Joe Hodges Vid 4 [Archive] - Unicyclist Community

unibikeling

2008-05-07, 01:51 AM

Another amazing vid:D:D:D

I almost missed the no handed hop at 0:50

yeah, i had to replay it to see what i thought i saw lol.

Pretty crazy stuff. I'm hoping to be hopping this good by end of summer. I'll practice enough that i'll get pretty good by end of june. My drummer cant practice at all in june, so most my times gonna be in unicycling then.

TrialsUni

2008-05-07, 02:42 AM

So good. So freaking amazing. He really is pushing uni trials.

might as well, before he probably ends up quitting like all of the others when they were getting into their peak. (sorry, the older i get, the more i get discouraged by this uni'ing 'trend').

he is amazing, but the 'street flare' part of me is wishing he had more style. that is in no way a criticism, it's just what i like to see more of. but yeah, i feel like i suck now, even though i've been getting better lately.

peleschramm

2008-05-07, 04:16 AM

nice... nice...

exceeds me in trials by far ;)

Danni

2008-05-07, 05:19 AM

nice... nice...

exceeds me in trials by far ;)

Thanks for clearing that up:D .

sp4rky-m4rky

2008-05-07, 06:25 AM

he is amazing, but the 'street flare' part of me is wishing he had more style. that is in no way a criticism, it's just what i like to see more of.
Yea I agree, obviously his riding is pretty dam amazing, his ups and gaps are huge and he is awesome at riding skinnies but I would still rather watch Zack Baldwin or Ryan atkins, even when they couldnt jump nearly as high and its an old vid and I have already watched it many times. Like most trials bike vids, its very impresive but doesnt seem to flow as well and isnt as good to watch. If it had that 'street flare' it would make one killer vid.

Danni

2008-05-07, 07:47 AM

I'm confused to what you two are saying. You want him to do what in his lines? Add a random unispin here and there and hoptwists? Give me an example here.

kidmuni

2008-05-07, 08:26 AM

Danni

2008-05-07, 08:39 AM

Im getting pretty annoyed,
First people were complaining about the rial riding, hopw boring it is.
So he put barely any balance in this vid.
Now getitng complaints about style!!

Screw the style, Its the LINES!!!

be greatfull he even makes vids.
+1

The rail riding was sick, I missed it this time. Joe does have his own style: going huge and going tech, and sometimes both. (Gap between the dumpster edges was masive. I don't see why he has to copy RA or ZB's style to be considered equal.

Jerrick

2008-05-07, 08:46 AM

Im getting pretty annoyed,
First people were complaining about the rial riding, hopw boring it is.
So he put barely any balance in this vid.
Now getitng complaints about style!!

Screw the style, Its the LINES!!!

be greatfull he even makes vids.

Well, cause watching mins go by of someone riding a rail does get boring. Its slow.

Dont freak out, cause its only a few people who have said it in this thread. I agree with them though. Watching Zach and Ryan, they had a certain "OOmph" to their riding, a certain flair like you would see a street rider have when they are flipping down sets. They wernt doing unispins and crankflips along there lines, but there was something happening in there.

Joe, great rider, but that doesnt come out from his vids. Maybe its the music, cause its still the trancey type of stuff, which to me, doesnt work for trials really. It can, but so far it hasnt. I dont know, I cant explain why I dont feel it from Joes videos, but I dont.

Grateful? lol.

Lutz

2008-05-07, 09:20 AM

I think his style looks a little goofy because he has the seat so low, but thats his personal style so it is ok. After watching the video I can understand why Ryan quit ;), some lines where so tech and these are the lines you need to win a fair trials competition.

kidmuni

2008-05-07, 09:43 AM

Well, cause watching mins go by of someone riding a rail does get boring. Its slow.

Dont freak out, cause its only a few people who have said it in this thread. I agree with them though. Watching Zach and Ryan, they had a certain "OOmph" to their riding, a certain flair like you would see a street rider have when they are flipping down sets. They wernt doing unispins and crankflips along there lines, but there was something happening in there.

