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THE REAL GHETTO BIRD

Jonny Giger3 skaters recommend it · 3 mentions, 2022 to 2025
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Jonny Giger works on landing a "real" ghetto bird and explains how it differs from a hardflip backside 180. Uploaded in 2021 to his channel.

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Linked in threads arguing over trick names, to show a ghetto bird is a nollie hardflip backside 180, not a regular hardflip backside 180.

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“This is a hard flip b/s 180, the "ghetto bird" is with a nollie hard b/s 180.”

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u/ISpikInglisVeriBest2022 · 42 points

I can't figure this damn trick out, nicely done! This is a hard flip b/s 180, the "ghetto bird" is with a nollie hard b/s 180. Giger goes for it here [VIDEO] and explains the differences. Not to take away from your trick though, that's also rad, just correcting the name

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u/PM_ME_STRONG_CALVES2024 · 2 points

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u/Mayl32025

This actually proves my point. Notice in the video you posted of Kareem the board continues in a 360º rotation the same way throughout the trick. Kareem catches the nollie hardflip, and continues rotating his body *with* the board. Now look at OPs clip again, he does the fakie hardflip, and catches it with his body spinning the opposite direction that the board was rotating. (hard to visually ID with the muska style

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