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Title: Why can’t Lil Wayne kickflip?
Post by: SatanicPanic on June 20, 2022, 03:08:40 PM
Like it’s not that hard. I feel like if I’d started at whatever age he did and had a bunch of pros wanting to hang with me I’d at least figure those out.
Title: Re: Why can’t Lil Wayne kickflip?
Post by: Gab on June 20, 2022, 03:10:30 PM
Never even tried
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Post by: FatGuy92 on June 20, 2022, 03:15:26 PM
Cus he can barely ollie. Last thing I saw from him he couldn't even pop into a 5050, all ride on grinds.
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Post by: doublesteveburger on June 20, 2022, 03:28:35 PM
pint sized Wayne sparked the ride on resurgence
Title: Re: Why can’t Lil Wayne kickflip?
Post by: SatanicPanic on June 20, 2022, 03:47:33 PM
pint sized Wayne sparked the ride on resurgence
Do you wrote ESPN headlines? I think you should
Title: Re: Why can’t Lil Wayne kickflip?
Post by: switchfakie on June 20, 2022, 04:18:47 PM
who?
Title: Re: Why can’t Lil Wayne kickflip?
Post by: lysdexia on June 20, 2022, 04:22:51 PM
cause he hasn't practiced them enough
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Post by: Esquivel on June 20, 2022, 04:28:16 PM
He needs to improve his lean.
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Post by: Underpressureflips on June 20, 2022, 04:35:58 PM
If supermodels were blowing me left and right I wouldn’t have time to learn kick flips either
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Post by: nocomplysweeper on June 20, 2022, 04:52:38 PM
I've seen literal children force kickflips after a day or two, no reason why he couldn't land one. Maybe he's too busy pumping out mediocre music and being rich. Maybe he just used skateboarding as a marketing gimmick? I know that's NEVER been done before by ANY celebrity.
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Post by: chris on June 20, 2022, 05:07:22 PM
Improper bushing durometer
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Post by: offkilter on June 20, 2022, 05:14:08 PM
Wheelbase (obviously)
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Post by: Paul_Glider Skateboards on June 20, 2022, 05:18:51 PM
I’m on the boat where I think kickflips are a bit hard to learn. First flip trick for most people; a different game and bigger consequence if you miss than a shuv or 180 type of trick. It took me some time to figure it out rolling.

My guess is that he probably doesn’t skate as much as he wants to and when he does, he wants to do tricks he already knows
Title: Re: Why can’t Lil Wayne kickflip?
Post by: swanronson on June 20, 2022, 05:22:40 PM
I don’t think he skates consistently enough, I imagine he’s an extremely busy guy
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Post by: doublesteveburger on June 20, 2022, 05:33:47 PM
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pint sized Wayne sparked the ride on resurgence
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Do you wrote ESPN headlines? I think you should


doublesalmasakelaburger
Title: Re: Why can’t Lil Wayne kickflip?
Post by: Lenny the Fatface on June 20, 2022, 05:39:28 PM
Jamal Smith and Peter Hewitt can’t kickflip either and they’re sick.

Edit- and AVE said somewhere that he can’t do a regs kickflip anymore.
Title: Re: Why can’t Lil Wayne kickflip?
Post by: Spectre on June 20, 2022, 05:55:44 PM
I've seen literal children force kickflips after a day or two, no reason why he couldn't land one. Maybe he's too busy pumping out mediocre music and being rich. Maybe he just used skateboarding as a marketing gimmick? I know that's NEVER been done before by ANY celebrity.

Who were you around? Little nyjah and rayssa?
Title: Re: Why can’t Lil Wayne kickflip?
Post by: j....soy..... on June 20, 2022, 06:23:37 PM
Seems more of a heelflip guy…..
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Post by: big_kev_215 on June 20, 2022, 06:34:32 PM
Lil Wayne’s skateboarding style and trick selection is so bad it’s to the point where it’s actually amazing.  Last clip I watched of him he boardslide a foot and a half high flat-down rail without popping his tail.  It was like some sort of unintentional pressure/slappy boardslide that I couldn’t replicate if I tried for hours. 
Title: Re: Why can’t Lil Wayne kickflip?
Post by: Hyliannightmare on June 20, 2022, 06:40:14 PM
If supermodels were blowing me left and right I wouldn’t have time to learn kick flips either

Fakie shoves fine
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Post by: Burt Ward on June 20, 2022, 07:07:53 PM
Cos he still drops homophobic slurs into his shitty music.
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Post by: conqueso on June 20, 2022, 07:28:57 PM
dat lean whoadie
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Post by: Freelancevagrant on June 20, 2022, 08:04:03 PM
I’m on the boat where I think kickflips are a bit hard to learn. First flip trick for most people; a different game and bigger consequence if you miss than a shuv or 180 type of trick. It took me some time to figure it out rolling.

