3 Years!

[alpha7158]

It has just hit home to me that I have now been tricking for 3 years now! It seems like a big number, I feel kinda old in a way (tricking context).
I feel like I should be much better than what I currently am too.

Anyone else relate to what I'm feeling? It must be even odder for you 5+ people and even 8+ people!

[Dave C]

I'll be turning 20 in June and I started when I was 14-15

It kind of kills me a little inside hearing tricksters talk about how old 20 and anything over it is.

[alpha7158]

20 isn't old. 30 is going to be depressing though haha.

[Dragonic MiKe]

Yeah, I've been tricking about the same I guess, Andy. But you're soo much better than me.

I always was the weak member of Bagel though. (feel sorry for me :wink:)

[Taimatsu]

I've been tricking for almost 6 years. Shut your damn face alpha. With the given circumstances, I should very well be better than you. :grumpy:

[karatekid]

I feel like I should be much better than what I currently am too.

It always could be better. You are a great trickster! I trick for 2 years and still suck so no worries haha!

[Matt R]

urgh i hate thinking about how long iv been doing this pointless activity haha

[Mickey]

I'm gonna say 2 and a half yrs. *thinks of excuses*

Shut ur mouth andy!

[Less than Dan]

Yeah, I've been in this gig for over two years.

All so I can perfect the art of looking retarded in my backyard.

[alpha7158]

Matt:
everything is a pointless activity if you are being negative.

tricking is great exercise for the body and it also helps train the Corpus Callosum (part of brain) which makes it easier to multi task.
On top of that it is fun and in turn provides stress relief, this could consequently lead to a healthier, longer and happier life :good:

[Skilzat85X]

It'll be 2 years for me in a few weeks.

[Shaolin.dk]

Happy birthday!

btw thats a hot 900 hyper!:good:

[Mickey]

Matt:
everything is a pointless activity if you are being negative.

tricking is great exercise for the body and it also helps train the Corpus Callosum (part of brain) which makes it easier to multi task.
On top of that it is fun and in turn provides stress relief, this could consequently lead to a healthier, longer and happier life :good:

If I was gonna choose a spokes person for tricking it wud be you andy!

"bringing you satisfaction and making our country great!" *cue cheesy grin, kiss the woman's child on the head, shake black man's hand, assure a woman her opinion counts(lie thru ur teeth) and we are clear* Good job everyone!

[Reza]

on my third year, and i always think of this:
I feel like I should be much better than what I currently am too.
so i feel ya man

[simon]

+3 yearss as i could frontflip when i was 11.thereal tricking came in the next months as frontflips got boring.

[shengoikee]

iv been doing this almost 3 and a half years haha. kicks at least anyway. probably started most other stuff late 2005 some time.

only got all my basics the end of last year so yeah i should be about 10 times better than i actually am haha

[pete_man_man]

if you don't count the 3-5 years where i was stuck in a group of 50 odd little kids at heathrow gymnastics club who just fucked around the whole time and as a result, i learnt only a front handspring in all that time and then discovered tricking when i moved to the west midlands 1 and a half years ago then... i've been tricking for 1 and a half years.

i think i'm on the brink of a mini breakthrough in tricking... i just need to grab my crotch a bit more

[slik]

Wow, I've been tricking for pretty much exactly 1½ years :shocked:! Good time to release a sampler?

[pete_man_man]

Wow, I've been tricking for pretty much exactly 1½ years :shocked:! Good time to release a sampler?

we should plan to release one at the same time dude!!!

interesting to see what happens

[orichiu]

i feel noob for not even training for 1.5 years haha.

[slik]

we should plan to release one at the same time dude!!!

interesting to see what happens

Haha that would be cool :tongue:. I'm gonna wait atleast a month. I'm working on my dub b-twists, and based on today's training, I have a strong feeling I'll have them very soon :ninja:

[pete_man_man]

Haha that would be cool :tongue:. I'm gonna wait atleast a month. I'm working on my dub b-twists, and based on today's training, I have a strong feeling I'll have them very soon :ninja:

what a coincidence...

[slik]

what a coincidence...

Indeed.. Dude, PM me later.. :tongue:

[Kaos]

Bagel trick as a collective, so how ever long they've tricked i tricked. how long twe been twicking?

[Rook]

Hrmm.... I'd say just over 2 years.

I started summer 2004, and I guess we all kinda did too. I'm pretty sure we came up with "team bagel" in school though?

We're probably more around 2 and a half. Maybe 2 and 2 thirds.

