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Man, I can't stop buying wake DVD's. Everytime I see a trailer with one or two tricks I've never seen before, I have to buy it. DS2, The Good Times, and, soon to be, Bent Felix are just the most recent. I love seeing the top guys really pushing the sport whether it's by landing (or even trying) something completely new or just a supersized version of a pre-existing trick. For instance, Sean O'Brien was crazy close to a Big Wurm 1080 in the Good Times, and there were about a dozen other times I had to pause and slow-mo his section just to try and figure out what the hell he just threw. I'm a orlandowake.com veteran, but SOB still managed to keep it fresh; I can't wait 'til DS2 gets here today. I'll be pre-ordering Bent Felix whenever I can find a site willing to take my money. There's no way I can miss out on a video with a Danny Harf blind Pete 5, Chad Sharpe's insane indy glide with a tweak thrown in about 20 feet up, and Shawn Watson's, uh, I don't know (it looks like a variation on a ole 9). Maybe I'm just weak, but these things are addicting.
Anyway, my question is, for those of you who actually know a big-name pro or two, what does a free-ride set consist of? I know there was an article on here a few months ago about Andrew Adkison practicing for an event by throwing a couple dozen 7's, 9's, and everything else in his contest arsenal and only falling once or twice in an hour. However, I've always heard that, when free-riding, pros fall more in one set than you and I do in 10. Is that basically how it goes? They get their "warm-up" tricks in early and then spend the rest of the time trying to land something new or dial in something the just learned? Oh, and congratulations if you read the entire thread without dozing off.
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