My guess is that he probably doesn’t skate as much as he wants to and when he does, he wants to do tricks he already knows

There I go thinking the only thing lil Wayne and I had in common was wanting to clap nicki’s cheeks and being kinda scared of C-Muder.
Title: Re: Why can’t Lil Wayne kickflip?
Post by: Uncle Flea on June 20, 2022, 08:47:11 PM
I’d rather see him no comply flip like maybe off a parking block on a hubba of into an a frame.

I bet if I skated his park I could show him some killer shit better than a rocket kickflip

I bet he’s like me. Fakie heels. That’s my sting one. Half cab heel with in 3.

I throw down all switch and shit. Bone the fuck out of it.

Lil Wayne should be doing non compliance combos. It fits the style.
Title: Re: Why can’t Lil Wayne kickflip?
Post by: Uncle Flea on June 20, 2022, 08:48:27 PM
Back side flip might also be way cooler too. That might be worth it.
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Post by: Sick Duck on June 20, 2022, 09:04:18 PM
Can he ollie even?
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Post by: quackquack on June 20, 2022, 09:30:51 PM
Can he ollie even?

No, he can only ollie odd.

'And the end is coming, but I ain't running, I'm hiding and ducking - in the middle of a war, I'm alive and love it'

Dude does mouth kickflips, fuck Tha Carter 2 was so good.
Title: Re: Why can’t Lil Wayne kickflip?
Post by: pro club blanks on June 20, 2022, 09:41:22 PM
Lil wayne was and has always been wack
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Post by: Uncle Flea on June 20, 2022, 09:51:02 PM
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Can he ollie even?
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No, he can only ollie odd.

'And the end is coming, but I ain't running, I'm hiding and ducking - in the middle of a war, I'm alive and love it'

Dude does mouth kickflips, fuck Tha Carter 2 was so good.

He is good. I have the Milli single with the instrumental version. One of my favorite records. I used to mash up that with helmet’s unsung.

Super heavy shit was a perfect fit.
Title: Re: Why can’t Lil Wayne kickflip?
Post by: Skatebeard on June 21, 2022, 02:31:36 AM
If I learnt to kickflip at 35 years old, having not skated for 12 years... any skateboarder can.

It's more of a psychological block IMO. When I was a teenager I pretty much convinced myself I couldn't and never would learn them- approached it with a different mindset in my 30s and suddenly there it was.
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Post by: IpathCats on June 21, 2022, 05:03:24 AM
Sometimes i say "Le Wayn" like he's french. That probably has something to do with it. His age combined with his history of lean consumption can't help either.
Title: Re: Why can’t Lil Wayne kickflip?
Post by: pdknox on June 21, 2022, 05:48:27 AM
hes on his last pair of supra skytops so hes not trying to ruin them.  the muska needs to send him a care package
Title: Re: Why can’t Lil Wayne kickflip?
Post by: boogs on June 21, 2022, 06:03:54 AM
try as i may i can't come up with a punchline to this joke
Title: Re: Why can’t Lil Wayne kickflip?
Post by: boogs on June 21, 2022, 06:05:44 AM
try as i may i can't come up with a punchline to this joke

something something something stuntin' like my daddy
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Post by: IpathCats on June 21, 2022, 06:34:09 AM
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try as i may i can't come up with a punchline to this joke
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something something something stuntin' like my daddy

Guess he really isnt Birdman Jr after all.... oh wait nvm, diff birdman.
Title: Re: Why can’t Lil Wayne kickflip?
Post by: sk8punk110 on June 21, 2022, 08:22:48 AM
Why come lil Wayne cant pop his board?
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Post by: Easy Slider on June 21, 2022, 11:08:14 AM
Why come lil Wayne cant pop his board?

Have a Gnar, good sir!
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Post by: Coping Grinder on June 21, 2022, 12:24:31 PM
Sometimes i say "Le Wayn" like he's french. That probably has something to do with it. His age combined with his history of lean consumption can't help either.

In France my buddy bought a bunch of cough medicine over the counter and we brought them to Germany then had a goofy night drinking a bunch of that shit during a night of drinking alcohol.

