Bilang.com [still holdin' it down] [Archive]

sesshoumaru

Mar-18-09, 11:38 PM

I don't know if everyone has been keeping up, but Billy Bilang is really bringing the fucking justice. Lately, Billy has been uploading vids from the immense archive he's acquired over "god knows how many years".Some of the "old-heads" already have seen these vids before, but I pretty sure that it's been such of a long time...that even they don't quite remember everything.

At this moment, Bilang.com (http://bilang.com/) is featuring Vimeo vids of CLN 2002, French Open 2002, and French Open Revenge 2002 [which is rare]. I was watching some of these videos a couple of days back, and I completely forgot about Partick Tang's attempt at DCORK [which was probably one of the first ones done by a tricker without Capoeira experience]. Regardless of how long you've been tricking, get your ass to Bilang.com (http://bilang.com/) or Billy's Vimeo Page (http://vimeo.com/billybilang), and start downloading these gems.

DYoo

Mar-18-09, 11:48 PM

hahaha i just saw terada do a hook c/t raiz from 2002 french open offstage. sick stuff. haha.

man its freaing awesome watching old footage of what tricks used to be haha. very nostalgic.

Jon P

Mar-19-09, 12:15 AM

hahaha i just saw terada do a hook c/t raiz from 2002 french open offstage. sick stuff. haha.

man its freaing awesome watching old footage of what tricks used to be haha. very nostalgic.

you must have missed matt emig doing cheat 720 kick ct raiz st gainer flash in the same samplers...
FO02 Offstage. Not sure which one...

daviddalo

Mar-19-09, 12:49 AM

oh babeh tricking was sooo different back then, chrisdee was killing it

haha at the french open revenge seminar at 1.02
that trick looks almost like a sideswinder

TKD_Andy

Mar-19-09, 12:50 AM

i remember when these vids first came out, it was awesome.

Ott

Mar-19-09, 02:37 AM

Well, it's simple! No one will ever get a better looking snapu than Steve's . (XKC senior - 0:23)

Frederik

Mar-19-09, 03:52 AM

Haha cool! Was Steve Terada in his "prime" back then or? He seems unbelievably good, especially the snapus haha.

sesshoumaru

Mar-19-09, 04:59 AM

Haha cool! Was Steve Terada in his "prime" back then or? He seems unbelievably good, especially the snapus haha.

I wouldn't say that, he was just so much better than everyone else. He had speed, style, technical skill, and power...he even had several moves that were exclusive to him. Terada was like the first guy [aside from Manny Brown] who was the total package. There really wasn't anyone who could really compare, until Luu came along.

alpha7158

Mar-19-09, 05:00 AM

haha. Wee little baby anis

alpha7158

Mar-19-09, 05:02 AM

I wonder how much more scope for change tricking has in it. Everything is so different now.

edit: Also I forgot quite how long danny G has been tricking, it was cool seeing him in these older vids.

Braka

Mar-19-09, 05:06 AM

I can't believe i remember some of these vids! makes me feel so shit in tricking since it's been so long.

Downloaded all!

Anis barely landing cork always gives me inspiration hahahaha

xombi

Mar-19-09, 05:12 AM

Damn that was tight!

Still Csoka won both of the senior XKCs :P At FO and CLN

Feilongtobi

Mar-19-09, 06:07 AM

man.... seven years... unbelievable how much everything progressed. Back then nearly nobody does swings or CT ( except terada, emig and a few others) and today it's the big game... I think nobody of them thought that :tongue:

gabrielb

Mar-19-09, 08:59 AM

lol emig was swinging through before he even knew wtf it was. i love how he started out wit inverted raizes and never knew he was doing it.

Maddaveman

Mar-19-09, 09:16 AM

ahhh!! It says that they are all unavailable on Vimeo right now :(

Dark Twista

Mar-19-09, 09:21 AM

Oh my god. This is gold to me, considering most of my tricking style is based of off the oldschool videos like these. I am absolutely loving these right now :smile:

gabrielb

Mar-19-09, 09:21 AM

ahhh!! It says that they are all unavailable on Vimeo right now :(

check again..their all working for me.

lol...swingthroughs seem almost like an american concept watching these vids and thinking back who really did them...steve,matt,ds,manny,atkins

Reim

Mar-19-09, 09:29 AM

All I can say is that I love this stuff so much. This is the beginnings of tricking, and I just want to learn as much as I can about it's humble start. I wish there was an even better way to learn about this.

pancake

Mar-19-09, 09:55 AM

love it. I remember watching the FO2 junior battle and being blown away by Emig. I wasn't impressed by Anis at all back then hahaha.

