Not so Rapid Fire

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Saw the slap thread and thought it would be a fun one to do here too!

1.) Favourite skater?
Grant Taylor or Cardiel

2.) Favourite video?
Lost and Found

3.) Favourite video part?
Heath - Mindfield

4.) Best style?
Brady has always looked good on a skateboard

5.) Biggest influence?
The pub

6.) Most talented skater?
Ishod is probably the all round best out there currently

7.) Favourite trick?
Best feeling trick is a varial heel for me

8.) Hardest trick for you?
Normal heelflips

9.) Most illegal trick?
Probably something Iā€™ve done. Not a fan of a lot of the fake quick footed skating.

10.) Worst trend participated in?
Emo fringe

11.) Gnarliest trick witnessed?
Not necessarily gnarly but watching Grant skate the Ideal ramp for the short time he skated was incredible. He accidently landed on the shelf the side of the tombstone and just dealt with it. Incredible.

12.) Biggest bunt?
Was probably myself claiming I could do this gap to front wall ride at the old Stourbridge indoor park. Iā€™ve never done a frontside wallride in my life so unsure what I was thinking.

13.) Last new trick you learnt?
Not drinking

14.) What is your job?
Sales and Social Media Marketing in the steel industry

15.) Sponsor regret/Gear regret?
Never had a sponsor, gear would be emo gear again.

16.) Worst teammate/favourite teammate? (Maybe just a pick a team and pick the best person and shittest person?)
Thought Iā€™d go for best and worst ā€œknown skaterā€ Iā€™ve ever met. Best probably would be Mike Oā€™Meally. Just really sound guy and wanted to chat and find stuff out about my life as well as share his stories. Worst would be Elijah Berle. Just seemed rude and entitled the two times I met him.

16.) Worst company
Jart

17.) Worst current trend?
Not really a fan of the weird edgy gear that kids wear looking like theyā€™ve just walked out of cyberdog in Camden. But I wore skinny jeans and straightened my emo fringe 20 years back so who am I to talk?

18.) Worst style?
Dechuna - sorry man

19.) Last person you want on the session?
A photographer for a mag that I donā€™t wanna name on hereā€¦

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write them out with no answers so we can cut/paste

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That would of helped wouldnā€™t it haha!

1.) Favourite skater?

2.) Favourite video?

3.) Favourite video part?

4.) Best style?

5.) Biggest influence?

6.) Most talented skater?

7.) Favourite trick?

8.) Hardest trick for you?

9.) Most illegal trick?

10.) Worst trend participated in?

11.) Gnarliest trick witnessed?

12.) Biggest bunt?

13.) Last new trick you learnt?

14.) Dream job/What is your job?

15.) Sponsor regret/Gear regret?

16.) Worst teammate/favourite teammate? (Maybe just a pick a team and pick the best person and shittest person?)

16.) Worst company

17.) Worst current trend?

18.) Worst style?

19.) Last person you want on the session?

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There you go

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+1 for ride on grinds. Stinking.

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1.) Favourite skater?
Rowley

2.) Favourite video?
Mindfield

3.) Favourite video part?
Dylan. / Chad TimTim trio

4.) Best style?
Levi Brown

5.) Biggest influence?
Guy Mariano

6.) Most talented skater?
Guy Mariano

7.) Favourite trick?
Straight Nollie

8.) Hardest trick for you?
Fs feeble

9.) Most illegal trick?
Tricks into 5050, usually done on a kerb where you donā€™t actually land in a 5050. #notamake

10.) Worst trend participated in?
XL tā€™s - Iā€™m 5ā€™8

11.) Gnarliest trick witnessed?
Barber - Nollie tre Lloydā€™s

12.) Biggest bunt?
Last try

13.) Last new trick you learnt?
Nothing in the last 5 years

14.) Dream job/What is your job?
Teacher

15.) Sponsor regret/Gear regret?
Lots of Darkstar boards

16.) Worst teammate/favourite teammate? (Maybe just a pick a team and pick the best person and shittest person?)
Jim Greco, Erik Ellington supra residency pleasure/displeasure

16.) Worst company
Anything post 2020

17.) Worst current trend?
Fake shit style - thatā€™s not you best kickflip

18.) Worst style?
Antonio Durao

19.) Last person you want on the session?
Youtubers

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1.) Favourite skater?

