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Title: Global-flat: Trick Section
Post by: Mr News Bot on August 12, 2007, 06:38:00 PM
A few weeks ago the VFi website ( Virtual Flatland Instructor ) and global-flat decided to merge. Today we are proud to present the result of the integration: the new Trick section . We are going to collect text and video tutorials of flatland tricks in this section. A couple of tricks are already online and waiting for you. One of the main ideas of the VFi website was to give visitors the opportunity to request new tutorials. We picked up that idea so you can find a request form in the Trick section as well. If you need help with a certain trick which is not covered so far then please use this form to tell us.
We also want to know your opinion on the difficulty of tricks. That's why you can rate the difficulty of every single trick. Beginner can benefit from the ratings of more experienced riders and find easy tricks to start with.
We would like to thank Matt Wilhelm who provides a few parts of the Ground Rules DVD  for our new section. Kevin Czahor  the founder of VFi is going to be in charge of the new section. Welcome to the team Kevin!
 

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Title: Re: Global-flat: Trick Section
Post by: Thlayli on August 12, 2007, 07:38:42 PM
This should be made into a sticky thread.
Title: Re: Global-flat: Trick Section
Post by: Haro Master on August 12, 2007, 09:10:46 PM
yay thnx guys, was actually wondering what happened to the merge. it looks great I take my hat off to you guys :beer:. Ride on
Title: Re: Global-flat: Trick Section
Post by: ARTUR on August 12, 2007, 09:47:52 PM
Looks Awesome!
Alright Kevin, well done!
Title: Re: Global-flat: Trick Section
Post by: kebab on August 12, 2007, 11:34:21 PM
The commentry in the backwards hang 5 vid mae me laugh. good work anyway i'm sure these will help me out.
Title: Re: Global-flat: Trick Section
Post by: Siard on August 13, 2007, 12:16:34 PM
Thx allot for this!  ;D :beer:
Title: Re: Global-flat: Trick Section
Post by: KatieH on August 13, 2007, 01:05:09 PM
Awesome! :D
Title: Re: Global-flat: Trick Section
Post by: spertia on August 13, 2007, 04:17:28 PM
Very cool news.  Thanks to everyone who has made this section of the site happen.

Surely the whiplash is in the wrong category?  I don't see how a whiplash could be considered a beginner trick while a regular tailwhip is listed as an intermediary trick.
Title: Re: Global-flat: Trick Section
Post by: HighSpeed on August 13, 2007, 04:47:35 PM
Yeah.. It's only to be assumed that people are gonna vote inaccurately with the difficulties.. :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Global-flat: Trick Section
Post by: BMXfreak on August 13, 2007, 05:13:41 PM
kev you should put the tricks into the right categories to get ride of the confusion but still let people vote on the difficulty of each trick, but it wont affect which category its placed in, just an idea
Title: Re: Global-flat: Trick Section
Post by: Kev on August 13, 2007, 07:01:13 PM
kev you should put the tricks into the right categories to get ride of the confusion but still let people vote on the difficulty of each trick, but it wont affect which category its placed in, just an idea

Yeah, I'll have Martin fix it up. 

Anyway, sorry that there isn't much more content yet other than what is on VFi (which will be taken down shortly)...It's been a crazy past 2 months and I'm still on the road.  Hopefully, after I get back Thursday, things are going to start to get back to normal for me and I can concentrate on getting things back up to speed!  PLEASE, don't flood me with trick requests just yet....I know there are still a bunch of intermediate/Advanced stuff that I'm trying to get online, so give it a week or so and see what you see, because chances are I can't get to it until then anyway.  Thanks guys!

-Kev

**EDIT**  - And just to give credit where it's due, I'll pre-thank TJ Perry as he will the source of most of your Advanced tricks to come.  And also need to thank Artur from Hawaii (German Cyclist on the forums here) for helping me start VFi in Colorado.  Artur is a great, young rider who performed a lot of the tricks for the site.  Thanks Artur.

Looking at the requests, the first 3 requests are Turbined Cliffhanger, X-footed Hitchiker and Pedal Time Machines.  You guys have to give me time with the harder tricks, because I have to film them at TJ's convenience.  They will get done, but please be patient. 
Title: Re: Global-flat: Trick Section
Post by: ARTUR on August 13, 2007, 08:57:18 PM
kev you should put the tricks into the right categories to get ride of the confusion but still let people vote on the difficulty of each trick, but it wont affect which category its placed in, just an idea

Yeah, I'll have Martin fix it up. 

Anyway, sorry that there isn't much more content yet other than what is on VFi (which will be taken down shortly)...It's been a crazy past 2 months and I'm still on the road.  Hopefully, after I get back Thursday, things are going to start to get back to normal for me and I can concentrate on getting things back up to speed!  PLEASE, don't flood me with trick requests just yet....I know there are still a bunch of intermediate/Advanced stuff that I'm trying to get online, so give it a week or so and see what you see, because chances are I can't get to it until then anyway.  Thanks guys!

-Kev

**EDIT**  - And just to give credit where it's due, I'll pre-thank TJ Perry as he will the source of most of your Advanced tricks to come.  And also need to thank Artur from Hawaii (German Cyclist on the forums here) for helping me start VFi in Colorado.  Artur is a great, young rider who performed a lot of the tricks for the site.  Thanks Artur.

Looking at the requests, the first 3 requests are Turbined Cliffhanger, X-footed Hitchiker and Pedal Time Machines.  You guys have to give me time with the harder tricks, because I have to film them at TJ's convenience.  They will get done, but please be patient. 

