Learnt Switch FS Bigspins

Can you believe it's the person I haven't skated with in years that teaches me the technique to a trick I've never really gotten close to doing before? Adam Reid don't skate anymore but when he came out and was trying Switch FS Bigspins I decided to join in and found them impossible. It was only after he showed me the placement of his back foot did I realise what the key to it all was, it's the scoop the back foot is able to give. We have our toes pointing in the opposite direction of where we are travelling (well an angle) which looks weird but my god does it help as I landed one in just a few tries. It works for normal as well, least I think it does (got close but no land).

Filming Dan

So yesterday when I saw Dan was doing his FS Smith Kickflips out I asked him if he wouldn't mind filming, of course being the nice guy he is he didn't mind. I whipped out my camera and although it took him a while he got it. Afterwards he went into overdrive mode with me capturing footage of tricks like FS 270 Lipslides and Kickflip BS Lipslides. I have all the footage, just need to upload it at some point and put together a video.

Still need to get my vids sorted though so I'm probably going to be lazy and take ages to do this, we will have to see.

Finally if you read my previous blog you'll see I uploaded a teaser vid of me trying to Switch Triple Heelflip, here is the end product.

Can I Switch Triple Heelflip?

Is the question I ask you. Don't know what I mean? Then watch the video I uploaded to Youtube yesterday.

Switch Triple Heelflip Attempt

So do you think I can do it? I have more videos coming your way soon, one of them may well be a Switch Triple Heel!