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On 9/26/2001 Kenny
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http://www.bobstricktips.com/pages/fsreview.shtml
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On 9/26/2001
Kenny
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I think Grumpy Old Bastard reviewed the old school skateboards freestyle complete on Bobstricktips.com a couple of months ago. Should still be a link to it on the main page.
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On 9/25/2001 TN
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Any reviews on the Old School Skateboards.com complete freestyle deck. It's essentially shaped like the the decks of yore with some modern construction techniques. At 110.00, seems like a good deal.
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On 9/25/2001
Cliff Coleman
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John o,
I agree that Criddle and Merrick were not much at Freestyle. They were great at everything else though. The event I was talking about was the first Downhill Freestyle contest that I know of. Dan Ewell was one of our group from Berkeley, CA. He is one of the nicest guys I 've ever met. I did beat you in Reno at the Barrel jump on fewer misses. I still have the trophy. I hope you are not in a purple haze? Ed Nadalin won the 1965 Cow Palace Freestyle, was flawless and mind-boggling. Bruce Logan didn't qualify for the Cow Palace Freestyle and his brother make a big stink about it. Barden and Day were great Freestylers back in the old days also. Krisic had the best lifestyle, charting a jet to go to the Catalina Classic and renting a house on the hill near the Downhill venue. When you go to eat with him he doesn't choose steak or lobster, soup or salad etc., he says order it all. Jamie Hart made the worlds biggest spit-balls at Acron, using a entire roll of t.p. and dumping them on Christine Craft's rental car from the eighth floor of the Holiday Inn. Steve Olson's skateboard ads are my favorites for a rider and Nike's are my favorite for the message they had.
Thanks for setting up my Indy truck and I'll see you at Donner Lake.
Cliff
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On 9/25/2001
John O'Shei
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Coleman, just for clarification. Criddle and Merrick never could freestyle. That's probibly why they got beat by a chick. Bass Lake is hollowed Fat City Racing ground and was one of the best SL/GS/DH hills ever. Dan Ewell was our best freestyle competitor and he was really more of a Santa Cruz guy. The best freestyler ever was Ed Nadalin, based on style alone. Per Wilander and Rodney Mullen pulled off the hardest tricks. My personal favorite was Paul Hoffman of Dogtown. And the most obscure freestyle talent was Arnie Hogue of the Concrete wave and later Provo, Utah. Honorable mention goes to Steve Ship of Cal Pro and Hobie, and Richie Currasco of 360 fame. The most over rated freestyler ever was Bruce Logan. None of the Logan's could skate but they dominated the Mags because they used to dose the photographers with purple acid, and Thai stick. That's one way to get ahead. Some Hodads may not realize this but the current world champion in Slalom Gary Cross was once a fierce Freestyle competitor. He and I battled it out many times for our shop teams before we joined Santa Cruz. One more thing, you never beat me in barrle jump because I never lost. Not in Reno or anywhere else. I jumped 19 feet in High School without a skate and would be happy tomtake on all comers at Revere some weekend, this meansd you Cliff. P.S., I've got your INDY truck ready and will bring it to the Donner Race, unless you want me to send it to you. Let me Know. John O. Fat City Racing / N-Men / Viva Sacra. I'm out!
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On 9/23/2001
Richy C
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I was at a GGP practice,My wife and I had to use the facilities and went for a walk into the park, On the way we observed a large group of roller skaters and crowd, I think Gary Holl and Erik T should go and show those guys what you can do on a skateboard,Some spinns or something outa blow there minds.If you follow the road that the practice is on,go right about 100yds you will see them......cheers
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On 9/21/2001
jay
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I've got some Wild Fox trucks on my Rodney Mullen "Mutt" freestyle board. Plastic baseplates and hangers...wonder if any relation with trackers or ? Anyone have any or know anything about em?
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On 9/21/2001
kenny
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OK, the topic is not as soulfull as nose wheelies through cones, but does anyone remember the plastic Tracker freestyle trucks? (plastic hanger too, not just the baseplate) Half traks I think. I'd really like to get my hands on a set of these, they can't all be broken.
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On 9/20/2001
Richy C
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Pretty interesting having freestyle on this site. There are many simularities I have seen lately. Freestyle is back to grass root riding again. Almost all skaters pay their own way to events. Most buy all their equipment and alot of it is being rediscovered and reintroduced. There are many old school legends still going at it. Both classic styles of skating -- freestyle and slalom -- are gaining momentum and attracting alot of "new faces" from the up and comers. Over this past year alone -- I've had the opportunity to skate in both slalom and freestyle events (I've never paid so much money to "skate" before in my life ----!) and I'm having a blast! Both scenes have great galleries with great camaraderie among the riders and fans. I consider myself a "new" slalom freak -- having never raced before '99 -- and I'm definitely hooked! In the mean time, freestyle started back up again and now I find myself checking my calendar all the time. Whether I'm blazing through cones or spinning 360's -- I am so grateful to God that at my age -- I can still go at it and look forward to the future in both events. Keep on spinnin!
