{"id":3451,"date":"2021-07-16T03:21:32","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T03:21:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/?p=3451"},"modified":"2021-07-16T03:21:32","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T03:21:32","slug":"manny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/har0ld.com\/playground\/2021\/07\/manny\/","title":{"rendered":"Manny"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is a gif of Chris Roberts, a legendary skateboarder doing a switch flip to switch manny on a high curb in west LA. This is of course a damn hard combo to pull off (you should subscribe to his podcast<\/a>, it\u2019s basically Dope Skateboard History with all the detail and stuff).<\/p>\n

Because not having insurance is my thing, I\u2019m mostly doing the part where you roll on two wheels and not on a high curb but on sidewalks, okay? That said, the manny I\u2019ve been practicing is about 4 times longer without a smooth surface, okay Chris? It\u2019s a block down the street. An intersection, two houses before hitting the back alley.<\/p>\n


Myself, Le Manny  for No Name Skateboards, December 2020 (video<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n

I clear it everyday now. Usually in four or five tries but sometimes straight out of the house. Landing just like that gif, with a little knee bend. Man, it feels SO GOOD.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s so much about confidence. You have to control your speed, your balance, your breath. You have to stay focused. You have to execute well. And that\u2019s achieved with confidence. But sometimes you fail because you\u2019re over<\/em> confident: almost at the end, you get giddy, lose your balance, it\u2019s over. Tenacity is important: so many times, after failing four or five times (I only ride for 30mn before going back to this machine) I want to give up. But then, a last one where I know Imma do it,<\/em> where I forget everything else in life for the 10 seconds of perfection needed to land that stupid trick and… I land it. That battle against yourself. You can do it. And then you do. You challenge gravity and laws of physics, just on the edge of what\u2019s possible.<\/p>\n

That feeling is the purest, self-produced crack. Defying odds with consistency is a hard drug.<\/p>\n

I love how one second it truly seems impossible or really hard to do \u2013my body is aching or there\u2019s a lot of wind\u2013 and ten minutes later it feels like the problem doesn\u2019t even exist because I just solved it. One second, you fail miserably. Next second, you master completely. There\u2019s just something magical. I love it.<\/p>\n

The soundtrack to motivate myself? I cleared that sidewalk with Paramore, Mobb Deep, my own music, Chloe & Halle, obscure 80s boogie funk, deep house, Urban Dance Squad, Justice, H.E.R. and more.<\/p>\n

Everything works when riding a board confidently.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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