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Chat => Sports, Hobbies & Motors => Topic started by: M3ta7h3ad on August 29, 2006, 23:40:12 PM

Title: Skater vs Messengers
Post by: M3ta7h3ad on August 29, 2006, 23:40:12 PM
on the streets of london, its a rough edit so black bits where film is edited together.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-_2uHB7hKk
Title: Skater vs Messengers
Post by: Badabing on August 29, 2006, 23:46:59 PM
Quote from: M3ta7h3adon the streets of london, its a rough edit so black bits where film is edited together.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-_2uHB7hKk

quite well done, that...
Title: Re:Skater vs Messengers
Post by: M3ta7h3ad on August 30, 2006, 00:01:07 AM
yeah I thought so too :)

Love the camera angles.

Also liking the trackstand, the scaffoldy flip thing that the skater does, and the legging it down the stairs :D lol.
Title: Skater vs Messengers
Post by: maximusotter on August 30, 2006, 00:11:16 AM
Very nicely shot!
Title: Re:Skater vs Messengers
Post by: Badabing on August 30, 2006, 00:12:57 AM
Quote from: M3ta7h3adyeah I thought so too :)

Love the camera angles.

Also liking the trackstand, the scaffoldy flip thing that the skater does, and the legging it down the stairs :D lol.

trackstands - bloody useful techique to learn, especially if you run SPuDs on your bike, i find it a faff to clip in and clip out esp. with SPD-Rs, so ive mastered (in the loosest sense of the word) the track stand (though its obviously far, far easier on a fixed wheeled bike). The messengers in manchester seem to be able to hold the stand for minutes - i bet maxxy can too. ;)
Title: Re:Skater vs Messengers
Post by: M3ta7h3ad on August 30, 2006, 00:14:25 AM
lol! is that whats next... trackstand competitions :)
Title: Re:Skater vs Messengers
Post by: Badabing on August 30, 2006, 00:16:36 AM
Quote from: M3ta7h3adlol! is that whats next... trackstand competitions :)

they are common place amongst the messenger guys down in london, who are into getting together and do barmy events such as that...

like i say they are common skills and bloody good skills to have - especially if the bindings on your pedals are too tight! :lol:
Title: Re:Skater vs Messengers
Post by: M3ta7h3ad on August 30, 2006, 00:22:15 AM
I can do one.. sort of now, was doing it earlier at some traffic lights, mainly because I knew they were about to change. Stop dead and just balance.. bit wobbly mind :D but I can do it to a fashion.
Title: Re:Skater vs Messengers
Post by: Badabing on August 30, 2006, 00:25:50 AM
Quote from: M3ta7h3adI can do one.. sort of now, was doing it earlier at some traffic lights, mainly because I knew they were about to change. Stop dead and just balance.. bit wobbly mind :D but I can do it to a fashion.

its easy for a few seconds, but to hold the thing for a minute or more (or for a full cycle of traffic lights) is hard - even more so on a thin wheeled roady.
Title: Re:Skater vs Messengers
Post by: M3ta7h3ad on August 30, 2006, 00:28:40 AM
lol, guess ill just have to practice :) it certainly looks cool. :)
Title: Skater vs Messengers
Post by: maximusotter on August 30, 2006, 01:37:17 AM
Ive never been good at trackstands, tried my dangdest when I was a messenger. I probably dont have as good of a sense of balance as some. Matters little under way, as youve got two huge gyroscopes under ya. :lol: If I get the fixie, it might prove easier.