 Right everybody welcome to another video welcome to another can I or will I or won't I video I'm not exactly sure what it's going to be titled, but it is very very very nostalgic for me I don't know about you guys, but it is for me. I want to give you some backstory before we get into this challenge The challenge is can I land a kickflip and if I can't Can I practice practice practice until I do in one day? I'm not going home until I get it or give up, but I don't give up too easily So today we're in for some kickflips we're in for some skateboarding action, but the backstory behind this is is twofold first of all Recently I've been doing a few a few gaming videos on my YouTube channel and specifically One of the games that you know was the catalyst for me starting to do that was was Tony Hawks pro skater one and two Now unbeknownst to me there was a remake of that game produced Of those two games produced About four months ago in September of 2020 so I go down the rabbit hole of PS1 games Actually, no believe it or not guys. It started with me playing Pokemon yellow for Game Boy on the stream It took 30 hours to complete, but it was a whole lot of fun. Now the next game that I thought After that Was another game off my childhood that I spent hours and hours and hours playing and that game was none other The Tony Hawks pro skater one not so much two, but definitely one. So I spent an entire evening trying to Work out how I could get a PS1 emulator on my computer just like I did for the Game Boy game and Play Tony Hawks pro skater one now I thought that I was gonna have to deal with shit graphics I thought that you know, it's probably not gonna be the same controls because it's on computer But I was gonna give it a go anyway. Lo and behold I and this happened for a reason. I couldn't get it done All I fucking did Was install a shitload of viruses So I had to restart my computer Reset up here go to sleep wake up. I tried again still didn't work So I was like fuck. All right then is there a Tony Hawks pro skater game currently out for the PS4 I Was expecting Tony Hawks pro skater Street or underground or Tony Hawks pro skater six or something crazy like that But lo and behold a Short four months earlier that exact game that I was trying to get was remade With PS4 graphics, but with the exact same skaters the exact same levels everything that I just could not wait to get back into Is included in this game yet. It's in you know, 2020 PS4 Level graphics and so I couldn't be happier. I simply couldn't be happier got the game played it That is the first part of the back story of this video playing Tony Hawks pro skater remembering, you know, obviously Throughout my fandom of that game. I was skating as well down at the skate park trying all the moves and shit Obviously, I think believe it or not man I think I landed one 180 kickflip in my entire life other than that the vert ramp completely scared the shit out of me I would never have gone on to that, but I did use like a half pipe. I pretty much. Yeah, I used a half pipe my the extent of my skills was a fakie into back into a Tail stall or tails. Yeah, tail stall tail stand and then back in again up for a fakie come back Tail stand, you know what I mean, and even that freaks me out. So ramps were never for me But what I did love doing was go street skating Even if I didn't grind any steps or fucking tail slide anything or or or Oli any gaps Just skating around the streets was a lot of fun. So With all that combined, that's why I'm down here today. The second reason is because I'm leaving New Zealand in a short 10 days now The date today is February the second I have booked my ticket to Australia to see my two girls and that ticket is booked for February the 12th so What I'm telling myself is I'm gonna take this camera I'm definitely gonna take the camera whether I'm gonna take my PlayStation whether I'm gonna take any computer equipment I have no idea. I'm gonna give myself at least a month a Month to have a break from YouTube to have a break from waking up every single morning thinking about YouTube Going to be at every single night thinking about YouTube. I need a break from it. My kids deserve me a 100% present and that is what I will do so there's two reasons I want to get this done before I leave New Zealand and I you I Came across Tony Hawks Pro Skater one and two again And that is probably my favorite game as a kid and for anyone who did tune into those streams You will have seen just how happy I was to Discover the levels that I just remember like the back of my hand Except see them in HD. You know what I mean see them with through an HDMI cable not Not the the three, you know the old school PS1 mate PS1 graphics. It just Shit but not Stelgic Anyways, I've got a challenge the challenge is Can I still kick flip how many attempts is it gonna take for me to land a kick flip now? I'm not talking about a kick flip stationery although I will start on that But I want to progress into you know traveling along. It's another reason why I'm down here because this is a tennis court with no net So it's absolutely perfect for my runs. I'm gonna set the camera up I'm gonna get into this. I'm gonna have a whole lot of fun