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July 17, 2016 8:10 PM Subscribe
YES!!!!
Omg He skated that so fucking hard, leaving everything on the concrete and when he landed it and pulled his shirt off and threw his deck I said to myself in a very aggro internal voice "FUCK YES YOU WILL HULK OFF YOUR SHIRT AND SCREAM THE CRY OF VICTORY, THIS DAY IS YOURS!!"
So yeah I felt it. Shits badass.
posted by Annika Cicada at 8:25 PM on July 17, 2016 [5 favorites]
Omg He skated that so fucking hard, leaving everything on the concrete and when he landed it and pulled his shirt off and threw his deck I said to myself in a very aggro internal voice "FUCK YES YOU WILL HULK OFF YOUR SHIRT AND SCREAM THE CRY OF VICTORY, THIS DAY IS YOURS!!"
So yeah I felt it. Shits badass.
posted by Annika Cicada at 8:25 PM on July 17, 2016 [5 favorites]
A few years ago I started skateboarding when my son started high school. We got him a skateboard since the high school isn't really walking distance from our house, and there is no bus or transit option. I got a board as well so that I would be able to skate with him (staying connected to my teenager, and whathaveyou...)
He can now do a number of different tricks and rides pretty sizeable ramps and bowls. I... don't. My point is, I know how unpleasant flat ground, relatively slow motion falls can be. This is painful just to watch. (That said, I tip my hat to this guy.)
posted by BigHeartedGuy at 8:26 PM on July 17, 2016 [2 favorites]
He can now do a number of different tricks and rides pretty sizeable ramps and bowls. I... don't. My point is, I know how unpleasant flat ground, relatively slow motion falls can be. This is painful just to watch. (That said, I tip my hat to this guy.)
posted by BigHeartedGuy at 8:26 PM on July 17, 2016 [2 favorites]
If you're 1/2000 at something like this, you either 1. need to wear a helmet or 2. have pretty good data that you don't need to wear a helmet.
posted by tummy_rub at 8:28 PM on July 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by tummy_rub at 8:28 PM on July 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
It's all about knowing how to fall. Wrist guards (he's wearing them) are a better insurance.
posted by Annika Cicada at 8:30 PM on July 17, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by Annika Cicada at 8:30 PM on July 17, 2016 [2 favorites]
@bigheartedguy my issue is that I'm uh. Pretty good and my kids get discouraged cause I'll be like "here's how to Ollie!" And I pop a 3 foot Ollie and they struggle to Ollie an inch.
I try really hard to help get them over that first learning hump, but then they make new friends who find out I'm their parent and the they have to hear their new friend talk about how they watch me skate and how they wish they had a parent who could skate like that and my kids give up again.
So yeah. It's an interesting dilemma. I just try to help them find what they are good at and work on the skate skills when they feel less discouraged by my ability to skate better than them.
posted by Annika Cicada at 8:37 PM on July 17, 2016 [4 favorites]
I try really hard to help get them over that first learning hump, but then they make new friends who find out I'm their parent and the they have to hear their new friend talk about how they watch me skate and how they wish they had a parent who could skate like that and my kids give up again.
So yeah. It's an interesting dilemma. I just try to help them find what they are good at and work on the skate skills when they feel less discouraged by my ability to skate better than them.
posted by Annika Cicada at 8:37 PM on July 17, 2016 [4 favorites]
It's all about knowing how to fall.
That was my take from the first minute: he's really really good at falling. The next minute or so is a lot rougher though: a lot of scrapes, and a head-bump at 1:40 that made me wince hard.
