Richard Williams: 2008 Rollerblade TRS Flow Team
Richard Williams: 2008 Rollerblade TRS Flow Team
This is my Woodward, TRS, and skatepile edit.
Thanks to everyone who helped me out when I needed it!
Thanks Richard.
Tags: richard williams, rollerblade
March 13th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
looks nice & easy…
March 13th, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Hi!
Ì`m a very good skater.If anyone of Razors or Xsjado reads this:Pls give me my own skate and support me by giving me clothing and stuff.I can do all kinds of sick combos like true fish to true fish or 720° torque and shit.I`m also able to do the 1260°.Pls gimme my pro skate and clothing, B|Unique preferred.Thx
March 13th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
dude, i doubt that anyone of those 2 companies will a) read that shit and b) support you with stuff…and to be honest your text sounds like a big fake
March 13th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
@lolzors, I believe Aragon 2 is joking.
There were some good tricks in that, and the kid has potential for sure.
March 13th, 2008 at 4:25 pm
yeah i know richard deserves to be flow
March 13th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
thats was ILL!
March 13th, 2008 at 5:12 pm
seen edits of this him. the rail skills seem quite basic. but hey well deserved and great skating there.
March 13th, 2008 at 5:26 pm
yeah hes ok, but why dont many uk skates get flow theres tons just as good as that.
March 13th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
Nice skating. Some nice swups but looks too stiff imho. Bend your knees pls :D
March 13th, 2008 at 5:37 pm
the sponsorship is all about personality
and this kid seems like a nice dude!
March 13th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
always liked his edits, never new he was that good
March 13th, 2008 at 5:48 pm
quality skating big man keep it up
March 13th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Nice, congrats on flow.
March 13th, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Good stuff idk about flow but good stuff
March 13th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
richard is a motherf***kin BEAST! fuck with it!
March 13th, 2008 at 6:54 pm
Wow they cut my friend Mike from the flow team and added people like that bad choice Rollerblade then again TRS has always made the dumbest fuckin decisions ever when it comes to putting people on a team and cutting people from a team what the need to do is fire their team manager and get someone in there who knows what talent to look for this kid is good and all I mean he has skills on ledge boxes in park but his style is non existent and he is pretty 1 dimensional at skating there are tons more people who deserve that flow spot more than him plain and simple
March 13th, 2008 at 7:37 pm
and he’s on flow because off!!!!!
seems a little to basic to me.
March 13th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
540 kindgrind cab kindgrind, 270 back torque to soul to back torque, acid to royale to ao topsoul step back acid, soul 270 bs farf to soul 540 out. Wow you are right those tricks are really basic, i mean those are the first “basic” tricks someone learns when they first start skating. Richard stop doing such “basic” trick and do some tricks that are actually hard.
March 13th, 2008 at 8:16 pm
good to see a little street from this guy. for awhile i thought all he could skate was park. this is first street ive ever seen from williams.
March 13th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
his edits are always sick
seems hes a good skater as well as editor! nice tricks dude, keep it up
March 13th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
RICHARD! ITS BEEN A WHILE GET DOWN TO B’HAM!
YO EVERYTHING WAS SOOO SICK NOW COME FILM WITH RADIUS : )
March 13th, 2008 at 8:54 pm
HAHAHAH troy getting a little craazy talking all that smack up there come down to b ham and bring it haaha last time i saw you you were so drunk! hahahahahhahaha
March 13th, 2008 at 9:31 pm
Troy dude, all that was on a small box. its not that hard on a small box
March 13th, 2008 at 9:34 pm
^I second that.
March 13th, 2008 at 10:03 pm
fuck the haters man. that was a tight edit richard!
richards a cool d00d, with good style, skill, and the ability to put his tricks out there in some edits with good quality. how can you hate on that?
i dont see any of you guys posting hate putting out anything close to that
March 13th, 2008 at 10:08 pm
Jesus H. Christ! Soo good.
March 13th, 2008 at 10:15 pm
dun understand all the hatin’
hate only urself that u couldnt make it to a flow team hahaha losers.
