Vert attack (Real - Non Fiction, 1997)
Vert attack (Real - Non Fiction, 1997)
Rightfully hailed as one of street skating’s innovators, the Gonz’s vert skateboarding is mentioned less but there are always some transition gems scattered throughout his sections and the opening minute of Real Skateboards’ ‘Non Fiction’ is a particularly good example of this. A boosted judo air is followed by an equally lofted boneless one, straight into a trademark stalled eggplant on the opposing wall. Bonelesses aren’t the easiest trick to maintain speed on a big ramp but this doesn’t seem to be a problem here. After a split second where the eggplant is held completely still, head facing the coping, re-entry is made; straight into a stomped indy fastplant to fakie (I’m sure it also has a name that is less of a mouthful, but I’ll leave that for the vert dogs to argue). The line gets an exclamation point courtesy of a big ol’ fakie popped indy grab, front arm windmilling like he was fighting invisible wasps.