[babyluau]

I’m not sure why you caught the hate with out seeing the whole picture. I’ve seen sliding used in every discipline. Speedboarding uses more ground, and I constantly see various slides and lots of standups in pool/park/ditch/street. But tech sliding does seem to have less dedicated participants, no one near me practices it. Those that do freak it develop it to an art form i.e. Dahl, Sergio, and all those underground rippers from Brazil to Canada.

The ollie however may be the culprit that steals away so many from pursuing or even trying the more technical side of sliding. If you watch “robromulan” youtube clips you can see his style becoming more and more diverse. I my self have fallen victim to this “ollie” it has put a slight pause on my usual routine. I kinda wanna see what it’s like to grind something, find some stairs, check that bowl out from the inside and see what all the fuss is about. There is some impossible magic about the ollie and everything that follows. For me the fact that the impossible is completely attainable simply by doing it and doing it and doing it is what keeps me doing it.

Sorry for all the rambling. Who the hell knows why you got the response you did and why a slider doesn’t have his own mtv show. Enjoy your board, enjoy your style, peace.

Once again I have spent too much of my life on the fish, I’m off to ollie microscopic obstacles and soak another shirt with sweat.