Lukas

Mar-19-09, 10:12 AM

Lukas

Mar-19-09, 10:14 AM

I can't imagine a better sport, a better community, or a better fellowship than that of tricking.

Vaughnya

Mar-19-09, 10:30 AM

watching those videos made me realize how far away i am from being really good at tricking.

gabrielb

Mar-19-09, 10:45 AM

watching those videos made me realize how far away i am from being really good at tricking.

you are straight talking out cha ass. lol. u are soo nasty already.

Vaughnya

Mar-19-09, 10:50 AM

you are straight talking out cha ass. lol. u are soo nasty already.

thanks bro but i dont consider have a few good tricks a really good trickster' just a trickster with a few good tricks. gotta be well rounded in every aspect of tricking to be pro

Dave C

Mar-19-09, 01:06 PM

Having watched each and every one of these samplers as they came out back in the early 00s, I can only say that this is why I trick

Badassery

saulus

Mar-19-09, 01:14 PM

i miss the techno music

gabrielb

Mar-19-09, 01:48 PM

i dont.

Anubis

Mar-19-09, 06:52 PM

Ahhh, the good old days. I remember seeing these types of tricks and being so totally inspired. I love how clean everything is, it's so fresh, so pure! Even though it might be seemingly "low-level" compared to the ridiculous stuff people do nowadays, it was so clean and understandable! I love it.

low-level! are u serious? did u see that one guy do that jacknife hook c720 to splits combination at the end of the french open revenge forms sampler :dead:

Nathan.P.

Mar-19-09, 07:23 PM

Oh man I dont think I have ever seen the Revenge samplers...lil anis hehe.

Cool stuff....love watching old school tricks.

Kenji

Mar-19-09, 10:02 PM

oh man i rmeember when this shit came out, i still have all these samplers on my old CD's somewhere in the storage room. i'd always wish i was able to do my tricks as clean as them

Hyourinmaru

Mar-20-09, 12:56 AM

ahhh man, I remember these vids ^^
shiit, some of the first stuff I ever saw, thanks sessh, been a looong time since my eyes feasted upon this kind of sex ;D haha

VietMan04

Mar-21-09, 06:09 AM

is it just me or did people actually kick a lot more back then

Frederik

Mar-21-09, 06:58 AM

is it just me or did people actually kick a lot more back then

yeah unfortunately:sad:

Cory

Mar-21-09, 07:59 AM

i downloaded them all. hahah. I'll watch later.

I'm afraid to look at my desktop...:worry:

Victor_S

Mar-21-09, 09:49 AM

Though I had all these videos in my pc, i watched them again. Really love all the old school samplers. I remember when i started and Bercy´s capoeira sampler (2001) was just released...damn :tongue:

DillingerLFP

Mar-21-09, 11:43 AM

woooooooot....Bilang is like the evolution of tricking.

shengoikee

Mar-21-09, 11:50 AM

those were the days haha

Hite

Mar-21-09, 01:24 PM

damn Emig was combo-ing c7 twist back then lmao.. and even though their styles aren't as polished as they are now you can still see the power and speed that they have today. So awesome!

Anubis

Mar-25-09, 07:23 PM

ahhh man, I remember these vids ^^
shiit, some of the first stuff I ever saw, thanks sessh, been a looong time since my eyes feasted upon this kind of sex ;D haha

oh dang, i didn't know about the french open revenge samplers and there is this post tenebras cup that ive never seen as well

edit

oh wow, i think i just saw a chick do a cork in the french open offstage 3 sampler!

gabrielb

Mar-25-09, 07:28 PM

which one had the ring. i remember when billy had small daily clips i swear one was from the french open and they had a ring. i remeber that was the first time i saw a cork-crowd awakener

sesshoumaru

Mar-30-09, 06:32 PM

Billy uploaded his trip to California 2003. To me, this was when MAT was super strong...even though we can match these combinations skill for skill, it's just too damn impressive that this stuff was thrown in 2003.

I mean, back then...Boxcutters, Double Corks, C10's, multiple swingthrus, and HC9's were pretty rare...and these guys where chunking them in combos. And even though it was pretty extreme, it was all pretty damn clean as well. I mean, everyone was balanced. I think this is when I made it a personal mission for me to eventually meet Chris deVera and Team Loopkicks.

:: Billy's Trip to California 2003 (http://bilang.com/index.php/cali-2003) ::