Is Spencer Barton cappin?
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YouTube skater Spencer Barton has thrown out a challenge that has skaters paying close attention. He says if his current YouTube video reaches one million views in 30 days, he will attempt a backside flip down El Toro.
It is a heavy promise tied directly to view count, and he made it known in a post asking fans to help spread the word.
Barton wrote, “Get my YouTube video to a million views by January 10th if you wanna see me send it! Share this!”
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The video he is talking about is titled “I Finally Did it. The Highest Ollie of All Time.” It dropped recently and shows Barton working through massive obstacles while chasing what he believes is the highest ollie ever done.
For a while now, the YouTube sensation has been focused on ollies.
He has been stacking clips over bigger and bigger setups, clearly dialing things in and repeating attempts until everything clicks.
His goal was simple in theory but brutal in practice. He wanted to prove that he currently holds the highest ollie ever done, even if there is no official recognition behind it.
The Guinness Book of Records did not step in to acknowledge it, but that did not seem to matter much to Barton. From his point of view, the footage speaks for itself.
He knows what he landed, his audience saw it, and that was enough for him to stand behind the claim.
Right now the video is sitting at just over two hundred thousand views after two days. That gives him around twenty-eight days to close the gap and reach one million.
If that number hits, Barton says the backside flip at El Toro is on.
El Toro has a long history and plenty of stories attached to it. Ryan Sheckler once told the late Thrasher editor-in-chief Jake Phelps that he had backside flipped it as a teenager, but years later he admitted on The Nine Club podcast that it was not true. Before that, Sheckler tried it during the filming of a Plan B video and did not land it.
Nyjah Huston also went for the same trick at El Toro and came up short. Because of that, no one has actually rolled away from a backside flip there. The trick remains undone, which is why Barton tying it to a view goal has people talking.
Not long ago, Chris Joslin landed a 360 flip down the same spot, which was a first of its kind. The clip made the rounds fast, and that moment played a big role in him earning Skater of the Year for his “G-MA” part.
El Toro still has unfinished business though, and a backside flip would sit at the very top of that list.
So the question now is simple. Can Spencer Barton actually pull it off if the views come through? Some people believe he is serious and will stand by his word.
Others think the call for shares is just about ad money and that the attempt may never happen.
Either way, the clock is ticking. If the video reaches one million views in time, all eyes will be on El Toro to see if Barton really shows up and goes for it. If you want to find out, sharing the video below is the only way to get there.