It sucks VA had an injury after Pretty Sweet so he has to skate 70% power

[lk130]

[Allen.]

That line in the dead stock Howard selects was sick. That kickflip was really, really good

[OldSkater]

Probably a lot of skaters that never reached their potential due to injuries, the irony being that it's usually seems to be the simpler tricks people wreck themselves on or something non-skating related.

I think its because all of your mental focus is at hand during complicated tricks, giving you better mental acuity

if you try a simpler trick, you may think "ahh this shit is easy' and then BOOM your ankle is fucked for 6 months

[IpathCats]

Do people really refer to Vincent Alvarez as "VA"?

[MaXX_I-D]

Do people really refer to Vincent Alvarez as "VA"?

.....Nah

[Atiba Applebum]

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Do people really refer to Vincent Alvarez as "VA"?

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.....Nah

Yeah this the most he’s ever been talked about

[Beergarden]

His part in bunny hop was depressing.  The switch heel over a 1 ft gap to sketch roll in to the ditch was unacceptable.   

I like his vibe. Seems like a cool dude. Clearly loyal. Maybe to a fault.

His part should have been first. 

His attitude with an able body would be great. It’s unfortunate about injuries.  Worse part of this game we play.    He had a lot of promise.  Same with Stevie “fat face” Perez.  Trunk Boyz was the dumbest thing ever and girl and chocolate mystique has long been dead.

Keep ripping “VA”.   

FYI Bunny Hop was maybe a 4/10. 8 being mindfield for reference. 

Also, what is up with NFT’s   

[lk130]

To me he just filmed something new, didn't really notice

[OldSkater]

His part in bunny hop was depressing.  The switch heel over a 1 ft gap to sketch roll in to the ditch was unacceptable.   

I like his vibe. Seems like a cool dude. Clearly loyal. Maybe to a fault.

His part should have been first. 

His attitude with an able body would be great. It’s unfortunate about injuries.  Worse part of this game we play.    He had a lot of promise.  Same with Stevie “fat face” Perez.  Trunk Boyz was the dumbest thing ever and girl and chocolate mystique has long been dead.

Keep ripping “VA”.   

FYI Bunny Hop was maybe a 4/10. 8 being mindfield for reference. 

Also, what is up with NFT’s

issa scam buddy i wouldn't worry about it

if crypto is still not acceptable currency at the average grocery store, i doubt the utility of digital monkey pictures as a currency as well.

Mike Mo is doing one and its cringe af

[Madam, I'm Adam]

https://youtu.be/Muc1QcqDW3c

i know it gets posted often but he really had something special going on during the filming of this^

Absolutely. Just flowing. Incredible lines…the cab over the gap, and the switch 360 over the pole…beautiful part.

I get how Alvarez isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but I’m a fan. He skates his own way, and he’s put out some amazing parts. I liked his bunny hop part; it’s honestly more enjoyable than his part in the flare. That might’ve been his nadir. Personally I think Carl should’ve had last part in bunny hop, but whatevs.

Plus that firing line posted on page 1 is amazing, haven’t seen that in a long time.

[Dick Dastardly]

I don’t wanna be mean, because he’s a lovely guy with a good head on his shoulders. But his bag of tricks os appallingly small, switch lips/tails, nose slides (all essentially the same trick). As far as pro skaters go he would have to be among the least talented. But big ups to him for making a (sorta) career out of it.

[Gravity]

I don’t wanna be mean, because he’s a lovely guy with a good head on his shoulders. But his bag of tricks os appallingly small, switch lips/tails, nose slides (all essentially the same trick). As far as pro skaters go he would have to be among the least talented. But big ups to him for making a (sorta) career out of it.

Watch his pretty sweet part pre injury

Thats whats sad

[TheDingus]

I think Vince is one of those guys that you have to see in person. Also, same goes with his spots. Crusty garbage spots. He’s a good dude and loves skating. You can tell.

[lk130]

He reminds me of Adrian Lopez & I loved his skating

[Shifty Flip]

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His part in bunny hop was depressing.  The switch heel over a 1 ft gap to sketch roll in to the ditch was unacceptable.   

I like his vibe. Seems like a cool dude. Clearly loyal. Maybe to a fault.

His part should have been first. 

His attitude with an able body would be great. It’s unfortunate about injuries.  Worse part of this game we play.    He had a lot of promise.  Same with Stevie “fat face” Perez.  Trunk Boyz was the dumbest thing ever and girl and chocolate mystique has long been dead.

Keep ripping “VA”.   

