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Title: Skateboarders Can Also Be Retro Game Nerds ...
Post by: Nec.Game.head on January 07, 2013, 04:37:32 AM
Posting this up because I'm actually really curious to find out if their are any other members on here that ride a sk8board .. I've been sk8boarding since 86' .. My older brothers were into skateboarding and of course I had to follow as a little 6 year old dude in their foot steps .. I actively still sk8board and ride for a small time sk8board company called Sensitive skateboards .. Sk8boarding had been my one and only passion until around 99' when I started to get into gaming and collecting .. After I had a taste of how awesome it felt to have some of the older game consoles from the past and share them with friends I got hooked! Street fighter 2 was what really got me into collecting at first, I started looking for all the console ported versions of it and would have some really competitive battles with my friends after a long day of sk8boarding and being filmed .. Smoking fat blunts, pounding 40's of Mickeys and playing some 2d fighters with friends quickly became a everyday ritual after that .. lol what can I say now that I think about it at age 33 I guess I was just a typical kid from the suburbs of SE Los Angeles .. Over the past 10 years a lot has change in my personal life because of the freedom I was able to have being a paid sk8boarder .. I slowly started to seek out other gamers that were a little more into collecting games and consoles and were not into partying like I was .. It's been really rough at times becoming close friends with other gaming nerds because of our obvious lifestyle differences .. It's been pretty rad in the past 4 years though, I slowly became the gamer sk8 dude with all the consoles at home that welcomes his family and friends over to enjoy some retro gaming, home cooked meals and a great peaceful vibe once you enter into my otaku life!
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Post by: Arkhan on January 07, 2013, 04:52:57 AM
I used to all the time. I was really into jumping off of really high things to see if I'd land without painful results.
I used Powell and Hook Ups boards, independent trucks, bones swiss bearings, and powell wheels
But then all the local skateboarders started picking on me since I was 4-5 years younger, had bright orange hair, and wore stupid looking clothes...so I went home and played Skate or Die 2 instead. If I tried to use paintguns and eggs in real life, I'd be beaten to death. Kind of odd looking back now, that the so-called rebellious dudes picked on me. POSEURS. YEAH.
Then I got into rollerskating instead. Real rollerskates, not rollerblades. I still use powell wheels and bones swiss bearings. ;).
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Post by: soop on January 07, 2013, 05:05:01 AM
Yeah, it was my life for many years. There was a pretty big scene in my city, and I still see a lot of people I met through skating. A lot of them were or became sponsored/pro.
I miss it. I toyed with the idea of getting a new deck last summer, but it was never really dry long enough. My old one is second hand, so it's not really set up the way I like it, but I know the local shops blanks are really good at the moment.
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Post by: Arkhan on January 07, 2013, 05:17:10 AM
I was thinking the same thing, actually. I haven't been on a skateboard in a long time. It might be fun to see how long I can go before I crack the deck in half from jumping off a flight of stairs for the 490230923th time.
I almost wanna get a fishtail one so I can be legit as f*ck.
EDIT: But, its f*cking January in Ohio, so that can wait.
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Post by: Nec.Game.head on January 07, 2013, 05:19:51 AM
Awesome, their is some ol sk8 heads up in here! Sk8boarding & Gaming I love it! This pic here is of the guy that started Hook Ups brand back in the early 90's .. The very first dude to incorporate anime and gaming in his sk8 video's and sk8board deck art work .. My number one sk8boarding hero of all time Jeremy Klein .. He was a game tester and was involved with TTI back in the days .. I have some high profile sk8r friends that are buddies with him .. Ive been working on trying to meet up with him to get some insider news on the company and to to find out what his Pc Engine collection is like ..
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Post by: turboswimbz on January 07, 2013, 05:32:32 AM
I use to skate evey now and then, never really got into, other things came along somewhere down the line. I still have a very lightly used element skateboard somewhere with independent trucks, and TNT bearings... man was I proud when I eaned enough for that set up. I still find the board every now and then and think about the days as a teenager riding the board around (p.s. I haven't seen a jeremy klein anything in years)
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Post by: soop on January 07, 2013, 05:54:34 AM
I remember one time, we were all hanging out at Laser Quest (as usual) and I fancied a skate, but I didn't have my board, so I asked my friend if I could borrow his brand new, unblemished Hook Ups deck. He reluctantly agreed, on the proviso, be very careful, and no boardslides. He wasn't much of a skater.
