JP Walker's all-switch part from "This Video Sucks"
October 22, 2009, 2:44 PM
By: Jesse Huffman
Tracy Anderson
JP Walker meets a larger than life JP Walker outside the ThirtyTwo showroom in NYC.
It takes a lot to get a trick dialed backwards. It's like trying to brush your teeth left-handed (if you're a righty); there's always unwanted dribble on your shirt, and it just doesn't look pretty. And while most pros pride themselves on a few switch moves, or even having all four 7s and 9s on lock in all directions, no one's ever gone full-monte with a fully switch part.
JP Walker has been in the video-part game for longer than most, and has always clocked in with progressive rail and backcountry bangers. Never settling for stock, for this season's 32/Stepchild's "This Video Sucks," JP decided to drop it all switch, or not at all. With his video part released for free viewing right here on ESPN.com, we caught up with JP to talk shop about going backwards -- to push snowboarding forward.
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Tracy Anderson
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Mary Fenton
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