flatground trick fursdays

This new and ,hopefully, weekly feature has been inspired by a thread on Skateboard city: a forum I visit regularly, about your favourite flatground tricks in a line from videos. This is basically a longer more detailed version of my post on there.

The skater in question this week is John Tanner. who is,most probably unheard of for most people in america. he's been on the come-up recently and has released some very on point footage,in his part in the htl video and in various internet/dvd montages and friend sections.
The trick is from one of these htl related internet clips.


The trick that most caught my eye is the bs 360 over the rumble strip at 0:12.My first impression of this line is that,judging from the way Tanner dresses and skates, he really looks like he should be on chocolate, and i think he may have been flowed boards by them for a bit before he got on cliche.
There are a number of factors that make this trick such a standoutto me.For one, he is going pretty fast which,as every skater knows,makes any trick 10 times more impressive and also his relaxed style in preparing for the trick adds to the vibe that he's just cruising and would do this even if he wasn't being filmed (though this is probably not true it still gives off a good vibe). then there's the execution of the bs 360 itself. it's a lesser seen trick in lines and it's inclusion always adds a little variety and a sense of' 'rawness' (is that even an adjective?) to any line. the fact that it isn't very common gives off the feel that it is probably fairly hard to execute properly(i don't have any personal expirience in this as i have never been able to get clos to a fully rotated back 3) and by god is this trick executed properly: it's fully rotated and theres none of this 'landing 180 and pivoting', his front foot stays on the whole time(which in my opinion makes the trick look alot better). also theres that liitle reposition of weight as he lands up on the nose,as i always feel the right amount of inperfection in a trick can actually enhance it's overall look.

Then there is the whole matter of the fact that it's done over a rumble strip:something i ollie over all the time when i'm skating in towns and cities.
But i guess you could say i'm over analysing it,which i probably am.