Skaters/Boarders of BuF Unite!

[el Gato]

Just taking a new role call, seeing who does what. Post pics if you'd like. There are some pics here (http://forums.beyondunreal.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=91881&highlight=foot+plant), thanks to Fuct and myself playing a little Pic tennis. :)

I skate and snowboard, and would love to try surfing. I am old school. Very old school. Here's how old school I am:

Skate set-up: Blockhead "Hard Times", Indy 196's, Powell Mini-rats, 57 x 35 @ 95A.

http://www.oldschoolskates.com/images/DECKS/642.jpg http://www.oldschoolskates.com/images/WHEELS-po/pomr.jpg

Snowboard: K2 HC 169 w/ mondo high back bindings.

I had a skate problem a while back. I ground my back truck down about half way through to the axel, and my kingpin nut got so thin that it popped off. I had to saw off the top of a new kingpin because it extended out too far. My front truck is also down to the axel, mostly because I switch my trucks to avoid uneven wear due to grinding. I love my 169's, that are sooooo sweet on curbs, thay slide like butta! Too bad that the more I grind, the more likely they'll snap on me.

:D:D:D

[Fuct]

I'll post pics tommorow because it's 3:30 am here and I need some sleep :)

[Kokensu]

Normally I inline when I can but right now I feel like a kicked my shin into the sharp edge of a metal box....Oh wait I did. :rolleyes:

My skates are made by these (http://www.razorskate.com/itmidx1.htm) guys. But I have like one of the VERY first models that they made. The intire blade is metal. Looks cool and they're great for ramps/half-pipes cause you can adjust the wheels to varying heights, but concrete+metal=you falling on your ass. Great for grinding metal pipes and what not though. ;)

[Fuct]

http://www.slapmagazine.com/new_site/dec_01/camera/Manzoori_big.jpg

http://www.slapmagazine.com/new_site/dec_01/camera/dill/6.jpg

http://www.slapmagazine.com/new_site/dec_01/camera/harris_big.jpg

I'm off to bed now. :)

[el Gato]

Bill Danforth kicked ass. He was bald and shirtless for ages:
http://www.breakoutmag.com/ad_9.jpg

Check out Salba's knee pads, lol:
http://www.breakoutmag.com/ad_15.jpg

Early Mike Vallely:
http://www.breakoutmag.com/ad_30.jpg

[Hunter]

me skater

[AMMAGETSVM]

Originally posted by Kokensu
I feel like a kicked my shin into the sharp edge of a metal box....Oh wait I did. :rolleyes:


Man, that sucks, I feel your pain. I opened up my shin on a ledge and it bled for 2 days...lol I wouldnt go to the hospital, opted to be like Rambo instead.:)
It's really interesting to see how Razors have evolved. They're good skates.:tup:


This winter, Im gonna snowboard. It was a friend of mine's passion, and being that she is no longer among us, I will continue to carry on the spirit.
I miss playing in the snow anyways...

[afkik]

anybody here of "casper"? Hes probably the best damn street skater i have ever seen in my entire life

[little darlin]

I've been skating on and off since about '85 and snowboarding since '88 so I don't know if that proves I'm old school or just old.:) I still love it though, in spite of the fact that I'm a little less apt to go for the big hand rail these days, and a little more apt to just cruise around and pull a few little curb tricks. Oh well, shins don't last forever kids.;)

Here's my list of boards, I still remember my early ones:

1. generic wooden old thing
2. Variflex Loco Yokel
3. Powell Ripper ramp model
4. Santa Cruz Corey O'Brien Reaper
5. H-street (can't remember this one either, had a guy being x-rayed on it)
6. Alva John Gibson
7. SMA Natas Panther
many others....


Right now I have a board I was given free by some friends who run a skate shop in San Francisco. No graphics left on it, so I don't know what kind it is.:D

Always wanted a Lucero Red Cross, but never got the chance.:(

[little darlin]

Here's a pic of that crazy ass old Powell I had. Huge ass board. Mine had black and white stripes. I painted the same design on my old quarter pipe when I had this board.:cool:

[Fuct]

http://www.csupomona.edu/~rosenkrantz/trailimages/skaterat.gif

[El Diablo]

Yo im here. I skate & snowboard. Listen to Punk music, you know, the works.

[pine]

The bikers are invading this thread as well as there aren't enough of us (me and Zaccix, as far as I know) to have our own thread.

Here's Josh Bender, the crazy bastard, in his own backyard of Zion, Utah.

http://gravityfed.com/athletes/bender/graphics/jb6-jpg.jpg

[afkik]

dont worry, im a biker! :D

I have a haro backtrail, its an X3, i still ride it everyonce and a while up at some dirt jumps my friend has

[el Gato]

Bah! Bikers, get yer own damn thread! ;):D

(Nah, Bikers are also welcome! :):):))

The Man, Stacey Peralta:
http://www.breakoutmag.com/ad_38.jpg

[loserkid]

My board has been put away for the winter, so i can't really tell you my setup (i didn't memorize it :P).

[el Gato]

Here's the layout of the local skate park:
http://www.co.lancaster.pa.us/skatepark/skateparklayout.jpg

Here's a pic. Look at all the lil' newbies! That kicks ass! :)
http://www.co.lancaster.pa.us/skatepark/general%20info%20pic.jpg


Here's all you need to thwart the naysayers who insist that a skatepark would have huge liability for injuries:

Source: National Consumer Product Safety Commission;
Printed in Transworld Skateboarding Business, Volume 8, Number 6, June 1997

Answering the Issue of Relative Skate Park Safety;
Comparative Injuries based upon hospital room emergency-room visits

Sport / Participants / Injuries / Percentage

Baseball / 36,600,000 / 437,207 / 1.2%
Basketball / 29,600,000 / 761,358 / 2.57%
Football / 14,700,000 / 409,296 / 2.78%
Ice Hockey / 1,700,000 / 61,264 / 3.6%
Soccer / 10,300,000 1/ 46,409 / 1.42%
Volleyball / 20,500,000 / 112,120 / .54%
Skateboarding / 6,200,000 / 27,718 / .49%

[Fuct]

Sweet!

I love snake runs!

[Hunter]

u ass u have a full pipe

well i guess the only desent local park is randlands but my board has ****ed with (gripe tape come off) so i can skate

[el Gato]

Originally posted by Fuct
Sweet!

I love snake runs!

Yes, snake runs kick ass.

I used to frequent this drainage ditch back home. It had an excellent downhill pitch with a slight curve, and at the bottom it butted into an even larger ditch, creating a spine. Overall, the walls were 5-7 feet tall. All in all it had some snake run qualities.

You could get air off the inside of the curve. You could transfer over the spine. You could grind on any number of lips. At he bottom, there was a big ass drain pipe sticking out that you could ollie over, grind over via the transition lip, or, my signature move, pull an edger over. We "borrowed" two ultra-slick yellow parking blocks to add to the fun - board slides, rock-and-rolls, and grinds with increased difficulty. We got some free pallets, broke them down, and made a vert extension.

We could ride only about 5% of it. The rest was full of silt, debris, and weeds. It would take about 10 minutes to walk it end to end. One summer we tried to reclaim some if it, but we never got to far as we'd always end up skating instead. We did clear enough to ride a little path through, with precision carves required or you'd eat it inthe silt or debris.

God, I spent more time there than any other skate spot. We'd skate through the buggy and wet springs, we'd sweat our arses off in the summer, we'd sweep it in the fall, and yes, on occasion, we'd have "arctic skate" sessions and ride in the winter. Sometimes having to shovel it.

I miss it dearly.

[el Gato]

Originally posted by OFFSPRING
u ass u have a full pipe


Yup. :)

[Ming the Merciless]

This is me doing what I do on the weekend.

and would love to try surfing . El Gato you have got to try it, it's such a buzz. Especially now the winter swells are coming. 10-12ft sess this weekend
/me runs and packs surfboard

[Uri19]

I'm just here to show presence :D
I would write about the erm skatepark like thingimajig there near my house but it's old and cracking plywood and loaded with 8 year olds who think they're inline skating gods, even though they can't even do an air :hmm:

[Fuct]

http://www.skateboarding.com/images/home/image6.jpg

Can't..... let..... thread.....die...must....go.....on

[el Gato]

(Needed a bump, though... Good one, Fuct. :))

Need some snow pics:
http://www.solsnowboarding.com/slideshow/photosearch/images/sullivan/mcguire.jpg


And a sweet tailslide:

http://media.mtnsi.com/image/standard/98/06/SKB179068.jpg

[Fuct]

Enough posting pics already, let's.......

SKATE TALK!







How do I do a noseblunt/bluntslide?

[el Gato]

Good question. I've only ever done blunt stalls and noseblunt stalls on transitions and such. I would always kick out of the slide because I'd hang up my wheels. :(

[Uri19]

Originally posted by Fuct
Enough posting pics already, let's.......

SKATE TALK!







How do I do a noseblunt/bluntslide?
You come up to a curb at a ~30deg angle and try to ollie it so that you will land with your back truck on the edge (ie nearly a boardslide). But you ollie like you would an ollie manual so you land at a blunt. to balance you take pressure on/ off your foot that's ABOVE the ledge. To get off you press the other one and do a 90deg spin.
As for noseblunting... I have no idea

[I AM{skullface}]

Wow. I'm going to get sentimentel here.

That pic of Vallely and his old elephant board totally put a wierd feeling in my stomach. I remember back in the day...man...back in the mid and late 80's thinking that Powell&Peralta were pretty much gods.

I remember when the Search for Animal Chin came out...and I witnessed the most insane halfpipe ever...that 20 minute end of them skating on the half ruled.

I remember thinking that McGill was a god.

I remember putting on my copers on my Trackers, and making sure I also had a lapper. All on my super stylish Bones Board. We're talking the original Bones Ripper board, with the skull ripping out, with the wheel wells, and absolutely no shape to the board at all. :)

Remember...

Minis. I had a Mini-McGill.

Bonite. That black paper that was sandwiched in P&P boards.

