Wish I would have found you a long time ago man. I just recently started skating again at the age of 35. My kids are getting into it so I dusted of my old Element Board and hit the streets. I can barely do anything anymore lol. I am like an amateur again. You are speeding up my Progress again, you are making it easier to get back in the saddle. I am determined to be good again. My wife came out to the driveway the other day and asked if I planned on eating today or not lol I was out practicing for like 10hrs the other day. I don't know why I ever gave it up... once I was back on that board stress just started melting away, so did the time. It was like I warped back in time and nothing mattered again, just like it used to be in the 90's. I should never have stopped skating, it is my Therapy. Appreciate you Johnny. Your a legend.
Bro same here my son is getting into it I'm 31 hes 11 but I feel like a noob can barely land kickflips consistently but I'm excited to learn again. Glad to see someone also dealing wit my struggle lol sk8 and destroy brother
@@chrisshort1085 I didn't take much time to get back in the saddle. I have my kicks back and starting to out my lines together again. The same kids that were laughing and just filming now. I might be old with a few grey hair, but I'm the best at the Park Again 🤟☠. This means the world to your kid too, whether he admits it or not. I have had soooo many kids say "Wish my Dad was cool and did stuff" lol I'm glad you are back on a board dude, glad your son has followed in your footsteps. Skaters are a dying breed, and that's sad. Appreciate you dude 🤟☠
I just started back too .im 42 and im building a mini ramp.in my shop.20 yrs no sk8 and in still got it and yes exactly what your said stress relief and everything else melts away.my wife thinks im crazy but my kids are really diggin it .i bought them boards
12:03 I was barely paying attention for like 2 seconds and I didn't realize that there was a jump cut, so I thought the guy on the bike just phased out of existence behind Jonny
Not a skater, but of all skaters I was familiar with through video games, Rodney Mullen always stood out to me. His secret tapes on THPS were insane and quite honestly what probably made me even decide to never pick up a skateboard as a kid, cause there was no chance I was ever doing that. Really cool to see someone tackling some of Rodney's toucher tricks.
Sora Shirai did this trick down an 8 set last year on the Dew Tour comp. it was majestic, but he got screwed on points. Love seeing this trick being done, you definitely do it justice!
I've just bought a skateboard. I attempted to learn to skate about 12 years ago but I was already old enough to fear falling. It's always been a dream to learn how to be comfortable on a board and you've given me the inspiration to chase that dream. Thanks for being a good dude and keep up with the fantastic content.
Randomly found your videos a bit ago , haven't been on a deck in 15 years and bc of you and your awesome vids i started to re-learn skating again. Mad respekt Jonny !
Love that video's like this show all the trial and error that u dont see in produced videos. I remember watching Rodney when i was a teenager and feeling inspired but also discouraged because u almost never c them fail.
Resume it after 20 years off !! I'm 43 !! Just take your time the first 2 or 3 months and then your tendons and joint will be ok to try again the tricks you were doing back in the day..
Best people IMO are those who are very good and humble. Not afraid to pay homage and still let others shine. Eventhough they can absolutely shred. Johnny Giger is the man!
Hey man, just wanted to say I’m loving these Mullen trick videos. I loved watching Mullen when I was a kid and these videos are a lot of fun too. Watching these actually inspired me to get a board for the first time in 15 years and get back out there. I’m still just getting my balance back, but I’m hoping to get a kick flip in by the time I turn 30 in a few months. Keep up the great videos. Cheers!
I believe in trying any of Rodney's tricks, you have to keep in mind the fluidity of freestyle..witch is the foundation and soul of Sir Rodney's greatness. Thank you JG for reminding the youngsters of his game🙏
Jonny du bist echt legendär , für mich bist du mit Abstand einer der besten skateboard Fahrer.... Mach bitte weiter mit deine clips echt nice zum anschauen !! Pce bro
I hope One day you can meet Rodney... Hes so cool..met him in 1988 and gave me an autographed sticker...wish i still had it... Showed me how to yo yo hand plant... So cool and will never forget how humble he is...
I really liked the commentary with that extra face cam, showing you trying the trick and at the same time having you explain what went through your mind etc... like a let’s play but for skating.. a let’s Skate i guess?
