Any serious skate fanatic has wondered at least once in their life what it would be like to break down skate videos by numbers. Pull out a pen and notepad, cue up a video, and start scribbling down as many data points as you can count.
The process is a serious grind, but luckily we have guest contributors, and one of them spent dozens of hours coming up with a pretty thorough skate video data analysis.
Jared decided to analyze some skateboarder’s entire careers through their video parts, appreciating them in a new way, starting with Jim Greco’s 25+ year prolific career.
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July 31, 2019 2:31 pm
…someone needs to get laid!
July 31, 2019 3:01 pm
Not really; see how productive people can be when they do they do other stuff!
July 31, 2019 5:32 pm
dude probably has a high-paying job and does tbh… but who fucking knows
July 31, 2019 3:46 pm
Fuckin nerd
July 31, 2019 4:22 pm
haha, sick
July 31, 2019 4:46 pm
Stats for Cardiel or GTFO