kung-POW

I love watching flatland trick videos! It's amazing what these guys can do. Here's another one from "Masters of ground" for old time's sake.

http://youtu.be/9s7MZ3yjf-c

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BoardWalk

Board with the World Part 2 of 5 - YouTube

Even the master buttered a little.

trevk#07

I don't disagree with you; it would be dumb to argue that vert doesn't get a helluva lot more media attention when compared to street & park. But vert was the last thing I was thinking about when I commented about the vid being boring.

I don't really equate that video to street skating; in my mind, that video would be more comparable to watching a 50min. video of no one but Rodney Mullen. Are the tricks unique and difficult? Yes. But, does it get repetitious and boring? Double yes.

Anyone else notice there's like three sequences that are exactly the same between both this video and the one in the op?

jimster716

I wanted to commit seppuku...if I had to watch all 50 minutes I'd probably go Battle Royale on everyone within cutting distance.

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jdang307

Is it blasphemous for me to say I find most snowboard videos boring? The last big movie before art of flight I fell asleep a few minutes in. I think it all gets repetitive no matter what

CheeseForSteeze

I think most cross discipline riders you see competing or filming lots of street style edits in either are an example of how you naturally get street skaters picking up snowboarding and gravitating toward street stuff rather than vert or slopestyle. Most of the ThirtyTwo team riders are very competent skaters and could probably skate for the Etnies brand, too. I know JP and Simon do some back country stuff, but they're really known for their street edits and riding.

Then you have guys like Shaun White who is cross disciplined agian, but vert in both.

Japan has a very strong street skating scene that generates a lot of street style riders, hence the abundance of butterers that come from Japan. Japan, in general, has a very strong snowboard culture, but their freestyle culture is almost predominantly street skaters who crossed over.

So while buttering might not be the same as street skating, it seems thats just what street skaters gravitate towards when they cross over. That and shooting street parts.