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Become The Most Underpaid Pro

Sublimited is holding a contest to see who can best re-create Guy Mariano’s legendary part from Girl’s Mouse video. The prize is currently sitting at $1000 and is coming from the pockets of Joshua Steimie’s (Sublimited Owner) web design business. That may sound like a nice prize, but when you consider that there are 41 clips (13 of which are lines) to film, that’s a pretty hefty task. If you can pull this off, you’re probably already sponsored and should be out getting your own original footage instead of chasing a tough thousand bucks.

That said, I still thinks it’s a cool contest. Some people are fussing about how it’s stupid to re-create a masterpiece. I see it as a fun challenge. Challenge is the keyword though. I doubt there will be many entries. For Josh’s sake, I hope he adds some more rules to this contest. I’d hate to see him have to dish out $1000 to a lone entrant who’s submitted video is nothing like Mariano’s part.

Here’s Guy Mariano’s part from Mouse to refresh your memory (and for those of you who have never seen it):

This is a list of the tricks to duplicate. (I’m sure I got a few names wrong, but you can watch the clip for clarification. Fakie tricks mess me up.):

  1. Switch Bigflip
  2. Line: Switch B/S 5-0, Half-Cab Nosegrind
  3. B/S Crooked Grind
  4. Line: Switch B/S Crooked Grind, Switch B/S Pop Shuvit, Fakie B/S Tailslide Shuvit Out
  5. Line: B/S Nosegrind, Heelflip, F/S Tailslide
  6. B/S Crooked Grind a curved handrail
  7. Line: Switch B/S 5-0, Fakie 180 to F/S Nosegrind
  8. Line: Switch 360 Kickflip a 4 set, Half Cab Heelflip over a picnic table
  9. Switch 360 Kickflip over a picnic table
  10. Switch Outward Varial Heelflip
  11. Switch 360 Flip a roof gap
  12. Switch Nosegrind a Handrail
  13. Switch Nosegrind to Switch Frontside 180 Out a handrail
  14. Line: B/S Noseslide to Fakie, Switch B/S Tailslide, Switch B/S Pop Shuvit Noseslide Tto Regular
  15. Switch F/S Pop Shuvit to B/S Crooked Grind to 180 Out
  16. Line: Half Cab Heelflip over a garbage can, Nollie 180 to Switch B/S Crooked Grind a handrail
  17. Switch B/S Nosegrind to Backside 180 Out
  18. Line: Nollie 180 to Switch B/S Nosegrind to 180 Out, B/S Nosegrind to 180 Out
  19. Fakie Kickflip
  20. Half Cab Kickflip a picnic table
  21. Switch F/S Pop Shuvit a roof gap
  22. Switch B/S Crooked Grind
  23. Switch Hardflip (maybe a F/S Pop Shuvit) to Fakie Manual
  24. Switch 50-50
  25. Switch Overcrooks to 180 Out Transfer
  26. Switch F/S Boardslide a handrail
  27. Line: Backside Crooked Grind a curved ledge, Nollie 180, Fakie Ollie To Switch B/S Crooked Grind
  28. Line: Switch Kickflip to B/S Tailslide to Regular, F/S Tailslide, Fakie (just watch it)
  29. Line: F/S Nosegrind, Nollie 180 Kickflip, Half Cab Noseslide
  30. Half Cab to B/S Crooked Grind
  31. Line: Backside 180 to Switch Nosegrind, Hal Cab Crooked Grind to Regular
  32. Hal Cab Nosegrind
  33. Line: Switch Backside 180 to Nosegrind to 180 Out, Switch Backside 180, Backside Nosegrind
  34. Half Cab to Nosegrind to 180 Out
  35. Nollie 180 to Switch Crooked Grind
  36. Nosegrind F/S 180 Out a handrail
  37. Switch B/S 50-50 a handrail
  38. Switch Gap To B/S Tailslide Shuvit Out
  39. Ollie over a fence
  40. Fakie Crooked Grind a handrail
  41. Switch B/S Pop Shuvit to Switch B/S Crooked Grind

    42. Good luck!

    This entry was posted on Monday, April 9th, 2007 at 6:29 pm and is filed under Contests. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

14 Responses to “Become The Most Underpaid Pro”

  1. Joshua Steimle Says:
    April 9th, 2007 at 8:27 pm

    I did add one more rule giving me a loophole in case all the submissions are just absolutely horrible.

