Hangup Zine 12: Ginger's Back to Basics Article
After publishing Ginger’s Suffolk Skate Trip edit a few weeks ago, we were reminded that we hadn’t published his article from Hangup Zine 12, so here it is!
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Sam Raynard | Backside Boneless
This is Sam Raynard doing a bs boneless at The Pioneer. Sam’s been one of my favorites to watch recently. I think it’s the style, the sort of back to the future-style I’ve seen some people taking.
I feel like people are getting more stoked and are drawing a lot more inspiration on the 80s skaters. I for one love watching old videos of Tim Jackson doing weird wall bashes and Neil Blender finding too many ways to do handplants. It all just seemed like a more carefree and positive time in skateboarding. Everyone seemed like they skated for the fun and not just to be the best.
Will Kirkby-Rampling | Layback
Perhaps that’s why more people nowadays are interested in the earlier days of skateboarding, because it seemed more fun. With the approach of the 2020 Olympics, more people are going for gold and trying to best the best. Maybe people just want a break, a little fresh air and a reminder of why we love this plank of wood so much.
I’m not saying I don’t want to see someone lipslide a handrail from hell or kickflip a psycho street gap. I think it’s important to watch and appreciate as much skating as possible because it means you will look at skateboarding in so many more ways. If all you watch is pool skating you wouldn’t think of skating a handrail or know how to, and vice versa.
Daniel Tabakin | Invert Wallbash
I personally love watching old videos because of the lost tricks. Especially when I started skateboarding all I knew was street skating, but when I saw old videos I realised how much more was possible with it. Learning laybacks and bonelesses is something I wouldn’t have done without the old videos, but because of the new videos I realised you can take the old tricks to new terrain and make new ways of skating all together.
I just think that people nowadays are also wanting to know more about skateboarding and how it started. Because how can you go forward if you don’t know which way you came from.
Nasir Roumeu | Fastplant
Nasir Roumeu | Wallie Crook
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