This is all to say that I think you're on to something.
Title: Re: Why can’t Lil Wayne kickflip?
Post by: Uncle Flea on June 21, 2022, 12:26:56 PM
If I learnt to kickflip at 35 years old, having not skated for 12 years... any skateboarder can.

It's more of a psychological block IMO. When I was a teenager I pretty much convinced myself I couldn't and never would learn them- approached it with a different mindset in my 30s and suddenly there it was.

+1

Respect


Lil Wayne definitely needs to be in my band tho
Title: Re: Why can’t Lil Wayne kickflip?
Post by: S. on June 21, 2022, 02:11:55 PM
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If I learnt to kickflip at 35 years old, having not skated for 12 years... any skateboarder can.

It's more of a psychological block IMO. When I was a teenager I pretty much convinced myself I couldn't and never would learn them- approached it with a different mindset in my 30s and suddenly there it was.
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+1

Respect


Lil Wayne definitely needs to be in my band tho

Props man!

I have a friend who started skating at 30 and 5 years later he probably lands a kickflip every other session. he also often come close to landing 360 flips and heelflips I am shure he will get those too eventually. He does skate three times a week though. he loves it. I get a little jealous sometimes when he does a basic trick for the first time and is completely stoked.
Title: Re: Why can’t Lil Wayne kickflip?
Post by: j....soy..... on June 21, 2022, 06:16:03 PM
If this is hating on a rich rapper….fine…..but who gives a shit if you can’t do a kickflip…..
Title: Re: Why can’t Lil Wayne kickflip?
Post by: SatanicPanic on June 21, 2022, 06:47:04 PM
If this is hating on a rich rapper….fine…..but who gives a shit if you can’t do a kickflip…..
I don’t! I’ve landed exactly one this year. You can be a good skater and not do them (not that I’m good cause I’m not). I was just remembering how he said he was going to be the greatest but I figure the greatest skater in the world would be able to kickflip.
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Post by: Beeker on June 21, 2022, 06:48:38 PM
If this is hating on a rich rapper….fine…..but who gives a shit if you can’t do a kickflip…..

Plus like, if you can't switch flip or nollie flip then I guess it ain't that easy huh? I can kickflip pretty good, but I could spend the next ten years trying to nollie flip and never get it, so I'd never clown on someone who can't kickflip.
Title: Re: Why can’t Lil Wayne kickflip?
Post by: JANUS on June 21, 2022, 07:00:11 PM
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Post by: headtowall on June 21, 2022, 07:03:17 PM
honestly who cares, the dude obviously loves it and is having fun
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Post by: busstopmag on June 22, 2022, 05:29:43 AM
I agree, I think it's very much a psychological thing. I know for years I could do the motion just right, just never put my front foot back on it. just kind of a mental F YOU my brain was giving me, like it's afraid of me enjoying skateboarding too much. The first time I actually committed was around some regional heroes that came to visit our rural DIY. That was the best and only good kickflip I ever did.
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Post by: Uncle Flea on June 22, 2022, 08:40:29 AM
He should become a heel flipper imo.

Kick flip has been ruined. I get yelled at so much I hardly been skating in the day time. 

I said to one guy do a head spin.  He thought about fighting me but I was probably out of focus or something? When they got closer they thought the right thought.

It’s never a good idea to fight a skateboarder. You probably ain’t going to win unless you been training and shit.

After 39 years of eating shit there’s very little you can do to hurt me physically and trying to fight me over some dumb shit just hurts my feelings yo
Title: Re: Why can’t Lil Wayne kickflip?
Post by: augustmoon on June 22, 2022, 08:51:55 AM
I think he's doing pretty good for someone who started in his 30s.  And he's at least 10 years deep or more at this point, so I'd say he's in it cause he loves it and not as part of a fad.  the two benches I skate everyday came from his now-defunct skatepark so I'm grateful for Wayne.
Title: Re: Why can’t Lil Wayne kickflip?
Post by: Uncle Flea on June 22, 2022, 09:33:44 AM
I think he's doing pretty good for someone who started in his 30s.  And he's at least 10 years deep or more at this point, so I'd say he's in it cause he loves it and not as part of a fad.  the two benches I skate everyday came from his now-defunct skatepark so I'm grateful for Wayne.

I was not a fan of his till I found out he was one of us. Also crash money was a horrendous label pushing out tracks that needed way way more thought.

Maybe picking up the board increased his style in the studio because he got good right around the time he started skateboarding.

