Chicken salad, roast beef—these were some of the old school grabs that Taylor Gold was throwing into tricks like a Cab 1080 and Crippler on his way to winning the 2014 Burton US Open pipe. Exactly how much those grabs helped him win is hard to say, because he was also going absolutely massive and stomping double corks, but they’re a crucial part of how pipe riders can continue to do technical tricks while keeping an element of style. When asked why he chose those grabs Taylor said, “I just saw Danny [Davis] and Sage [Kotsenburg] doing different stuff and I wanted to do as much as I could to make my riding a little bit different. I’m just so stoked that I was able to put them into my run.” … Pictures and more
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