Holy Rat Farts!

(blabel) · (blabel) **Join Date: Jul 2001** 11-05-2004, 9:40 AM

This video is insane! I can't believe some of this stuff. Thanks for posting this Dave

http://www.wakeworld.com/news/2004/seanobrien1.asp

(yooper) · (yooper) **Join Date: Jun 2002** 11-05-2004, 9:52 AM

SPAULDING!!!

(mcfly) · (mcfly) **Join Date: Jan 2002** 11-05-2004, 11:21 AM

Very, Very Impressive.

McFly

(wakehype) · (wakehype) **Join Date: Dec 2002** 11-05-2004, 1:42 PM

It is almost unreal. I can't even imagine some of this stuff.

(wakeworld) · (wakeworld) **Join Date: Jan 1997** 11-05-2004, 1:49 PM

Was that a 1080 he attempted when he crashed? I couldn't tell cuz he was spinning so fast!

(wakehype) · (wakehype) **Join Date: Dec 2002** 11-05-2004, 2:03 PM

No. It was a big worm 7 attempt.

(jarrod) · (jarrod) **Join Date: May 2003** 11-05-2004, 2:29 PM

ah hell.... can some one remind what a big worm is?

(antbug) · (antbug) **Join Date: Jul 2004** 11-05-2004, 2:37 PM

looks like a ole9 to me.

(sdboardr99) · (sdboardr99) **Join Date: Aug 2001** 11-05-2004, 2:42 PM

Big Wurm: A toeside Front Roll with frontside 540. Handle is rotated above the head - Invented by Ryan Davis.

A Big Wurm 7 is called a Big Johnson, and from what I've heard no one has actually landed it. Sean's come really close though.

(thane_dogg) · (thane_dogg) **Join Date: Jun 2002** 11-05-2004, 2:53 PM

incedible riding. Nuclear glide to blind, hs 9, attempted Big Johnson, looks like Crow Mobe 5's are child's play now.

I thought the Big Johnson was first landed by Brannon Johnson, hence the name.

(wakeriderixi) · (wakeriderixi) **Join Date: Jan 2004** 11-05-2004, 2:55 PM

Sean's been REALLY close.... He can land a Big Worm almost on demand though.... Although more impressive is he was sitting in the water waiting for us to come back around and asked what we wanted to see in the boat, I belive we came up with whirly-pete rose-big worm-720 and he went out there and stuck it, that was a year ago. Ya'll shoulda seen the KGB 5 off the double up last weekend though... crashed but im not used to looking up so high.

(sdboardr99) · (sdboardr99) **Join Date: Aug 2001** 11-05-2004, 4:03 PM

Yeah the Big Johnson was invented by Brannon but apparently no one can confirm that he ever landed it.

(wakeworld) · (wakeworld) **Join Date: Jan 1997** 11-05-2004, 4:19 PM

Alright, I slowed it down and took a look. That was way beyond a 720 rotation. He had a 9 easy and was attempting to go to a 1080 landing blind when he caught his edge. Craaaaaazzzzy!

(dcervenka) · (dcervenka) **Join Date: Sep 2002** 11-05-2004, 5:58 PM

splendiferous! Always nice to see riders go BIG!

dusty 11-05-2004, 5:59 PM

Good lord...I read his interview after that video. Sounds like he is and will continue to be an awesome ambassador for the sport. Anyone ever met Sean?

(malibuboarder75)

In my oppinion he rides with the best of him, although I havnt seen any recent videos showing riders' true potentials. Except maybe Relentless.

byerly137pro 11-05-2004, 8:13 PM

Is there any video of him on sliders, cause once he has those down, he'll be taken podium spots on the tour.

(malibuboarder75)

In that video he was hitting some smaller sliders. Seems that he is pretty smooth on those, but I would like to see his ability on some big a-frames and what not.

(deepstructure)

actually that seems to be a criticism of sean (if any can be had) - that he isn't strong on sliders. and watching that vid, after being so amazed by his w2w riding, i was struck by how uncomfortable (comparatively speaking), he seems on sliders. does he just not get much chance to practice on them?

i must say it certainly doesn't bother me as i get incredibly bored with watching riders hit rails and i think their contribution to the sport is overrated, but still - if he's going to take podiums it's a necessity.

bill, how can someone get credit for inventing something if they don't land it? i thought that was the definition of "inventing" a trick? so you're saying no one can confirm whether he actually did invent/land that trick or is just claiming to have?

(Message edited by deepstructure on November 06, 2004)

lforcerider 11-06-2004, 4:32 PM

Can I put my name on a backroll to frontroll?

dusty 11-06-2004, 4:52 PM

Haha nice try Mike, but I put my name on that one the first time I ever tried a backroll...except the front roll in my trick was done on the surface, haha.