Hippy Skater
The skateboarder fires back at a YouTube commenter and explains why varial kickflips aren't cool.
Pro skateboarder Richie Jackson gets called a lot of things, largely because he doesn't fit into any of the "normal" skateboarding cliques. For the most part, Jackson takes it all in stride. But on the latest episode of The Amazing Richie Jackson Skateboard Show, Jackson gets fired up when a YouTube commenter repeatedly calls him a hippie. Jackson fights name-calling with facts and offers up a history lesson on what skateboarding (and everything else) would be like in a fascist world without hippies. Then Jackson straps on his Sherlock Holmes hat and attempts to explain the mystery of why varial kickflips are so uncool in Skateboard Education Lesson School.
Plus, handy tips for learning Cab flips.
Previously on The Amazing Richie Jackson Skateboard Show, Jackson asked viewers to rename skateboarding and send in their suggestions. The results are pretty epic ("Pusiwancing," anyone?). Jackson also digs deep to see what goes into making a skateboard. What he uncovers is shocking. And in Skateboard Education Lesson school, Jackson explains the Cab flip and why you should never, ever call it a fakie backside full Cab flip.
It's time to envision a world without kooks or cool guys, where every professional skateboarder is considered equal. Richie Jackson knows how to make that dream a reality. With an innovative new approach to the hardflip, Jackson hopes to bring together two of skateboarding's most diverse factions. And he also has a handy tip that makes learning switch hardflips a snap.
In this episode, skateboarder Richie Jackson comes clean about where he finds inspiration for his tricks. And it might be summer, but Skateboarding Education Lesson School is back in session featuring a backside wallride. This episode brought to you by Miguel Sanbarno.
Take Richie's challenge and let him know which other skate tricks are inspired by specific Rock stars in the comments below. Tune in for the next episode of The Amazing Richie Jackson Skateboard Show Monday June 17.
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In this 2nd installment by skateboarder Richie Jackson, we're treated to a skateboard history video circa 1976, Skateboarding Education Lesson School featuring the non-gravity-defying Varial Heelflip, and we find out the name of Richie's abominable trick as chosen by viewers like you. Tune in for the next episode of The Amazing Richie Jackson Skateboard Show Monday, June 3.
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Richie Jackson's Skateboarding Education Lesson School with is the premier institute for higher learning in the field of skating. This week, Jackson offers a seminar on the backside wallride. While history has shown us that walls can be used to divide nations, Jackson believes that walls are much better when employed as backdrops for backside wallrides.