peak and on another level.
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I think underachieved is what was intended. Everyone peaks, some just weren't as good as we thought. And whoever said Tom...Tom Penny's peak was the epitome of NOT underachievement.
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This dude Anthony Williams was skating with Nyjah at one point. .3 of the teams he was on canceled back to back, but he is buttery https://youtu.be/Qkndu2oHJ_U
Him and Walker ryan followed by David clark are the most naturally gifted I've seen, whats funny is I think he's getting hooked up by Organika now they definitely need to turn him pro w.video part that'll be a great look, a new epic part just released of him https://youtu.be/5-mceSeaFpI if someone sticks to something they originally came up with I'm going to like it because meanwhile you have Tk not completely answering a question
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Nick Dompierre for sure.