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 8:41 PM on July 17, 2016 [5 favorites]
That was my take from the first minute: he's really really good at falling. The next minute or so is a lot rougher though: a lot of scrapes, and a head-bump at 1:40 that made me wince hard.
posted by We had a deal, Kyle at 8:41 PM on July 17, 2016 [5 favorites]
Wouldn't make for as compelling a video, but I feel like if he had started with a lower height and built up over time, he might have reached his goal faster. I'm thinking of an analogy to weightlifting... you don't want to start with a weight that's way too heavy for you, because you'll probably end up injuring yourself. And the injury will get in the way of your progress. Surely it's the same thing here, given the number of times his body smashed into the ground.
posted by mantecol at 8:42 PM on July 17, 2016
posted by mantecol at 8:42 PM on July 17, 2016
The lesson I got was if you eat McDonald's and drink Starbucks then puke it out, the day is yours.
posted by linux at 8:49 PM on July 17, 2016 [11 favorites]
posted by linux at 8:49 PM on July 17, 2016 [11 favorites]
It's all about knowing how to fall.
And failing that, knowing how not to faceplant into the side of a 1980s Honda Civic.
posted by a lungful of dragon at 9:06 PM on July 17, 2016 [2 favorites]
And failing that, knowing how not to faceplant into the side of a 1980s Honda Civic.
posted by a lungful of dragon at 9:06 PM on July 17, 2016 [2 favorites]
I think back to my high impact youth and can only think...stock up on the painkillers kid. That's gonna hurt in your 40s.
And it's totally worth it.
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 9:08 PM on July 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
And it's totally worth it.
posted by Abehammerb Lincoln at 9:08 PM on July 17, 2016 [1 favorite]
I wanna know how many times he ran into the car parked there. I hope it was his or his videographer's!
posted by TwoStride at 9:21 PM on July 17, 2016
posted by TwoStride at 9:21 PM on July 17, 2016
Dude knows how to fall, but the bruise on his hip is truly epic.
posted by coriolisdave at 10:27 PM on July 17, 2016
posted by coriolisdave at 10:27 PM on July 17, 2016
Illusion, gwint. A trick is something a whore does for money.
posted by Sutekh at 10:42 PM on July 17, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by Sutekh at 10:42 PM on July 17, 2016 [2 favorites]
Wouldn't make for as compelling a video, but I feel like if he had started with a lower height and built up over time, he might have reached his goal faster.
The board only spins around so fast and wouldn't be in the right orientation when he lands on it.
posted by sebastienbailard at 10:48 PM on July 17, 2016 [3 favorites]
The board only spins around so fast and wouldn't be in the right orientation when he lands on it.
posted by sebastienbailard at 10:48 PM on July 17, 2016 [3 favorites]
Sign in the background:
NO TRESPASSING
NO SKATEBOARDING
NO BICYCLES
posted by Joe in Australia at 11:49 PM on July 17, 2016 [3 favorites]
NO TRESPASSING
NO SKATEBOARDING
NO BICYCLES
posted by Joe in Australia at 11:49 PM on July 17, 2016 [3 favorites]
The OP is more interesting (the trick, the commentary), but here's another one (previously).
posted by klausman at 11:54 PM on July 17, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by klausman at 11:54 PM on July 17, 2016 [2 favorites]
Just after Flores successfully landed the trick, a nearby Scotsman who been hiding in a cave for two years immediately went out and defeated the English in battle.
posted by sebastienbailard at 12:35 AM on July 18, 2016 [5 favorites]
posted by sebastienbailard at 12:35 AM on July 18, 2016 [5 favorites]
stock up on the painkillers kid. That's gonna hurt in your 40s.
I am in my 40s and just watching that hurt. Especially in the broken parts of me, but all over.
posted by louche mustachio at 12:35 AM on July 18, 2016 [1 favorite]
I am in my 40s and just watching that hurt. Especially in the broken parts of me, but all over.
posted by louche mustachio at 12:35 AM on July 18, 2016 [1 favorite]
The Thrasher My War video series covers the same sort of stuff- skaters taking on ridiculous gaps and trying again and again and again before landing something really special. Really awesome to watch and I think they've made an appearance here on MeFi before.
