540?

Phonetic's · Pop Shuvit Joined: 10 Dec 2004 Posts: 150 City: Sweden

Has it been landed?? would be pretty dope!

Gatorrider · Faceplant Joined: 27 Feb 2005 Posts: 27 City: orlando

waketowake? i dont know, but i know a few people that have done them at owc

masi · Posted: Apr 15, 2005 8:11 am Post subject:

i think brian grubb can do them but im not sure

wake2wake · Ollie Joined: 22 May 2004 Posts: 86

Does anyone have a video of a 540?
I tried them over a kicker.
But I didn't land one.
I only tried 2 or 3.

Rob · Posted: Apr 15, 2005 8:55 am Post subject:

gay gay gay... like the 5's Grubb's doing off a kicker in Snap. Ugly as hell. I personally don't think wakeskating is about the whole "spin-to-win shizzle". Leave that to the wakeboarders. (as well as the inverts...) Smash

Nekkie · Posted: Apr 15, 2005 9:05 am Post subject:

/agree

grub does one in snap but he rotates at least 180 on the kicker... most of the kicker rotations i've seen are half rotated on the kicker anyway ^^

but it still looked dope! and there has to be peeps doing them w2w.

it's a nice trick, but as Rob said it would suck if wakeskating took the spin to win road lol

nick · Posted: Apr 15, 2005 10:01 am Post subject:

Spins are still hard and technical tricks, but only if they are done off the wake or in the flats. Spinning on kickers is stupid IMO. I love watching Reed pop a huge fs 3 in the flats, but it makes me sad to watch grubb do one off a kicker where he does like the first 180 still on the ramp Rolling Eyes

But, that indy halfcab he does in F4A was huge Shocked

Rob · Posted: Apr 15, 2005 10:17 am Post subject:

I like Reeds fs 3's as well but like I said, I'd hate it if we'll get a "spin2win" situation. After the 5, what's next? 7's, 9's? Wink

Streetskating influences me more than vert skating..... I hate the whole "what can be done on a wakeskate" question at issue. Go out, have fun and don't make to much effort making your first 540. If your ego stills tells you to climb the ladder, land a 540 shuv and you'll impress me!

Phonetic's · Pop Shuvit Joined: 10 Dec 2004 Posts: 150 City: Sweden

yeah but like a 540 can be done really smooth on a skateboard so i think it culd be done on a wakeskate too. but i agree with you.. i dont even like when grubb does a 360 but reed does the really cool so i just think it would be smooth with a 540 from reed

Tobias_Neumann · Posted: Apr 15, 2005 10:26 am Post subject:

There was an article about a guy from South Africa a while ago on wakeworld and they had a video of him stickin´ a 540 in the flats. I´ll try to find it on my other computer.

nick · Posted: Apr 15, 2005 10:27 am Post subject:

Grubb's spins look like wakeboard spins. Reed's look like skateboard spins. Simple as that.

Frye · Guest Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 3335

i like grubbs 540 in snap. i like all kicker tricks. reeds in out 3's are orgasmic though

colorless · Frontside 180 Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 332

Yeah I agree with Rob. I hope wakeskating doesn't become about spins or inverts. I guess I wouldn't mind it if people did them smooth though, but some 360's look so sloppy, so I imagine a 540 would looks nasty (in a bad way). Same goes for inverts.
Keep it technical, that's wakeskating IMO, and what I like. But if it is a good 540 or invert, then it's still awesome. Ex: w2w 540 is probably possible, but is should be smooth look 'good', not slop.

88skisupreme · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Posts: 1342 City: ATX

a w2w 540 would be amazing. you guys are on crack, wakskating won't fit into the narrow definition you guy's want it to. spins are already a part of wakeskating

BillyOLDS · Posted: Apr 15, 2005 11:05 am Post subject:

the guy who did that 540 shuv was tremendously horrible, it seriously barely got off the water and was so fast you couldnt see it

el · Backside 180 Joined: 07 Oct 2003 Posts: 1739 City: The Sea

Somebody on here said that Aaron Reed stuck a 540 off the doubleup 2 summers ago.

Matt_French · Guest

i think the future of wakeskating will see the best riders develop both technical and w2w skills. i mean, at the rate wakeskating is developing...in 5 years i see it being very similar to vert-skateboarding...a mix of airs and technical lip tricks. i think a really good rider is someone who doesnt limit themsleves one way or the other.

BillyOLDS · Posted: Apr 15, 2005 1:27 pm Post subject:

Matt_French, prob very tru, but there prob will also still be a market outlet for those who focus one or the other

Matt_French · Guest

headhuntermx4...agreed...just like there are riders like hawk or mcdonald (know for airs) vs. a rider like Renton Millar ...that kills on the lip tricks. it all comes down to rider preference...

but at the same time...my point is that riders like bucky lasek...and burnquest (sp??)...guys that can pull of the technical tricks and the air-based tricks deserve more respect. IMO.

I'm not talking about being a jack-of-all-trades but a master of none...im talking about being able to master both aspects....and not limiting your riding skills either way.

wakefield · Faceplant Joined: 03 Apr 2004 Posts: 34

i don't think a 540 would look very smooth on a skate but damn it'd be tech. i'm looking forward to the day when people do stuff like w2w kickflip to indy, kick indy to blind, etc.