Mark Suciu 'Verso'

[cheetahsheets]

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Damn. That back feeble line with the board slide alley opp 270 or whatever out up that rail did some weird shit to my brain.

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You guys can kook me if you want cus I know snowboarding gets some hate on here but we call that a front board pretzel 270. Super fun trick on a snowboard, I can't even fathom doing it on a skateboard.

When koston said pretzel whip in the on video on Hubba that’s what I always thought, I’ve never heard it called anything else.

The third section felt like the cinematographers project alien section but as a single dude. I’ve watched this shit like 6 times already.

[Craig Lutzka]

Glad it took a minute to come out I just lost my pops 3 weeks ago and I needed something to make me want to skate. I probably like the music in cross continental better, but I never thought he’d be able to top that part skating wise and imo I like the skating in verso better.

Everyone calling for a re-edit, we could get M.NIGHT SHALOM to edit it and some of you guys would still complain.

[oyolar]

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i liked the line at the philly(?) bank. it had he mirror vibe:

bigspin in vs 270 shuv out
regular vs fakie
tail vs nose
frontside vs backside
out of bank vs into bank

also assuming he did the 5050 after the nollie back heel grind to mirror the 5050 before the nollie front heel grind trick at ABC ledges

or maybe he was just hyped

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yeah that makes sense, i like that

Ground breaking stuff here guys. That wasn’t obvious at all

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Why are people comparing this to MJ's part in fully flared? while there was some obviously amazing classic MJ clips throughout it was mostly gross pudwill esque lipslide combo shit on berra style A-frame ledges, This is just straight up incredible tasteful skating.

Congrats on the boycott though guys, how long did that last?

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Agreed. There’s a lot of unnecessary stuff in MJ’s part. This is not the case with this part in my opinion. Of at least it’s not as obvious.

[thebacker]

Does he have the best partography in skating?

[planman]

This nigga did a nollie bigflip fakie nosegrind the hard way in a line

[Iceman]

boy genius finally releases his magnum opus....good fucking lord!!!!!

[Don]

Thanks to Jenkem:

In rhetoric, chiasmus or, less commonly, chiasm (Latin term from Greek χίασμα, "crossing", from the Greek χιάζω, chiázō, "to shape like the letter Χ") is a "reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses – but no repetition of words".

In the part you can see it on 9:47.
And after it goes like this:

50-50 -> Nollie Fs Heel 50 180
Nollie Croock -> Nollie Fs Flip 50 180
Nose Grind 180 -> Fakie Bs Flip Nose Grind 180
Nollie 180 5-0 -> Nolle Bs 180 50 180
Fakie Flip 50 180 - > Nose Grind 180
Sw Bs Flip 50 180 -> Fakie Croock
Nollie Bs Heel 50 180 -> 5050

need to quote this guy

[Ocelot]

dear lord

was that just 4 parts kinda thrown together, where was the narrative or linear progression?

it's not MJ level, not even close

but it was pretty sick overall, that b/s noseblunt in NY is wayyy sicker than that frantic looking nollie hell suciu grind too

[ballintoohard]

Girl Krooked is blowing it by not having Mark on their team.

[dirty ol man]

Enjoyable, except that nollie heel sucui grind was super underwhelming as an ender. Those ledges, like someone said are a curb high. I wouldn’t mind in the middle of the video but as for an ender?

curb high? i can attest they are at least 16 inches high. the fish eye does them no justice.

plus that intersection if filled with people and general NYC madness. it was LEGIT.

[Ocelot]

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Thanks to Jenkem:

In rhetoric, chiasmus or, less commonly, chiasm (Latin term from Greek χίασμα, "crossing", from the Greek χιάζω, chiázō, "to shape like the letter Χ") is a "reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses – but no repetition of words".

In the part you can see it on 9:47.
And after it goes like this:

50-50 -> Nollie Fs Heel 50 180
Nollie Croock -> Nollie Fs Flip 50 180
Nose Grind 180 -> Fakie Bs Flip Nose Grind 180
Nollie 180 5-0 -> Nolle Bs 180 50 180
Fakie Flip 50 180 - > Nose Grind 180
Sw Bs Flip 50 180 -> Fakie Croock
Nollie Bs Heel 50 180 -> 5050

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need to quote this guy

literally nobody cares about this dumb fugue

I swear to god... coming from a dude whose personality is defined by reading books yet only read novellas

this is some insufferable nerdy stuff 

[Yonnycage]

Pretty sure this is the first concept skate part ever. like Dark Side of the Moon, this has an idea behind it who’s idea we still have yet to figure out.

