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Ryan Sheckler backflips and wins Simple Session

ColinClarkFilms4 skaters recommend it · 4 mentions, 2022 to 2025
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7M views · 13 years ago · Contest

Ryan Sheckler's 80 second winning run at Simple Session 2011 in Tallinn, Estonia, ending with a backflip. Filmed by ColinClarkFilms and uploaded in 2013.

Why skaters like it

Gets linked in backflip threads and when people recall Sheckler's best contest runs. Cited as a notable skateboard backflip that won him first place.

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“Sheckler [VIDEO] won SimpleSession in Tallin with another”

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What skaters said on Reddit

u/Runescapemaster4202025 · 8 points

The run i was thinking of was simple session not x games. [VIDEO] The xgames he did when he was 13 was also pretty sick [VIDEO]

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u/PepeNudalg2022 · 3 points

a) There have been some notable backflips in skateboarding. David Gravette [VIDEO] did one. Sheckler [VIDEO] won SimpleSession in Tallin with another b) The problem with backflips is that you need very specific spots to do them - and transition flyouts are nowhere tp be found in the streets. c) Also, snowboarders can front/backflip onto/out of rails and wallrides. On a skateboard, you can't do any of that. On the oth

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u/padawatje2024 · 2 points

Not exactly a little kid anymore, but yes: [VIDEO]

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