Joe, great rider, but that doesnt come out from his vids. Maybe its the music, cause its still the trancey type of stuff, which to me, doesnt work for trials really. It can, but so far it hasnt. I dont know, I cant explain why I dont feel it from Joes videos, but I dont.

Grateful? lol.
Thats why he speads the rials up.
Im not frekain out, it just annoys me, people complain about the rails so he doesnt put many if any in, to make his vids more enjoyable then people are complainging about style!
I prefer joes riding over Ryans and Zack.
but thats just me.
Im also not the best speller.

DustinSchaap

2008-05-07, 09:52 AM

Joe's videos are amazing, I generally don't like trials videos but Joe makes every trials video great to watch. People should stop complaining, you jealous lot :p he's biketrialing on a unicycle, its brilliant

Eddbmxdude

2008-05-07, 09:58 AM

I like Joe's vids. I also like the music, I don't normally listen to that sort of stuff, but I know Joe does and thats a bit of him coming through in the vid. I also associate the music with London and riding in the city, don't know why, perhaps its cause thats were all the funky sub-cultures are that you only see when visiting the capital.

Reminds me of the London rides, we need another one soon.

Edd

mill_mobile

2008-05-07, 10:02 AM

I just watched a video of this guy who could hop REALLY HIGH... It was this one!

Sponge

2008-05-07, 10:08 AM

It's important to understand that Joe does indeed have a ton of street flare, he is one of the biggest rail grinders in all of unicycling for starters, and can make his riding very stylish with flowsome 180s here and there. But he doesn't care about that. If you went riding with him, you'd see he's got a lot more flow, creativity, and style than 99% of riders. Sure, Ryan's got a smoothie style, and that's cool :)

His ideology is pretty much that a trials vid is a trials vid, for trials, showcasing trials. If your pure trials skills are good enough to impress on video, you don't really have to showcase your streety flare as a backup. I can't watch this vid at school, but is his 110cm seat-in sidehop in there?

I need to get back into unitrials.

Probailer2

2008-05-07, 10:11 AM

I was (again) amazed by this SUPERB video.
Sick lines and great attacking style.
No handed gap was insane!!!
Joe, your my hero ;)
Hope to see you again at BUC.

Peter M

Linusk

2008-05-07, 03:37 PM

I must say, this is like the 3rd vid that's like 6 min+ long, use bass 'n drum and have still shots of him jumping up something. Sure, he's an awesome rider and some of the lines are SICK but really, I wanna see something new..

Danni

2008-05-07, 03:50 PM

How is the stuff he is doing not new? No handed hops, huge hops to skinnes, or massive rail gaps. All these things have never been done, so I don't understand where you are coming from.

peleschramm

2008-05-07, 04:03 PM

Linusk

2008-05-07, 04:05 PM

How is the stuff he is doing not new? No handed hops, huge hops to skinnes, or massive rail gaps. All these things have never been done, so I don't understand where you are coming from.
Did you even read my post? He's done like three videos with the same style, what more do I have to say? Of course it's not the same lines in every video, but it's just the same stuff over and over... Jump up, jump down, gap this, gap that, you know where I'm getting. I wanna see a moving camera, close up shots, different music (the bass n drum stuff is getting repetitive) and longer lines.
I know people will still flame me, but this is my opinion and I can stand for it. :D

sp4rky-m4rky

2008-05-07, 05:47 PM

I think you read my post wrong or um my writing skills let me down and I didnt quite say what I ment.

The vid was awesome, I realy liked it. Theres no doubt about that. What I was trying to say is like I realy like the way ZB and RA skip across nobaly rocks, how there riding seems to flow so nice and how enjoyable it is to watch, despite none of there gaps or ups being nearly as big. If JH could capture that it would leave no reason to go outside, you could just watch his videos all day every day :cool:

Spencer Hochberg

2008-05-07, 06:22 PM

The better you get at riding, the more critical everyone else gets. The riding was amazing, I liked the lines where he ended up on really high walls.

