Ok you guys, the game is here! Here are the updated rules, as well as the list of players:

Rules
1) The set has to be reasonably clean. I know in Freestyle some of the crazier tricks can get slightly sketchy, but try to get it where you don't just fall off the board after landing :P The same goes for matches, although some leeway can be given.

2) This is a Freestyle Game of Skate. A lot of flip tricks can be considered freestyle, but for this game, no ollie or ollie-based tricks are allowed. We have the regular Game of Skate for that.

3) No repeating tricks already in the game. If there's a lot of interest, there will be a Freestyle Game of Skate vII. If that comes around, then tricks can be repeated from previous games. This does not apply to combos (ex: If a HS Rail has already been done, you can still use it in a combo).

4) Tricks can be done stationary or rolling, it's your choice. If someone does a rolling trick, the set (obviously?) has to be rolling.

5) Footwork is not allowed, period. Therefore, neither are manuals. 360 Spins are allowed, but the person matching your trick only needs to spin two times in order to qualify as 'matching' the trick (because there's no way in hell some people can match some numbers). Ex: I set as my trick a four 360 Nose Spins. It only counts as two 360 Nose Spins for matching purposes.

6) Here's how the actual game dymanics work:

---When it's your turn to set, you have two days to set your trick. Exceptions can be granted depending on circumstances.

---I will tell you what time you have to post your set up when I tell you it's your turn to set. Don't just assume and go ahead with it.

---You have five days to match the trick after it has been set. I will announce when the particular time will be after each set.

---All times are going to be in Pacific Standard Time (-8 from GMT) because that's the time that I opperate on.

---When you match or set a trick, post it in the 'Freestyle Game of Skate Tricks' thread. All other discussion of the game (including me telling you who's setting/what the time limits are) will be held in the 'Freestyle Game of Skate Disscussion' thread.

---After you match a trick, just give the camera this sign. I don't care where your thumb is, but just do it. It's to make sure your trick was filmed for the Freestyle Game of skate game.

http://www.delta.edu/jfrohm/sign/iloveyou-sm.jpg

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Players
-Necromortis
-Dead Sparrow
-Daniel Jones
-Tony W.
-Etnieskater
-Arto-Geoff
-slipknotdude190
-lazerflip

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It's my turn to set the trick, I'll be updating my signature shortly. I think I'll start off easy (unless I land something cool on camera ;)).

~Necro

cool dude, is it that signing up i spelt my name wrong? or am i right? :p its ok dude ill go by the name of Etniesskater

Sweet, can't wait to get started!

P.S. I made you set the trick, 'cause on a list I saw you wrote your name first. No hard feelings. :D

EDIT: Changed your name on there, Etnieskater. :D

Ok, I'm updating my signature now. I also got my trick filmed, so you guys will get to see it after I manage to upload the damn thing onto YouTube or something.

~Necro

thanks for changing the name...hey so like could u tell us what trick it is right nwo because its only 7:50 :p lmao im jk and we got 5 days..thats pretty fair, this sounds like fun.

You'll see when I update with my trick. Patience young padawan :P

Lol, it's not that hard. Hopefully it'll give a few of you guys a letter...maybe...probably not :P

It's a really fun trick to do rolling, I was trying them rolling, but for some reason I wasn't sticking them on camera (I landed a textbook one though, immediately after I turned the camera off. Fakie too!)

~Necro

You'll see when I update with my trick. Patience young padawan :P

Lol, it's not that hard. Hopefully it'll give a few of you guys a letter...maybe...probably not :P

It's a really fun trick to do rolling, I was trying them rolling, but for some reason I wasn't sticking them on camera (I landed a textbook one though, immediately after I turned the camera off. Fakie too!)

~Necro
are you putting it up in less than half an hour so i can practice it :p cuz I'll probably be out first looking at the list..i mean..sorry master

Dude, I've uploading it and am going to post it now now now (as us South Africans say).

~Necro

EDIT: Posted the trick up. Of course, it auto merged with my first post, but it's up. Go look!

~Necro

IM SUCH A RETARD. i cant count, spell my name or read...Daniel Jones could you please delete my post in the tricks thread.

Oh man, I'm after Daniel. That kid might do me in :)

Oh, and are rolling impossibles considered ollie based tricks? Or does it depend how you do it? Because technically, you don't ollie.

Mmm...that's a hard call for me. I can't do impossibles, so to save my ass, part of me wants to say that yes, they are ollie based tricks. But then, I don't really mind getting a letter (I'm going to be out anyway), and I've always wanted an excuse to learn impossibles anyway.

I'll leave this one up to you guys, should impossibles be allowed or no?

~Necro

EDIT: I just wanted to point out that the order of players was chosen COMPLETELY randomly (except for me being first, blame Daniel for that).

Impossibles should be fine, as long as you don't ollie into them. Do it the other way, either way I'm screwed. :D

By the way, let's follow the other game of skate, and the prize for winning is all the other competitors give the guy a rep point...sound good?

as im next on the list to post a move when should post it, monday night ?

No, everyone has to either match the trick or take a letter, and then you have two days to set your trick.

~Necro

EDIT: Wow Daniel, that was a really clead flip. Dead Sparrow, that one was close. Generally, you shouldn't have touched the ground, so if you get it better in the next four days, try and re-film it. It's cool if you don't, because you still landed it.

^Thanks. I think Dead Sparrow's counts. Especially since he just went out and learned them in a day! Major props.

Yeah, that's what I said, it did count, but if he gets them better, it might be cool if he re-filmed it.

~Necro

ok yea cool,i try and get a better one soon as.

^By the way, do you have handstand railstands down? I saw it in that pic comp from you, and that's a trick that could give me problems.

haha yea i can do them, i cant land them normaly, i have to bring them into casper, i cant flip the board back over while im up side down so i bring it down to casper, i have filmed a cleaner monkey flip by the way, i'll post it in the trick thread now, there alot harder then they look..

Yeah, but once you have them they aren't that hard to learn moving. I saw the cleaner one and it took me a a few watches to see if it was a pressure flip or not. I saw the hand though, so good job, it was really clean.