March 13th, 2008 at 10:54 pm
yeah bend your knees….. dope ass tricks though
March 13th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
Richard. From one black skater to another. that was sick. I’m happy that you’re on flow for RB, hopefully this gives you a great chance in being recognized worldwide. Your ability to do switch ups is good and please ignore haters that are mad at you for being better than they are or cause this was your calling and not theirs.
March 13th, 2008 at 11:40 pm
I for one am not “hating” I believe that there are soooooo many other people out there who are better than him who deserve what he has funny how since Tom Hyser has had a name in RB alot of their new flow riders reside in ATL maybe thats just a coincedence who knows ;) and what can this kid do well wow switch up and do tons of spins holy shit that is what every kid these days does be original what ever happened to having solid style I would much rather watch an edit of someone who bent their knees more was smoother with their style and had a huge single trick vocabulary sorry dude just doesnt appeal to me I would rather watch someone original and someone with style like my friend Mike who RB dropped him for people like this guy at least Mike brought something unique to the table unlike this dude oh and if RB ever gave me a chance to ride flow I would say I will continue to pay $250+ for the skates I prefer than to sell myself short and skate a product I don’t care for
March 14th, 2008 at 12:03 am
fuckin’ nice edit, song?
March 14th, 2008 at 12:07 am
OH will everybody just SHUT THE FUCK UP if any of you could front skills like that you woulda got flow too? its a proven human fault to drag down others when they feel insecurity towards themselves! in other words YOU CANT DO THESE TRICKS SO YOU’RE JEALOSE OF SOMEONE WHO CAN!
p.s. and dont be writing more bullshit about how your all really good and im so wrong cause you can all do these tricks. post a fucking edit then you pussies and call it “REPLY TO MONKEY SHOES”
March 14th, 2008 at 12:16 am
sooo tight!
March 14th, 2008 at 1:05 am
W.N.H.2 Says:
March 13th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
Richard. From one black skater to another.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA”:D::D:D::D:D:D:D
but seriously….what his skin colour to do with skating?, i have just as much comon with any white, black, chinese…we all skate….
or are u going to tell me “u dont know what its like being black”….
March 14th, 2008 at 1:13 am
NIGGA LOOK LIKE TITO JACKSON!
March 14th, 2008 at 1:51 am
ha ha ha to all the haters :-) he def has skills and one little edit never shows the whole potential of somebody! And like others said it’s even more up to the personality then the skating skills and this guy just seem to have what is needed!!! And all the guys out there who want to be sponsored get on tour get to know the right people and make your own thing and it will happen…
March 14th, 2008 at 2:24 am
Yo dude that was so sick fuck all these guys i think your style is ill.I think that RB has chosen wisely i dont know who mike from or whoever is but i think you deserve props on making flow congrats
March 14th, 2008 at 2:38 am
It’s easy to see that Richard enjoys what he’s doing and that’s exactly the kind of person that I want to see getting support from the industry. And that goes for style too; he’s doing his own thing which is more than I can say for most, so lay off on the “bend your knees” hating. Style is extremely subjective anyway, meaning everyone has their own idea of what “good” style is.
Bottom line: stop hating and start supporting
March 14th, 2008 at 2:47 am
harrie Says:
March 14th, 2008 at 1:05 am
W.N.H.2 Says:
March 13th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
Richard. From one black skater to another.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA”:D::D:D::D:D:D:D
but seriously….what his skin colour to do with skating?, i have just as much comon with any white, black, chinese…we all skate….
or are u going to tell me “u dont know what its like being black”….
It has everything to do with my statement. You can name the number of black pros on two hands, there’s less than twenty black sponsored skaters, it’s not a race thing but it’s a proud that one of us was good enough to get in, Mike Johnson, Rachard, Julian, Dre, Montre, Nicky Adams, Matt Andrews, M. Thompson, Black Mike, Frankie Morales ( i think) and that’s it. So stop with your trying to make my statement a racist statement. I’m sure that the latino world was thrilled when Louie Zamora came onto the scene cause there weren’t too many latinos in the limelight or on the scene either. Or how about Shima, or Eito, there’s a few amount of pros and ams of different races so it’s good to see a mixture that can represent the world.
