Mad at the Mag

Always a fan but never a close follower of TSM's Mag Minute series, I was informed yesterday of this little canadian man's offering and had to check it out.

Things I like:
Heelflip front noseslide on a handrail
Nollie shuv crooks on a handrail
Fakie Heelflip
Bennett Grind
Nollie frontside flip
Nollie Flip Manny
Switch Back tail front shuv
Big Nollie heel and Nollie flip
Nollie back 180 nosegrind
Everything else
The ender

Things I dont:
The first line. Wasn't nearly as good as his other clips.

Brandon Del Bianco:


The ending switch backside flip and the fakie heel at around the 1:18 mark are not textbook executions of the trick; the fakie heel is slightly crooked, but the beautiful nosedive from the flick foot makes it one of the most glorious tricks I've seen recently. I'm not one to trip over a flip trick over a gap, but this is seriously just amazing, especially for such a rare trick. I'd watch a fakie heel over a nollie one any day, even in the case of Del Bianco's massive one several clips later. The switch backside flip is also not a textbook execution. You can see the similarity in his SS BS KFs to his switch back 180s; he uses his back foot to guide it once he's dipped the nose appropriately with the front, much like accomplished skaters do with their regular back 180s. But, the backside flip rarely works the same way switch, which is why I love the way he did this one so much. He literally catches it mega-ramp style and pushes it into the wind with his back foot. There was no monster pop, no perfect catch, just speed and a steezy back foot on an interesting execution of a rarely wonderful trick.