[Don]

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Thanks to Jenkem:

In rhetoric, chiasmus or, less commonly, chiasm (Latin term from Greek χίασμα, "crossing", from the Greek χιάζω, chiázō, "to shape like the letter Χ") is a "reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses – but no repetition of words".

In the part you can see it on 9:47.
And after it goes like this:

50-50 -> Nollie Fs Heel 50 180
Nollie Croock -> Nollie Fs Flip 50 180
Nose Grind 180 -> Fakie Bs Flip Nose Grind 180
Nollie 180 5-0 -> Nolle Bs 180 50 180
Fakie Flip 50 180 - > Nose Grind 180
Sw Bs Flip 50 180 -> Fakie Croock
Nollie Bs Heel 50 180 -> 5050

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need to quote this guy

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literally nobody cares about this dumb fugue

I swear to god... coming from a dude whose personality is defined by reading books yet only read novellas

this is some insufferable nerdy stuff

then go watch nyjah or cody mcentire

[mattchew]

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Thanks to Jenkem:

In rhetoric, chiasmus or, less commonly, chiasm (Latin term from Greek χίασμα, "crossing", from the Greek χιάζω, chiázō, "to shape like the letter Χ") is a "reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses – but no repetition of words".

In the part you can see it on 9:47.
And after it goes like this:

50-50 -> Nollie Fs Heel 50 180
Nollie Croock -> Nollie Fs Flip 50 180
Nose Grind 180 -> Fakie Bs Flip Nose Grind 180
Nollie 180 5-0 -> Nolle Bs 180 50 180
Fakie Flip 50 180 - > Nose Grind 180
Sw Bs Flip 50 180 -> Fakie Croock
Nollie Bs Heel 50 180 -> 5050

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need to quote this guy

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literally nobody cares about this dumb fugue

I swear to god... coming from a dude whose personality is defined by reading books yet only read novellas

this is some insufferable nerdy stuff

I definitely care.

[the canadian suit]

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Thanks to Jenkem:

In rhetoric, chiasmus or, less commonly, chiasm (Latin term from Greek χίασμα, "crossing", from the Greek χιάζω, chiázō, "to shape like the letter Χ") is a "reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses – but no repetition of words".

In the part you can see it on 9:47.
And after it goes like this:

50-50 -> Nollie Fs Heel 50 180
Nollie Croock -> Nollie Fs Flip 50 180
Nose Grind 180 -> Fakie Bs Flip Nose Grind 180
Nollie 180 5-0 -> Nolle Bs 180 50 180
Fakie Flip 50 180 - > Nose Grind 180
Sw Bs Flip 50 180 -> Fakie Croock
Nollie Bs Heel 50 180 -> 5050

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need to quote this guy

[close]

literally nobody cares about this dumb fugue

I swear to god... coming from a dude whose personality is defined by reading books yet only read novellas

this is some insufferable nerdy stuff

People definitely care. Yes it’s nerdy, almost as nerdy as joining a skateboard messageboard

[shannamal]

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Thanks to Jenkem:

In rhetoric, chiasmus or, less commonly, chiasm (Latin term from Greek χίασμα, "crossing", from the Greek χιάζω, chiázō, "to shape like the letter Χ") is a "reversal of grammatical structures in successive phrases or clauses – but no repetition of words".

In the part you can see it on 9:47.
And after it goes like this:

50-50 -> Nollie Fs Heel 50 180
Nollie Croock -> Nollie Fs Flip 50 180
Nose Grind 180 -> Fakie Bs Flip Nose Grind 180
Nollie 180 5-0 -> Nolle Bs 180 50 180
Fakie Flip 50 180 - > Nose Grind 180
Sw Bs Flip 50 180 -> Fakie Croock
Nollie Bs Heel 50 180 -> 5050

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need to quote this guy

[close]

literally nobody cares about this dumb fugue

I swear to god... coming from a dude whose personality is defined by reading books yet only read novellas

this is some insufferable nerdy stuff

[close]

I definitely care.

i care.

[dirty ol man]

it's better the second time.

I would take the NYC section as a stand alone for the pre skate stoke with that song. There are better Beruit songs.

I do agree the back noseblunt is THE hammer, especially the way he pulls through and it's entirely locked in. it's fucked! that ledge is rounder than a butt implant.

all the super techy ledge stuff at the end was insane but more of an i got it like that sequence.

come to think of it, who started the rumor of back breaker flip suciu grind on a rail? because that's what i thought was going down per the delay. regardless it was phenomenal.

