Skateboarding: Kick Push and Fall

Can anyone here do a kiwi flip(I believe that’s what its called)?

In my opinion, it is a hop. You focus all the upward momentum of your hop into the tail of the board. This makes it fly upward, just like it would if you stomped on it without standing on it. Then you slide the side of your front foot to the front and pull it up, using the grip tape (sandpaper). It’s a matter of muscle memory because it takes so much effort to do it before it becomes natural, and then you can do it in your sleep. Learning it is not so much a matter of knowledge cause you know how to do it, you just have to try for a few hours (seriously) and see what happens.

wow i didnt know srk had a skateboarding thread. cool

i havent skated in about like 3 years but still keep up with the industry. i saw fully flared like 3 weeks ago(it was leaked). hmmm…theres so many good skaters i could name but my favorite skaters are probally marc johnson and guy mariano.

fav videos: baker 3, yeah right, video days, questionable.
fav team: girl/chocolate
deck: zoo york
trucks: krux
wheels: spitfire

i still have my deck but havent had the time to skate as much.

How is your Zoo York deck?

its pretty a pretty good deck. i’m not sure how light an element board is but a zoo york broad feels pretty fine.

It got good pop?

yeah i havent had any issuses with it. i dont have no problems doing ollies or anything on it. are you thinking about getting a new deck?

K.

So how far have you made it?

I’ve only skated once since Halloween, how sad. I got this winter fat on too so I probably won’t be back at it until I drop a good 10

It cold in North Carolina around that time?

Okay just received $150 from my Mom for my Birthday.

I really want to buy from www.Evileds.com because they offer cheap prices and would allow me to also get a decent pair of Skate shoes like a pair of DC’s,Vans,or Lakais,but some of the Stock parts they offer such as their slayer trucks,and their own Evileds brand of wheels.Well that doesn’t excite me too much.

Either the Alien Workshop complete

http://www.evileds.com/product.php?productid=18759&cat=369&page=1

or the Flip Complete:

http://www.evileds.com/product.php?productid=18772&cat=369&page=1

Oh yeah and concerning the prices.If I’m paying more for something is it because it’s a “Pro-exclusive” type of thing or am I basically paying more because of the graphic on the bottom of the deck?The actual performane shouldn’t be that much better since the same deck regardless of the price is made in the same factory line pretty much,right?

good timing :rofl:

Its actually have been unusually hot this winter. I really haven’t been skating because I am too lazy to buy some new bearings :rofl:.

My current deck is an alien workshop and I have no real complaints about their products.

Lucky you :arazz:

Google weather says its 63 degrees.

Again :arazz:

What do you guys think about Girl? Positives/Negatives
Me/my friend probably getting a new deck soon.

I heard at Skaterscafe that Girl/Chocolate decks are pretty good(Expensive as all hell too).Of course you would like someone to speak about the experience first hand though.

Bump for discussion

Hey Bio, you should get that AWS complete.

girl decks are pretty good. but you are gonna drop some loot if its a pro model. i had skated on and off for years.

get that AWS it’s worth it