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Title: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: Steve Kelly on March 29, 2022, 11:34:16 AM
I notice Spenny does this a ton, and although I think he’s amazing it’s kind of annoying tbh. I get that maybe it helps with the setup, but I’m pretty sure it’s just become a habit at this point. Others are doing it also I’ve noticed.

Is this a new trend or has it always been around? What’s the history?

I’ll admit this is a frivolous, shit thread, but just wondering if other people notice this and what their opinions are.
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: rawbertson. on March 29, 2022, 11:37:16 AM
some people dont want to get their pants dragged
so you have two choices
wear those stupid high waters, or lift your skirt  ;D

or you could just wear pants that are the proper length
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: somefucker on March 29, 2022, 11:37:51 AM
I notice Spenny does this a ton, and although I think he’s amazing it’s kind of annoying tbh. I get that maybe it helps with the setup, but I’m pretty sure it’s just become a habit at this point. Others are doing it also I’ve noticed.

Is this a new trend or has it always been around? What’s the history?

I’ll admit this is a frivolous, shit thread, but just wondering if other people notice this and what their opinions are.

what is the history of pullin up pants slightly he says
is pullin up pants new he says

as long as your pants aren't below your ass or choking your nuts idc

also just wear whatever who cares


Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: The.Skate.Father on March 29, 2022, 11:46:06 AM
Haha kinda reminds me of the crotch grab/readjust people used to do.....
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: Your Cousin Marvin on March 29, 2022, 11:52:42 AM
i adjust my pants because i have a flat ass so i have to hike them up before a trick or my asshole shows if i fall
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: skunty on March 29, 2022, 12:27:20 PM
its just to get your pants ready for the acrobatic manuever youre about to attempt - not just a skating thing. baseball players do it constantly. pants hike itself is benign, it will take on the characteristic of the person doing it. A dork hiking their pants up is dorky, a bad ass doing it is bad ass
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: offkilter on March 29, 2022, 12:41:15 PM
its just to get your pants ready for the acrobatic manuever youre about to attempt - not just a skating thing. baseball players do it constantly. pants hike itself is benign, it will take on the characteristic of the person doing it. A dork hiking their pants up is dorky, a bad ass doing it is bad ass

This applies to almost every "rule" people have about skating.
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: pro club blanks on March 29, 2022, 12:44:47 PM
In Bloom era P was pretty prolific at adjusting his Rod pre trick

Which was the style at the time
(https://c.tenor.com/voWfcC0_1lsAAAAC/onion-tied-to-my-belt-which-was-the-style-at-the-time.gif)
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: EXTRA SPICY on March 29, 2022, 12:49:18 PM
I’ve brought this up on here before and even asked it to The Bunt boys. Some people claim knee stick, ankle drag, etc. whatever. I personally observe it as either a nervous tick (a-La the Reynolds 3 rule), or fake steeze habit. I’m not a fan either way, and it detracts from the skating. That’s just me tho.

Guilty parties, Spenny and PRod included, will do it in shorts and joggers. Find your evidence as need be.

Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: h00man on March 29, 2022, 12:59:02 PM
it helps prior to popping
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: vitunvesa on March 29, 2022, 01:40:27 PM
I know so many people who used to do this because of prod
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: Craig Lutzka on March 29, 2022, 01:49:07 PM
Worst offender of this violation is that scumbag Jagger Eaton.
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: nevrwasben on March 29, 2022, 02:22:54 PM
When the crotch of your pants hangs too low it can restrict the movement of your legs, which is how skateboard tricks are mostly done; with your legs.
Been happening since at least the goofy boy days when we were rocking some ridiculously baggy pants.
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: Lukabrazi on March 29, 2022, 02:37:23 PM
Worst offender of this violation is that scumbag Jagger Eaton.

I dno , TJ rogers gigantic baggy pants have him doin this before literally everytrick
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: Halfdeadanimal on March 29, 2022, 03:51:04 PM
Peter Smolik. Case Closed.
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: funeral_tuxedo on March 29, 2022, 03:56:12 PM
feels good
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: Yonnycage on March 29, 2022, 04:50:00 PM
I’m thinking about inventing some shit that goes around the waistband that holds your pants up so we don’t have to do this shit anymore, it gets annoying after a while
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: banksandledges on March 29, 2022, 04:59:34 PM
 https://www.instagram.com/tv/CbGMWTfJajN/?utm_medium=copy_link (https://www.instagram.com/tv/CbGMWTfJajN/?utm_medium=copy_link)

All this negative talk, blasphemy.
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: Rockin Robbin on March 29, 2022, 05:27:47 PM
Peter Smolik. Case Closed.

Man literally opens his part with a pants hike.

http://youtu.be/Z4M_k1zshXs (http://youtu.be/Z4M_k1zshXs)
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: dilbert1 on March 29, 2022, 05:31:48 PM
Every time I’m about to do a trick I look like I’m putting out an invisible cigarette on the tail of my board for like three seconds pre-pop. Imagining how freakish it would look if I didn’t wear a belt and so performed both of these tics simultaneously.
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: Mantracker on March 29, 2022, 05:34:31 PM
I fucking do this and I know it’s because of Paul, Wade and Spenny - mostly Wade

It just works man idk it sets up the pants with a little crease on the thigh so when you pop it opens and you feel so loose and free

