Speedball Anyone....

(andy_nintzel)

The mans still got it! Scud dropping Speedballs (hs double frontflip) at 40!

http://mywake.tige.com/video/259

(fly135) · (fly135) **Join Date: Jun 2004** 08-11-2014, 7:50 AM

Amazing. I'd like to see him throw that off the kicker at odub. Seems like it would be easier than the double up.

(eubanks01) · (eubanks01) **Join Date: Jun 2001** 08-11-2014, 8:42 AM

Man, that landing...all back and no legs. Ouch.

(skiboarder) · (skiboarder) **Join Date: Oct 2006** 08-11-2014, 8:45 AM

The way he advances on the boat for his front flips. I don't think it would translate well to a kicker. I know it could/will be done, but it will look a lot different.

A true testament to Shapiro's greatness is that after more than a decade since a trick has been landed (and still only by him), it is mind-blowing. Could a trick that everyone (including myself) was sick of seeing him stomp week in and week out at the PWT win a double-up comp today. I really think it could.

(Ttime41) · (Ttime41) **Join Date: Nov 2011** 08-11-2014, 12:17 PM

Kind of confused because the video says Ronn Seidenglanz, not Darin Shapiro ??

(sidekicknicholas)

Quote:

Ronn Seidenglanz

Ron is a film guy - http://www.sidewayz.com/

(Rich_Bruening) · (Rich_Bruening) **Join Date: Sep 2010** 08-11-2014, 1:02 PM

^^ true that, check out how retro this video is, it really shows how long h'es been at it: pretty sure this was recorded on VHS,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcdHt36DRxk

(spencercoon) · (spencercoon) **Join Date: Mar 2011** 08-11-2014, 1:40 PM

What a Boss. I love the fist pump at the end

(Dustfarter) · (Dustfarter) **Join Date: Jun 2010** 08-11-2014, 10:43 PM

Say what you like about Darin but that dude is a beast.....and you could spot him riding from a mile away. Rides like no one else.

(Jeff) · (Jeff) **Join Date: May 2010** 08-12-2014, 4:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Rich_Bruening

^^ true that, check out how retro this video is, it really shows how long h'es been at it: pretty sure this was recorded on VHS,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcdHt36DRxk

All behind a direct drive, probably with no ballast (or at most minimal ballast by today's standards).

(andy_nintzel)

Hard to believe that at an early Double or Nothing Contest he was trying triples.

(fly135) · (fly135) **Join Date: Jun 2004** 08-12-2014, 8:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rich_Bruening

^^ true that, check out how retro this video is, it really shows how long h'es been at it: pretty sure this was recorded on VHS,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LcdHt36DRxk

Watch the interview at the end. He looks like Leonard on Big Bang Theory.