Penny, Gonz, McCann, Kareem, Elissa

2.) Favourite video?

20 Shot Sequence

3.) Favourite video part?

Penny Menikmati

4.) Best style?

Channer and Manzoori made skating everything look so much fun

5.) Biggest influence?

gravity

6.) Most talented skater?

Carroll

7.) Favourite trick?

actually yeah, nollies do feel really good

8.) Hardest trick for you?

iā€™d like to say iā€™ve progressed beyond tricks, but its 100% regression

9.) Most illegal trick?

bonelesses. totally gross

10.) Worst trend participated in?

thinking being a dick would make me cool

11.) Gnarliest trick witnessed?

Franklin Stephens Cabot Square bs flip

12.) Biggest bunt?

switch frontside flip the River 6 in Guildford. iā€™d done it down Shell 3 and pretty much stopped rolling; the flailing attempts at the 6 were mind-wanking, but pure physical abuse

13.) Last new trick you learnt?

ride on 5050s

14.) Dream job/What is your job?

urgh kill me

15.) Gear regret?

Adio shoes. got them cause they looked a bit like grey Es Creagers. air-bubbles burst, knee slumped in on itself. Tony Hawk is a stinker

16.) Worst tea mate

a pal once made me a cup of tea. it was Earl Grey. sucking dandelions is not the one

16.) Worst company

Thrasherā€™s whole skate and destroy thing never felt too good; Transworldā€™s family friendly seemed corny and insincere.
yay Slap and Big Brother!

17.) Worst current trend?

print media shitting the bed

18.) Worst style?

Jamie Foy, Andrew Reynolds, Mark Suciu, Josh Kalis. generic flavourless meh

19.) Last person you want on the session?

me, major buzzkill, heh

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GT on ā€œthe shelfā€ at Ideal was legendary

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1.) Favourite skater?

Cookie currently, it changes.

Ultimate - Penny, Arto all the obvious ones.

2.) Favourite Video?

Lost and Found

ā€¦ then Inhabitants

3.) Favourite video part?

This is fucking hard.

Tom Watts - Urbane Mob

4.) Best style?

Jerome Campbell by a fucking mile.

Gino / Dom Henry / Joe Paget

5.) Biggest influence?

Oxford / Sheffield

6.) Most talented skater?

Jason Cloete, James Bush

7.) Favourite trick?

That I can do? Half can flip on quarter pipes hahah.

Bs Noseblunt on ledges if not.

8.) Hardest trick for you?

Skateboarding / 360 Flips

9.) Most illegal trick?

Fakie bs heel, Nollie Smith we all know it.

10.) Worst trend participated in?

Tight trousers

11.) Gnarliest trick witnessed?

Anything in Barca. Seen a lot of crazy shit thankfully.

Hardflip back lip a street handrail?

12.) Biggest bunt?

Canā€™t say on here. They know.

13.) Last new trick you learnt?

We all know.

14.) Dream job/What is your job?

Work for a Cannabis Seed retail / wholesale company. Dream job, fuck knows, retirement?

15.) Sponsor regret/Gear regret?

Nothing really, took money off Extreme for trips.

16.) Worst teammate/favourite teammate? (Maybe just a pick a team and pick the best person and shittest person?)

Jason Cloete / Sober Jason Cloete

16.) Worst company

Heathen

17.) Worst current trend?

Nothing, donā€™t care. Skating Craigtap in 2025

18.) Worst style?

Mine.

19.) Last person you want on the session?

@roncalow

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Fuck all the other questions and just do Worst Style.
Some actually jarring answers so far.