...technically, though, I've been able to brandy and aerial for about 8 years :S

[Dragonic MiKe]

Bagel trick as a collective, so how ever long they've tricked i tricked. how long twe been twicking?

You two had some experience before really starting though. You'd both been semi taught to bhs in gym class. And for some obscure reason Rook could brandy since he was born.

I remember before we even knew what tricking was you two were doing front handsprings and I was like, "WTF!? How do you do that?". Then I tried and fell on my ass a lot.

I fucking hate you both.

[Matt R]

i feel noob for not even training for 1.5 years haha.

your far too good for that lenth of time

[Kaos]

I fucking hate you both.

I wuv you!

[Tatsumaru]

Almost 3 years for me too! And I'm still nowhere as good as I could be hahaha. And I'm injured ):

[Reza]

out of curiosity, how many hours a week do you guys trick on average?

[tomek]

ive been tricking for a little over a year and i feel like... i suck


i keep losing tricks, its driving me nuts.

oh well

[Vince]

I've been at this lark for year and a half :good:

Had it's ups and downs haha

[jan]

I'll be turning 20 in June and I started when I was 14-15

It kind of kills me a little inside hearing tricksters talk about how old 20 and anything over it is.

I'm turning 22 this year.

[alpha7158]

out of curiosity, how many hours a week do you guys trick on average?

through winter its 2hrs a week for me, it's more through summer.

[Surge]

8-9 months.
I'm a n00b.

[Vince]

Although, your finally get properly into it Matt!

I swear to god, I look over when i'm generally out with, and you'll be trying to improve your kicks :good:
You gainer stuff has come far too. Keep it up BIATCH.

[Surge]

Heh thanks Vincent =]
You've helped me a lot.

[TreXzar]

about one year now, i peaked just b4 reaching a year, now i'm disproving... :(

[Less than Dan]

Two hours a week for me also, but once spring hits, it'll be about 2-3 times a week with small sessions.

[furioushaime]

It has just hit home to me that I have now been tricking for 3 years now! It seems like a big number, I feel kinda old in a way (tricking context).
I feel like I should be much better than what I currently am too.

Anyone else relate to what I'm feeling? It must be even odder for you 5+ people and even 8+ people!

... :sad:

ive been tricking since 2001...
and I suck for how long ive been tricking. I should be MUCH better.

and yes I feel very old, Im 23, Ive been out of high school for like 5 years, and I have thick facial hair lol

i get these trick peeks like 3 times a year and it keeps me hanging on to this "poi*(&#$less" hobby

Its hard to keep spending so much time in it when I dont gain in it the way I want =T

[Alexx]

for those of you who say i suck... think about how far you've come ! you've gone from being a regular little kid, to someone with a rare skill and are capable of doing things everyone only wishes they could do...

think back to those days when you'd throw yourself around, and you'd do 1 handed cartwheels in combos :P hehe

[Dave C]

... :sad:

ive been tricking since 2001...
and I suck for how long ive been tricking. I should be MUCH better.

and yes I feel very old, Im 23, Ive been out of high school for like 5 years, and I have thick facial hair lol

i get these trick peeks like 3 times a year and it keeps me hanging on to this "poi*(&#$less" hobby

Its hard to keep spending so much time in it when I dont gain in it the way I want =T

I feel you here. For the however many years I've been tricking, I only became what I could consider a respectable trickster in the last year or so.

And there's only one reason I could even accomplish that. It's because every day I woke up and knew I had to be the best, for the glory of the fucking empire

[Reza]

f
think back to those days when you'd throw yourself around, and you'd do 1 handed cartwheels in combos :P hehe

honestly, those were the better days. not a care in the world,trying to learn a 540 or backflip. having lots of fun and not worrying about "i have to land/train this move next in order to learn this other move in order to combo it into this other....ect". the days where you would called people up to trick. not to train, but just to hang out with them and have a good time.

[Kyukodo Gaz]

Haime. YOU LIE!

I've been tricking seriously since September 2005, although it has to be said that I have dabbled for 8 years. goddamn tricks. they brighten up my life. Andy has got it right. When things are hard at home, my wife is suffering post natal anxiety, my little boy is teething and routinely gets up every 30 minutes during the night, my work just sucks in a big way, the only thing I enjoy is that 2 hours at gym!!!

It gets my head back on track, releases some endorphins, improves physical fitness and makes me feel a whole lot better. Plus I'm a driven bloke, I need something to aim at, and tricking provides me with so many goals I will never need to stop!

I'm old. You are all not.

