impossible almost possible

freerider4 · Backside 180 Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 2462

had to load video on wakepics since it wouldn't load here so here it is
http://www.wakepics.com/view_single.php?medid=9235

484rider · Frontside 180 Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 442 City: orlando

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wakesk8r9610 · Backside 180 Joined: 23 Sep 2003 Posts: 1267

thats crazy.

Mullet Jerk · Faceplant Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 37 City: Mansfield

has he ever landed even one?...thats sooo close

wcwakeskater · Posted: Oct 09, 2003 7:23 pm Post subject:

that is really close Crazy Eyes

freerider4 · Backside 180 Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 2462

no not yet there were some really close one i was hoping he would so i could say my camera caught the first impossible

funnyfeni · Posted: Oct 09, 2003 7:53 pm Post subject:

im confused.. whats an impossible?? the video looks like its a 360 shuvit. i dont know much about some skateboard tricks.. so fill me in

Hi · Pop Shuvit Joined: 23 Sep 2003 Posts: 124 City: Jupiter

its like a mix between a 360 shuvit and a backflip
the board never leaves your back foot

good music too catch 22 rocks

dankskate · Posted: Oct 09, 2003 8:32 pm Post subject:

This is what an impossible looks like on a skateboard.

http://www.tonybailey.com/tommy/tommy6.MPG

Greg, your impossible start off too much like a shuvit 3. A couple look like impossibles at the second half of the trick, but the first half it looks like it's going to much around and not straight over enough. Good work on those though, just try to make the board flip straight back more and you will have a really good impossible.

Fredrick_Eisenhauer · Posted: Oct 09, 2003 9:54 pm Post subject:

The vid didnt work. Confused

Sounds sweet though good job.

BillJ · Pop Shuvit Joined: 25 Sep 2003 Posts: 144

That video worked for me but the quality sucks. Anyone know of a better quality video, maybe with the trick in slow motion?

stussy · Backside 180 Joined: 22 Sep 2003 Posts: 706

sorry to kinda ruin it all, but those dont really look like impossibles, more like 360 shuvs. The second looks the most like one at most, but the look of them isn't the same but whatever. And that skateboarding clip also doesn't look like an impossible, just a 360 shuv but it was hard to tell cuz the clip is all laggy, i could be wrong

wakesk8r9610 · Backside 180 Joined: 23 Sep 2003 Posts: 1267

ya cause i didnt really see if flip around his foot. But im probably wrong.

RUSSIAN · Posted: Oct 09, 2003 11:41 pm Post subject:

impossible's don't really flip. you wrap them around your foot, using your foot to wrap it. it's more like a sideway's 360 shove-it(the board on it's side, like primo), but your foot should never leave the board.
some skaters' impossibles make more of end over end rotation, but thats not the true way to do it.

a couple of them look close Very Happy

now try a front foot impossible Twisted Evil

skatingguy · Pop Shuvit Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 156 City: Birmingham

Impossibles can be kind of an iffy trick (like some people's hardflips); just make sure it wraps around your foot and doesn't do a 360-shuvit, and you'll be fine.

wakesk8r9610 · Backside 180 Joined: 23 Sep 2003 Posts: 1267

a front foot impossible i think would be impossible. Laughing

Joey White · Pop Shuvit Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Posts: 172 City: Phoenix

umm i dont think you can call that an impossible it looks a lot different than that skateboard one its looks just like a 360 shuvit but tail heavy scott byerly does them like that i think

greg van wagnen · Posted: Oct 10, 2003 11:57 am Post subject:

to everyone saying that its sweet thanks and to everyone saying its a 360 shovit then ok fine i suck but i know how to do a 360 shovit and its no where near the same thing. and when i f*ck it up the board does a 360 shovit and there is a big difference in the bad ones and the good ones. those are not the best ones i have done, just decent ones. and anyone with any sugestions on how to make it look better or how to land it please tell me. thanks

skatingguy · Pop Shuvit Joined: 17 Sep 2003 Posts: 156 City: Birmingham

On a skateboard, I just make sure I scoop the board forward (the way I'm riding) instead of off to the side. That way it flops over instead of spinning backside like a shuvit. Then, when it's halfway around, just guide it the rest of the way with your back foot and put your front foot back on when it's almost done rotating. Oh yeah, and I think it helps if you make the last half more of a horizontal rotation, more like a shuvit.

greg van wagnen · Posted: Oct 10, 2003 12:12 pm Post subject:

well when i first started trying them i did more of the right way then and then that day that we were shooting video i was trying to do them with my foot more off to the side of the board (just seeing what worked better) and the stuff on video was more of what you are saying is the wrong way. ill go back to the other way of doing them. and what do you mean by makeing the last half more of a horizontal rotation?
and thanks for the tips man im sure it will help