Ok, so two people have posted up their matches, I wonder if anyone else will get it (it's not that hard of a trick, so they probably will).

On the 20th at 8:10 PM PST it'll be your turn to set Dead Sparrow, and you'll have until the 22nd at the same time to get it filmed.

So only four days left...I haven't had so much fun on the internet for a long time :)

~Necro

ok all sounds cool, and yea i noticed it looked like a pressure flip, by the way 8:10 PST is that the time it will be in america ? i live in england so i think thats 6 hours behind are time, so i'll post my trick about 2 AM tuesday ( so it will be around 8:10 PST for you guys) im always up late anyway and i will be getting in on monday really late because im seeing trivium, so it all works out.

wtf man lol, im trying to learn them..i can barely do railstands and caspers but im gonna get you >=) few questions

1) does it have to flip in the air, or can the board sorta roll over on the ground? :p

2) Dan...Can you do those up or down anything? cuz there sick

yea, they are a difficult move, i can only just about do them, necro and dan can do them very well

Dead Sparrow: I'm at GMT -8, so you can post it up at...I don't know. But dude, don't worry about that until the 20th, and then you have two days to film it. You could film the trick and upload it now, and then I'll PM you when you should post up the thread if you want...or you could just wait until it's your turn to film your trick...

Etnieskater: Ok, you can do them moving if you want, so I guess you could do them up and down stuff...the board moves backwards or forwards though, so it might be a bit odd. And yeah, the board can't really roll across the ground, it kinda has to flip up in the air.

~Necro

^If you're not riding parallel to a ledge or curb, you have to use an entirely different method.

I can do them down small things, but it's hard to explain the method. You have to grab the rail, indy side, pull up, so the tail smacks the ground, and then monkey flip. It's an odd one. There's also the indy flip, where you ollie, grab indy, and flip it. I'm much less consistent at that, though.

Can't wait to see what dead sparrow has cooked up!

haha yea i can do them, i cant land them normaly, i have to bring them into casper, i cant flip the board back over while im up side down so i bring it down to casper, i have filmed a cleaner monkey flip by the way, i'll post it in the trick thread now, there alot harder then they look..
I saw that, do you ahve cicadas? because it sounds as if there are cicadas in the back ground.

^Nah, sounded like people speaking in a British accent. :D

Sometimes I wish some guy on here from England would just record him talking for an hour. I appreciate British accents.

necro : yea thanks man, it would be cool if you PM me when to post my trick, just for the first round so i know when to next time (if im still in), thanks.

******lamaggot: haha no i dont have cicadas, just a heavey wind,


i got a little combo plained for my next trick, not giving it away just yet, hehe

No problem man. Just PM me when you have your trick filmed, so you might want to get working on that before the 20th.

I'll PM you once it's your turn to post up you trick.

~Necro

ok cool thanks, i have it filmed, but i may re-film it or change my mind before the 20th, so at the moment i have a trick ready to be posted but as im not to post it untill the 20th i may change it, just PM me when you want me to post, thanks man

Ok, that's sweet man. I'll PM you when it's your turn.

~Necro

Oh man I am gonna get owned so bad. I don't have monkey flips anymore, i haven't done them in awhile. Shoot. Oh, well, this'll be fun!

If I joined the same thing would happen to me. Get uber pwned. But, I didn't join because I know I would be way ou tof my league.:)

Slipknotdude entered? I want to see him skate.

Yeah, I want to know how good he is at freestyle as well.

Man, you're better than me at freestyle, so you wouldn't get UBER pwned.

~Necro

By the sounds of it, your better then me.

I might have to take the letter on this...When I crouch down in the indy position and try to jump I get maybe an inch off the ground and sometimes I pull up hard and it hurts my fingers soo bad. then i tried jumping then pulling up and i still cant get high enough for a whole deck to flip. Ive also only landed it like 3 tiems by it rolling on the ground and me jumping way back lol. i think i just have to practice in the indy position jumping up and down :p

etnies skater, try putting your weight on the back hs edge of the board, applying this weight/pressure will make it flip easier..., although, i probably shouldnt interupt im not even in this game

^Feel free, I'm not in this game. Your helpin gsomeone out, so what is the problem with that?

Yeah man, here's a tip. Hang your heels off the edge a slight bit. They're easier to learn like that.

~Necro

Yeah, I think I might incorporate a few more monkey flip things later on in the game, to shake some people off. The monkey flip is one of very few tricks I really feel I've mastered. I may do a heelflip monkey flip to rail, or a monkey flip body varial or something. I dunno, we'll see.

Yeah, I think I might incorporate a few more monkey flip things later on in the game, to shake some people off. The monkey flip is one of very few tricks I really feel I've mastered. I may do a heelflip monkey flip to rail, or a monkey flip body varial or something. I dunno, we'll see.
WhAHHH? I better learn them, or your just making it hard for the...little guy :(

-so i dont need to be able to indy grab jump as high as the flip should be?

^Indy grab? Nah, I haven't done an indy in over a year, probably. Just put your heels off the edge, jump high, then flip hard. It's all about the timing!!

^Indy grab? Nah, I haven't done an indy in over a year, probably. Just put your heels off the edge, jump high, then flip hard. It's all about the timing!!
i Have to grab it in an indy position....lol..dont i? yea indy position and flip it which at the moment is insanly hard

^Right, grab it with your strongest hand, now jump, then flip. It has to be that order. That's the hard part...timing.

It really takes timing to learn Monkey Flips. It really kills your fingers if you try and flip to early. Try jumping backwards a bit, but mainly up, and flip right afterwards. I find it's easier to flip if you add a slight bit of backwards motion to your jump.

Ugh, Daniel, and I just got my Monkey Flips back on my freestyle board which came today (it took me a few tries, but they are smooth like butter now :)). I love the deck, it's awesome. Now I have to learn Heelflip Monkey Flips? I can't do those worth beans. Why don't you do a regular 3/4 monkey flip to T/S Rail? I can do those...

