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We talked to Terry Synnott - the LEGENDARY Terry Synnott - for over 2 hours. I cut a lot out. We still have a lot to discuss.
Terry is certainly one of the top 5-10 freestylers in the world. Though he's been plagued by injuries for the last few years, he is also one of the most well-rounded freestylers. Spins, handstands, rail tricks, imaginative footwork, difficult shove-it variations and combos - dude can do it all.
In this episode we really got into some of the technical aspects of making skateboards. Terry has learned a lot about this topic, and it shows in the great quality of both boards and graphics with Mode.
In Part 2 we'll talk about the actual act of skateboarding with Terry!
In which we discuss freestyle stuff as usual - such as...
- Some cool new wireless headphones that are great for FS practice.
- Young Alex from London's quick development as a freestyler and why Tony should fear him.
- The new Powell board with some funky glass laminates.
- Tony's recent demo.
- Michael's absence this week, in order to attend a Rubic's Cube festival.
- Board gimmicks.
- Etc, etc, etc...
In this episode we discuss toe spins, Broken Fingers magazine, and various other freestyle-related things, including a great new website.
The intro music is of course Black Sabbath's Neon Nights.
Here is Simon's G-Turn Toe Spin...
In this episode, we discuss freestyle skateboarding, with some additional discussion of psychology, opiates, and mega-church preachers. Laziest intro I've ever made for a podcast!
Part 2 of our 2016 World Roundup episode. In this part we are joined by Simon Mrozinski, and we talk, and a good time is had by all.
This is the first part of a 2-hour talk we had the other day, in which we debriefed Tony on his World Round experience. Apparently, fun was had by all and skateboarding still rules. Give it a listen.
We took a break, then came back to comment on the awards ceremony, and now YOU can listen to it over and over and over....
This year we did a live commentary of the World Freestyle Roundup via streaming audio. This is the unedited file from the Pro semi finals on May 21, 2016.
This year we did a live commentary of the World Freestyle Roundup via streaming audio. This is the unedited file from the Pro finals on May 22, 2016.
We begin this episode with a discussion of the new Bear "Polar Bear" truck, in the smallest size (105mm), which is well-suited to freestyle board width, and which Tony has procured for his own enjoyment.
I then edit out massive amounts of technical talk about trucks and bearings, and we move on to the actual act of riding skateboards and doing freestyle!
Tony is working on a very detailed review, with precise measurement, of the Bear trucks. Look for that soon on the website.
Simon Mrozinski and Michael Erskine join the podcast crew.
This is an unusually short episode, due to the hour of technical talk about trucks we decided to put into a separate, supplementary episode (22-a), which will be up soon.
We briefly touch on the greatness of Mode wheels, and Bob looks forward to riding the new 95a wheels. I’m glad we have hard and softer version of the wheel, no matter what the Brits say!
Then we discuss potential dates for the 2016 Paderborn contest, as Bob tries to firm up travel plans.
Next, we discuss issue 5 of Broken Fingers: Freestyle Skateboarding Quarterly. A really great issue. If you are a freestyler, you need to be getting each issue, period. Case closed.
You even get to hear us discuss what the hell we’re gonna do with all the stuff we recorded for this episode!
Music: The intro music is Ty Segal, with the song The Connection Man. Buy it somewhere. The closing music is of course the great David Bowie with Starman. We let it play out. Crank it up and let the ethereal beauty wash over you. Thanks for all the great music, David.