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38 Responses to “Chris Farmer: Through The Looking Glass (New Part)”
Not as good as e.g. the Meantime section, but still very entertaining to watch, I’ve watched the dvd from start to finish a few times now, it’s awesome to watch how he’s developed as a skater.
Not to sound ignorant, but I don’t know why all of a sudden pro skaters are all into negative grinds when old pros like Josh Letona and Omar Wysong were doing them years ago and were making them look good back then. Why the sudden trendiness?
THIS IS ABOUT THE WINTERCLASH POST SOOO…
ONCE AGAIN I NOTICE A LOT OF YOU ARENT TAKING THE WORD “PRO” SERIOUSLY. SO MANY OF YOU ARE LOOKING AT “PRO” AS A POPULARITY STATUS SYMBOL. NO. “PRO” MEANS YOU WORK AS A SKATER FOR A BUSINESS. YES THATS WHAT ITS ABOUT, BUSINESS & MAKING MONEY. THATS WHAT BEING A PROFESSIONal IS ALL ABOUT. I KNOW IT ISNT WHAT SKATINGS AOUT BUT SKATING FOR FUN AND SKATING AS A PRO ARE DIFFERENT. ALL YOU HATERS NEED TO OPEN UP A DICTIONARY, LOOK UP THE WORD, AND REALIZE THAT THERE ARE RULES WHEN TALKING ABOUT PRO STATUS, ITS NOT ABOUT FAIRNESS, AND YES THE PEOPLE WHO HIRE PROS DO MAKE THE RULES ITS NOT A DEMOCRACY, YOU DONT GET TO CHOOSE WHO IS PRO OR NOT, SPONSORS DO. AFTER ALL ITS A BUSINESS AND ITS THERE MONEY. DONT GET THIS CONFUSED WITH SKATING JUST FOR FUN. YOU KIDS NEED TO GROW UP AND UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “PRO” AND SKATING CAUSE YOU LOVE IT. YES PROS LOVE SKATING BUT BEING “PRO” IS ABOUT BEING A PROFESSIONAL WHO WORKS FOR A LIVING. ITS NOT ABOUT BEING THE BEST OR MOST RESPECTED SKATER. STOP BEING CHILDISH AND SAYIN STUPID COMMENTS ABOUT HOW UNFAIR THE WHOLE PRO STATUS THING IS AND HOW ITS ALL ABOUT MONEY.. NO SHIT SHERLOCK. IF YOU LOVE SKATING YOU SHOULD DO IT FOR THAT. AND PLEASE GROW UP, YES BEING PRO IS ABOUT MONEY AND CAPITALISM, JUST LIKE EVERY JOB OUT THERE. ITS NOT ABOUT FAIRNESS YOU IDOTS. IF YOU THINK BEING PRO HAS TO DO WITH FAIRNESS THEN YOU DONT UNDERSTAND THE DEFINITION OF THE WORD. AND YOU DONT UNDERSTAND HOW SKATING WILL GROW AS AN INDUSTRY, A BUSINESS. THATS WHY WE ARE BEHIND OTHER SPORTS, WE AS SKATERS HAVENT BEEN TAKING THE BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL SIDE OF SKATING SERIOUSLY. A LOT OF KIDS WANT SKATING TO BE LIKE THE TEEN ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY ALL ABOUT WHO KIDS THINK IS COOL AND POPULAR VERSUS WHAT WILL GROW OUR INDUSTRY. IM SORRY BUT JULIEN CUDOT AND CJ WELLSMORE HAVE A WHILE TO GO BEFORE THEY CAN TRULY REP OUR SPORT AS “PROFESSIONALS” WHICH IS MORE ABOUT BUSINESS THAN TALENT. SO STOP CRYING AND SCREAMING “UNFAIR” WHEN IT COMES TO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONALISM.
that was incredible
how can anyone be foolsih enough to say thats boring?
fuck?
so many new tricks in there
and anyone wondering why negatives are in’
its the way skating goes fools.