Anyway, it just so happened that his favorite band (Therapy) had just been ... signing stuff? In the local Virgin Megastore, completely unbenkownst to us. As I came back down the hill, there they were standing outside smoking a fag. God know how I knew it was them, might have been that they were all wearing Therapy shirts or something. So I was all like "Hey, aren't you guys Therapy?" and had a little chat with them, and said "hey could you guys sign my friends board?" Really lovely guys, they obliged.
But I decided to ham it up a bit. On entering, I kept the board faced away, and with a sheepish look on my face, I was like "eerrr, dude, about your board..."
His eyes went wide.
I... I kinda ... GOT IT SIGNED BY THERAPY.
His eyes went wider, and then he picked me up and spun me around. He dashed off to see them, but they were gone. I expect he still has it, and it was never used again.
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Post by: Keranu on January 07, 2013, 05:59:10 AM
That's a jawesome story and pic you posted, NEC Game Head! You can spot a smiling Jonathan Brandstetter! Nice find!
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Post by: Arkhan on January 07, 2013, 06:17:27 AM
Hah. "Smoke a fag".
That's great.
I always found that Hookups boards f*cking sucked, but the giant boobied pictures made it worth owning.
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Post by: soop on January 07, 2013, 06:19:27 AM
Yeah, well the boobs are so big its no wonder they're heavy.
I like the powell boards. They are a nice weight and are pretty sturdy. Plus, the art is pretty cool.
I want to put rails on whatever board I get. Why am I looking at skateboards. Goddamn.
One thing I never got into was ramps. I was too hesitant on the halfpipes and would always kinda bail.
God yeah. The most I ever did on a ramp was when we got drunk and bundled over the wall to the back of the skate shop one night, because they had a mini-ramp out the back. How I didn't severely injure myself I have no idea.
Must have been all that practice of skating drunk I suppose.
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Post by: bob on January 07, 2013, 07:32:42 AM
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Post by: Arkhan on January 07, 2013, 07:40:39 AM
I was more a fan of doing things like it was 1979 since most of what I figured out on skateboards came from some HOW 2 SKAETBORD book from the 70s. So they were using Banana boards and shit. It was pretty hilarious.
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Post by: ParanoiaDragon on January 07, 2013, 08:17:52 AM
I was going to mention Jeremy Klein, but you already know about him, so, I digress. I used to skate, but I never could do anything, & I mean, doing an ollie was a chore! I could maybe barely do one while NOT moving. I found doing a 180 kick flip was much easier, but I still couldn't really skate. I mainly just hung out with skaters, & moved my board in the direction of wherever they were headed :D This was all north of you, in the Conejo Valley/Thousand Oaks/Westlake Village area. Mainly hung out with Daniel Mullenix. I haven't talked to him in years, I think he ended up getting big into Hapkido.
I don't think any of the guys I hung around became big or anything, but I think they ended up knowing some of the big timers BITD.
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Post by: KingDrool on January 07, 2013, 08:22:12 AM
I was big into skating right around the same time the TurboGrafx was alive. So yeah, it was hand-in-hand for me. Skate around town, come home and play Turbo.
I was the same as ParanoiaDragon, though. I just skated around; never did much in the way of tricks or jumping off shit. Just did it for fun and transportation.
Music kind of took over from there as my primary hobby, but now that I have kids I've been wanting to get them into skating. My oldest son is only 5, though, so we got him one of those Razr scooters and I thought I'd buy a longboard next summer so I can tool around with him a bit as he learns.
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Post by: psychobear on January 07, 2013, 08:33:44 AM
Skateboarding since 95, busted my ankle in 2001 that ended it all, 2 bolts are holding my left ankle in place, still skate but more of just crusie and Ollie of or on to curbs.
