Social Media asked why he does so many Ollies and he just laughed back, kneeled down and dished out a few more (each more impressive than the last) but recently the other king of pop, Jake Hayes, hit us with this chest high pop-shuv and my question is... Will it finally silence the haters?
I hope not, because it's way more entertaining otherwise, but all joking aside, this clip is extremely gnarly and just another reminder at how skilled Jake really is.
The amount of room he has to spare between the trash can and the point where he catches his board (at least 12-16 inches above the can) actually made me laugh out loud. He pops a good 2-3 feet before as well—which is pretty much mandatory, I know—making this trick far more than a simple flatground shuv. This is professionalism at its finest.
There's something romantic about taking "basic" tricks to unexplainable heights. I expressed this when talking about his massive Ollies, and I just have to mention it here again. In fact, even this clip (below) of him simply popping a dictionary-defined hardflip on flat is one of the most satisfying pieces of skate content I've watched recently... and it's exactly just that—a hardflip on flatground. Romance.
Some of the finest things in life are simple. They should be. And while there's nothing simple about this trick, at least in terms of physical ease, the simplicity of its general nature—the idea of it all—is what I admire the most.
Video / @jakehayes__
