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January 27th, 2010 at 2:38 pm
some pretty nice leftovers
January 27th, 2010 at 2:39 pm
that negative miz was definitely a last second decision cos that other dude was walking up the stairs… for that, that was fucking sick…
nice line with the high wall and the bench…
tidy as fuck
January 27th, 2010 at 2:47 pm
…McLeod´s leftovers are what others call their actual sections…best!
January 27th, 2010 at 3:25 pm
fuck yeah iain ….. soo damn good
January 27th, 2010 at 5:05 pm
this is bad shit !
January 27th, 2010 at 6:59 pm
this kid seriously deserves a pro skate
January 27th, 2010 at 7:18 pm
Iain McLeod is the most tech rollerblader in the world and he isn’t pro for a boot company with a prop model coming out every year or two.
That shit’s just wrong!
After all this time he’s still pushing himself, still going for big stuff and still getting smoother.
Wish all pros would adopt that same attitude. Definitely beats true souls for an inch on a curb in a stripey vest. That’s just my opinion though, not everyone will agree.
MACHIIIIIIIIIINE! And an inspiration to tech rollers everywhere.
January 27th, 2010 at 8:57 pm
mad sick!!
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January 28th, 2010 at 12:07 am
I agree with DarthRoller, although I don’t think it has much to do with “stripey vests”. There’s something very humble, fresh and straight forward with Mcleod’s skating. Same reason why I think these are some of the most refreshing skaters out there today:
Chris Farmer (still representing 100%)
Soichiro Kanashima
CJ Wellsmore
Michael Braud
Ian Mcleod
+ some euro skaters like Juul, Cosimo.
It’s kinda sad to notice how the lazy style and attitude is spreading in the america rollerblading community in contrast to all the new foreign rollerbladers.
January 28th, 2010 at 1:22 am
that was sick
hope to see lots more edits in the future
he deserves to be pro
January 28th, 2010 at 5:06 am
the thing about rollerblading is that it is a very subjective sport. there aren’t really that many metrics by which to measure and compare different rollerbladers (besides maybe comp wins). on the other hand, a sport like baseball is able to determine top athletes (with some sort of precision) from the other athletes because they have hundreds of different ways to evaluate stats and come to some conclusion that is fact based.
that’s why i find arguing about the best rollerblader to be silly. it ultimately comes down to personal preference which is subjective and changes from person to person. the same with the styles of skating that you prefer.
it’s great to see everyone’s preferences but it’s just stupid to argue about it because there is no final decision to be made. YOU know good rollerblading when YOU see it because its what YOU like!
anyways, this edit rocked!
January 28th, 2010 at 5:20 am
Vermontroller:
Just because it’s subjective doesn’t mean it’s pointless to discuss style and what it constitutes. As it isn’t pointless to listen to someone who admires Tolstoy speak about literature just because you happen prefer comics or Harlequin… or whatever.
January 28th, 2010 at 6:44 am
SIIIIIICKK!! I will always love iain mcleoud’s skating! its so inspiring!!
the kid is sooooo illl!!! and its the most underrated skater of all times, he should have like, 12 pro model skates, wheels, bearings, whatever! great guy, great attitude, and most of all, great skating!
totally loved it!
Regards,
Fred
January 28th, 2010 at 8:02 am
he used to be pro before>> but i guess he went out of deshi.. saying that deshi changed>>>
January 28th, 2010 at 3:02 pm
Vermontroller, I will clear it up for you it u want some guidlines on whats good and whats not.
It is really just as easy as baseball to rate a rollerblader. You are a good rollerblader if you do hard tricks or if you do dangerous tricks (if you have style that is a bonus and in some cases a big one).
You are a shit rollerblader if you think that dangerous tricks are “immature” or that “spin/hard tricks” are boring.
I think we can safely say from this edit that Iain falls into the first of these two groups
January 28th, 2010 at 6:03 pm
@S – I agree, but again that’s your preference. I think it’s a waste of time. I just want to skate.
@Portas – again, what constitutes a “hard trick” or “dangerous trick?” unless there is some sort of standard that everyone can agree on, you are dealing with subjective values. What I think is hard, may not be what you think is hard.
With that said, I don’t mind, and often agree, when people say so and so is a good rollerblader. If you do it long enough, you can just tell. I’d be interested to see some sort of evaluation system come out that tries to figure out the best way to rate a rollerblader. It would be interesting to see that.
January 29th, 2010 at 8:16 am
Ian is the fucking man!!!!!! Good edit Quinn. Good filming as always Connor. You fools need to come to AZ!!!!!
January 29th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
U make some good points, here is a starting point for us. If a grind has a 360 before it and is executed along the whole length of the obstacle then it is good
January 29th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Definitely a start. It would be neat to make a clear cut list or something. Something needs to be a standard though, like the obstacles that they tricks are done on. If someone true souls a prail and another person true souls a drop rail, clearly one is better than the other. So perhaps a course set up, with a trick list and you can rate a bunch of different metrics. I guess there will still be people to “judge” so it wouldn’t be entirely objective.
Haha, who knows. It’s nice to at least see a decent convo going on at Rollernews! I think that the “who is a better rollerblader” battle will continue until the sport dies…. :)
January 29th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
I usually try and use the measure of “could I do it myself?” Only problem is with that is that obviously people are at different standards. For example using that scale someone like Iain wouldn’t think anything is good because he can pretty much do everything. Having said that I do know that Iain loves Aragon’s skating for possibly that reason
January 30th, 2010 at 7:48 pm
@ Russ:
“this kid seriously deserves a pro skate”
first of all, ‘kid’? and you obviously don’t know shit: http://69.89.31.93/~rollerne/rn/iain_mcleod_200605.jpg