Any serious skate fanatic has wondered at least once in their life what it would be like to break down skate videos by numbers. Pull out a pen and notepad, cue up a video, and start scribbling down as many data points as you can count.
The process is a serious grind, but luckily we have guest contributors, and one of them spent dozens of hours coming up with a pretty thorough skate video data analysis.
Jared decided to analyze some skateboarder’s entire careers through their video parts, appreciating them in a new way, starting with Jim Greco’s 25+ year prolific career.
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August 1, 2019 2:16 am
this was such a great use of time tbh
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August 1, 2019 3:55 am
yup, definitely need more of these! Reynolds, Jamie Thomas, Heath
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August 1, 2019 6:33 am
Jerry Hsu Jerry Hsu Jerry Hsu
Ave Ave Ave Ave Ave
Brian Anderson Brian Anderson Brian Anderson
Gonz Gonz Gonz Gonz Gonz Gonz Gonz Gonz Gonz Gonz Gonz
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August 16, 2019 4:47 pm
^ what he said
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August 1, 2019 9:53 am
This is king, want more
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