Geoff Rowley’s "FREE DOME TO SKATE" Video Part

[rawbertson.]

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Crazy stuff in this....

Is it odd when someone does more than 2 tricks at the same spot at multiple spots multiple times?

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yeah there were some spots where he had like 4-5 tricks, none of which were that high level. i think there are totally times when it makes sense to do that (especially when it might display how nuts a skater went on one specific session) but it happened on like 4 different occasions in this and felt a little superfluous. 8 minutes of ditch skating is a bit exhausting, think this could've benefitted from some trimming and quality control. very sick to still see Rowley out there getting it though, good for him and i certainly wouldn't step to most of these spots

yep just show the best trick @ each spot and use a few of the weaker ones for the trailer. that would have been more impactful.

[goodatmeth]

I thought it was gonna suck because of you guys and I ended up really liking it. Fast as fuck, rough as fuck and dangerous. Felt like Rowley still 100% doing his thing.

I don't get the hate. I'm not gonna do any of this in my 40s

[ggrimmedd]

This and his Propeller part reminds me how boring tech skating is sometimes, nothing better than fast and gnar.

[jorge]

Lest you young ones forget.  Respect is due.

[tadej Pog]

Let the dude do his craft.


Best trick was not in a ditch.

[Coastal Fever]

I’m begging anyone with editing skills to remake this one and cut out all the ditch/bank bomb rideaways.

[Candied cigarettes]

Lol that intro “warning” was the most geoff rowley intro ever.

[KoRnholio8]

I thought it was gonna suck because of you guys and I ended up really liking it. Fast as fuck, rough as fuck and dangerous. Felt like Rowley still 100% doing his thing.

I don't get the hate. I'm not gonna do any of this in my 40s

[Pony_Slaystation]

Ehh not my favorite Rowley part. Like others said the Ollie into the grate was sick but everything else is much the same from him since propeller. Tired of seeing noseslides on ditches, which never really looked cool to me anyway.  Felt more like an 8 minute long instagram compilation than a legit part.

With that being said, the guy doesn’t owe us anything, he’s old, and he looks like he’s having a blast. He’s one of my all time favorites and Im just happy we still have the privilege to watch him skate.

[Tear Up a Trick]

Not sure if this was his first part (2:25) but there's some ditch action way back here

[manysnakes]

On election eve 2012, I got into an argument with Geoff on Instagram because he was posting about how Obama was going to come and take his guns.

Anyone want to DM him like a man and ask his opinion on the vaccine?

[WorldsbestWeedsm0ker]

On election eve 2012, I got into an argument with Geoff on Instagram because he was posting about how Obama was going to come and take his guns.

Anyone want to DM him like a man and ask his opinion on the vaccine?

He doesn’t believe in vaccines he only believes in free dome

[ungzilla]

but how about corey glick's trick that shit was amazing

[fineslime]

Let the dude do his craft.


Best trick was not in a ditch.

yeah! you tell em! it wasn't even done by him either. it was done by tom penny.

[Patrick2G]

I liked it. Hope I’m still skating at that age. Lots of haters on here, jeez. Guy is a legend and you can tell he is still enjoying it.

[Fongstarr.]

Man....when I saw Apples I thought there would be a guest trick by him too. Almost all of those OG Flip riders don't skate like they used to or don't skate at all so it's cool to see anything from these guys.

After watching this and even the Nine Club with Cole and Thomas, it bums me out that these guys are putting out their last parts we'll ever see.

[The night listener]

I bet huge ditches like those would be really intimidating irl. Serious risk of eating shit let alone for a person who is almost 50.

That's exactly my takeaway from this. Mad props even hitting these spots at that age.  Better than any of us here. At this point we're no better than football fan couch couches if we hate on this.

