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Skateboarding => USELESS WOODEN TOY BANTER => Topic started by: bbk on August 05, 2006, 02:33:40 PM
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http://expn.go.com/expn/story?pageName=sx12mskbst
"When Chris Cole took third at last year's X Games, he was virtually unknown outside of the east coast skate scene."
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http://expn.go.com/expn/story?pageName=sx12mskbst
"When Chris Cole took third at last year's X Games, he was virtually unknown outside of the east coast skate scene."
Ha Ha what a fucking joke.
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'During the jam sessions, his trick list included a backside three kick-flip over the stair gap and a 360 onto the rail followed by a heel flip off.'
i want to see that last trick
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Yeah I want to see that last trick also, I don't think even Lutzka has done that one, and I'd be interested in watching his triple backside flip also, that sounds sweet.
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Rally car racing?
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Yeah I want to see that last trick also, I don't think even Lutzka has done that one, and I'd be interested in watching his triple backside flip also, that sounds sweet.
what are you talking about? its obviously a back 3 kickflip
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The funniest part is that they say he was unknown the same year he got SOTY for, IE the year New blood was released and he destroyed o couple of contests like at the DC plaza... I mean seriously, don't they know anything anout anything?
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I watched the vert best trick...Tony Hawk was forever correcting the other announcers.
Vin Scully: SIIIICKKK that was a nollie kickflip mctwist!!!
Tony Hawk: No it was a frontside cab varial heelflip.
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'During the jam sessions, his trick list included a backside three kick-flip over the stair gap and a 360 onto the rail followed by a heel flip off.'
i want to see that last trick
HAHAHAHAA that shits too much, shits turning snowboard "jam sessions"
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we love ESPN sportscenter 24/7
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And I freaking hate Joe Morgan
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nollie kickflip mctwist.
flawless.
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The vert best trick contest was actually cool to watch. I just hated how they focused on Shawn White the whole time.
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it's rad elissa steamer won for the third time...
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if you read about steamer..
the article constantly talks about heelslides...
"Needing to rally from the slow start, Steamer did just that and put together a strong overall ride that featured a kickflip backside heelslide, a frontside 50/50 and a nolli kick flip..."
and then its like...
"In her silver-medal performance, Perkins flowed through the competition, sticking a number of tricks including the frontside heel slide, frontside 180, frontside 50/50."
i'm guessing they mean back tail and frontside tail..but who knows what kind of shit these commentators make up..
whatevs...
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Why not just hire skateboarders to commentate on skateboarding. Why is that so hard?
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Why not just hire skateboarders to commentate on skateboarding. Why is that so hard?
Instead we get this "tony hawk" guy, I mean who the fuck is he?!
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what kind of fucking name is vin scully. never seen him but he sounds like a goon
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espn is so xtreme they dont need to get the name of tricks right, because what they say goes.......
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Some years back I remember Jason Ellis talking to another commentator about tricks, Ellis goes " Mike Crum with his trademark nollie flips". The other guy says " What's the deal with this trademark tricks? can other pros do it?" Ellis: "Yeah but they got to sign a waiver".
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what kind of fucking name is vin scully. never seen him but he sounds like a goon
Is that the dread locked faggot? He was at southside one time, what a fucking kook. Couldn't get his tounge out of Kostons ass long enough to talk about anything else. He would also occasionally notice a good, non-koston trick and he would call it out and be like "someone get me that guys name" and then would vibe the kids who would try and tell him.
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Why not just hire skateboarders to commentate on skateboarding. Why is that so hard?
I want Geoff Rowley and Frank Gerwer for next year.
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They need some fast talking smartass guy who knows what's going on to be commentating. Tim O'Connor? Clyde Singleton?
The worst part of anything being on ESPN is you got kooks coming out of the woodwork trying to make like they know anything when they've never done it. I cringe eveytime they have segments on fantasy sports or some stat geekfest.
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its all good
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As usual, I TiVO'd the x-games and ff-ed through the decades of motocross and bmx they fucking stuff that shit with in order to get to skating. I didn't notice anything new, except for back-flips on the mega-ramp.
