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You wouldn’t think it would be a thing, but I regularly get nobody posters on here angrily trying to talk shit to me over nothing because they think it makes them cool or something, and there’s no other word I can think of to describe what their apparent goal in doing so is.
What’s locking into a ledge wild ways?
Simple question...no trolling!!!
Why isn’t shane in this category?
Shane does to some extent. You brought some decent examples up. When I think of Wenning I think of tricks like switch Pupecki grinds, fakie b/s 5-0’s perfectly balanced popped into and out of the middle of the ledge and with perfect balance (can’t think of anybody else who does that one), balanced fakie bs nosegrind to switch heel out. Some flip tricks for sure, but more of a focus of how he gets into and grinds, locks into them, balances them, and pops out of them.
Its like a “pure” ledge skater thing. I can’t think of any wild flip tricks he can do or do into or out of tricks, but somehow he takes simple elements and does them as perfectly as imaginable. He’s bot the most tech ledge skater the way Shane can be, but to me being a great ledge skater isn’t just about how tech your ledge tricks are. If that were the case ledge skating would have peaked in like ‘92 with the wild curb combos. But to me, there are a lot of important elements to ledge skating that aren’t about how tech it is. How do theu get in or out, how long do they slide, how well its balanced, how good do the intangibles about their style show through...all of that matters to me. Shane may not have been the best example of a dude who isn’t like that because there are some examples of it, but I still like Wenning and his whole mindset and style more than Shane’s though.
Edit: think of it this way- to switch 360 flip into a noseblunt you need an amazing switch 360 flip, to switch heel out of a fakie nosegrind you need a perfect fakie nosegrind.
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