I used to skate everyday, all day, all night, with my friends, perfecting our 360 boneless's, our judo beanplants, and even trying our hand at ho-ho's. Yes, I said it. Ho-ho's.

I remember seeing my first "No Comply". Some kid in my neighborhood did in infront of us and said he saw this new skater called "Matt Hensley" do it. lol ;)

H-Street.

Tony Magnusson.

Omg.

Remember Kevin Staab? His boards with the sailors and parrots and all that sh!t all over them. heh.

I remember being in Germany in 1989, and going skating with the Santa Cruz team, Eric Dressen included, Salba there and he wasn't able to ollie up a curb. Man did that day rule. Nothing quite like sitting on the top of a half with Dressen and Salba, chatting with them and getting to skate with them. I think I was 17 then.

Vison Skateboards.

Mark Rogowski. aka Gator. Murder. Jail.

Jeff Phillips, inventor of the Phillips 66. What a handplant. I remember the full page "In Memory Of" Thrasher ran when he died.

I remember going to the Skateboarding World Cup in 90, where Danny Way tried 900's and then gave the board he tried it on to my brother. I remember seeing Chris Miller to huge gay twists that took up the whole ramp at that competition.

I remember Mullen and his incredible freestyle runs.

I remember me and my friends jumping the fence, again at the World Skateboarding Cup in 90, for Tony Hawks final run, and getting to watch it at the base of the ramp while a ton of pros sat around us, Natas, Mullen, you name it, they were there.

Man.

I remember all those good times, me and my skate, me and my brother practicing 360 kickflips, me and my good friends waiting in turn at a jump ramp to throw a good melonchollie off of it. All of us skating together...the sound of my wheels on the pavement, my trucks on a metal pipe, the slap and then scrape of the wood of my board as I threw down a nice long frontslide boardslide. The ping of wood against metal when I'd do handrails.

Those were some of the best times of my life.

-I_AM{skullface}

[Pikachu]

Originally posted by Pineconeboy
The bikers are invading this thread as well as there aren't enough of us (me and Zaccix, as far as I know) to have our own thread.

Here's Josh Bender, the crazy bastard, in his own backyard of Zion, Utah.

count me in, me and my trusty Kona Mano Mano go riding all the time

[little darlin]

H-Street Tony Magnusson!!! that was the board I was trying to think of. Thanks I AM{skullface}.:)

The Powell crew were gods!!! I don't wanna hear anyone say anything different. Future Primitive is the greatest Skate Video ever!!! You don't want to know how many times I watched that opening sequence of Steve Cab skating down a hill in SF.:D

Did you see my pic of the Powell ripper? I had the ramp model but you must be talking about this one:

[Fuct]

http://www.monsterskate.com/mag/tobin/images/tc/young.jpg

http://www.monsterskate.com/mag/tobin/images/tc/sumnr2.jpg

[Latent Image]

Anyone here play blade hockey?

[I AM{skullface}]

Originally posted by little darlin
Did you see my pic of the Powell ripper? I had the ramp model but you must be talking about this one:

Oh yeah baby!!! That was my first board!!!! My colors were black, but it was that one, right there, with no shape! heh

H-Street ruled (for a while), remember "Shackle Me Not"?

-I_AM{skullface}

[el Gato]

Latent Image - I don't, but then again I don't blade. I would try it, though.


Damn, I_AM, you almost made me cry. I basically have the same memories - outside of the contests. That Vallely pic had the same effect on me. Check out this link (http://www.breakoutmag.com/oldschoolskateboards.html) - there are SOOOOO many more old school adds/pics. Talk about a flashback.

LOL @ Bonite! The $hit would expand if you douched! :D

Ah, copers. I would grind through Indy copers on curbs. Red copers left an awesome mark. Eventually I stopped using them - my akel-bare Indys would throw sparks on the right curbs. :)

Neil Blender kicked (and still kicks) ass.

I remember Matt Hensley skating in Docs, doing all sorts of crazy street $hit.

Bones Brigade Video Show - Hawk, Cab, Mountain - all ackward teens having loads of fun. What it's all about.

Future Primative - Peralta doing that crazy manual swing for what seemed like forever. Was that the vid where Blender and Mountain out plywood throughout the house to skate it? LOL!

Animal Chin - Kicked ass. Period. Jelly-Mumbo!

Wheels of Fire/Streets on Fire - Santa Cruz's onslaught. Jason Jesse, Natas, Salba... OMG

Hocus Pocus - The first video I saw almost completely dedicated to pure, raw street skating.



/those years kicked ass...

[I AM{skullface}]

Originally posted by el Gato
Damn, I_AM, you almost made me cry. I basically have the same memories - those years kicked ass...

Wow, that is a great site El Gato. :)

It's so damn wierd to see all these ads...ads that I remember looking at over and over again when I was a teenager in HS!

Damn...Jim Theibaud, John Lucero, Dogtown!!!!

OJII wheels!!

LOL...that's beautiful stuff! Man, I want to go dig through my old videos and see if I can find any of me skating. My dad had a BetaCam (heh) and recorded us skateboarding a few times on our crappy quarter-pipes we'd make. I'd love to see the footage of me skating around!

-I_AM{skullface}

[el Gato]

My first pro board:
http://www.skateboardgraphics.com/images/skateboarddecksimages/gandsdecks/blendercoffeemanmed.jpg

My namesake:
http://www.oldschoolskates.com/images/DECKS/648.jpg

[I AM{skullface}]

All this skateboard talk is making me want to get my 29 year old self out and over to a skate shop. :)

I haven't skated in years, but I remember how damn fun it was.

I might just have to shell out some cash and grab a board! ;)

-I_AM{skullface}

[little darlin]

Originally posted by I AM{skullface}
All this skateboard talk is making me want to get my 29 year old self out and over to a skate shop. :)

I haven't skated in years, but I remember how damn fun it was.

I might just have to shell out some cash and grab a board! ;)

-I_AM{skullface}

That is exactly what I did last summer!!!:D

I was visiting friends in San Francisco and they had just come across some boards some way or another. I got one free from some friends in a skate shop and we spent the week skating all over the city. I felt a little foolish around the young kids cuz' I have no idea what's up these days as far as skating goes, but we still had the best time.

Just to be on a board with some friends in the city and have no responsibilities. Hell, it doesn't get better then that.:)

[el Gato]

Originally posted by little darlin
I was visiting friends in San Francisco and they had just come across some boards some way or another. I got one free from some friends in a skate shop and we spent the week skating all over the city. I felt a little foolish around the young kids cuz' I have no idea what's up these days as far as skating goes, but we still had the best time.


Sweet! Cruising San Fran would kick ass!

[Fuct]

Originally posted by I AM{skullface}
All this skateboard talk is making me want to get my 29 year old self out and over to a skate shop. :)

I haven't skated in years, but I remember how damn fun it was.

I might just have to shell out some cash and grab a board! ;)

-I_AM{skullface}

Go do it!

[I AM{skullface}]

Originally posted by Fuct


Go do it!

Man, I'm gonna have to! :)

I'm all excited about it now heh, I'm going to head to the skate/snowboard shop this weekend and do some poking around. Uh-oh...I might have to buy some skate shoes too!! :)

Little Darlin, that sounds so fun, cruising around the streets...ahh...I can't wait!

If I pick up a board this weekend I'll be sure to take a pic of me in skating action and post it here!

-I_AM{skullface}

[el Gato]

OK - anyone here mongo-footed? Seeing all the new locals skate... looks really odd. They skate mongo and have no control or speed. Could be that they lack balance and experience, though.

Oh yeah, I'm regular.

Hill bombs rock.

[AriTheDog]

PCB, that pic with the guy going off the cliff was insane!!!

where'd he land? :confused:

[Hunter]

Tony Hawk or other?

[el Gato]

Depends.

Ramp: Hawk
80's freestyle: Mullen
Pool/Pipe: Salba
Street: Not sure, don't follow todays crop of skaters.
Influential: Neil Blender

[Fuct]

Originally posted by el Gato
Depends.

Ramp: Hawk
80's freestyle: Mullen
Pool/Pipe: Salba
Street: Not sure, don't follow todays crop of skaters.
Influential: Neil Blender

Street: Chris Senn!

Seriously, I can't decide because there are too many talented skaters out there :)

[pine]

Originally posted by AriTheDog
PCB, that pic with the guy going off the cliff was insane!!!

where'd he land? :confused:

About 40 feet lower than where he started, if I'm not mistaken. You can see a dark spot in the dirt where they cleaned up a landing for him. The guy IS insane; he's in a league completely all his own. Another extreme rider described Bender by saying "He's so far into the deep end, nobody can touch him."

This is his bike:

http://www.singletrackworld.com/article.php?sid=308

[el Gato]

Man, that Bender guy is f'n nuts! :)

[Fuct]

Hey Gato, just to let you know that John Lucero, Matt Hensely and Mike Vallely is still ripping and all 3 of them are in the same company that John Lucero started. (Black Label (www.blacklabelskates.com))

And oh, Steve Caballero = Skate God.





PS:New avatar, you like? :)

[ZodiaK]

just noticed there's a skate thread goin' on...

i'm oldskool, alright, don't skate no more but hang around. it's all coming back to me now...oh the times when the bones brigade were kings...(well they still are to me :) )...

used to have a powell hosoi deck, indys...and SLIME BALLS!!!

just watched the Search for Animal Chin a couple days ago...
...oh yeah, and i just got Foundation's Art Bars and Sight Unseen...kewlstuff.

*sigh*

[el Gato]

Originally posted by Fuct
Hey Gato, just to let you know that John Lucero, Matt Hensely and Mike Vallely is still ripping and all 3 of them are in the same company that John Lucero started. (Black Label (www.blacklabelskates.com))

And oh, Steve Caballero = Skate God.

