Talk:Technical flatground skateboarding
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Isn't this exactly like Freestyle skateboarding? --Liface 07:18, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
No Way! freestyle allows feet and hands to be placed on the ground i.e. bonless, no comply, handstands, footplants etc. - where as flatlanders are restricted to staying on the skateboard only, with no ground contact ... they can still do handstands on the board but in freestyle they do them on the ground as well
Also in freestyle they have tricks that allow the skateboard to remain on the ground (still rolling) i.e. Hippy jumps - the skateboarder jumps off the skateboard and, while the skateboard is still rolling beneath them, and then lands back on the stil-moving board...this is usually performed with an obstacle such as a bech or a picnic table - where the skate boarder will let the skateboard roll under they obstacle while at the same time they jump off the board and over the obstacle and then finally landing back on the board...some variations include, but are not limited to:
- the skateboarder placing either one or both feet on the obstacle (they can use this time to wait for the board - timing) before stepping off the obstacle and then land back on the board.
- the skateboarder places either both feet on the obstacle (the same as above) but this time they jump off the obstacle and then they usually have another obstacle lined up i.e. a hoop/ring of fire, some also do sophisticated aerial maneuvers with the benefit of the extra hieght...with or without the extra obstacle
- they can do sex changes (aka body varials) - mid-air rotations during the hippy jump can include, but are not limited to: 180, 360, 540
- flips (the skateboarder flips not the board) can include, but are not limited to: backflips, frontflips, and sideflips
--Panyé El Skat-é-board-ér 09:26, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
