Freestyle Tricktip 61: 360 Casper Disaster

[@dextersantos9752]

Hey, I just got into skating (street) a couple months ago, and I can't understate how much I appreciate the thought you put into your vids. You get straight to the point and are just a very good teacher, able to put yourself into a beginner's shoes and break tricks down really well. I'm just working through the easier footwork tutorials rn, but I watch the others anyway just because of how tight the editing is. Thanks!

[@FreestyleTricktips]

Thanks, man. It's always good to hear that people appreciate the thought and time that go into these. I think I said in a reply to another comment on here that I literally sit and analyse every last element of a trick before I even consider filming it, and it's far from a fast or easy process, so I'm glad that the end result is worth it.

[@Spelonker]

Love your videos dude. Can barely do anything from the tutorials 1 for 1, but there's always a great takeaway when it comes to balance and board control. It's funny how few trick tip people will actually talk about the difference rolling momentum makes, so big cheers for that!

[@FreestyleTricktips]

I don't want to shit on any one person in particular, but that was one of the biggest reasons I started doing these tips a couple of years ago; so many trick tips are like the "now draw the rest of the owl" meme. I can never tell if it's because people are bad teachers or because they genuinely don't understand how a trick works, but I see it all the time. "You pop, kick the board here, and then spot the griptape and put your feet back on it." On the other hand, I literally spend at least a week or two thinking about every variable in a trick before I do a trick tip for it. How does this change in foot placement affect it? What part does rolling speed play in this? What happens when I try it on a single kick, on a narrower board, on a wider board, on a longboard? I'm not saying my videos and sequences on the website are perfect - far from it - but I try to make them as thorough as possible. It's pointless just telling someone how I do it because everyone will have a different setup, a different body type, a different trick set which will influence their movements. And thinking about tricks this way has also changed the way I do tricks myself, as I started to realise that some of the things I was doing were fudges or workarounds I'd learned and bad habits I picked up from not really knowing how to do the trick, and that's had negative effects on other tricks down the line - which is why I'm so dogmatic about things like correct fingerflip technique, as I've seen first-hand how taking the easy way out can come back to haunt you later on. ANYWAY. Long ramble is long, so I'll leave it with a generic "thanks for the kind words and I'm glad you're enjoying the videos" and go crack open a beer.

[@Spelonker]

@@FreestyleTricktips Tooootaly agree. I've only gotten back into skating this year after a largely unsuccessful attempt at it as a teenager, and trick tips back then were super scarce and entirely "draw the rest of the owl" stuff. I think part of it is that a lot of skaters just don't know how to articulate themselves, as well as having the trick down so well that it's a largely unconscious thing for them. Case in point; I once paid out the arse for a Transworld VHS called "Starting Points" with Jeremey Wray hosting, and he spends all of 40 seconds talking about how to ollie before moving on to BS 180 ollies. But anyway dude, your videos are great and I love seeing them. Hope the lockdown blues are easing up a bit now (shite weather aside)!

[@FreestyleTricktips]

​@@Spelonker I remember that video! There was that and the Tony Hawk trick tip ones, and both were just about as bad as the other. KZbin's now given us a new type of "trick tip", where approximately 90% of the video is the skater talking about their cat, or coffee, or the consistency of their morning turd, followed by ten seconds of "pop the tail, grab the nose, do the trick". Or alternatively, "here's my trick tip for X trick" where they proceed to do it so badly or so completely incorrect that it's not helpful to anyone, but that "technique" spreads across the entire internet as a result. It's so frustrating.

[@Mr007666]

Yes! must go work on disasters, hope for a sunny dry weekend. Great tip.

[@FreestyleTricktips]

Good luck with that! I'm reaching the point where I just don't trust weather forecasts here any more.

[@0nion_Rings]

He's back baby

[@FreestyleTricktips]

Here's hoping it's more than just a fleeting visit this time.

[@Rumi_Rune]

It's been a while! Looks like there's another trick i could learn now.

[@FreestyleTricktips]

No kidding, huh? I didn't realise it had been SEVEN MONTHS since I last did a video. Jesus.

[@saulorocha3755]

Great to have tutorials again!

[@FreestyleTricktips]

Thanks, man. Hopefully it won't be literally months before I have time to do another.

[@saulorocha3755]

@@FreestyleTricktips I didn't find pogo tutorials in the site or KZbin. Is that correct?

[@FreestyleTricktips]

@@saulorocha3755 Yeah, that's correct. I don't want to encourage people to do pogos - they're literally the worst thing in freestyle. Almost everything looks better when you stick to 50-50s (i.e. not bouncing) instead.

[@saulorocha3755]

@@FreestyleTricktips 🤣🤣🤣

[@jimgoodrich214]

Another banger, Tony. Well done.

[@FreestyleTricktips]

Cheers, Jim. Sorry I've not emailed you back for ages. I'm not cold-shouldering you - I've just been that goddamned busy! Hope you're managing to stay relatively sane in 2021.

[@jimgoodrich214]

@@FreestyleTricktips It's all good, Tony. I'm just glad to see that you're still alive and kicking. All has been good with me. Sane? Sanity is for pussies. lol

[@FreestyleTricktips]

@@jimgoodrich214 You say that but I'm pretty sure my cat's gone absolutely insane.