[blackflipboi]

man i couldnt've have followed up at a better time... in 26 and a half years old and i've been in and out the game for about 9 years.... my body feels like a old man sometimes, but i wouldnt change a thing on tricking or not tricking. i love every minute i can spare to it... but i get injured a lot, which i'm in that same state now... (sorry gaz,we'll finish up soon) u guys are f'ing amazing and i look up to all of you !! there are some haters, but deep down i know you mean well...

[Lukus]

I been tricking for like 4 years.... learned RO/back then just kinda did that LOTS... aha started getting serious last year, now im getting reasonable.

[Workerz]

Well I have been tricking for only one and a half years, prehaps a little less than that but I can sympathise with the feeling that you should be better, I certainly feel like that. :(

I hate seeing people post samplers saying 'Yeah this is my first year tricking' and they are better than me haha

[540guy]

i guess ive been at it for 2.5 years give or take

[simon]

It's because every day I woke up and knew I had to be the best, for the glory of the fucking empire
yes!

[Spiral]

I'm gonna get properly good this summer.

[cepopeye]

Yea i'll hit three years in like 2-3 months

[slik]

I'm gonna get properly good this summer.

You read my mind. Me and my friend made this crazy deal on what we both have to know by the 1st of August.

[[RozoN]]

alpha...dude, you can double side, 900hypers, 720 feilongs, dub corks....You are totally godlike in all areas of your tricking and you're saying that you should be better then you are?! I would be happy to do a dub cork when I've tricked for 3 years...

[slik]

I'm aiming for a dub cork before the 2½year marker. Before the 2 year marker (in about half a year) I'm aiming for dub-full, dub-btwist, cork, jacknife,d-leg twist.

Oooh 777threads in this part of the forum..

[[RozoN]]

I'm closing in on my 2nd year...hmmm...I can't dumble for shit...my twists and kick are okay though...I think...

[TartanPajamas]

Haime, you're better than one would realize at first glance because you can do a shitload of moves on both sides. Corkscrew, parafuso, hyperhook, btwist swingthru, advanced aerial variations... you're better than the majority of us on BOTH sides!

That all bein' said, I've been tricking for about 3.5 years, and I am very pleased with where I'm at right now.

[Dantess]

I'm coming up for my 2 1/2 year mark. At the moment I havn't got any advanced flips (largely due to an ankle injury from last year, so I havn't concentrated on them)...But my kicks are clean and fast. I'm going to learn some moves out of my comfort zone this year

[Konnar]

1 year and 2 months, I feel like shit about it because I can only land a good 360c, aerial and bkick and barely a 540 haha

[Flowers]

I just hit 1 years in december. I hope I can keep up this accelerated learning curve. I aim to be about where 540guy is in just 1 more year. He appears to have a pretty steep learning curve as well.

[TartanPajamas]

1 year and 2 months, I feel like shit about it because I can only land a good 360c, aerial and bkick and barely a 540 haha

Go to a gym, get a spotter, and learn to backflip. You will feel like a god, believe me.

[Benji]

And there's only one reason I could even accomplish that. It's because every day I woke up and knew I had to be the best, for the glory of the fucking empire

Hahaha, that's so epic it's almost cheesy.

I wish I could think of epic lines like that.

[kristo]

start listening to metal.

[Vaughnya]

[QUOTE=alpha7158;445052]
I feel like I should be much better than what I currently am too.[QUOTE]

it depends on how much you trick....like how many hours a day and how many days a week. Me, ive been tricking for 2 years and 4 months once every week for 2-3 hours and during the summer like 2 times a week. how about you?

p.s. your hyper pop 900 looks supa sexy!

[simon]

Hahaha, that's so epic it's almost cheesy.

I wish I could think of epic lines like that.
do you not watch dave c's samplers?

[Dave C]

start listening to metal.

advice for a better life

[furioushaime]

Haime, you're better than one would realize at first glance because you can do a shitload of moves on both sides. Corkscrew, parafuso, hyperhook, btwist swingthru, advanced aerial variations... you're better than the majority of us on BOTH sides!

That all bein' said, I've been tricking for about 3.5 years, and I am very pleased with where I'm at right now.

thanks...

noone realizes this, and if they do its not respected as much as it use to be~
:eh:

[furioushaime]

start listening to metal.

this really does help alot~

:wicked:

[Skilzat85X]

I personally can't wait until 2020 when I can come to TT and when all the little kids talk crap I can be like "nigga what I've been tricking since before you were born young cohnbread."

[Matt R]

That all bein' said, I've been tricking for about 3.5 years,

shut up tartan pajamas