Shock University: "AO topsoul 101"

[brett dasovic]

So I am infact teaching the course for SHOCK university on "How to do the AO topsoul" Originally I was skeptical of the idea but the more I thought of it the more I figured it would be a good way to have some direct contact with the future of our sport and really work hand in hand with them on something they may want to do. Obviously advice will not be limited to simply the trick, it will simply be the focus of the corrospondence. I will be chatting directly with them and I want all applicants to submit a video of themselves doing this particular trick at the beginning of the course and then after the course ends I will have them submit another video that documents how far they have come. Outside of the trick itself I really want to help get the youth of rollerblading motivated to get out there and shred and I feel like this is a really creative and awesome way to do that. So if anyone is interested (young or old) in learning how to do this trick Feel free to submit all your applications to kevin yee or myself and I am gonna choose 5 to work with directly, I will also be keeping you the BE-views informed on the progress of my students so you can see how far they have come! take a look at the link be-mag and also to the video I made with my teacher credentials for teaching this course on "how to do the AO topsoul

http://stabyourselfintheface.com/?p=6034

Applications go to Kevin at
[email protected]

also here is the direct link to the video of my Ao topsoul credentials so the students know that their teacher is not some fluff ;) yes I know its silly and slightly ridiculous but it gets the point across!

Love you be-mag, talk to you soon!

http://vimeo.com/16664179

[brett dasovic]

PS. Look back ao topsoul rewinds are not covered in the coursework, however accellerated students may submit additional work for extra credit :D

[Bassimastprime]

Goddamn Brett. Is it pretty much a safety trick for you?

[Roc.N.Rol]

Pretty nifty idea there.

Also, Brett I feel you have AO topsouled more hand rails than I have skated period, which makes me feel like a failure.

[brett dasovic]

Haha I dunno about a safety trick but I try to save it for things like photos and cool obstacles cause I think its one of those tricks thats really well liked but for me it comes pretty naturally. If you watch most of my edits I dont really do them that much unless its just like a fun edit or random day with brett and jeph...id rather save it. But either way it will be fun to educate some people and get them enjoying the trick as much as I do!

[George Amos]

Toro Y Moi FTWWWWWW

[bobgross]

You're the best, I love you.

I've been waiting for an AO topsoul compilation, and I got my wish.

[tonyrivituso]

I've been waiting for an AO topsoul compilation, and I got my wish.

this

[The_John]

haha i might have to do this one. i never understood ao topsouls. i can do them on coping, and have only done one on a rail. the way i do them, if my back foot misses, i eat SHIT. this is the only one i have ever done on street haha.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYJ8sAuFcEY

[Mudhut Jollyrancher]

epic edit
i would sign up but i'd feel as if i was cheating on tony

[zale]

I've learned to do AO soul by learning full torque first, and after that I just went to AO soul position by rotating front foot inwards.
So my guess is that your AO top soul works the same way, do a 270 bs full torque and then just rotate your front(?) foot into AO top soul position? :-D

[brett dasovic]

Hmmm Nah, I dont think of it as any type of farf, I am terrible at farfs. I dont ever try to do that thing where I think of a trick as a slight variation on another trick, that has never worked for me, every trick is an entity in and of itself and I treat them as such. I have a very specific approach to doing every thing I am comfortable with on skates...but I do see how that other method works for different skaters, my brain simply just doesnt work that way.

[Timothy James Kelly]

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e204/mca8690/imma_let_you_finish20.jpg



Chris Cheshire had the best alley-oop topsoul of all time.

[uncle blake]

Learn to spin the same direction as your soul foot. If you didn't learn this when you first started skating, you're fucked. All great ao topsoulers have this in common. Class dismissed.

[brett dasovic]

http://i40.photobucket.com/albums/e204/mca8690/imma_let_you_finish20.jpg



Chris Cheshire had the best alley-oop topsoul of all time.

I would have been more than happy to let him teach the course if he was interested. This was not about being the best, just trying to help out the community in some form or another...Gonzo had just as much clout with that trick as long as it is being discussed.

[zale]

Oh, one more thing, I haven't understood the idea well, will the teaching of AOts going to be shared for everyone after the end of the course, or is it only going to be available for chosen fives?

[Timothy James Kelly]

Yeah, but Gonzo sucks.

[brett dasovic]

I will corrospond directly with those 5 people through email, facebook, chat ect, it will be a very individual process, but as they improve I am going to share their improvment with the rollerblading community (if they are okay with that) so that everyone can have a chance to see some young and motivated kids get better at the sport. More than just the trick I will do anything I can to give them advice, encouragment ect. I simply want to help the youth of our sport stay juiced on what we do. Teaching this "class" is simply a very specific and formal way of doing that...Just doing my part to try and help our sport grow.

[brett dasovic]

Yeah, but Gonzo sucks.

opinions on talent aside that doesnt mean he wasnt incredibly gifted at doing that trick. Not what I was going for in this thread anyways man, just wanted to post about what I plan to do and stir some interest since kevin asked me to do this for the site.

[NickL]

Hmmm Nah, I dont think of it as any type of farf, I am terrible at farfs. I dont ever try to do that thing where I think of a trick as a slight variation on another trick, that has never worked for me, every trick is an entity in and of itself and I treat them as such. I have a very specific approach to doing every thing I am comfortable with on skates...but I do see how that other method works for different skaters, my brain simply just doesnt work that way.

woah woah woah buddy, semester hasnt started yet

[Mudhut Jollyrancher]

breet the human beet dasovic

[scottish korean]

Chris Cheshire had the best alley-oop topsoul of all time.

Matt Jorgensen would kill himself if he woke up with Cheshire's aots.

[al dolega]

I hope your syllabus includes a mid-term covering NOT using your backslide foot as a safety, e.g. doing a shitty ao topsoyale and unwrapping into ao topsoul.

