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Who is the most well rounded skateboarder of all time?
« on: January 11, 2019, 07:00:03 PM »
I think it might just be Danny Way!?

Dude is/was a beast at everything pretty much:


Vert
Street
Tranny
Megaramp

In street, he was hucking hammers, doin Manny tricks, hubba shit, big rails, etc.


One of the most complete if not the most complete skateboarder ever...


Who else has that type of resume that I might not know about?


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Re: Who is the most well rounded skateboarder of all time?
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2019, 07:01:39 PM »
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Re: Who is the most well rounded skateboarder of all time?
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2019, 07:01:56 PM »
Jonah Hill

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Re: Who is the most well rounded skateboarder of all time?
« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2019, 07:02:03 PM »
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Re: Who is the most well rounded skateboarder of all time?
« Reply #4 on: January 11, 2019, 07:09:34 PM »
Jabari Pendleton’s rather round.

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Re: Who is the most well rounded skateboarder of all time?
« Reply #5 on: January 11, 2019, 07:12:15 PM »
GT

fuck manuals.. shit is basically freestyle

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Re: Who is the most well rounded skateboarder of all time?
« Reply #6 on: January 11, 2019, 07:18:21 PM »
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fuck manuals.. shit is basically freestyle

Manuals are hard. Can you 3 flip nose manny kickflip out?
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Re: Who is the most well rounded skateboarder of all time?
« Reply #7 on: January 11, 2019, 07:20:20 PM »
I’m gonna say Mullen, Way, Tony, Gonz, koston, and Daewon could all be argued for pre 2000 but in different ways. Mullen might seem like the misfit in that group, but I’ve heard from multiple accounts he could do head high backside airs and 5-6 second held andrechts on 12 foot vert ramps in 82-84. Obviously in terms of technical street, him, koston, and daewon owned the nineties. Obviously Rodney Mullen is the greatest freestyler ever period, invented most technical street flips, pretty much is the only guy who can combine freestyle and street to that level. All the other kids who have tried like Kilian Martin, Connor Burke, Andy Anderson, Alexander Rademaker cannot do what Rodney does at his level of precision, technicality, and overall skill level of his freestyle/street hybrid. Which is why I say Rodney prolly wins the overall because he hits check boxes. Best freestyler ever period. Could professionally compete in vert in the 80s if he really wanted to. One of the best technical street skaters ever who invented most flip tricks in street. He also can combine freestyle and street like no one else.


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Re: Who is the most well rounded skateboarder of all time?
« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2019, 07:40:18 PM »
Ishod and Daan

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Re: Who is the most well rounded skateboarder of all time?
« Reply #9 on: January 11, 2019, 07:45:29 PM »
moses itkonen maybe

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« Reply #10 on: January 11, 2019, 07:56:36 PM »
Excluding mega ramp cause that shit sucks I would say:

Gonz, Penny and Koston can rip street, mini and vert. Back in the days I liked how Lance Mountain and Cab skated vert, pools and street

Auby Taylor skates street and vert well and as mentioned so did Moses and Chany

Including mega shit then Heath is the best street and mega skater

« Last Edit: January 11, 2019, 07:58:25 PM by Donald Rump »

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Re: Who is the most well rounded skateboarder of all time?
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Re: Who is the most well rounded skateboarder of all time?
« Reply #12 on: January 11, 2019, 08:05:07 PM »
Wade.
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Re: Who is the most well rounded skateboarder of all time?
« Reply #13 on: January 11, 2019, 08:07:10 PM »
Danny Way probably seems like the logical answer, but if you look at Burnquist's old footage from the early 90's, you'll see that his street skills were there too.  Plus he was more well rounded on the mega stuff. 
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Re: Who is the most well rounded skateboarder of all time?
« Reply #14 on: January 11, 2019, 08:09:44 PM »
  I saw him skate in person (wade) it was a slam city jam.  He was untouchable.  Best all terrain is Tom Penny imo.
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Re: Who is the most well rounded skateboarder of all time?
« Reply #15 on: January 11, 2019, 08:11:10 PM »
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Re: Who is the most well rounded skateboarder of all time?
« Reply #16 on: January 11, 2019, 09:05:56 PM »
Mark Gonzalez
Daewon Song
Danny Way
Chris Senn
Rick McCrank
John Rattray
Heath Kirchart
Jerry Hsu
Ryan Sheckler
Grant Taylor
Ishod Wair
Curren Caples

