The kids call it

May 30, 2016 11:00 PM

Weird Skateboarding: Ritchie Jackson, Almir Jusovic, Jason Park, Kilian Martin, Gou Miyagi, William Spencer, no but seriously Willy Spencer.... Is This Skateboarding?
posted by carsonb (15 comments total)

A friend of mine was just showing me some Ritchie Jackson skating videos. It reminds me of the weirder Rodney Mullen (aka the inventor of nearly every street skating trick known to man) stuff. I love it when skate dudes try weird stuff or play off of the terrain/obstacles in the area! Thanks for this.
posted by sleeping bear at 11:21 PM on May 30, 2016

Something to show the kids. I think. Yeah, definitely.
posted by From Bklyn at 11:33 PM on May 30, 2016

I do enjoy watching grown men (and ladies) fall off planks.

I've seen that great Ritchie Jackson part before, and enjoyed it immensely, but that Jusovic set is mental - such a real expression of how silly skating can be. Great post, thanks!
posted by prismatic7 at 12:17 AM on May 31, 2016

I love these, thanks carsonb! I only knew of Ritchie Jackson and a short fun video by William Spencer.
posted by bigendian at 5:06 AM on May 31, 2016 [2 favorites]

Proof that you can indeed skate anything.
posted by Annika Cicada at 5:34 AM on May 31, 2016

Dig it. A mashup of parkour and skateboarding.
posted by yoga at 6:08 AM on May 31, 2016

Glad y'all dig 'em. I stayed up way too late last night watching skate videos, when I could have just stopped after watching Jackson skate that plastic barrier down the spiral staircase on the 110. Too bad you don't really see the context of where that stair is located: it's smack-dab in the middle of a freeway interchange (I-5 & CA 110).
posted by carsonb at 10:43 AM on May 31, 2016 [1 favorite]

Here's my favorite Gou Miyagi video.
posted by jammy at 11:09 AM on May 31, 2016 [1 favorite]

This is really awesome, and it's so cool to see people invent new ways to do things. But, I want to buy them all helmets.
posted by shortyJBot at 2:22 PM on May 31, 2016

I was just thinking today - hey no one's invented a skateboard with super wide trucks to run on standard gauge railway tracks......which lead me to this awesomeness
posted by inflatablekiwi at 6:09 PM on May 31, 2016 [1 favorite]

This is definitely cool, inflatablekiwi!

(Although --and please don't think I'm pedantic, it's more of an apropos of sorts -- Bratislava's tram system uses meter gauge railways (~3' 3,5") as opposed to the standard gauge (4′ 8,5″). His EUR-pallet would be too small for standard gauge.)
posted by bigendian at 7:27 PM on May 31, 2016

Any sufficiently advanced skateboard trick is indistinguishable from magic...or early Jackie Chan.
posted by Bugbread at 1:44 AM on June 6, 2016

Btw, do you know who plays the cover of Willie the pimp in the first vid. ?
posted by nicolin at 12:47 AM on June 16, 2016

nicolin, it's Alex Harvey from the album The Joker Is Wild.
posted by carsonb at 7:26 AM on June 20, 2016

Oh, thanks !
posted by nicolin at 4:05 AM on June 23, 2016