The Freestyle Podcast - Episode 01 - Enter the Freestyle!
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| Podcast | The Freestyle Podcast |
| Episode Title | Enter the Freestyle! |
| Release Date | April 11, 2012 08:16 PM PDT |
| Hosted by | Bob Loftin, Tony Gale and Matt Gokey |
| Language | English |
| Rating | R |
| Provider | Libsyn.com |
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| Length | 44.51 minutes |
| Codec | MPEG Auto Layer 1/2/3 (mpga) |
| Channels | Stereo |
| Sample Rate | 44100 Hz |
| Bitrate | 128 kb/s |
Episode Summary
In this first episode, Tony, Bob, and Matt introduce themselves, discuss the new Seismic Focus Wheels and Decomposed Terry Synnott Wheels wheels, talk about the benefits of actually rolling on your skateboards, praise the skills of the amazing Guenter Mokulys, and have a nerdish discussion of the exact nature of freestyle.
In this episode, the mentioned wheels found on the following site: http://decomposedsk8.com/wheels.html
Transcript
- 00:00 - Tony proclaims his favorite thing about Tumblr.
- 00:07 - Introduction to the Freestyle Podcast, not called "Freestyle is Dead"
- 00:47 - Matt Gokey Introduction
- 01:41 - Tony Gale Introduction
- 04:22 - Bob Loftin Introduction
- 04:31 - How the The Freestyle Podcast came to be.
- 05:02 - Bob founded Bob's Trick Tips around in 1998 or 1999
- 05:27 - Bob's legendary socks featured in "Bob's Trick Tips"
- 06:40 - Discussion on the overwhelming amount of freestyle content on YouTube and how it has a desensitizing effect.
- 07:00 - The Casper Video with Darryl Grogan
- 08:30 - Tony gets disconnected from the Skype call
- 09:06 - Equipment Talk
- 09:06 - Bob abandons Tony on the battlefield and moves onto the "Equipment Talk" section.
- 09:12 - Discussion about the new Seismic freestyle wheels. Seismic Focus 97A Wheels and Seismic Focus 101A Wheels. The core hub is hollowed out on the rear side to make them lighter. The urethane is very high quality. Matt Gokey has done some extensive testing on them and loves them.
- 10:50 - Gokey mentions that for skate surfaces that are two slippery to do 360 spins on, you can pour Coke on the floor to make it stickier. Gokey skates the 97A on harder surfaces and the 101A for all-terrain.
- 11:45 - Bob asks if there is any uneven wear because of the hollowed out core. Gokey hasn't noticed any significant coning.
- 12:54 - Matt's currently skating a Decomposed Guenter Mokulys Deck (Similar to the Mullen dog food shape) 7.5" wide + Seismic Focus 101A Wheels + Ace 00 Trucks. The 7.5" deck makes tricks look a little bigger, but not so big that it interferes with stationary tricks.
- 13:54 - Ace trucks are really good trucks, based off of the old Indy Stage 3 design. They turn better than the newer design.
- 14:20 - New Terry Synnott popsicle swirl wheels are coming out. They look like the old Renna wheels. Good solid wheel. Rounded lip cuts loose really nice.
- 15:08 - Witter offers a new wheel deal; buy one set for the price of two and get the second set free! Bob bought two extra sets.
- 15:36 - Tony rejoins the Podcast.
- 16:20 - Tony apologizes. He recently upgraded to high-speed Internet a couple weeks ago and it chose this exact moment to crap out.
- 16:50 - After buying 3 sets of wheels in a week from Decomposed, Witter sent Bob a free Decomposed T-Shirt printed on a really nice Fruit of the Loom undershirt. It is really soft. Matt asks if it is Snuggle Bear soft?
- 17:10 - Witter sends the good stuff and also some crazy stuff like miniature Ouija boards. Matt got a coupon for dishwashing detergent. Bob asks if he was trying to tell Matt something by sending the coupon. Tony had a Decomposed ballpoint pen that Witter sent him with the very first deck he ever made. Matt has a mini pencil like what you see in a bowling alley with "Hungry for freestyle? Try Albert Kuncz decomposedsk8.com" written on it.
- 18:00 - Discussion on the pronunciation of Kuncz and Gunter Mokulys. Mokulys is speculated to be pronounced Mo-ka-leez. That is one of the problems with only doing things via text on the Internet.
- 18:35 - Bob talks about watching some videos of the 2010 World Championships in Philly. The further away the camera is, the less rad it seems. Less raditude says Gokey. One of the videography tips from Bob is to get in close and low with the camera.
- 19:24 - The best way according to Tony is to use a cheap video camera and to put it flat on the floor and just do Railflips in front of it. The conversation then descends into a whole bitchy thing. LOL. Bob wants to apologize, but not really. Tony has a valid excuse, being satire, which leaves Matt as the only one bitching.
- 20:48 - Bob continues to talk about the Philly Championships. He found some videos that were shot closer up and comments on how much better it looks when shot up close.
- 21:10 - The guys start talking about Guenter Mokulys and Bob shoots down the complaints that "Guenter does the same run every year," because when you see it up close, it is badass. Gokey mentions that Guenter is aware of these complaints and has been making an effort to switch it up a bit. Bob notes that it is easy to sit back and criticize when you are watching videos on the Internet.
- 22:23 - Tony skated with Guenter in the World Championships in 2006 and Guenter's warmup in the practice sessions is to pop up into a rail handstand and lock it in for a couple of minutes.