March 14th, 2008 at 2:58 am
Oh and Lsx. We all have guys we think skate better than either some pro or some am we see. I know a guy name Buzz who would kill most pros at a comp and should get more respect but didn’t and now he’s quit skating cause of it. How many pros do you know that can do a 900 backflip every time? The point is that RB saw a quality in Richard that they either didn’t see in “Mike” or there was a better personality for marketing wise. Most of the time great skating isn’t the strong selling point it’s marketability, how are you with the kids, do you make the company look good, Are you a easy going, friendly person. Do people like you simply cause you’re you. Do they listen to what you have to say and can you influence their buying power towards purchasing their product. That’s why the top pros are where they are. Shima skates sold so much not just cause he’s an awesome rider but he’s a hella friendly genuine guy. Same with Haffey, Stockwell, Broskow, Frankie, Rachard, Murda, Richie, Jon J., Bailey, the Yasutokos and others.
March 14th, 2008 at 3:06 am
damn that chicks good for a girl
March 14th, 2008 at 3:26 am
hi everyone! i just wanted to say thanks for all the feedback. it means alot. positive and negative alike, ill put it to good use. ill start working on a new edit asap!
- richard
March 14th, 2008 at 5:38 am
BITTERRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
good but he took a chunk of a bite out of murda’s shit.
March 14th, 2008 at 6:00 am
you’re the man richard!
March 14th, 2008 at 6:33 am
ne one know the name artist and name of the song??
March 14th, 2008 at 8:13 am
I think it’s hilarious how jealous kids can be
March 14th, 2008 at 10:25 am
song?
March 14th, 2008 at 12:04 pm
Round and Round by Method Man
March 14th, 2008 at 12:27 pm
tito jackson.
kid yer pretty good.
and he doesnt skate like murda
March 14th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
http://www.lanceandeskimo.com/images/tito.jpg
March 14th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
richard williams like a f1 driver.
March 14th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
W.N.H 2 Says:
March 14th, 2008 at 2:47 am
harrie Says:
March 14th, 2008 at 1:05 am
W.N.H.2 Says:
March 13th, 2008 at 11:22 pm
Richard. From one black skater to another.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA”:D::D:D::D:D:D:D
but seriously….what his skin colour to do with skating?, i have just as much comon with any white, black, chinese…we all skate….
or are u going to tell me “u dont know what its like being black”….
It has everything to do with my statement. You can name the number of black pros on two hands, there’s less than twenty black sponsored skaters, it’s not a race thing but it’s a proud that one of us was good enough to get in, Mike Johnson, Rachard, Julian, Dre, Montre, Nicky Adams, Matt Andrews, M. Thompson, Black Mike, Frankie Morales ( i think) and that’s it. So stop with your trying to make my statement a racist statement. I’m sure that the latino world was thrilled when Louie Zamora came onto the scene cause there weren’t too many latinos in the limelight or on the scene either. Or how about Shima, or Eito, there’s a few amount of pros and ams of different races so it’s good to see a mixture that can represent the world.
Well the way ur puting it is that all the latino skaters are one big(or small) family :D
and the same goes for black skaters…
ive got some talented friends who are black aswel and skate really well…
but the thing is…they dont really care wether a pro is black or white, they just his skating and maybe his personality if that pro ever comes close.
my point is that is just doesnt matter where ur from what skin color you have…its all good.
let me put it to you this way, if richard williams was white, then you wouldn’t be as impressed with him as you are now.
so just let the whole skin color, race thing go, and just take people for…people
March 14th, 2008 at 3:22 pm
“ROLLERBLADING IS GAY” = best comment ever!!
March 14th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
“let me put it to you this way, if richard williams was white, then you wouldn’t be as impressed with him as you are now.
so just let the whole skin color, race thing go, and just take people for…people” - harrie
Dear ‘harrie,’
You just contradicted the hell out of yourself brah. You obviously still take race into account when judging a persons skating or otherwise (I assume). You just unintentionally revealed yourself bro-ham; not cool.