What was up with the round black thing on the right side? The vid felt like it was just quickly thrown together to me. I would like to see something nicely edited.

This is Joe's response on youtube if you guys haven't seen it. Things bad about this video that will be changed for unicon.
1.more filming without Tripod.
2. longer lines.
3.Natural riding
4.Need more style and flow.
5.The Music cant be for everyone but no dnb next time.

Lol stuff 1.zack baldwin was not that smooth just had high seat and DEFECT a very well edited (DVD!)
style is not every thing you have to lern how to fight for the line.
2.Maxim has shown you that!
3.If you just try to be stylish you will progress very slow.
if its all you think about.

MY UNICON VIDEO WILL SHUT EVERYONE UP!
Lots of tech in next video also very smooth to and not just ME!

Jerrick

2008-05-07, 08:04 PM

I did something last night that some people may like. It was quick though, so nothing special.

:D

Chexjc

2008-05-07, 08:19 PM

The fact is, Joe is original - he has his own style. Does anyone else ride like him? No. Point proven.

What was up with the round black thing on the right side? The vid felt like it was just quickly thrown together to me. I would like to see something nicely edited.

I agree here, however.

I think taking the camera off the tripod will make a huge difference - I like videos that put you in the action, not behind a screen.

Magixause

2008-05-07, 09:09 PM

it's just the same stuff over and over... Jump up, jump down, gap this, gap that, you know where I'm getting.
Pretty sure, that is what trials is, considering it is a complete trials video.

malabaristapablo

2008-05-07, 09:16 PM

Really I love it, Joe does trial extremly good! I like very much his tirals videos!

padst3r

2008-05-07, 09:49 PM

One thing i have never seen zack or ryan do in a video is jump over a really high rail like joe does in this vid.I would say the way joe jumps over them has alot of street flare like how he lands and just rolls backwards into the road and stuff lol Im not sure what im talking about.

thejdw

2008-05-07, 10:02 PM

Wow, crazy

littleman

2008-05-07, 10:52 PM

I'll agree that he does do most of the same stuff, but I don't think anyone can say anything, conidering he's the like the top rider in the world. I also like how there wasn't so much time riding rails. Plus the no hander gap was insane, I couldn't do that line with hands. I like how he landed backward out of his lines and did a smooth half cab out. And it's crazy how high he is in some of his lines, I would be afraid to ride on some of the stuff he was gapping on to. Overall awesome video, just poor editing.

LucasWintercrane

2008-05-08, 06:06 AM

the only reason you little idjits are saying its samey is because hes motivated enough to put out one video every month, you lot should be greatful cos everyones always starting threads saying 'i miss zack' or please ryan make another video. and if thy bought out a video you wouldn't call it samey because they havent done one for yonks. you can still see huge progression every video,

and saying no handed hops arent new, is true, but i think its pretty stupid to act like that wasnt a new level. because thats a brave gap to do no handed he must have been tripping on something when he decided to go for that

Jerrick

2008-05-08, 06:58 AM

I remember when I used to say they were kinda the same, because it was focused a lot on rails, which isnt bad, and there wasnt much tech going on, just ride rail, big ups. Its gotten a lot better now, over rails, onto rails, rail to rail, big ups, big downs, big gaps, still the rails, but now thats its blended in with a lot of other lines, its not bad.

amanda.gallacher

2008-05-08, 08:10 AM

Great video Joe, you really have taken/are taking unicycle trials to a new level. Are you riding Portsmouth (DJ memorial ride) on Sunday?

the only reason you little idjits are saying its samey is because hes motivated enough to put out one video every month, you lot should be greatful cos everyones always starting threads saying 'i miss zack' or please ryan make another video. and if thy bought out a video you wouldn't call it samey because they havent done one for yonks. you can still see huge progression every video
QFT.

rob.northcott

2008-05-08, 09:20 AM

Nice. I like watching trials and don't find it boring at all if it's done well. It's one of those things I'd sort of like to be able to do myself, but not quite enough to actually put the effort in to learn!

