lunes, 22 de octubre de 2012


If you die doing what you love, this would be a worthy life.


  • Skateboarding.
  • Snowboarding.
  • Surfing.
  • Music.


There is a big connection between these "sports" and music. Well I call them "sports" but in fact they could be called gates of other dimensions.
Sometimes we underestimate things that we do because society tells us it is wrong or bad, but we humans we need more than just study at the university, to get  married and have a family. The emotions we get doing some of these "sports" could be called the complete spiritual happiness. We need to find our limits and find the other dimension. The spot where nothing happens but everything is in there.
Let´s speak about  them.



Skateboarding: I put Skateboarding first because it was the one that changed my life and the one I love most. From my point of view this could be the most harmful of all of them. When I say harmful I mean it is the worst considerated by the society and it is the one that maybe will make you lose everything ; girlfriend, work, family and even your life, if you keep on doing it after your 30´s. For some countries if you are a skater you could be considered a bum, homeless or just a thief or a junky, yeah I know there could be some skater that ends up doing some of these.......well for example myself.......but that is not what we are here to talk about for. The truth is that if you skate you develop different skills that nobody does. The way you see the city, fashion, style, taste.........sometimes we say once you are a real skateboarder you will always be skateboarder.  The skateboarding has and had his heroes too. Names like; Rodney mullen, Mark gonzalez, Tonny alva, Natas kaupas, Andrew reynolds, Tony hawk, Danny way, Christian hosoi, Caballero.............. these are just some of the many Skaters that have been changing the skate story during the last 50 years. Here we have one of the best video part of all times:





Some tricks:

Ollie
Grab
Flip o kickflip
Heelflip
tail slide
powerslide
noseblunt slide o booger slide.
manual
one foot manua
one foot nosemanual
nose manual 
handstand
nosegrab
tailgrab one foot
method
pogo
railstand
Backflip
Flip 180
360 flip
Pop shove-it
360 pop shove-it
Impossible
Kickflip
Laser flip
Heelflip
Pop-Shove-It
Varial kickflip
Varialheelflip
board slide
nose slide



Snowboarding: This is one of the most beautiful things you could do in your life. And it is one of the three that is well considerated by the society. The funny thing is that some people that do snowboarding (specially in the beginning) somehow hates skateboarding but they should realise that snowboarding would not exit if it was not for skateboarding. Most of the tricks, style and attitude come from the skateboarding. You can not be a princess in none of these "sports". You have to do it till your limits. The most you risk in these "sports" the higher you will get. I´m not talking about to kill yourself but the first thing you have to do is to respect these "sports" the way they are. There are many things that will make you love this "sport" but one of them is the feeling that you are travelling in Nature, like a Martian watching through the classes the beauty of the trip. Here too the heroes are quite a few. Names like; James Burton, Terje Hakonsen, Shaun White, Tom Sims, Shaun Palmer, Jim Rippey are some of the many that have been changing the snowboarding story.
Here we have one of the most exiting moments back in the 90´s:

                                                                    
Some tricks:
Ollie
Nollie
Switch ollie
Fakie ollie
Shifty
Air-to-fakie
Poptart
Melancholy
Method
Cannonball/UFO
Chicken salad
China air 
Japan air
Goomba
Flail
Beef Curtains 
Bloody Dracula
Mindy
Mule kick
Nosegrab
Perfect
Rocket Air




Surfing: Surf is the mother of the other two "sports". Surf could have started 500 years ago by the Polynesians. Without Surf we could not understand freestyle and what it means to be free. It was the first "sport" to be considered not a "sport". The Surf is very well considered by everyone not only because what it means but it is without any doubt the one that you have to put your whole life on it. And like I said in the Skateboarding part that you could lose easily your life even if you don´t want to, doing surf is just a choice. You could chose happily to lose your work, girlfriend and social life just to surf everyday. Some of the many heroes in surf: , Kelly Slater, , Tom Carroll, Andy Irons, Felipe Pomar, Laird Hamilton, Andy Irons, Duke Kahanamoku, CJ Hobgood, Jeremy Flores, Arturo Llobell, Sofía Mulánovich, Stephanie Gilmore, Owen Wrightceledonio, Aritz Aranburu. 
This is one of my favourite surf video session:   






Some tricks:
Backside
Frontside
Alley oop
Rodeo flip
Backside tail slide
backside snap
front side air
superman air
Hang five
Airel
Cross-stepping
Cut back
Reentry
Snaap
360º



Music: Music is without any doubt the key to open all doors. It´s the connection of everything and it makes us feel more than just humans. Music is the fire of all events. Hardly any exacting thing in life could exist without music. What makes more expecial about these "sports" is that music could be the perfect gasoline for them. The right music with the right "sport" is from my point of view and without any doubt the most exacting and beautiful thing a human can do in his life. Here we have some names how big and powerful music can be.

Some of the best music:
Kyuss
Billie holiday
Pennywise
Black Sabbath 
Ramones
Queens
Duke Ellington
Beastie boys
Dick dale and the del-tones
Fu Manchu
Metalica
The Ventures
Aerosmith
Disaster area
Tool
Beach boys
John Coltrane
Brant Bjork
Jimmy Hendrix
Misfist
Van morrison
Miles davis
The doors
Clutch
Dinosaur junior
Death kennedy
Black flag..........................




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