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Jim Greco on The Deathwish Video, Mob Flips, The Darkman, and More!

RIDE Channel5 skaters recommend it · 5 mentions, 2013 to 2025
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248K views · 13 years ago · Interview

Jim Greco tells stories for RIDE Channel's Free Lunch series, covering The Deathwish Video, the origin of the mob flip and the Darkman. Short interview clip from 2013.

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Gets linked in threads asking what a mobbed kickflip is, since Greco explains the term he coined himself.

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“Here's greco himself on it. He is talking about the front leg not the back leg. It's about the flicking foot being stiff and not bending like with a good flick. It flicks down and back.”

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u/dunkan7992025 · 3 points

Instead of flicking off towards the nose you kinda kick back. Jim Greco came up with the term in an old Transworld video (I think it was Feedback but it may have been The Reason) because he couldn't kickflip noseslide like Reynolds could and his ankle just wouldn't flick right. He also talks about it here [VIDEO]

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u/SilverSnurfer2015 · 1 points

You sound kind of new. No offense intended, but the ricta's have plastic cores like all other wheels. They just have shiny paint colors. Mobbing places? I have no idea what you're talking about there. Mobbing is a style of kick flip. Jim Grecco coined the term [VIDEO] to describe the way some guys push the board over instead of flick it with their ankle. Pushing is really beginner stuff. That you've never worn the gr

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u/psilozip2022 · 1 points

[VIDEO] 0:40 Here's greco himself on it. He is talking about the front leg not the back leg. It's about the flicking foot being stiff and not bending like with a good flick. It flicks down and back. He's also refering to gonz kickflips. heres a vid of gonz flips [VIDEO]

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