Ward Gabriels Goes Wild
Clip of Ward Gabriel at the Rumble on the Macadam contest in Brussels (Belgium). Photo by Mathieu Hennebert (more).
Bonus: Rumble on the macadam, Frenchy Fries Edit
Sometimes, trying to reminisce certain events is kinda like exploring a hazy dream.
As a pretty mean crew gathered in Brussels the night before the Rumble On The Macadam session, those who didn’t wake up with a sore throat still had to deal with sleep deprivation and a serious hangover… Which doesn’t help writing this article much. [...]
Tags: belgium, brussels, frenchy fries, monster tricks
November 16th, 2011 at 7:03 am
I’d much rather watch Sean Kelso tap a curb.
November 16th, 2011 at 7:09 am
^^^^^bahahahahaha. Troll is an art. I’m sure the Kelso lovers will say anyone can skate that rail, but it takes “control and style” to tap a curb…..lol.
It takes control, style and a BIG pair of balls to skate that rail. Great job. Another example of Europe making Americans look foolish.
November 16th, 2011 at 7:16 am
that was sick as, no doubt about it!
November 16th, 2011 at 7:24 am
yea not impressed …..
anyone who knows how to lock soul and ump that high could do that shit there’s not even a drop fuck out of here
November 16th, 2011 at 8:32 am
ward gabriels.. making belgians proud since 1998
November 16th, 2011 at 9:03 am
I guarantee you that the same motherfuckers bitching about the Kelso’s doing curb taps are the same ones bitching about this dude doing a huge drop kink. Guess some people are impossible to make happy these days.
Some of ya’ll need to show some god damn respect…Seriously, when is the last time you seen somebody grind a kinked rail that big??
Major props Ward, that shit was throwed!!! Every time those pedestrians pass by that spot they will remember that shit.
November 16th, 2011 at 9:05 am
I don’t know if that took ‘style’ to do… because that wasn’t exactly the most stylish grind ever.
And it’s true there wasn’t a drop, but it still would have taken a good level of control and balance to ride it through..
And yet gabriels’ style was at least more honest than either of the Kelso’s style.
And I bet he doesn’t come on here like the fucking tit that colin is to troll everyone.
November 16th, 2011 at 9:39 am
That was bonkers.
Really don’t like the comparisons to Kelso. Some of Kelso’s tricks are insanely technical, even if they do by and large tend to be done on smaller obstacles these days but I’d rather see someone using their arms to steady themselves when balancing than cock their arm, cross their legs and stare at the ground nonchalantly after every single landing.
Some of Kelso’s rolling is sick. Gabriel Ward’s topsoul was totally nuts.
Respect where it’s due. Definitely is here.
November 16th, 2011 at 9:54 am
just so you guys can realize how big is that rail : https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150345731313565�...
November 16th, 2011 at 1:27 pm
what darthrollers says ! kelso are sick(sometimes) in their ways but i prefer to see someone be proud of his tricks with happy face after landing it than a man who stare at ground and keep his arms like “yeah i could have done it with hand in pockets …”
November 16th, 2011 at 3:45 pm
^^ Putain ils me font marrer les cainris, c’est trop stylé trop fat et le drop est bien là !
November 16th, 2011 at 4:45 pm
There’s a huge drop guys, look at the picture
November 16th, 2011 at 4:55 pm
Are you people insane – there is a death drop on the right side of that rail. The Kelsos couldn’t do that rail – anything over 5-stairs is too big for them.
Rollerblading needs more of this. Kids will watch shit like that and think it’s cool. Tapping curbs is for washed up gay skaters.
November 16th, 2011 at 4:59 pm
style, control and something todays pros lack – BALLS. when you take the risk out of rollerblading, you might as well wear a skirt and go figure skating.
November 16th, 2011 at 5:44 pm
imagine there is no drop there.
This is a really hard and log kink rail + it is high + chrome + rain.
For those WHO KNOW how to soul it is obvious it is HARD to grind it all.
November 16th, 2011 at 7:20 pm
I think that was the first ever ao negative sidewalk in that second edit
November 16th, 2011 at 7:21 pm
“epic Says:
November 16th, 2011 at 4:55 pm
Are you people insane – there is a death drop on the right side of that rail. The Kelsos couldn’t do that rail – anything over 5-stairs is too big for them.
Rollerblading needs more of this. Kids will watch shit like that and think it’s cool. Tapping curbs is for washed up gay skaters.”
correction: the Kelsos have already done this. 10 years ago. get a fucking life.
November 16th, 2011 at 10:52 pm
Yea 10 years ago, they tapped a 4 inch topsoul on their “garage” homemade P-rail with 5 inch deathdrop. whatever Kelso blablabla…
sk8 4 life get a fucking new life!
Come on guys THIS was fucking sick!
GO BELGIUM!
November 16th, 2011 at 11:07 pm
c’est plutôt mal filmé et mal monté.. dommage
November 16th, 2011 at 11:08 pm
Par contre la zic est pas mal, frenchyfrie nous a habitué à bien mieux.
November 16th, 2011 at 11:40 pm
anyone half way decent at rollerblading should be able to soul or topsoul that rail, it was just a long slow balanced soul, who gives a shit, i cant believe someone said “the kelsos couldnt do that rail”…have you ever skated a kink rail like that? its not hard at all unless you totally suck
November 17th, 2011 at 12:29 am
I think only one person has commented on the second edit haha
The soul on the kink was cool but man the second edit was bat shit insane, I loved it.
November 17th, 2011 at 3:03 am
What in the Hell are you talking about there wasn’t a drop? Look at the picture.
November 17th, 2011 at 3:08 am
@ epic….Rollerblading isn’t «cool». It’s fun, self satisfactory but not cool. If I want to do a huge ass rail I’ll do it. If I want to « tap » curb i’ll do so.
Who I wan’t to please with rollerblading: the boarders by looking like them, naaahhh. The outsiders, fuck em. Rollerblading is raw, unperfected and it’s never gonna be like any other extreme sport. That’s why it’s so appealing to me…
November 17th, 2011 at 5:45 am
So sick. Rollerblading is full of hating wankers.
November 17th, 2011 at 12:11 pm
God damn Eurofag dress sense
November 17th, 2011 at 8:57 pm
oh my god look at that deadly drop
good thing i have a foot of grass to land in if i fuck up
November 18th, 2011 at 2:20 am
and in america.. your trick doesn’t count if u touch the ledge