My favorites are probably Chris Joslin at Davis, and Jamie Thomas at Clipper.
posted by Old Man McKay at 12:35 AM on July 18, 2016 [2 favorites]
My favorites are probably Chris Joslin at Davis, and Jamie Thomas at Clipper.
posted by Old Man McKay at 12:35 AM on July 18, 2016 [2 favorites]
It's like watching a self-inflicted CTE study. This man should donate his last, confused years to science.
posted by es_de_bah at 4:50 AM on July 18, 2016
posted by es_de_bah at 4:50 AM on July 18, 2016
It's like watching a self-inflicted CTE study. This man should donate his last, confused years to science.
In the video he specifically pointed out a time he hit his head, because it's obviously something that doesn't happen that much.
posted by mayonnaises at 5:42 AM on July 18, 2016 [1 favorite]
In the video he specifically pointed out a time he hit his head, because it's obviously something that doesn't happen that much.
posted by mayonnaises at 5:42 AM on July 18, 2016 [1 favorite]
I think back to my high impact youth and can only think...stock up on the painkillers kid. That's gonna hurt in your 40s.
And it's totally worth it.
As a 45-yr-old with a fractured L5 from slamming repeatedly doing stair gaps I can tell you it's not. I've had issues standing up and walking for the past month. The orthopedist I saw a few years ago believes my L4, L5 and S1 should be fused. And I was just a sponsored am. Every ex-pro I know has bad knees, bad back, tweaked neck, etc. One good friend of mine has had 9-10 knee surgeries separately on both knees. He's knocked himself out cold more times than he can count. He was good friends with Dave Mirra.
The amount of punishment that skateboarders like Flores put themselves through for a few years of fame and glory leads to a lifetime of pain. Most end up broke financially and broken physically.
posted by photoslob at 6:37 AM on July 18, 2016 [5 favorites]
And it's totally worth it.
As a 45-yr-old with a fractured L5 from slamming repeatedly doing stair gaps I can tell you it's not. I've had issues standing up and walking for the past month. The orthopedist I saw a few years ago believes my L4, L5 and S1 should be fused. And I was just a sponsored am. Every ex-pro I know has bad knees, bad back, tweaked neck, etc. One good friend of mine has had 9-10 knee surgeries separately on both knees. He's knocked himself out cold more times than he can count. He was good friends with Dave Mirra.
The amount of punishment that skateboarders like Flores put themselves through for a few years of fame and glory leads to a lifetime of pain. Most end up broke financially and broken physically.
posted by photoslob at 6:37 AM on July 18, 2016 [5 favorites]
Yeah, I'd been running a video camera for a couple years, but nothing really serious. I wasn't what I would call, you know, really dedicated. But when Christian said he'd found this sick triple and he was going skate it, I don't know, he described the trick, and something in the back of my head just said, dude, you've got to take video of that.
So I was out there, day after day shooting the video. I'd come out, get my camera running, and Christian would fly off the stairs and wipe out, and I'd shoot video of it. He'd get up and do it again, and I'd shoot it again. We'd go for hours, him falling off the board and shouting in pain, me hitting the stop button and getting ready to shoot it again. But the thing was, I never gave up. No matter how many times Christian fucked up and wiped out, I just had to power through and keep shooting. I knew if I kept trying, eventually I'd shoot video of Christian nailing his trick, and that would be worth all of it.
Yeah, sometimes I'd be like, what is this for, you know? I'd wonder if it was worth it. What if Christian never nailed the trick. But I don't think it really matters what somebody does, you know. What matters is you keep showing up to shoot video of them doing it. Sometimes there'd be a car parked right there at the bottom of the stairs and Christian couldn't practice the trick, but I'd still come out, you know? It was about the coming out and having my camera ready you know, no matter what happened.