Thanks man!
Its looking good, I am stoked that this turned out the way it did.  Its a win/win for everyone.  Man i have to give you Props for giving the flatland community a great service.  I am glad i could help with whatever i could.  Flatland is like Ohana, Ohana is family.
 :beer:
Title: Re: Global-flat: Trick Section
Post by: Vic on August 14, 2007, 04:24:54 AM
the volume for the commentary videos is too quiet, I have to turn it up to full to hear it, then when I open a video with music it's loud as! btw you say "scuff" when you should be saying "kick" for the squeaker and hang5 vids. Kick is pulling the tire backwards, scuff is a another technique on it's own. Might confuse people who are new to flatland terminology.

don't forget BMX Stunts, they've got heaps, lots of old skool stuff too: http://www.bmxstunts.com/quicktime/t1htm/endo.htm
Title: Re: Global-flat: Trick Section
Post by: Kev on August 14, 2007, 05:57:30 AM
the volume for the commentary videos is too quiet, I have to turn it up to full to hear it, then when I open a video with music it's loud as! btw you say "scuff" when you should be saying "kick" for the squeaker and hang5 vids. Kick is pulling the tire backwards, scuff is a another technique on it's own. Might confuse people who are new to flatland terminology.

don't forget BMX Stunts, they've got heaps, lots of old skool stuff too: [url]http://www.bmxstunts.com/quicktime/t1htm/endo.htm[/url]


Dude,..we've done away with the commentary...those videos are old.  Scuff means kicking the tire without braking (i.e. dragging your foot as a brake)....squeak means scuffing with a brake....we've been through this.  gd.
Title: Re: Global-flat: Trick Section
Post by: Vic on August 14, 2007, 06:33:34 AM
Isn't scuffing using your foot as a brake while going forwards? Thats what I learnt from ground rules anyway. I've never heard scuffing with a brake called squeaking.
Title: Re: Global-flat: Trick Section
Post by: Kev on August 14, 2007, 12:07:04 PM
Isn't scuffing using your foot as a brake while going forwards? Thats what I learnt from ground rules anyway. I've never heard scuffing with a brake called squeaking.

No, yeah, you're right, that's what I meant...kicking the tire but not using your "hand" brake, using your foot as the brake.  And you can scuff backwards, i.e. brakeless...Squeaks are using the brake.  Squeaks going forward?  Front Yards using the brake, Circle K using the brake, etc.
Title: Re: Global-flat: Trick Section
Post by: Henrik on August 14, 2007, 12:15:14 PM
Please loose the background music. It's not fun to hear the same track over and over again, even if the track was good.

Apart from that, great work!
Title: Re: Global-flat: Trick Section
Post by: Vic on August 14, 2007, 01:03:26 PM
And you can scuff backwards, i.e. brakeless...Squeaks are using the brake.  Squeaks going forward?  Front Yards using the brake, Circle K using the brake, etc.

so brakeless kicking backwards is also called scuffing? front yards etc are just normal scuffing, thats what scuffing's all about
Title: Re: Global-flat: Trick Section
Post by: Kev on August 14, 2007, 04:09:25 PM
Please loose the background music. It's not fun to hear the same track over and over again, even if the track was good.

Apart from that, great work!

Haha, yeah, any new vids won't have any music.

front yards etc are just normal scuffing, thats what scuffing's all about

Yeah, you're right, but if you use your brake while scuffing, it's tech. a squeak!  But then you have guys doing brakeless side/pinky squeaks which are technically side/pinky scuffs because they do them without a brake?  Haha

so brakeless kicking backwards is also called scuffing?

As long as you are using your foot as a brake and keeping it on the tire, it's tech. called scuffing.  Not just kicking the tire and rolling backwards, that is basically just 1 scuff, roll, 1 scuff, roll, but I would just call that kicking the tire, like you said.  Anyway, it doesn't really matter, but it's funny to think about.
Title: Re: Global-flat: Trick Section
Post by: Gensanity on August 14, 2007, 10:49:23 PM
I'm really glad you all finally got this up   :beer:

thanks for all the effort put in!
Title: Re: Global-flat: Trick Section
Post by: Kev on September 04, 2007, 04:39:20 PM
Ok, guys...I did a big update this morning with the how-to's.  I completed most of the 'coming soon' descriptions and added 4 new tricks from Matt W.'s DVD!  Thanks Matt!  I also went through the requests and picked about 6 that I know I can get up in the next couple days...Those of you that have requested harder tricks are going to have to be patient as the database grows.  We need to help out the beginners first, right! :)  ANyway, those of you who requested a more intermediate trick, check your mail, because your trick will be up soon.  Thanks again for your patience with this....my life has been hella crazy since I got back to the East Coast.  Now things are finally settling down!  Enjoy.

-Kev
Title: Re: Global-flat: Trick Section
Post by: x james x on September 04, 2007, 04:44:06 PM
Thanks for lookin out for us newbs!
Title: Re: Global-flat: Trick Section
Post by: Kev on October 15, 2007, 07:24:54 PM
Tiny Update:

Added Videos for - FireHydrant
                            Halfhydrant
                            Halflash
                            Forward Steamroller
                            McCircles
                            Pinky Squeak(s)

Verbal Instructions to follow tonight or tomorrow.

Videos/Verbal to be added in the next few days.

Crackpacker
Halfpacker
Backwards Hang-10

Enjoy.

-Kev

Title: Re: Global-flat: Trick Section
Post by: HighSpeed on October 15, 2007, 09:42:26 PM
Yay :D One or two of those videos will be a huge help. The rest I'm already learning or learned. lol
Title: Re: Global-flat: Trick Section
Post by: Flatrix on October 15, 2007, 11:32:22 PM
exellent work...

you should put as much bigginers tricks as you can so we dont lose motivation

keep rolling us forward...