- 23:23 - Gokey recalls a funny incident at a contest with Darren announcing it and after Guenter's run, he blasts the siren.
- 24:47 - Tony mentions that they need to get a Freestyle Podcast related email where people can send complaints, suggestions, or hate mail. Here is that email address: freestylepodcast@yahoo.com.
- 25:00 - The discussion turns toward aging as a skater. Gokey hopes that he will be at the same skill level as Guenter, when he gets to that age. Guenter is in his late 40's at the time of this recording, about the same as Bob.
- 25:20 - Tony relates a recent experience about the effects of aging on a skater where he bent down to do a finger flip and felt a pain in his back.
- 25:33 - Bob advice: 1.) Don't ever stop skating because it is very frustrating to have to relearn 360 Shove-Its. Tony stopped skating for 3 years during his university years. Footwork came back easy, wheelies were sketchy, and board control was hard work. On the plus side, old habits were broken and could pick up tricks he couldn't do before, like Half Cab Nose Hook Impossibles.
- 27:44 - Matt read an article recently where it said that skating too much can be bad.
- 28:33 - Matt still learns new things all the time. As an example, he saw Stefan "Lillis" Akesson do a 1.5 finger flip to handed 50/50. Lillis made it look so much fun that he really wanted to learn it.
- 28:59 - Matt claims that he will beat Lillis' world record for the One-Wheeled Wheelie. Lillis' record is 68 meters and 54 centimeters. Tony said, "He wants to do over 9000". Bob has no idea what they are talking about. (Note: This is a reference to Dragon Ball Z Episode 28 "Goku's Arrival". After Goku powers up, Nappa asks Vegeta what Goku's power level is, according to the scouter, at which point, Vegeta says"It's over 9,000!," and then crushes his scouter. On another note: The number 9,000 in in the English dub is actually incorrect as the original Japanese version says the power level is over "8,000" and not 9,000. This line has been corrected in the "Dragon Ball Z Kai" TV broadcast version.)
- 30:54 - The group now changes the subject to avoid any more unnecessary awkwardness. Bob reads off a list of possible topics. 1.) The skateboard has wheels, use them 2.) Setup Tips 3.) Recognition in freestyle, why do we want it. Matt and Tony choose to discuss wheels and rolling. Let the mocking of stationary freestyle begin.
- 31:21 - Tony points out that all three of them are all rollers. Tony is a big Daniel Gesmer fan and credits Dan as the reason for starting to freestyle. He believes Dan is very underrated in freestyle. So many people don't appreciate loose trucks.
- 32:40 - Matt ponders if we could catch 50/50 tricks better if we had square wheels.
- 33:03 - Tony doesn't understand why freestyle events aren't sponsored by SofTrucks (http://softrucks.com/). We should get SofTrucks involved and stage the contests in an elevator or a 10'x10' square. Matt adds that carpet would also be a good idea.
- 33:40 - Bob talks about Keith Renna and how he is mostly known for difficult truck to truck transfers, but he is really good at rolling too. Bob thinks kids get stuck into stationary-land because it eliminates rolling as a variable and seems more accessible to them. Tony learned stationary tricks will waiting for the bus to go to school.
- 35:39 - Discussion on the ubiquity of poorly executed tricks found on YouTube and such. Catching a 50/50 on the corner of a blunt tail, instead of flat, bugs the hell out of Matt. Tony and Bob think that is so picky, of all things. Bob thinks some slack should be cut for kids having fun on YouTube. Tony thinks you should just enjoy the skating and shouldn't have a need to film anything. We're at this point where everyone is filming anything, good or bad. It makes Tony feel cold and jaded inside. Matt enjoys more the creativity of filming choreographed to music, with slow-mo and such to make it look fun. It wasn't so much about "check out my badass tricks". Matt quotes Russ Howell, who said "It's not about who you can blow over with your skating, it's who you can lift up." Matt always tries to remember that when he films. Matt doesn't really film anymore because of a lack of a good camera or cameraman.
- 38:24 - Bob brings up the point that the freestyle community is so dispersed that if you don't film, there would be a loss of communication. That is how we interact due to our circumstances.
- 38:38 - Talk about Adam Colton and Adam Stokowski from Loaded Boards (http://loadedboards.com/). They produce great videos such as the Adam and Adam videos. In the first videos they were riding 60" homemade boards and basically doing freestyle, in Bob's opinion. Decide for yourself:
- 39:47 - How do you define freestyle? Kilian Martin is a fantastic freestyler, but most of his videos incorporate obstacles or street elements. It is Tony's opinion that as soon as you introduce an obstacle, or take away the flat surface, it isn't really freestyle anymore. Street evolved as a way to take freestyle tricks onto obstacles. That is a clear delineation.
- 41:05 - When a kid gets on a longboard, the rolling and turning it feels good. Matt points out "That's what she said."
- 41:54 - Bob Staton came up with a good definition of freestyle on the F-Forum back in 2001-2002: There is a difference between flatland and freestyle; With flatland skateboarding, it's trick-roll-trick-roll-trick-turn around-trick-roll. Freestyle in its best sense, was when you are paying attention to how the tricks are arranged and you are forming a routine so that they flow together with footwork in-between. Matt adds that it should also be to music. Tony can see why that would alienate people and anger freestylers. This topic clearly descended into a very gay and nerdy conversation. "Hey, I didn't order a pizza" Waka-waka-wah.
- 44:29 - The podcast closes with a song from Deep Snapper, a band from Denton, Texas.