~Necro

^Heh, if I do them at all. If I do try them, it'll be later on in the game. Don't worry about it for right now, just work on everything. :D

^Right, grab it with your strongest hand, now jump, then flip. It has to be that order. That's the hard part...timing.
indys are with your back hand...im goofy and my left sucks, that mean i can use my right?

It really takes timing to learn Monkey Flips. It really kills your fingers if you try and flip to early. Try jumping backwards a bit, but mainly up, and flip right afterwards. I find it's easier to flip if you add a slight bit of backwards motion to your jump.
Ugh, Daniel, and I just got my Monkey Flips back on my freestyle board which came today (it took me a few tries, but they are smooth like butter now ). I love the deck, it's awesome. Now I have to learn Heelflip Monkey Flips? I can't do those worth beans. Why don't you do a regular 3/4 monkey flip to T/S Rail? I can do those..
I tried a heelflip one by grabbing it melon and I was closer than an indy kickflip one.

-hey can I grab it any place but still do a kickflip? wate nvm that would be like a fingerflip, THANKS FOR TIPS!!

^Yeah, grab it with whatever hand you need to.

For some reason thsi seems like cheating.

Nah, the whole game is to A.) Showcase your skills against others, and B.) Learn new tricks. We're completing letter B.

For some reason thsi seems like cheating.
man you just screwed it for me :p ok ok no more cheating, ill just go work on it...so today is..march 18th? ive got until sunday? and as daniel said to showcase your skills, as you can see ive got no skillatz ;)

^^ naa man, dont put your self down, i look at the tricks that you can do, not at the tricks that you cant do..

Im torn between certain tricks on witch i should set when its my turn, cant deside between a hardish trick or abit of a combo..

^^ naa man, dont put your self down, i look at the tricks that you can do, not at the tricks that you cant do..

Im torn between certain tricks on witch i should set when its my turn, cant deside between a hardish trick or abit of a combo..
I think combos look cooler and usually combos consist of stuff that ive already worked on, just as long as someone doesnt do a monkey flip combo :p

Hehe, I was going to set a monkey flip combo to rail/some railwork to casper out, but I decided against being mean on the first set. So I just set a Monkey Flip.

Dead Sparrow: Set the combo, it would really help me because I really need to work on my flows/combos.

~Necro

Wait, how do I know it's my turn to submit my own trick? I'm kind of confused on what's going on right now.

^I'll PM you when it's your turn.

DUDES!!! lol im at my moms but right before I left, my bro filmed me doing 2 monkey flips, i took your suggestions on feet farther back and using stronger hand (thanks Necro, Dan, and Skaterbob) My dad is going to email them to my email and hopefully tonight/tommorow i will have it here, i filmed too because one you couldnt see the hand. Also if there too sketchy for the game then ill take the letter...or if you hate me ill take it anyways :icon_snif

Tony, you have to match the Monkey Flip set, and then after a while (Dead Sparrow and then Daniel I think, could be wrong) it'll be your turn to set. I'll post up here when it's your turn to set, but I can also PM you if you want.

Etnieskater, that's sweet man, I want to see that video.

~Necro

^Etnieskater knows much now...too much. Look at the monster we've created!!

Oh wait no. Anyways, when is this trick over?

Looks like this is going to be a cool game to watch, because there is going to be a lot of diversity. Also, when I watched dead sparrow's first clip of his first monkey flip I laughed because the sign he mad looked like spiderman when he goes to shoot web at people lol.

^^ haha, thats what i intended

If anyone has any doubt about who's next to set tricks, what time the current set is going to end, or when someone has to set by, look at my sig. I update it whenever there's new information going on.

This set ends on March 20th at 8:10 (PM) PST (which is 12:10 (PM) GMT).

~Necro

It is still a monkey flip if you use both hands? I swqa arto's monkey flip, and I don't know if it counts or not.

Yeah, you can still do them with two hands.

~Necro

Ohh, okay, I thought it would be a two handed munkey flip then.

Yeah, you can still do them with two hands.

~Necro
I thought it had to be in the indy position because i saw yours. but when is it a fingerflip? just at the nose/tail?

Yeah, it's a monkey flip if it's on the rail, and a fingerflip if it's on the nose or tail.

It doesn't have to be with your back hand, like I said, it can be with either or both hands.

~Necro

^Can you post on here when time is up? I know it's today, but not sure when today.

omg, I thought this had to be in by lunch time. I didnt realize it was in PST and it said PM. Well my dad couldnt figure out how to upload a danm video to his computer and upload it to a site, surely im done unless I can get over there any way. and for time zones use this site to figure out the time difference:

http://www.time.gov/

Ok, if you have the video on your harddrive, just upload it onto YouTube or ZippyVideos or something. It's rather easy, you just need to create an account.

I'll post when times up, it's tonight (it's 10:50 AM right now), but I'll still post, then I'll PM Dead Sparrow and tell him that it's his turn to set (I'll also post that up here).

~Necro

^Sounds good! I'm making this post to see what time the Cafe says it is. :D

I set my clock to PST, so it says the right time for me. If you know how far away you are from GMT, I'm -8, so it would be about midnight GMT when my set is over.

~Necro

Ok, if you have the video on your harddrive, just upload it onto YouTube or ZippyVideos or something. It's rather easy, you just need to create an account.

I'll post when times up, it's tonight (it's 10:50 AM right now), but I'll still post, then I'll PM Dead Sparrow and tell him that it's his turn to set (I'll also post that up here).

~Necro
yeah ive got a youtube account, ill upload I uploaded it an hour ago because it has to wait to be able to be viewd. ive got too of them and didnt bother to use wmm to put them togethor im gonna post em up right now :)

Ah, my monkey flip is a bit sketchy.

Yeah, I looked at it and I have some trouble making out whether or not your foot touched the ground after you jumped. After many views, I figured that it didn't, so your match is fine.

That means only two people will be getting letters from my set *gasps* Ack, I know I'm not going to be able to set again, I'll be out long before then, so I'd hoped to give more people letters :P.

There's two and a half hours left to match the trick!

~Necro

I didn't feel my foot touch the ground though. That's kind of weird.
That video makes me seem like a creepo though :)

^Heh, I slowed it down 'cause I thought your foot touched the ground, too. I'm sure you can land it though, so we'll let it slide. :D

I can't wait to see what Dead Sparrow's set is.