QFT.
Not heard that one before - had to look it up. I'm getting too old and uncool :o

Rob

TrialsUni

2008-05-08, 02:12 PM

What I was trying to say is like I realy like the way ZB and RA skip across nobaly rocks, how there riding seems to flow so nice and how enjoyable it is to watch, despite none of there gaps or ups being nearly as big. If JH could capture that it would leave no reason to go outside, you could just watch his videos all day every day :cool:

I agree.

I guess I'm just still so won over by the Heaton-style of videos. I really really love Defect, mainly for its editing.

I think it would be sweet to see a Pec/Hodges collab video.

And I wasn't complaining. I come from a bmx background, so that street flow is something that I naturally crave. And since he's currently the no1 rider in the whole world, I crave it from him, naturally. Someone linking lines, using smooth editing, it makes everything look so in control, and carefully paced. And that's pretty much why Defect still hasn't gotten old to me. I can still watch that movie. It's got a lot of personality, and showcases the riders' 'uni'que personalities. For those of you saying that Zack and Ryan weren't doing stuff that big, it WAS big THEN. It was the best the world of trials unicycling had to offer.

Joe is, without a doubt, the best rider in the world. How much longer he will be around, before he goes the way of the rest of the 'greats' is anyone's guess.

I don't understand the complaints about DnB. Then again, I come from a drumming background as well. The music has never bothered me.

Keep up the top of the line work, Mr. Hodges!

LucasWintercrane

2008-05-08, 02:23 PM

whats the big fuss about this video, he did like one medioca sized hop which i could probably hop up even without my Uni, the no handed hop was like a foot gap. those path blocking rail things were in a midget park so they were only like 2 foot high, i dont see how all this makes Joe any where near the best in the world.

whats QTF

rob.northcott

2008-05-08, 02:35 PM

whats QTF
Ah... not just me then!
I had to look it up (http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=QFT). Apparently it stands for "quoted for truth" or "quite f*ing true".

Rob

LucasWintercrane

2008-05-08, 02:39 PM

lol yeh i got that i wasnt sure whether it was some new amanda had for me lol, im hoping to spark some more controversy to this thread with my last post ha ha ha x

fexnix

2008-05-08, 06:41 PM

pushing the limits as usual... meh

forrestunifreak

2008-05-08, 07:02 PM

Nice moves that not a lot of people could do. I liked how a lot of the lines went up onto huge high walls or buildings, or whatever they were...

Jerrick

2008-05-08, 10:00 PM

I don't understand the complaints about DnB. Then again, I come from a drumming background as well. The music has never bothered me.

I come from a drumming background, as well as guitar, viola, and a load more of anything about music. Just for me, Joes riding is big and exciting. The DnB stuff doesnt capture that for me.

I did this in about 3mins. So far the people I have showed through msn have liked it more. Your thoughts? Just remember, it was only with a few mins, and very simple changing of things. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V87rmaV4MTc)

Danni

2008-05-08, 10:11 PM

Sorry jerrick, I hated it. I like the trance music style that joe has, especially k1 vid 3.

Magixause

2008-05-08, 10:12 PM

Sounds good but I deffenitly prefer the style of music he uses for his vids...

Magixause

2008-05-08, 10:16 PM

Sorry jerrick, I hated it. I like the trance music style that joe has, especially k1 vid 3.
I agree, the one in vid 3 was very good...I didn't like it at all in vid 2 though. This one's was ok but he kept changing..then at the end didn't have anything at all

padst3r

2008-05-08, 10:33 PM

I dont think fast paced music works with trials.I love the dnb joe uses in his vids if he edits it properly and you have to remember that he threw the 4th vid together very quickly and even apoligizes for it at the end.I think the vid he makes after unicon will be amazing :D

Magixause

2008-05-09, 02:50 AM

I'm not complaining at all in no way either I'm just saying I like the other vids' music better

peleschramm

2008-05-09, 03:03 AM

The music was cool I thought. Nothing i would really listen to on my spare time, but really good as background music.