PS:New avatar, you like? :)

Lucero, Hensely (didn't he leave the scene for a bit?) and Vallely kick ass. Cab also. Same with your new Avitar. :D


Originally posted by ZodiaK
just noticed there's a skate thread goin' on...

i'm oldskool, alright, don't skate no more but hang around. it's all coming back to me now...oh the times when the bones brigade were kings...(well they still are to me :) )...

used to have a powell hosoi deck, indys...and SLIME BALLS!!!

just watched the Search for Animal Chin a couple days ago...
...oh yeah, and i just got Foundation's Art Bars and Sight Unseen...kewlstuff.

*sigh*

Old school, Baby! Animal Chin Kicks Ass! (http://forums.beyondunreal.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=82501&highlight=animal+chin)

[Fuct]

I've heard about Animal Chin but I've never seen any videos he took part in though. What happened to him?

Last I heard he was M.I.A

Edit: What's a"Pressure Flip", and how do I execute it?

[Latent Image]

I eventually plan to start using the ramps and bowls we got near our place....using blades...should be fun.

[I AM{skullface}]

Mondo foot? Is that goofy?

I'm a goofy foot skater. :)

It's the best way to skate! ;)

What always freaked me out where those wierdo-s who pushed with their front foot. Ugly pushing!

-I_AM{skullface}

[Hunter]

me regular

can i get shots from thps2 of what i 'do'

[el Gato]

Originally posted by I AM{skullface}
Mondo foot? Is that goofy?

....

What always freaked me out where those wierdo-s who pushed with their front foot. Ugly pushing!

-I_AM{skullface}

You mean mongo-footed? That's when you push with your front foot. Doesn't matter if you're goofy or regular - you can be mongo-regular and mongo-goofy.

It's called Mongo because it looks like a step backward in evolution. Caveman style pushing. :D

[Fuct]

Hey el Gato, answer my question!

I need answers! :p

[el Gato]

You mean about the pressure flip? I thought it was a kickflip, but you use your back foot to do the flipping instead of your front foot. That's as you are riding forward, not fakie.

Me thinks.

:p :p :p

[namu]

Don't forget me ! I don't have my own snowboard yet, but i already know which one it would be (a particular model from Oxygen i've been using in the Alps) :)

[Tetris L]

<- Snowboarder

Slim race board, hard boots. I do a turn or a jump now and then, but mostly I enjoy going downhill FAST. Hmmmmm ..... carving.

Only when there's perfect fresh powder I get out my allround/freestyle board for a bit of powder surfing. That beats everything.

[Uri19]

Originally posted by el Gato
You mean about the pressure flip? I thought it was a kickflip, but you use your back foot to do the flipping instead of your front foot. That's as you are riding forward, not fakie.

Me thinks.

:p :p :p
Yeah thats a pressureflip allright. I know a guy who pulls off a pressure nollieflip or whatever it's called... That flip just looks PHAT! I love it!

[namu]

Tetris-L, that's exactly the type of snowboarder i am :) I might go to Avoriaz on the 16th and ride the frozen waves (Eh, snow is water :D).

[I AM{skullface}]

Originally posted by Fuct
Hey el Gato, answer my question!

I need answers! :p

Here you go.

When you're standing on your board, put your back foot way up on the tail and your front foot right behind you front truck bolts. Apply pressure on your front foot, almost like you are pushing down with your foot, and then jump like you're going to ollie but without dragging your foot up to make the ollie. The board will flip for what appears to be no reason at all. :)

It's the concept that's odd, you're making the board flip, instead of kicking it, you're letting the board flip because of the pressure you're placing on it. Keep fooling with your foot placement, that's the most important thing.

They're easy once you do them, it's just doing it the first time that is wierd. Kinda like doing an front-foot impossible. Really wierd to try, but once you do it you think to yourself "and WHY was this so hard??"

Good luck man...and damn...is it hard to describe how to do that. Not that I've even done one for 4 years.

Yes, I was just standing up in my office hopping in place trying to remember how to do it. :)

-I_AM{skullface}

[Uri19]

Originally posted by I AM{skullface}
Yes, I was just standing up in my office hopping in place trying to remember how to do it. :)

Yay! A few more technical questions and skullface will get fired!
How do you do a boardflip (Shuvit flip arg at weird names as opposing to excat ones)?
And a Big Spin? And a Cabbalerial? A Gay Cabbalerial? How how how?

[I AM{skullface}]

Originally posted by Uri19

Yay! A few more technical questions and skullface will get fired!
How do you do a boardflip (Shuvit flip arg at weird names as opposing to excat ones)?
And a Big Spin? And a Cabbalerial? A Gay Cabbalerial? How how how?

Boardflip? You mean kickflip? Pretty basic, just ollie, and kick your front foot backwards, behind you. That will drive the edge of the board to flip. Flip it. Land it. Chill.

Caballerial. Allright...you're kinda talking half-pipe terms here. Caballerial is actually just a fakie 360 on a half. Steve Caballero "invented" them, hence the name.

Gay Caballerial is with a grab. You ride fakie (backwards), spin off the lip of the half, and then land facing down the ramp.

I can't do them (I never rode half, just street), but it's pretty much the same as snowboarding. Ride fakie, and as you approach your jump (lip, whatever), begin to rotate your shoulders the direction you are spinning. As you pop off the lip (jump), suck your knees up to your body, that will pull the board up with you. As you spin, since your head comes around first, spot your landing, and aim for it. Rotate, release your grab as your knees catch up with your shoulders, and land stylishly.

If you do that, tons of hot girls will immediately come running up to you, giggling and screaming with excitement, and shower you with kisses.

Trust me.

;)

-I_AM{skullface}

[Fuct]

The Birdman himself, Tony Hawk.
http://www.skateboarding.com/images/home/image3.jpg

http://media.mtnsi.com/image/standard/01/08/SKB0199107.jpg (http://www.skateboarding.com/slideshow/index.cfm?alias_id=17613&credit_id=735&location=oversized)

http://media.mtnsi.com/image/standard/01/08/SKB0199104.jpg (http://www.skateboarding.com/slideshow/index.cfm?alias_id=17603&credit_id=751&location=oversized)

[el Gato]

Originally posted by Tetris L
<- Snowboarder

Slim race board, hard boots. I do a turn or a jump now and then, but mostly I enjoy going downhill FAST. Hmmmmm ..... carving.

Only when there's perfect fresh powder I get out my allround/freestyle board for a bit of powder surfing. That beats everything.


I also like to go FAST. I need to get to a demo day at the local mountain and try some hardboots. I say that every year but I always miss those demo days.

[The_Inflictor]

Can someone tell me the secrets of using a button-toe with a board?

Thanks :)

[el Gato]

Sorry, not sure what you mean by "button-toe". You mean a toe wedge for snowbaording?

[I AM{skullface}]

Originally posted by el Gato
Sorry, not sure what you mean by "button-toe". You mean a toe wedge for snowbaording?

Me seconds that question...what's a button-toe? If you mean toe-wedges for you snowboard, there's two reasons to buy them.

1, if you have monster feet like me (size 12-13 US) it lifts up your toe to stop toe-drag,

2, you can use it to get a quicker response on your toe edge turns, since your leverage has changed.

Does that help?

-I_AM{skullface}

[el Gato]

Originally posted by I AM{skullface}

1, if you have monster feet like me (size 12-13 US) it lifts up your toe to stop toe-drag,

2, you can use it to get a quicker response on your toe edge turns, since your leverage has changed.

Does that help?

-I_AM{skullface}

Right on, brotha. I got a set a few years back and my toe edge turns got soooo tight. Killed my toe drag too. :)

[Selerox]

My liking for skateboarding/BMX etc involves me staying firmly on the ground :) I love watching boarding, but I've only really been interested in it for the last year or so, and I think I'm a bit on the old side (22) to pick up a board and start skating :)

More power to everyone who does it though, just a pity the powers that be seem to want to ban street skating :hmm:

[The_Inflictor]

Originally posted by I AM{skullface}


Me seconds that question...what's a button-toe? If you mean toe-wedges for you snowboard, there's two reasons to buy them.

1, if you have monster feet like me (size 12-13 US) it lifts up your toe to stop toe-drag,

2, you can use it to get a quicker response on your toe edge turns, since your leverage has changed.

Does that help?

-I_AM{skullface}

Err, no. I meant the things that you stick between your legs to take you up the slope (like T-bars).

Going downhill is fine. I just can't go up the sodding hill :(

[Twisted Metal]

Question:

Are aluminum skateboards any good?

What is a good beginners board to get?

[I AM{skullface}]

Originally posted by The_Inflictor


Err, no. I meant the things that you stick between your legs to take you up the slope (like T-bars).

Going downhill is fine. I just can't go up the sodding hill :(

LOL...oh well, sorry about the wrong information.

T-bars? Ouch. I avoid them. I just use the regular lifts, and on the pipe I used to ride, we have a tow rope. T-bars are a pain in the ass (and crotch), just slap that thing between your legs and make sure you pull your nuts outta the way before it starts to drag ya up the hill!!! :)

-I_AM{skullface}

[The_Inflictor]

Yeah. I've seen some pretty 1337 boarders go up the tows quicker than I can say "p00p". When I've tried to copy them, I either:

1. fall flat on my face and looking like the n00b than I am, or
2. go about 10m, start thinking, "phuck me" and then fall over :hmm:

Anyways, I'm going abroad soon, so I should be able to nail it :)

[little darlin]

Originally posted by I AM{skullface}


LOL...oh well, sorry about the wrong information.

T-bars? Ouch. I avoid them. I just use the regular lifts, and on the pipe I used to ride, we have a tow rope. T-bars are a pain in the ass (and crotch), just slap that thing between your legs and make sure you pull your nuts outta the way before it starts to drag ya up the hill!!! :)

-I_AM{skullface}

Actually, you'll be much better off if you don't slap that thing between your legs. I used to frequent a mountain here in Maine where the only way up the hill was a T-bar. The real trick is just not to panic on the thing. Just relax and let it push you. But really, you'll be much better off if you don't put the bar between your legs. You don't really sit on it either, Just stand up and let the bar push you, resting as little weight as possible on the bar. When you stick the bar between your legs or try to sit down on it, that's when you have the potential for the bar to recoil and/or start twisting, and that's when life starts to suck in a real hurry. Best advice, keep trying it till your completely relaxed on the bar, then you'll wonder why you ever feared the damn things.:)

[The_Inflictor]

Originally posted by little darlin


Actually, you'll be much better off if you don't slap that thing between your legs. I used to frequent a mountain here in Maine where the only way up the hill was a T-bar. The real trick is just not to panic on the thing. Just relax and let it push you. But really, you'll be much better off if you don't put the bar between your legs. You don't really sit on it either, Just stand up and let the bar push you, resting as little weight as possible on the bar. When you stick the bar between your legs or try to sit down on it, that's when you have the potential for the bar to recoil and/or start twisting, and that's when life starts to suck in a real hurry. Best advice, keep trying it till your completely relaxed on the bar, then you'll wonder why you ever feared the damn things.:)

Like a water skiier?