doing it and I hope you guys do too Can I land a kick flip? Let's see Not even joking not even joking and that's that's the third part of the story. Okay, so I went out I went online and I bought a second hand board first skateboard I've owned in like I'm gonna say 18 years and this is it this is what I got at second hand But she's gonna do the job pretty sure. Yeah, it's a back nine bearings. We've got Thunder trucks I have no idea what the wheels are but Can anyone tell me what kind of board this is dark star? Anyway grip tape looks good. I'm ready to go. That was literally my first I could have stacked it literally Halfway through that jump. I was like holy shit if I stacked this I didn't even know what this is gonna feel like But it wasn't too bad, so Fuck let's get into this, you know, I need to ollie first. God damn but we've got a board We've got a nice overcast day Let's go these shoes suck and I need to tighten up my trucks, so I will be back in a you know what Right guys a bit of bad news was dodgy He looked fucking dodgy. In fact, he looked he looked high on something when he when he sold it to me But I tell you what This board is a real piece of work Even if I I mean the board's okay the board looks fucking near brand new, but the trucks and the wheels are just fucking shocking Especially the trucks like even if I did want to tighten either of these trucks up I wouldn't be able to because there's absolutely fuck all thread on each of these nuts So we're gonna have to do what we can do. I'm gonna stick with it If I can if I can land a kickflip going along if I can land a kickflip in motion On this board I'll be doing well And I'll be very very satisfied But only time will tell So let's keep going. That's a fucking hard flip need to trust that the flips gonna land and I need to really concentrate on Bringing my feet back around Because there ain't no way I'm gonna land a kickflip if my feet Go into the kick and then land like this. There's no way So let's try that just remember I Need to concentrate on actually ollieing. I mean the move is Within an ollie, so if you don't ollie properly, how are you gonna kickflip properly? Okay, I don't need to spin it as fast as I am get down into stages Strategy number five as quick and as low as possible So we're gonna try that the final strategy of the day is a scene change We're gonna come to the basketball court and It's all good. It comes to point guys Where you got to ask yourself Is it worth it that haven't got it cannot fucking believe it. I was just like the dunk Just like the dunk. I was quietly confident. I was never gonna say anything about it But quietly confident if I stick at it long enough it'll happen and I Just physically I just don't have the muscle memory to do it I do not I I mean I can hardly land in ollie whilst moving let alone a pop shove it Let alone a 180 let alone a kickflip Let alone a nollie the height Ability is still there But the confidence when coming down to land It doesn't matter whether it's an ollie or a kickflip is just not there And it hasn't come throughout this two-hour period. So I'm gonna call it quits there, but there you go The age-old question. Can I still kickflip? Unfortunately not No, I can't but God This board. Oh my god. Look. Yeah, exactly Fucking exactly these trucks are so fucking loose that there's wear on the board from the wheels Okay So how can I expect? to have a nice solid base to ollie and to kick off of When I can't even stay still on the board because the trucks are so loose So I'm that's my only excuse look. I don't use many in fact I don't normally use any but I will use one today and And the fact is guys is that this board is these wheels are too thin or the trucks are too thin for the board I think this is look. There's no There's there's there's no space between the truck and the board. I mean every single nut is just worn It's just terrible terrible condition trucks and wheels the board's good still even though I've Ripped the shit out of it Not the best not the worst great day out a lot of fun a lot of fun And once again, you know, you've got to dust yourself off We live to see another day I'm gonna have to take a couple of steps back to take those three steps forward and not only do I want to eventually be able to dunk a ball If my knee comes right which I've tested today and it's okay. We'll see how it comes up later, but Not only do I want to dunk a ball. I Do want to do a kickflip. I want to land a kickflip. It's not gonna be on this board It may be on this board, but it's certainly not gonna be with these trucks and wheels. So in the next one Hopefully I'll have something sorted but for now. I Hope you enjoyed this video probably went a fair fairly long time if nothing else If nothing else, I gave it a good shot and that's all you can do. You can try your best I did try my best the board does me absolutely no favors But like I said, I bought it from probably one of the dodgiest counts I've ever seen in my life So it's all good. Anyways, I'll see you in the next one. Thank you for watching consider subscribing Consider liking the video if you have enjoyed it and I will see you in the next one One to the kickflip zero to me But I'll be back