Until Pedro Barros arrived on the skate scene, padless back-to-back 540s in the middle of flawless runs in cement bowls were simply not done.
They are now. God knows what will come from the Brazilian star in the future, given that his private skate compound on the remote island of Florianopolis features a massive cement bowl, a proper vert ramp and a mini. No skater has ever had mastered transition skating this young.
There’s always going to be guys that take skating a little further, but very few can make it leap to places beyond our imagination. Pedro is that guy for this generation.