most influential rider?
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Scooter Mcgee
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danny warwick
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stan smirnoff:whenever i watch stan ride i think to my self geez some day i could get gnarly and stan just makes me wanna huck as much shit as i can i boost as many turndowns tables etc and thats why i still ride.
matt mckeen:amazing dood and whenever i ride hardcore street i think of sheeeiiiittttt matt mckeen does and i just huck as much stairs and rails as my body can handle
matt mckeen:amazing dood and whenever i ride hardcore street i think of sheeeiiiittttt matt mckeen does and i just huck as much stairs and rails as my body can handle
Aaron
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Just from watching a couple of old video, i kinda thought, maybe through passive inspiration, my main two are Mckeen and Benj.
Both of them do things i think of all the time, things i try to do, and things i wish i could..
These 2 are the main 2 progressing the sport at the moment in my eyes..
Mckeen's TPC video just proved how far behind everyone is streetwise
And Benj's Winter and Spring videos.. I've never seen any amount of unique combos in once place..
Both of them do things i think of all the time, things i try to do, and things i wish i could..
These 2 are the main 2 progressing the sport at the moment in my eyes..
Mckeen's TPC video just proved how far behind everyone is streetwise
And Benj's Winter and Spring videos.. I've never seen any amount of unique combos in once place..
Chris Harris
Chris Harris
stan
cary
jason
mckeen
coedie
tyler
cary
jason
mckeen
coedie
tyler
Mine tend to stray a little bit from the riding aspect of it to more just life in general, but the thread title is "most influential rider" so whatever, as long as they ride and they influence me I'm so set.
Jon Reyes - This is only recently. Seeing him ride in person so much lately and hearing from him how much he is truly dedicated he is to the sport, is just unreal to me. I don't understand he an stay focused with the sport, and continue to have the extreme dedication he has. I wish I could be more like him in that respect. Seeing him ride, makes me want to ride. Thanks Jon.
Reeves - The single reason I started riding. I was just some kid who didn't know what was what, and I was decent at a few different sports. I learned how to tailwhip after hours and hours of practice off the 2nd stair of a 4 stair. The first time I rode with "Team DV-8" I was super intimidated. These kids were good. I had to do one trick to get on, and that was tailwhip. For some reason, this trick was unheard of at the time, and I actually impressed Reeves. This started out what would become me riding with Reeves and Steve all the time. This initial meeting made me new friends and I was brought into a sport I now love. Thanks Reeves.
Brandon Kilbury - So inspirational. Words cannot describe how much I love this guy. It is stupid, because we get along TOO good. When we ride, we hardly ride. It's just laughing and talking about whatever is going on at the time. Three and a half years ago when I first got on SR he was one of the people I, a n00b, was to respect. Little did I know 2 years later I would be constantly talking with him online, and having him over at my house for the 2nd XW comp was so weird at first. It was like, here he his, one of the people I've idolized for so long.,.. just here. It was like a toned down version of starstruck to me. I could go on and on about my 3 trips to Vermont to visit him, sharing some of the best times in my life, my trips to his college now just 2 hours from me, getting banned for partying way too hard, or our endless rants about pharmacists, drugs, and other omlbals. I could go on to say that he has easily become one of my best friends in such a relatively short time, and that he has really been there for me when it counts, but I won't. Thanks BK.
Steven T - Man. I'll just start from the beginning. I should've listened to him. First video on the scooter scene, back in June of 2005, Steven T was one of the few to comment. I tried to recreate this, and got decently close, but no one could say it like him. : [quote Steven_T]
Please shut up, and let him ride his bars however and where ever he wants. Silas and Al were two riders who jumped high as fuck, and so am I, and none of us rode our bars down to our knees...so dont say that it helps you jump higher jes becuase Ricky Wernicke said so in RVM2...or out of personal preference its all about whats comfortable to you as a rider. To the kid who made the vid, jes work on tricks now that you can bring to those sets and gaps, and jes work on tailwhips and barspins simple tricks like that, when you get those down...start for double whips and fingerwhips...you get the picture..K, so keep at it. And keep taping stuff....and jes remember dont let people tell you how to ride, if you want opinions on how your vid was thats fine, but when it comes to learning tricks, honestly..Jes do the tricks you see people doing that YOU think youd like to do, jes because everyone is doing scooterflips, does not mean you need to go learn those. Do the tricks you like..and try to be an individual...something that in scootering...we have very few of....that is all.[/quote]
I was flawed so early, asking people how I should be riding. Now I can actually say, I don't give a fuck about what people think about my riding, I wouldn't change it for anyone. But something that may sound contradicting - I LOVE hearing comments on my riding, good or bad. I like criticism, but I know how I want to ride, and I won't be trying to please anyone else by doing so. He not only helped me with my riding, he definitely helped me with just being in high school. I knew drugs (mainly weed) would be super hard for me to avoid. With his life lessons and just overall great advice, I can proudly say I made it 18 years of my life without ever doing weed, or any other drug besides alcohol. Steven, you are a huge inspiration to me as a person as a rider, thank you.