Love your videos Johnny! Between you and SkaterXL me and my roommates and chill crew are back into skateboarding like we’re in highschool again. Thanks dude
dude, I miss the swiss mountains :) also, the gazelle flip is one of my favorite tricks in skateboarding so have been looking forward to this video for a long time!
Rodney Mullen is a funking legend! so cool you try to learn his tricks and (eventually) succeed in it. love your determination and respect you give to such a legendary skater. respect to both of you!
First off: huge props, Jonny--so clean, and natural looking! To the skaters out there who may not have been skating for more than a decade: there was a fairly viral clip of a fakie gazelle around the beginning of TH-cam...Completely blew me and a lot of others away; I thought there was no way I could EVER learn it. Well, the thing is: I did start trying them, and eventually learning them, a few years back (funnily enough, completely forgot about the video)...You can learn these really flippy, spinny tricks too...by just having fun and getting some basics down. Taking pressure off yourself to learn things-at whatever timetable-actually helped me get better, and I enjoy skating much more without it. Anyways: shove-->pop shove--> b/s 180-->b/s revert-->kickflip (I would mention b/s flip, but I'm terrible at those)-->half-cab-->fakie shove--half cab flip--full cab-->fakie bigspin flip. now the experimenting... For me, I messed around with trying full-cab flips around the same time I tried bigger spins, then eventually full cab w/ a 540 shove. I don't know what order, but, the bigger spin started becoming easier and easier, which I think was the biggest factor. I have never had full-cab flips consistent, and honestly, I feel a good fakie-spin flip helped the most along with having full cabs down. When I got the fakie "biggest spin", or whatever, I was just toying with trying to revert a fakie bigger spin and it just kinda' happened... Onwards, just over the years of goofing around: getting better at things like skating pyramids. Getting more comfortable with spinning/shoving in transition. I huge one, I think, was doing 'wack' tricks, like, trying do body varials and using the nose and/or tail to revert after in various directions and combinations...It all added up to understanding my board better, I guess. It all just boiled down to one day when I was bored. I did not intend on learning this trick, really. It just happened. It makes you so damn dizzy, and it so hectic, which is why I love it. It really was not until I watched this video that I learned something I thought was impossible, sans wizards. Honestly, I wonder if that kid, like Rodney, just enjoyed flipping and spinning something for the enjoyment of it... By the way, I can't even properly do a back three, or big spin flip consistently. I'm sorry if this was pedantic, this video just brought a lot of memories back. And, I wanted fellow skaters to feel hope that they can learn whatever, really.
Johnny you are truly dedicated to your craft, trying one trick 150 times unsuccessfully in a single session. I don't even think I have made 150 attempts in my lifetime at a trick
Really enjoyed the commentary over the top of the footage that you lost the audio for Jonny! Interesting to hear what was going through your head at the time and how you were figuring it out 👍 Great video as always keep 'em coming!
hey jonny my birthday is in 1 hour, i just wanna spend my last hour watching your videos. your a great guy jonny and you teached me ALOT i even landed my first kickflip becouse of you thanks jonny
I found that doing the Bigflip, forming it off the flick (relying on the formation more so on the flick than popping and sliding the tail), and catching it while predicting the formation it does when you flick it properly, sets up the land for the pivot, BUT you have to first know where the board ends up off the flick formation, then you can start working on your body rotation in practice. I found that I start off the practice for the Gazelle flip with believing I can do it right off the bat, no thought. Once, I'm a little tired, instead of mindlessly throwing it like before, with the belief mentality, I break down the practice into two steps. First step, forming the board relying entirely on the flick to form the Bigflip, while positioning the body for the catch. Step two, having step 1 down, you can focus on the Pop and the Windup. Once you lose focus on formation, you revert back to Step one.
I was thinking about this trick the other day. That it would be cool to land something like this but i was thinking that if it possible to do a backside 360 and late flip it before the revert. But this is almost the same just in fluid motion. AWSOME. Maybe one day i will be able to conquer my fear and try to do backside tricks.
Lol before he was about to say the word "gazelle" i got the cartoon ad from redbull with the two gazelles hahah. This is some weird coincidence. Nice video as always, keep shreddimg man!