Each year, though, I get an added appreciation for Tony's commentary. His technical explainations are always interesting and on point, but it is his "politeness" that entertains me the most. You gotta listen close, but if you pay attention you can hear him cringe and hesitate before he finds a way to damage control what that Sal guy says. Most of the time he is so stumped that dead silence is the only thing he can come up with.
I would like to suggest to Mr. Way an exciting variation on the mega ramp: "Big Air Jousting", where the mega ramps face each other and the riders have a choice of weapons: lances, morning stars, flame throwers, tazer guns, and buckets of syphillis.
Just an idea.
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hilarious
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As usual, I TiVO'd the x-games and ff-ed through the decades of motocross and bmx they fucking stuff that shit with in order to get to skating. I didn't notice anything new, except for back-flips on the mega-ramp.
Each year, though, I get an added appreciation for Tony's commentary. His technical explainations are always interesting and on point, but it is his "politeness" that entertains me the most. You gotta listen close, but if you pay attention you can hear him cringe and hesitate before he finds a way to damage control what that Sal guy says. Most of the time he is so stumped that dead silence is the only thing he can come up with.
I would like to suggest to Mr. Way an exciting variation on the mega ramp: "Big Air Jousting", where the mega ramps face each other and the riders have a choice of weapons: lances, morning stars, flame throwers, tazer guns, and buckets of syphillis.
Just an idea.
I would definitely view the X-Games if this were a reality. An Andy MacDonald decapitation would leave me in ecstasy.
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They need some fast talking smartass guy who knows what's going on to be commentating. Tim O'Connor? Clyde Singleton?
Clyde Singelton and Nate Sherwood, fuck Tim O'Connor
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espn is so xtreme they dont need to get the name of tricks right, because what they say goes.......
What "ollie north"
Serioulys what the fuck is it supposed to mean ?
"one footed ollie" or "ollie one foot" pretty much can't say the trick any better but "ollie north" i mean fuck off with that shit
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I hear you gentlemen about the commentators but I'm just as concerned about Colin McKay's over and over and over and over and over attempt at the back tail kickflip revert or whatever he tried over and over and was getting close to landing in the flat.
How does this guy get invited to something like this and why does he participate? Better yet, why does he still have a pro model? It's one thing if the dude was landing it but the commentator even said, 'we watched Colin try this for three hours the other night and he never landed it..."
The X-games are a waste. Colin yo-yo'ing himself up the tranny and back down again over and over is just as much of a waste. Good Grief.
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I hear you gentlemen about the commentators but I'm just as concerned about Colin McKay's over and over and over and over and over attempt at the back tail kickflip revert or whatever he tried over and over and was getting close to landing in the flat.
How does this guy get invited to something like this and why does he participate? Better yet, why does he still have a pro model? It's one thing if the dude was landing it but the commentator even said, 'we watched Colin try this for three hours the other night and he never landed it..."
The X-games are a waste. Colin yo-yo'ing himself up the tranny and back down again over and over is just as much of a waste. Good Grief.
WHAT - check his bio
http://expn.go.com/athletes/bios/MCKAY_COLIN.html
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espn is so xtreme they dont need to get the name of tricks right, because what they say goes.......
What "ollie north"
Serioulys what the fuck is it supposed to mean ?
"one footed ollie" or "ollie one foot" pretty much can't say the trick any better but "ollie north" i mean fuck off with that shit
I heard "ollie north" before the x-games, but never liked the name. ITs a reference to 1980's Iran contra co-conspirator Oliver North.
The one that pisses me off is the "overcrook" thing that seemed to have spawned from thps. Before that a backside one was called a Gersh grind and frontside ones seemed to be picking up momentum under the name "McCrank grind" where I was from.
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was anyone there during the vert best trick contest when shaun white was trying the 1080 and he stuck one perfect and didnt roll away, then they went to commercial and people from the x games and the world cup skateboarding thing went on the ramp and wouldnt let him drop in and try it? like standing on the ramp to block his way. i dont really like shaun white, or consider him a skateboarder but when ANYBODYS trying a trick that hard and is that focused you dont just get in their way and make them stop trying, thats really fucked up. he got hurt like 5 minutes later when they came back from commercial. espn is lame as fuck man, soooo fucking terrible.