I can't do that either :D

[little darlin]

Originally posted by The_Inflictor


Like a water skiier?

I can't do that either :D


LoL, that would be funny as hell.:lol:

No, not like a waterskier. You want your back leg to rest on your board between the bindings. Make sure you get on so you can hold the pole with your back hand. Then let the bar sit against your leg just below your butt. It's like your almost sitting on the bar except your not. The bar is pushing you, not carrying you.

[Jotun]

you're all smelly hippies

[little darlin]

Originally posted by Jotun
you're all smelly hippies

:stupid:

Hmmm...because we skate and Snowboard?!? Yes, I see your point. What an excellent observation. :stick: :)

[I AM{skullface}]

Little Darlin...Maine eh? What mountains do you ride at?

-I_AM{skullface}

[Jotun]

no i just felt like saying that... now your harsh retort has made me cry... ;)

[little darlin]

Originally posted by I AM{skullface}
Little Darlin...Maine eh? What mountains do you ride at?

-I_AM{skullface}

Haven't been in awhile because I need new gear(board, boots, etc.) but my home mountain has always been Sunday River. The mountain I was talking about with the T-bar was Saddleback. Excellent little place. It has all those old school New England ski trails that are super narrow with tons of twists and turns so that they run like crazy tunnels through the trees. Awesome. :D Tons o' moguls too which I love. :)

[I AM{skullface}]

Originally posted by little darlin
Awesome. :D Tons o' moguls too which I love. :)

Wow, you like moguls!! I don't know any riders who like moguls, I fear the things! ;)

Sunday River eh? I've never ridden there. Killington was my mountain, but this year I'll be riding at Wachussetts here in MA, since it's so close.

You shouldn't let old gear hold ya back, head on out there!! :)

-I_AM{skullface}

[little darlin]

You shouldn't let old gear hold ya back, head on out there!!


Old gear wouldn't hold me back, no gear is a bit more sticky unfortunately.:D

[I AM{skullface}]

Originally posted by little darlin


Old gear wouldn't hold me back, no gear is a bit more sticky unfortunately.:D

heh, not much you can do about that! maybe demo boards, or rent like my roommate is currently doing?

I can't wait to finally go riding this year. Now snow!!! Snow I say!!! :)

-I_AM{skullface}

[Fuct]

- You young ’uns need to learn about footing, or stance. “Regular footers” skate with their left foot forward; “goofy footers” with their right foot forward. Pretty simple. It doesn’t matter if you’re regular or goofy—neither one is better than the other—do what feels comfortable to you. As for why it’s called “goofy,” supposedly it was more common in the early history of surfing for people to ride with their left foot forward. Nowadays it seems even. “Switchstance” is when a goofy foot skater performs a trick regular footed (or vice versa). Switchstance skating has gained prominence in the last eight years or so, and I suspect that one day skaters will no longer make the distinction between regular and goofy footed. Pushing. How you push is very important. Always push with your back foot. It gives you more power and just looks way better. “Mongo-foot,” “Sugar-foot,” and “*****-foot” are just a few terms used to describe people who push with their front foot. Don’t push with your front foot, you’ll look like a total candy-ass. It’s about as graceful as a pig on stilts. I guarantee you’ll never get sponsored either. I don’t know of any professional skateboarders these days that push mongo. Off hand, the only pros I can think of who pushed mongo were Bill Danforth and Eric Dressen (and that was back in the ’80s). I had a friend who rode for Alien Workshop way back in the day (early ’90s) and they forced him to push normal. I have another friend who swears that pushing mongo gives you more maneuverability, but that’s just because he’s been pushing that way all his life. He also has a severe pain in his hip that is caused by the way his body has to swivel when he pushes mongo. The only time mongo is acceptable is when you are pushing long distances and your back leg gets tired. Some people, when skating switch, push mongo. This is not a good idea either, but it’s more acceptable than outright mongo pushing. I know you kids never listen to good advice, but please, just this once, heed my warning: DON’T PUSH MONGO!!!!


http://www.slapmagazine.com/new_site/jan_02/data/push.gif

[The_Inflictor]

Originally posted by little darlin



LoL, that would be funny as hell.:lol:

No, not like a waterskier. You want your back leg to rest on your board between the bindings. Make sure you get on so you can hold the pole with your back hand. Then let the bar sit against your leg just below your butt. It's like your almost sitting on the bar except your not. The bar is pushing you, not carrying you.

Ah, got it. I've seen some of the better riders do this.


Thanks for your help :)

[el Gato]

Originally posted by Fuct
Don’t push with your front foot, you’ll look like a total candy-ass. It’s about as graceful as a pig on stilts....

Off hand, the only pros I can think of who pushed mongo were Bill Danforth...

I know you kids never listen to good advice, but please, just this once, heed my warning: DON’T PUSH MONGO!!!!


#1 RIGHT ON! :tup:

#2 LOL, he was a freak, even for the Alva boys. He also pushed with his front arm in front of him horizontally, like it was broken and in a cast. I remember seeing an awesome video pool session of his. He was gnarley. But put him on the street, and he was all that is Mongo. :)

#3 RIGHT ON! :tup: :tup: :D

[el Gato]

Oop, and about T-bars:

If it's not a long T-bar, I just hook the bar behind my front leg, behind the calf, and hold on with one hand. Works OK, but if's it's a long lift I could see it causing some undo discomfort or leg muscle exhaustion.

[I AM{skullface}]

LOL, Nice "anti-mongo" pushing post Fuct!! Hehe...

I only had one of my friends who pushed that way, he always tried to tell us it let him have more control over his board while he pushed. It just looked goofy and uncomfortable to us. :)

-I_AM{skullface}

[el Gato]

Name the movie these quotes are derived from:

"Candy-gram for Mongo!"

"Me Mongo!"

It's not a skate movie. :)

[Latent Image]

http://www.aggressive.com/pictures/0924/IMG0006.cfm

[I AM{skullface}]

What's that Latent? I don't see what you attached.

-I_AM{skullface}

[el Gato]

Originally posted by I AM{skullface}
What's that Latent? I don't see what you attached.

-I_AM{skullface}


I see it. It's a white box with a red "x" inside. ;):D

[I AM{skullface}]

Originally posted by el Gato



I see it. It's a white box with a red "x" inside. ;):D

LOL, ditto!

-I_AM{skullface}

[Fuct]

I wish I could grind rails and jump down stairs with ease. :(


http://media.mtnsi.com/image/oversized/98/01/SKB0181087.jpg

http://media.mtnsi.com/image/oversized/98/06/SK179002.jpg

[Fuct]

Sweet sig Gato!http://forums.beyondunreal.com/images/icons/icon14.gif

Who is it?

[I AM{skullface}]

Originally posted by Fuct
Sweet sig Gato!http://forums.beyondunreal.com/images/icons/icon14.gif

Who is it?

Hmm...is it Stacey Peralta? No...he'd be older.

-I_AM{skullface}

[el Gato]

Originally posted by Fuct
Sweet sig Gato!http://forums.beyondunreal.com/images/icons/icon14.gif

Who is it?

Thanks! It would be the man, Tony Alva, himself.

Take a hard look at that setup he's riding. Narrow, pointy board with practically no nose. (Damn, look at the foot overhang!) Wide wheels, probably pre-urethane clay. Huge risers (by today's standards).

And he blazed! :tup:

[AMMAGETSVM]

Man, these old school photos you guys keep posting rock.
It's a great feeling knowing that the spirit those guys were forging when we were little grommets was carried on by us, and will be again in the next generation.

BTW, have you guys seen Glenn Friedman's book 'Fvck you heroes' ??
There's a bunch of way old skate pics in there...classics all.....

[pine]

Originally posted by el Gato
Name the movie these quotes are derived from:

"Candy-gram for Mongo!"

"Me Mongo!"

It's not a skate movie. :)

Blazing Saddles? I kept wanting to think Charlie and the Chocolate factory then realized I was getting the actor mixed up in his movies :).

[el Gato]

Blazing Saddles is correct! :D

[Selerox]

Pincone beat me to it :(

Great movie :D

[Some1else]

I must say, this thread caught me by surprise!
It is really good to see that folks remember the old days, and still appreciate them.
Many of the pics, and names bring back very fond memories for me.
I had the pleasure of Working for Powell Peralta from 85-91. I worked in the T-shirt, and deck printing departments, and had the awesome job of printing prototypes for new artwork and skaters. Heck, that Ripbones deck could have been printed by me, but the went out of production shortly after I started to print decks. But I can take credit for the color seps on the Vallaly deck.
I still have 7 decks from the old days, that I cant bare to do anything with, but hang on the wall. My favorite is a Ray Barbee print that was never released, and we only did 8 prototypes of before George P shot down the artwork.
Well anyway, thanks for remembering!!!:cool:
S1E

[I AM{skullface}]

Originally posted by Some1else{RoA}
My favorite is a Ray Barbee print that was never released, and we only did 8 prototypes of before George P shot down the artwork.

Wow man, take a pic of that and post it here will ya!! I'd love to see that board! :)

My brother was a huge Ray Barbee fan. I still have a long sleet tee with the barbee hat on the front, and his hat hanging on the top of a fire hydrant on the back.