I still contend that if Jonny released less wars and more landed tricks his rep would change for the better (not that people think badly of him I hope!) I also often wonder how Mullen would be received today with everyone seeing all his fighting to land a trick and not just finished parts.
@@tomybogadjian1487 None of those people can probably do jack shit, while this guy has his name on pro decks and makes a living skating haha. Haters gonna hate I guess
Yeah that's a really tough trick! Wonder if you could do more body varial in it and somehow do do a backside 540 kickflip? You know, like a bs 360 flip pivot at the end to bring it around to 540. Not sure if I've seen that done or not, but I bet someone in the world has whether it was filmed or not I don't know. Look into it Johnny, maybe it can be a NBD for you?
Wish I would have found you a long time ago man. I just recently started skating again at the age of 35. My kids are getting into it so I dusted of my old Element Board and hit the streets. I can barely do anything anymore lol. I am like an amateur again. You are speeding up my Progress again, you are making it easier to get back in the saddle. I am determined to be good again. My wife came out to the driveway the other day and asked if I planned on eating today or not lol I was out practicing for like 10hrs the other day. I don't know why I ever gave it up... once I was back on that board stress just started melting away, so did the time. It was like I warped back in time and nothing mattered again, just like it used to be in the 90's. I should never have stopped skating, it is my Therapy. Appreciate you Johnny. Your a legend.
im guessing its cuz ur friends stopped skating and skating alone sucks. At least thats why I stopped.
Bro same here my son is getting into it I'm 31 hes 11 but I feel like a noob can barely land kickflips consistently but I'm excited to learn again. Glad to see someone also dealing wit my struggle lol sk8 and destroy brother
@@chrisshort1085 I didn't take much time to get back in the saddle. I have my kicks back and starting to out my lines together again. The same kids that were laughing and just filming now. I might be old with a few grey hair, but I'm the best at the Park Again 🤟☠. This means the world to your kid too, whether he admits it or not. I have had soooo many kids say "Wish my Dad was cool and did stuff" lol I'm glad you are back on a board dude, glad your son has followed in your footsteps. Skaters are a dying breed, and that's sad. Appreciate you dude 🤟☠
I just started back too .im 42 and im building a mini ramp.in my shop.20 yrs no sk8 and in still got it and yes exactly what your said stress relief and everything else melts away.my wife thinks im crazy but my kids are really diggin it .i bought them boards
@@Keyisundermat That's awesome dude. You'll be the coolest dad on the block 🤟
scooter kid bail at 7:02.... glorious.
we saw the same thing right?
I think we did lol
Lmao
6:52
Maybe he means the way it looks
LOL at the scooter kid in the background at 7:00
i was about to comment on that tooo hahaha
He absolutely beaned himself!!!
Lolol
😂😂😂😂
I totally missed that first time, well spotted. Hope they're okay 😊
That kid ate concrete...shame
12:03 I was barely paying attention for like 2 seconds and I didn't realize that there was a jump cut, so I thought the guy on the bike just phased out of existence behind Jonny
Not a skater, but of all skaters I was familiar with through video games, Rodney Mullen always stood out to me. His secret tapes on THPS were insane and quite honestly what probably made me even decide to never pick up a skateboard as a kid, cause there was no chance I was ever doing that.
Really cool to see someone tackling some of Rodney's toucher tricks.
It’s all about the godfather more moves from him Johnny
I like the commentary you should do more of those
Jonny*
Sora Shirai did this trick down an 8 set last year on the Dew Tour comp. it was majestic, but he got screwed on points. Love seeing this trick being done, you definitely do it justice!
You inspired me to pick up my skateboard again
I've just bought a skateboard. I attempted to learn to skate about 12 years ago but I was already old enough to fear falling. It's always been a dream to learn how to be comfortable on a board and you've given me the inspiration to chase that dream. Thanks for being a good dude and keep up with the fantastic content.
Randomly found your videos a bit ago , haven't been on a deck in 15 years and bc of you and your awesome vids i started to re-learn skating again. Mad respekt Jonny !
Johnny is so pure
Love that video's like this show all the trial and error that u dont see in produced videos. I remember watching Rodney when i was a teenager and feeling inspired but also discouraged because u almost never c them fail.
