the new style

fatkidscanwakeboard · Criminal Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 56 City: Rossville

i didnt know if i should have put this in the general disscusion but i figured since it had to do with tricks i would put it here

it seems to me that to u have to do inverts to be good

if u know what i mean nobody really throws huge tail grabs or stuff like that

it just seems like if u can throw a whirlybird ur the man but no one really cares about a stalefish

just my opinion would like to here what yal think

kyle · Guest

Well it is important to be stylish and be able to do really nice looking grabs when you are good, but if you can only do grabs, I am sorry to say, you probably arent very good. I love watching a nice poked out grab but that isn't what i want to see the entire set. The grab needs to be linked with some spins and different inverts. If you can do a whirly bird and cant do a stalefish grab, i would be very very very suprised. It just comes with the territory of riding a lot. Eventually you get good.

money_mike · Criminal Joined: 26 Mar 2006 Posts: 67 City: phoenix

anything with steeze is good to see. Id enjoy watching a tweaked out shifty stalefish with style as much as i would a whirlybird with style, anyone who can add steeze is fun to watch even if they throw simple tricks

fatkidscanwakeboard · Criminal Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 56 City: Rossville

thats what i was saying money_mike

Ian_82 · Addict Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 803 City: Longview, WA

i love stalefish grabs. not a fan of indy and some of the basic grabs. unless you tweak em good.

inverts are always fun to watch, but a lot of people tend to do em sloppy. i guess thats only comparing to watching pros ride in the vids. not every invert will be 10' high. nor will every grab. Very Happy

brath5 · Outlaw Joined: 06 Jul 2004 Posts: 222 City: Winnipeg

personally i don't mind watching anyone board as long as their pushin themself...and in the whole style issue, tweaked out grabs are rad (i'm a sucker for a boned out slob grab) and i'm workin on switch stalefish to late bs 180's...thinking about it i could watch that trick with style over o/a 5's all day.

BoarderX · Posted: Apr 27, 2006 9:53 am Post subject:

The way I see it, a stylish rider with clean grabs and infinite hang time can be just as impressive to see if not more so than someone with plain old inverts.. of coarse if you can combine the two you kick ass.. Now on the other hand.. if you dont ever plan on going competition, throwing inverts is a good way to get hurt for nothing Confused

So why bother unless you got a chica in the boat that gets all hot and bothered seeing the inverts.. then i say get your arse upside down, asap. Wink

Ian_82 · Addict Joined: 24 Mar 2005 Posts: 803 City: Longview, WA

BoarderX · Posted: Apr 27, 2006 8:04 pm Post subject:

kyle · Guest

you guys must really suck at wakeboarding

K-wood Kid · Posted: Apr 27, 2006 9:33 pm Post subject:

Ian_82, I don't think an invert has to be 10' high to be stylish I mean I'm 6'1 so I don't get the huge pop the little guys do but I do my tantrums and whirlys with a laid out style where I really arch my back and lay the trick out with some steeze. I see kids who take their tricks alot bigger than I do but they tuck their head to their chest and sketch out every landing and I'd much rather watch someone go a little lower but do everything clean and laid out.

Watch some of the old movies of Byerly and stuff when they didn't even have pylons yet and he is throwing clean hs mobes maybe 5ft high but they are way cooler to watch because they are so smooth than someone who does one thats 12ft high and the landing is sketch and he is all tucked up and hucking the trick.

Craig-R · Guest

K-wood Kid, don't toot your own horn. you're whirlybirds are ugly. im sorry. btw i dont hate you or anything its just easy messing around with you Mr. Green

Pettieo · Criminal Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Posts: 61 City: Bellignham

I personally love to see fatty grabs with slow 3's (snowboarding style)

K-wood Kid · Posted: May 30, 2006 11:51 am Post subject:

Craig-R, my whirly's are alot better lately. I think you've seen maybe two or three vids of my whirly. One from September 05(first whirly in a contest), one from November (yea it was sketchy) and then one from April that I blew my knee out on. I'm sure Holloman101 and Wakerider07 can back me up on this because they ride with me, but my whirly's are clean and consistent. Also I still haven't seen yours, but then again you can't do a tantrum so how could it be clean?