[gRANT]

I hope your syllabus includes a mid-term covering NOT using your backslide foot as a safety, e.g. doing a shitty ao topsoyale and unwrapping into ao topsoul.

oh Al

[brett dasovic]

That concept scares the crap out of me as well, I think the best way to save yourself is be as stair side as possoble so if you miss you are likely to miss both feet on the stairs and you can use your hands to catch....i may have to leave that stuff out tho cause I catch myself in a very odd manner on tricks.

[Myself]

haha i might have to do this one. i never understood ao topsouls. i can do them on coping, and have only done one on a rail. the way i do them, if my back foot misses, i eat SHIT. this is the only one i have ever done on street haha.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYJ8sAuFcEY

That was the only one you've ever done street? That shit was smooth as fuck. LACED.

Here's a cookie: http://imgur.com/U0QPp.gif

[gtown82]

gonzo sucked? kill yourself asshole

[scottish korean]

That was really cool Brett. I watched twice now. Probably gonna watch again later. Takes a lot of balls to make an edit based off one trick. Sick as fuck! +rep

[andreas542]

haha i might have to do this one. i never understood ao topsouls. i can do them on coping, and have only done one on a rail. the way i do them, if my back foot misses, i eat SHIT. this is the only one i have ever done on street haha.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYJ8sAuFcEY

CLEAN

[s.]

I hope your syllabus includes a mid-term covering NOT using your backslide foot as a safety, e.g. doing a shitty ao topsoyale and unwrapping into ao topsoul.

+rep

[Taylo]

That Brett guy seems lame as shit. And edits get real boring when there's only one trick done over and over again.

Also......I farted.

[DanielBond]

That Brett guy seems lame as shit. And edits get real boring when there's only one trick done over and over again.

Also......I farted.

We see you trolling. You hatin.

You are riding dirty, dawg.

http://memegenerator.net/Jonnen-Neuvo/ImageMacro/1647343/Jonnen-Neuvo-they-see-me-trollin-they-hatin.jpg

[MITSUBISHI FUJI]

Yeah, but Gonzo sucks.

man this kid loves hating on other people's skating..

[Jar]

It's not hating if it's true.

[r.s.]

It's not hating if it's true.

gonzo was fucking amazing. Be-maggers are so god damn stupid.

[Quark]

haha i might have to do this one. i never understood ao topsouls. i can do them on coping, and have only done one on a rail. the way i do them, if my back foot misses, i eat SHIT. this is the only one i have ever done on street haha.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYJ8sAuFcEY

Landed in the lava.

Here's mine.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP5KLwtnWKA

[Jar]

gonzo was fucking amazing. Be-maggers are so god damn stupid.

C'mon rob... Really?

[r.s.]

Really, he is one of my favorite rollerbladers.

[Quark]

C'mon rob... Really?

Gonzo was style incarnate.

[Jar]

http://i.ytimg.com/vi/9b_ZwJtEC_g/0.jpg

[RobFromFlint]

gonzo was fucking amazing. Be-maggers are so god damn stupid.

Wait wait wait, is he referring to Gonzo Jaquez?????

[r.s.]

Wait wait wait, is he referring to Gonzo Jaquez?????

yes, not the be-magger.

[RobFromFlint]

How the fuck did he suck? Dude was like 4'11 and could ao topsoul shit that was chin high to him.

[Dignan]

Gonzo sucked at not being awesome.

[r.s.]

Gonzo sucked at not being awesome.

This is the only thing he sucked at.

[smiley]

i am all about this. backwards top souls are one of the best feeling tricks ever. loved the edit by the way brett

[bobgross]

Gonzo was awesome.
You all suck.
I ate toaster strudel for breakfast today.

[s.]

Gonzo was the shit, miss his skating

[LJ48967]

I guess gonzo's steeze doesn't match up to this new generation of hipster bladerz. It seems to me that if skating isn't done in skin tight pantz, then it isn't stylish and awesome. Gonzo did some of the most badass tricks on HUGE drop rails in vg23 (I think), Like full ao fish for example. Dude killed ledges, had a huge trick vocab, and was smooth as butta baby. No wonder rollerblading is going nowhere in a hurry; All we do is hate on one another.

[turdfurgison981]

All of this Gonzo talk is funny to me.

[Kent]

Gonzo porn FTW

[norILroller]

I guess gonzo's steeze doesn't match up to this new generation of hipster bladerz. It seems to me that if skating isn't done in skin tight pantz, then it isn't stylish and awesome. Gonzo did some of the most badass tricks on HUGE drop rails in vg23 (I think), Like full ao fish for example. Dude killed ledges, had a huge trick vocab, and was smooth as butta baby. No wonder rollerblading is going nowhere in a hurry; All we do is hate on one another.

this is why the new school pisses me off. refusal to acknowledge what came before 2006, let alone respect it.

[r.s.]

I guess gonzo's steeze doesn't match up to this new generation of hipster bladerz. It seems to me that if skating isn't done in skin tight pantz, then it isn't stylish and awesome. Gonzo did some of the most badass tricks on HUGE drop rails in vg23 (I think), Like full ao fish for example. Dude killed ledges, had a huge trick vocab, and was smooth as butta baby. No wonder rollerblading is going nowhere in a hurry; All we do is hate on one another.
fuck yes


this is why the new school pisses me off. refusal to acknowledge what came before 2006, let alone respect it.

and fuck yes

[sharkyROL]

I hope your syllabus includes a mid-term covering NOT using your backslide foot as a safety, e.g. doing a shitty ao topsoyale and unwrapping into ao topsoul.


I feel like this was directed at me.

[tonyrivituso]

I feel like this was directed at me.

i feel you brother.