Ok guys, times up. It is now Dead Sparrow's turn to set his trick, he has until 8:20 PM PST on March 22nd to do so.

Lazerflip and slipnotdude190 get an S.

~Necro

hey, i will be putting my trick up in a few hours, im at school at the moment, a few days ago i was thinking of one of two combos to post up, but yesturday i learned a new move so i will probly post that, not to hard but i got a nasty spill witch gave me a dead leg, so it will be intresting to see if and how you guys can do it.

i think the name of the trick witch i will be posting up in a few hours is a rolling casper disaster.

I was under the impression that Casper Disasters were always rolling? Ugh, I can't do them either way, I guess I'll have to learn them :)

~Necro

A casper disaster is basically roll fakie, get into a 180 railstand pivot, and come out riding regular, right? Alright, I'll have to see if I've lost that trick, it's been awhile since I've done them really.

A casper disaster is basically roll fakie, get into a 180 railstand pivot, and come out riding regular, right? Alright, I'll have to see if I've lost that trick, it's been awhile since I've done them really.
so i need to do a 180 and land in a railstand? holy cowza

hey guys, i've posted it in the tricks thread

Etnieskater: Nope...remember, no ollie tricks. :D I think the video will make you understand it though.

I'm glad this is the trick I was thinking of. I think I'll be able to get one filmed today.

oh i see it now...Doesnt seem as hard as I imageined in my brain :p nothing does ;)

Cool set deadsparrow. Im gonna have to learn this now.

^^ yea, its a very fun trick to do, its why i set it. its abit difficult but its nothing you cant do with abit of practise.

Ahh, I gotta get home and film this trick! :D I wonder how many spins the most casper disaster has been?

Why is it called "casper disaster" when there is no casper position in it?

Because they guy who invented it was Buddy 'Casper' Somebody :) He invented the Casper as well.

~Necro

why is it a disaster? lol it looks like a fakie railstand pivot. or fakie 180 rail stand. I get the casper but not the disaster

Bobby 'casper' Boyden. He was called casper because he was so pale, or so I heard.

Hey, can I do pogo combos? Or does it have to be a single trick?

^Pogo combos are fair. :D

Bobby 'casper' Boyden. He was called casper because he was so pale, or so I heard.

Hey, can I do pogo combos? Or does it have to be a single trick?


You can, btu I will be very angry with you.

Yeah, I'll actually have to learn those things :P

~Necro

hey dan, im very impressed with your match man, very styleish and clean. nice one.

yea, i would say pogo combos count, if any one does them then im doing them on my old board, my tail and nose on my current board are hardly there any more, haha.

^Right. Here it is. At the end of this one I say, "I can't believe it's taken me this long to land this trick." Because this one took me a terribly long time to get back for some reason. I gotta stop talking to myself...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_SczI0PWAM
YOu sounded really funny when you said that.

errr this is like the 4th time i feel retarded in this thread, ive been trying it ever since dead sparrow set it..but I was doing it TOESIDE!!! :icon_mad: now I will go learn it heelside :icon_redf

I have a question...danmit
when i do the toeside casper disaster thing, do I have to do it as fast as dead sparrow and Dan? its like a switch rail and then im on top of them and then I spin it around and land...i cant seem to be that fast, I have it on video and will post it up later so you can laugh :)

Daniel jones you sound like a hobo when you say ' i would never dream this trick would take so long'

Dude, Etnieskater, that wasn't a Casper Disaster, but it was very close.

You held the Railstand to long, so it basically became a HS Railstand Spin out. You have to keep on moving, and spin right when you get into rail.

You don't even really get into rail, one foot is on the wheel and the other is pushing the board around/over.

Check out www.bobstricktips.com for a very nice trick tip on this trick.

~Necro

Dude, Etnieskater, that wasn't a Casper Disaster, but it was very close.

You held the Railstand to long, so it basically became a HS Railstand Spin out. You have to keep on moving, and spin right when you get into rail.

You don't even really get into rail, one foot is on the wheel and the other is pushing the board around/over.

Check out www.bobstricktips.com for a very nice trick tip on this trick.

~Necro
I thought so, i was just trying to do it fast like Dan and sparrow but It started slipping out. but its like switch right? sorry ill get a better one filmed in the next few days :p

you ride fakie, and put pressure on the HS edge of the board with your back foot instead of your front.

~Necro

when you do it try to think of it a fakie 180 casper spin or a pivot, carefull you dont slip out though, i really hurt my leg learning these.

Deadsparrow, just a question about this trick. Dos it have to be done like, a railstand pivot or does it like flip into casper and spin or what?

It doesn't have anything to do with the trick called the 'Casper,' it has to be done in Rail.

~Necro

^Does etnieskaters one count, cause if so im'a do mine like that.

^Does etnieskaters one count, cause if so im'a do mine like that.
no mine didnt count :( I waited too long on the railstand, hey i found this vid on bobstrick tips that necro pointed out and im starting to get them faster
http://www.bobstricktips.com/blog/archives/000241.shtml

Aww, okay, ill have to learn them alot faster. Cheers for the link aswell.

I still haven't had a chance to try this trick moving, but I got it stationary.

~Necro

I still haven't had a chance to try this trick moving, but I got it stationary.

~Necro
does it have to be moving? I can get them like 90% stationary :(

^^ sorry man, it has to be done moving, you can post up your stationary one to show us if you want but it dosent count as the actul trick.

^^ sorry man, it has to be done moving, you can post up your stationary one to show us if you want but it dosent count as the actul trick.
:p well im going to go practice more, hey i landed on my hip in the tennis court trying this and it hurts when i walk and if i place my hand on my hip and walk i feel this bone thing pop in and out lol ;) danm casper disasters.

haha, i have a clip here of a bail of when i was practising these, my leg landed right on my right arm and brused all around my tigh, i hurt so bad even though i wasnt going that fast.

though dont view it if your offended by bad langued because the secend i land i shooted out. i still cant understand why my leg hurt so much from this fall.

http://media.putfile.com/bail20

Hmm...I'm having major amounts of trouble with this thing. Ok, here's what my problem is:

Normally, I put pressure on the HS edge of the board with my right foot and scoop with my left (I'm regular). Now, with this trick, you have to switch feet, and so I have to put pressure on the board with the left and scoop with the right.

