Jaya Bonderov floated a 180 nosegrind while Reese Forbes busted a handsome
tailslide, but its hectic doublesidedness and kattywampus ride away left it largely unbarged.
While identifying themselves with a particular location (East Berlin) and activity (skateboarding), the group shows how members of any subculture signal their membership through a distinctive and symbolic use of style, including fashions, mannerisms, and argot (their German is liberally laced with American skateboarding terms--Grind,
Tailslide, Top Gun, etc.).
Walker said: "Who would have thought that at 87 years, I could perform a routine including a body jar,
tailslide, double backflip and a caballerial - it's extraordinary!" Walker was the voice of Formula One for many years on the BBC and then on ITV, and became famous for his on on-air gaffes - affectionately known as "Murrayisms".
For example, in a purely vertical climb, where there is no angle of attack, the wing will not stall and eventually the airplane will simply
tailslide or torque roll, swap ends, enter a new angle of attack and start flying again.
The only other designers to use this technique are the Russians, and it was the secret to the high-angle-of-attack "cobra" and
tailslide maneuvers that stunned air-show crowds in the late 1980s.
"My favourite trick is the Nollie Hill Flip
Tailslide. You come off the ramp, flip the board, throw it in the air, catch it, then slide along the coping - the metal on the top edge of the ramp."
I went to
tailslide to warm up and kind of feel it out.
A full-length Julien Stranger's part is reason enough to check this one out (ending with a total hairball gap to
tailslide).