things go in and out, however in this instance its evolving the sport.
i suggest anyone who didnt enjoy this should go put there glasses on and watch again how fucking incredible that shit was.
last trick is a perfect example!
dylan b Farmer has been doing negatives since before you skated
farmer has been doing spins into grinds switch and regular since he was on trs so quite frankly i think he is bored
HE has been there and done that
if they wrote a book about farmer it would be how to be fucking amazing at rollerblading
luke skywalker farmer is better than ever u just have to watch him person and his tricks look simple but if you try doing them without skates its hard haha
i’m pretty sure chris does what he wants and at the time of filming that section he happened to want to do negatives.
it’s quite simple, if you like it, enjoy it, if not, don’t watch it.
noones loosing sleep over messageboard posts.
chris farmer can do anything, any time he wants…. he has done every amazing trick 100 times so now he does impossible negative tricks, and impossible tricks on certain spots.
farmer is legendary!
p.s. how can this be boring? i saw so much new shit in this!
Josh letona did not make negatives look good. Omar Wysong used to have the dopest style (brain fear gone) but when he switched to freestyle and started doing negatives his style got super weird. I am positive I am not the only one who feels this way.
Farmer is the dopest, he’s been doing groundbreaking shit since forever, and makes negatives look like real tricks. Not all stretched out and shaky like the negative mizous that Josh Letona used to do.
fuck that, this guy is a fuckin legend. his style is smooth like no one else, he does tricks never seen before with an amazing ease. when you’re chris farmer you don’t have to prove anything on your blades, he has done evrything and i guess it helps our sport to have someone like him with such a high maturity in his rollerblading doing smart tricks.
No I wasn’t saying that Farmer is bad at skating now at all because I think he is f*cking amazing and that he does negatives very stylishly. I was just wondering why pros all of sudden were so big into negatives when they’ve always been around like every other trick has, that’s all. Farmer will always be one of the greats in rollerblading history that is undeniable, his sections will still be fresh and innovative years down the road and kids will still watch them decades to come and be impressed.
Doods who think negatives are a trend for farmer, he’s been doing every kind of trick (full cab shit, fastslides and pudslides, negatives, vertical stalls, random wall/handplants, and cess slides down stairs) since forever. Since he was skating razors and salomons back in the day, ever heard of vg 19, watch it!
January 8th, 2009 at 10:48 am
there was a time when farmer was AMAZING! ……………………………………..but now hes boring.
January 8th, 2009 at 11:15 am
woah… that was fucking amazing !
January 8th, 2009 at 11:21 am
Not as good as e.g. the Meantime section, but still very entertaining to watch, I’ve watched the dvd from start to finish a few times now, it’s awesome to watch how he’s developed as a skater.
January 8th, 2009 at 11:25 am
Cool… Ã par la queue de cheval haha !
Il a grossi non ?
January 8th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
comme disait Thibault Palies en 2001, “BESTIAL!”
January 8th, 2009 at 12:56 pm
That was sick! Since the beginning You are taking it into a whole new level… Good luck Chris – keep rolling!
January 8th, 2009 at 1:13 pm
That was just simply amazing!!!!!One of the best sections ive ever seen.
January 8th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
Certains nous font des claquettes, des 4 switch up sur des barres de pelouses, ça a le mérite d’être vraiment amusant (ridicule quoi)… Farmer, il fait des true makio grabbés sur des rails et, même si le style est un peu “exagéré”, eh bien il donne vraiment envie d’aller rouler ! So Amazing !!! Loved it !
January 8th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
come witness god at work
January 8th, 2009 at 4:06 pm
best tricks were in the trailer and that suck for people who actually buy the video
January 8th, 2009 at 4:09 pm
that guy just does what he wants
January 8th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Not to sound ignorant, but I don’t know why all of a sudden pro skaters are all into negative grinds when old pros like Josh Letona and Omar Wysong were doing them years ago and were making them look good back then. Why the sudden trendiness?