-I_AM{skullface}

[Fuct]

http://www.skateboarding.com/images/home/image10.jpg

http://media.mtnsi.com/image/standard/01/08/SKB0198091_.jpg (http://www.skateboarding.com/slideshow/index.cfm?alias_id=16227&credit_id=&location=oversized)

[Some1else]

Originally posted by I AM{skullface}


Wow man, take a pic of that and post it here will ya!! I'd love to see that board! :)

My brother was a huge Ray Barbee fan. I still have a long sleet tee with the barbee hat on the front, and his hat hanging on the top of a fire hydrant on the back.

-I_AM{skullface}

I think I have a pic at home, I'll try to post it later, but I've never don't it. Not sure how?

Ray Barbee was one of my favorite riders to watch. His style was so relaxed, yet always in control. One day when the Bones Brigade was giving a demo for us workers, Ray B did a little alli, kick flip, to nose pick on a park bench with his hands in his pockets!!!!:cool: He might have just been walking down the steet with how easy it looked.

S1E

[Fuct]

Ray B did a little alli, kick flip, to nose pick on a park bench with his hands in his pockets!!!! He might have just been walking down the steet with how easy it looked.
:eek2:


On a side note, I'm learning on how to do Feeble grinds. It's tough and can only be done on handrails and flatrails :(

[Some1else]

Here’s a little Animal Chin trivia for you.
Remember the monster double half pipe ramp at the end of the movie?
Well if you do, you may not want to know, after building that beast, and filming on it for two weeks, it was torn down. :(
They didn’t want to leave it up because of insurance liability.

Now anyone know why Powell wheels have always been called Bones?

S1E

[Some1else]

Here you go, Prototype Ray Barbee.

http://www.imahosting.com/sigs/raybdeck.jpg

S1E

[Fuct]

Check out your new shoe Gato!

Thanks to Keganator for the pic

[I AM{skullface}]

Wow, nice board design!! Who nixed that, Peralta, or Barbee??

I don't know why Powell wheels have been called Bones...do tell!

Wow, that half was torn down? That half was incredible. I remember the middle section that came out so they could ride through it.

Did anyone see the bowl competition that was on TV recently? Cab, McGill, and some other peeps rode in the competition, they had an "old" group and a "young guns" group. I think Omar Hassan won the young group, while McGill won the older group.

It was incredible to see McGill still pulling McTwists after all this time. :)

-I_AM{skullface}

[ZodiaK]

rat bones! all hail the rat bones!

[Some1else]

Originally posted by I AM{skullface}
Wow, nice board design!! Who nixed that, Peralta, or Barbee??

I don't know why Powell wheels have been called Bones...do tell!

Wow, that half was torn down? That half was incredible. I remember the middle section that came out so they could ride through it.

Did anyone see the bowl competition that was on TV recently? Cab, McGill, and some other peeps rode in the competition, they had an "old" group and a "young guns" group. I think Omar Hassan won the young group, while McGill won the older group.

It was incredible to see McGill still pulling McTwists after all this time. :)

-I_AM{skullface}

Actually, it was George Powell who nixed that design. I was really shocked, standing in the design room with the all the decks laid out, he walked in took one look, and said, “It’s to satanic, lets come up with something new.” That was the last thing I ever thought I would hear George say! George like to pick all the colors for new artwork, and then have 2-3 sets of prototypes done with different colors. The sad thing was, he’s color blind!! Many times I put my own colors in, and they got passed!!:D

Now for Bones. For folks that don’t already know, George Powell with a background in Chemistry, invented the urethane skateboard wheel. The first wheels he made, had no pigment, just plain urethane, which is kinda off white. One day He and Stacy were testing his new wheels at a skate park in Santa Barbara called Golf&Stuff. While Stacy was talking to George about the new wheels, a kid walked up to them. The kid said, Hay mister, those wheels look like Bones. At that moment, the world of Skating took a huge leap forward, and an Industry Icon was created. To be honest, this was the story told to my by Chris Iverson, my first supervisor at Powell. His claim to fame is, if you remember the hill sliding seen in Future Primitive 1 or 2(cant remember which one), He was the one you saw fly off into the bushes!!!

Is really good to hear McGill is still going!!

S1E

[I AM{skullface}]

Originally posted by Some1else{RoA}
His claim to fame is, if you remember the hill sliding seen in Future Primitive 1 or 2(cant remember which one), He was the one you saw fly off into the bushes!!!

wow, great story man!

I wish they had THIS kinda of downhill racing at the Xgames, none of this luge stuff.

-I_AM{skullface}

[Uri19]

Originally posted by Fuct

:eek2:


On a side note, I'm learning on how to do Feeble grinds. It's tough and can only be done on handrails and flatrails :(
:tup: good luck man. Feebles are 1337 looking grinds. definitely.

PS: I like your new avatar and status-thingymajig

[Latent Image]

Sorry was trying to post this...this is sorta what im trying to learn now cept using pipes...

[el Gato]

Hmmm, feebles....

I think I used to do those on transitions (half/pool/bowl) and on a few select waxy curbs I used to frequent. I couldn't ollie into them, just roll in them. Unless I'm thinking of another grind.

A feeble is basically a smith grind, but on the front truck, right?



Some1else{RoA}, sweet stories! :)

[Some1else]

Originally posted by I AM{skullface}


wow, great story man!

I wish they had THIS kinda of downhill racing at the Xgames, none of this luge stuff.

-I_AM{skullface}

I agree 100%, That was flat out Hairball!!! You should have seen how they made the gloves. They took leather work gloves, and epoxyed peices of rib and tail bones on them. Also, the road they were on, was actually a driveway in Montecito, its 2 miles long!!:cool:

Anyway, I thought you might want to try you hand at finding your favorite Powell rider? Even Lance is on this deck some where!!

http://www.imahosting.com/sigs/bucky3.jpg

S1E

[I AM{skullface}]

LOL! Bucky Lasek!! Oh man! I forgot to tell you that in the "old guys" bowl champiionship, the one that McGill won, even Lance Mountain was skating. Do you remember when he destroyed his ankle on a mini?

-I_AM{skullace}

[little darlin]

Originally posted by Latent Image
Sorry was trying to post this...this is sorta what im trying to learn now cept using pipes...


Hmmmm.....do we allow rollerbladers in this thread? I can accept the bikers, but rollerbladers? That's pushing the limits of good taste.:p :p :p

[desperado]

check thic 9 sec video of what you should NOT attempt

[Fuct]

Did anyone see the bowl competition that was on TV recently? Cab, McGill, and some other peeps rode in the competition, they had an "old" group and a "young guns" group. I think Omar Hassan won the young group, while McGill won the older group


Yeah!

Omar Hassan 0wnz. He can skate Half-pipe, bowls and street.

[I AM{skullface}]

Man, I wish I had actually seen the competition. I just happened to turn the channel, and they were showing someone riding a big wooden bowl. I was like "whoa...what's this?".

It was the re-cap of the event, and it just showed the winners, a click of McGill doing a McTwist, and Lance Mountain doing a frontside rock n' roll or something. Then it was over. :(

Guess I should check TV Guide more often! heh

-I_AM{skullface}

[Fuct]

Well, I recommend you visit your local skate shop and buy these videos.

Chomp

Black Label's Label Kill

Tiltmode Army - Man Down


[Edit: Damn typo!]

[AMMAGETSVM]

Originally posted by Latent Image
...this is sorta what im trying to learn now cept using pipes...

cool man, have fun and remember the weight distribution. first time I tried I couldnt even get up or down the goddam things:D
Just made for the street I guess..:hmm:

[Peavey]

pfffffffffff.... why unite????? LOL @ THIS THREAD. Its not like BuF is against skateboarding :rolleyes: :lol:

[el Gato]

Originally posted by _Zd_Lafnboy_
pfffffffffff.... why unite????? LOL @ THIS THREAD. Its not like BuF is against skateboarding :rolleyes: :lol:

No one ever said BuF is against skateboarding.

This post was created to get all the bladers/skaters/boarders/bikers (in hindsight, my mistake in the topic ;)) to come together in one thread. To see who does what and to share interests. Seems like it's working. :p

:rolleyes: :lol: So LOL @ YOU! :p :D



Old 80's downhill kicks ass. I used to hill bomb, but nothing like that. We'd roll down small hills and slide to slow down or stop, mostly doing Bert and frontside wheel slides. I had a pair of Rector fingerless leather gloves (actually, probably 3 pair). with about 5 layers of duct tape on them to prolong their life. :D

[I AM{skullface}]

Originally posted by el Gato
I had a pair of Rector fingerless leather gloves (actually, probably 3 pair).

OMG! :) That rules man, Rector leather gloves...you DA man!! heh

I had some leather gloves I made custom. I remember when I bought 97 Durometer OJII's, and all my friends where like "dude, 97's are so lame, get 92's like us!".

But I loved to be able to slide slide slide! :)

-I_AM{skullface}

[UK|EDgeCRUsheR]

Hello ime a new skateboarder also a keen mountainbiker surfer blader. i love to skateboard now ive only been dping it 3 months and ive upgraded everything but my deck. ime looking for a good deck that i can get in the UK and that aint over £60 dunno what that is in dollars. ty also can i ahve some tips on ollieing i cna tseem to do it while moving and i cant do it very hight atall. about 2 inches :rolleyes: ty. =)

[ShadowKi][er]

Are mountainboarders welcome? Also snowboard during the winter :).

[I AM{skullface}]

Hey Shadowkiller, what's a mountainboarder? Is that like a dirtboarder?

-I_AM{skullface}

[UK|EDgeCRUsheR]

yeah like other stuff i like sand boarding i tried it on my body board in france one. it was kool.:rolleyes: :redeemer: When i crash thers a big shock wave like the deemer =):D

[El Diablo]

*bump

me feels this thread needs some bumpage!

sk8ing rulez!

http://members.es.tripod.de/GUINDI/koston/kostonbssmith.jpg

http://www.juhlin.nu/sk8files/profiles/kostonpic.jpg

http://www.paradisefunplex.com/Skate/Hawk2001/010703_hawkncfla_10.jpg

http://www.xgroup.net/andreas/erikjuhlin/000218/koston360flip.jpg

Man, i saw some little kids playing THPS3 and they were all trying to figure out the combination for doing a board varial and i was like "Dude, i can do that i REAL LIFE!" and they started getting mad at me and saying "NO YOU CANT!" and "I COULD DO IT BETTER!" lol! Dam, kids these days, gotta get off their asses and quit playing those dam games (at least Skateing games)! Get out and be a man and learn how to do it!

