With a durag.
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That thing is fucking huge
fucking hell i gasped when i saw this earlier, no idea how he pops so high he barely even has to bend for it !
Be on Skateline I reckon.
Iām looking forward to this new part.
Same here but the reality is, it could be fucking awful.
i dunno his insta footage is pretty strong still. i have high hopes
New part Aug 19? Did we miss it already?
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Thatās what Iām thinking.
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Heās never put out anything awful.
It wonāt be ground breaking, itāll be the greatest hits of nollie flip crook, switch tail, flip back tail, nollie biggieā¦ But heāll look good doing it
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Itāsā¦ Mark Appleyard. How could it possibly be awful?
Or do you mean the production around the skating?
He could skate flatland for all I care. One of the best styles ever.
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For one thing, the trick in that post looks awesome! In my opinion at least.
For sure, but he is possibly the laziest skateborder ever post-flip.
Iām a big fan. He has an incredible style but was massively let down ever since he has been on Element.
He always was fairly diverse with his tricks and then he just seemed to whittle it down to parts filled with nollie big spin variations. It got boring quick, for me.
I always assumed he moved to element so he didnāt have to do anything
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Heās had about 3 parts since flip?
Ever? Really?! Iād love to know what your view of some other pros might be.
lol. chill out.
The guy was one of the most talented skateboarders ever. He has one of the best parts in the largely forgettable Xtremely Sorry.
Two years later, he switch to Element and has made whatā¦one part? Soul Rebel? I canāt find it online anymore but I remember is just being nollie bigspin overkill. He had a minute or so in Peace I think but I canāt think of anything else in the last ten years.
Around that Soul Rebel time, he had an interview talking about how he doesnāt want to do anything where he might get hurt anymore which I just took as āheās over itā.
So, yeah - pro who kinda stopped trying at the age of 27.
Iām not even hating. Iām a fan. I just wish he had carried on pushing himself for 5-6 years longer.
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You are sort of right that he stopped pushing himself post flip - that early career energy that got him rookie of the year, skater of the year etc sort of petered out.
But the quality of his output never dropped off, itās just heās sort of stayed at an even level of quality. And itās not even like heās just been chilling, heās still throwing himself down stuff.
Maybe he would have benefitted from a later career defining trick (a gallant clipper Ledge or Reynolds Davis gap), but Iāll happily take anything heās got.
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