I've been skating again since I haven't been too busy lately. Only problem is that it's been about a year or two since I last stepped on a skateboard. I attempted a grass gap the other night, forgetting that I hadn't ollied in a long time... Faceplanted straight up, in front of some old guy.
So, anyone else skate?
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Once I move to my new town I'll probably start again, cos I'm guna have fuck all better to do.
We just got a new park built but it's full of little kids.
Yeah, same here. I've been skating on and off for years, but never actually picked it up too well because of the on-off habit.
I think I'm gonna stick some fat wheels on and stick to crusing streets without tricking.
12 year old me could beat the shit out of 19 year old me at skateboarding. I got the ollie left, that's it.
I feel you on that shit whole heartedly brother. Tobacco and marijuana ruined my skateboarding.
Somehow, I used to be known as "the kickflip man" when I skated with a bunch of people who live locally. I used to be able to pop out HUGE kickflips from nowhere. Now, I try and miserably fail, every time.
I can ollie though, and so some grabs when airing out of a jump-box thing.
Are you a cop?
No, my culture frowns upon cops as well.
Wesa chinks.
We had these huge ass boards. Almost impossible to do any tricks.
Ohhhh dawg. Did you have those Fish Board things?
I had one of those in my shed somewhere. Shit was awesome. Was luminous yellow and pink, had massive red wheels on it.
More like this.
Unlucky.
We just had a new one built, being opened thursday, sponsored by Route One, got some Vans and Santa Cruz skaters.
It's fuckin sweet, it makes me wish I didn't give up and still could skate. Got a real nice bowl n'all!
+1. I can barely ollie anymore
+1.
I really, really wish I still skated
This deck - Maybe. Or I might go for a Girl.
These trucks -
These wheels -
Active deck
Destructo trucks
Bones swiss bearings
Powell wheels
I want to go skateboarding tomorrow now.
I don't like skating my new DC's though, they don't have rubber capped toes and look too nice to ruin
All I wanna do is skate
I might have to dig out my old board from when I was 13, hope it's not too rusty. It was massive tho, like at least 8.25", probably bigger, prefer 7.5"
My current deck is 7.5, trucks are loose as hell too. It's really hard to skate on, especially after not skating for so long. I'm really tempted to get a new board and customize it especially for crusing around. I'm not so much interested in doing tricks any more, they take too much effort.
I wouldn't mind getting back into ollying and grinds and gaps and shit.
I just went on route one and put together one as cheap as I could with acceptable (for me) stuff and it's £114.92 If I went for what I posted up there it'd be farrr too much for me to even think about getting that much money.
So uh.... anyone wanna lend me £114.92? Maybe Hellish can do a donation drive for me.
Yeah, Ollies are cool to do. It's about the only thing I can implement into my crusing sessions. Oh, and if I can ollie, then I can 50-50 as well.
Boardslides never go well though
Oh, mine always used to end up in my balance getting fucked, and the board sliding out from beneath my feet, causing me to faceplant.
Or land on your nuts. Haha.
I used to love the bail vids on Tony Hawks and shit.
First deck was a Santa Cruz!
I too!