I have insane amounts of trouble doing that, it's not even funny. It either overflip it (casper anybody?) or I don't flip it at all. Any tips on overcoming this? Is it all just practice, or is there a special stance or what?

Second, even when I'm popping regularly, I have trouble getting into rail when moving, I figure this is all just practice, but I'm wondering if you guys have any tips for this trick?

~Necro

Hmm...I'm having major amounts of trouble with this thing. Ok, here's what my problem is:

Normally, I put pressure on the HS edge of the board with my right foot and scoop with my left (I'm regular). Now, with this trick, you have to switch feet, and so I have to put pressure on the board with the left and scoop with the right.

I have insane amounts of trouble doing that, it's not even funny. It either overflip it (casper anybody?) or I don't flip it at all. Any tips on overcoming this? Is it all just practice, or is there a special stance or what?

Second, even when I'm popping regularly, I have trouble getting into rail when moving, I figure this is all just practice, but I'm wondering if you guys have any tips for this trick?

~Necro
My problem too is with the railstand, its not in my reg stance so I over flip it and as you saw when I do it i have to get balance

hey necro, when u put pressure on the board start to turn your shoulders 180 before the railstand gets up and with the foot that scoopes keep that rested on the griptape to help the 180, dont really think of it a railstand, more of a vertical pivot maybe.
hope that helpped

Ok, I'll try it some more when I get home today. I found out that if I had my feet kinda parallel and I had my shoulders facing directly across my board (so I'd be literally riding backwards) that it is a bit easier to get the railstand. Anyhow, I'll try it more when I get home.

Thanks,
~Necro

^^ how you getting on with skatting necro ?

What do you mean? Like, how am I doing with the trick?

~Necro

^^ yea as well as skatting in genarel

It's going ok. I'm actually having a blast now that I've switched to freestyle. I'm set on getting No-Handed 50-50s, but I'm having trouble balancing in that position.

I've discovered that I really like being upside-down, and I cleaned up my HS Rail to Gymnast Plants immensely, and I'm working on a stationary Handstand (on the tape) Flip. I hurt my left wrist a bit, but I was also doing Rail Handstands, and I was trying to get a Rail Handstand Flip as well.

The Casper Disaster isn't going to well, but I haven't really worked on it, because I haven't had that much time to skate. Oh well, I should be able to get it before the 26th.

I'm basically cleaning up all my tricks, and trying to get a few new ones (like Varial Rail Flips, which I got today...yay). I really need to improve my consistency, my style, and my flow.

So yeah, I'm also working on footwork.

~Necro

My casper disaster isn't the best, but I like to think it gets the job done.

I seriously doubt I'll be getting this trick. I keep ending up in Casper, and that's only when I do them stationary. I can't even imagine trying them moving...

Oh well, I have about a day to practice these things.

~Necro

The trick is to stay centered and right when you feel the rail get is about to get in place, start to turn and flick it around.

so.. 1 day left, any ideas what your setting next Dan ? haha

He is doing some sort of hand plant I think.

Oh good god I'm never going to get this trick...I'll try some more today though :P

~Necro

Oh no! I have to go film a trick for my set. I have one I know I can get, but I want to use another. Anyways, who all got this one? Was it just Dead Sparrow, Tony W, and I?

im not sure i think it is you and tony that has matched it, im really looking foward to your set, i've never been in a game of like this one before..

Yeah, sorry guys, but I give up. I'm taking a letter on this one too.

I think slipknotdude190 kinda forgot about this game, and lazerflip hasn't, but is having trouble with the tricks.

Hopefully I'll be able to land Daniel's set, although I doubt I'll be able to. Ah well, it's good for me to try and learn some of these tricks (although my left shin is taking a beating from those failed Casper Disasters).

Who knows, maybe I'll get Daniel's set?

~Necro

i really cant wait for the next set, the suspence alone is fun

Just hold on boys im still in this...im Soo close to getting this trick, I just practiced Toeside railstand and land one foot on the wheels instaed of two and now ive almost got it.

ahh wow ^^ nice one man, you still have time

Arright, I have my idea for a set, I need to film it tomorrow though. The trick looks easy, but it's a toughie, until you find out one secret trick. :D

ahh man, i cant wait ^^

^It slightly resembles your trick, but it's stationary. That's all I'm gonna say, and should give you an idea of what to work on. :D

Ok, so only Tony W. and Daniel Jones matched the set, so the rest of us get a letter.

Daniel, post up your set, you have until 3:30 PST on March 28th to post it up.

~Necro

i cant way to see the next set

I have it filmed, but I'm not gonna post it until tomorrow morning, because I want to see if I can improve upon it.

ok man ^^ sounds cool

I almost had it that morning..got up and practiced it for an hour but didnt have it, battery died on camera and were out because 3 days in a row we wasted 2 sets of batteries a day cuz it eats them. I could get up spin but I could flick it down to land :( w/e Ill get it

+ my step mom is pissed off because the computer crashed so my dad disconnected internet and were not aloud to use it.

^Sorry to hear about that, man...:(

My trick is up. It's a bit hard at first, but once you get the hang of them they feel pretty natural.

hey dan, just seen your trick, very nice set man, im gonna get to work on it soon, just a quick question though, does it matter which foot you do the spin with ?

^Nope...just gotta get the full 360 smoothly and in one spin.

ok man, thanks.

why did you fast forward the whole thing....then the video kept loading for another minute lol...well atleast I can stop spin stop casper shove. I think im going to go find some money and buy a pack of battersy for my own. Doesnt seem as hard as Dead Sparrows Set(which was good but took 3+ hours and I still cant flick the landing) but ill get it by April 17th because even if no one is doing Dans Skater challenge im going to do it for my own goal of freestyle.

It's zippyvideos, he uploaded it onto something else and everything's much clearer.

