Any trick where your legs are spread out looks ugly. Don’t spread your legs out. I’ll leave it to everyone’s imaginations to decide what kind of message is sent when someone’s legs are spread out. And don’t tuck them right in. It’s the same basic logic applied to sitting on a fucking chair.

I agree that everyone shouldn’t be judgmental in skating and life in general, but there are still obvious mainstays of style that people lack. It could be argued that one’s sense of style develops with age, so it’s natural for someone young to appreciate bizarre-looking shit. But still, I think kids can and should phase out that mentality quick. If you see a guy downtown filming rocket-dog ollies, varial flip willy grinds, and yo flips, as opposed to seeing Javier Sarmiento or Travis Stenger film a line in Barcelona, will that get you hyped on skating?

And yeah, I’d say clothing matters as well. If you see a guy at a skatepark, taking himself seriously, doing tre flip body varials – and wearing those fucked up huge neon Osiris shoes, a pink anime backpack, big cargo shorts, and multiple neon pink and green watches on both his arms (true story) – I honestly doubt anyone would seriously say, “That guy represents what’s cool about skateboarding.” Just learn what looks good, what looks good feels better and makes skating more fun. Popping and catching a trick tight feels way better than a plodding trick with your legs spread. People shouldn’t be robots or douche-kooks. You don’t have be either and can still be yourself and enjoy everything that’s good about skating.

There is nothing unique, creative or pretty about the yo flip. Everyone is trying to mimmick Stefan Janoski. He has a natural beautiful ‘yo flip’. Key word – natural.

Advice to the kiddies: don’t contrive your style with over the top body movements, it will progress, develop and change naturally throughout time.

i’ll agree that most of these “yo flips” kinda suck and look awkward, but theotis has a really nice tre, that video was a bad example i feel. his tre has evolved and looks way nicer than that.