Dont know if this strange behaviour is just limited to tompkins or not, but has anyone ever been at a skatepark and say the "good" skaters are skating the same box as you, and say you do a crooked grind, but mess up and dont roll away.
Now if the "good" skater swoops in right after that in front of you and does a crook... Am I the only one that finds that immature? A lot of C-grade skaters in NYC do this (That Franco Macaro fucker, and kyota does this shit too, not shithed02 hes original and an amazing skater irl)..
To me its stupid as fuck because its like, cool buddy I can crook too... I've just been working hard the past few days and cant land it immediately or whatever. Ill get it next try... but now I dont even wanna do it ...
Sometimes, its so random and totally not-coincidental that I question whether the other skater is doing it in comraderie, but they ignore you the entire time they copy your tricks??
My favourite is when you attempt a trick, they try to match it and mess it up too, and you end up landing it faster than them lol. Then they just somehow move onto another trick as if they arent competing in some subconscious low-self esteem way the entire time.
Now I honestly just go skate and focus on the obstacle and my board, Im just tryna have fun not play mind games lmao