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1.) Favourite skater?
Tom Penny

2.) Favourite video?
Yeah Right!

3.) Favourite video part?
PJ Ladd (WHL)

4.) Best style?
Young Penny/Jerry Hsu

5.) Biggest influence?
Danny & Ronny Calow (seeing as their names came up)

6.) Most talented skater?
MJ

7.) Favourite trick?
Nollie variations.

8.) Hardest trick for you?
Most over the lip ramp tricks but not all.

9.) Most illegal trick?
Caspers.

10.) Worst trend participated in?
Baggy jeans/Skinny jeans

11.) Gnarliest trick witnessed?
Cardiel South Shields ollie.

12.) Biggest bunt?
Huh?

13.) Last new trick you learnt?
All about re-learning now.

14.) Dream job?
International playboy, arf.

15.) Sponsor regret/Gear regret?
None, been given free stuff but not really sponsored.

16.) Worst teammate/favourite teammate? (Maybe just a pick a team and pick the best person?)
Kev Dawson.

16.) Worst company
Yella

17.) Worst current trend?
Copying early 90s baggy.

18.) Worst style?
Andy Anderson. Daniel Haney.

19.) Last person you want on the session?
Any Kerry Getz hockey tempers.

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Fuck how did I forget the bamogram that skates for palace

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@judithpriest playing serious - Marc Johnson 100% and thatā€™s not jarring

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Am I reading this right, youā€™re saying Marc Johnson has worst style??

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Worst style is Jim Gagne.

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1.) Favourite skater?*

Mark Gonzales.

2.) Favourite video?*

Through the Eyes of Ruby

3.) Favourite video part?

These last 11 years, Iā€™ve completely rinsed Grant Taylor rides for Anti Hero

but obviously it is actually this

4.) Best style?

Jimmy Wilkins or Aimu.

5.) Biggest influence?

Mark Gonzales. Lance Mountain. Neil Blender.

6.) Most talented skater?

Grant Taylor, Yuto or Aimu.

7.) Favourite trick?

Ollies

8.) Hardest trick for you?

Anything that requires bs shuvit motionsā€¦ eg 360 flips.

9.) Most illegal trick?

Personally, 180 5050, Fakie FS bigspin out.

10.) Worst trend participated in?

Shell pants and then a few months later spray on black jeans.

11.) Gnarliest trick witnessed?

Struggling on this one. Growing up, a friend of mine did basically ollie off a house high drop over a gap and if he hadnā€™t made it first go, it would probably have been a trip to hospital or worse.

Gnarliest session would be the bowl session at either of the NOTLDs I attended.

12.) Biggest bunt?

Saying that I will learn to 360 flip in this lifetime.

13.) Last new trick you learnt?

Either switch fs slappy 5050 or slappy front crook.

14.) Dream job/What is your job?

Staring at a computer and getting paid lots of money/staring at a computer and getting paid reasonable amounts of money.

15.) Sponsor regret/Gear regret?

See worst trend answer.

I did once buy a job lot of soft wheels on ebay and regretted ever setting them up. Gave the rest away.

16.) Worst teammate/favourite teammate? (Maybe just a pick a team and pick the best person and shittest person?)

Powell currently seems like a collection of the worst people possible, so Iā€™m trying to think if thereā€™s someone good to offset the rest of them, but failing.

16.) Worst company

In terms of legit companies, Zoo York never resonated with me, but wouldnā€™t say it was because they were bad.

17.) Worst current trend?

Coloured wheels/market stall flame graphic beanies

18.) Worst style?

Manny Santiago. Something about the trick selection and almost impossible levels of ā€œgood vibesā€ and enthusiasm.

19.) Last person you want on the session?

Anyone whose not there for fun/dorking around. Gotta be down to clown.

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cor! he mustā€™ve been tanking it

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1.) Favourite skater?
Wilkins/Juneau

2.) Favourite video?
Hokus Pokus

3.) Favourite video part?
Marc Johnson 411 no 16? 21?