That one day, I guess I'd been shooting video of Christian falling off his board for a couple years and it was just what I did, you know? I got up, I had some granola, I went out and shot Christian falling on the pavement. But this day we were out of granola, and I was hungry, and Christian got it into his head to go to McDonalds and Starbucks, so we did that. Bad idea. Christian actually did it twice. The first time, I puked and I missed it. That was a dark moment. After all those years shooting video to miss the shot.
It was a couple months before Christian got it to work again. He cracked a rib and couldn't really get the launch right. Also I think he was upset at me for puking that first time, and that kind of psyched him out. So he did a lot of hesitation runs where he pulled up before the jump. But I never faltered. I taped every one of those. Even when I knew he wasn't going to nail the trick today, I just came out and taped him, because that's what it was about for me.
Then the second time, the second time I nailed it. Christian went off the ramp and my stomach felt good and I had him right in frame and the white balance was pinpoint. I know this doesn't make sense, but I knew this was the one. That I was going to nail shooting Christian landing his trick. It was like it had already happened. Well, I guess for Christian it had already happened, but for me it was like I knew. And then Christian landed it and we'd done it man, we'd totally done it.
I haven't really hung out with Christian since then. I see him around and stuff, but to be honest, we kind of get on each others' nerves after going through two years of that. It was an ordeal and I don't think we really want to think about it. I hear he still boards.
Me, I still shoot video of things. There's a guy I'm working with now, he's got this thing where he's going to toss a water bottle like ten feet and have it just nail straight up onto a table and stay there. Not falling over, not bouncing, nothing. He's a good kid, but he's never done anything like this before. He hasn't been through it like I have. Sometimes, when he's been bouncing water bottles off tables for like six hours, I see it wearing on him. Like he doesn't know if he's got it in him to keep on trying. But I know, man, I know. I shot video of Christian nailing that trick. I proved I've got what it takes. So if he ever lands that water bottle, I'm going to get it on tape. It's going to be epic, man. It's going to be epic.
posted by Naberius at 7:38 AM on July 18, 2016 [22 favorites]
So I was out there, day after day shooting the video. I'd come out, get my camera running, and Christian would fly off the stairs and wipe out, and I'd shoot video of it. He'd get up and do it again, and I'd shoot it again. We'd go for hours, him falling off the board and shouting in pain, me hitting the stop button and getting ready to shoot it again. But the thing was, I never gave up. No matter how many times Christian fucked up and wiped out, I just had to power through and keep shooting. I knew if I kept trying, eventually I'd shoot video of Christian nailing his trick, and that would be worth all of it.
Yeah, sometimes I'd be like, what is this for, you know? I'd wonder if it was worth it. What if Christian never nailed the trick. But I don't think it really matters what somebody does, you know. What matters is you keep showing up to shoot video of them doing it. Sometimes there'd be a car parked right there at the bottom of the stairs and Christian couldn't practice the trick, but I'd still come out, you know? It was about the coming out and having my camera ready you know, no matter what happened.
That one day, I guess I'd been shooting video of Christian falling off his board for a couple years and it was just what I did, you know? I got up, I had some granola, I went out and shot Christian falling on the pavement. But this day we were out of granola, and I was hungry, and Christian got it into his head to go to McDonalds and Starbucks, so we did that. Bad idea. Christian actually did it twice. The first time, I puked and I missed it. That was a dark moment. After all those years shooting video to miss the shot.
It was a couple months before Christian got it to work again. He cracked a rib and couldn't really get the launch right. Also I think he was upset at me for puking that first time, and that kind of psyched him out. So he did a lot of hesitation runs where he pulled up before the jump. But I never faltered. I taped every one of those. Even when I knew he wasn't going to nail the trick today, I just came out and taped him, because that's what it was about for me.
Then the second time, the second time I nailed it. Christian went off the ramp and my stomach felt good and I had him right in frame and the white balance was pinpoint. I know this doesn't make sense, but I knew this was the one. That I was going to nail shooting Christian landing his trick. It was like it had already happened. Well, I guess for Christian it had already happened, but for me it was like I knew. And then Christian landed it and we'd done it man, we'd totally done it.