FYI Bunny Hop was maybe a 4/10. 8 being mindfield for reference. 

Also, what is up with NFT’s

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issa scam buddy i wouldn't worry about it

if crypto is still not acceptable currency at the average grocery store, i doubt the utility of digital monkey pictures as a currency as well.

Mike Mo is doing one and its cringe af

Exactly!  But  @Fos  please accept my 100 eth for some freshly minted, new car smell, slippery when wet, Big Bank tiktok gif, Egg Nftees.

[Beergarden]

https://youtu.be/Muc1QcqDW3c

i know it gets posted often but he really had something special going on during the filming of this^

Thanks for posting this.  It was rad. Had never seen this before.  I wish his part in bunny hop was basically this.  I really enjoyed this. 

Almost feel bad for my earlier remarks. I must hold ground tho. Keep it honest.  I hope crail takes care of his future outside of “pro skater” status as he deserves it for sticking around the sinking ship of girl chocolate for this long. 

[Bristol_Palin]

I've already talked about how sick I think Vincent is and how I was really stoked on his Bunny Hop part.

My favorite part is his welcome to chocolate part:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SVtZuotD7k

Also Bonus his static 5 part which was a cool surprise the first time I saw the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Glbd51sC59g

I have never seen the flare, but his raw clips were posted on thrasher.

[GuessAgain?]

So many pro’s have been skating at 70% for years and making something out of it. The trick is to not film a two song part at 70% because then it looks terrible. Share a part, dress fairly cool, make sure whatever you do looks the best it can, skate unique spots (ticks that box), get an interesting and marketable sidehussle then baddaboom you can ride off into that 70% sunset boi.

What was his injury by the way?

I once saw him doing the craziest front 360 ollie revert kinda things on a miniramp, was pretty unique

[CurbyPuckit]

https://youtu.be/Muc1QcqDW3c

i know it gets posted often but he really had something special going on during the filming of this^

This entire part could be substituted for any of his parts , trick selection-wise, and you could fool 99% of skateboarders

[boogs]

#pray4virginia

[backspinflip]

small, switch lips/tails, nose slides (all essentially the same trick).

what are you smoking?

[Fhk]

Who is VA

Vic Armstrong (my stage name)

[Mariatorresflores]

He skates like a Skate 3 character with the style attributes set to Hunched and OG, which everyone knows looks like shit.  Standard and Loose is the only acceptable setting.

You saying this made me realize that that's exactly how I skate. Watching his driveway insta clip later in the thread just confirmed it. In fact that driveway footage kinda won me over, too familiar to not respect. I feel you VA I'm living that life lol.

I don't think the parts in bunny hop were ordered with any traditional skate vid sense in mind. It's a long vid in this era and people's attention spans are nil these days.  If they opened with that long skit and then went straight to Vincent's part I think they feared losing some of the folks with shorter attention spans. If it was that long but ordered based on talent/aesthetics I don't think half of the viewers would make it to Carl's part.

Anyway yeah it stinks he's lost some ability but as a fellow sloppy huncher I 'back' him.

[lk130]

Anyone care about this?
https://youtu.be/EbrFF2_Tb0U

Also interesting he's skated basically his entire career over there

[shannamal]

every time i hear someone talk about how great vincent used to be it feels like im being gaslit. they'll post a video where he's "at his peak" or whatever, and i skip half way in and hes doing like a front shuv off a curb as  his banger.

he's been bad forever.

[Gravity]

every time i hear someone talk about how great vincent used to be it feels like im being gaslit. they'll post a video where he's "at his peak" or whatever, and i skip half way in and hes doing like a front shuv off a curb as  his banger.

he's been bad forever.

Lmao hes not my fave by his PS part had him in soty running

[Atiba Applebum]

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every time i hear someone talk about how great vincent used to be it feels like im being gaslit. they'll post a video where he's "at his peak" or whatever, and i skip half way in and hes doing like a front shuv off a curb as  his banger.

he's been bad forever.

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Lmao hes not my fave by his PS part had him in soty running

“SOTY Running” is perhaps the most meaningless phrase.

[Gravity]

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every time i hear someone talk about how great vincent used to be it feels like im being gaslit. they'll post a video where he's "at his peak" or whatever, and i skip half way in and hes doing like a front shuv off a curb as  his banger.

he's been bad forever.

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Lmao hes not my fave by his PS part had him in soty running

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“SOTY Running” is perhaps the most meaningless phrase.

You get the point he had a gnarly part in that vid then got injured and it was over