Craig-R · Guest

K-wood Kid, aight i believe you that they look better now, here's a video from 10 months ago with me doing a few whirlys in it. just right click and save as...

http://www.wakeburton.com/Wakeboarding8905.mov

K-wood Kid · Posted: May 31, 2006 10:33 am Post subject:

You need to keep your bicep across your face, your letting the handle out and that makes you open up when you spin. Not my favorite style on a whirly. I really like when people pop up and spin late on them and that was what I have been working on. I came up short on one and that was the one that ate my knee. I have them consistent and clean and have landed a whirly 5 (day before my knee wreck). Also just on a side note. I think your a good rider, but your not well rounded nor would you do well in contests because your a heelside hero as well. You have a handful of good tricks and you haven't really progressed in the last 10 months. In the 2 months proceeding my accident I learned hs grabbed bs 180's, switch hs grabbed bs 180s, ts grabbed fs 3's landing wrapped, switch hs bs 3's, and began working on alot of tricks to blind and landing wrapped including tannyb r2b pete rose switch and regular bs 5's and ts fs 7.

What happened to David's backside 3? He had one 10 months ago but not the recent video.

david-d · Guest

Just because we don't put something in the video doesn't mean we can't do the trick. To say we haven't progressed in the past 10 months is a major understatement, considering that both of us haven't ridden more than a few times during the past year that we both spent at Miami and Rollins. Summer is when we get to ride consistently, and we just started to get back into riding these last few weeks.

Also on a side note, what kind of boat do you ride behind now?

Blake · Posted: May 31, 2006 1:36 pm Post subject:

david-d · Guest

Blake, can I see a video of you so I can respect your criticism?

Blake · Posted: May 31, 2006 3:04 pm Post subject:

david-d, you can purchase one.

K-wood Kid · Posted: May 31, 2006 5:54 pm Post subject:

david-d, It's not about someone's skill level. You should respect him just like anyone else.

How can you say you don't wakeboard when you go to Rollins? Isn't is one of the top wakeboarding colleges?

Also, I do most of my tricks everyday I ride. Atleast the bigger ones. When you have such a small bag of big tricks I suggest throwing them all everday until they are consistent.

david-d · Guest

i'm not going to start... i love you Birthday

K-wood Kid · Posted: May 31, 2006 6:46 pm Post subject:

david-d, C'mon. It's no fun when you give up!

david-d · Guest

haha i'm too depressed right now, i just can't get into it

K-wood Kid · Posted: May 31, 2006 7:18 pm Post subject:

david-d, What's wrong? Craig didn't compliment your new XS shirt?

david-d · Guest

woah man, i was already have a bad day, and you have to go throw that in my face... why don't you give Blake a call and go worship the confederate flag

craig, i thought it was a nice shirt though, didn't you?

Craig-R · Guest

K-wood Kid.....zzzzzzzzzzzing!

david-d, nice burn and yeah your shirt was pimp as hell

a diss about an XS shirt doesnt mean much coming from a scrawny kid himself Colorful

david-d · Guest

HEY BLAKE I'M CALLING YOU OUT MAN WHERE YOU AT RAT TA TAT TAT

Craig-R · Guest

oh yeah and blake, where can i buy your super cool video man?? im your number one fan!! Cool

david-d · Guest

probably buywake.com dude OBVIOSLY I MEAN COME ON IT'S IN HIS SIG GOD ARE YOU DUMB CRAIG

Craig-R · Guest

WOOOO another crazy burn Exclamation

man my post count is goin through the roof! that makes me really awesome Exclamation

K-wood Kid · Posted: May 31, 2006 7:46 pm Post subject:

Scrawny? I like to think of myself as more of a muscleman! haha I have nice arms according to the girls from these parts, but yea confession session Neutral

I don't have much in the pec area.
Embarassed

Me and Blake are aquantainces, it's not like we based our screenames off eachother's... Colorful

BURN

david-d · Guest

hey man sorry i like coordinating with my bro... and sorry you don't HAVE ONE

K-wood Kid · Posted: May 31, 2006 7:47 pm Post subject:

O, maybe David-d is having a bad day because his boyfriend has more posts than him.

david-d · Guest

all this talk of boyfriends, k-wood, you sure you're not trying to let something out?