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On 9/20/2001
Neil G
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Joe wrote:
>Here are some additions for your old school trick list
I can do most of those except for the hard strength tricks, I can only manage a plain vanilla handstand and a press.
Just to limit this, we'll define the old-school list as anything you can do on flat ground without an ollie.
Missing from the list - edge tricks like edge-to-edge kickflips, pressure flips, g-turns (apple turnovers), pogos (too many variations to list), newer non-ollie tricks like boneless and no-comply.
Neil
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On 9/20/2001 Gary H.
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HC, your on, we can probably get a little freestyle session going. Erik and I know the perfect locations as they are the same ones we used in the late 70's thru mid 80's. and for short while in the early 90's.
-g-
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On 9/20/2001 skategeezer
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Freakin' Hell!
Can the NCSDA get any better?! Adam, this is amazing! Under one banner you have put so many people together...longboarders, slalom, freestyle...even sandboarders! This is where people who have a passion for a wide variety of skateboarding can feel at home. I truly hope that your visitor count hits over a million a month and spawns a revolution in the skate world.
As for freestyle...yep, I still do it and yep, kids are amazed. Ever heard this? "Wow, that guy just did a one footed nose manual to 360!"
Long live the NCSDA!
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On 9/19/2001
Cliff Coleman
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One of the early Downhill Freestyle contests was put on by Don Bostic and myself in the late 1970s, possibly 1980. It took place at a location I think was called Bass road, east of Sacramento off of highway 50. The Fat City guys used to race and train there.
First place was Paco Prieto.
Second place was Chris Pettyjohn.
Third place was Naomi True.
Don and I were the judges. Naomi was the first female slider and beat many of the Fat City greats including Criddle and Merrick.
Henry, I hope you do put on something like this at your contest. It was a lot of fun!
Cliff Coleman
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On 9/19/2001 hc
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gary h, you gotta teach me some flatland tricks this winter, I got my neon shorts and headbands ready!
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On 9/19/2001
Joe
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Hey Scabs,
Here are some additions for your old school trick list
two board nose & tail wheelies
daffy
space walk
quasimodo
coffin
pirouette
endos
walk the dog
headstand spinner
casper
finger flip
flange
handstand kickflip
shu-fly christie
gorilla grip
alright, back to work
Joe
Team KH
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On 9/18/2001 Paul Dunn
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UR13,
I was in his office on the day that Brad Dorfman created the "Shuv it" company. He only did it because he liked the name. He had no idea what the trick was about...
--PD
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On 9/18/2001
Bethany Hood
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For a new freestyler on the scene check out his video at www.mannaskateboards.com. Go to the video gallary and check out Tim Byrne's video.
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On 9/18/2001
jay
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A site with a few illustrated free-style tricks is www.bobstricktips.com...along with lots of other good stuff too. I like it because it has video examples, which really help out when you're tryin to get a trick down.
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On 9/18/2001 ur13
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Shuvits are still the msot satisfying "trick" I can do on a skateboard. i have always loved them. I am trying to get my comet race slalom to "shuvit"...I'm getting there. I guess i am far to young, born in 74 to remember the soul-ful freestyle days. To me the essence of freestyle skateboarding are the times of Hosoi in the pipe, rocco and/or natas on the street into the days of the Gonz skating to some damn good jazz in Blind's video days....that looked soul-ful to me, a kid of the 80s really.
(ur13) (mail@ur13.net) (AIM: urthirteen)
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On 9/18/2001
scabs
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Freestyle? Kick-flippers or dsoul tricks?
How`s about listing some old moves...
360`s
Nose wheelies
Kick flips (foot under board flipping perpendicular to line)
Back side/frontside slide
360% pop (before ollie)
and...???
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On 9/18/2001 Henry
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Glen, I totally agree about the soul part. I imagine you could run a event ot expresson session with one rule "All four on the floor".
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On 9/18/2001
Jon
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Hey, if you like freestyle skating check out the Freestyle Museum, http://www.freestyle-skateboarding.com, where you can see all the classic old school boards.
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On 9/18/2001 C-Money
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UR13: HAHAHAHAHA
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On 9/18/2001 Glen
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Henry, tell more about the freestyle hill carving event.
In my OPINION, I thought that when freestyle turned into the board flipping, hopping up and down on the end thing, that it lost a lot of the original feel that it had. The early La Costa footage of Ty Page, Steve Cathey, Skitch Hitchcock, and the others doing nose wheelies, endovers and doing more freeriding was really freestyle. When it became "routines" it lost all it's soul. The technique jumped lightyears but the soul vanished.
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On 9/18/2001 ur13
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Yo dude whassup....can any of you people triple kickflip a 24 stair drop and 50/50 that last 10 stairs on the rail? Dude i can and it is insane!!!
Whoops wrong page....:-P hahahahaha. I had to.
(ur13) (mail@ur13.net) (AIM: urthirteen)
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