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was anyone there during the vert best trick contest when shaun white was trying the 1080 and he stuck one perfect and didnt roll away, then they went to commercial and people from the x games and the world cup skateboarding thing went on the ramp and wouldnt let him drop in and try it? like standing on the ramp to block his way. i dont really like shaun white, or consider him a skateboarder but when ANYBODYS trying a trick that hard and is that focused you dont just get in their way and make them stop trying, thats really fucked up. he got hurt like 5 minutes later when they came back from commercial. espn is lame as fuck man, soooo fucking terrible.
That is so fucking weak.
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The funniest part is that they say he was unknown the same year he got SOTY for, IE the year New blood was released and he destroyed o couple of contests like at the DC plaza... I mean seriously, don't they know anything anout anything?
You can't take anything that ESPN says regarding skateboarding seriously. All that stuff they talk about and announce are aimed for those who have absolutely no clue about skateboarding and the professionals that are out there. I bet if you asked any of the ESPN dudes what they think about Guy Mariano you'll just get a blank stare in return. I you want info on football, basketball, etc. watch ESPN's SportCenter. If you wanna know which pro is riding for what company or who did what down El Toro... read the Slap Messageboards.
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after watching the "commercial free best trick vert skate jam featuring shawn white and the 1080" i mysteriously want to buy a saturn automobile
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Why not just hire skateboarders to commentate on skateboarding. Why is that so hard?
Picture how much better it would be if they had Clyde Singleton doing the commentary with Tim O'Connor. Andy Mac would be hating life if Clyde was commenting on his vert run.
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was anyone there during the vert best trick contest when shaun white was trying the 1080 and he stuck one perfect and didnt roll away, then they went to commercial and people from the x games and the world cup skateboarding thing went on the ramp and wouldnt let him drop in and try it? like standing on the ramp to block his way. i dont really like shaun white, or consider him a skateboarder but when ANYBODYS trying a trick that hard and is that focused you dont just get in their way and make them stop trying, thats really fucked up. he got hurt like 5 minutes later when they came back from commercial. espn is lame as fuck man, soooo fucking terrible.
I heard that too. Awful, just awful. I'm not a fan of Shaun White's necessarily, but I don't wish him any ill will, and this display is disgusting. Just fucking tape it and put a 5 minute delay on broadcasting
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Better yet, why does he still have a pro model?
He co-owns the company?
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Better yet, why does he still have a pro model?
he was and possibly still is one of the best vert skaters ever?
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isn't there a motocross dude or a bmx dude named colin mackay
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isn't there a motocross dude or a bmx dude named colin mackay
there is a pro wakeboarder named PJ ladd
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was anyone there during the vert best trick contest when shaun white was trying the 1080 and he stuck one perfect and didnt roll away, then they went to commercial and people from the x games and the world cup skateboarding thing went on the ramp and wouldnt let him drop in and try it? like standing on the ramp to block his way. i dont really like shaun white, or consider him a skateboarder but when ANYBODYS trying a trick that hard and is that focused you dont just get in their way and make them stop trying, thats really fucked up. he got hurt like 5 minutes later when they came back from commercial. espn is lame as fuck man, soooo fucking terrible.
jesus christ thats fucking lame
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Better yet, why does he still have a pro model?
he was and possibly still is one of the best vert skaters ever?
OK, owning the company is one way around it. I'll give you that.
One of the best vert skaters ever? Possibly still is?
Dude, you've lost your mind. I know he went throgh an injury but I couldn't even fill up a shoebox with the footage that guy has put together in the last seven years. He was horrible on street and he's laughable on vert. It's nothing personal but if it takes you 2 months to land a trick you're trying on vert and then you can never land it again...you most definitely shouldn't enter a contest and you should definitely not have your own pro model.