I'm working on it!

~Necro

why did you fast forward the whole thing....then the video kept loading for another minute.

I had the same problem. But I can kind of see it anyways though. Oh, and when it says a shuvit out, is that a 360 shuvit out of casper? Or just a regular 180 scoop out of casper?

It's a regular 180 scoop. Daniel said it would be cool if we did the half-impossible out though.

~Necro

I called it a shove it out for lack of a better name. I figured since there were so many street skaters in this comp, they'd understand that best.

I'm putting the better clip in the trick section right now!

My casper flip is a little sketchy, but it's not too bad I don't think. It actually took me about 10 tries to get the rail spin down. I havn't done those in a while. But I got it back :icon_smil

hey, im just about to post my match, i've been out side trying these for the last 2 or so hours.. it is really skethcy compared to others but i hope it counts, if it dosent then i will try it again.

^It counts. When I first saw it I thought your foot touched on the casper, but I watched again and it didn't. The casper was sketchy, but the rest of the trick was clean. It counts!

Man, I thought this would be a bit harder for most of you guys...looks like I have to step it up a notch!

I have a feeling that I'll be getting a letter on Tony W.'s set.

haha man trust me, i had many problems with this one, it was a very difficult set to match, my back is extremly acking and i have a huge lump on my shin, its was such a fun trick to learn though.. and yea i wonder what Tony W is gonna set..

This is really hard, i can only get a 270 spin in the railstand.

I have a feeling that some of you will have a tough time with my set after seeing the videos of everyone :)

^Good god your evil.

I really need to practice these after school today, if I can get the spin then I'm fine.

~Necro

Is it just me, or is Tony's site down? I click it and it says that it's finished loading, and I just get a white screen.

That match was close dead sparrow, but you made it. I thought you were going to fall out of rail for a second :P

~Necro

I have a feeling that some of you will have a tough time with my set after seeing the videos of everyone :)

There are precious few 100% freestylers on this site. The only ones in this comp are you, necro, dead sparrow, and I. And dead sparrow doesn't skate a FS board. I'll have a shot at your set, but I have no doubt you'll win this comp.

yea i got that on tonys one as well, a white screen

Me too. Looks like you'll have to get it put up somewhere else, Tony.

I have no doubt you'll win this comp.

When you put it that way, I think that my original set should be toned down as it is way too hard for anyone here. I'll do something a bit more simple for you guys.

I guess that site had limited downloads. I'll upload it somewhere else later.

"I have a feeling that some of you will have a tough time with my set after seeing the videos of everyone."

"I think that my original set should be toned down as it is way too hard for anyone here."

Please try to be a bit less condescending next time. Being confident is one thing, but being prideful is quite another. :(

^Nope...just gotta get the full 360 smoothly and in one spin.

Daniel, you are pure evil for settign that. I thought I would be fine, but nooooooooooooooooo,you HAD to throw that casper in there. Argh! Ah well, shouLD be fun to leaRN!

i cant wait for Tonys trick, weather its super difficult or not, its all fun

im just so dissapointed in myself for not learning that casper disaster when I was just soo danm close...a little flick with the foot and 2 batteries and i woulda had it. also i havnt tried you set on garage smooth floor yet...but i will :) I think im doing ok though for osmeone who before this competition could only doa toeside railstand

Daniel, I in no way meant to be condenscending. But I think a crossfooted broken fingers into NH 5050 to rail to railflip out would be a tad too hard.
I thought of something alot funner to learn anyways :)

Daniel, I in no way meant to be condenscending. But I think a crossfooted broken fingers into NH 5050 to rail to railflip out would be a tad too hard.
I thought of something alot funner to learn anyways :)
are you really that good?

are you really that good?


Yes, he is.

Daniel, I in no way meant to be condenscending. But I think a crossfooted broken fingers into NH 5050 to rail to railflip out would be a tad too hard.
I thought of something alot funner to learn anyways :)

Understood, it's just that the freestyle scene is so negative these days, and I don't want anyone getting discouraged.

I think I could handle that trick one handed, but the no handed thing might get me.

I understand what you mean. I want to keep this a fun game of SKATE, so this new trick I thought up might be hard, but it's a really fun trick to do once you learn it.

are you really that good?

Thanks for the compliment I think :icon_smil

Oh god now I'm scared ;)

I still haven't had a chance to try this trick, I'm at the doctor's office right now waiting for my sister's appointment to end (I wish I could drive so I could go home from school instead of being shuttled from place to place).

I don't have much homework tonight, which is night, so even if the rain doesn't let up, I'll still be trying this in my garage.

~Necro

hey necro, i saw in the trick thread you wanted some tips,

what helpped me to learn this was dont focus to much on the board, focus on spining your shoulders 360, and dont do it to to fast ether. also as you begin the spin turn your shoulders and spot the place were the 360 stops and just focus ont hat spot as you spin, dont look at the board ether and dont worry to much about falling of, the worse that may happen is getting hit in the shin but it probly wont be that bad anyway, hope that helpped man.

Woot, last night I found out how to do these. There's a little 'secret,' which Daniel asked me not to reveal to anybody, because the whole fun in this is learning the new trick on your own.

And then I forget to tell anyone except Daniel :P Lol. Anyway, thanks for the tips dead sparrow, they just made the 360 a bit easier *smiles* Now to get it on film.

~Necro

^Eh, not too much of a trick, but yeah. I'll say what it is after this.

Ah, i've been trying this all day but it won't spin, it just scrapes and stops, should i wax up my wheels or what? Or yeah, i tried it on my slidy living room floor when my mother was in the garden and got it on film but ****ed up the railstand to casper!

Try putting all your weight on your spinning foot, that way the board will kind of lift up in a 'rail wheelie' and spin easier (thats not the trick I was talking about earlier).

~Necro

Has anyone heard from slipknotdude190, i havent heard from him in this discussion thread yet, is he still playing ?

I'm not sure, I haven't seen him post either *shrug* I tried PMing him and he hasn't replied. I'll PM him again soon, and if he doesn't reply, I'll just take him off my sig.

