WTF Of course it COUNTS !!!! That successful attempt is the sole holder of Chris not falling to the ground for the 1st time. All his Trucks were bent or broken, he rolled away but the trucks failed on him. Chris bailed the forced powerslide and landed on his feet with a controlled effort so as to not fall. This COUNTS
I don’t think people realize the pain and dedication skaters go through so the raw skate content always hits different. We’re all human and I guess joslin is too . LEGEND
Bro was NOT satisfied with that pivot at the end of the roll away and IMMEDIATELY went back up without hesitation. Chris is a freaking warrior 💪🏽 and a real one 🙌🏽
I uses to skate hard in the early to mid 2000s and was in absolute love with it. I'm 34yrs old now and on the daily I have aches in both of my knees from the years of slams and impacts from it. After blowing out my left ankle on a simple ass boardslide on a sketchy ass 6 stair handrail, that was pretty much it for my skating career. I ended up having surgery on it and they installed screws which I still have to this day. It took about 6 or 7 months to get back on the board but it wasn't the same. Seems like I had nerve damage and couldn't flick out with that foot anymore. I started to skate more switch to try and compensate but the pain and the anxiety got the best of me and I was no longer psyched to try the huge shit that I would normally do prior. I still enjoy watching the old videos and following up on the up and coming talent. Crazy how far skating has come and how people are becoming wealthy off of it. This dude is fucking sick and is always pushing the bar further and further with his hammers. Back in the days I used to love Mark Appleyard, Chris Cole, P-Rod, Koston, PJ Ladd (Basically the entire Flip team), Rick McCrank, Marc Johnson, and so many others who were killing it at that time.
Hey my man I was reading your comment, I feel you would seriously benefit from the knowledge the knees over toes guy is putting out. I had a lot of knee damage and weak ankles and various parts of my joints from the many sprains i went through from skating and training parkour but now at 31 I will be returning to parkour and skating with full mobility.
It still amazes me how fucking massive these spots are. You need to be so good and have so much confidence to even think about jumping down that thing.
That counts in my book. If he would have walked forward to the guys after and clapped their hands instead of picking up his board and going back up everyone would've had no doubt. It's how he reacted that changed the perception that it didn't count but in reality that counted.
@@marcusrosales3344 yes if you take it that life or death and deal in true metrics he didn’t but skateboarding is subjective af this was equipment failure not user. 5 dollar bushings 40 dollar trucks on el Toro doing a trick with two different revolutions of your board and he went thru 3 sets of trucks taking those factors of physics into account bruh landed this also proves indy better than venture cus he slid after this lol
DUDE it takes so much to Endure what Joslin went through. His mentality while he's going through it is amazing. There is no other way you can handle pain like that any better. Plus he did do it. We can nit pick the landing but he caught it, rolled away long enough and then people can nit pick the rest. It's still amazing
I can't believe a legend like this got disrespected by a punk at batb. He threw the red flag for a good reason. Tyler Peterson the worst sportsman in the history of skateboarding, and the ref should have absolutely nothing to do with skateboarding ever again. You guys from storied should bring back the pros when it was all about fun and the games were exciting, not a bunch of IG clowns
@@ThatIsDopeBro He could have at least called himself out on it. Sewa did that in the finals and got the entire skateboard community's respect, and his toedrag was dubious. Tyler put half of his foot on the ground and used his weight to support him. I wouldn't even have called that a fricking redo on defence.
man i remember early 2000's when i heard someone ollied it and that was just an ollie, but 360 flip? damn! the progression! mad props to the skaters day in day out pushing the sport with such dedication and mad love for the sport
So much respect for Joslin on this one, and in general. Got a good attitude about it even though it’s such a heartbreaking landing. Whenever I watch the roll away where he spins out I just shake my head in disbelief.
As a skater, when you can't complete the roll away after the trick, it always sucks so much. It's like you did the hard part, the 95% of the whole sequence, but that last 5% are still vital, without it the trick is not complete. You can see him running back immidiately after the failed roll away, because the feeling of pure bliss was interrupted. He knows he CAN do it, but unfortunately, it has not been officialy done.
I just started skating a few months ago and started took my first bjg slam. My wrists still ache and watching this makes them ache even more. Yikes... mad respect.
to me is a make, the truck broke.... Chris is beast being able to handle that amount of attempts is just mind blowing, it's hurts even to look at it...
Just came here after watching his loss to Tyler Peterson at BOTB13. Joslin has been a beast since day 1 and I’d much rather watch this kind of dedication to skateboarding than someone doing flat ground double flips. 🤷♂️
Anxiety from watching this. Seeing a board flipping around maniacally under his feet while he basically straight legs taps the ground beneath this massive drop repeatedly, over and over again makes me feel like MY legs are being mangled. I dunno how Joslin does it. Insane.
