How does Sergio do it?

**cool hand mike** · 08-05-2004 04:12 AM

dude, how does he bust consecutive rotational slides? i can't even pull off one, and i'd be comforted if i knew how the physics of the slide worked, because then i would know what i was doing wrong, but i have no idea.

my slides are never concentrated into spins, they just...sorta drift downhill.

does anyone know how?

VA · 08-05-2004 05:55 AM

well first off...wrong section buddy, and uh...there's probably 1024971209387 threads in the 'tips and tricks' section on 360's and standup slides.

someone had to do it :o

**frank** · 08-05-2004 06:44 AM

Originally Posted by VA

well first off...wrong section buddy, and uh...there's probably 1024971209387 threads in the 'tips and tricks' section on 360's and standup slides.

someone had to do it :o

I think your selling the sliding posts short

**tikigod** · 08-05-2004 08:20 AM

wheaties............definatly the wheaties
................the secret here is not to use milk.............just energy drink

wheaties in an energy drink will give you the super powers nessesary to do that....yep

**roastbeef540** · 08-05-2004 10:14 AM

ok brohans if you wanna learn how to do sergio stuff... i can tell you...

first you ave to be able to powerslide with your setup, start out wihth 180's... once you can do 180's you have to be able to do them switch, so you can get a 360... once you can powerslide a 360, the rest is pie... youll be able to link your slides and do well above 360's... ive gotten to a 1440 then pendulumed then slid around another 360.... that was the craziest POWERslide slide ive done... so yea... and if you dont believe me come to sibbald anytime and ill show you how its done

**lexx** · 08-05-2004 10:52 AM

cocain and camera tricks

**cool hand mike** · 08-05-2004 11:04 AM

haha, i can do 180s, but it's a slide and not a spin. when sergio does it, he spins. i guess i should work on 360 slides before i can spin?

:T

i wish i knew the mechanics of the spin

VA · 08-05-2004 02:28 PM

yeah those crazy south americans...they get that raw shiat out those parts too. i bet if i had me a little teener of that stuff i'd be rippin' the asphalt off the road. :P

**Longboardloser** · 08-05-2004 04:14 PM

I think it's down to the magic pants he wears.

That and the cocain, in south america they still make CocaCola the proper way. I hope.

**ol'dude** · 08-05-2004 04:28 PM

Two words;
Talent
Practice

The sickest thing besides that "monkey on acid" routine is the 180 tail slide at speed. THAT is one sick trick.

**cool hand mike** · 08-06-2004 04:13 AM

i'm pretty sure most of you know what i'm talking about and i'm also pretty sure that many of you have seen this vid before, but for those that haven't:

http://www.gravityboard.com/pages/vi...gio_video.html

VA · 08-06-2004 04:22 AM

just watch 'flow' a couple times. sergio has some mindblowing slides...

**solid** · 08-06-2004 07:32 AM

Originally Posted by cool hand mike

i'm pretty sure most of you know what i'm talking about and i'm also pretty sure that many of you have seen this vid before, but for those that haven't:

http://www.gravityboard.com/pages/vi...gio_video.html

holy jesus!

yeah, definitely cocaine.

cocaine and LOTS of practice.

**ol'dude** · 08-06-2004 07:38 AM

Originally Posted by VA

just watch 'flow' a couple times. sergio has some mindblowing slides...

That's where the 180 is... fookin' righteous.
The guy can bust a slide anywhere. On the 3-mile long Sandia Soul Jam a couple of years ago, he was basically doing a continuous series of every slide known to man (and a few new ones) down the mountain. He didn't get "Most Soul", but everyone was in awe.