Skateboarding

[applecrisp]

I like little gimmicky camera/editing tricks when they're sprinkled throughout videos, but it can get quite agrivating if there is too much of it... I suppose I'll take a look at the full video.

On another pure skateboarding note:

This video is so nuts. It made me so anxious watching it.

[Anton]

Didn't know Stylezeitgeisters skate...This is still my favourite skateboard movie:

[DudleyGray]

I liked Spirit Quest as a non-skate video, but it was a bit distracting, hard for my brain to decide what to focus on.

On another pure skateboarding note:
Adrenaline Junkie

Hell yeah, I watched that shit the other day and SF footage is my favorite. I just love the huge hills and speed that forces skaters into 'barely holding it together, might eat shit'

[Lex1017]

[Lex1017]

[goldsamxo]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cts_HY8bZwU

Still my all time favorite skateboarding part. Dylan Rieder was my biggest hero (still is), he got me into Supreme which in-turn got me into avant-garde (weird path right?).
But man was the boy talented... Gone too soon :(

[DudleyGray]

^He's definitely the "Fashion" skater of all skaters. It's funny, when Gravis moved to Japan, they put out this promo featuring a Japanese Dylan copy (or do we call it "heritage?"), arms, cuffs, and all: https://vimeo.com/72621562.

style

That was cool, thanks for sharing that. I was at the park today, and it was pretty packed because the weather was nice. There were a lot of solid skaters, but then this Asian guy showed up. He was in a clean, relaxed track suit and I think shell toe ADVs. He'd just pop up onto the extra long manual pad, manual or nose manual all the way down, no flailing, and hop off, maybe cap it off with simple nollie. But he did it so clean and effortlessly, minimal movement in his body except what was necessary, just really elegant. I kind of hated it, that sort of vibe is not at all my thing. I like some GnarGnar McHeshcore vibe, but he definitely stood out. Maybe he was just warming up, but he couldn't boardslide a low rail, and I overheard him talking about wax when people had been grinding that all day. Not that I can do jack shit yet, I'm still at that 'body is in constant pain' stage, apparently, so I'm in no position to judge.

[Lex1017]

Ya perfect style is boring and too robotic. Gino is my all time fave style wise. He doesn't restrict his body to appear effortless he just IS effortless. Andrew Allen as well. Dude just charges while mixing in a ton of switch and technical ability. His 411 part (Left below) is one of my favourite parts of all time.

[Lex1017]

Also if you want some wild out there skating, I love Gou Miyagi's skating as well, a huge weirdo but not gimmicky. you can tell her can actually skate,

[applecrisp]

People like to hate on Dylan because he was a beautiful man and life was probably quite a breeze for him in actuality, but when you watch his skating, it's not hard to see that he was much much more than a pretty face.

In fact, when I first started seeing him a lot in things I wrote him off, but when I actually gave him a chance I was shocked how much I appreciated his skating.

[goldsamxo]

Ya perfect style is boring and too robotic. Gino is my all time fave style wise. He doesn't restrict his body to appear effortless he just IS effortless. Andrew Allen as well. Dude just charges while mixing in a ton of switch and technical ability. His 411 part (Left below) is one of my favourite parts of all time.

It's funny how Gino & Andrew are both on Fucking Awesome / Hockey now - which quickly has become the powerhouse company(s) of the skateboarding world currently. Couldn't be happier though, FA is incredible with Dill leading the group.

People like to hate on Dylan because he was a beautiful man and life was probably quite a breeze for him in actuality, but when you watch his skating, it's not hard to see that he was much much more than a pretty face.

In fact, when I first started seeing him a lot in things I wrote him off, but when I actually gave him a chance I was shocked how much I appreciated his skating.

Dylan's life probably was the easiest out of many professionals, besides his crippling drug addiction during the Alien's 'Mindfield' days - I mean the man was a paid model. Sucks that he suffered so hard at the end of his life, never deserved it. There was a magazine, I think it was 'What's Youth'? That did a special edition Dylan magazine & donated all funds to the Rieder foundation, which I believe was started for leukemia research, etc. The magazine was beautiful, so many heart-wrenching stories.

[doldrums]

The Gravis japan video is fascinating. The two skaters are like the JapaneseDylan Reider and Austyn Gilette.

[ColinKint]

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[karinacooper25]

What about this debate? longboard vs skateboard going on for years :/

[UserName1]

What is there to argue about? It's the same as in surfing really. Longboards are for cruising, skateboards for tricks and agility. It's a different side of more or less the same sport and adjusting your equipment to maximise the aspects you like, but there is no good or bad.