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monky

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tanner markley said:
wow great point nate and jordan
idk what the fuck you guys would want to watch people like aitken and chasehawk to tuck no's and tables and turndowns over a gap than a cork 7 or a flip whip
wtf x stands for extreme (meaning going big) any body can have a fucking contest of who can click the best turndown or invert
how many people are gonna cork 7 tuck no a box or quad whip or 720 whip??
i dont even consider tables and inverts tricks really
they are but it doesnt take balls to throw them

anyways ill be at the superpark event
ive been to every single x games in LA so far
ill see you there kenny

and btw who do you guys think will win??
i got my money on dhers
he only has like 10 tricks but everysingle one hes got on lockdown
but scotty or mike could win too if they put their shit together right
maybe morgan wade if he pocket airs the whole park again(i saw that from right under when he did it(most amazing gap ever)
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true about akien but chase hawk got way better and crazier watch hes goin to do a 180 tailwhip over the hole box lol
 
nickloves2ride

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tanner markley said:
Nick Granger said:
360 backflip was done along time ago dude. i witnessed it several years ago. and yeah pastrana did it haha
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what are you talking about he never 360 flipped
they did 360s that looked like backflips, underflips, and backflips
a 360 flip on a motocross bike = two full rotations
meaning if someone 360 flips it will look like a double backflip with a shifty(judging by what some of them call 360s)
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they were dubbing the off axis backflip a 360 backflip.. obviously it doesnt look like one. nate adams has thrown some that are pretty dang close to being a 360 backflip that you would see guys in bmx to pull.
 
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Pete Pachota

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Nate Grant said:
Josh Serafin said:
I'm still agreeing with Sean. Jordan, do you consider progression just new tricks? I can see where your coming from if you see it as new tricks, but isn't progression doing stuff over bigger and better things? SO far we have seen like 2 tricks that we know will be attempted, the 720 double whip, and the quad whip. Landing these in the contest would be progression, but I think it's a new level of progression if they do it over some crazy gap while flowing a bowl. Doing tricks in a bowl or a flow run is a lot harder and more impressive then throwing it over a box jump. I guarantee you don't think a quad whip over a box jump is more impressive then a 360 triple over a gap that you couldn't even thing of.
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yea but they won't be doing 360 tripples over gaps, they'll do a turndown over it.
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Dhers can 360 double whip any gap you can imagine.

Oh and I wanna see Wade huck a huge gap in that park.

Edit: As I watch the design, it doesn't look any weird at all. You can still use the spine or the hump thing in the middle as a box and do big tricks.
 
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tanner markley

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lol that park sucks balls
they need to change the arena for bmx park
idk if you guys have ever been to the event
ive been twice and the arena is wayyy to small for a park
everything is like squished together
and sorry ryan but aitken isnt winning lol
ill go to the skatepark in my underwear 2 days in a row if he wins
 
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tanner markley

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seankane said:
i think you're all missing the point. no one is saying there won't be big tricks, just that its going to take more than access to a foam pit to win. look at guys like morgan wade that can still throw big tricks but they can also do a huge table over a 20 ft gap across the park. it's going to take something like that.

i say its going to be scotty or dave mirra. scotty has a lot more flow than dhers and mike spinner, since both of them are totally lacking in style, and dave can just tear apart any park he rides throwing down original stuff, so i've got faith in him.
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not sure if you realized this yet but their alllll pro bmxers and they allll have very easy access to a foam pit
idk why ppl hate on scotty or spinner just cuz they throw down bigger shit than anyone.... they work harder for bigger tricks and they have the balls to throw them down unlike other riders
 
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seankane

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tanner markley said:
not sure if you realized this yet but their alllll pro bmxers and they allll have very easy access to a foam pit
idk why ppl hate on scotty or spinner just cuz they throw down bigger shit than anyone.... they work harder for bigger tricks and they have the balls to throw them down unlike other riders
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yeah, and mike aitken is so good that he doesn't need a foam pit to be amazing.

balls isn't throwing down a corked 720 over a flybox. balls is steven hamilton pedaling his off then throwing himself over absurd gaps and not thinking twice about it.
 
