first person to land the kickflip?

lhsxc22 · Pop Shuvit Joined: 26 Aug 2004 Posts: 145 City: Elgin

just wondering...who was the first person to land the kickflip?

rukusrider103 · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Feb 2004 Posts: 961

thomas

parky · Kickflip Joined: 04 Oct 2004 Posts: 3193

did anyone get video or photos of the first Kflip?

lhsxc22 · Pop Shuvit Joined: 26 Aug 2004 Posts: 145 City: Elgin

what year did he do it

Morphine · Backside 180 Joined: 03 Jun 2004 Posts: 1207 City: 706omg

he did it in a wakeboard video called boarddumb or something like that.

hammer49 · Backside 180 Joined: 18 Mar 2004 Posts: 646 City: longwood

i think kickflips are sick. what do you think?

andy ross · Posted: Nov 28, 2004 2:37 am Post subject:

hammer49, i agree

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Nov 28, 2004 9:51 am Post subject:

thomas is the man

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10756 City: Jefferton

yeah, boardumb has the first KF. Fire it up has another early one that was flicked perfectly, and was performed on a cutdown wakeboard (both early flips were on a customized wakeboard).

Andrew Wilson · Posted: Nov 28, 2004 7:31 pm Post subject:

gangster

haggard7 · Frontside 180 Joined: 09 Oct 2004 Posts: 254

thomas made wakeskating what it is today, people say byerly did but it was all thomas

nick · Posted: Nov 28, 2004 7:39 pm Post subject:

I'd say both... in different aspects. Byerly made it available, Thomas is responsible for most of the board designs out there and they both still continue to push the sport.

haggard7 · Frontside 180 Joined: 09 Oct 2004 Posts: 254

i feel that byerly is just responsible for the cross-overs, he is a perfect example of a late switcher from boarding to sk8ing

haggard7 · Frontside 180 Joined: 09 Oct 2004 Posts: 254

i think kickflips are ill Wink

-=AlexXx=- · Posted: Nov 28, 2004 10:10 pm Post subject:

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10756 City: Jefferton

Jacob, what do you mean when you say byerly's the perfect example of a late switcher? He's actually been wakeskating as long as anyone...you remember his 360 shoveit from a wbm from june 1995 (it was in the 10th anniv. issue).

I think both riders have made their contributions and both have introduced people to the art, but I personally credit thomas and a few others for really pushing wakeskating towards a skate oriented direction (if you pay attention, it's a direction that's still being pursued to this day, not only with board design, but also in "rider involvement" and mindset). If you can, pop in fire it up and you'll totally see the difference. Byerly was still riding his long ass decks barefoot (as were a number of his buddies) while thomas and drew were exploring different avenues with shoes and grip tape. And of course, thomas landed that kickflip in that vid too.

But just for good measure, byerly could rip on one of those long decks. I defy anyone on here to do a pop shoveit on a 137 cm wakeboard! haaaa...

chriscut · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Jun 2004 Posts: 2000

So has anyone 360 flipped yet? I can do like 4 in a row while still rolling on a skateboard. how much harder could it be on a wakeskate? jk haha..

can any of you 360 flip a wakeskate on a trampoline?

hammer49 · Backside 180 Joined: 18 Mar 2004 Posts: 646 City: longwood

i dont know if he was messin with me but this kid i had class with told me he saw reed and others out on the lake one day and they were flickin tre flips wtw. not landing them but still. And that was a while ago. Who knows reed could have put one down already. They keep so much footy on the dl.

chriscut · Backside 180 Joined: 28 Jun 2004 Posts: 2000

So someone should land it and post it here first. Steal some of the spotlight. Haha. I'm going to try them w2w next weekend. Twisted Evil

I'll probably shave my legs bare in the process.

NaRC-P rider · Posted: Nov 30, 2004 5:33 pm Post subject:

chase gregory has landed on the board on a 360 flip. didnt hear it from me though....