~Necro

I was axious to see his trick. I really wanted to see how good he is at frestyle.

Posted up my match in the Tricks Thread. I'm sorry for the sketchy Casper, but I promise my foot doesn't touch the ground. That was try number 30 (I made two spins just fine in the garage, and then I got into this kinda funk where I didn't get one full spin out of 27 tries - it was my foot positioning). So then I adjusted my foot and got it the first try afterwards (I was doing fine in my room and earlier today as well), and I was really tired of that damn match ;)

~Necro

I like your spin. It was real quick-like.

Thanks man, I tried to work on that when I was learning them. I guess it paid off :)

~Necro

^^nice one man, looked very nice

**** **** ****. I just got my match filmed im just sticking it on windows movie maker. That was one hard trick, i took some bad bails on it, wacking my shins, got it though in the end!

EDIT: Putfiles down at the moment so im going to have to wait until its up again.

^Put it on YouTube, I've heard that Putfile isn't accepting any new videos...might just be a rumor though.

~Necro

Okay, ill put the link in the trick thread now.

dudes man this trick is hard...heelside then 360 then casper out? i always fall backwards,and cant spin the full way...im like stuck :p plus ive got no internet at house to ask Q's when i need it. so by tommorow at 2

Well, two my time...I think that's about...I dunno, sometime your time :P What timezone you on?

~Necro

on my time i think thats 6 hours earlyer, so when its 2pm there i think its like 8pm here or sommthing im not to sure

my time is your time necro, so it works out :p

Can daniel still play, being he quit and all.

I cant do it!!!!! this trick is killing me, looked easier than teh casper disaster but its not :(

Can daniel still play, being he quit and all.

Look at his thread again lol.

^I found out taht he didn't quit about ten minutues after I made that post.

Ok guys, times up. I think it's Tony W.'s turn to set, he has until 3:00 PM on April 3rd PST to post up his trick.

I'll doll out letters soon enough.

~Necro

So I just found this site out a few minutes ago - is there aaanny possible way I could jump into this game? Obviously Ill get whatever tricks that are already done up and on here within a day or so. Maybe?

^^ i dont no man, you may have to wight for the next one, i just checked out your site, i must say man, i respect you alot man about your love for graphic design and animation, hope to talk to you soon,

as for the skate game, in not sure you would be aloud, there are plenty on more Skate games on this site that may not have started, you could check them out if you liked

Thanks, appreciate it.

But the only problem is that this is the only Freestyle Game of Skate that I found. I can try and get the three tricks up tonight.

Let's see...slipknotdude190 hasn't posted at all in this thread...I think he forgot. Tell you what, I'll let you join. Here's the catch though - you have to be willing to start the game with an S. I know it's kinda harsh, but that's the price you pay for coming late.

Also, get every single trick that's been set (Monkey Flip, Casper Disaster, and a HS 360 Railspin to Casper) to me in two days (so by Mon. April 3nd, 4:00 PM PST) in order not to get a letter from those tricks as well (considering they're past their deadlines).

Again, I know it seems kind of harsh, but I am making an exception to the rules here. This is only because slipknotdude190 is just not replying, so we have an open spot.

So get those tricks filmed to me by Monday 4:00 PM my time!

I'll update my signature now.

~Necro

EDIT: Yeah, this is the first Freestyle Game of Skate. Once this one's over we'll be staring a new one, but you can jump in on this one. Oh, I'm also putting you after lazerflip, because I don't think it's all that fair to him to put you in front of him.

~Necro

Cool. Definitely Appreciate it. Never tried monkey flips (broken my knees an unspeakable amount of times so bending my knees to that extent is going to be interesting but Ill be headin outside to try it now.

thanks again.

-Brett-

No problem man, originally it was going to be one day, but I decided to be a bit more leniant.

~Necro

Appreciate it. It might not even be a deal cuz Im gonna go and try and film them in the next few minutes or so. That Monkey flip is definitly the most sketchiest thing Ive ever tried.

good idea what necro sergested, good luck on those tricks

I Suck So Much...lol I dont know if i can spin in a railstand I dont think ill be able to take on Tony W....if what people say he must be pretty good ;) bring it onnnn and cool theres a new person.

Just posted my entry for the first three tricks on the other thread (and to save you a trip - Heres the link - http://www.brettnovak.com/other/fsgos/1.wmv )

Damn, those are pretty smooth. I almost regret letting you in the competition, you're going to own me (I was hoping for at least 4th...guess not) ;)

~Necro

Baaaah. Im sure theres plenty of tricks out there Im going to just stare blankly at the screen while you school me up.

That monkey flip was definitely an experience for me though. Never tried that before (as Im sure the sketchyness showed). And Like I said - Ive killed my knees enough times (broken them 13 times to be exact) so it should be interesting.

And besides....we're tied right now :)

Just posted my entry for the first three tricks on the other thread (and to save you a trip - Heres the link - http://www.brettnovak.com/other/fsgos/1.wmv )
Lovin it...

whens the next comp cuz we wanna join it

^Probaly in a while, these take a while to finish.

Necro, I like you signature right now. 'Is too good for our tricks.'

Yeppers, I like that too.

Meh, I really want to see Tony's set, although I know I'm going to get owned by it. It'll be fun to at least try *prays that it won't be too hard*

~Necro

he should be posting it up soon, nice work Brettnovak

Thanks.

Sorry to keep you guys waiting. I was just in the mountains snowboarding and... stuff.
I might do it today, if not by tomorrow. Don't worry about the trick. It may seem weird at first, but once you break it down, you can do it.
Brett, I like your caspers.

Nice set Tony, One footed HS Rail One-Footed Shove-It out, or One-footed HS Rail Shove-It.

I think I can do these, but it's too late for me to try them right now. I'll update my signature in the meantime.

~Necro

Yes, but it must be done moderatly fast and from tailstop. It can't be like you go into rail, wait a second, then flip out. I'd like it to be one fluid motion if that's alright.

Yeah, that's cool. But be slightly lenient, considering some people have never done Freestyle in their lives before.

~Necro

Appreciate the compliment Tony.