I wear a belt and used to crop my pants and I still did it so idk I’m just fucked
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: dustyassrocketswitchv on March 29, 2022, 05:39:52 PM
P-Rod invented this, obviously
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: Freelancevagrant on March 29, 2022, 05:40:32 PM
Nic boserio does it and that makes it okay. I’ve done it but it’s bc of knee stick.
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: Mean salto on March 29, 2022, 05:57:53 PM
If you have to keep adjusting your clothes while actually skating then you're wearing the wrong clothes. Pants tug is equal to fixing your hair. Do it before you get on or not at all
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: LostBearings on March 29, 2022, 06:24:51 PM
Doesn't happen on the regular but it has happened. Sometimes your pant leg rests on your shoe weird
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: Frank Ward on March 29, 2022, 06:27:56 PM
mike york in mouse pioneered the pre-trick pants-hike
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: tom on March 29, 2022, 06:30:52 PM
Sometimes it’s not the pants that need adjusting. I just gotta wiggle my underwear back into place
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: spicysk8rboi on March 29, 2022, 06:40:38 PM
I sweat a lot and my pants/jeans get soaked causing them to stick to my knees. It’s not an issue in shorts or sweat pants(rarely skate sweats). It definitely restricts movement and I hate it because it looks so weird sometimes.
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: Paul Cicero on March 29, 2022, 06:42:24 PM
If you have to keep adjusting your clothes while actually skating then you're wearing the wrong clothes. Pants tug is equal to fixing your hair. Do it before you get on or not at all

Real man talk
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: Makaveli on March 29, 2022, 07:19:06 PM
It’s so the pants don’t make contact with the grip when you pop. Otherwise, you sand down, fray, and rip through the bottom of the pants.
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: artless on March 30, 2022, 05:05:38 AM
In the days of ridiculously large pants, I remember my heel getting stuck on the bottom of my jeans as I crouched to do any trick or after pushing. Thus I pre-trick pant hiked oft.
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: ralf_ on March 30, 2022, 05:15:54 AM
my girlfriend used to do that when she skated more, I thought it was the sickest flex. said she got it from playing basketball.
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: Pipe Dreamer on March 30, 2022, 05:16:32 AM
P-Rod invented this, obviously
https://youtu.be/E54RueabXLw
Ray Barbee 2.00 disagrees.
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: Hyliannightmare on March 30, 2022, 05:16:47 AM
I notice Spenny does this a ton, and although I think he’s amazing it’s kind of annoying tbh. I get that maybe it helps with the setup, but I’m pretty sure it’s just become a habit at this point. Others are doing it also I’ve noticed.

Is this a new trend or has it always been around? What’s the history?


I’ll admit this is a frivolous, shit thread, but just wondering if other people notice this and what their opinions are.

The baggy pants Era was fucking gold for this
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: Coping Grinder on March 30, 2022, 06:33:45 AM
It's the equivalent to a basketball player hiking their shorts up before defending a tough opponent. Probably has some basing in helping get the pants out of the way of your legs, probably has more to do with mentally getting in the right head space to shut that shit down though.
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: zahed on March 30, 2022, 06:42:00 AM
that kid toby bennett who i think rides for WKND and has the quick feet does this a lot.

doesn't really bother me, i like that kids skating. his part in this video looked cool, below is the example that comes to mind. i absolutely love that one foot mid line.

https://youtu.be/-jX5yWWZeEc?t=88
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: ToySanta on March 30, 2022, 07:10:55 AM
some people dont want to get their pants dragged
so you have two choices
wear those stupid high waters, or lift your skirt  ;D

or you could just wear pants that are the proper length

Hear, hear! Tailoring is underrated.
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: Mean salto on March 30, 2022, 07:15:42 AM
Is it really about the pants length tho? They do it in muay thai every 0.4 seconds. Very annoying
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: Roisto on March 30, 2022, 10:56:09 AM
I do this a lot. I also sweat a lot and the first thing that gets sweaty on my legs are my knees. My friends find this hilarious. If I have pants where it clearly shows that they’re sweaty, I’ll have completely damp knees before any swamp ass. So I do it to avoid my knees sticking to the pants. Would be nice not to have to do it but I’m no style king anyway so I’m fine with it.
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: LiterallyRyan on March 30, 2022, 11:05:30 AM
Anyone thinking this is about pants falling down, pants too baggy you need to pull them up, needing a belt, etc. are scrubs.

Anyway, I still kinda have a habit of doing the "grab my pants at the knee between my thumb and index finger and tug just slightly just enough that a little sock is showing" before hitting a ledge trick. 100% nervous tick and fake steeze, but whatever I've been doing it since I was like 14 so my midwit brain has incorporated it into my skate life.
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: yungthug on March 30, 2022, 11:08:06 AM
Yeah the pre-trick pants hike is not a good look lol.
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: rawbertson. on March 30, 2022, 11:10:33 AM
Anyone thinking this is about pants falling down, pants too baggy you need to pull them up, needing a belt, etc. are scrubs.

Anyway, I still kinda have a habit of doing the "grab my pants at the knee between my thumb and index finger and tug just slightly just enough that a little sock is showing" before hitting a ledge trick. 100% nervous tick and fake steeze, but whatever I've been doing it since I was like 14 so my midwit brain has incorporated it into my skate life.

i always imagined it starts with a pair of pants gone wrong and then it just turns into a nervous tick / coping mechanism
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: Hypnotoad on March 30, 2022, 02:25:16 PM
I first noticed this with Wade D and his legendary fits in the Kayo vid way back.

Wasn’t Spenny one of those giant white tee shirt Canadian kids way back?  Could be ingrained force of habit.
Title: Re: Pre-trick pants hike
Post by: FuzzGNU on March 30, 2022, 07:54:55 PM
Haha kinda reminds me of the crotch grab/readjust people used to do.....

Who's the user on here with a signature that is a guy doing two separate crotch adjustments mid manual? That's what this thread is making me think about, haha.