Switch Bigger Spin, WIN!

BB · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Jul 2006 Posts: 1706

Sick, yes. When you land with one foot and on your back, no...

mojo · Posted: Jul 02, 2010 10:59 pm Post subject:

you wouldn't be a judge b/c it's obviously landed and you can't go against the technical definition of landed. was it pretty? no. can you claim you landed it once? yes, but must follow up with, "it was a crappy landing and i back slid. hopefully i'll catch one clean soon"

soy escuala · Backside 180 Joined: 16 Jan 2006 Posts: 2248

I still think it's sick regardless.... props to the rider! Nice recovery!

juggler · Pop Shuvit Joined: 07 Nov 2009 Posts: 165 City: Orlando

TWG · Kickflip Joined: 25 Sep 2006 Posts: 3258

juggler · Pop Shuvit Joined: 07 Nov 2009 Posts: 165 City: Orlando

samcollett · Posted: Jul 03, 2010 12:10 am Post subject:

TWG · Kickflip Joined: 25 Sep 2006 Posts: 3258

Yep you got it right.

Go ahead and make the video you seem like "that guy" and will do whatever it takes for your 5 minutes of fame.

juggler · Pop Shuvit Joined: 07 Nov 2009 Posts: 165 City: Orlando

mojo · Posted: Jul 03, 2010 12:40 am Post subject:

just a bunch of haters. and i'd have to call for the judge to be thrown out for not understanding rules. you can give a lower style score, but can't say he fell for he still had the handle and ended up riding away.

triggamike · Backside 180 Joined: 07 Jun 2007 Posts: 1392 City: 225

this is hilarious, watch whatever you want and post whatever you want, but not everyones gonna get stoked on a trick that someone should have fallen on but instead managed to ride away because he kept 1 foot on lol.....

eviltweak · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Jul 2008 Posts: 839 City: Nor Cal

First off yes technically he did land the trick, but should it be claimed? No

if that was behind anything other then cable he never would have pulled out of that. If you watch some other videos of S.K.A.T.E. they specifically say if one foot comes off it does not count as a land which imo is how it should be. If you drag like that the trick shouldn't be claimed it has to be clean or just a hand drag not laying on your back with one foot off the board.

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Jul 03, 2010 2:59 am Post subject:

landed: yes.
claimed: never.

If he landed in a comp, chances are he has landed it before, so in the situation he did what he had to, to keep from falling and possibly ruining his chances in the comp further then just a low style score because thats better then a fat goose egg for being neck deep in the water.

Slapdown · Kickflip Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 4240 City: Austin

waterdork88 · Frontside 180 Joined: 12 Dec 2004 Posts: 426 City: Orlando

It may not have been pretty...But I know I sure as hell wouldn't be able to pull that off... even if you told me it was okay to get dragged. So I'm still stoked to see him rideaway even if it wasn't landed .

I've seen a few videos of this Aaron Perkins guy. With the amount of skill he has, it wouldnt surprise me if he stomps these regularly and he was just stoked to have rode away from his first one in competition.

tad · 360 flip Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 5031

STOMPED IT!

Laughing

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10756 City: Jefferton

wow, I agree with lemons. The first post is one sentence long and isn't really claiming. Maybe the move isn't perfect (maybe he "schwenked"--little waker reference for some of you old schoolers Razz

), but people should still feel like they can post something on here they're stoked about. This isn't the berrics or anything elite. There's a wide level of ability levels among the riders on this site...I know aaron perkins is pretty talented, but with him getting thrashed for not having a perfect landing in some contest, I'd hate for other less experienced riders to feel like they can't share something because of judgement.

PrimeO · Posted: Jul 03, 2010 11:53 am Post subject:

I know i couldn't do that so props for landing it. I'm not going to give my opinion because I couldnt do it. So it was pretty bangin!

triggamike · Backside 180 Joined: 07 Jun 2007 Posts: 1392 City: 225

im not doggin the kid, i've seen his vids and he's got killer style and more than enough tricks to double mine, but i do think its gettin a tad redic that people feel the need to keep postin sketchy landings like this and expect people to praise the vid they found....

-LoGiK- · Kickflip Joined: 22 Sep 2005 Posts: 2747 City: Orlando

electricsnow, doesn't seem like anyone is thrashing Aaron here

Juggler comes in here saying Switch bigger spin WIN!!

and other people disagree with his WIN statement