January 8th, 2009 at 5:18 pm
dylan b, you sound dumb
January 8th, 2009 at 5:35 pm
…how do you do it farmer =S’ bravoo =D’
January 8th, 2009 at 6:13 pm
One of the best riders ever !
January 8th, 2009 at 7:38 pm
wow……..
January 8th, 2009 at 7:55 pm
THIS IS ABOUT THE WINTERCLASH POST SOOO…
ONCE AGAIN I NOTICE A LOT OF YOU ARENT TAKING THE WORD “PRO” SERIOUSLY. SO MANY OF YOU ARE LOOKING AT “PRO” AS A POPULARITY STATUS SYMBOL. NO. “PRO” MEANS YOU WORK AS A SKATER FOR A BUSINESS. YES THATS WHAT ITS ABOUT, BUSINESS & MAKING MONEY. THATS WHAT BEING A PROFESSIONal IS ALL ABOUT. I KNOW IT ISNT WHAT SKATINGS AOUT BUT SKATING FOR FUN AND SKATING AS A PRO ARE DIFFERENT. ALL YOU HATERS NEED TO OPEN UP A DICTIONARY, LOOK UP THE WORD, AND REALIZE THAT THERE ARE RULES WHEN TALKING ABOUT PRO STATUS, ITS NOT ABOUT FAIRNESS, AND YES THE PEOPLE WHO HIRE PROS DO MAKE THE RULES ITS NOT A DEMOCRACY, YOU DONT GET TO CHOOSE WHO IS PRO OR NOT, SPONSORS DO. AFTER ALL ITS A BUSINESS AND ITS THERE MONEY. DONT GET THIS CONFUSED WITH SKATING JUST FOR FUN. YOU KIDS NEED TO GROW UP AND UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN “PRO” AND SKATING CAUSE YOU LOVE IT. YES PROS LOVE SKATING BUT BEING “PRO” IS ABOUT BEING A PROFESSIONAL WHO WORKS FOR A LIVING. ITS NOT ABOUT BEING THE BEST OR MOST RESPECTED SKATER. STOP BEING CHILDISH AND SAYIN STUPID COMMENTS ABOUT HOW UNFAIR THE WHOLE PRO STATUS THING IS AND HOW ITS ALL ABOUT MONEY.. NO SHIT SHERLOCK. IF YOU LOVE SKATING YOU SHOULD DO IT FOR THAT. AND PLEASE GROW UP, YES BEING PRO IS ABOUT MONEY AND CAPITALISM, JUST LIKE EVERY JOB OUT THERE. ITS NOT ABOUT FAIRNESS YOU IDOTS. IF YOU THINK BEING PRO HAS TO DO WITH FAIRNESS THEN YOU DONT UNDERSTAND THE DEFINITION OF THE WORD. AND YOU DONT UNDERSTAND HOW SKATING WILL GROW AS AN INDUSTRY, A BUSINESS. THATS WHY WE ARE BEHIND OTHER SPORTS, WE AS SKATERS HAVENT BEEN TAKING THE BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL SIDE OF SKATING SERIOUSLY. A LOT OF KIDS WANT SKATING TO BE LIKE THE TEEN ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY ALL ABOUT WHO KIDS THINK IS COOL AND POPULAR VERSUS WHAT WILL GROW OUR INDUSTRY. IM SORRY BUT JULIEN CUDOT AND CJ WELLSMORE HAVE A WHILE TO GO BEFORE THEY CAN TRULY REP OUR SPORT AS “PROFESSIONALS” WHICH IS MORE ABOUT BUSINESS THAN TALENT. SO STOP CRYING AND SCREAMING “UNFAIR” WHEN IT COMES TO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONALISM.
January 8th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
hey JJ, dont use all caps next time, maybe someone will read what you post
January 8th, 2009 at 9:41 pm
j j i stopped reading at the 2nd line.
