http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2v9B6_v6Zc

Some new freestyle footage of me :)
Tell me what u think....

:) i loved your rail to rail bra, was pretty cool. are you just learning?
keep shreddding, overall pretty nice,but watch some of your tricks....others will explain in great detail.They helped me alot also when i posted videos.

What he means is keep your dirty feet off the floor.

Its not bad but personally this is my view this is why people think freestyle is a joke... im sorry some of the rail combos were ok, just keep practicing.

and yes I know im not the greatest ether.

I have to agree with dodge on this one, however you have some pretty unique ideas which I like.

What he means is keep your dirty feet off the floor.

My feet only went on the floor for the crappy old school kickflip after the casper trick and on the handflip.
And i finding it a ***** 2 learn tricks like truckstands,pogo,butterflip and that so i just been learning more rail tricks.

frontside boardslides arent freestyle

frontside boardslides arent freestyle

I no there not its just some footage wot got left in :icon_burn

I thought it was pretty good.

More variation would be nice instead of mostly railstand tricks.

Never let your feet touch the ground on caspers...ever, ever, ever, ever, a million times ever.

...and instead of stepping on the ground, jumping up and doing an underflip, learn to do real old school flips.


Otherwise it's a good start.

Yeah you can do old school kickflips by putting pressure on the side of the board above one of the front wheels. No need to tuck your foot under ;)

Good video though, It's hard for you to get rail tricks clean probably because you're on a street board and the trucks and wheels arn't right. Join bfgos! it will get you to learn new tricks :):D

^Actually, thats incorrect. You do old school flips by standing in the middle of the board with your feet parallel and toes facing the nose. You then hook your toes and some of your foot underneath the edge of the board, jump and pull up.

I do a flip trick like you described, though. Except I do them while doing a 360.

Never let your feet touch the ground on caspers...ever, ever, ever, ever, a million times ever.

...and instead of stepping on the ground, jumping up and doing an underflip, learn to do real old school flips.


Otherwise it's a good start.

Yer i need 2 clean that casper up.
And for the old school flip at the end it really didnt need 2 be left in.
But i will take in mind wot u have said.
And Dodge u say this "this is why people think freestyle is a joke..."
With no reason why u think this so go on explain............

^Actually, thats incorrect. You do old school flips by standing in the middle of the board with your feet parallel and toes facing the nose. You then hook your toes and some of your foot underneath the edge of the board, jump and pull up.

I do a flip trick like you described, though. Except I do them while doing a 360.

Oh yeah you're right, I'm thinking of pressure kickflips I think.

And for the old school flip at the end it really didnt need 2 be left in.

At the end? I'm talking about the thing at about 24 seconds

...oh and try not to touch your thighs when you're standing in rail. It doesn't look good.

^^lol
YOu have some nice rail to rail stuff going on there, try to keep your feet off the ground when you do caspers... but you already know that
and what msi song is that? ive never heard it

You know you said its hard to learn stuff like pogo's butterflips and truckstands thats beacuse you ahve to practice them its not going to happen over night you just have to keep working at them.

My feet only went on the floor for the crappy old school kickflip after the casper trick and on the handflip.
I don't give a damn what your feet 'only' went on the floor for, they shouldn't be there at all. Either learn to do the tricks properly or don't put them in a video.

And Dodge u say this "this is why people think freestyle is a joke..."
With no reason why u think this so go on explain............
He doesn't need to explain, it's pretty obvious. People see videos like that and take it as freestyle; excuse me for coming over all purist, but I do not want to be associated with a discipline of cheated and poorly landed tricks..

You've still got things to work on and my guess is that you know that. :) Good start though. As others have said you have some good rail work. Just work on cleaning things up some and adding more variety.

You know you said its hard to learn stuff like pogo's butterflips and truckstands thats beacuse you ahve to practice them its not going to happen over night you just have to keep working at them.

Indeed will just keep trying :icon_wink
The song is of MSI new album IF.
And all i can say 2 callum is i will clean my freestyle up in future before filming it, making shore i never touch the floor.

