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An odd thought about spins

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Drail
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why is it shunned upon by the NS community for big spins with no style off of jumps... but as soon as said pencil spin is off a rail it's accepted, if not encouraged?

what makes a pencil 450 or 630 cool yet a pencil 1080 not?
May 31 2011 8:51PM
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EmperorKuzco
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are you implying that you want to see mute 450s out of rails?
May 31 2011 8:52PM
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EmperorKuzco
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caus that would be pretty hard...
May 31 2011 8:53PM
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SirFryanator
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it's been done a lot, why not?
May 31 2011 8:54PM
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extravert
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It might have something to do with skill. People have been penciling 1080s for a long time, but it takes extra skill to grab. If you aren't grabbing, it shows that you are not as good. Off of rails though, there is very little time to grab. As a result, spins take over.
May 31 2011 8:54PM
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PJS.
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because you cant mute kfed.
May 31 2011 8:56PM
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3-6-steeze
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Plus if i saw kids missing grabs off of rails all day, I'd probably kill something
May 31 2011 8:56PM
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BroBrah
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not encouraged at all. most of the time i hate spins over 450 off. and it's way cooler when people make em look steezy, not pencil'd. sooo... what are u talkin bout???
May 31 2011 9:04PM
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dylanb
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Pencil spins out of rails don't look good, but you can spin with style out of a rail without grabbing.
May 31 2011 9:12PM
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TheHamburglar
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spin to win braaahhhh. pencil steeze all day.
May 31 2011 9:12PM
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kingskier
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did someone say spinning of rails isn't steezy?



Jun 1 2011 7:20AM
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BIGben*
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Jun 1 2011 7:35AM
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emilyiscool
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If someone could 450 off and sneak in a nice grab I think it could be sick
Jun 1 2011 9:45AM
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K_FRANK
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jeff keisel, front 4 blunt at windells there is a vid somewhere i believe its polar summer from evan heath on vimeo, look it up :)
Jun 1 2011 11:28AM
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RubberSoul
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it's just trends and what we consider cool. sort of arbitrary in sort of the same way "we" don't think straight back fulls are cool compared to corks.. and grabs off rails are not "in"...not to mention the fact that if youre doing a 4 or a 6 off a rail, you have somewhere between 1 and maybe 20 feet usually for your spin.. if youre doing a bigger spin off a jump you have waay more airtime
Jun 1 2011 12:03PM
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werdup
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i also was thinking of this video haa
Jun 1 2011 2:13PM
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technique.
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says who?
Jun 1 2011 5:12PM
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TijmenDal
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Polar Summer from Jeff Kiesel on Vimeo.



@ 1:48
Jun 1 2011 6:06PM
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cultrara
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I like big floaty/shifty spins off rails
Jun 1 2011 6:11PM
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*TURBONERD*
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Le Last Trick. from Liam McKinley on Vimeo.


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blunt fs 6 out. bam.
Jun 1 2011 7:03PM
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MADDECENT
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Because grabs off or on rails are stupid
Jun 1 2011 9:46PM
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technique.
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so if i spin 6 out of a cannon rail youd rather see it ungrabbed?
Jun 1 2011 10:27PM
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i.ski.troll.
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not even that hard if you are spinning anythign over 270 off.
Jun 1 2011 10:32PM
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TheUngroomed
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Yeah, that's pretty much what he just said.
Jun 1 2011 10:34PM
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Holte
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Usually the air distance off a rail is less than 5-8 feet. With such little air time, it looks awkward to reach for a grab, touch, let go and land. Even on a jump with 5-8 feet of air grabbing usually looks awkward unless it's an easily reached grab, like tail. If it's a canon rail with 15+ feet of air, grab away.
Jun 1 2011 10:52PM
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Blake.P
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Plus big spins off rails are impressive enough. Look back a few years when big spins off jumps were impressive, CR spun a 1260 with no grab to win the x games
Jun 1 2011 11:08PM
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wesley.
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front 6 mute in here
Jun 1 2011 11:09PM
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technique.
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that hit was fuckin sweet.
Jun 1 2011 11:18PM
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*TURBONERD*
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should have gone...
Jun 2 2011 6:15AM
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belden...
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Why is everyone saying Mute? That grab has become the new pencil steeze in my mind
Jun 2 2011 6:43AM
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rob29
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real sick - thanks for posting!
Jun 2 2011 6:55AM
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MADDECENT
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Yes. I'm honestly appalled that anybodys opinion could be different than mine on this matter.
Jul 9 2011 1:31AM
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MikeWeinerONE
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Honestly, it's probably harder to do a pencil 1080 then a grabbed 1080. When you get smaller in the air, you spin faster. But, penciled out spins look pretty gay, so.... keep grabbing!
Jul 9 2011 1:44AM
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T.MARTIN
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The Modern Kids: RARxGrouphome from Nick Hickling on Vimeo.

/End thread.
Jul 9 2011 1:49AM
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BmoChop
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threads
Jul 9 2011 2:32AM
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Evan.Frazee
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One of my favorite edits still
Jul 9 2011 3:19AM
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I.Am.Lorde.
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Jul 9 2011 11:04AM
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technique.
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i couldn't possibly just be asking if your opinion extends to cannon-like features too.
Jul 9 2011 8:57PM
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250r
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i dont necessarily think that people need to grab out of rails more, but i do think that it would be good to incorporate more presses, different types of slides, and other creative things into rail tricks so its not just all spinning
Jul 9 2011 10:53PM
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Stickity
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coughtravellingcircuscoughleighpowiscough
Jul 10 2011 10:44AM
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.frenchy
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YES YES YES I LOVE THAT EDIT
Jul 10 2011 10:47AM
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.Hugo.
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Ya my favorite edit of the year! Haven't stopped watching it since it came out
Jul 10 2011 6:41PM
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a_pla5tic_bag
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baggy clothing hides pencil steeze which i'm thinking occurs naturally cause of the boots.
Jul 10 2011 7:30PM
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Mordecai
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0:20 = megafuckinginsane
Jul 11 2011 3:54PM
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monkatizer
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my threads for vids
Jul 12 2011 12:46AM
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technique.
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Aug 3 2011 3:09PM
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