January 9th, 2009 at 1:46 am
that was incredible
how can anyone be foolsih enough to say thats boring?
fuck?
so many new tricks in there
and anyone wondering why negatives are in’
its the way skating goes fools.
things go in and out, however in this instance its evolving the sport.
i suggest anyone who didnt enjoy this should go put there glasses on and watch again how fucking incredible that shit was.
last trick is a perfect example!
January 9th, 2009 at 1:54 am
J.J. means Jon Julio or Jojo Jacobi? Farmer is amazing but less than before and “too many negative kill negative”
January 9th, 2009 at 2:15 am
farmer = the bom
AND JJ WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM!?? you are in the wrong post..
You use many words for what you want to say.. its ugly
holler!
January 9th, 2009 at 2:20 am
HEAVY !
Farmer is a fooking legend !
January 9th, 2009 at 2:45 am
dylan b Farmer has been doing negatives since before you skated
farmer has been doing spins into grinds switch and regular since he was on trs so quite frankly i think he is bored
HE has been there and done that
if they wrote a book about farmer it would be how to be fucking amazing at rollerblading
luke skywalker farmer is better than ever u just have to watch him person and his tricks look simple but if you try doing them without skates its hard haha
January 9th, 2009 at 3:22 am
I can honestly say that I hate him.
January 9th, 2009 at 3:52 am
just to clear up i am not jon julio nor jojo jacobi
January 9th, 2009 at 4:07 am
i’m pretty sure chris does what he wants and at the time of filming that section he happened to want to do negatives.
it’s quite simple, if you like it, enjoy it, if not, don’t watch it.
noones loosing sleep over messageboard posts.
January 9th, 2009 at 5:10 am
chris farmer can do anything, any time he wants…. he has done every amazing trick 100 times so now he does impossible negative tricks, and impossible tricks on certain spots.
farmer is legendary!
p.s. how can this be boring? i saw so much new shit in this!
January 9th, 2009 at 5:20 am
Farmer just continues to prove why he is my favorite skater with every section released. Well that and his excellent choices in songs.
January 9th, 2009 at 6:48 am
old farmer was way better…. and farmer is a complete dick to skate with
January 9th, 2009 at 7:12 am
Josh letona did not make negatives look good. Omar Wysong used to have the dopest style (brain fear gone) but when he switched to freestyle and started doing negatives his style got super weird. I am positive I am not the only one who feels this way.
Farmer is the dopest, he’s been doing groundbreaking shit since forever, and makes negatives look like real tricks. Not all stretched out and shaky like the negative mizous that Josh Letona used to do.
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January 9th, 2009 at 7:36 am
farmer makes negatives way better than letona or wysong ever did.
January 9th, 2009 at 1:25 pm
he was better back when words came out, nah letona used to spin full cab in to negatives, I wonder how much black hair rinse the pansy gets through.
January 9th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
fuck that, this guy is a fuckin legend. his style is smooth like no one else, he does tricks never seen before with an amazing ease. when you’re chris farmer you don’t have to prove anything on your blades, he has done evrything and i guess it helps our sport to have someone like him with such a high maturity in his rollerblading doing smart tricks.
January 9th, 2009 at 2:44 pm
No I wasn’t saying that Farmer is bad at skating now at all because I think he is f*cking amazing and that he does negatives very stylishly. I was just wondering why pros all of sudden were so big into negatives when they’ve always been around like every other trick has, that’s all. Farmer will always be one of the greats in rollerblading history that is undeniable, his sections will still be fresh and innovative years down the road and kids will still watch them decades to come and be impressed.
January 9th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
yeh negatives were popular but its good to see some more interesting negative from farmer. that was sick no doubt. “hes not even happy with it” haha.
January 9th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
wtf is it only switch???
January 10th, 2009 at 8:25 am
Doods who think negatives are a trend for farmer, he’s been doing every kind of trick (full cab shit, fastslides and pudslides, negatives, vertical stalls, random wall/handplants, and cess slides down stairs) since forever. Since he was skating razors and salomons back in the day, ever heard of vg 19, watch it!