Meet one of the heaviest rail skaters from Bern, Switzerland—Jan Hirt. This insane 5050 to feeble on this gnarly kinker is a great introduction to this madman, but do yourself a favor and watch his full part below.
The video is packed with the perfect blend of clips and commentary that will get you stoked on Jan, while getting stoked to skate. He drops some undeniable bangers—trick after trick—in this part and then sticks around to tell us how it all went down.
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Sometimes watching the process of a certain trick going down is just as exciting (honestly, if not more exciting) than watching the make. We always see the best of the best pulling their tricks with ease, but often neglect the fact that they're full on battling these tricks just to secure a few seconds in a video part.
While plenty of tricks and parts are here today, gone tomorrow, I think this is one that will live on for quite some time. You just don't always see stuff like this going down anymore—at least not as often—so I love knowing that there are still people out there looking to scare themselves and truly test what's possible on a skateboard.
Jan rips! Press play if you haven't already.
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