I bet the numbers tell the real story. If that guy sells more than 50 decks a month, I'll eat a size 12 DC shoe.
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hey,ill agree with you on the footage
i wish he had more
his approach to vert skating is amazing
and yes he is one of the best,in my eyes #1
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I hear you gentlemen about the commentators but I'm just as concerned about Colin McKay's over and over and over and over and over attempt at the back tail kickflip revert or whatever he tried over and over and was getting close to landing in the flat.
How does this guy get invited to something like this and why does he participate? Better yet, why does he still have a pro model? It's one thing if the dude was landing it but the commentator even said, 'we watched Colin try this for three hours the other night and he never landed it..."
The X-games are a waste. Colin yo-yo'ing himself up the tranny and back down again over and over is just as much of a waste. Good Grief.
WHAT - check his bio
http://expn.go.com/athletes/bios/MCKAY_COLIN.html
if you can't even figure out what trick he's trying...how can you even question him having a board out....i'd rather watch colin try stuff than bucky land stuff...
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Trying to watch the X-Games for any semblance of actual skateboarding is like trying to watch a violent gangster movie on basic cable. Now the world series of Darts/Dominoes on the other hand...is a different story.
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I hear you gentlemen about the commentators but I'm just as concerned about Colin McKay's over and over and over and over and over attempt at the back tail kickflip revert or whatever he tried over and over and was getting close to landing in the flat.
How does this guy get invited to something like this and why does he participate? Better yet, why does he still have a pro model? It's one thing if the dude was landing it but the commentator even said, 'we watched Colin try this for three hours the other night and he never landed it..."
The X-games are a waste. Colin yo-yo'ing himself up the tranny and back down again over and over is just as much of a waste. Good Grief.
WHAT - check his bio
http://expn.go.com/athletes/bios/MCKAY_COLIN.html
if you can't even figure out what trick he's trying...how can you even question him having a board out....i'd rather watch colin try stuff than bucky land stuff...
It was a back tail kickflip revert like I mentioned. The whatever came as a punctuation of how I felt about the trick and how on the few attempts where he got his feet near the baord, he was 2 feet into the transition near the flat. Whatever. And the fact that watching him attempt it over and over and over and not getting close to landing it was like watching a NASCAR race where cars just go around and around and around and around and around.
Bucky vs. Colin? 6 of one, half dozen of the other...they're both jocks that skate vert...one just actually wins contests sometimes and one hasn't placed in a contest since 2000 or whatever. Whatever.
I'm not going to debate about vert skaters because I don't really give a shit about it. I will gladly debate about pros who have pro models who don't deserve them though. Colin McKay is the first pro that comes to mind. Simple as that.
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espn is so xtreme they dont need to get the name of tricks right, because what they say goes.......
What "ollie north"
Serioulys what the fuck is it supposed to mean ?
"one footed ollie" or "ollie one foot" pretty much can't say the trick any better but "ollie north" i mean fuck off with that shit
The one that pisses me off is the "overcrook" thing that seemed to have spawned from thps. Before that a backside one was called a Gersh grind and frontside ones seemed to be picking up momentum under the name "McCrank grind" where I was from.
"mccrank grind" and "gersh grind"?
what fucking planet is your broke ass from?
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I hear you gentlemen about the commentators but I'm just as concerned about Colin McKay's over and over and over and over and over attempt at the back tail kickflip revert or whatever he tried over and over and was getting close to landing in the flat.
How does this guy get invited to something like this and why does he participate? Better yet, why does he still have a pro model? It's one thing if the dude was landing it but the commentator even said, 'we watched Colin try this for three hours the other night and he never landed it..."
The X-games are a waste. Colin yo-yo'ing himself up the tranny and back down again over and over is just as much of a waste. Good Grief.
WHAT - check his bio
http://expn.go.com/athletes/bios/MCKAY_COLIN.html
if you can't even figure out what trick he's trying...how can you even question him having a board out....i'd rather watch colin try stuff than bucky land stuff...