Ya...this should be an interesting one. I played around with the idea of doing that trick awhile ago back to rail (Like Mullen does in Opinion) but never got close. Im looking forward to tryin this so future variations.

Good set.

Yeah, I've fluked them back to rail, I'm not sure if I'll be able to do that on purpose.

Tony, does the board spin directly under you, or more to the side?

~Necro

I'll be lenient, I just don't want people to wait forever in rail in a trick that loses its essence if not done quickly, you know? Plus, it's really not that hard to do fast once you get it.

It moves almost directly under me. It goes a little to the back. The trick is to flick it once you feel the rail start to come into place. It's not really a flip, it's more like a twist of the board with your foot.

Im all for the idea of not counting unless its relatively fast - I mean if you watch it that really is the point of the trick. It would be a way different thing if you said - shuv out of rail.

Does it matter how you get into the railstand? Can you like, push the board into a one foot railstand if you know what I mean or does it have to be from tailstop.

the whole point of that trick is to do it in one "fluid motion" as Tony put it. Any yes, you have to do it from tailstop like that.

This one will be good for you guys. Once you get it slow, you can get it up to a reasonable speed.

This is a quick piece of footwork, cant halfass it

ok i think i've matched, posted int he trick thread

I'll get it done...it's hard for me because it's raining so I'm confined to a 4'x4' room with CARPET in my basement...and I'm extremely claustrophobic.

To my advantage though, I forgot 95% of freestylers let their foot stand around on a tailstop to rail. :D

^Some people on the F were bugging me about that, so I learnt them without my foot touching the ground. Still working on getting that one hundred percent consistent.

Anyway, I think I get the trick, I'll be trying it when I get home from school.

~Necro

nice match daniel

^Thank you, you too.

It looked like your other foot touched the board when you went into rail Daniel, but after watching it a few times over, I'll accept it :)

Jack Sparrow, yours was a little sloppy as your foot was on the ground a little too long, but it's fine by me.

is it still to late to sign up for this?

Yeah sorry mate, you can sign up for the next one if necro makes it again.

I'll definitely be making a new one, with a new rule: The winner of this one can't enter, to give others a chance.

~Necro

Did daniel hurt hsi arm? It looks like your arm has a cast on it.

Dead sparrow, I don't think your counted, considering your foot touched.

^In Freestyle, it is generally accepted that your foot is allowed to touch the ground when going from tailstop to rail. I mean, Keith Renna does it, and he's TECH.

~Necro

Yeah, I sprained my wrist....

wow u know of keith renna also hes insane

i have his myspace hes so awesome

wow now speaking of myspace i just found danny ways myspace 3 seconds ago

now speaking of myspace i found danny ways

It's ok to have your foot on the ground when getting into rail from tailstop, but it's not considered good to have it their for longer than half a second.

I email Keith now and then :)

I don't talk to Keith, he seems not to be too fond of my on the F. I talk to Tony Gale though *smiles*

I intended to try this trick after school, but I didn't get a chance. I hope I'll be able to after dinner.

A warning: My sister just caught a 'highly contageous' virus. I really can't afford a virus right now, so I'm being hyper-hygenic and I won't go near her with a twenty foot long pole, but in the even I do catch it, I'll be confined to my bed for awhile, and I'll be unable to skate, so I'll have to pass on this set (or maybe the next one, depends on when (if hopefully) I catch it).

~Necro

wow u know of keith renna also hes insane

i have his myspace hes so awesome

wow now speaking of myspace i just found danny ways myspace 3 seconds ago

now speaking of myspace i found danny ways
I really doubt either one of them are real, there are TONS of fake Myspaces.

Anyway, just wanted to say that I've been spectating this game from the beginning. I am mesmorized by freestyle haha. Everyone in the game seems very talented, keep it up.

^No, Renna's is actually real. I don't know about Danny Way's though.

Meh, I'm terrible at freestyle, but I try! And that's what counts.

~Necro

I don't talk to Keith, he seems not to be too fond of my on the F.

What makes you say that?

^He seems really short or something. I don't know, the freestyle scene in general seems really negative to beginners, and in his posts I find that he comes across as if he thinks I'm an inconvienence to him or something. I don't know, maybe I'm reading too much into it.

~Necro

YESSSSSSSSS! I got this set!!!! I have to clean it up but I got it!!!!!!!! Yessssssss! Now I have to hope my digi cam can upload. Now I for sure get to set!!!!! YESSSSSSS!

^^ yea, nice one man

^He seems really short or something. I don't know, the freestyle scene in general seems really negative to beginners, and in his posts I find that he comes across as if he thinks I'm an inconvienence to him or something. I don't know, maybe I'm reading too much into it.

He told me that he misses the healthy attitude between skaters that was apparent in the 80's. He says that kids nowadays are more critical of everything and there's not as much mutual respect among skaters nowadays. I doubt he's against beginners in freestyle; just big egos from beginners.


Sir Lazer, good to hear you got it!

I think he didn't really like my critism of that movie...I'm just used to offering up constructive critism to people, and the guy who posted the video asked for critiques. It doesn't mean I don't respect him, because I said a lot of good things about the video, just pointed out some things that he could of worked on...

...Sigh, it's probably some big misunderstanding. I wasn't alive in the 80's, but I want the freestyle attitude from back then back.

I'm going to go practice the trick now...

~Necro

...Sigh, I'm going to go practice the trick now...

:icon_bigg Don't sweat it. Opinions are very small in the skate world. Just have fun.

Yeppers. My stupid English homework is taking to long! That trick is calling to me.

~Necro

Ok guys, I got it uploaded in the Tricks Thread.

Tony, tell me if it didn't count. It was slightly under-rotated, but that's all the problems I could think off...besides it being sketchy of course.

~Necro

Hmm, your speed is good, but it wasn't really a full 360.

A full 360? I thought it was a 180 degree shove-it kind a thing (so the board really ends up doing a 270, if count starting from tailstop).

I know it was slightly underrotated, but so was Dead Sparrows's match, so I figured I would post it up. Plus, I tried to get it as smooth as possible ;)

Does it count?

By the way Tony, where in California do you live?

~Necro