TrialsUni

2008-05-09, 04:09 AM

well, automatically i'm going to be biased, because i'm so used to the kind of music joe puts in his vids. and lately i've been getting into a lot of underground hip hop, trip hop, and john coltrane. not much 'harder' stuff in any of that. the only thing that's hard that i've heard lately is between the buried and me. i do appreciate the energy, as a listener of post-hardcore music. some of the bits remind me of zappa, king crimson, and dream theater. do you like any of those bands?

you have a lot of talent, and sound like you have an overall knowledge of music (theory also, perhaps?). i'd like to hear what you could do if you had an actual band behind you.

Jerrick

2008-05-09, 07:18 AM

Sorry if you dont like it, it was just an expirement, and I think it wasnt too bad for having pre-edited clips. Trust me, if it was all the raw footage, id of spent a lot more time than 3mins, and would give out a better result. Im just having fun though.

Funny though, cause I jsut got back from seeing BTBAM, 3, and Opeth. Dream Theater is basically my favorite band.

I have a band too, actually. We just did a sweet show a few nights ago. Ill work on getting some good recordings of us if youre interested. Id like to carry this on through PM to not take the thread off topic.

Anyways. Joe rocks my trialin socks off! Its fun to watch such a good rider still improve in every aspect through the videos.

Does Joe enter in many bike trials comps?

kidmuni

2008-05-09, 07:50 AM

Does Joe enter in many bike trials comps?

From what I know quite a few
speaking of bike trial comps Im competing i one this sunday :D

wickedbob

2008-05-10, 12:48 AM

Damn, he's by far my favorite rider. Sure if you want "street flare" hes is not your man, but if you want pure unadulterated trials skill he can't be beat. I really don't care to see a uni-spin or "street flare" in a trials video, I want trials. I want massive and tech moves. Really it is quite inspiring, it's awesome to see what can indeed be done. I don't think it gets any better than this for a pure trials video.

TrialsUni

2008-05-10, 01:58 AM

Sure if you want "street flare" hes is not your man, but if you want pure unadulterated trials skill he can't be beat. I really don't care to see a uni-spin or "street flare" in a trials video

now it's at least two people i've seen in this thread define street flare as throwing a unispin into a trials line.

the thing about people criticizing my 'street flare' comment, is that they must not truly understand what 'pure' trials is. urban is not 'pure' trials. natty is.

to me, adding in street tricks wouldn't just be 'flare,' it'd be a hybrid of trials and street...somewhere along the lines of keaton miller, if you've seen his stuff.

when i see people in urban environments my first reaction is to want to see street flow like how the pavement flows on and on.

like joe said, the editing was messed up. i like his fast moves, and with good editing all of the up and down maneuvers will look a lot less choppy from one scene to the next.

joe and tom are my two fav. trials riders at the moment. tom is hella stylish. joe is a maniac.

because of this video i am pushing myself hard these days. joe's right about fighting to win lines.

kidmuni

2008-05-10, 02:23 AM

now it's at least two people i've seen in this thread define street flare as throwing a unispin into a trials line.

the thing about people criticizing my 'street flare' comment, is that they must not truly understand what 'pure' trials is. urban is not 'pure' trials. natty is.

to me, adding in street tricks wouldn't just be 'flare,' it'd be a hybrid of trials and street...somewhere along the lines of keaton miller, if you've seen his stuff.

when i see people in urban environments my first reaction is to want to see street flow like how the pavement flows on and on.

like joe said, the editing was messed up. i like his fast moves, and with good editing all of the up and down maneuvers will look a lot less choppy from one scene to the next.

joe and tom are my two fav. trials riders at the moment. tom is hella stylish. joe is a maniac.

because of this video i am pushing myself hard these days. joe's right about fighting to win lines.

wtf lol pure trials is not just natural
Unicycle trials is a form of unicycling which involves participants attempting to ride a unicycle over obstacles without any part of the rider touching the ground

wickedbob

2008-05-10, 03:19 AM

Kid beat me to it.

