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Does it count as a 1 minute run if you spend half of it standing on top of a quarterpipe staring at the ground? I reckon I could do some pretty good minute long runs if I can just do 2 tricks with a 55 second wait in between them
he took an approximately 12 second break. you can get 2 - 3 more tricks in with that amount of time. now that you bring this up I think Jonathan Hernandez took a similar approach by going so slow. there are freestyle skaters who go faster than him.
Edit: turns out his last name is Henderson. my bad. my moderate to severe early adult onset dyslexia has been acting up lately.
he was tired from going so hard... you could never do that shit. dashawn is one of the most athletic skateboarders on the planet, if he needs to take a break that means he was busting his ass. he probably could have played any sport he wanted to... yes its all counted towards the full package of a run though and the judges should appropriately dock his mark for it but it doesnt take away from how insane the run is. that is such a weird thing to nit pick. the contest setups are NEVER ideal, why dumb down your big point tricks and sacrifice your chance at winning just so you can appease quarter pipe stall clowns
yes. I definitely could take an extended break in the middle of a contest run. I've never tried because I've been too busy skating but if I put my mind to it I'm sure I could.
jokes aside 12 seconds in a one minute run is a lot of time to waste is all I'm getting at.
Dude cost himself the win, no doubt. Posting up for 10 seconds in the middle of your run is some bewildering shit. I think he got a little fucked over by Clif telling him he had 15 seconds, twice, which contributed to a fucking 20 second gap between the penultimate trick and the last. This whole coaching dynamic is wack as fuck. What a half-baked contest.
My job was technically time keeper. Every skaters was going hard and I know from experience that that shit was grueling as fuck for everyone who skated. Trying a line for an hour straight is WAY different then a contest when you practice at your own pace and have enough energy to do a 45 second to 1 min run. I've skated pro contest back in the day and by the end of the run I was always super exhausted.
Dashawn asked me how much time so I told him. Expending all that energy before a last trick makes that last trick 10 times harder to land and wanted to makes sure he knew it wouldn't be after 60 seconds. Trust me I know a thing or 2 about it. I was supporting everyone who skated in anyway I could. As a skateboarder for 33 years I've always been there to support my fellow skaters for contest/demos/filming/shooting photos and just skating in general.
I don't mean to hate on you. As far as being a skate coach/hypeman goes, you're doing a fine job. I just don't like the idea of skate coaches. Skateboarding is not a team sport. I want to see what a skater chooses to do, not what someone tells them to do. I'm not saying that you were necessarily telling anyone what to do, but it's kind of a slippery slope. I love that no coaching is allowed during matches in pro tennis. You can be penalized for even looking at your coach if the umpire deems you to be communicating. I hope these rules are never relaxed, as some want them to be. I want to see a Nadal with nerves of steel for four hours straight though a five set final, not a Tsitsipas who needs to sneak his phone into the bathroom breaks to get reassurances and strategies via messages with his coach.
As far as timekeeping goes, I would say they should have a lot of clocks in the room and the skaters should figure it out for themselves. How does it work with the time, does it start when the skater drops in, or rather when they pops their first trick? How stringent is the judging regarding time? Is 61 seconds acceptable or is 60 seconds the cutoff? I think if you have rules, they need to be clear, and they need to be upheld. Otherwise there's too much room for shenanigans.
As far as the thing with Dashawn, I don't think you did anything wrong, but it's still kind of a shitshow. I guess maybe when he asked the second time you maybe shouldn't have told him the same number, but I get it, I probably would have done the same thing in your shoes. It just seems unnecessary and inefficient for that situation to ever arise. Ultimately he stood on the top of the quarter for an awkwardly long amount of time, and that's on him. It would be interesting to see if his first and last tricks fit within a strict 60 second window. At a park like that, the winner probably should be someone who never steps off their board for their whole run, so maybe he never had a chance anyway. The crook was nice, though.
I've always been a fan of your arm steeze and switch hardflips. No hard feelings.
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