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[MrOogieBoogie]

Not once. Admit it.

Every skateboarder I've come across who's attempted any sort of trick has failed EVERY SINGLE TIME.

 

[strafer]

Tony Hawk disagrees.

 

[TheMan]

You're right, I've seen lots of people attempt stuff like kickflips and they ALWAYS fuck it up.

Actually I take that back. In college I had a roommate who loved to skate. One day he stuck a small coffee table on the sidewalk in front of our dorm and attempted to jump off the board, over the table, and back onto the board as it rolled under the table. He failed multiple times and a crowd gathered around him, but he finally nailed the trick and everyone clapped. The end.

 

[jay]

Once years ago one guy completed a trick and everyone else has been inspired to try based on this lore. Yet no one ever succeeds.

 

[Death Dealer]

I knew a kid when I was in the 6th grade who had a 1/4 pipe in his front yard.

Yeah, I've seen people land tricks.

 

[MrOogieBoogie]

Tony Hawk disagrees.

Doesn't count. I'm talking about your average Joe Shmoes.

 

[Technosteve]

one time i did a kickflip and i landed it and all the girls were like omg he landed it and i was like dude i'm so awesome. the end

 

[McNei1y]

Truth! I've only seen such incidents on the tube. I believe they CGI that shit. (no i dont)

 

[dustytruly]

wtf i had a friend who was sponsored by etnies or something, and he could land tons of tricks... but he literally skated everyday for hours, like a job.

 

[Blair]

nah man when bam magera came and stayed at my house we would do like flips off of my ramps and stuff and he landed it and i was like cool then i landed it and he was like u wanna be in my new show?

 

[Zwei]

well, yeah

the tricks I've seen skateboarders do are either completely lame or when they try to get ambitious, they'll bust their ass something fierce.

 

[MrOogieBoogie]

nah man when bam magera came and stayed at my house we would do like flips off of my ramps and stuff and he landed it and i was like cool then i landed it and he was like u wanna be in my new show?

and u were like nah bro i gotta post on gaf and he was like nah it's cool do ur thing and u high fived him as he rode his skateboard into the sunset and then u posted on gaf bro

 

[thesoapster]

You either haven't watched many skaters or all of them suck. Every one I've known could at least do some of the basic tricks.

 

[Rapstah]

Doesn't count. I'm talking about your average Joe Shmoes.

If they succeed, they don't count?

 

[Giard]

Saw a couple of kickflips and grinds done right.

 

[RoboPlato]

The only time I've seen anyone land a trick on a skateboard was when I happened to walk by a professional photo shoot for a magazine in London. Other than that they fail every single time.

 

[TheLastCandle]

Yeah, pretty much.

 

[whitehawk]

I've seen many complete tricks. Hell I can do a varial kickflip myself.

 

[meadowrag]

You must not have seen many people skateboarding.
Landing tricks - not something that rare. At all, really.

It's pretty much what everyone strives to do the moment they step foot on a board.

 

[HiResDes]

Come to my house, nollie heels with 70 percent efficiency...But if you pop up unexpectedly I'll probably be trying something new and failing every time.

 

[Chuck (Old)]

Nah, brah. I can ollie, kickflip, sex change, 50/50, boardslide, noseslide. You must not get out much.

P.S. Your threads suck.

 

[aristotle]

Man, kids and skaters these days must really suck. 20 years ago when I was doing it, we landed pretty much everything. SMH. Troll thread is dumb.

 

[Betta Lines]

Let us all take a moment to appreciate the godfather:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6mJc7yeKPg

 

[LegoArmo]

One time I was in a train station, a guy pulled off a kick flip, and all the girls were amazed. This is the only time I've ever seen this happen, it usually ends in laughter.

 

[Max Armstrong]

I've landed quite a few tricks in my time. Don't really know why I stopped too, one day I was skateboarding for 4 hours, the other I completely stopped.

 

[woolley]

I've seen it plenty of times.

 

[elrechazado]

Not once. Admit it.

Every skateboarder I've come across who's attempted any sort of trick has failed EVERY SINGLE TIME.

I've been to the xgames, so no.

 

[HenryHSH]

Does this count?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxJbuxkSpVk lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P25_eCaeSsw

 

[Otheradam]

Haha. Union Sq in NYC a bunch of skaters there all the time. I've never seen anyone follow through on a trick. They would just attempt kick flips and not land them. I kinda get what the OP is trying to say.

 

[MrOogieBoogie]

Nah, brah. I can ollie, kickflip, sex change, 50/50, boardslide, noseslide. You must not get out much.

