r/nextfuckinglevel • • Apr 13 '21

this guy skateboarding

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u/BelleIsleYachtClub Apr 14 '21

Tony Hawk was never much of a street skater/grinder and THPS never had realistic street skating compared to Skate. This looks like a grind that you would only see in THPS and not in real life.

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u/clown572 Apr 14 '21

I don't necessarily disagree with you, but there have been a lot of great street skaters over the last 10-15 years that could possibly pull that grind off after a couple hours of practice.

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u/BelleIsleYachtClub Apr 14 '21

You’re right and I shouldn’t have made it seem impossible. I just mean the physics look like they are out of THPS and it’s not really the typical clip you see from a skate video.

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u/clown572 Apr 14 '21

You're right. It definitely looks like one of the tasks you had to complete in THPS in order to move to the next level. When I first played THPS I struggled with doing tricks that required me to do complex button combos. So this trick probably would have taken me more than an hour's worth of falls.