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| - In the beginning, there was Aum. Just a sound in the dark. Soon Aum got bored. Shortly after we got light and shit. Light and shit started to fuck with eachother until planets smashed on to the scene. Then whoever somewhere sometime did some shit and BAM humans. Humans have been blessed with a goofy star shaped body and a giant gravity canvas to play with. Starting in the earliest of days came the most basic of movements. We don't know who landed the first forward roll, or the first cartwheel. But we do know that we stomped that shit. (Though odds are good that monkeys actually beat us to those tricks, but fuck monkeys) Imagine the sights, you're outside of a fucking cave where you live, it's warm and sunny out. Last night you killed a Triceratops so you and your tribe will eat good for weeks. This is your off day. Your best friend Tu walks over to you and asks if you've seen Kah. You don't know, you haven't seen Kah since the hunt. Kah walks from behind an oversized prehistoric tree. Together you, Kah, and Tu form a triangle. (A polygon =D ) You can't remember who started it but someone was making goofy noises and clapping his hands. (Which has just been discovered a week ago) Then before you know it Tu and Kah were pacing back and forth in front of the cave. Soon Kah jumped as far as he could at Tu. That was some tight shit. But Tu kept his cool, he had one up his sleeve too. Tu ran forward and jumped as far as he could PLUS he did a 180. holy shit Tu brought the house down with that. But it wasn't enough. You start making louder banging sounds as Kah winds up his arm. He's never tried this before but he's certain it'll work. He reaches for the floor! One hand touches, THEN THE NEXT! HOLY FUCKING SHIT KAH IS UPSIDE DOWN he falls over and catches himself with his feet. Kah stuck it. Tu started walking away smiling while making a cutting motion with his hand at his neck. I'm sure in the very first days, it was simply Tricking at it's purest form. They didn't have dance yet because they'd have to figure out music before dance. They had survival and then slowly but surely, excess skillsets became available to the human. Starting with Tricking. At its earliest core Tricking was simply who could do the coolest shit. Caveman didn't know much, but they knew when something was cooler than something else. Mice are cool, but Tigers are way cooler. Along the way things started to get more complex. Styles emerged, and with it swag. Which to all those who were there that day later regretted it and it was widely viewed as a bad idea. Tu and Kah quickly became at ends with one another. Competeing to see who could be the coolest caveman in cavesville. Soon word spread of this thing you could do when you were bored. Every village had at least one dude who could do some cool ass shit. As Tu and Kah continued their rivalry schools formed placing rules on just what exactly it was they were trying to do. Then came the copy cat schools who were basically just doing the same thing but they changed a little bit of it, or they incorporated a new prop into the mix. Fast forward to the rise and fall of many nations all the way to modern day. Tricking by itself was almost forgotten, despite being incorporated into every art form across the globe. We had Gymnasts, Acrobats, Tumblers, Martial Artists, Dancers, Athletes, Olympians, Skiers, Skateboards, etc etc etc etc All we just trying to do the coolest shit possible.
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