‘Spirit Quest’ beat its 1:20:00 clock with moving mirages like Daniel Kim’s mindbending mirror wall-push sequence towards the beginning of this section, which takes a couple watches for slow-witted captains of windbag web blogs to fully comprehend. In a tumultuous year, Daniel Kim indulges a taste for exotic and enigmatic tricks that may never be as huggable as a hardflip or backside smith grind: Switch japan grabs, the pop-shove it nosegrind tailgrab and his barrier-clearing switch kickflip tailgrab mix Daniel Kim’s robust ‘Belly of the Beast’ tech with the type of cosmic syrup Jason Dill maybe was sipping when he conjured a 25-year-old coping trick on the cover of Thrasher in ‘Mindfield’-era Alien’s waning days. Few were those bringing wholly unthought of tricks to the table this year, with or without one white glove.
Tags: Alex Carolino-force backside 270 flips, Colin Read, Daniel Kim, gloved ones, Japan air, Jesus Juice, mirror ball, pants, Spirit Quest, switch kickflip tailgrabs, untouchable jacket games
boil the ocean 
December 25, 2016 at 3:20 pm |
How can you be 100% certain it’s not a switch kickflip cannonball? I’ve watched, and re-watched countless times and I just can’t figure it out.