[The night listener]

I don’t know what’s worse:

The unironic use of butt rock…

making your own checkered vans with sharpie like a kid in middle school…

using a terrible pun of a euphemism for getting a bj for your board brand…

or

going from vegan punk to meathead knife guy

Veganism is pretty wack and knives are one of the most useful tools on the world

[The night listener]

On election eve 2012, I got into an argument with Geoff on Instagram because he was posting about how Obama was going to come and take his guns.

Anyone want to DM him like a man and ask his opinion on the vaccine?

Man who gives a fuck? You're not a child to be having role models at your age.

[somethingmustbreaknow]

Sick style, skating what he wants, on his own terms, Penny guest tricks - haters gonna hate, but lets see what y'all skate day to day? Also he's 47 - shred city. 10/10 love it.

only sane take in this thread. let the man do his thing. he wouldn't have to but decides to get out there. it's sick to see

[elbarto]

My favorite skater ever. That first nose blunt sent me back in time. Dude is still skating shit most of y’all wouldn’t touch on your best days and he’s pushing 50. The Penny guest trick was smooth as butta.

[El Freegano]

I don’t know what’s worse:

The unironic use of butt rock…

making your own checkered vans with sharpie like a kid in middle school…

using a terrible pun of a euphemism for getting a bj for your board brand…

or

going from vegan punk to meathead knife guy

Geoff lost me with his hunting shit, but it is pretty admirable to see people expanding the boundaries of age and skating. The back 360 into the bank and the ollie into the metal grate were sick.

[Local skater]

Metal grate filming was botched and I saw kyle walkers name in guest tricks but can't remember seeing him in there?

[Mean salto]

Metal grate filming was botched and I saw kyle walkers name in guest tricks but can't remember seeing him in there?

Noticed that too and it also credits Appleyard. Maybe they had tricks that got cut but they'd already made the credits or just giving them a shoutout for giving him a high five after a trick. Altho is that Sumner at the very end?

[backside_reacharound]

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I thought it was gonna suck because of you guys and I ended up really liking it. Fast as fuck, rough as fuck and dangerous. Felt like Rowley still 100% doing his thing.

I don't get the hate. I'm not gonna do any of this in my 40s

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Same. Watching a dude Geoff's age do any of this shit is rad as hell. If you feel any type of way about all the ditches you should try to skate one, they're fucking gnarly.

[AitchBeeGayBuh]

Years ago I scoped out the spot where his last trick is at thinking I could front tail it. For some reason just at that particular spot that first flat part is rough as all hell and there’s no transition, you just roll down, smash into the flat (for some reason its rocky and crusty as all hell) and then fly down another steep bank.

People have been getting clips in Skips Ditch for over 30 years, there’s a reason that’s the first time I’ve ever seen it in anyone’s part.

[KDP]

The dip down and up into the river, after the lipslide was gnarly! And then Apples pops up to say the same.

That was sick. It was nice to see him flipping his board directly into the banks and well as skating those rails and ledges into them, too.

He has been pro for 29 years, right? When was his first photo in a mag? '89? That's 5 decades, if so. 4 if not.
Madness.

Yeah, the flip to stall to start sliding on a bank can be repetitive, but I feel like he was a little more varied here.

Some of that stuff was on shit most of us wouldn't even drop into.

He's already legend status. This is just bonus shit for us all. He's got nothing to prove...

[Arto!Arto!WakeUp!]

Not sure if this was his first part (2:25) but there's some ditch action way back here

i think this is his first part. no ditches because we don't really have them like that.

[chillclinton87]

my problem was rather with the edit and music- hella lots of looong ride aways and the songs just were at the same pace the whole time so no build up, nothing. wich i guess made the multiple trics into the same spot kinda boring. I'd enjoy a re-edit for sure!

That said, rowley pushing 50 and still havin great style is beautiful. its kinda crazy, that he looks very agile when he slams in this part, that is amazing at that age!

cool to still see him do his thing, dude's a legend!

[RoaryMcTwang]

Still has one of the best styles in the game, pushes himself and does daredevil shit, so no complaints from me. Wish every legendary pro would do 10 percent of this at his age.