Page 1 of 2

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 6:51 pm
by carvebeast
two tricks ive always wanted to learn and finally got the chance to today! i was filming alone so skip ahead to about :28 seconds to avoid the downtime for both clips! i've decided i am gonna go ahead and make a little video of the riding i did this weekend so be on the lookout for that later this week! enjoy and let me know what you think! stoked to take these two tricks to the park soon!



tree bonk bs 360:





backie w/ an indy grab:


Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 8:45 pm
by apxskir
nice stuff. Where is that? NCSU - Pullen Park? Dorothea Dix?

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 10:33 pm
by AnuhJean
Good job dude. I bet you're pretty excited about landing those. You better do those Saturday!

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 10:40 pm
by snowboardwfaith
Pretty ballsy to do a back flip on something so small! Nice man.

Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 8:29 am
by carvebeast
its at a middle school off six forks road. i live basically right across from north hills right by it. carroll middle school. thanks for the props guys and yesssss anna im excited to try and throw it down in the park now.

Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 8:55 am
by skirt
that was awesome. how long have you been working on those jumps? def takes some ballz.

Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 10:45 am
by Superorb
Awesome, looks great.

Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 12:04 pm
by carvebeast
that was awesome. how long have you been working on those jumps? def takes some ballz.



i've never done either. i built that jump specifically for learning flips and bonks so i learned both tricks yesterday in a few hours time. nice steep lip and a close by tree and i was on my way. the first back flip attempt was pretty freakin scary, but i just pointed it forward, got a good amount of speed, whipped my head around hard (they always say your body follows your head), and tucked my legs. i actually landed somewhat and just washed out. at that point i knew i was gonna have them dialed by the end of the day and so i made a few adjustments, started going for an indy grab upside down to keep my board straight and just spotted my landing a little more. started sticking them after about the 3rd attempt.



the tree bonk was a total experiment. i had no idea how to do it at first, but had seen it in some good park vids and always thought they looked fun. first time i just did a shifty air so my front edge behind my back binding would lightly hit the tree; fell flat on my back. i realized then that the spin is meant to be more violent than normal rotations and that i really had to hit the tree hard. i started making bark fly like crazy and hit my tail off that tree HARD. as soon as you hit it just naturally throws you into your rotation. landed a 180 on the second attempt and then assumed that if i hit it harder i could land a 3 so that's exactly what i did! haha the rest is history. glad you guys are enjoying my efforts b/c i've been pretty excited about really pushing it the last few days and it's fun to hear some feedback! video coming soon!

Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:05 pm
by jamsandwich
looks boss, well done.

Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 10:31 pm
by Superorb
Please wear a helmet.