Pirouette, Death Spin... this need to be de-homo'd

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Old 01-09-2009 | 06:32 PM
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Pirouette, Death Spin... this need to be de-homo'd

Back when the trick was in its infancy Teach and I were working on a similar way to end fast circles. Teach went his way and I went mine. The “Pirouette” is what we called it. Why? Because it's safe and ballet like homo good times.

Thomas is to much of a homophobe to say Pirouette on a mic because he thinks he'll lose 10 gangster points each time he says it. And well, Thomas is OG and all, so he decided that.... “Curly Fries” sounded better, real gangster there... Just because he's always thinking about food is no reason to give a trick a retarded food name. That **** died in early 90's when snowboarding was using stupid food names for tricks.

One day he blurted out “death spin”. OK, so us as the Death Squad, Death Spin, I see where he was going with this. But this trick has NO danger to anything but the bike. How the **** is the word death associated with a hyper stall? It's not, it's not dangerous, it's not scary, it's just a very easy thing to toss in a circle set for fun. And it was really meant as a way to transition from fast wide circles to technical ones without just slowing down. Anyway, Death Spin is gay, I'm a homophobe too. I have a real hard time accepting names that make our potentially overly safe sport make us look like pussies.

It needs a new name, if everyone can't call it a pirouette like the two people who started doing it first coined it as, what then? Just not death spin, that ***** embarrassing.
Old 01-09-2009 | 06:35 PM
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Re: Pirouette, Death Spin... this need to be de-homo'd

the twister!
Old 01-09-2009 | 06:36 PM
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Re: Pirouette, Death Spin... this need to be de-homo'd

i agree but unfortunately i have nothing to offer on names. i remember seeing tony d long time ago doing that in sitdown circles and i always just thought of it as an axis spin....
Old 01-09-2009 | 06:39 PM
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Re: Pirouette, Death Spin... this need to be de-homo'd

sdfkills is right, spinning off an invisible axis is the best way to explain it.
pouroette or axis spin....
Old 01-09-2009 | 06:40 PM
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Re: Pirouette, Death Spin... this need to be de-homo'd

Spinny Tire!
Old 01-09-2009 | 06:40 PM
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Re: Pirouette, Death Spin... this need to be de-homo'd

I actively refuse to call it a Death Spin, it's good to hear you hate it as well

Pirouette, it's a common term in multiple sports, so let's extend it to ours. We already have can cans
Old 01-09-2009 | 06:42 PM
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Re: Pirouette, Death Spin... this need to be de-homo'd

the problem with pirouette, is that I dont think anybody knows how to pronounce it."Stationary spin" would be a logical name,but that sounds pretty gay too. mabey "top spin" ? "twister" sounds good.

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Old 01-09-2009 | 06:45 PM
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Re: Pirouette, Death Spin... this need to be de-homo'd

hyper spin would b best, but isnt that another name for the crazy larry's??
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Re: Pirouette, Death Spin... this need to be de-homo'd

Originally Posted by *Tanus*
the problem with pirouette, is that I dont think anybody knows how to pronounce it.
That's just pathetic
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Re: Pirouette, Death Spin... this need to be de-homo'd

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Old 01-09-2009 | 06:51 PM
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Re: Pirouette, Death Spin... this need to be de-homo'd

Originally Posted by inolen
That's just pathetic
haha http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-b....wav=pirouette
Old 01-09-2009 | 06:54 PM
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Re: Pirouette, Death Spin... this need to be de-homo'd

i think thats what aaron colton called it back at king of the south, whorly bird
Old 01-09-2009 | 06:55 PM
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Re: Pirouette, Death Spin... this need to be de-homo'd

how 'bout "the crazy straw"
Old 01-09-2009 | 06:55 PM
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Re: Pirouette, Death Spin... this need to be de-homo'd

axis spin sounds good...or super spin!!!
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Re: Pirouette, Death Spin... this need to be de-homo'd

Originally Posted by inolen
That's just pathetic
i would have input if i knew how to say the word
Old 01-09-2009 | 06:59 PM
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Re: Pirouette, Death Spin... this need to be de-homo'd

or "corkscrew"

or "pigtail"
Old 01-09-2009 | 06:59 PM
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Re: Pirouette, Death Spin... this need to be de-homo'd

hyper spin
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Re: Pirouette, Death Spin... this need to be de-homo'd

Originally Posted by inolen
That's just pathetic
Originally Posted by bornreadybc
i would have input if i knew how to say the word
see!Im not the only one!, in AZ before "death spin" caught on, it was called "you know,that spin trick"
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Re: Pirouette, Death Spin... this need to be de-homo'd

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see!Im not the only one!, in AZ before "death spin" caught on, it was called "you know,that spin trick"
Dear god, this is like a bonus scene from Idiocracy

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Re: Pirouette, Death Spin... this need to be de-homo'd

I think it's too late to change the name.. But a new one would be sweet lol



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