how good is "good"?
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farmboy uk
Steel Member
flips are a nice trick to have in your trick list however you can be an awesome rider without them and people have been ruined by them ie lost their style
jamiemac2005
Member
Ollie is a nub said:
true.. and where you pull the tricks and how insanely..... and if you're grabbing.. how long you hold for... and pretty much that whole wow factor... that defines good lol...
Eric Magray
Steel Member
i think being good is about style, consistancy, originality, creativity, and balls. good clean style, great consistancy, original tricks, thinking of lines and tricks over gaps no ones ever thought of before, and the balls to try something new and difficult without hesitation.
dan barrett
Member
i dont think its pointless, its not asking a stupid question or anything...
like ollie said, good has very little to do wiht JUST the tricks...it does to an extent, because i good rider isnt someone who has tailwhips, barspins, and 360s consistant. a rider who can do impressive tricks clean and consistantly is good. Also i tink progression ties in to it, like you can tell a rider not necessarily is great, but has a lot of conrtol of his scooter and is really in tune with it when they progress fast. i talk about this to levon and other people sometimes. like a rider who has barspins, tailwhips, and 360s all dialed that can learn 360 whip to bars without too much trouble is good on a scooter. period. when it gets to the point where your not learning a whole new trick but just piecing it together with little things you already know, it shows that you really know how to ride, and that you can easily adapt and link things. not to be conceited but i think that since i learned backflips, frontflips and flairs didnt seem like anything that incredibly hard to me anymore, it shows that i am pretty in tune with my scooter in that once i got over the fear of being upside down with it, pretty much any other upside down trick didnt seem like a huge challenge, and i use a lot of the same concepts in the different tricks, a ton of parts of backflips go into flairs, and even frontflips. basically i think a rider who can learn a new trick easily becuase they already know their scooter is good. assuming they land it clean
like ollie said, good has very little to do wiht JUST the tricks...it does to an extent, because i good rider isnt someone who has tailwhips, barspins, and 360s consistant. a rider who can do impressive tricks clean and consistantly is good. Also i tink progression ties in to it, like you can tell a rider not necessarily is great, but has a lot of conrtol of his scooter and is really in tune with it when they progress fast. i talk about this to levon and other people sometimes. like a rider who has barspins, tailwhips, and 360s all dialed that can learn 360 whip to bars without too much trouble is good on a scooter. period. when it gets to the point where your not learning a whole new trick but just piecing it together with little things you already know, it shows that you really know how to ride, and that you can easily adapt and link things. not to be conceited but i think that since i learned backflips, frontflips and flairs didnt seem like anything that incredibly hard to me anymore, it shows that i am pretty in tune with my scooter in that once i got over the fear of being upside down with it, pretty much any other upside down trick didnt seem like a huge challenge, and i use a lot of the same concepts in the different tricks, a ton of parts of backflips go into flairs, and even frontflips. basically i think a rider who can learn a new trick easily becuase they already know their scooter is good. assuming they land it clean
farmboy uk
Steel Member
so true, learning new tricks quickly is easiest just piecing together other bits of tricks that fit in
As for me:
1.a Good Trick=when I land a Trick and scream something like "Holly shit! I think I've just landed a Trick I wanted sooo long!"
2.a Very Good Trick= a Good Trick landed more than 60% of attempts
3.an Excelent Trick= a Good Trick landed while everybody around screams: "Holly shit! He have just landed a Trick he wanted sooo long!'
And what the Trick is depends on your skills.
1.a Good Trick=when I land a Trick and scream something like "Holly shit! I think I've just landed a Trick I wanted sooo long!"
2.a Very Good Trick= a Good Trick landed more than 60% of attempts
3.an Excelent Trick= a Good Trick landed while everybody around screams: "Holly shit! He have just landed a Trick he wanted sooo long!'
And what the Trick is depends on your skills.
brandon kilbury
Super Moderator
haha thats a good way to rate it i guess, except a lot of the time when i land a trick ive been working on forever i barely say anything, i just ride up to whoevers with me and ask if it looked ok..haha
farmboy uk
Steel Member
i agree with Timur so much. I was soooo happy and i was like runny around screaming and laughing when i first got 360 whips lol. i suppose if you try for so long it sort of becomes a part of you. Its then you realise scootering is the biggest part of your life lol
lives for scooting
Member
the first thing that i learned was an ollie and the last i learned was double scooterflip.