The Appeal of Consistancy

[gazza707]

first off, good thread Pete and I've never really thought of it but now that you have pointed it out I've realised how much of an issue it actually is.

Now this is where I think the Aussies (Pil and Coedie) have the upper hand.
I believe there are 2 reasons for consistancy in comps:
1. The more comps you enter, the more you get used to them. If it is your first comp than you'll probably won't place well because the amount of nerves and the pressure is enormous. Dibble made a good point of just try to forget about it, but it is hard when there are hundreds of onlookers analysing each trick you do. I myself have only entered one comp and I was terrified but luckily I wasn't too bad. But Pil and Coedie usually perform quite well because there are so many comps in Sydney alone that they've learnt to deal with the nerves better. I'm not saying that they don't have any nerves at all, it doesn't matter if you've been in 100 comps you'll always have nerves, but you can learn not to effect your consistancy of tricks,

2. It's been pointed out many times in this thread and it is 100% true. Consistancy. This is what separates the Men from the Boys. The best place to determine consistancy in riders is comps, if a rider like Jesse, Brandon, Coedie etc perform well in comps, and often perform well in every comp they enter, and they usually place in the comps they enter, it means that they have a level of consistancy that other riders don't have.

Now for the razor issue, I dont want it to get ugly but I agree with Bri.

 

[Matt Dibble]

did my other post get deleted? i posted in this thread earlier... right after bri.

something like...

if by the razor team you mean josh and ricky, i agree. But KC and John had good runs, and Jesse doesnt really count haha. Of course Ricky and Josh are really good at riding and all of that but i dont see where your saying no one on razor did anything.. it was really just those 2 who threw stuff down but nothing spectacular. John, KC, and Jesse definately did well and im not badmouthign the judging or anything so dont think that. But no one is looking at the other side of this. Of course there are these guys who are on razor who arent placing at the comps, but why arent we looking at it from the aspect of Dan and Steve? They were able to go out to a brand new park and just rip it up to beat sponosred pros. I dont know about you guys but for them that must be completely sick and i give them props all the way for that.

basically what i had but i added more

 

[dan barrett]

Consistancy is probably the hardest thing to accomplish in scootering, even though we have the caamra rolling for about 10 trys or so to land one good trick, we do that to get the respect/love from every rider, but what im trying to say is that at a comp u get nervous and u try tricks that are so good that u only landed about twice or never even tryed it, also if u kno u can beat someone in a comp that helps alot more because it take the stress of your shoulders, but good thread pete, i shouldnt of said any of this.

 

[Snow Patrol]

i got exausted just riding for 30 mins in that sweatbox.

i felt like i just got done swimming.

But yeah we all could have done alot better.

 

[danielwarwick]

If i rode in a comp id suck ass, but then again i kindve think riding with everyone would get me so pumped id try stuff and commit, im not a very consistan rider, its something im working on currently, im mostly consistant with my firecracker, manual, barspin stuff, but other stuff needs work.

 

[brian L]

consistancy is key

 

[Travis House]

i got exausted just riding for 30 mins in that sweatbox.

i felt like i just got done swimming.

But yeah we all could have done alot better.

I know exactly what you mean.. hahah

 

[scooter4life]

people arond my block are amused when i land tailwhips off my kicker but you no they are more amuse wen i do double (wichs adly i cant land) so close though but a lot of my friends say they like seeing me doing tailwhips landin them rather then not landing doubles cause they like seeing me land even if it is a measly tailwhip i have absolutely no comp exp so it would be a little nerve rackin in my 1st comp but i like seeing consistancy rather then seein someone almost landing a double its cool but not as kool as landing tricks consistantly

 

[Matt Ogle]

In my opinion, dont worry about it. Worry about getting yourself consistant.

 

[Jordan Scott]

i noticed all of this too.i was like wtf!? ryan whetstone i thought ...kinda sucked( in my opinion, and only from what i saw,im only judging byu the comp ) and i kno he is much better than that.y is everyone actully putting pressure on themselves to ride in front of friends? i don't get it.

btw this is tyler bone bone

 

[lukejaritz]

why dont u just do the trick that u can only land sumtimes last

 

[farmboy uk]

yea but you still have to put good stuff in the main bit of your run

 

[Addison]

They need to quit having scooter comps at parks with all huge BMX quarter pipes and fun boxes. We can't all be KC Cornings here.

 

[Travis House]

I disagree Addy but thats just people's riding syle preference. Some people might like a street baised park more then a bmx one and vice versa

 

[AX3D]

I disagree Addy but thats just people's riding syle preference. Some people might like a street baised park more then a bmx one and vice versa

Right here, I am terrible at my local I just muck around with the Fly out and on the banks. But when I get to go to the parks in Brisborne or the park in Pac Pines its way funer. But I do think he is right, some of the ramps are just too big for some, I guess thats where Jesse and others stand out though, there just needs to be better selections in park and better variation.