Turns out he was the mayor of snowboarding and the host of our trip. He was most excited about skating Foster Huntington’s bowl.īryan Fox: I also didn’t know who Bryan Fox was (I truly know nothing).
I learned them back then so my kickflips are really bad, but then kickflips evolved and thats when I learned how to switch flip, so my switch flips and nollie flips are more proper than my kick flips.” He is geniune, easy going, and by the end of the trip turned into a bit of a jokester, but in the most innocent and sincere way possible. Now people flick out and pop their kickflips. Finally it clicked, “Oh! Mark Gonzales, yes, of course.” He continued “Oh, well back then flip tricks were new and nobody knew how to do them. You know mark gonzales?” I couldn’t understand who he was trying to say because with his accent he pronounces “z” as “th.” I heard it more like mierconthales. I asked him what his favorite flip trick was and he said “nollie flip or switch flip. He speaks it every day even though he’s from the Basque country. I asked him what language he thinks in and he said English. He is really close with and used to film with French Fred all the time and he introduced French Fred and Thomas. When he comes to the states he stays with Arto and he was in a skate film by Thomas Campbell called, Cuatros Suenos Pequenos (Four Small Dreams). He was on the Quik program back in the day, he used to tour with Austyn and Dylan before they were anything. All of my favorite skaters looked up to him. It was so interesting talking to him - but it reminded me how young and dumb I am and how much I probably shouldn’t have an opinion on skateboarding because I haven’t seen anything yet compared to him. He is a veteran. But in his career he’s gotten cover shots, is an amazing skateboarder, photographer and just a great dude. Javier Mendizabal: I was too young to know who he was because I was born in 1994 and “Javi” is 38. Javier Mendizabal switch back tail at Windell’s Today you meet the cast, via our own Michael Cukr and his honest opinion of it all. From there it was a zig zag of forest, nature, waterfalls, surfing and random occurrences as you’ll see below, and again tomorrow when we premiere the film we made about it called Postcard Oregon. While we were there we hangout at Bryan Fox’s Rat Race gathering at Mount Hood. And we sent our very own Michael Cukr to record what happens when the cultures collide. A random trip to Oregon with a surfer, skater and a snowboarder. But we’ve come to be thankful that it did. These are just fun ways to add some flare to your experience.We’re not even really sure how this happened. You can get decks and grips that are totally customized with your image for 10,000 or $.99. It costs 20,000 for most decks and grips while wheels go for under 10,000. When I started out, I was already at over 200 gold after just doing a few tricks.
There are a couple of free items you can grab in the meantime while you build your in-game wealth.Īnd don't worry, it shouldn't take you horribly long to get enough currency to get new items. This can be done simply by playing the game and racking up the gold, or you can use real money if so wish (I know microtransactions but again, this is up to you). However, you will need to unlock most of the designs. You can even select from different wheels as well as colors. You have a select amount of decks and grips you can get. This is just a fun little tip to let you know to swag out your skateboard to your heart's content. Here are a couple of things to keep in mind.Īs with most sports games, there is a customization element to it. Once you get the hang of it, you'll really be enjoying what is a great mobile skateboarding game. You are using your fingers to make the magic happen, so it comes off as a simulation experience. It can be a tricky game at first, but you'll be surprised how quickly you can start doing tricks. Maybe people need something to whet their appetites, and that's the beauty of mobile gaming: There are so many games for many categories, including skateboarding with games like True Skate.
It's possible that gamers are hungry for some skateboarding action since Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 and 2 are getting remastered into one big game in September. We're writing about it because it's recently peaked in interest - and not just due to its notoriously smooth gameplay Regardless of reasons though, at the time of this writing, it was one of the top games of the week on the App Store.
It is extremely similar to the Touchgrind series of games but you may be surprised at the differences. In the relatively-recently released True Skate you use your fingers to skate.