Not gonna lie, I kinda like the post video commentary.
What's wrong with that dude? It's good to chat to the skate family 😊
....that's how I found your comment to reply to it 😂😂😂
Why would you lie about it?
Johnny brings so much positivity and good energy into skating. Can’t help but love the guy.
I have not rode a board in 20 years. Still watch every one of your videos. Keep it up buddy!
No thoughts about getting back on? 😊
I'm skating again after a break of at least 6 years and I've missed it so much dude ☺
Resume it after 20 years off !! I'm 43 !! Just take your time the first 2 or 3 months and then your tendons and joint will be ok to try again the tricks you were doing back in the day..
@@frenchgoldenboyfan dude I'm 43 👍😊
@@frenchgoldenboyfan back in the day was the late 80's 😄😂
Seeing a gazelle flip made by Jonny - simply priceless!
Best people IMO are those who are very good and humble. Not afraid to pay homage and still let others shine. Eventhough they can absolutely shred. Johnny Giger is the man!
Hey man, just wanted to say I’m loving these Mullen trick videos. I loved watching Mullen when I was a kid and these videos are a lot of fun too. Watching these actually inspired me to get a board for the first time in 15 years and get back out there. I’m still just getting my balance back, but I’m hoping to get a kick flip in by the time I turn 30 in a few months. Keep up the great videos. Cheers!
no one cares.
I believe in trying any of Rodney's tricks, you have to keep in mind the fluidity of freestyle..witch is the foundation and soul of Sir Rodney's greatness. Thank you JG for reminding the youngsters of his game🙏
YOU ARE THE BEST EXAMPLE OF PERSISTENCE. ITS AMAZING THE WAY YOU TRY AND NOT STOP UNTIL DO THE TRICK. LOVE YOU CHANNEL!
This skate park is beautiful! A great view of the mountains. No graffiti.
Gazelle Flip Rodney Mullen Trick uploaded on my birthday! Thanks for the fun videos Jonny Giger!
Jonny du bist echt legendär , für mich bist du mit Abstand einer der besten skateboard Fahrer....
Mach bitte weiter mit deine clips echt nice zum anschauen !!
Pce bro
🙏🏼✌🏼
Thank you for another awesome video! Seeing the struggle and the process makes the completed trick so much more impressive
It shows everyone that no matter your skill level, we ALL have to put in the hard work for the reward 😊
I hope One day you can meet Rodney... Hes so cool..met him in 1988 and gave me an autographed sticker...wish i still had it... Showed me how to yo yo hand plant... So cool and will never forget how humble he is...
Just like of in the beginning you posted videos on yt skating with friends is like therapy, enjoy every moment, God bless
I really liked the commentary with that extra face cam, showing you trying the trick and at the same time having you explain what went through your mind etc... like a let’s play but for skating.. a let’s Skate i guess?
Love your videos Johnny! Between you and SkaterXL me and my roommates and chill crew are back into skateboarding like we’re in highschool again. Thanks dude
I see Dario, I thumbs up, every single time
dude, I miss the swiss mountains :) also, the gazelle flip is one of my favorite tricks in skateboarding so have been looking forward to this video for a long time!
Rodney Mullen is a funking legend! so cool you try to learn his tricks and (eventually) succeed in it. love your determination and respect you give to such a legendary skater. respect to both of you!
First off: huge props, Jonny--so clean, and natural looking!
To the skaters out there who may not have been skating for more than a decade: there was a fairly viral clip of a fakie gazelle around the beginning of TH-cam...Completely blew me and a lot of others away; I thought there was no way I could EVER learn it.
Well, the thing is: I did start trying them, and eventually learning them, a few years back (funnily enough, completely forgot about the video)...You can learn these really flippy, spinny tricks too...by just having fun and getting some basics down.
Taking pressure off yourself to learn things-at whatever timetable-actually helped me get better, and I enjoy skating much more without it. Anyways:
shove-->pop shove--> b/s 180-->b/s revert-->kickflip (I would mention b/s flip, but I'm terrible at those)-->half-cab-->fakie shove--half cab flip--full cab-->fakie bigspin flip.
now the experimenting...