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Re: Who is the most well rounded skateboarder of all time?
« Reply #17 on: January 11, 2019, 09:09:58 PM »
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Re: Who is the most well rounded skateboarder of all time?
« Reply #18 on: January 11, 2019, 09:12:52 PM »
Can Ishod do manuals?

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Re: Who is the most well rounded skateboarder of all time?
« Reply #19 on: January 11, 2019, 09:15:21 PM »
Can Ishod do manuals?

I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that he probably could balance himself on two wheels.
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Re: Who is the most well rounded skateboarder of all time?
« Reply #20 on: January 11, 2019, 09:28:37 PM »
Cmon. If he really wanted to I bet he could hit the mega. My pick. Could skate kinked rails, big shit, get tech, link together great lines, skate tranny, skate interesting spots, doesn’t have a blemish on his record like being involved in murder (if you overlook him being Canadian) AND on top of it is a stand up dude.
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Re: Who is the most well rounded skateboarder of all time?
« Reply #21 on: January 11, 2019, 09:31:53 PM »
what about bob?

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Re: Who is the most well rounded skateboarder of all time?
« Reply #22 on: January 11, 2019, 09:32:17 PM »
Op had a golden opportunity to throw in a brick joke.

Well rounded?
Wade. Cancer Dan. John Cardiel. GT. LANCE. Ishod.

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Re: Who is the most well rounded skateboarder of all time?
« Reply #23 on: January 11, 2019, 09:32:31 PM »
Cmon. If he really wanted to I bet he could hit the mega. My pick. Could skate kinked rails, big shit, get tech, link together great lines, skate tranny, skate interesting spots, doesn’t have a blemish on his record like being involved in murder (if you overlook him being Canadian) AND on top of it is a stand up dude.


Oooh great pick.  One of the most chronically overlooked skaters.  I won’t bore everyone with the story of him being nice to my sister again, but suffice it to say that he’s a great dude.
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Re: Who is the most well rounded skateboarder of all time?
« Reply #24 on: January 11, 2019, 09:41:08 PM »
Ishod and Daan

And Grant... Cory was up there.

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Re: Who is the most well rounded skateboarder of all time?
« Reply #25 on: January 11, 2019, 09:43:04 PM »
Tom Penny, his very few pool clips is so ahead of his time.

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Re: Who is the most well rounded skateboarder of all time?
« Reply #26 on: January 11, 2019, 09:45:34 PM »
Most well rounded is a loaded question

That would include:
Gaps and handrails
Flat ground
Mini Ramps/transitions/parks
Vert
Pools/bowls
Ledges
Manuals
Creativity/innovation
* regular and switch
* flip in and out

Penny and Koston check all the boxes for me. Danny way too I think

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Re: Who is the most well rounded skateboarder of all time?
« Reply #27 on: January 11, 2019, 09:49:26 PM »
Ishod and Corey Kennedy come to mind as well except for the Vert aspect

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Re: Who is the most well rounded skateboarder of all time?
« Reply #28 on: January 11, 2019, 09:56:32 PM »
Most well rounded is a loaded question

That would include:
Gaps and handrails
Flat ground
Mini Ramps/transitions/parks
Vert
Pools/bowls
Ledges
Manuals
Creativity/innovation
* regular and switch
* flip in and out

Penny and Koston check all the boxes for me. Danny way too I think

I really miss yeah right era koston,

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Re: Who is the most well rounded skateboarder of all time?
« Reply #29 on: January 11, 2019, 10:02:41 PM »
Dressen
Cardiel
Gonz
Stranger?
Vallely
GT
Drehbohl?