What seperates Amateurs from Pros
08-14-2009, 02:01 PM
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What seperates Amateurs from Pros
So my questions are. What seperates the pros from am. Who can compete and what skill level do you need to be at to compete as AM. I see guys that can KILL all combos of circles but cant do a stoppie or burnout/drift. And then theres guys that can roll high and long and kill burnout combos but can barely do circles. So whats the Answer.
whats the opinions?
whats the opinions?
08-14-2009, 02:06 PM
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Re: What seperates Amateurs from Pros
I think the pros are the ones that can kill every aspect of riding. They're well rounded and can do everything, at least to some degree. Ams just don't have everything figured out the way pros do. They might be able to pull one group of stunts well because that's what they've put the most time into, whereas pros have spent hours learning it all. Plus, pros should have an extra sense of style and smoothness that an amateur most likely won't have developed yet.
08-14-2009, 02:14 PM
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Re: What seperates Amateurs from Pros
From what I've seen (which isn't a whole lot) is that most riders have a different style some am look better than some pros on certain things... I could just be smoking crack though
08-14-2009, 02:16 PM
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Re: What seperates Amateurs from Pros
From what I've seen (which isn't a whole lot) is that most riders have a different style some am look better than some pros on certain things... I could just be smoking crack though
08-14-2009, 02:27 PM
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Re: What seperates Amateurs from Pros
I think the pros are the ones that can kill every aspect of riding. They're well rounded and can do everything, at least to some degree. Ams just don't have everything figured out the way pros do. They might be able to pull one group of stunts well because that's what they've put the most time into, whereas pros have spent hours learning it all. Plus, pros should have an extra sense of style and smoothness that an amateur most likely won't have developed yet.
yup, id say a good bar is doubling your approach for stoppies, figure 8s circs, 2x rotations for drifts, unicycling the fifty = well rounded
08-14-2009, 02:54 PM
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Re: What seperates Amateurs from Pros
the main difference is going to be consistency. an am rider and pro rider might have most all the same tricks under their belt, a pro will be able to execute them at will where an amature will have a higher rate of mistakes in their riding.
08-14-2009, 03:10 PM
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