"Easy" tricks that took you a LONG time to hit
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DanielWhittle
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downtime drifters
eggbeaters
pdx whirls (whirls are becoming usable after 1.5 years)
hippy atomic
regular swirls (I can only do them as swirling set clipper.. even footed ripstein once by luck, I suck at swirls, rev swirl is cake tough)
spin was really easy for me to learn, same for gyro.. Still need progress to spins but it is not a hard battle, progress is always showing
eggbeaters
pdx whirls (whirls are becoming usable after 1.5 years)
hippy atomic
regular swirls (I can only do them as swirling set clipper.. even footed ripstein once by luck, I suck at swirls, rev swirl is cake tough)
spin was really easy for me to learn, same for gyro.. Still need progress to spins but it is not a hard battle, progress is always showing
Mathieu Gauthier
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Definitely for me the move that took the longest to learn, and that I now have, is OSIS. I think that OSIS is to the advanced player what a CLIPPER is to the newbie/intermediate. One simply must have it as a foundation for a huge array of more advanced tricks and links.
I think this is really cool thread but I think the entire conversation needs to be cast in the framework that there are some moves that are, at least statistically, if not obviously, truly harder than others. In my time as a player and also reading on Modified, it seems that the fundamental concepts that really baffle people are CLIPPER (at first), OSIS (next), FAIRY, SWIRL, SPINNING. The first two are so basic to the advanced game (and I use 'advanced' loosely here) that people usually quit if they don't master them.
So when I say that it took me a long time to learn OSIS, well it did. But I don't really think it was that much longer than for most people because it's such a dreadfully hard move to hit with near 100% assurance all the time.
Given this context, I think then that the hardest concept for me to learn, perhaps in comparison to others, was DOWNTIME, which I still struggle with, though I'm getting better.
On the other hand my flip PIXIE is nearly indistinguishable from my strong one, which is apparently hard for many people.
Kind Regards,
-David
I think this is really cool thread but I think the entire conversation needs to be cast in the framework that there are some moves that are, at least statistically, if not obviously, truly harder than others. In my time as a player and also reading on Modified, it seems that the fundamental concepts that really baffle people are CLIPPER (at first), OSIS (next), FAIRY, SWIRL, SPINNING. The first two are so basic to the advanced game (and I use 'advanced' loosely here) that people usually quit if they don't master them.
So when I say that it took me a long time to learn OSIS, well it did. But I don't really think it was that much longer than for most people because it's such a dreadfully hard move to hit with near 100% assurance all the time.
Given this context, I think then that the hardest concept for me to learn, perhaps in comparison to others, was DOWNTIME, which I still struggle with, though I'm getting better.
On the other hand my flip PIXIE is nearly indistinguishable from my strong one, which is apparently hard for many people.
Kind Regards,
-David
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My footblog... a bootflog
Challenge me
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bluntobj3ct
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this topic is of extremely high interest to me, and im not completely sure why.
ive been playing for just under 4 months now. with excellent teachers such as the blurry vision club in SD (abshire, crook, orton) and the NRFC (dierker, morawski, FUNK!) my game has progressed relatively speedily. (hey funk, i hit ripwalk 4x yesterday bwaha)
ill start off with what came pretty naturally to me:
symp mirages/pixies: after learning mirage adn pixie a few days before, brett challenged me and i hit both of them first try. i suck at them now tho
stepping and pixie sets: both relatively consistent if i might say so myself. im having trouble linking more than say 3 or 4 4-adds in a row because i just go way too crazy and lose form/concentration. fairies and atomics are OK too i guess.
butterfly/infinity: CAKE. i love them. probly cause i drilled it so hard so early.
dragon: cause my feet are cool like that
THESE TRICKS ARE A PAIN IN THE ASS:
clipper: took me way long to nail it, but now i can snatch those babies from 8 feet away
DATW: dont talk to me
nuclear/quantum/sailing/shooting: gah... patience my son
Osis: sucked at first but for some reason magically became really really easy. i love osis so much
torque: oh god how i both hate and love you. i know when i can hit it, i will be doing it SO often because it rocks, but i hate it because i cant.
double down/paradon/barrage: yeah you're all so cool and so non existant. I NEED THESE FOR DOWNTIME CONCEPTS DAMNIT, my sets are getting sick of being paired with lame tricks
anyway... like i said im still a newb (~3.5mo) but im getting better and loving every freakin second of it. ive got awesome awesome guys to shred with which is an opportunity ill never take for granted. much love to all my teachers out there specially dave and brett because they're the most awesome guys on this planet. peace out
ive been playing for just under 4 months now. with excellent teachers such as the blurry vision club in SD (abshire, crook, orton) and the NRFC (dierker, morawski, FUNK!) my game has progressed relatively speedily. (hey funk, i hit ripwalk 4x yesterday bwaha)
ill start off with what came pretty naturally to me:
symp mirages/pixies: after learning mirage adn pixie a few days before, brett challenged me and i hit both of them first try. i suck at them now tho
stepping and pixie sets: both relatively consistent if i might say so myself. im having trouble linking more than say 3 or 4 4-adds in a row because i just go way too crazy and lose form/concentration. fairies and atomics are OK too i guess.
butterfly/infinity: CAKE. i love them. probly cause i drilled it so hard so early.
dragon: cause my feet are cool like that
THESE TRICKS ARE A PAIN IN THE ASS:
clipper: took me way long to nail it, but now i can snatch those babies from 8 feet away
DATW: dont talk to me
nuclear/quantum/sailing/shooting: gah... patience my son
Osis: sucked at first but for some reason magically became really really easy. i love osis so much
torque: oh god how i both hate and love you. i know when i can hit it, i will be doing it SO often because it rocks, but i hate it because i cant.
double down/paradon/barrage: yeah you're all so cool and so non existant. I NEED THESE FOR DOWNTIME CONCEPTS DAMNIT, my sets are getting sick of being paired with lame tricks
anyway... like i said im still a newb (~3.5mo) but im getting better and loving every freakin second of it. ive got awesome awesome guys to shred with which is an opportunity ill never take for granted. much love to all my teachers out there specially dave and brett because they're the most awesome guys on this planet. peace out
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