Quote from: 2flat2furious on October 31, 2013, 11:26:11 PMJustin also never rode for riches or fame or anything. He just seriously wanted to be the best. Honestly I think he got there.Maybe, but got a different impression of him from plenty of stories that I've heard. These 'rumors' if you want to call them could be false, but after a while of hearing them, I think there is probably some amount of truth behind it.
Justin also never rode for riches or fame or anything. He just seriously wanted to be the best. Honestly I think he got there.
would you really want some guy with a "must win" attitude turning up to anything and killing the vibe.
Quote from: Flatgod on October 31, 2013, 11:34:54 PMQuote from: 2flat2furious on October 31, 2013, 11:26:11 PMJustin also never rode for riches or fame or anything. He just seriously wanted to be the best. Honestly I think he got there.Maybe, but got a different impression of him from plenty of stories that I've heard. These 'rumors' if you want to call them could be false, but after a while of hearing them, I think there is probably some amount of truth behind it.Justin and I used to talk when i was going to bed and he was getting up to ride. I rode all night and he rode in the early morning. Right after the worlds in 2004 he told me he wanted to rip out a fingernail with pliers for every place he was away from first. He wanted to win, and he wanted to be the best. Trust me.
And nowadays so many people have taken the tricks from those videos and made them normal that maybe I don't realize how crazy they were when they were invented.
Am I wrong though, didn't he give it up in part because he had overdone it in the past or something like that? He didn't stop because he lost interest or was injured. I guess he did get a real job around that time so money was likely part of it.
Well actually nobody does most of those tricks haha.
In either case I think he just put way too much pressure on himself in regard to false motivations.
TRUE STORY;I remember a few years back Justin was at a contest in Cleveland, threw his bike and almost took out TRANQ'S brother......darn.
Quote from: Flatgod on November 01, 2013, 08:26:07 AMIn either case I think he just put way too much pressure on himself in regard to false motivations.Uhh what? The guy had goals and set out on a warpath of progression in order to achieve them. How can you dismiss that because he wanted to place well? I mean honestly, do you think every competing pro out now there is any different? Justin just never put on any fake bullsh*t through all of it. He was there to ride, not jump around for the cameras.
old global-flat is back I miss this depth discussions.I never met Justin or Martti but I heard alot about how Justin was like at comps. But its his choice.Think it would be cool if he could clam down and do a odd comp once a year so he still can see old friends and show up the scene. But life is life.