[Fuct]

Koston is definitely one of the best street skaters around. He has a smooth and consistent style, he can do every street trick. Kickflip to 5-0 grind? Easy

[El Diablo]

Originally posted by Fuct
Koston is definitely one of the best street skaters around. He has a smooth and consistent style, he can do every street trick. Kickflip to 5-0 grind? Easy

das why i got the pics!

[Fuct]

http://www.slapmagazine.com/new_site/dec_01/data/curb.jpg

So I’m rolling up to my favorite ledge, the one that grinds just right. I don’t even need to test it, this ledge is already familiar. If I push really fast I can 5-0 the entire thing, through the crack even. One push, two pushes, three, ollie, zing! The back truck slips out from under me, and for a moment I am airborne, parallel with the ground. That moment seems frozen in time, the moment in which you realize that there’s no easy way out. This is going to hurt. Inevitably, I land flat on my back, knocking the wind out of myself entirely. When I can breathe again I open my eyes. Sitting there, on the ledge, is a giggling gaggle of groms who seem to take a sort of sinister pleasure in my current state of wheezing and gasping. Wearily, I turn my head to look at my once reliable ledge. From this angle I can now see a thick coat of greasy wax, baking and glistening in the mid-afternoon sun. Damn kids…
Although it may seem trivial, this is an important issue in the world of skateboarding. Lately, the new breed of ledge skaters roll up to a spot 10 deep, each with an enormous block of wax in hand. They look like a pack of vultures, surrounding their prey. They close in on a perfectly good ledge and move in for the kill, lathering it until it’s dripping with candle wax. Each member of the crew takes to a different section of the ledge, and proceeds to butter it up. Following this ritual, they line up and try their slappy noseslide nollie flips until the sun goes down. This entire process is wholly unnecessary, and in fact can be detrimental to your skating. For, if you learn how to skate on an overwaxed ledge, then you will never learn how to push your slides through. You’ll stick on anything that isn’t glazed, and you will be forever doomed to a lifetime of slappy noseslides and slow down pushes. What you ought to do is watch your favorite pros do the tricks you like, and watch how they do them. More often than not they possess three important attributes: speed, power, and control. These qualities come from a lifetime of going fast, and pushing your tricks through on dry, chunky ledges.

Now, normally I’m a peaceful guy. I usually get along with my fellow skaters, but sometimes, when I’m gasping for air with an excruciating pain in my back, that camaraderie can take a back seat to blinding rage. I can empathize, though. I realize that some of you may just be misinformed. Nevertheless, this unnecessary ritual must come to an end. So I have taken it upon myself to compile a list of guidelines for you, my fellow skaters, to keep in mind when waxing a ledge.

Less is More - When you slide or grind a ledge, you want to feel it. In fact, the very essence is to push your board across an unslideable surface. You should have to lean back a bit, and push your board through. When ledges become too buttery, 5-0s become manuals, nose grinds become nose wheelies, and nose/tailslides just feel like you’re standing on top of the ledge. If you use less wax—and I mean the bare minimum—you will not only slide fine, but feel yourself sliding as well.

Slip Tape - If you rub your candle all over the block, until there is a coat half-an-inch thick, then not only is your spot ruined, your board can get ruined, too. Too much wax, and you will get it on your foot when you miss or step off. That wax gets transferred from your shoe to your grip tape, and then your board is ruined. Your feet won’t stay on the board, and you won’t even know why. This is known as ‘slip tape,’ and it can render your board useless.

No Park Rails - Under no circumstances should skatepark rails be waxed! Come on, think about it. It’s a rail at a skatepark. It’s designed to slide and grind without the use of wax. And besides, once you do commit the deed, you are doomed to an eternity of waxing it. For once the wax wears off, the metal will be all dry and sticky. You’ll be forced to do it all over again. Better just to leave it alone, and break it in the old fashioned way—with speed.

Waxers Anonymous - If you think that you might be one of the wax-happy ledge monkeys out there, and if you’re spending all your lunch money on candles, then you may have a problem. Fear not, though, for all is not lost. There are rehabilitating exercises you can perform in order to wean yourself off the wax and back into normal society. And don’t worry, nobody expects you to quit cold turkey. It’s a long road to total wax independence, but it’s one you may have to walk.
a) Try leaving the wax at home. Go skating for a day without it. If you can make it through an entire day without greasing up the local Quick-e-mart curb, you’re doing all right.
b) When you feel it start to slow down a bit, before you reach for the wax, try going a little faster. Just humor me. Give it one more push, and see where it takes you. Remember, you are supposed to feel a bit of resistance in your slide/grind.
c) If you’re at a skate spot, and you feel like you’re sticking, try waxing your board instead. Think about it. If 10 people are skating a block, and you’re the only one sticking, maybe the problem’s not with the ledge. See what I’m getting at? Maybe that “dry” ledge is just another red herring.
d) And if you’re going to wax, wax sparingly. Do the top of the ledge for your nose, the side for your wheels, and the edge for your trucks. And that’s it. Oftentimes, one coat will do nicely. Please understand, I write this not with malicious intent, but with the aim to enlighten. I seek to educate, so that we can all enjoy the same spots, and live together in harmony. Doesn’t that sound nice?

Think about it this way—is a little bit of common courtesy for your fellow skater completely out of the question? Keep in mind that you probably aren’t the only one that’s going to skate that ledge. If you spend an hour waxing it to death, you are ruining a precious commodity. Aren’t skate spots scarce enough nowadays? There are times when the use of wax is appropriate, sometimes even welcome, but there remains a very thick line between waxing a ledge so you can slide, and waxing a ledge so you don’t have to push hard up to it. Be aware of which side of the line you are on, my friend. Wax abuse is skating abuse.

[El Diablo]

sh!t, i dont feel like reading all that!:p

edit: yes! i made this tnhread 8 pages long!:D

[Fuct]

Check out Steve Caballero's band, The Faction (http://www.skatepunk.net/faction/faction.html)

I recommend you d/l 'The Faction - Skate and Destroy' it is sweet!

[I AM{skullface}]

Damn wax!!

I agree with you, too many times wax-fiends will destroy a great spot.

My skate buddies and I always thought that park riders did it...they were too used to pvc, so they'd wax everything they could get their hands on. ;)

-I_AM{skullface}

[El Diablo]

Long live this thread!:D

[Snipeo]

Im quite a new skata, only started in the summer cos I was bored and wondered what all the fuss was about. So I got a cheap board from my local skate shop (http://www.wahoo-clothing.co.uk) and went out and had some fun. I live right by the sea, not touristy, but lotsa concrete. There's some real cool ramps, imagine a half pipe on its side so it loops back at you and you get the idea. There are loadsa rails and ledges to grind and its usually pretty much deserted. In late August I got my new board: (pic from www.skateboard.com cos I dont have a scanner or digicam, on mine you can hardly see the design anymore :( )

http://www.skateboard.com/products/1022_lg.gif

On that I got world industries 53mm wheels, Ruckus 130mm trucks and some bearings I dont know the name of from the same skate shop as above.

Im not exactly a trick master, I tend to end up on my arse most of the time. I can manage about 50cm ollies on a good day I think, enough to get me onto a rail or ledge. Fave tricks are flip tricks like kickflips and heelflips off of ledges, they're what Im doing most of the time atm anyhow :cool:

[AMMAGETSVM]

Fuct - I hear that. Wax is for the toughest cases only.
Over here the terrain can be really nasty, ledges made out of that rough stone with the little rocks in 'em, and everyone waxes those suckers down, because without it you're headfirst in the bushes. I remember being confronted by the police for doing this at the World Trade Center...from then on we could only hit it fast and race away with security in pursuit...hehe :D But some of those ledges were just impossible to grind dry.

Marble never needs wax - I'm sure they got a lotta ledges made out of that stuff in heaven. And that's why marble is the greatest. Wall Street is loaded with it.

Rails are right out! No reason to ruin it with wax. Not only that, but the normal people who live or work around that area will really bitch about getting that schmutz on their hands when they go up & down steps.

I recall an argument I got into with a boarder at the local spot - he said the frames of my skates destroy the marble. I pointed out that my frames are made out of plastic..the trucks on skateboards are metal..am I missing something? It's not just me, it's Everybody. I looked over that the crumbling, grimy over-waxed and un-even ledges, and thought: Be it not me to point any fingers, but I think these bmx guys also hack these suckers apart with their heavy grinds.
Months later, that spot was capped on every ledge. Doh! Now no one has fun. No matter...a new spot will pop up, and hopefully people will do it up right from the start by not over-abusing the environment.

[The_Inflictor]

Guess who's catching the Eurostar to Tignes in 5 hours :D


New snow...:tup:

[el Gato]

Got it right, learning to push out a grind is key. Dismount when you need to, not when the lack of wax hangs you up.


1) Wax is good on awful curbs in sweet areas. We used to session this looooong sidewalk at a closed down strip mall. Perfect height, lots of room to get speed up. One section had wheelchair accessibility, which is always fun to pop off and such. And no one bothered you there. We'd put the launch ramp in the back of my hatchback and spend the afternoon there. But the curb was hurting. It would even strip off my coper. ;) Wax saved that curb.

