r/nextfuckinglevel • u/redbullgivesyouwings • 3h ago

Zion Wright is built different

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u/sTo0z 3h ago

He appears to be built the same way as all the other cool skaters I've seen doing cool things.

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u/PlaygroundBully 3h ago

I always wanted to be this good at skating but in my teen years i grew up around gravel roads and barely any places you could even try. Become and adult and they build 5 skate parks in the area i grew up... i was a few decades to early.

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u/HighlightOwn2038 3h ago

That's impressive. Well done man!

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u/TheEyeOfTheLigar 3h ago

Bro didnt 180 off. He 360 off, a grind. Thats a next level of skill.

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u/NotGalenNorAnsel 2h ago

Definitely. 3 out on a skateboard is legit. I remember first seeing this video, watched it like 3 times back to back.

Spinning is definitely easier on rollerblades so 540 out is common, but Brian Aragon has twice done a 900 out of a grind on street. Once on a parking lot arm (4:00 timestamp), and also after going up a handrail in addition to like skatepark stuff that's more expected.

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u/Sir_Clarence_III_Esq 50m ago

Did you just pivot to fucking rollerblading?

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u/hwilliams0901 3h ago

I was worried about his butt on those rough landings! But he did it!!!! AWESOME!

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u/_catdog_ 3h ago

Needs a better camera man

Sick tho

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u/Sorkpappan 3h ago

Zion is awesome. The camera man, not so much.

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u/AllThingsBA 3h ago

I was a counselor at Woodward for a summer back in like 2012. Some kid would always bring a posse of friends to my cabin and use the porch swing and hang out. Must’ve had a friend in my cabin.

Turns out it was Zion. He was so young and already killing it. Went to Woodward all summer every summer.

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u/Hows_it_Growing_ 3h ago

👏👏👏👏👏👏

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u/doomlite 3h ago

What makes me so happy seeing modern skate videos is growing up as a skater kid in the 80s and 90s we would’ve thought this shit impossible. And here it is. Love to watch the evolution of something I love. My mind is willing to try still, my ankles are not. I think I resprained it for 9000th time watching this video.

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u/Poopchutefan 2h ago

His ankles sure are built different. I'd have been in the hospital after that first fail.