[@jimgoodrich214]

@@FreestyleTricktips True that, which is understandable when you consider who his dad is. ;)

[@EthanChase]

Ay he’s back the man the myth the legend

[@FreestyleTricktips]

Nah, this is just the vaguely reanimated corpse of a tired old man. But it can still do 360 casper disasters, so we'll take it.

[@yesmaybe630]

Well, well, well, where have you been? And now you think your Denim Hill with this trick tip! Just kidding, love your channel ! Hope you post more often!

[@FreestyleTricktips]

I mean... technically... I was doing these before Denham was, so who does he think HE is, eh? Although Denham has some way nicer casper disaster combos than I do, so I can't be too mad at him.

[@joekershner117]

I wouldn't even be surprised if you mastered the shadow clone jutsu! Seeing two of you next to eachother lol

[@FreestyleTricktips]

Ah, now you find the real reason I've not posted a video in so long...

[@gustavobol]

Valeu, vou colocar em pratica..

[@GhostHardware98]

Glad to see you back uploading again. I haven't been able to skate much due to the rain here, I assume it's just as bad over in the UK.

[@FreestyleTricktips]

It's basically always a safe assumption that it's raining here. Even when you think you'll have a dry day... England will dump some water on you at some point.

[@gonzalorojasabarca4126]

Yesss! Thanks Tony!

[@wolfdragon4176]

I’ve been doing the regular ones for ages and I’ve always called them primo half cabs nice to know they have a name

[@grosha77]

i will never be able to do this track but I love to hear Toni explain everything. i would also be interested to hear his tips on how to land Tricks consistently. for me it's just thousands of repetitions and even then i m never at a 100%.

[@FreestyleTricktips]

Ah, of course you'd be able to learn this given enough time. Sure, it'll take some work. All tricks do. But if you're determined and focused enough, anything is possible.

[@SavagetheMaker]

Is doing the spin one footed still a casper disaster? Love all the help you’ve brought us with the channel over the years, by the way.

[@FreestyleTricktips]

If the front foot isn't pushing against the griptape, it's not really a casper disaster. Think of a casper disaster as a casper in rail, really.

[@darkXwolf17-UD]

I can’t really roll since it throws me off completely when doing tricks so i did it stationary (dunno if i could mor did make it look good or decent. I mean I think it looks pretty good). Also any other tips for improvement ps this was definitely helpful. Couldn’t thank u enough.

[@FreestyleTricktips]

Sounds like the biggest tip I could give you is "learn to roll". If you can't roll into a trick with confidence, it'll show - even when you're doing stationary stuff. Nothing worse than seeing someone do some impressive rail combo then immediately look like Bambi on ice once they land back on all four wheels.

[@darkXwolf17-UD]

@@FreestyleTricktips alright thnx for the advice

[@blackmoondragoon4862]

Hi thanks for the footage. Why youcall this trick "casper desaster"? I don`t see the casper in it. Isn't it a rail spin?

[@FreestyleTricktips]

No, a rail spin is a different thing - you need to have both feet on the top of the rail for it to be a rail spin. In a casper disaster, the front foot is pushing against the griptape, and the spin is closer to a casper spin than a rail spin as a result. As to how it got the name: the casper disaster is actually the original casper - the first trick invented by Bobby "Casper" Boyden that was given the name. No one seems to know when or why it got the "disaster" part of the name, but I've always suspected it was because a casper disaster is what you end up with when you try doing a backside casper spin without paying attention to where your back foot is as you roll into it!

[@justinbolivar8103]

Mans doing everything but a pogo tutorial

[@FreestyleTricktips]

And for good reason.

[@justinbolivar8103]

@@FreestyleTricktips but I still can’t pogo. It’s still so hard

[@Coleman_H]

A tip that sorta made just doing a pogo (handed or no-handed) click for me was don't try to pick the board up with each jump, but to jump on the truck. Your knees will pick the board up slightly as you jump on the truck. Also aim for the kingpin bolt, don't place your entire foot across the wheels.

[@justinbolivar8103]

@@Coleman_H oh shit this helps a lot thank you

[@yahbella----23]

Do more Casper trick tips

[@FreestyleTricktips]

Haha, if anything, I was worried that I do too many! I could probably spend the rest of my life doing casper tricks (and, by extension, casper trick tips). Is there anything in particular you'd like to see?

[@yahbella----23]

@@FreestyleTricktips I've landed primo heelflip to primo, truck stand to primo, I wanna learn Casper to primo

[@yahbella----23]

But I've only landed it going switch on a bank

[@FreestyleTricktips]

Ah, this is why knowing the proper names of things is important; the trick you're looking for is a casper to rail (only use the term "primo" if you're sliding), and I've already done a tip for that: freestyletricktips.com/casper/casper-to-rail/

[@OddJames]

The one dislike is from somebody who got upset that you told them to stop the video and go watch the other ones 😂😂😂

[@FreestyleTricktips]

My guess is it's actually a certain Czech neo-nazi; his comments get removed instantly and his channels and accounts get repeatedly banned, so this is all he's left with.

[@OddJames]

@@FreestyleTricktips well that escalated quickly the block button is a beautiful thing plus those kinds of people negatively move on when they starved for attention and don't get it lol cheers!