2) Too much wax is bad. LOL at Fuct - kids actually wax skatepark handrails? I guess they never heard of gravity. We had a local curb ruined by excessive wax. It was a steel capped curb at an auto parts store. A little stiff, but if you hit it right it was quite pleasing. Some yahoos waxed it up, not too much mind you, but enough to do two things: #1, you could grind it longer, but longer isn't better. The nice sound of metal on metal was gone. #2, the manager didn't like the black wax stain at the front of the store. I don't blame him. Plus I guess it could have been a hazard to customers, being slick and all. Nevertheless, "No Skateboarding" signs went up less than a week later after the waxing. :(

[Twisted Metal]

Are Blind skateboards any good? I was thinking of buying this one:

[el Gato]

I don't know, I bought my last board about 6 years ago. But the board I'm riding now is about 8 or 9 years old. :D

[e09|Dominator]

i'm a poser ;) but i have the best skater shoes out there, they cost me about 90 bucks. well anyway i just don't skate. i just got skater shoes and a bunch of baggy non-skater clothes.

[6(sic)6]

ahh Dual Slalom for me :D on me Orange Patriot!

I'll see if i can find some pics at the race sites

[el Gato]

<----- Best Skate Shoes :D

[Fuct]

Twisted Metal :PM

Since we're talking about shoes....

You're wrong el Gato!!!! Circa's are the best!!


http://store.monsterskate.com/store/images/products/28959_3.jpg

http://store.monsterskate.com/store/images/products/16636_3.jpg


Edit: Isn't that a Vans shoe Gato?

[Fuct]

http://www.slapmagazine.com/new_site/feb_02/gallery/mccrank.jpg

http://www.slapmagazine.com/new_site/feb_02/camera/aleman_big.jpg
50-50 grinds are so fun.

[6(sic)6]

yeah i have Circa Thomas Flex :D

[Latent Image]

Originally posted by little darlin



Hmmmm.....do we allow rollerbladers in this thread? I can accept the bikers, but rollerbladers? That's pushing the limits of good taste.:p :p :p

thanks:)...... no offence but i reackon using a skateboard and blades requiers slighty more skill then using bike at most of our locale ramps the ratio is like 4:1 bikes:skaters

[Latent Image]

Originally posted by /\MM/\GETS\/M


cool man, have fun and remember the weight distribution. first time I tried I couldnt even get up or down the goddam things:D
Just made for the street I guess..:hmm:

thanks yeah most of me mates have a problem dropping in (depend wether its half or quarter) and i have the reverse problem :)
ive sort gone from high speed street and hockey to ramps my problem is finding the time :(

[Latent Image]

I like this pic more for the park it looks awsome

[I AM{skullface}]

I just got back from snowboarding 5 days straight at Sugarloaf. Damn was it a ton of fun! It's soooo good to have some snow around! :)

-I_AM{skullface}

[Fuct]

I love this gif. :D

[el Gato]

Originally posted by Fuct

Edit: Isn't that a Vans shoe Gato?

Yup. Vans Old School. You used to be able to get them custom made with different colors/patterns/materials. They rock.



Originally posted by I AM{skullface}
I just got back from snowboarding 5 days straight at Sugarloaf. Damn was it a ton of fun! It's soooo good to have some snow around! :)

-I_AM{skullface}

Prick ;)

[Latent Image]

Originally posted by I AM{skullface}
I just got back from snowboarding 5 days straight at Sugarloaf. Damn was it a ton of fun! It's soooo good to have some snow around! :)

-I_AM{skullface}


sweet

[Kokensu]

I had forgotten about this thread so I started a new one. But anyway, here are my new skates. I still haven't gotten a chance to use em yet(it's been cold down here for us floridians), but I'm dyin to try them out. :D

http://www.salomoninline.com/street/us/medias/thegoods-aaron/1.jpg

[el Gato]

Hmmm, I've seen those before... ;)

Sweet! Are you going to take those to a park?

[Kokensu]

But of course ;)

I'm trying to get better at the half pipe and spine. I've gotten a little better at grinding but my old skates were kind of a hinderence there. Hopefully these will make it easier.

[Snipeo]

I got dark grey O'Neil skate shoes.

Here's a pic of me 'bonding' with mel, my girlfriend :)

http://www.btinternet.com/~snipergod/devilmatt.jpg

[el Gato]

LOL at that pic, Snipeo, that f'n rocks! :)

[AMMAGETSVM]

Originally posted by Kokensu
I had forgotten about this thread so I started a new one. But anyway, here are my new skates. I still haven't gotten a chance to use em yet(it's been cold down here for us floridians), but I'm dyin to try them out. :D



Nice! I had an old pair of st-8's that were the most comfortable ride...you'll be loving that heel support when pulling off gaps. I do recall a slight problem with the soul sticking on some surfaces, but they probably fixed that ages ago. Overall, a good skate.

[El Diablo]

I assume most of us sk8ers here listen to Punk (like all good lil skaters should)? If so heres a kick ass picture i found you can use as a desktop pic. Im using it now.

[little darlin]

Originally posted by El Diablo
I assume most of us sk8ers here listen to Punk (like all good lil skaters should)? If so heres a kick ass picture i found you can use as a desktop pic. Im using it now.

omg...is that pic going to be in every thread now?

Make it stop!!! Oh lord, make it stop!!!:p

[El Diablo]

Its only been in 2 threads...:rolleyes:

[el Gato]

I don't listen to punk, but to Show Tunes and children's television theme songs (Mr. Rogers, Barney, Teletubbies...)








;):D

[Kokensu]

I don't mind punk. In fact I'll listen to about anything except country music. Lately though I'm more into techno(D&B specifically). Things like Ak1200 and Deisel Boy. ;)

[Snipeo]

eek @ Drum n base, but hey, wotever you're into :cool:

I like teh punk rock, Millencolin, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Less Than Jake, quite a few others :cool:

[I AM{skullface}]

1st of all, the Cirlcle Jerks are playing about 5 blocks from me. lol

2nd, I'm going to try out a teleboard this Saturday, they are having a demo of it at a local mountain. I'll tell you all about it when I get back. ;)

In case you don't know what a teleboard is, it's a snowboard with telemark bindings. Check these out!

www.teleboarder.com www.teleboardusa.com

uV|I_AM

[pine]

Originally posted by Snipeo
eek @ Drum n base, but hey, wotever you're into :cool:

I like teh punk rock, Millencolin, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Less Than Jake, quite a few others :cool:

MMB are de shiznit :D. You should check out the group Ska Daddyz at mp3.com; also Face First and Dork.com. All three are good ska/punk mix bands.

That teleboard reminds me of another newcomer to the Xtreme sports market.....the mountainboard. Any of you guys tried this?

http://www.mountainboard.com/images/default6.jpg

[el Gato]

Originally posted by I AM{skullface}
1st of all, the Cirlcle Jerks are playing about 5 blocks from me. lol

2nd, I'm going to try out a teleboard this Saturday, they are having a demo of it at a local mountain. I'll tell you all about it when I get back. ;)

In case you don't know what a teleboard is, it's a snowboard with telemark bindings. Check these out!

uV|I_AM

#1. Yeah, Circle Jerks! "Wonderful" is such a wonderful album. :)

#2. Good luck with that teleboard. I've done (or attempted) telemark before. Hell on the skateboard-injured knees. :)

[little darlin]

#2. Good luck with that teleboard. I've done (or attempted) telemark before. Hell on the skateboard-injured knees.

Agreed. Telemarking is hell. I consider myself an accomplished skier and an expert level snowboarder, but telemarking stumped me. I did not like it. Good luck with the teleboarding, I'm not sure I quite see the point of it since unlike telemarking, you can't use it as transportation on a horizontal surface, but I'm sure people wouldn't be trying it if it wasn't fun.:)

[Fuct]

Despite what you may have heard, there’s no “right” way to skate street. There are no rules and that’s a big part of why it’s so damn good, but I always end up hearing the opinions of two different factions of street skaters. So, let’s throw all the cards on the table and get it all out in the open once and for all, shall we?


Skater one: Street skating is all about flow; it’s about spontaneity. Your problem is that you either sit at a spot and try the same trick a thousand times until you finally make it, and even then, you’re not happy! Either that, or you go to a spot, bring your filmer, try something three or four times, then call it a night! That’s not street skating!

Skater two: Sure it is! My skating is just as valid as yours. If anything it’s more focused. I know what I want and I go out to get it. What’s wrong with that? You just cruise along day after day. Some days you don’t even ollie! You leave your house with nowhere to go! You’ll never get anywhere that way.


Skater one: Maybe I won’t, or maybe I don’t need to. Maybe, I’m already there. I am where I want to be, alone with just me and my board. I don’t need to flip my board in order to have fun, and I don’t need people around to record my skating either. My skating is pure. Filmers, photographers, sponsors, all that stuff just taints the true essence of skating. I am living for the moment.


Skater two: What’s wrong with photos? They don’t taint skating; it records a moment in time. It symbolizes all those perfect moments, and it will be a fond reminder years from now of good times that were had. It also is a symbol of progression and accomplishment—something I am proud of.
Skater one: Street skating is, by definition, skating on the street. Nothing more and nothing less. You’re not even really skating. You’re just doing tricks.


Skater two: You’re not really skating; all you do is cruise around! You don’t go down rails or do kickflips. You don’t even skate spots!


Skater one: Am I not skating on the street? Am I not on a skateboard? I am a street skater, and the streets are my spots. And at least I’m having fun. I see you stressing, screaming and throwing your board! For what? It doesn’t look like fun from here.


Skater two: Hell yes it’s fun! Sure, I may get stressed out at times, but that feeling I get when I finally make my trick makes it all worthwhile. My kind of skateboarding is a challenge, and it’s the challenge that I love.




Will these two factions ever resolve this dispute? Can’t we all just get along? Well one thing’s for certain, there are different strokes for different folks, and it doesn’t even matter. What matters is that we are skating how we want. There is a definition for it inside each and every one of us.

Taken from Slap Magazine

:D

[Kokensu]

Heh. I've seen the arguments of those two factions before. Pretty stupid if you ask me. I skate because it's FUN. I enjoy doing it. I'm not trying to prove anything to anyone except myself.

I used to skate like "Skater One". My friend and I would skate for hours(5-6 usually) at a time and just flow from one place to another doing tricks whenever we found a good spot to do so. Of course this makes more sense on rollerblades. ;)

Now I skate more like "Skater Two". I goto the skate park and try to do one or two tricks over and over till I get them. This may have to do with the fact that I haven't really skated in a while and I'm kinda outta practice. But it feels good getting back into it and it's good exercise.