Bro it looks so different, less intimidating with one solid block. Props to you guys for showing the battle on spot. Most skaters have zero clue how much goes into a shoot. It’s not one and done. Everyone takes it on the chin. Even for some of the dumbest reasons.
Bigspin coming soon........ hopefully, seriously this entire video is insane and pure brutality and pain, thanks for another classic video him sticking it so many times is as impressive as him rolling away Idc what anyone says it counts if only he didn't ride for Venture at the time, this is video is the exact reason he went back to independent.
His signature backside bigspin would be insane. Being blind to the stairs, and then landing fakie. Heck, even a heelflip has never been done on El Toro
I've been to both spots, and I think the Davis gap is way gnarlier because it's longer. It might be 2 stairs shorter but it's way longer and much less run up. Go to both and be your own judge though.
Mad respect to Joslin, nobody is gonna tre Davis at least. People say Nyjah isn’t as much a “core skater” and dude stuck multiple bs flips down this nor is he known much as a gap skater. Those top dudes are all core as it gets because they have to be to get to this level.
Think of it this way. . . if the landing was super short, like it had a wall right at the point where he pivoted so he would have had to jump off the board to keep from slamming into the wall, that would have counted. So there's not that big of a difference. I say that counts.
@@homesickNovalis it’s just madness. Flinging yourself down that thing especially with a tee flip spinning under you, you gotta be a certain type of breed to attempt it even
Joslin himself said this wasn’t a make. But I’m 31 years old, been skating since I was a kid. Watched Joslin since he first showed up at that Sheckler charity event like 10 years ago at Etnies. This was a fucking make to me. Joslin put something on film I always dreamed of seeing and he rolled away
You did it. No else has done anything close to that tbh. Skateboarding is fickle but that doesn't change the fact that you did roll away for 3 seconds and stepped off. I can imagine if we went and reviewed raw footage from everyone this is valid. If a rail or grass stopped you everyone would have counted it. CJ is the 🐐
Honestly, I struggle doing tricks like these even in videogames 😂 Chris is such a warrior to just keep on trying and trying and taking slam after slam, I take my hat off for him! 🎩🔥
Of course everyone wants to see a clean rollaway, but for Joslin this is a W. Legendary. He’s given too much to skateboarding and his dedication makes everyone proud to have witnessed this. Counts.
Everyone should go out and buy 1 piece of anything chris Joslin merch. Even if you dont use or wear. Just to pay respect for those battles. That was combat
this is a 100% make for me even the first time i saw this go down, the slipped roll away makes this trick so iconic and still my inspiration in skateboarding till this day.
That counts in my book (for whatever that's worth). I think it's wild that anyone would say it DOESN'T count just because he didn't roll for another X seconds or Y feet. That's silly. Dude earned that one and should be proud for a very rare achievement. Very few will ever even ATTEMPT that, much less get it under their feet and roll away AT ALL. Especially considering how locked down it is now.
I mean Joslin himself said it wasn’t a true land. It’s heartbreaking because he most definitely would’ve rolled away if his trucks held up, landing was damn near perfect. Surprised Nyjah didn’t break trucks for sticking his bs flips like 3-4 times down it. Maybe because he’s smaller and lighter? Nyjah made it look so much easier than Joslin’s painful attempts which is wild to me because Nyjah isn’t known much as a gap skater. Everything comes so naturally to him. And I don’t think a bs flip is any easier than a tre, maybe even harder with the blind landing.
I know everyone is trying to be positive about that try but let’s not also be delusional. He didn’t land it. That’s not a land. At all. It was close, but close doesn’t = land. I skated for years and I would never count something like that as a land. That would be ridiculous of me. You can be positive in other ways. Like even getting that close is almost impossible. Joslin is the best. I wish he actually did it.
@@Teebagzzzimagine a spot so legendary that even non makes stay in any skaters resume who tries something on El Toro. They don’t even have to land it, it’s so gnarly
From a normal persons standpoint, I’m not surprised he never went back. But thinking like Chris, I’ve always been surprised he could sleep at night and never went back lol
Only a few percent of humans that could endure this battle of mental and physical pain and passion for something. Just another level, almost all of us watching could only imagine. Honestly imagine throwing yourself down this over and over with a tre flip, the drop and impact of el toro is god level.
So great to see all the attempts, such a shame the trucks let him down. Craziest thing is both Shecks and Nyjah stuck bs flips down it which I’d argue is even more difficult. Can’t imaging falling down that thing backwards let alone down it at all. Nyjah isn’t even known for his gap skating but he stuck like 3-4 and was closer than Shecks. Nyjah said he’d try a switch fs flip if he ever went back. Was glad to hear Joslin compare it to Davis because I wasn’t sure if either was more difficult, they look nearly the same height and length.
