First!

GnarShredd · Backside 180 Joined: 24 Jan 2009 Posts: 1529 City: Seattle

I remember what a huge deal it was when the first backside flip was landed, and when the 3flip went down, when GVW stuck an impossible (or debated impossible, in any case, it was cool), and the first W2W kickflip.

This thread is in honor of all of the firsts. Post links, videos, memories, etc. of either the first time a trick was stuck (or at least documented) by someone else or your own personal victories over a trick that was on your mind. Get stoked to ride this weekend.

This stuck out in my mind for some reason (plus it was easy to find Cool

) when I was writing this post, so I'll start it off with the impossible post:

http://www.wakeskating.com/showarticle.php?a=125#

Jholiday · Posted: Aug 28, 2009 8:49 am Post subject:

might as well make a thread dedicated to andy p

Brett Leadley · Posted: Aug 28, 2009 8:59 am Post subject:

This is the first kickflip ever landed in competition, the first stop from the first year wakeskating became part of the pro wakeboard tour.

Daniel Lovett, Cranes Roost Park. Altamonte Springs, Florida April 2003

http://photos.wakeboarder.com/showphoto.php/photo/521/cat/500/ppuser/886

miller · Backside 180 Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 2394 City: Regina

Speaking of Daniel Lovett - first w2w kickflip
It is in Metronome

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

Nice video, brett!

Here are some clips from the sweetwater group: Daniel Lovett, Derek Seaman and Kenny Davis.

These three are firsts for wakeskating:

Daniel's wake to wake kickflip: http://www.wakeskating.com/showarticle.php?a=33
Daniel's Varial Flip: http://www.wakeskating.com/showarticle.php?a=11

Kenny Davis frontside flip: http://www.wakeskating.com/showarticle.php?a=26

Their freeriding videos:

Basically a lovett sponsor me video: http://www.wakeskating.com/showarticle.php?a=5
Newer lovett video: http://www.wakeskating.com/showarticle.php?a=25

Kenny and derek: http://www.wakeskating.com/showarticle.php?a=28

What a cool time in wakeskating. Today it is hard not to be jaded only becuase with how far wakeskating has come, it feels like a lot of barriers have been broken down and you know certain things can come (don't get me wrong, it's always cool to see something new). But when kickflips were few and far between...to have this going on from literal unknowns behind a pontoon boat was just insane.

And I just think this one is cool, even though it's not the very first wake to wake kickflip...it was probably the first really good looking one.

miller · Backside 180 Joined: 08 Aug 2004 Posts: 2394 City: Regina

Esnow, I was looking for those. Nice find.

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

This is kind of off-topic, but not really.

http://www.wakeskating.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=14321

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Aug 28, 2009 11:26 am Post subject:

god lovett is so sick, always been one of my fav's is he even riding any more? i have a shirt made by Cire, and hes on the back doing a huge i/o shuv indy its so sick.

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

This one is a bit different, but here's an old messer clip from the fresh water promo: http://www.wakeskating.com/media/showphoto.php/photo/2159/cat/500/ppuser/2

I chose this section of that promo vid becuase he was gapping his shuvs and had some crazier wake to wake shuv attempts (from 1996). He eventually landed one, but it was never documented and thus, never claimed. Still, I think it's all pretty bad ass...I think he's got some stylish board control, seeing as how he's riding like a 137 cm wakeboard with his traction pads on it.

Evan71 · Posted: Aug 29, 2009 12:25 pm Post subject:

kyle kearns airwalk ey???

also, reed hansen with too many to counts

Evan71 · Posted: Aug 29, 2009 12:26 pm Post subject:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXGEbcR1sbU