He doesn't need to explain, it's pretty obvious. People see videos like that and take it as freestyle; excuse me for coming over all purist, but I do not want to be associated with a discipline of cheated and poorly landed tricks..

wtf is your problem? you're being really harsh to him, look at yourself. seriously.

You're being a bit stuck up about this, just because he's not landing stuff as clean as you can, you treat it as not freestyle. If your gonna give him critisism, then be possitive about it, c'mon man.

You're right.

wtf is your problem? you're being really harsh to him, look at yourself. seriously.

You're being a bit stuck up about this, just because he's not landing stuff as clean as you can, you treat it as not freestyle. If your gonna give him critisism, then be possitive about it, c'mon man.

Sure, it's a bit harsh but I would think that it's justified. Freestyle is a small discipline of skating and I'm sure Callum takes pride in the fact that he skates it and with that in mind I'm sure he would not want a poor representation of freestyle with a video with tricks where a person's foot touches the floor on plenty of tricks. I've heard plenty of times ignorant people say things like "every trick in freestyle is done with your foot on the ground" or "freestyle is easy little flatland tricks." Where do you things like that come from? People getting horrible first impressions from poorly made videos such as the above. Personally, when I make a serious video part or montage I make it a top priority to make sure everything is landed cleanly and they are tricks that I am proud of and is a good representation of my skating. Those are two standards I feel most people should hold themselves to.

Sure, it's a bit harsh but I would think that it's justified. Freestyle is a small discipline of skating and I'm sure Callum takes pride in the fact that he skates it and with that in mind I'm sure he would not want a poor representation of freestyle with a video with tricks where a person's foot touches the floor on plenty of tricks. I've heard plenty of times ignorant people say things like "every trick in freestyle is done with your foot on the ground" or "freestyle is easy little flatland tricks." Where do you things like that come from? People getting horrible first impressions from poorly made videos such as the above. Personally, when I make a serious video part or montage I make it a top priority to make sure everything is landed cleanly and they are tricks that I am proud of and is a good representation of my skating. Those are two standards I feel most people should hold themselves to.

It wasn't a serious montage for a start. He's a begginer, you can't expect him to be amazing and give a good impression for freestyle, he only wanted some advice.

And for another thing, callum just posted a video of himself which was basically the same and HE put his foot on the ground for most of his tricks, hippocrit?

Now, if he's done this for a joke, which I sure do hope he hasn't, then that is a really horrible thing to do.

No one is asking him to be amazing. Sure, he can ask for advice and it wasn't a serious part but I still believe it is not much of a hassle to hold themselves to those to standards I pointed out before.

As for Callum's video, horrible? Maybe. Hilarious? Definitely!

And one thing You dont think callum is joking with that video??? thats funny I know we might be going harsh On the lad but It anoys must of us freestylers when someone like that comes along he is like mocking us. saying wow Check out my cool video of freestyle its sweet its well easy to do... and kinda funyn that you can put feet on the floor and still get away with the trick being good.

And one thing You dont think callum is joking with that video??? thats funny I know we might be going harsh On the lad but It anoys must of us freestylers when someone like that comes along he is like mocking us. saying wow Check out my cool video of freestyle its sweet its well easy to do... and kinda funyn that you can put feet on the floor and still get away with the trick being good.

annoys* funny*

Did he come along and mock you on purpose? no. Did callum mock him on purpose? yes.

"saying wow Check out my cool video of freestyle its sweet its well easy to do... "

There's no need to lie. And stop putting words in his mouth, he said nothing of that.

Did callum mock him on purpose? yes
No. Upon discovering a lie, I don't know if I can believe anything you say anymore Paul. I must admit, I feel a little betrayed, perhaps even upset.

No. Upon discovering a lie, I don't know if I can believe anything you say anymore Paul. I must admit, I feel a little betrayed, perhaps even upset.

So you didn't mock him on purpose? It's hard to believe that you just somehow slipped on the keyboard and whoops! a video was made! all by itself!

[sigh] the cafe's gone downhill...