March 14th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
LSk & W.N.H 2,
First off, its not about his race and really, who gives a shit. The kid is good, but he’s not a well rounded skater. He only grinds. LSk, yes there are a ton of kids that should be sponsored, but aren’t. And yes it does suck that there not. But regardless they keep skating anyway because they love it. I also agree with you LSk, since Tom got on board RB, some how your seeing a lot more ATL kids on RB. It really sucks when Katie Ketchum (pro girl rollerblader) and David Jones (just turned ASA pro and an amazing park skater), just both got dropped to the Flow team. What bullshit is that. Your pro, now you get dropped back down to flow team. Once your a pro, you stay a pro. Unless you get dropped from that team, then your just out looking for another sponsor. In my eyes RB will never be what it used to be in the old days. They’ve lost their mojo.
March 14th, 2008 at 4:53 pm
besides julian who went pro, and myself, who else got flowed?
because chris smith has been on it since the last superhick
March 14th, 2008 at 5:09 pm
I full on will say trick wise Richard is good but IMO he lacks a few ingredients most sponsored skaters have and that is smooth style that most are envious of, and variety I just think RB is doing shit wrong AGAIN!!! Richard I think got on RB mainly because of who he knows not what he is, and that sucks that rolling has gone into politics so much more than scouting out actual ability… :( :( :(
March 14th, 2008 at 7:51 pm
please grab your torqueslides! Its only half a torqueslide if it aint grabbed…
March 14th, 2008 at 7:57 pm
you bitches sure are jealous.
March 14th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
Please understand this. our community isn’t about black/white/latino etc… it’s about diversity. Would it be a situation if I was a girl and I said right on Fabby for getting onto Valo? that would be girl power which isn’t anything wrong with simply supporting another girl cause they’re so rare to see. The fact is it’s nice to see guys from ATL and of different colors getting sponsored. It’s needed to bring the community together. You’d be surprised to see what’s written on youtube if you’re a blader from another race. I’ve seen messed up things said in regards to Japanese and asian bladers. Richard I’m sure will make an excellent asset to the RB crew. Yes his style is more grinding than anything else but that’s okay Cause I’m sure his video sections will do well. Hell my favorite skater of all time is Feinberg or Latimer. I used to love watching Chris Edwards crazy ass grinds on vert. Don’t try to make this a race issue when it’s not it’s just I’m happy that he’s on the team. Though I still feel weird about fact that there’s a lot of RB riders that I know that I didn’t see on that little video of them in the woods. Like Katie ketchum. Why wasn’t she in that video. What happened to The Yasutoko’s?
March 14th, 2008 at 8:24 pm
Harrie. I disagree. I think the best skaters in the industry are white. It’s rare to find skaters that are black that can skate like Murda, Rachard, Bah, Montre, etc… Its once again not about the skin color but just surprised. Every time I see a girl become pro, I’m surprised cause they’re less girls than there are blacks so it must mean that they’re good enough. Stop thinking that there’s anything wrong with my thinking cause if you knew me then you’d know that I only know 4 black guys period and the rest are all different nationalities. I know more Latinos/Hispanics than anyone, then I know a lot of whites, followed by asians then blacks as my friends and as bladers.
When Obedobe got onto Eulogy I was happy for him and surprised cause he’s filipino and that’s great. It’s a great step for other filipino riders to see that. Same as the Yasutoko’s for asian riders. it simply brings people that wouldn’t normally get involved into this sport to really check it out cause they have someone that they have something in common, no matter how big or small it is.
Richard is very talented and I hope he makes something out of this opportunity he’s been given. like make RB actually put out a descent video with all their riders in it. Or maybe just show us how good their new skates are by your skills.
Stop making things worse than they are and simply support the rider, you don’t have to support the company to be happy for the fact that he’s sponsored. That’s a big thing.
