Six clips—each buttery and proper in their own right—and one hardflip that will force you to watch, rewatch, and rewatch again. Kuta Inukawa feeds us a platter of tasty tricks that will surely whet your skateboarding appetite.
Again, it's all rad, but the focus here is on that hardflip. To be more specific, it's how he catches the hardflip that has me rewatching this first slide over and over again.
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I know I'm the one asking Have You Ever Seen Someone Catch A Hardflip Like This? and in all honesty, Dylan Jaeb definitely comes to mind. Not to take away anything from Kuta, but I feel like it needs to be said. Okay, now that that's settled, have you ever seen anyone else catch a hardflip like this? I doubt it.
The amount of control it takes to craft your tricks to look a specific way requires some straight up, uninterrupted talent. We all want certain tricks to look certain ways, and often we picture ourselves doing them certain ways—in our minds, we are doing them like Kuta or Jaeb—only to find reality versus fantasy is quite a stretch. No harm, no foul either way. A make is a make...but still, wouldn't it be nice?
He catches the trick basically at the highest point possible and his feet are somehow perfectly placed to land. It's just one, perfect motion—pop, flick, catch, drop. Even the way he drops is somewhat contagious...I want to feel that feeling! I want that control.
My second favorite clip in this impressive little bundle is the backside flip. I could go on and on about that, too, but I'm sure I've said enough already. Still, have you ever seen someone catch a hardflip like this? Well, regardless what your answer was before, now you have.
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