Ending:
When I first started riding, I knew the tricks that I thought were the most amazing thing ever were fingerwhips, 360 whips, and front scooterflips. I can now do all of these tricks and I do the first two wayyy too much. But they are the tricks I like, so whatever. Thanks again all who have influenced me into becoming the person I am today. I say person, because riding is only a small portion of who I am. The decisions I have made the past few years with these influences I would have to say are some of the toughest and best I've ever made.
I may update with more, I don't know.
Jon Reyes - This is only recently. Seeing him ride in person so much lately and hearing from him how much he is truly dedicated he is to the sport, is just unreal to me. I don't understand he an stay focused with the sport, and continue to have the extreme dedication he has. I wish I could be more like him in that respect. Seeing him ride, makes me want to ride. Thanks Jon.
Reeves - The single reason I started riding. I was just some kid who didn't know what was what, and I was decent at a few different sports. I learned how to tailwhip after hours and hours of practice off the 2nd stair of a 4 stair. The first time I rode with "Team DV-8" I was super intimidated. These kids were good. I had to do one trick to get on, and that was tailwhip. For some reason, this trick was unheard of at the time, and I actually impressed Reeves. This started out what would become me riding with Reeves and Steve all the time. This initial meeting made me new friends and I was brought into a sport I now love. Thanks Reeves.
Brandon Kilbury - So inspirational. Words cannot describe how much I love this guy. It is stupid, because we get along TOO good. When we ride, we hardly ride. It's just laughing and talking about whatever is going on at the time. Three and a half years ago when I first got on SR he was one of the people I, a n00b, was to respect. Little did I know 2 years later I would be constantly talking with him online, and having him over at my house for the 2nd XW comp was so weird at first. It was like, here he his, one of the people I've idolized for so long.,.. just here. It was like a toned down version of starstruck to me. I could go on and on about my 3 trips to Vermont to visit him, sharing some of the best times in my life, my trips to his college now just 2 hours from me, getting banned for partying way too hard, or our endless rants about pharmacists, drugs, and other omlbals. I could go on to say that he has easily become one of my best friends in such a relatively short time, and that he has really been there for me when it counts, but I won't. Thanks BK.
Steven T - Man. I'll just start from the beginning. I should've listened to him. First video on the scooter scene, back in June of 2005, Steven T was one of the few to comment. I tried to recreate this, and got decently close, but no one could say it like him. : [quote Steven_T]
Please shut up, and let him ride his bars however and where ever he wants. Silas and Al were two riders who jumped high as fuck, and so am I, and none of us rode our bars down to our knees...so dont say that it helps you jump higher jes becuase Ricky Wernicke said so in RVM2...or out of personal preference its all about whats comfortable to you as a rider. To the kid who made the vid, jes work on tricks now that you can bring to those sets and gaps, and jes work on tailwhips and barspins simple tricks like that, when you get those down...start for double whips and fingerwhips...you get the picture..K, so keep at it. And keep taping stuff....and jes remember dont let people tell you how to ride, if you want opinions on how your vid was thats fine, but when it comes to learning tricks, honestly..Jes do the tricks you see people doing that YOU think youd like to do, jes because everyone is doing scooterflips, does not mean you need to go learn those. Do the tricks you like..and try to be an individual...something that in scootering...we have very few of....that is all.[/quote]
I was flawed so early, asking people how I should be riding. Now I can actually say, I don't give a fuck about what people think about my riding, I wouldn't change it for anyone. But something that may sound contradicting - I LOVE hearing comments on my riding, good or bad. I like criticism, but I know how I want to ride, and I won't be trying to please anyone else by doing so. He not only helped me with my riding, he definitely helped me with just being in high school. I knew drugs (mainly weed) would be super hard for me to avoid. With his life lessons and just overall great advice, I can proudly say I made it 18 years of my life without ever doing weed, or any other drug besides alcohol. Steven, you are a huge inspiration to me as a person as a rider, thank you.
Ending:
When I first started riding, I knew the tricks that I thought were the most amazing thing ever were fingerwhips, 360 whips, and front scooterflips. I can now do all of these tricks and I do the first two wayyy too much. But they are the tricks I like, so whatever. Thanks again all who have influenced me into becoming the person I am today. I say person, because riding is only a small portion of who I am. The decisions I have made the past few years with these influences I would have to say are some of the toughest and best I've ever made.
I may update with more, I don't know.
Jared Raval
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terry price
never hesitates and is an awesome rider
never hesitates and is an awesome rider
Norris_Yun
Member
matt
coedie
stan
coedie
stan
redline582
Member
Stan Smirnoff...
When ever I watch his videos it just pushes me to air that little bit higher and get a turndown that little bit more clicked and it pushes me to be more flowy in the way I ride.
When ever I watch his videos it just pushes me to air that little bit higher and get a turndown that little bit more clicked and it pushes me to be more flowy in the way I ride.
