but i mean you go back and watch some of Justin's runs in contests, and it's unmistakeable, that guy won.
Contests placings to me were always arbitrary and are often times meaningless.
Quote from: Flatgod on November 02, 2013, 01:23:27 AMContests placings to me were always arbitrary and are often times meaningless.So the checks and cash they give out at contests don't hold any real value? If you get f*cked at a contest because of bad judging and lose out on thousands of dollars and don't get angry, something is wrong with you. Justin was using his contest money to pay for school if I remember correctly. The really ironic thing about Justin and contests is that the dude never showed off what he could do. You know that jump to peg wheelie terry did for years? Justin pulled that within a few tries and then Terry went at it. Justin just walked away from that trick completely. He could do so much more than his runs. SO much more.
Quote from: 2flat2furious on November 02, 2013, 03:38:58 AMQuote from: Flatgod on November 02, 2013, 01:23:27 AMContests placings to me were always arbitrary and are often times meaningless.So the checks and cash they give out at contests don't hold any real value? If you get f*cked at a contest because of bad judging and lose out on thousands of dollars and don't get angry, something is wrong with you. Justin was using his contest money to pay for school if I remember correctly. The really ironic thing about Justin and contests is that the dude never showed off what he could do. You know that jump to peg wheelie terry did for years? Justin pulled that within a few tries and then Terry went at it. Justin just walked away from that trick completely. He could do so much more than his runs. SO much more.This was at the battle at the beach comp?
Yeah It was the one where I filmed Terry doing that ride out the day he learned it at the end of a Katrina combo. He wasn't the first to do it, Justin was.
Of course you should get angry at garbage judging, but I wasn't referring to the money itself. I was referring to the way Justin took the results as some type of measure of personal progress. My question here is: was he getting more pissed off about the money or was it just the placing themselves?
QuoteOf course you should get angry at garbage judging, but I wasn't referring to the money itself. I was referring to the way Justin took the results as some type of measure of personal progress. My question here is: was he getting more pissed off about the money or was it just the placing themselves?What business is it of yours? If Justin looked at contest placings as a way to measure progression, what does that have to do with you?As for the Terry trick.. well, think whatever you want. If Justin wants to dial something in, Justin will dial it in. Nobody was as dialed on the same level as Justin. Ever.
What business is it of yours? If Justin looked at contest placings as a way to measure progression, what does that have to do with you?
And this is where you start to get belligerent for no reason. My initial point was that contests are just a stupid way to measure progress because we have the ability to think for ourselves rather than some random judge doing the thinking for us. What the f*ck should I care about some moron's opinion like some people I don't feel like mentioning at the moment who don't know anything about riding like I do or aren't at that skill level? Some of these guys are complete idiots and you know it! f*ck what they think.
Because we're on a public internet thread talking about it where people are free to share their thoughts. What do you care? I could aim that same stupid question at anyone over the internet, but I won't because it's just STUPID. That is the purpose of internet forums. I think the problem here is that you are going out of your way to defend a friend rather than looking at something objectively.
And no one was ever as dialed as Justin? Not even Trevor?
You started talking sh*t about how Justin was riding for the wrong reasons and I got sick of telling you that you don't really know the guy or how he approaches riding.
Of course my interpretation could be flawed because I never even met the guy.