Anyway I finally got to try my new skates. I've skated at the park once with em and on the street. Let me tell you they kick ass. Solomon makes some awesome skates. At the park I can grind ALOT easier(more sole and the non-metal surface doesn't stick). They're alot more stable on the half pipes and ramps(the wider boot makes it alot less wobbly). On the street that "shock absorption" stuff that I thought was BS actually works. It's awesome. I can ride on rough concrete and barely feel it. This used to suck as your feet would start to get really irrirtated and feel like they were fallin asleep.

Needless to say I love em and I'm glad I got em. I'll be going to the park again on Tuesday most likely. I got my sole grind back and I gotta try to get it on half pipe now. ;)

[Fuct]

Every skater has something that irks him. Maybe its that tranny extension that seems to drop straight to the ground when standing on the deck, that rail that looks as slippery as a freshly mopped floor, or that set of stairs that seems to create an abyss.

For me, it's handrails.

I broke my ankle really badly trying to 5050:(, and ever since then, I've stayed away from them!

[el Gato]

Roger that, Fuct. I avoid handrails. I'm too old for those stunts anyway.

Just give me a sweet tranny or a stiff grind to push out and I'm A OK.

[I AM{skullface}]

Yup, handrails can be bad. I used to ride them all the time, but one big wipeout and I was done with them.

I keep meaning to try rails on my snowboard...but I dunno...

:)

uV|I_AM

[el Gato]

I_AM, I've tried those low mail-box shapped rails/boxes - real f'n fast on a snowboard.

[Fuct]

http://www.skateboarding.com/images/home/image21.jpg

[Fuct]

OMG! El Gato, you have to see this clip. Some kid called Alex Gland did a 40 inch high switch ollie!!!! He won the "Paulo Diaz Switch Ollie Contest" at the ASR Trade Show in Long Beach

http://www.411vm.com/new/clip.asp#

:eek: :eek: :eek:

[Zaccix]

http://www.beyondunreal.com/zaccix/bmw_bmxlogo.gif
Just thought I'd represent for the BMX massive. :D

Anyway, there is a place in London heavily guarded with security, with many skaters and BMXers having been arrested or chased by guards. A place, with marble so smooth, you'd think it was laid there just for skating, and handrails that almost look as if they're down on their knees, like a cheap whore, screaming "grind me!"

It's called Canary Wharf.

http://www.beyondunreal.com/zaccix/cwview1.jpg

http://www.beyondunreal.com/zaccix/dock16.jpg

http://www.beyondunreal.com/zaccix/harbourexchange.jpg

[el Gato]

Originally posted by Fuct
OMG! El Gato, you have to see this clip. Some kid called Alex Gland did a 40 inch high switch ollie!!!! He won the "Paulo Diaz Switch Ollie Contest" at the ASR Trade Show in Long Beach

http://www.411vm.com/new/clip.asp#

:eek: :eek: :eek:

DAMN! :o :) That's sweeeeeet!

[Fuct]

That spot is sweet Zaccix!! :)

[Fuct]

Aaaah! You gotta see this clip Gato! It's a clip from the Tampa Am Contest.

These young rippers rocks! :)

http://www.skateboarding.com/article/feature.cfm?alias_id=9774

[el Gato]

/me posts! ;)

[Fuct]

Classic!

I'm saving that photo into my HD! :D

[El Diablo]

Hey yo!

http://psxmedia.ign.com/media/news/image/tonyhawk2/thomasin.jpg

http://www.shoepad.com/jamiethomaspic1118.jpg

http://www.xgroup.net/andreas/erikjuhlin/000422/thomas5050.jpg

And im spent!

[el Gato]

:)

[Snipeo]

Pics? Old news my friends, its all about videos now! :D

This (http://www.hoaxskate.co.uk/footage/gregflman.mpg) (425Kb) was recorded on the University Of East Anglia grounds, in Norwich. Which is near me and Ive been there, so its great :cool:

The guys that are there work for Hoax (http://www.hoaxskate.co.uk) whcih is a local skate firm, making clothing, decks and videos, and selling on other people stuff. They've only got 2 shops, and a small team, but I get to see em making video's quite a lot when Im out and about. I can tell you now, they are awesome skaters. ie, better than me :D

[Fuct]

Check out this cool site!

http://www.bobstricktips.com/

I learned how to "Walk the Dog" today :D

[el Gato]

Hahahahahahahaha, walk the dog...

That was on of the first 'tricks' I learned, after 'launching' and 'tail spins' of course.
:D

[Fuct]

Hey Gato I found the site for Dogtown And Z-Boys! (www.dogtownmovie.com) I can't wait to watch it! :)

And btw, you should really watch this skate video called "Chomp On This". It's hilarious! :D

[Selerox]

Originally posted by Zaccix
Anyway, there is a place in London heavily guarded with security, with many skaters and BMXers having been arrested or chased by guards. A place, with marble so smooth, you'd think it was laid there just for skating, and handrails that almost look as if they're down on their knees, like a cheap whore, screaming "grind me!"

It's called Canary Wharf.

That really, really should be in THPS4 :D

[The Twiggman]

Hello im a skater and ride blind boards. I got grind king trucks and spitfire wheels. I ride goofy. I just learned how to frontside flip, a nice little move but quite hard to land in switch.

Here are my two boards:
http://www.blindreaper.com/images/decks/2002_spring/deck_jamescraig_icecrea_sml.gif
http://www.blindreaper.com/images/decks/2002_spring/deck_kasper_dodoskull_sml.gif

I dont snowboard though.

[el Gato]

1) Fuct, lol, I like you new sig. I still own a 'whipper snappers' tee. :)

Welcome, Twigman! Sweet, but what's a frontside flip? A board flip, like a sex-change or impossible? (I'm too old school... :D)

[The_Creator]

I bought a skateboard for £9 and it was crap.

[B]

No ****...I've had skateboards with wheels more expensive than your board.

[The_Creator]

I'm not a skater, and I used it like twice.

[SteelX]

I used to be a skateboarder, but football(soccer) is interfering, and now I can't skate as much as I used to. But, I can still bust out on a snowboard. :D I actually think snowboarding is alot more fun than skateboarding, for numerous reasons I can't think of right now because it's too early in the morning. :)

[AMMAGETSVM]

Glad to see this thread back! Even tho the pix are nuked.

Summer's finally here and it's back to rolling once again. Missed it terribly, skating and the liberating effect it has on me. Definitely gonna mix it up and get in some filming this year too.


pic from a lil while back gettin loose on a ledge in Brooklyn..

[el Gato]

This thread was archived and locked after the Big Crash. Sweet to see it lives! :D

AMMAGETSVM, nice pic! :tup: :)

[UK|EDgeCRUsheR]

omg bump!

jus fixed my bike :) and am going ski'ing......skeeing........i'm off to ski on sunday yay :D

you all still skating? hope so :)

[AMMAGETSVM]

these dayze I'm kinda hooked on my track bikes
so I've gone from 8 wheels down to two
but those two wheels are f*ckin fast :D


http://img93.exs.cx/img93/4386/nishiki4tw.jpg

http://img56.exs.cx/img56/6903/fujrobar6uo.jpg

[Fuct]

Holy sh*t! Sweet ride AMMAGETSVM! How much did it cost you?

[AMMAGETSVM]

a few hundred bucks each, still way cheaper than buying a fully built one in the bike shops. It's much easier to get the components and build them up DIY style.

All in all, riding these things in the city have pretty much taken the energy I once focused on skating. It's all good though. In a way it's the same kind of outlet...just get out there, do your thing and go off...

[el Gato]

Haha, back from the dead again!

Funny thing, I went cruisin' on my board today 'round the neighborhood. Blown bushings = loosey goosey, but it was all quite good.

(And that is a sweet bike! :))

[I_AM{skullface}]

Nice Gato. :)

Did you see Tony in a recent episode of CSI? Funny stuff to see him in a primetime TV show.

-I_AM

[el Gato]

Tony Alva was on CSI! ;)

[I_AM{skullface}]

Tony Alva was on CSI! ;)

You lie! When? What episode? Which CSI?! :)

My wife and I caught the documentary about Gator just last night. What an interesting piece, it's amazing how disliked he still is by his "fellow" ex-skaters.

-I_AM

[AMMAGETSVM]

are you guys gonna go see that skate movie what's coming out soon ;)

[el Gato]

You lie! When? What episode? Which CSI?! :)


er, you said it first, I_AM:


Did you see Tony in a recent episode of CSI?

;) :)

AMMAGETSVM, what movie are you talking about? Lords of Dogtown? Because I'll be there. :tup: :)

[PRG]

I don't know, I bought my last board about 6 years ago. But the board I'm riding now is about 8 or 9 years old. :D

I saw that good to know someone else still likes the good old fish boards. My last board before I blew my knees out after 20 years of skating vert was a @1989 Neil Blender mini.. Now I play video games, easier on da' knees... :(

[el Gato]

I saw that good to know someone else still likes the good old fish boards. My last board before I blew my knees out after 20 years of skating vert was a @1989 Neil Blender mini.. Now I play video games, easier on da' knees... :(

My first board was a G&S Neil Blender Coffee Shop! :) :tup:

[Fuct]

er, you said it first, I_AM:



;) :)

AMMAGETSVM, what movie are you talking about? Lords of Dogtown? Because I'll be there. :tup: :)

Lords of dogtown? Is that the sequel to the original Dogtown movies?

[BooGiTyBoY]

Wow how did I miss this one!

I used to be sponsored by 2 skate shops and a little New Jersey based deck company called Bad Okole. I was going amateur for SHUT skates in N.Y.C. years ago until a pretty bad ankle snap ruined any hope of future competitive skating. (Just couldn't get my board control back after that one)

Hopped on my first skinny plastic banana-board when I was like 10. Skated til' I was 25 or so. Skated in over NY/NJ local competitions. (All Street skat