Wowow.
Jesus you guys are having a fiesta. If you feel that this guy has done wrong, don't be all like "OMG DON'T EVER DO THAT AGAIN OR ELSE YOU'RE LAME! YOU'RE SUCH A DISGRACE TO US FREESTYLERS!" because you gotta chill out and maybe teach him some things to improve on technique and skill. OOOor provide info that lets him know what's freestyle and what's not instead of just degrading the dude.
He could grow up to be the best.

Wowow.
Jesus you guys are having a fiesta. If you feel that this guy has done wrong, don't be all like "OMG DON'T EVER DO THAT AGAIN OR ELSE YOU'RE LAME! YOU'RE SUCH A DISGRACE TO US FREESTYLERS!" because you gotta chill out and maybe teach him some things to improve on technique and skill. OOOor provide info that lets him know what's freestyle and what's not instead of just degrading the dude.
He could grow up to be the best.

thanks mom
-_-

thanks mom
-_-

Dylan, you're welcome son.

Wowow.
Jesus you guys are having a fiesta. If you feel that this guy has done wrong, don't be all like "OMG DON'T EVER DO THAT AGAIN OR ELSE YOU'RE LAME! YOU'RE SUCH A DISGRACE TO US FREESTYLERS!" because you gotta chill out and maybe teach him some things to improve on technique and skill. OOOor provide info that lets him know what's freestyle and what's not instead of just degrading the dude.
He could grow up to be the best.

gloria + bryon <3

Well we can definatly tell that callum and paul are the best of friends

Well we can definatly tell that callum and paul are the best of friends

He's my bwestest fwendd :icon_bunc

why cant we all just get along? sure, he has sloppy tricks, but dont we all?
I have to agree with callum and brian though.
when your filming a video there should be no sketch.
Take the time to get it right and clean on film.
Dont make freestyle look lamer than it already is!

that's a cool video, I like your rail combos (I SUCK at rail flips) and since you were doing the combos on a street board, it's like 5 000 000 000 times harder to balance! a word of advice: get a freestyle board, it will be the best investment you will EVER make!

and plus, don't listen to Callum or anybody who says you shouldn't be making videos or anything, posting videos on here is a good way to get constructive criticism..usually..just not today for some reason lol

I'd just like to point out that in this thread i've merely disambigufied people's posts and people have taken it as my word. Strange how some people's minds work :)

Regardless, chill the hell out! Dude posted up a video of his work, whether its ''grade A'' material, or ''less then perfect'', I think we can ALL show him the same respect as we would any other skater/member on this site when it comes to them putting up videos of themselves riding. Please treat people the way you would like to be treated, expecially those who are asking for your comments and/or advice....thanks!!

Huzzah! A mod finally.

^Finally what? So you were basically waiting for a staff member to explain it to you that you were being rude? Thats real appropriate

Not at all good sir, I had been threatened with a moderator a while ago but nothing happened, so was just wondering how quick the response would have been.

it's like 5 000 000 000 times harder to balance! a word of advice: get a freestyle board

Thats so not true, people like Gunter and Rodney skate street boards all the time and they are at the top. Whats up with everyone thinking that freestyle is so much easier on a street deck.

Gunter probably uses offset wheels and trucks that are closer to flush with the rail.

Rodney Mullen is an alien.


(correct me if I'm wrong on the first one, I just assumed).

It's all subjective anyway.

Yeah but dont rodney and gunter use off set wheels???

Guenter does, I don't know about Rodney. Apparantly he was using the Oust metal hub 'Brain Spiders' for round three, so I guess not...

Last time I saw Gunter skate he didnt even have offset wheels, maybey because he doenst do a lot of rail tricks anyway. But aside from that, my point stands evenmore, using a street board wont make things harder (in general) like people seem to thing and a freestlye board isnt a magical shape that makes freestyle tricks easy.

Note:
oops i meant to say freestyle board offcourse in my previous post..

when i get my fs board ill do a comparison. street board v fs board for freestyle. pointless..... but im boredd :P