Waterville, National Highlights

National flowboarding competition at Waterville, USA. WIth a bunch of the leading flowboarders and National Champions.

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Sports

Tags:

• surfing
• team
• rootberry
• juggling
• swordswallowing
• flowboarding
• waveloch
• flow
• tour
• skimboarding
• flowrider
• flowriding
• amazing
• show
• sean
• silveira
• cody
• morrow
• jonathan
• root
• matt
• griffin
• nick
• nguyen
• christian
• cook
• kaleb
• tyler
• danek

[flwbbcch]

That's awesome Jonathan! He should be really proud of himself! 360 shuvits are advanced dk tricks for any and all riders on the tour! And considering the level of competition in DK, 7th place speaks volumes for how good he is!

[jonathanrootcom]

My son started riding bb at the beginning of the season, (he competes in Expert Stand-up) but just started riding bb. He managed to get 7th out of 32 at Nationals in DK. How quickly he learns is astounding to me. One of the reasons he learned so quickly is he did not waste anytime on yo-yo's and stuff. His first trick was a dk shuv-it, now he does 360 shuv-its, big spins and body varials, it amazing to see him progress so quickly and also frustrating because I progress so slowly.

[flwbbcch]

"the future of the sport is with the flowbarrel. Hopefully Waveloch starts building many more barrels"..On that Jonathan, I'd have to say we agree 100%! I understand what you're saying but force riders to push and progress themselves.Even on a bb! Tyler did wild crazy stuff using the wall/mat when he was in youth, but he evolved his riding & grew out of that. There's some young riders at your park & around the country who have the same natural talent T did, push them to progress the right way

[jonathanrootcom]

I agree that would be awesome and I feel that in the future it will separate the good from the great, it already does to an extent. But then again we are talking about the flowrider and not the flowbarrel and we all know that the future of the sport is with the flowbarrel. Hopefully Waveloch starts building many more barrels.

[jonathanrootcom]

First off, it's a rider profile that came out in the online magazine. The interviewer asked the last movie he watched and them quoted him.

I don't want him thrown under the bus, he's a great guy, but what I see with a lot of the young (extremely skilled riders) seem to represent themselves poorly in print and on film. If you send me an e-mail (privately, just send me a message) I'll try and forward you a copy of the online magazine. So you can see what I'm talking about.

[flwbbcch]

Then why try to throw him under the bus when we're having a respectful debate on riding styles and not singleing out any rider? .... To be honest I have no idea he even had a profile there, or what was said...

[flwbbcch]

I have to respectfully disagree. It's boring to discipline yourself as a rider? To demand and expect a cleaner, more precise style of riding using the board and rails and water, exclusively to move and ride? Jonathan, you seem like a very imformed highly intelligent person. I'd have to say, using the wall and mat and hands is part of every riders progression, but IMO, NOT using those crutches is what truly should seperate elite riders from those still learning and honing their skills...

[jonathanrootcom]

And specifically how that may be viewed by younger riders who look up to Tyler?

[jonathanrootcom]

I understand the idea behind giving people zero for using the mat but it is a bad idea on several levels. It does not promote creativity. It tells the riders in expert to ride in a boring manner. Penalizing them, sure. Giving them zero, no good.

[jonathanrootcom]

I will ask him, but I'm asking you if you think that was a wise idea? My goal is not to single out a rider, Tyler, is a good kid, he's stayed at my house, with my wife and son. I was out on business. But I'd still like to know what you think out his comment to that question?