It was a back tail kickflip revert like I mentioned. The whatever came as a punctuation of how I felt about the trick and how on the few attempts where he got his feet near the baord, he was 2 feet into the transition near the flat. Whatever. And the fact that watching him attempt it over and over and over and not getting close to landing it was like watching a NASCAR race where cars just go around and around and around and around and around.
Bucky vs. Colin? 6 of one, half dozen of the other...they're both jocks that skate vert...one just actually wins contests sometimes and one hasn't placed in a contest since 2000 or whatever. Whatever.
I'm not going to debate about vert skaters because I don't really give a shit about it. I will gladly debate about pros who have pro models who don't deserve them though. Colin McKay is the first pro that comes to mind. Simple as that.
just stop posting, you're annoying
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I hear you gentlemen about the commentators but I'm just as concerned about Colin McKay's over and over and over and over and over attempt at the back tail kickflip revert or whatever he tried over and over and was getting close to landing in the flat.
How does this guy get invited to something like this and why does he participate? Better yet, why does he still have a pro model? It's one thing if the dude was landing it but the commentator even said, 'we watched Colin try this for three hours the other night and he never landed it..."
The X-games are a waste. Colin yo-yo'ing himself up the tranny and back down again over and over is just as much of a waste. Good Grief.
WHAT - check his bio
http://expn.go.com/athletes/bios/MCKAY_COLIN.html
if you can't even figure out what trick he's trying...how can you even question him having a board out....i'd rather watch colin try stuff than bucky land stuff...
It was a back tail kickflip revert like I mentioned. The whatever came as a punctuation of how I felt about the trick and how on the few attempts where he got his feet near the baord, he was 2 feet into the transition near the flat. Whatever. And the fact that watching him attempt it over and over and over and not getting close to landing it was like watching a NASCAR race where cars just go around and around and around and around and around.
Bucky vs. Colin? 6 of one, half dozen of the other...they're both jocks that skate vert...one just actually wins contests sometimes and one hasn't placed in a contest since 2000 or whatever. Whatever.
I'm not going to debate about vert skaters because I don't really give a shit about it. I will gladly debate about pros who have pro models who don't deserve them though. Colin McKay is the first pro that comes to mind. Simple as that.
just stop posting, you're annoying
Awesome! Another DC/Syndrome head up in this piece!
Your opinions are outdated and no longer hold any significance in skating so you can leave now, thanks.
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I hear you gentlemen about the commentators but I'm just as concerned about Colin McKay's over and over and over and over and over attempt at the back tail kickflip revert or whatever he tried over and over and was getting close to landing in the flat.
How does this guy get invited to something like this and why does he participate? Better yet, why does he still have a pro model? It's one thing if the dude was landing it but the commentator even said, 'we watched Colin try this for three hours the other night and he never landed it..."
The X-games are a waste. Colin yo-yo'ing himself up the tranny and back down again over and over is just as much of a waste. Good Grief.
WHAT - check his bio
http://expn.go.com/athletes/bios/MCKAY_COLIN.html
if you can't even figure out what trick he's trying...how can you even question him having a board out....i'd rather watch colin try stuff than bucky land stuff...
It was a back tail kickflip revert like I mentioned. The whatever came as a punctuation of how I felt about the trick and how on the few attempts where he got his feet near the baord, he was 2 feet into the transition near the flat. Whatever. And the fact that watching him attempt it over and over and over and not getting close to landing it was like watching a NASCAR race where cars just go around and around and around and around and around.
Bucky vs. Colin? 6 of one, half dozen of the other...they're both jocks that skate vert...one just actually wins contests sometimes and one hasn't placed in a contest since 2000 or whatever. Whatever.
I'm not going to debate about vert skaters because I don't really give a shit about it. I will gladly debate about pros who have pro models who don't deserve them though. Colin McKay is the first pro that comes to mind. Simple as that.
just stop posting, you're annoying
Oh shit, it's you. Don't you have some tears to cry over Kerry Getz or something? I'm glad your shitty little bumpkin spot got shut down. Maybe it has something to do with karma...you know, the fact that you're a little bitch?
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sizeable your a faggot , colin is dope