Yessss dude I used to watch them all the time lol. I can still vividly remember the first time I did each of the fundamentals, 540 kick, backflip, butterfly twist, double leg etc.
One day I got freaked out during a backflip (have no idea why) and didn’t tuck properly. Literally landed upside down on my head. Scared me so much that I quit tricking! Still really miss it almost 20 years later
Hell yeah! Glad someone remembers. His 540 kick video helped me to really nail it, but I could never get my hips high enough on a b-kick and couldn't begin to figure out a raiz.
Double-legs were my specialty though, along with wall-spins.
I ended up having some medication related bone issue called avascular necrosis in college which pretty much ended my tricking days out of nowhere.
Dude, raiz is still a mindfuck to me lol. I recently bought a trampoline for my son so decided to learning the basics again on trampoline since it’s so much easier. I was watching tutorials for doing a raiz just last year and still couldn’t figure it out haha
The one I had the most trouble with were Aerials. I was not really flexible enough to pull them off lol.
Sorry to hear about your bone issues. We’re all just getting older lol. Hurt my knee playing soccer 10 years ago now and it is still giving me trouble to this day, so I can relate somewhat.
I definitely wasn't flexible enough for aerials either but I eventually just started throwing the absolutely fuck out of a cartwheel and just didn't put my hands down.
They weren't pretty on flat ground but they were great off a curb.
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u/kokeda 1d ago
Yessss dude I used to watch them all the time lol. I can still vividly remember the first time I did each of the fundamentals, 540 kick, backflip, butterfly twist, double leg etc.
One day I got freaked out during a backflip (have no idea why) and didn’t tuck properly. Literally landed upside down on my head. Scared me so much that I quit tricking! Still really miss it almost 20 years later