48 THE MAGN
Jay Adams was the first to ride up a
pool wall and ride down backwards
without doing a kickturn. By "faking"
his fellow riders out, he fired the first
shot in a war that is far from over.
Andy Howell (left) powers a ramp-
to-ramp flight at the Skatezone in
Atlanta. Tony Ferguson (bottom)
commits to a 360' ollie at Wahlen-
berg over Henry Sanchez's failed
tennis career tool. Jake Vogel
(below) pops a clean pressure flip
varial at his home base.
throw that gibberish out the window because
we are charging headlong into an ambidex-
trous world. Some could argue that regular or
goofy is like left or right-handed, but the
skaters of the future will ride equally both
ways. And those who don't will be "old
school. There are still some kinks to be
worked out. Is it a "switchstance gay twist" or
a "nollie frontside air revert?" Will this new
language negate some of our historical
tricks? The Elguerial and the Miller flip are
essentially the
same trick, a 360' handplant,
Guys like Way, Le Roux, Carroll, Agah. Hawk
and Richter are at the forefront of this
revolution, so imagine the lines they might
dish out in the future: 360' air one way to 540
air the other way-the combinations are
endless. The only limits are in your mind
and in your guts. Ride as you wish, but tip
your hat to those who are rewriting the
laws of skateboarding. -Phelps
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