Trash Money.
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Post by: Billy Bitchcakes on June 22, 2022, 11:00:24 AM
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yoooo was that switch
Title: Re: Why can’t Lil Wayne kickflip?
Post by: work_lurker on June 22, 2022, 01:31:08 PM
Jonah Hill just taught him actually
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Post by: DaSk8D00D on June 22, 2022, 02:36:27 PM
Lil Wayne is 39 years old I know SLAP of all places isn’t giving this man grief over not doing kickflips. 99% of posters on here at that age have stopped doing flip tricks entirely
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Post by: JANUS on June 22, 2022, 04:49:32 PM
honestly who cares, the dude obviously loves it and is having fun
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Post by: Uncle Flea on June 22, 2022, 07:30:35 PM
He should do noncompliance 360.
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Post by: Sick Duck on June 22, 2022, 08:03:31 PM
I don’t doubt that he loves skating and that’s cool in my book, just think it’s funny that for someone who always talks about how cool and tough he is he’s pretty damn uncoordinated
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Post by: PatrickSkateman on June 23, 2022, 08:25:39 AM
It’s because we are not the same, he is a Martian.
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Post by: mooraga on June 23, 2022, 08:48:53 AM
If I learnt to kickflip at 35 years old, having not skated for 12 years... any skateboarder can.

It's more of a psychological block IMO. When I was a teenager I pretty much convinced myself I couldn't and never would learn them- approached it with a different mindset in my 30s and suddenly there it was.

As a mediocre 33 years old skater I back this
I've learned more tricks/variations in the last 1.5 years than ever before just cause I dedicated more time in searching for the right foot position, arms, speed and stuff like that. As a youngster I just wanted to do tricks but didnt wanted to spend time on the analysis of variables.
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Post by: jgonzalez on June 23, 2022, 05:33:21 PM
It’s because we are not the same, he is a Martian.

Remember that misfits song “I sucked off a Martian”
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Post by: Coastal Fever on June 23, 2022, 05:43:51 PM
It’s because we are not the same, he is a Martian.

You’re a Gold Goon but what’s a goon to a goblin.
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Post by: sharkin on June 23, 2022, 05:45:45 PM
The best “rapper who skates” is definitely Nakel Smith and it’s a bit ironic because he is also the worst “skater who raps”
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Post by: Mark Renton on June 23, 2022, 06:06:27 PM
No cos that would move him from Lil Wayne to Medium Wayne and that name is already taken.
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Post by: milk.razor on June 23, 2022, 06:44:12 PM
skating downtown the other week with my friend, we passed some bros at a bar outside who yelled the thing and I just didn’t even look back, popped and landed a crispy one. heard them all cheering behind me as i kept goin. top 10 best feelings
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Post by: Uncle Flea on June 23, 2022, 07:14:12 PM
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It’s because we are not the same, he is a Martian.
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Remember that misfits song “I sucked off a Martian”

We say it

I slid into a Martian. Ooooo oooh oh.

It’s quite old school here. Pre not a real reunion era shit.

I saw all three of the first round on mg fits. My lil brother’s first stage dove was at the Middle East. I snuck him in because it wasn’t all ages.

We jumped off the railing on the left side. No one was looking at us. I landed on 70% heads.  Next thing I feel is someone pulling on my legs.  Pulling me down. I hit the ground fist up!

Everyone is looking at me smiling. 

I look down there’s my 12 yro 4’2 85 lbs brother looking up at me under the crowd.

I pick him up and throw him up top. Packed house.
They throw him on stage the music stops right when he hits the stage. 

He’s completely dressed exactly like glen danzig. He looked exactly like him hair gloves shirt and boots.

They said something to the effect of take back your life size Danzig doll!

The show continued.

He had jumped right behind me tho. Trying to use me as a floaty or something.

Time of his life.

I’m not a fan of their later stuff at all. Horrendous bull shit. They had not been writing music yet at the point. I don’t think it was even sold out because more homies who didn’t have ID got in and we danced the night away.

Good show. Tight crowd 20 rows deep no pit. Little bit of circle pit. Not much. Was too crowded. 
very reminiscent of the very early 90s pop punk wave pool style shit of axis and Avalon cali core shows.

I saw Green Day there second time they was in town. The burned down the house. Best crowd response I’ve ever seen at a show.


But

I’m a Danzig fan but really I only earth ad Samhain and Danzig one and two.

I don’t Green Day much post dookie. Blowing up ruined all that was beautiful.

I lost my virginity after that show.