Adri Hirt noseblunts a round bar from a kicker in Berlin, Germany
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Enjoy Adrian Hirt’s new twist on the Casper flip
Germany’s hard-working technician dusts off an old freestyle trick and goes next-level on it!
Written by Niall Neeson
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1 minWatch Adrian Hirt bring his flavour to the CasperSuper technical ledge trick from Germany's Adrian Hirt.
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Ah, the Casper flip – unloved child of a freestyling past, which periodically raises its head again in the trick-hungry present.
Ed Templeton personally re-popularised the Half-Casper flip (think half a kickflip, which is then folded by upending the nose through pushing down on the underside of the tail) back in 1991's seminal Useless Wooden Toys; a fact which, much like the vogue for no-complies, proves once and for all that nothing is cool, and everything is permitted.
So that’s all well and good: the flatland Casper is the staple of those skatepark tutorial Barneys you find while rifling through the dark corners of the internet on a lonely evening, but to actually take it to a street spot and do it out of a ledge trick is something altogether different.
As Mike Carroll correctly noted, ‘Progress goes in different directions’, and this is why it’s cool to see someone think creatively and go their own stylistic route.
So it is without further ado that we give you Germany’s Adrian Hirt with his tech twist on the old girl, as we ask: ‘What the actual...?’
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