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GoGzS

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Can't wait to see some huge gaps and air outs by Morgan Wade...that guy is my favourite...

Amd damn...seems like no stand-alone vert...tho the superpark is pretty much vert itself but then again...skate - vert was always worth watching...
 
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me1

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There is vert, don't worry. It was gone, then people b-tched, then it came back. I can't wait to watch super park. It's going to be sick.
 
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fly

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Nick Granger said:
nope. i most deffenately saw a flip 360. the only part im not sure of if it was pastrana or not. im pretty sure it was him though.
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you saw a 360 not a 360 back flip
 
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tanner markley

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seankane said:
tanner markley said:
not sure if you realized this yet but their alllll pro bmxers and they allll have very easy access to a foam pit
idk why ppl hate on scotty or spinner just cuz they throw down bigger shit than anyone.... they work harder for bigger tricks and they have the balls to throw them down unlike other riders
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yeah, and mike aitken is so good that he doesn't need a foam pit to be amazing.

balls isn't throwing down a corked 720 over a flybox. balls is steven hamilton pedaling his off then throwing himself over absurd gaps and not thinking twice about it.
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did you just say that??
god your stupid
go throw a cork 7 over a flybox then if it doesnt take balls
thats gotta be the stupidest thing ive ever heard someone say on SR

why is it that people think of reasons to hate on the best riders in the sport (same with skating)
just cuz their the best riders in the sport people feel better about themselves for hating them and liking someone who isnt as good
 
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tanner markley

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and yea sean if dhers isnt the best or one of the best, then why does he win just about every contest he enters?
try to find a competition where he didnt land a trick
he lands everything
no matter what he always has a solid run
when steve hamilton puts together a run that beats dhers than you can talk allll the shit you want

by the way how do you know he doesnt think twice about it??
cuz last time i checked you arent steve hamilton
 
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seankane

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tanner markley said:
did you just say that??
god your stupid
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yea. so what if he fucks up? he'll land on his back and slide down the landing. it'll hurt, but nothing that crazy. but he's not going to fuck up, because he spent weeks doing them into foam before he took it to a ramp. there's no foam pit at the end of a huge gap or a steep rail.

tanner markley said:
and yea sean if dhers isnt the best or one of the best, then why does he win just about every contest he enters?
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you're equating winning contest with being one of the bests, that's totally absurd. ryan sheckler wins so many contests, but how many times has he won skater of the year?

everyone admits that contest skaters aren't the best, so why won't you agree that contest riders aren't the best in bmx?
look at guys like aaron ross. i've never seen him touch a flybox, yet he still throws more jaw dropping tricks than dhers.
 
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Nate Grant

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it takes balls to hit a huge ass street gap or a huge handrail...that is very true.

but it takes 100% SKILL to throw a tuck no hander corked 720, or a quad whip and 1080 back to back in a run.

now should the Xgames be based off something that can be attained by downing a monster or rockstar right before their run? or should it be determined by something that you aqquire by PRACTICE.
 
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seankane

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Nate Grant said:
it takes balls to hit a huge ass street gap or a huge handrail...that is very true.

but it takes 100% SKILL to throw a tuck no hander corked 720, or a quad whip and 1080 back to back in a run.

now should the Xgames be based off something that can be attained by downing a monster or rockstar right before their run? or should it be determined by something that you aqquire by PRACTICE.
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you actually make a good point.

i don't think just hucking some huge gap is what it takes to win, it should be whoever makes the best use of the course and who has the best ability and CREATIVITY.

unfortunately now that i think about it, i realize that dhers or spinner will probably win it. the xgames judging is absurd. the xgames. as much as i hate to admit it, the xgames is just a best trick contest and it won't matter who rides the park best or is the most creative, its whoever throws the best trick that'll win, since that's all the judges reward in the xgames. look at a year or 2 ago when dave mirra beat out scotty cranmer. scotty had a creative, original run, but was beat out by dave mirra because thats what is good for ratings.

espn should put the metro jam on tv, that way the public would get exposure to real riding.
 
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