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Credit where credit is due, Mikey Taylor is still like the only person to do a front shuv front crook. And it was sick. It sucks to admit it, but there it is.
I feel like there must be a lot of people who have done a front shove front crook at this point (altho maybe you're correct as none from parts come to mind) but I do remember Mikey saying it took him 6 hours to get it and I think if any decent skater dedicated 6 hours straight to that trick they could probably get one.
I'm sure there are other examples of it and I'm sure there are ledge technicians out there that could do it, but no one has done it as good. Mikey pops the front shuv so good and grinds the whole bench. It's pains me to say this but damn it's a sick trick.
This whole take irks me so much because my favorite ledge trick ever done is a variation of a fs shove fs crook.
Raul Navarro has quite a fs shove fs crook on video.
This one regular.
https://youtu.be/A2TD_kLAQ0M?t=31
This one switch and super nice
https://youtu.be/8q59LxnuBXg?t=328
But my favorite ever is this fs shove fs crook shove out (the hard way). I only have this dailymotion link (at 0:36).
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x144k7t
Some people may say it is sketchy. For me, the way the shove out bounces against the ledge is absolutely incredible.
What's your favorite ledge trick?
That first link doesn't work. Content is blocked in my country for some reason. The switch version is cool. But he's just some random euro dude I've never heard of in one of many random euro edits on FreeSkateMag. Sorry, but there are just too many to keep up with and I don't have the bandwidth. I remember when Skate More came out, it's an iconic video of that time.
My point remains it's a ultra rare trick and he made it look really good. I don't hate that he popped from straight-on, almost makes it cooler for me, which I normally don't like.
And trust me, I fucking hate Mikey Taylor, he's objectively awful in almost every way. I don't wanna seem like I'm defending the guy any more than I already am lol. However, have to admit I do love the way he did that trick and I haven't seen a better example yet.