I haven't really hung out with Christian since then. I see him around and stuff, but to be honest, we kind of get on each others' nerves after going through two years of that. It was an ordeal and I don't think we really want to think about it. I hear he still boards.
Me, I still shoot video of things. There's a guy I'm working with now, he's got this thing where he's going to toss a water bottle like ten feet and have it just nail straight up onto a table and stay there. Not falling over, not bouncing, nothing. He's a good kid, but he's never done anything like this before. He hasn't been through it like I have. Sometimes, when he's been bouncing water bottles off tables for like six hours, I see it wearing on him. Like he doesn't know if he's got it in him to keep on trying. But I know, man, I know. I shot video of Christian nailing that trick. I proved I've got what it takes. So if he ever lands that water bottle, I'm going to get it on tape. It's going to be epic, man. It's going to be epic.
posted by Naberius at 7:38 AM on July 18, 2016 [22 favorites]
You have so much energy, Naberius.
posted by urbanwhaleshark at 9:39 AM on July 18, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by urbanwhaleshark at 9:39 AM on July 18, 2016 [2 favorites]
There should be a staff position for you to write FPP fan fiction, Naberius. I would pitch into a crowd fund lol.
posted by Annika Cicada at 10:08 AM on July 18, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by Annika Cicada at 10:08 AM on July 18, 2016 [4 favorites]
"It's like watching a self-inflicted CTE study. This man should donate his last, confused years to science."
In the video he specifically pointed out a time he hit his head, because it's obviously something that doesn't happen that much.
Fortunately, unless the skull actually touches a hard object, the CTE fairies can not infect the brain with their toxins.
Many adolescents have assured me that repeated, violent shaking of the brain/spinal cord with high impulse factors is totally not a problem.
posted by soylent00FF00 at 5:22 PM on July 18, 2016
In the video he specifically pointed out a time he hit his head, because it's obviously something that doesn't happen that much.
Fortunately, unless the skull actually touches a hard object, the CTE fairies can not infect the brain with their toxins.
Many adolescents have assured me that repeated, violent shaking of the brain/spinal cord with high impulse factors is totally not a problem.
posted by soylent00FF00 at 5:22 PM on July 18, 2016
eh.
Chronic subdural haematoma secondary to headbanging
Dr Ariyan Pirayesh Islamian, MD, Manolis Polemikos, MD, Joachim K Krauss, PhD
Article has an altmetric score of 422
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60923-5 |
showArticle Info
A 50-year-old man presented to our neurosurgical department in January, 2013, with a 2 week history of constant worsening headache affecting the whole head. He had no history of head trauma, but reported headbanging at a Motörhead concert 4 weeks previously. His medical history was unremarkable and he denied substance misuse. Neurological examination and laboratory studies, including coagulation screening, were normal. Cranial CT showed right-sided chronic subdural haematoma with pronounced midline shift (figure).
(The Lancet)
posted by sebastienbailard at 8:16 PM on July 18, 2016 [2 favorites]
Chronic subdural haematoma secondary to headbanging
Dr Ariyan Pirayesh Islamian, MD, Manolis Polemikos, MD, Joachim K Krauss, PhD
Article has an altmetric score of 422
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60923-5 |
showArticle Info
A 50-year-old man presented to our neurosurgical department in January, 2013, with a 2 week history of constant worsening headache affecting the whole head. He had no history of head trauma, but reported headbanging at a Motörhead concert 4 weeks previously. His medical history was unremarkable and he denied substance misuse. Neurological examination and laboratory studies, including coagulation screening, were normal. Cranial CT showed right-sided chronic subdural haematoma with pronounced midline shift (figure).
(The Lancet)
posted by sebastienbailard at 8:16 PM on July 18, 2016 [2 favorites]
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