Reed Watson Vid

tad · 360 flip Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 5031

I was just going through the vids on alliance and came across this vid with Watson and a few others.. Not sure if it was posted on the forums before but they were tearing this pool gap up.. that crooked grind was insane and the blunt to shuv out

http://www.alliancewake.com/video_details.php?id=2767&page=1

conwest · Posted: Mar 31, 2007 11:55 am Post subject:

yeah ive seen that before. Sickest thing ive seen in a long time. That noseblunt and the crook shuv out Crazy Eyes

WOW

Anyone know what boards they are riding?

daniel · Back Big Joined: 26 Apr 2004 Posts: 3669 City: Duncan

one of them is riding a TNT

and the other maybe a hyperlite?

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Mar 31, 2007 4:55 pm Post subject:

nutty.

Kay-Kay · Posted: Mar 31, 2007 5:06 pm Post subject:

conwest · Posted: Mar 31, 2007 7:10 pm Post subject:

Kay-Kay, it looked more like a noseblunt to me IMO

ripava82 · Guest

im pretty sure watson is riding an omen, joe umali with epic wakeboats told me that reed watson (i think hes on the epic team too) was riding an omen.

then again, i could be completely wrong! Very Happy

Kay-Kay · Posted: Mar 31, 2007 9:02 pm Post subject:

conwest, the angle of the board makes it look like a blunt but angle has nothing to do with it. nose blunt vs. noseslide is like comparing boardslides and lipslides. with blunts the "truck" is on the outside of the rail with noseslides/tailslieds the "truck" is on the same side that you approached it from.

conwest · Posted: Mar 31, 2007 9:19 pm Post subject:

Kay-Kay, i skateboard so i know the difference between noseslides and blunts and lipslides and boardslides. To me it just looked more like a noseblunt then a noseslide. But im done arguing i dont want any hate directed my way. It was so sick anyways though. He held that up so nice the whole time Very Happy

wakeshredder · Posted: Mar 31, 2007 10:27 pm Post subject:

dude,
Reed is really stepping up the sport. Every time I see this guy he is killing it. I think I need to skate with this fool.
Also, I have a Revolt and think that would be sick to yank some of that shizzle out.

P.S. That clearly is a nose blunt. His board was over 45 degrees. you know the rules. Nose slides don't make the board angle up like that Laughing

tad · 360 flip Joined: 07 May 2006 Posts: 5031

yeah....pretty sure thats a noseblunt...just picture him on a skateboard.... nobody would ever consider that a noseslide haha.. oh well

sick video regardless

TWG · Kickflip Joined: 25 Sep 2006 Posts: 3258

whatever trick it is , it looks sick

Kay-Kay · Posted: Apr 01, 2007 2:43 pm Post subject:

TTUFAN24 · Posted: Apr 01, 2007 3:48 pm Post subject:

Kay-Kay, ha ha

i jus laffed at choo fool

kyle13 · Posted: Apr 01, 2007 4:09 pm Post subject:

You guys are talking about the last trick of the video right? I was under the impression that was a noseblunt for sure. This same debate was brought up a while back when aaron gore posted some vid's on here.

If your not going to call it a nose blunt seems like the next closest thing would be a nose press, not a nose slide, oh well.

a.townskates · Pop Shuvit Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 243 City: Atlanta

That was true skateboard stezzz Smash

canalskater · Guest

Kay-Kay, have u ever seen a noseblunt on a ledge?

if it were a rail u'd be right, but its a ledge so ur not.

conwest · Posted: Apr 01, 2007 9:38 pm Post subject:

canalskater, wow thank you. Kay-Kay, you say that we should know all of the skateboard tricks and apply them to wakeskating but your are definitely not doing that at all. If you still think its a noseslide i cant really help you man. The truck would be sliding on the ledge if the board had one. Do you see it now??

Kay-Kay · Posted: Apr 02, 2007 2:18 am Post subject:

i've watched the video quite a few times now just to make sure im not crazy. I've seen that exact trick done on a skateboard. My friend called it a noseslide done blunt style but it is still a nose slide.

See what happens is that normally do a nose slide on the side of the ledge that is closest to you but in the video he ollies over it and slides the opposite side of the "ledge." Some ledges dont have two edges or don't have two edges that are close enough to do this type of slide, this is what makes the trick unique and is the cause of the confusion.

I don't know how to clear this up for you guys cuz i think there is some confusion as to what a noseblunt really is. A nose blunt has nothing to do with the angle of the board. If you took a picture of a skateboarder doing a noseblunt on a rail you would most likely not be able to tell the difference between a noseblunt and a nose slide. Its comparable to the difference between boardslides and lipslides. Like with lipslides, on a noseblunt your tail goes over the ledge, noseslides are just like boardslides except you are sliding on the nose rather than center of the board.

Last time i watched the video i checked this to make sure. the rail is set up to be hit frontside for regular stance, if he were to do a noseblunt he would be sliding facing forward(like with a front lip) but he is sliding backwards as if he did a front board or a front noseslide. regardless of what it should be called it looks sick. I've pretty much said all i can about the trick and will defer to e-snow for clarification.

nick · Posted: Apr 02, 2007 5:41 am Post subject:

It's a frontside noseslide, it just looks blunt because of how high the tail is.