4.) Best style?
Gustav T

5.) Biggest influence?

6.) Most talented skater?

7.) Favourite trick?
Ramp backtails

8.) Hardest trick for you?
Switch 360 flip

9.) Most illegal trick?
Heelflip body varial

10.) Worst trend participated in?
Tight jeans

11.) Gnarliest trick witnessed?
Bob fakie 5-0 flip in Northampton vert

12.) Biggest bunt?

13.) Last new trick you learnt?
Straight fs heels over hip

14.) Dream job/What is your job?
Trader

15.) Sponsor regret/Gear regret?
Synthetic vests. That happened maybe twice.

16.) Worst teammate/favourite teammate? (Maybe just a pick a team and pick the best person and shittest person?)

16.) Worst company
Rip n Dip

17.) Worst current trend?
Coloured wheels

18.) Worst style?
Frankie Spears

19.) Last person you want on the session?

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1.) Favourite skater?
Penny.

2.) Favourite video?
Video Days.

3.) Favourite video part?
Gonz in Video Days.

4.) Best style?
Peak Penny.

5.) Biggest influence?
Insomnia.

6.) Most talented skater?
Right now Iā€™d say Ishod.

7.) Favourite trick?
All time: 360 flip. Right now: switch backside 5050.

8.) Hardest trick for you?
Inward heelflip.

9.) Most illegal trick?
Every other trick I see in contemporary trendy videos?

10.) Worst trend participated in?
Stuffing extra tongues in shoes in the 90s.

11.) Gnarliest trick witnessed?
For some reason some things seem gnarlier to me than gnarly tricks themselves. Peak Koston warming up with a 10 trick line at the Grand Prix was more shocking than his bangers in a way.

12.) Biggest blunt?
I only do those on small transitions.

13.) Last new trick you learnt?
Probably a weird stall combo on a curb.

14.) Dream job/What is your job?
Iā€™m a social worker and a graphic designer. Iā€™m happy with that.

15.) Sponsor regret?
I got hooked up by various local shops as a kid and canā€™t complain about that!

16.) Worst tea mate?
Lipton. It kills me when I order a tea in a cafe and get that. Living on the continent can be dangerous.

17.) Worst company?
Tesla.

18.) Worst current trend?
Kids looking like theyā€™re going to a Jamie Platt cosplay fair.

19.) Worst style?
People trying too hard to be stylish, sexy, suave or something, people trying to be Austyn Gillette, and that includes Austyn Gillette himself.

20.) Last person you want on the session?
Anyone throwing a tantrum.

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1.) Favourite skater? Marc Johnson

2.) Favourite video? 411 46 (first skate video I saw)

3.) Favourite video part? Marc Johnson, Pretty Sweet

4.) Best style? Austyn Gillette

5.) Biggest influence? Ed Templeton

6.) Most talented skater? Daewon

7.) Favourite trick? Bs 5.0

8.) Hardest trick for you? switch flips

9.) Most illegal trick? 50-50 flip out if youā€™re an adult

10.) Worst trend participated in? Painters caps

11.) Gnarliest trick witnessed? Iā€™ve been surrounded my low level skating my whole life

12.) Biggest bunt? Possibly my ender-ender Iā€™m claiming for Bun This

13.) Last new trick you learnt? Iā€™m relearning everything these days, but I switch ollied up a curb the other day

14.) Dream job/What is your job? Currently unemployed, so anything

15.) Sponsor regret/Gear regret? DVS Getz 2 which I bought in a too small size so had to skate without insoles

16.) Worst teammate/favourite teammate? (Maybe just a pick a team and pick the best person and shittest person?)

16.) Worst company Yardsale

17.) Worst current trend? No titles in videos/beanies down to eyebrows

18.) Worst style? Tyshawn

19.) Last person you want on the session? Anyone that screams ā€˜yewwwwā€™

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