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Every once in a while, I like to find information about a skater who's making a name for themselves in the skateboarding world. Someone who you might not know yet, but hey, if they make it big, you can say ''I heard it here first'', haha.

From the MNSUN.com
Matt Richard is headed for Peoria, Ariz. in October. He competed against top skateboarders throughout the Midwest to win his division at the Volcom's Wild In The Park regional skateboard competition at 3rd Lair in Golden Valley.

The top seven qualifiers from each of the three divisions that compete regionally throughout the U.S. and Canada will vie for the national title in Arizona.

Matt won the regional competition by landing a 360 Kickflip Late Backside 180 on the pyramid, a Back Overcrook on the circle downrail, and a Full Cab Backlip on the flat downrail. The average person may not know what these tricks involve, but skateboarders consider them "crazy."

Matt started skating at age 10. Since then he has won several local competitions in Minnesota and California. He has performed skateboard demonstrations at the Minnesota State Fair for the past three years, and will skate there again this year. This summer he is also teaching at skateboard camps in Metro Area skate parks for 3rd Lair.

woah those tricks sound "crazy"
nice fine though path ima rep you if im not out

360 kickflip late bs 180 I assume is just a 540 bigspin flip and not a bs 540 kickflip?

360 kickflip late bs 180 I assume is just a 540 bigspin flip and not a bs 540 kickflip?

I was thinking it was a 360flip THEN a bs 180, but I did think the same thing 007, that it might have been a 540 bigflip, but hey, obviously the writer may not know the lingo :p

yeah I kind of got that impression when he said "The average person may not know what these tricks involve, but skateboarders consider them 'crazy.'" lol, by 360 kickflip he probably just wants to emphasize and make clear the trick and what it involves to the none skaters and confuse the hell out of us that do.

yeah I kind of got that impression when he said "The average person may not know what these tricks involve, but skateboarders consider them 'crazy.'" lol, by 360 kickflip he probably just wants to emphasize and make clear the trick and what it involves to the none skaters and confuse the hell out of us that do.

HAHAHA, OH the confusion!! My head may explode here! I'm about to write the writer and scream ''540 Bigflip SON''!!

...although thinking about it, if Mr. Richard here did it sweet enough, it might have looked exactly like a 360flip late bs 180 to the writer

I dont think the writer knows what a 360 flip is, hahaha I think he just was writing what he was told it was

^So true! expecially if he used the term ''360kickflip''! If I said 360kickflip to someone, i'd feel destined to get smacked!

I always say bs or fs first if its a 360 with a kickflip so its like you get the term "backside flip" or "frontside flip" so you know its a body motion too and then you just say 370 bs/fs flip

As fun as it is having our own topic Pathy, I gotta get going to work

^Hey, thats why I work AND do the cafe! I can have non-serious convo's with 007 here, but then do my work gig at the same time! Oh well, it was fun while it lasted, back on topic then :)

I was there. It was a 540 bigflip. Personally, I don't think he should've won, but hey, I'm not a judge.

I was thinking it was a 360flip THEN a bs 180, but I did think the same thing 007, that it might have been a 540 bigflip, but hey, obviously the writer may not know the lingo :p

he stole my trick!
i learned those awhile ago on the pyromid
i catch the 3 flip before i do the 180, but i still call it a 540 big flip

Those are some absolutely fxing gnarly tricks.

Matt Richards is such a gnarly skater. this was at volcom's WITP competition. and i was skating with him in this heat of the finals, although im no matt richards lulululul

3rd lair sucks:icon_2gun

hehe...my hometown skatepark. i had no idea about this. and i skated in this contest. lol