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[sluggers]

Wray, Markovich, Hensley way before Reynolds.

And, Natas above almost all others. Not sure why Patrick didn't mention him.

[kools]

Dont see Reynolds on that list.

Koston is in the company of few.

Odell is doing an amazing job already.

[Ronald Wilson Reagan]

Heath was not even close to the first person to flip onto a handrail.

The guys who I think of as pushing the envelope into gnarly territory are Frankie Hill and Pat Duffy.

[The Ghost of Lenny Kirk]

Its funny that you mention fully flared as the one that got you hyped on him because thats the video that made me stop thinking he was the best shit ever. I used to be hyped on everything he put out and i was expecting last part but...the part was good but not the over-the-topness that yeah right was. I still think hes good just not the best anymore.  

What makes Reynolds legendary is that hes just hitting his stride now. He skated two 5 blocks IN A LINE for his shake junt part. No one does that. While others are succumbing to verting out hes still skating the biggest gaps. He basically helped define a genre of skateboarding through his whole career the way koston did his genre. Whether you like gap skating isnt the issue, the point is that is what Reynolds did and is doing now.

heaths skated the biggest genre defining rails and hubbas with the best style. hes a legend the way gino is. Dude just has the best style. To say heath isnt a legend is to also say gino isnt either.

[Ronald Wilson Reagan]

Koston's genre? you mean street skating?

[neon blitz]

Heaths probably one of Andrews favourite skaters...

[The Ghost of Lenny Kirk]

Koston's genre? you mean street skating?

As in having to skate everything in a video part instead of selecting content.

[Ronald Wilson Reagan]

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Koston's genre? you mean street skating?

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As in having to skate everything in a video part instead of selecting content.

That's a really really funny way to try to negatively frame somebody being well-rounded in comparison to somebody who isn't.

[Cadillac Ranch Dressing]

I like Reynolds, Koston, and baseball.

[The Ghost of Lenny Kirk]

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Koston's genre? you mean street skating?

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As in having to skate everything in a video part instead of selecting content.

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That's a really really funny way to try to negatively frame somebody being well-rounded in comparison to somebody who isn't.

Im not negatively framing anything...its a style of skating. The obvious successor of it is p.rod. He can sw back noseblunt and switch flip switch backlip legit rails and can also do the insanest ledge tricks ever. Theres nothing wrong with that.

[Ronald Wilson Reagan]

but you make it seem like his all around skill is incomparable to somebody who's skill isn't as well rounded.

[360 frip]

Heath was not even close to the first person to flip onto a handrail.

The guys who I think of as pushing the envelope into gnarly territory are Frankie Hill and Pat Duffy.

His kickflip front board was the first I remember on a big rail. Duffy would be in there. Who was the first to flip in to a decent sized rail?

[Ronald Wilson Reagan]

How is a 6 stair rail big?

[360 frip]

How is a 6 stair rail big?

In my memory it seems pretty big, but I wasn't counting the stairs at the time.

Who was the first to flip onto a proper rail though? There is no need to get all defensive. This isn't a test.

[quaintly]

sal barbier , 89. kf back boardslide.

[David]

Eric Koston - The Chocolate Tour - 1999

[brent]

someone post his menikmati part

[Dirtymac]

ya'll complicate the hell out of this shit...

[Random Matt]

It's bullshit O'dell didn't mention Jay Adams or Alan Gelfand as legends, because ya know without those dudes Koston wouldn't be doin' his magic flip tailgrind reverts or whatever.

[Cadillac Ranch Dressing]

Haha calm down guys. He just mentioned a few dudes off the top of his head. It's not like he was prefacing the episode with "Patrick O'dell's Top 10 Legends". He just threw some names out.

[Fenzadill]

I'm pissed he didn't say Dan Gesmer, that dude was a trailblazer.

[mcpeepants]

the video is not showing up at all, but I can hear the audio... anybody else having trouble with the player?

[lampshade]

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Koston's genre? you mean street skating?

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As in having to skate everything in a video part instead of selecting content.

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That's a really really funny way to try to negatively frame somebody being well-rounded in comparison to somebody who isn't.

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Im not negatively framing anything...its a style of skating. The obvious successor of it is p.rod. He can sw back noseblunt and switch flip switch backlip legit rails and can also do the insanest ledge tricks ever. Theres nothing wrong with that.

Check his old H-Street parts.  He can also pull 540s on vert and insane shit on mini ramps.

[trannies and mannies]

Koston's archival footage in this was amazing. Dude was already on his way to be in the list of greats.

[Zurg]

i feel kinda stupid chiming in on this but....

i think koston is above reynolds in natural ability like you could ask him to do a trick he's never done and be able to figure it out in 5 minutes and do it. where as reynolds is better at taking what he already knows to super gnarly stuff. i could be way off though

[ttching!]

i feel kinda stupid chiming in on this but....

i think koston is above reynolds in natural ability like you could ask him to do a trick he's never done and be able to figure it out in 5 minutes and do it. where as reynolds is better at taking what he already knows to super gnarly stuff. i could be way off though

Yeah, I would say Koston just gets in the van and goes out with the crew when filming a video part where Reynolds has more of an idea for how he wants his part to look that he then goes out and tries to create. Its like abstract art versus conceptual. Maybe you have a preference, but both are sick, and trying to hate on either is just going full person.

[360 frip]

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i feel kinda stupid chiming in on this but....

i think koston is above reynolds in natural ability like you could ask him to do a trick he's never done and be able to figure it out in 5 minutes and do it. where as reynolds is better at taking what he already knows to super gnarly stuff. i could be way off though

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Yeah, I would say Koston just gets in the van and goes out with the crew when filming a video part where Reynolds has more of an idea for how he wants his part to look that he then goes out and tries to create. Its like abstract art versus conceptual. Maybe you have a preference, but both are sick, and trying to hate on either is just going full person.

I don't think that was what people were talking about. It was more the placement in the "Skate Board Hall of Fame."

Silly, I know but less silly than SOTY.

I think context is everything here really.

[Ronald Wilson Reagan]

I hope nobody is taking this argument too seriously. I feel like innocent arguments like these were all they hoped would happen when they decided to add a messageboard to a little corner of Slap magazine's webpage

[BraveUlysses]

Haha calm down guys. He just mentioned a few dudes off the top of his head. It's not like he was prefacing the episode with "Patrick O'dell's Top 10 Legends". He just threw some names out.

This. Some of these comments on some foo foo wham wham shit.

[360 frip]

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Haha calm down guys. He just mentioned a few dudes off the top of his head. It's not like he was prefacing the episode with "Patrick O'dell's Top 10 Legends". He just threw some names out.

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This. Some of these comments on some foo foo wham wham shit.

I don't think anyone is claiming to be right here.

It was just the way O'Dell mentioned Hawk, Gonzales, D-Way, Rodney Mullen and then Reynolds. That's not really just throwing out some names, more like spot the odd one out.