Sequence of Thomas Horrell's first kickflip from Boardumb

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10747 City: Jefferton

Alexx, i think it was you who wanted to see it. And maybe top hat (forget the formalities, I'm dropping the Mr.!) came through with his tivoed edition. Whateves, bros...

Anyway, yeah, proper credit needs to be given to the old wakeboarding video titled "boardumb." If you aren't too cool to watch randy harris and scott byerly shred on the old wake techs, this video is a lot of fun to take in...it was one of my personal favorites of the time. It made riding look fun, straight up. It, of course, has a legendary section from thomas that has a little bit of wakeboarding and a little bit more wakeskating. It's comprised mainly of wake to wake stuff--360 degree spin variations all hit up wake to wake. But there's some entertaining bomb drop attempts off of a boat house roof, a 3 shuv, and of course, the kickflip. Ahh, and in case you can't tell, it was all done on a cut down wakeboard (see sequence below).

If you're all about collecting everything or just checking it out, bad ass also put out a video called "fire it up" which also has thomas' kickflip in it (I reckon it's the same one from a different angle). I actually just watched the "wake skate" section and I'd highly recommend it to anyone that has a sincere interest in this stuff. You can kind of witness a style shift, as thomas and drew are hitting their stuff up with shoes and grip (oh, and drew was boosting hard!), and then byerly is still on his blunt that's kitted out with every bad ass accessory imaginable, including some sort of hook attachment. Randall and bruce clem rock out (barefooted) on the original "waterskate" with FWT traction pads as well. (FWT=hawt!) As a whole, there's a short section of wakeskating in that vid...it's mostly wakeboarding, but well worth it anyway (to me, at least).

This footage was captured using only the best editing tools known in the media industry. I hope you enjoy the quality.

Poo · Guest

sick, thanks esnow!

cjbecker · Posted: Jul 01, 2007 8:49 pm Post subject:

so sick

Gnarly Dancer 42 · 360 flip Joined: 21 May 2007 Posts: 5121 City: kalamazoo

geez

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10747 City: Jefferton

sir vince-a-lot, I aim to please!

stompin9s · Posted: Jul 01, 2007 9:00 pm Post subject:

"boardumb" is one of my all time favorites

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

old skewlllll

88skisupreme · Backside 180 Joined: 11 Nov 2004 Posts: 1342 City: ATX

Nope, the beggining of new school. I was so stoked when that video came out, I kept reading in the magazines about how Thomas had been doing all this amazing stuff on a wakeskate but they never had many pics. Then the video comes out and it has him landing a 360 shove it and a kick flip Crazy Eyes

Pobably the best thing about Boarddumb is that it didn't have a lot of extra crap just solid riding and good music.

stompin9s · Posted: Jul 02, 2007 12:15 am Post subject:

i watched 'boardumb' with reed hansen in 99 at the wwc Cool

nick · Posted: Jul 02, 2007 9:07 am Post subject:

I was playing with Lego's in 99 Very Happy

PIRATE · Kickflip Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 2651

i saw a underwater world lego kit that came with a biomechanical actopus.......... and it blew my mind.... Seriously GOOGLE it you'll be amazed.

nick · Posted: Jul 02, 2007 9:22 am Post subject:

I didn't stick to the conventional sets.

I built my own. (Freestyle Lego FTW)

You should see my fleet.

Color-coordinated bitches.

PIRATE · Kickflip Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 2651

che blanc, hate to say it but........................................................prove it..

mr robotto · Backside 180 Joined: 05 May 2007 Posts: 1052

does anyone else remember how frustration legos could get? for some reason it seemed like sometimes they were impossible... gosh its probably just me Embarassed

oh and nice sequence Laughing

I <3 TNT · Ollie Joined: 12 Feb 2007 Posts: 96 City: Groveland

I was a jr. boys world champion in 99 Razz

Brad Arsenov also did a switch kickflip that year.

PIRATE · Kickflip Joined: 11 Jul 2006 Posts: 2651

I <3 TNT, but were you playing with lego's ? Thats the question here. and if not would you play with the underwater world lego's featering the Biomechanical octopuss ?

electricsnow · cassette Joined: 14 Sep 2003 Posts: 10747 City: Jefferton

actually douche, this thread is NOT about legos. Wink

labellethrasher · Posted: Jul 03, 2007 12:29 pm Post subject:

I have a severe case of boarddumb

CGA PFD · Posted: Jul 03, 2007 1:10 pm Post subject:

http://technic.lego.com/en-us/default.aspx
Best ever.

nick · Posted: Jul 03, 2007 7:00 pm Post subject:

PIRATE, You're starting to sound like a gay.