I remember when Eric Koston was kicked off the Tony Hawk tour for 'not trying' and 'looking effortless' Even tho he was doing insane tricks nobody else was.
I don’t understand why pressure flips are so hated on. It looks like the board starts to rotate out of nowhere and there is something very stylish/minimalist about that, I like the look of them.
@@Fralorgrafon 😂👍 Well we had these types of skaters at school that required you to wear certain clothes, listen to certain music and so on. For me skateboarding was always about freeing myself from social norms and just having fun and pushing myself beyond my limits.
It’s because pressures aren’t done with the same technique that every other trick has. If you never do them, it’s like skating in a new terrible stance only few people care for.
he redoes a trick if his hand sketches out a little or the clean landing looked like he was even slightly uncomfortable. Pro stuff. High dedication to redo landed tricks...it's cool to see his high standard.
Once while riding to the skatepark, I decided to try a 360 pressure flip, and I landed it first try. I thought that was such a success that I just went home for that day. :D
Impossible is probably one of my favorite trick because you remain in contact with it throughout the entire thing. Whereas some tricks look like you just huck it and hope the board flips around the right way and then you land on it, it can look disjointed. The impossible is kind of like that spin around your thumb thing you can do with a pen, and I just really like that aspect.
I really like the way the pressure flips look. I am going to learn the different variations of these. Also when I was in highschool, 91-95, I thought the Ollie under flip was an Ollie impossible. Thanks for clarifying and I feel a little sheepish… lol Back then we didn’t have internet let alone you tube so we had to rely on magazines and VHS. Yes I am 45 lol. Man you’re attitude is awesome!! Keep skating brotha!!
I had switch pressure hard flips wired, could even do a switch pressure hard flip big spin variation. Been awhile now tho, gonna have to give it a whirl again! Thanks for the inspiration 🛹
I'm so far removed from my childhood, when I was skating Eric was my Led Zeppelin. He was switch bluntsliding , nollie kicking all the spots and i missed everything you just showed me. He is great and you are as well, fucking killer skate scholar Giger!!
Koston during the menikmati era was the only time I remember during the time I’ve been skating where there was kind of a consensus best skateboarder in the world
I was born March 7 1989 .. I've watched soo many skaters in my life time ... Including my father who was on the cover of skateboard mag in 1975 (Denis shufeldt) . But I have to tell to Jhonny... You are the best skater I've ever seen in my life. You have done everything in the trick book I could never do .. you have done all the tricks I dreamed of doing... I've met Rodney mullen at the skate board hall of Fame in Anaheim.. and witnessing you do his tricks and almost everything/ trick that's ever been cool 😎 .. man just wanna say .. if I met you , I would feel like I met every pro skater except tony hawk / bob burnquist
Btw my fathers character was played by (jack Smith) in the movie "lords of Dogtown" my dad was 1 of the 3 judge's at the skate board contest ., another real life friend.. he's a well known person in the skater community....
When pressure flips and variations of started being done, it was quite the mind breaker. I remember watching VHS videos in slow motion, trying to understand 🧐
You started it with my favorite trick he did on Yeah Right !...thank you.. that brought back so many memories..watched that and Darkstar Battalion when I was deployed to Iraq in 2004
Was my favorite trick back in the day and always got ppl in skate with it. You can also press on the opposite corner to reverse the pressure flip idk what that’s called.
Yo, Jonny. Sick Revive shirt you're wearing brother! EDIT: Anyone else start rubbing their eyes thinking they were tripping balls or having a flashback at 12:53? xD
Stair and good tricks to taking the special tricks of control and stability his balance and landing the rail of a difficult trick to accomplish the trick in many random skatespot!
Man.. I am considering getting a skateboard just to try some of these flip-tricks.. I haven't skated for like 13 years, and I'm turning like 34 in the summer.. Guess I'll die :'D
I didn’t “technically” quit skating until after college…I stopped trying as hard. I’m 38 & go out a couple times a month. Start slow & have fun! You’ve got many years ahead to skate!
I went to a skateshop today, and long story short, my lack of knowledge of boards, the input of the dude running the shop and my anxiety made me flee the scene without a board.. lol. I was very unsure about the size of the deck I should get, but I felt most comfortable with like a 7.75 size board cuz I'm like.. 5'8 and I felt like 8.0 or beyond were so wide I thought I'd never be able to flip them. And then the dude was like "yeah broader boards are more popular now, like kids will run 9.0s even." I think I worry too much about judgement. And I didn't wanna potentially "waste" 250 - 280$ on the "wrong" setup.
I dig pressure flips. When you get good at them you can fake a lot of tricks. Does anyone know if there's a trick tip on pressure backside flip? Is it a pressure flip body varial or are you actually doing a back 180 pressure flip?
Can I ask why they're called pressure heelflips? I kept watching in slow motion but still couldn't see where the heel came in like a normal Heelflip? Edit: Never mind, I saw it on the follow shot. Back foot heel with toes forward makes the board pop. Did I understand right?
Me and a friend used to practice lots of different styles of pressure flips every day like 30 years ago. We could do these in the video + the same but backside, nollie, and nollie backside + all of those rolling switch - i dont think ive seen Jonny do a backside pressure flip?
Jonny, Jonny, Jonny! My boy, as everyone knows, a fandangle is a half cab to one footed crook. You land on the ledge with just one foot on the board. You did a crooked grind one-footer- WHICH IS ALSO AWESOME! But a fandangle it is not.
Pretty please with sugar on top. Please do a Video on Treflip late flip. I know you can do 'em. You did two in your 5 types of Tre flip. Even crossfooted. I wish i could do those. It also would be the Deathblow Trick in every Game of Skate.
I’ve seen Eric Koston on skate jam once and I also had a Girl Skateboards Koston model back in 2003, I liked tha shape on it. It was nice to skate on…but I don’t know much abt tha dude other than that.
Oh it is in the states so you would have to use your own financial income to get here (air fairways) but iam sure we could find a way to reimburse you along the way 👍
11:29 Jonny is using the top of his foot to do the late half kickflip in the cancel heelflip, while the example footage he showed the guy uses the bottom of his foot. Bottom of the foot seems easier and more logical, not sure why jonny does it the other way
This is just a general statement. But I always feel like I look stupid when I'm trying to figure out the balance of my skateboard. I keep trying, and I always feel like someone is watching me, and judging me. I haven't touched my skateboard since July because of it.