P.S. Your threads suck.

I beg to differ, troll.

 

[Aesthet1c]

OP obviously doesn't know anything about skateboarding. I skated all through my teens and a little into my 20's. When you skate, you are always trying to progress and do something new. It takes a lot of practice. The average person probably throws hundreds of kick flips before they land their first one. Then once you get more consistent at that, you don't want to just kick flip, you want to kick flip down that flight of stairs, so then you practice that for hours and hours. It's not about landing your tricks every time, it's about progression. As a side note, does every basketball player make every basket they throw?

 

[Jme]

I've been to plenty of skate competitions/shows, also I've personally landed tricks. As have my friends. And just in general people skating at various spots in the city usually land more than they eat.

Where do you live, Arkansas?

 

[thezerofire]

false. I skated quite a lot and I landed many tricks as did my friends.

 

[toxicgonzo]

It just depends on the difficulty of the trick.

Most can do a simple 180.

Others attempting a backside 720 varial heel flip...not so much

 

[mikeybwright]

Let us all take a moment to appreciate the godfather:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6mJc7yeKPg

Blew my mind, my mind is blown.

 

[Guru-Guru]

I don't know, at least in my case, when I am out skating I am constantly trying to learn new tricks which usually means--at least at the start of the process--I am landing them under 5% of the time (or not at all). I don't dedicate much time to shit I already can pull off pretty easily. I could go around and just kick-flip over and over, landing them at least 90% of the time, but that's no fun...

Edit: somebody made the same point, but better.

 

[Stumpokapow]

Sounds like the beginning of a modern day version of "Waiting for Godot" entitled "Waiting for my fucking friend to land his ollie"

Setting: The Mall, food court entrance

Characters: 4 fourteen year olds, all wearing Iron Maiden, Children of Bodom, Nirvana, Slayer, Scarface, or "You laugh because I'm different, I laugh because you're all the same" hoodies.

 

[KoruptData]

Old next door neighbor skated all the time. He was good. So good that I layed on the pavement and he ollied right over me. So I can't admit it but I know what you mean.

 

[MrOogieBoogie]

Let us all take a moment to appreciate the godfather:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6mJc7yeKPg

Okay, that was fucking awesome.

 

[oxrock]

I actually hadn't really seen people skating for years but now that I've returned to college I see it all the time. In regards to people actually landing tricks, I have to admit that I've seen it on several occasions. Without a doubt you see more failures than success,but I imagine people are trying something new opposed to just doing something they already know over and over again. Hell, before I got old and fat, I could do tricks.

 

[AlimNassor]

My friend once tried to do a kick-flip onto a rail grind at school to impress the girls. instead he fell and broke his arm and leg and got a nasty concussion, and a broken nose. A few months later he tried to jump off his roof with bis board and the board went up from under his feet and slammed into his jaw breaking most his teeth. After that he stopped skateboarding.

 

[G-Fex]

True.

I fucking hated the skaters I knew, bunch of douchebags.

 

[spindashing]

That's not true, actually.

Well, it was true until last week. I saw my friend complete a kick flip perfectly after three or four tries. Now, a true fact: people in basketball courts actually making a shot while you're walking/passing by. You never see this.

 

[The Holstein of Venice]

I have been to a local skate bowl inside one of our city parks a few times. Kids there a fairly good, they can do kickflips, grinds, manuals and some plants (albeit simple ones).

 

[Midas]

Eh? I saw some kids skateboarding in Shibuya and did it quite well.

 

[Jme]

Let us all take a moment to appreciate the godfather:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6mJc7yeKPg

Street is so much more impressive than vert... god damn.

 

[spindashing]

Rodney Mullen is a god. *Bow*

 

[starchild excalibur]

I've only seen people land ollies.

If you count that as a trick, I guess.

 

[buttonsmasher]

Mullen videos are always awesome. ALWAYS. That Mullen vs Song round one video was magic when I first saw it.

My friend once tried to do a kick-flip onto a rail grind at school to impress the girls. instead he fell and broke his arm and leg and got a nasty concussion, and a broken nose. A few months later he tried to jump off his roof with bis board and the board went up from under his feet and slammed into his jaw breaking most his teeth. After that he stopped skateboarding.

Jesus. :lol

I don't know if I could do it now, but I used to be able to ollie and pop shove-it. I think I rode a skateboard just to keep up with my pals when they went out rather than walking/running to keep up with 'em.

 

[Tom Penny]

Let us all take a moment to appreciate the godfather:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6mJc7yeKPg

Godfather of freestyle tight trucks and shitty style? He definitely is.