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THRASHER
THRASHER
watched them end-
lessly in videos and
tried to allie like they
The
did. When I finally did
some that felt right, it
was over. I was
hooked. Addicted.
ollie motivates me. I
live to be in the air.
Sometimes I hang up
and slam on my face.
Sometimes I under-
estimate where to
start and I don't get
enough lift to get over
something and I come
down hard and fast.
That's cool. I love the
ollie. I can never ollie
high enough.
MARK GONZALES:
How do you ollie? I
don't know. Just push
down on your tail, I
guess. How high can I
ollie? Not high enough.
RAY BARBEE: Put
your back foot on the
tail and front foot in
the center of the board.
Apply all your weight
to the tail and in
wheelie position.
smack the tail on the
ground and at the
same time slide your
front foot up to the
nose. That should bring
the tail off the ground.
putting you in position.
Eren the punkest root
cure anti-flippity ripper
has to acknowledge the
high cojones quotient in
Chris Goebel's death-
chasm allle-kickflin
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