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When watching races . What type of style do like to see ? Flaties , turn downs , X-ups , whips ? I enjoy them all but my favorite is a Leary , but its almost impossible to do at race speed . I did see Grubbs and Darrell Young do it though bitd .
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QUOTE (Gary Mason WWR @ Apr 7 2009, 11:05 PM)
When watching races . What type of style do like to see ? Flaties , turn downs , X-ups , whips ? I enjoy them all but my favorite is a Leary , but its almost impossible to do at race speed . I did see Grubbs and Darrell Young do it though bitd .
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i HATE, HATE, HATE the stupid clipped style that goes on now... ugly, ugly, ugly. kids yank on their clips and get all squirrely looking and think that is style...
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I like doing X-ups and semi-flatties. The coolest thing I ever did in a race was a one hander over a set of big triples where I brought the arm across the body and pointed at all my team mates in the stands. I got a big cheer for that.
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QUOTE (Big Knobby @ Apr 8 2009, 03:37 AM)
I like doing X-ups and semi-flatties. The coolest thing I ever did in a race was a one hander over a set of big triples where I brought the arm across the body and pointed at all my team mates in the stands. I got a big cheer for that.
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I like X-ups, whips, and turndowns just like everyone else but what I think is cool is when a rider just has style.
What I mean by that is, everything about how they ride is smooth and looks good, from how they jump, manual, get a gate everything. Kind of a mastery of every skill.
Kris fox is one of those riders. Its so amazing the way he jumps and manuals, Most of the IPOT riders have that same style but Kris has it the most. That crazy bump jump, and pull manual to bump is fast, smooth and stylish. I saw Josh Meyers do a pull manual bump jump (some call it a tire tap manual) at high springs this weekend and it was amazing.
Steven Cisar has a crazy way of nosing in to jumps that looks pretty cool too. It kind of looks like what Nate is talking about with the yanking on the clips but he rides the same way on Flats and when Cisar does it.... it doesn't look sketchy at all. It just looks cool. In the On the gate films "ground Up" movie you get to see these guys showcase thier style and get a new appreciation for how much skill and talent they have.
Apr 7 2009, 09:05 PM