For me, I messed around with trying full-cab flips around the same time I tried bigger spins, then eventually full cab w/ a 540 shove. I don't know what order, but, the bigger spin started becoming easier and easier, which I think was the biggest factor. I have never had full-cab flips consistent, and honestly, I feel a good fakie-spin flip helped the most along with having full cabs down. When I got the fakie "biggest spin", or whatever, I was just toying with trying to revert a fakie bigger spin and it just kinda' happened...
Onwards, just over the years of goofing around: getting better at things like skating pyramids. Getting more comfortable with spinning/shoving in transition. I huge one, I think, was doing 'wack' tricks, like, trying do body varials and using the nose and/or tail to revert after in various directions and combinations...It all added up to understanding my board better, I guess.
It all just boiled down to one day when I was bored. I did not intend on learning this trick, really. It just happened. It makes you so damn dizzy, and it so hectic, which is why I love it.
It really was not until I watched this video that I learned something I thought was impossible, sans wizards.
Honestly, I wonder if that kid, like Rodney, just enjoyed flipping and spinning something for the enjoyment of it...
By the way, I can't even properly do a back three, or big spin flip consistently.
I'm sorry if this was pedantic, this video just brought a lot of memories back. And, I wanted fellow skaters to feel hope that they can learn whatever, really.
Thank you for carrying the legend of Rodney Mullen on!!!
I love the replay when you slow motion the trick, the background voices of the other people at the park sound funny slow and fast😂
You look so freaking HAPPY !!!! LOVE IT
A new upload by Jonny. Immediate click on like, grab some popcorn, turn up the volume and enjoy! 🍿🥤
The blueprint of persistence....nice job Jonny
Not gonna lie. That's a dope instrumental you have playing. It complements the video perfectly
All of Jonnys videos have excellent music.
Very true indeed
Do you know the name of it?
No. I like both but I want to know the name of the first one when he and Dario were skating
@@Clutch_Life_2k18 Check description. There's a soundbox link.
Switzerland as a backdrop is so beautiful.
Johnny you are truly dedicated to your craft, trying one trick 150 times unsuccessfully in a single session. I don't even think I have made 150 attempts in my lifetime at a trick
2:56 like what are the odds of that happening? xD
That’s a beautiful park with beautiful scenery.
Good luck in the battle Jonny. I’m rooting for you bud
The swag stance on that landing really sells the finish.
Learned them a few weeks ago too, but fakie stance. Awesome feeling, crazy lookin´!
Jonny Giger the goat 💯
Your steez when you landed it finally was so good!
1:16 Please, introduce a new channel: ‚Jonny Giger commenting epic skate videos‘
As someone who doesn't skate but finds it very interesting, I'd love it.
Never got into small wheels, but 90s were really awesome for street
Dude you are a beast, I know its human to doubt yourself but dude you are one of the best skaters on the planet.
Please make more videos at that skate park! The vibe is just perfect!
Really cool of you to remind us to vote. Listen to Jonny fellow Americans!
Big pants, small wheels. I remember those days.
Today ... for me
TBH, my pants have gotten tighter but I still roll the small wheel crew -- and that's with rough AF 'crete in Scotland lol
@@TheGonzogibby lol. Small wheels + rough roads = 💀
@@FlipEmpire yup -- one eats shit regularly on very small stone hang-ups. Them's the breaks ;)
Always good vibes coming from these videos 👌🏼👌🏼 thanks Jonny!!
Really enjoyed the commentary over the top of the footage that you lost the audio for Jonny! Interesting to hear what was going through your head at the time and how you were figuring it out 👍
Great video as always keep 'em coming!
hey jonny
my birthday is in 1 hour, i just wanna spend my last hour watching your videos. your a great guy jonny and you teached me ALOT i even landed my first kickflip becouse of you
thanks jonny
What a nice time to watch a Jonny video! But then again, it’s always a nice time to watch a Jonny video ;)
@@Krmpfpks haha true jonny is the type everyone needs
Happy birthday!
@@Ludzig awww thank youuuu but its only in 30 min
Happy Birthday dude. Heres to skating till our knees give out, cheers.
Persistence! Love it! Great job, Jonny! Amazing place too!
