best kicky documented

mcthrust · Pop Shuvit Joined: 25 May 2007 Posts: 160

how does everyone define a flicked kicky these days? where is the line between flicked and mobbed? the only way i can get the board to rotate is by doing it similar to the way horan does his, a diagonal flick where my ankle rolls to the side and my little toe is the last to leave the board. Ive seen kickys that are similar but dont involve the rolling of the ankle but still kind of flick off the board.

wakeskate sml · Frontside 180 Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 251

how does rear posi-trac on a plymouth work? it just does

feelnjstfine · Backside 180 Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 802 City: Portland

Not that I can do them, but to me what defines a good flip is the way it's caught and landed more so than the way it's flipped. Ruarks are pretty mobbed but look sick where as Pasturas are flicked and look sick, the common thread for both bein that they have pop to them, are caught high, and landed solid. When you see someone land one with their feet together or flippin it lawnmower or rocket style, it's still a sick trick, it just doesn't look as good.

pipo · Backside 180 Joined: 13 Oct 2004 Posts: 1214 City: 0172

Does it matter?

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10753 City: Jefferton

I pretty much agree wtih feelnjstfine. It's not JUST about the flick, but catching the board as well, landing solid, etc. But with flicking, I think ben horan could be described as one extreme and maybe drew mcguckin as the other. Ben's got a full on flick, totally rolling his foot off the edge of the board AND leveling it AND catching it (compare it to some early danny hampson footage in sfumato, or maybe it's snap--he knew how to roll his foot off, but not all of his kickflips were leveling out yet). Drew never really flicked his flip tricks, but even so, he still popped the crap out of them, and was one of the earlier riders to begin to get them on the consistent side. Furthermore, he leveled them out and caught them high. (again, check sfumato or snap!)

some people mentioned thomas' kickflip in...issue 2?? I think that's it. For me, I think the back to back asterisk flips, or nearly any other kickflip of his is better, simply due to the fact that, while he did catch the board with his back foot, slow mo it...he pretty much lands one footed, didn't really get both feet on the board, etc. that's just an example, in my eyes, of needing everything to work out, as opposed to having one aspect of the trick perfected ie. just having a flick, back foot catch, etc.

EDIT: Pipo, maybe not to everyone, and that's fine. but if people want to have a discussion on style, let them (and it is important when it comes to those that are responsible for representing the art, because there are style benchmarks that other industries are familiar with). As always, nobody is forced to read anything on here.

Evan71 · Posted: Mar 13, 2008 12:53 am Post subject:

mr aaron reed at minute 2:30 caught so perfectly
http://youtube.com/watch?v=MJMfY8ZJyls

uidzero · Kickflip Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Posts: 3839 City: Casselberry

one of my favorite video parts Smash

d.p · Faceplant Joined: 04 Mar 2008 Posts: 39 City: Annapolis

He kicked down on it in that video part, kick forward to level it out looks the best.

I am relatively new to wakeskating, but can you not kick forward to do a kickflip on a wakeskate?

uidzero · Kickflip Joined: 01 Jun 2005 Posts: 3839 City: Casselberry

you can but it's hard... well for me at least.

islandtime · Posted: Mar 14, 2008 3:44 pm Post subject:

wakeskate sml, zack i miss u buddy

wakeskate sml · Frontside 180 Joined: 01 Feb 2006 Posts: 251

islandtime, dude i was just down in orlando 2 weeks ago. i wanna come back down when the semester ends and make a trip to the 941, keef informed me that its no longer called bradenton/anna maria island.