FINALLY got the body varial
I've been working on this trick since seeing Josh Slegh land it in a video like 4 years ago (main difference is, Josh does it 2 feet higher and with a method grab!) Regardless, I'm pretty stoked. Been able to land several since. Just thought I'd share my personal triumph.
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Congratulations!
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sick..
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sweet
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:eek: Way to go Mark !
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It's dead because legendary surfer Mark Sher just killed it. Hopefully the fine citizens of lake Samm will return his face to him.
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thats really cool looking stuff mark!!
and thanks for sharing! |
Shazam! That's pretty cool Mark. You know, you actually look normal after you pull the varial. ;-)
Still can't believe you do all of that backside. You da man. |
Very cool trick. Seeing it landed jogged my memory of the Sleigh clip you mentioned.
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Josh was sooooo far ahead of everyone. Watching him ride backside inspired me to do the same.
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watching you ride backside inspired me! I can only dream of landing one of those. Tried sooo many times, and havent came close. But now that I have a vid to help, I'm hoping some day...............................................
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One of the keys is to spend A LOT of time riding switch. This way, when you do land it, you are comfortable on the board and can make any corrections.
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That was awesome! Congrats!
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Very nice, Mark!
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Great Mark! Do you have link to that Josh Sleigh video?
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This isn't the vid I was thinking of, but it has some great footage of Josh and he does the varial several times
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Dude, towards the end, on that big ol board, he does a shuvit, then 180 to switch, that was cool. Embedded for convenience. And then pretty much pulls off an air 360, backside, damn.
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Did you notice that he was wearing shoes on the arial 3? He had velcro on the board and the shoes grip it. That's how the board stayed with him.
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I didn't notice, but I went back and watched. That makes sense, with that big old board, I was AMAZED how well he pulled it around. I have seen that trick attempted by James and Chase, and it is about my favorite to see, its amazing. Chase attempted it at the NWOpen but it was more of a air reverse, that he rotated farther. I am sure Chase has done even better, but so far, the best one I have seen was by James, in this video:
<iframe class="youtube-player" type="text/html" width="853" height="505" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FcjJ6G6S43s" frameborder="0"></iframe> Go to 11:40. James go up and pretty much goes up and lands back on the wave without having to rotate after on the surface. I can't wait to see them performing that completely in the air. I know that James uses very soft astrodeck traction, and then on top of that, he waxes his traction thoroughly. He needs a ton of traction to pull that stuff off. Anyway, great stuff. Too funny, booties and velcro. Will the new IS flyboy come with velcro traction and a special set of booties? ;-) |
That was the Shawk Board Gear system. I don't know if those folks are still around. They were out of Santa Cruz, as I remember. Watching all those old vids of Josh and he's still amazing!
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Yeah, no kidding. Out of curiousity Jeff, what kind of Wax does james use, we keep warm/tropical sticky bumps on the boat, but I was just curious if he found one that worked best on traction.
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We have Sharkbait surfwax on the boat, I believe Tropical, and Cold and James used Bubble Gum, surf wax - Tropical back in Minnesota for the WWSC. I'm not sure that he has a stated preference. I believe the Sharkbait is the most used, however.
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Mark, THATS AWESOME. I cant tell ya how easy you make your HS action look. I watch your vids to see how your doing it, someday I hope to be as good as you :D
Is that on a Swallow or Sweet? |
Hey Matt, thanks for the props! I'm riding the carbon Sweet Spot. It's been a great board for me for 2 years.
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Nice vid Mark, very smooth! Congrats!!
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Very nicely done. Congrats Mark.
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