I found that doing the Bigflip, forming it off the flick (relying on the formation more so on the flick than popping and sliding the tail), and catching it while predicting the formation it does when you flick it properly, sets up the land for the pivot, BUT you have to first know where the board ends up off the flick formation, then you can start working on your body rotation in practice. I found that I start off the practice for the Gazelle flip with believing I can do it right off the bat, no thought. Once, I'm a little tired, instead of mindlessly throwing it like before, with the belief mentality, I break down the practice into two steps. First step, forming the board relying entirely on the flick to form the Bigflip, while positioning the body for the catch. Step two, having step 1 down, you can focus on the Pop and the Windup. Once you lose focus on formation, you revert back to Step one.
Admirable relentlessness!
Persist, prevail 👍
Rodney's tricks are legendär but you do it very very well.. Awsome, 👍👍👌👌
The series is back!!!
The music is always really nice!
Great view and that concrete looks perfect. I'd love to check some of those parks out some day. Your videos are excellent man, thanks for doing them.
Is it just me or is the footage even crispier than usual? Awesome shots and incredible effort on display
Wow! One of your steeziest lands ever!
I was thinking about this trick the other day. That it would be cool to land something like this but i was thinking that if it possible to do a backside 360 and late flip it before the revert. But this is almost the same just in fluid motion. AWSOME. Maybe one day i will be able to conquer my fear and try to do backside tricks.
I love the music you're using on here :D And aswell awesome skating skills as always! Thank u! :D
Very awesome! Always get excited when you have a new video.
13:35 I literally threw my hands up in the air and laughed, soooooo cloooose
You can tell after that try he had the "Target locked in" reaction. It was the moment everything clicked together and now he just had to land it
the skateparks in your country are beautiful
Really nice progress! The park in the beginning looks amaazing
Man it’s really inspiring to see yu grind until yu finally get tha trick! Really kool. 😎👊🏾
Beautiful trick mate...you nailed it Jonny...love this video series man.
Did this on Skater XL so pretty much the same thing.
9:17 that 360 looks smooth af man !
Great work as always sir :D
Always love your vids!! Inspirational!
Wow! Dario really has a good pop!
Dang bro you almost hit 1/2 million subs! Good job!
I miss Switzerland sooooo much
The blue board on the wall in the background isnt going straight down. Would you please fix that?
Lol before he was about to say the word "gazelle" i got the cartoon ad from redbull with the two gazelles hahah. This is some weird coincidence. Nice video as always, keep shreddimg man!
when you trying this trick over and over, it reminds me of Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Around song😀😀.
12:30 u and guy in back land at same time :0
Such a steezy roll away 🙏
Nice camera upgrade bro. I noticed a huge improvement to quality and frames per second.
1:47 I live near that skatepark xD
holy hell man that was sick! well done!
That moment when you realize Jonny Giger is probably the best technical skater alive right now.
I still contend that if Jonny released less wars and more landed tricks his rep would change for the better (not that people think badly of him I hope!)
I also often wonder how Mullen would be received today with everyone seeing all his fighting to land a trick and not just finished parts.
Uhm... until you watch Sora Shirai's gazelle flip and realize this one here is just baby food.
@@tomybogadjian1487 None of those people can probably do jack shit, while this guy has his name on pro decks and makes a living skating haha. Haters gonna hate I guess
It’s one of my go to tricks on hips you should try the bigger version of it it’s the best feeling trick
you are beast! You always inspire me
1:46 this dude look like he in the windows background
Sick job on this one!
what an amazing spot...
Love seeing Dario!!..
Love your channel dude !
"Hey mijo!" Am I right!?😅 14:01. That trick looks so good! 👏
Switch manual kickflip out!! sick bro keep up the awesome videos 🛸🛸🛸
sick video as usual jonny thanks bro
I was watching this like i knew how its gonna look like and it wasnt a big deal, but when u landed it, it just looks soo good like daaaumn bruh haha
Yeah that's a really tough trick! Wonder if you could do more body varial in it and somehow do do a backside 540 kickflip? You know, like a bs 360 flip pivot at the end to bring it around to 540. Not sure if I've seen that done or not, but I bet someone in the world has whether it was filmed or not I don't know. Look into it Johnny, maybe it can be a NBD for you?