March 14th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
So since you want to talk about people being proud of their race/heritage/color then…. how come if I am proud to be white then I must be part of the KKK or racist how come white people can’t even be proud of their own race anymore yet all the minorties can be proud of their race/heritage/color and express it freely without being called racists but white people have to have pride in their race in secrecy or we are the white devil and don’t worry I’m not trying to turn this into something it’s not I am just asking a question
March 14th, 2008 at 8:36 pm
race, classism, nationalism,, worthless ideologies within humanity
March 14th, 2008 at 8:37 pm
and let me ask how you can be proud of somethin you did not achieve, but instead randomly born into?
March 15th, 2008 at 3:26 am
and you bitches gave shit to dom west - dom kills this person style wise and trick wise.
March 15th, 2008 at 3:33 am
jesus - i could go to any indoor park and film the local park rat in the UK and he would kill this dude - but well done getting free skates. if he is getting free skates dom west should get a pro model!
March 15th, 2008 at 4:33 am
Once again, who gives a shit about race. No matter what race or country you live in, just skate because you love it.
March 15th, 2008 at 4:40 am
nice lil edit and a couple o great tricks.via skating alone, i dont think deserving of flow status just yet,but certainly on the way. word
March 15th, 2008 at 5:32 am
thats why i dont hang around CRACKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! fucking racist bastards
March 15th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
harrie agrees with dan :)
March 16th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
ok ill be honest i stopped reading after lsx’s second comment so if you posted an anti hate comment then disregaurd. same for neone who said this same thing.
ok first off…i havnt met anyone with the exception of maybe a few people who has a more solid style…are you watching the same reel dude? its true he could prob bend his knees a lil more but saying hes not solid or doesnt have good style says to me your just trying to hate on my boy casue your boy got booted.
there are alot of park clips because yes he does skate alot of park, but also because despite living in atl its aparently hard to actually get a session together other then the park. and not to mention part of the reason for the edit was for woodward.
as for basic jawn…just shut the fuck up huh? you CANT be original nemore. people really needa cut that shit out. everyones like “psh he did a 5 switch up with spins in and out (which richard can do probably) thats so gay he needs to do more solid stuff” and then when you see someone do solid stuff you say” jesus christ this is boring” i mean where does it end.
richard hasnt been skating that long and im sure hell make you eat your words…and that goes to all the haters.
and ya know your makin a big mistake too because i met the dude for a weekend and i got his back for life. and all you negative people wont be able to see or experience this rare all around kind dude because your too self absorbed in bitterness
March 17th, 2008 at 9:00 pm
isn’t Tome hyser the new rollerblade team manager… isnt the 72mm wheeled frames his ‘after’ fiziks concept that he sold to rollerblade to fund his NEW future skate company.. although i could be wrong…??
richard williams is good dont get upset kiddies
April 27th, 2008 at 12:52 am
WTF. Damn dude. Lsx.. You have issues. I think you need some help and some council. THe guys black, there’s not that many black guys on there so other blacks should be proud that he’s on the team just like guys from The ATL are proud that Sizemore made it. He’s white and from the south, so does that mean tht he’s a crazy ass klansman that can’t be proud to get onto RB cause he’s white or does it just mean that you’re ass is 11 eggs short of a dozen. I’m not white and I have to say that I’m very impressed with the kid, He has a nice solid style and can switch up like crazy. For those of you who made it a really big race thing. Shame on you. Black or white. To say that you’re proud cause he’s a black guy that got sponsored, I don’t see as too big of a deal but to say that the only reason someone saw is cause he’s black is pretty racist. That’s like playing the race card backwards. Bah, Murda, Rachard, Williams,Adams, Andrews, Powell, Thompson, Knight, Minton,Azeekwie… Not even enough to fill up two lines. Those are all your black riders since this sport has started. latino riders there’s a lot more of, but let’s name just a few. Zamora, Aspuraza, Paz, Gonzo, Fabby, Pianowski, Julio, Aries, Fabio, Castro, etc… that’s just from two countries. not even naming all the brazilian, mexican, peurto rican, spainish riders. Stop being such a dick if someone has a little pride in a small group earning one more member.