TrialsUni

2008-05-10, 02:16 PM

wtf lol pure trials is not just natural
Unicycle trials is a form of unicycling which involves participants attempting to ride a unicycle over obstacles without any part of the rider touching the ground

that's why you see how many comps being held on urban only terrain?

i wasn't talking about just unicycle trials. where does bike trials come from? where does moto trials come from? flagged parts of the natural environment. unless held inside, there are usually few to no man made obstacles in bike/moto comps.

and trials takes place on a marked course, with marked levels.

outside of that realm is not pure trials. yeah, sure, you may be doing trials 'moves,' but you're just free-styling around...free riding.

i don't know how that doesn't make sense.

Danni

2008-05-11, 01:42 AM

Trials is defined as getting over a set series of obstacles without putting your feet down or leaning against anything. Where it is done does not matter. I have seen many trials competitions, moto, bike, and uni done on man made obstacles. Look at fluck, unicon, etc. World championships in japan are done on man obstacles, so I disagree that natural is the only kind of "pure trials".

I like natural as it is both technical with some big moves. It is a good way to measure overall trials skill, not just jumping power.

chauncy

2008-05-12, 05:52 AM

Holy crap! That was beautiful.

napalm

2008-05-12, 12:33 PM

congrats joe- that was mind blowing. The size of everything you do is simply astounding. Personally i really liked the music- (you should check out this UK dub artist that goes by the name burial. His new album 'untrue' is absolutely fantastic and i think you'd like it)
Keep up the great riding.
mark

Probailer2

2008-06-29, 06:12 PM

I come from a drumming background, as well as guitar, viola, and a load more of anything about music. Just for me, Joes riding is big and exciting. The DnB stuff doesnt capture that for me.

I did this in about 3mins. So far the people I have showed through msn have liked it more. Your thoughts? Just remember, it was only with a few mins, and very simple changing of things. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V87rmaV4MTc)

Just saw that remake again, and wondered what the song name is?
I heard it before somewhere else, but can't remember.

unibikeling

2008-06-30, 01:57 AM

Just saw that remake again, and wondered what the song name is?
I heard it before somewhere else, but can't remember.

I know where you heard it, Tony Hawks American Wasteland. Lol.. I think its like skate jungle or something, idk, jerrick can answer that. Its a good song.

Probailer2

2008-06-30, 01:10 PM

I know where you heard it, Tony Hawks American Wasteland. Lol.. I think its like skate jungle or something, idk, jerrick can answer that. Its a good song.

Yeah, I was thinking either that, THP8 or Skate.
I realy miss my XBOX 360 for that games :(

Jerrick

2008-07-02, 10:56 PM

Yeah, I was thinking either that, THP8 or Skate.
I realy miss my XBOX 360 for that games :(

Lol, ive never played any of those games.

Yeah, I answered your question on youtube, but just incase you didnt check that yet. The band is An Endless Sporadic, and the song is, well, actually I dont know the name. It says "An Endless Sporadic roughs".

If you want, hop onto msn anytime and I can send you it.

Probailer2

2008-07-04, 01:03 PM

Lol, ive never played any of those games.

Yeah, I answered your question on youtube, but just incase you didnt check that yet. The band is An Endless Sporadic, and the song is, well, actually I dont know the name. It says "An Endless Sporadic roughs".

If you want, hop onto msn anytime and I can send you it.

I got it, the song is "Sun of perl" by "An Endless Sporadic"