    My dream with this contest would be that some kid out there who rips uses this as his opportunity to create a sponsor-me video and he ends up getting a lot more than just $1K for his efforts but actually gets picked up by some team.

  2. bryan Says:
    April 10th, 2007 at 2:27 pm

    Cameron, just wanted to thank you for the link. This site is dope. I like your fresh look on skateboarding. I’ll be sure to link you in the next couple days. Word word.

  3. Leandro Souza Says:
    April 15th, 2007 at 7:26 pm

    No one will ever skate like GOD MARIANO!!!

  4. robert Says:
    April 17th, 2007 at 2:57 pm

    this is going to the hardest contest ever. CRAZY MAN!

  5. SPohlmann » Blog Archiv » Am Wochenende schon was vor? Says:
    May 4th, 2007 at 6:02 am

    […] Nein? Wetter soll super werden und wer nicht zum Osnabrücker Nachtflohmarkt geht kann “mal eben” 1000$ erdienen! Glaubt ihr nicht? Klar- man muss “nur” den Guy Marianos Part vom Girl Mouse Video nachfilmen! Hier die Regeln und hier der Part! Viel Erfolg!!! […]

  6. James N Says:
    May 6th, 2007 at 10:55 am

    Holy cow, so if someone has a box in front of their house, or their own personal rail, then this all wouldn’t be too impossible. I just hope that no one hurts themselves to get that 1000 lol.

  7. Dwa konkursy « GirlSkater Says:
    May 7th, 2007 at 1:16 am

    […] Dwa konkursy 7 05 2007 Przypominamy o dwóch konkursach organizowanych przez Slap Magazine. Pierwszy to konkurs fotograficzny KLIK, a drugi polega na odtworzeniu przejazdu Guy’a Mariano. TU macie film oraz dokładniejsze informacje. […]

  8. shoreviewskateparkforever Says:
    May 7th, 2007 at 1:34 pm

    p rod not allowed to enter

  9. satan Says:
    May 12th, 2007 at 3:14 pm

    I don’t know if anyone mentioned, but its actually a sw bs 5-0 shuv out… in the first line

  10. satan Says:
    May 12th, 2007 at 3:20 pm

    it was a sw bs 5-0 in the first line…

    a switch tre not switch shuv in the 4th clip…

    frontside nosegrind not backside in the 5th clip…

    don’t know wtf a outward heeflip is but its sw varial heel in the 10th clip…

    i’m not in the mood to correct the rest if any, but yeah……… you should look over it again and make the list.

  11. J Young Says:
    May 16th, 2007 at 9:18 am

    Nice idea for a contest..sure will get those tech skaters out there trying to nail it. I’ll be putting this contest up on the Europeskate.com site…it is international right?

    All the best,
    J.Young
    Europeskate.com

  12. Europeskate.com » Blog Archive » Do Guy Mariano tricks 10 years later, win 1000 bucks! Says:
    May 16th, 2007 at 9:45 am

    […] Yeah, you are reading that one right. I just came across this contest from Sublimited who is holding a contest to see who can best re-create Guy Mariano’s legendary part from Girl’s Mouse video. The prize money is coming straight from Joshua Steimie’s own pockets. It is quite a feat to beat becouse according to Altered Skateboarding site (which shows a list of all of the tricks and lines by the way) there are 41 clips (13 of which are lines) to film. If you can do all of this you probably are sponsored already, but what the heck…it’s like a game of SKATE right? Here’s the video for ya: […]

  13. The Guy Mariano Mouse Part Contest | Sublimited Skateboard Blog Says:
    September 10th, 2008 at 7:00 pm

    […] 2. Valid submissions. I’m not doing this so that I can get 100 videos of kids doing slow tricks on 2 inch high curbs. I’m going to exercise my right to say that none of the submissions is valid if nobody can come close to doing even just one trick. That might sound harsh, but on the other side of things, if anyone can handle just a few of Guy’s tricks and do them well, that might be enough to win. Thanks to Altered for compiling a comprehensive list of all Guy’s tricks in Mouse. […]

  14. How to Get Six Pack Fast Says:
    April 15th, 2009 at 10:44 am

    This is quite a hot info. I’ll share it on Twitter.

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