[GeorgeCostanza]

Man I really can't stand kyle beachy's writing. This paragraph:

"Since at least 2011, Mark Suciu has desired a seriousness from a practice that has historically positioned itself against the serious and scholastic. Verso wears the labor of what went into making it. He is an uncommon talent, an artist who creates by way of discipline and cunning, a virtuoso. Modern skateboarding is made richer by Suciu’s thoughtfulness and deliberateness, for his pretentiousness, if that’s what you’d like to call it."

The part itself is not all that pretentious, as he says it is thoughtful and deliberate. The pretension comes from fuckwits like him having this notion that skateboarders are "positioned against the scholastic" and therefore the part needs to be explained to them.

This is a serious review for serious intellectual skateboarders, but hey, gatekeeping is a massive problem in skateboarding right?

[Robert Baratheon]

Can’t get in to some guys, no matter how great they are. He’s kinda like Nyjah. Insanely skilled, but does nothing for me.

[dirty ol man]

Man I really can't stand kyle beachy's writing. This paragraph:

"Since at least 2011, Mark Suciu has desired a seriousness from a practice that has historically positioned itself against the serious and scholastic. Verso wears the labor of what went into making it. He is an uncommon talent, an artist who creates by way of discipline and cunning, a virtuoso. Modern skateboarding is made richer by Suciu’s thoughtfulness and deliberateness, for his pretentiousness, if that’s what you’d like to call it."

The part itself is not all that pretentious, as he says it is thoughtful and deliberate. The pretension comes from fuckwits like him having this notion that skateboarders are "positioned against the scholastic" and therefore the part needs to be explained to them.

This is a serious review for serious intellectual skateboarders, but hey, gatekeeping is a massive problem in skateboarding right?

i see his point, but yeah that was insufferably self fellating.

makes you just want to watch a completely balls to the wall brainless early baker era "reckless life" part.

[REGS]

Everyone confused about the ender, and why he took 2 months to make sure he landed it...

In the Jenkem article, it says:

"In the final section of Verso, Mark Suciu shares what only the most passionate denialists would call a poem: the first ever skateboarding chiasmus. The sequence is important enough that had he not gotten the trick, he and Justin were prepared to end Verso after the Blubba noseblunt."

My dumb ass doesn't understand the poem thing but damn, the dude is really serious about this shit.

e: also because the first line begins with a 50-50, he had to end with the 50-50 too. So if he didn't make the 50-50 on the ledge it wouldn't have counted. Imagine that.

[fulltechnicalskizzy]

Imagine how much better he'd be if I gave his bitch ass a swirly?

[GeorgeCostanza]

I wonder if it is possible to re-edit sinner's parts into a chiasmus

[Algar]

Imagine how much better he'd be if I gave his bitch ass a swirly?

Yeah, what would his SOTY party even be like, probably a bunch of nerds sitting around reading books or something....

But seriously, this part is incredible!  It will be interesting to see how it stands the test of time, I could see this being a stand out part for years

[dirty ol man]

I wonder if it is possible to re-edit sinner's parts into a chiasmus

that would be "essential"

[johnes]

I just watched it on repeat for almost an hour.

[cheetahsheets]

Y’all been busting me forever asking me what skate IQ is, this dude just dropped a fucking thesis that I’ve watched like 20 times in one day.

[Francis Xavier]

Finally watched it all after my cky re edit...and holy fuck did he go all in. I see the MJ comparison just based of the length and ridiculous tricks,but there wasnt any Goodbye Horses or She wants revenge to smooth things over. Its ok though, Mark did his thing. Slap is finally happy- at least for today..we're all getting LAID!! OOWWW OWWWW

[Tyroneshoelaces]

that shit was amazing fuck all these pussies saying it is too long.

cant please any of the fucking nancies on here, simply not possible. 

Shout out for the amazing filming where you can actually see what the fuck is going on. fuck you bill

[heckler]

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Man I really can't stand kyle beachy's writing. This paragraph:

"Since at least 2011, Mark Suciu has desired a seriousness from a practice that has historically positioned itself against the serious and scholastic. Verso wears the labor of what went into making it. He is an uncommon talent, an artist who creates by way of discipline and cunning, a virtuoso. Modern skateboarding is made richer by Suciu’s thoughtfulness and deliberateness, for his pretentiousness, if that’s what you’d like to call it."

The part itself is not all that pretentious, as he says it is thoughtful and deliberate. The pretension comes from fuckwits like him having this notion that skateboarders are "positioned against the scholastic" and therefore the part needs to be explained to them.

This is a serious review for serious intellectual skateboarders, but hey, gatekeeping is a massive problem in skateboarding right?

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i see his point, but yeah that was insufferably self fellating.

makes you just want to watch a completely balls to the wall brainless early baker era "reckless life" part.

I like Mark’s part a little less after reading that “review.”