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Post by: Nec.Game.head on January 07, 2013, 09:01:37 AM
This is too cool.. Their are plenty of ol time sk8rs here.. The 2 pics of me doing the back side tail slide and the nose slide taken last oct for a sk8 blog covering the Sensitive sk8 team.. I'm very proud of my sk8 roots and continue to shred on a daily basis.. Love the story's guys .. Keep em coming!!
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Post by: bob on January 07, 2013, 09:23:13 AM
Turbo and Skateboarding define my childhood. I still skate regularly and have been since '91 or so. If anybody has seen the video "The Hot Chocolate Tour", there is a scene at the beginning that was filmed in Boston. Spike Jonez directed it and I was an extra. There is a pack of kids chasing Marc Johnson, Richard Mulder, Gino Ianucci, Rick Howard, and many others through the streets of Boston and I was one of the "pack" chasing them.
I have collected quite a bit from my skateboard past, but too bad (like games), the boards are commanding top dollar since the runs were so limited.
Anyway, here's me somewhat recently...
I also have a pretty massive sticker collection...
By far, my most cherished belonging is this deck. It's a prototype Tony Hawk (signed) from when he first launched Birdhouse (Jeremy Kliens team prior to Hook Ups and after World Industries if I remember correctly). My mother went to San Diego in '92 and stopped into the Carlsbad Pipeline. Tony happend to be there along with Ray Underhill and he gave her the board. It's gripped and ridden for one day (GGRRRRR), because we all remember how impossible it was to hold on to a shiny new deck when you needed one!
Somebody offered me $1000 on another forum once, which I refused. He understood.
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Post by: psychobear on January 07, 2013, 09:50:19 AM
I look for some of my old photos, I was heavy into it. Busted my ankle doing a back side board slide from a 10 stair rail. Here in Vegas we had some sweet skate spots, Las Vegas Academy was the spot, and some elementery schools, a lot of casinos had nice spots behind the buildings but those sessions will only last 30 minutes tops before security came.
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Post by: soop on January 07, 2013, 10:38:51 AM
f*ck, Galam, that's sweet. I really want to get some decks on my wall too, but most of mine got busted and thrown away. I think I still have my first Alien Workshop deck at my moms, but who knows. It's a dream.
I guess I'm like Arkhan. Never did ramps or massive stairs, but where I live it's all hills and a massive chill-out spot in the centre of town where everyone heads, so I got really good at oldschool stuff (one of my nicknames was oldschool Tom), and I was big into manuals, nose manuals, no-complys and all up in my grills. Oh and nosebones! Man this is totally bringing it back! I know I can still do stuff.
My olly was super high too. I remember being able to do (quick) indy grabs into manual. Caveman grinds... One day I'll tell you about the mad apple guy. He was trying to do hardflip body varials, whilst high on acid. Nearly got them too.
Ummm... Famous skaters from BITD: Danny Wainwright, Flynn Trotman, DJ Die from full cycle (Like Ronnie Size and that) ummm... Those were the famous guys back then, but I heard some of the other guys are pretty big now.
Here's another guy http://sidewalk.mpora.com/news/new-korahn-gayle-footage-from-crayon-skateboards.html He's pretty good, but then he always was, way better than me. I was chatting to him one day, And I was on about how I liked Mecca Jeans, and he gave me a pair he didn't want :) Apparantly he's pretty good now.
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Post by: Arkhan on January 07, 2013, 12:23:52 PM
I remember being really into grabbing the board while jumping up onto high stuff, and then jumping off said high thing back onto the board. Wtf was that even called? A dipshit mcflip to jumpydrop?
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Post by: Sadler on January 07, 2013, 01:26:34 PM
I used to love skating in college. I was never awesome, but I could do all the basic flip tricks, had a decent ollie and could do nose and board slides like a boss. :D Never got the 360 flip down; I can't even begin to imagine the number of hours I've spent trying. I could get my front foot back on but never my back foot. :(
Honestly I really miss skating, it was a pretty big part of my life for a while. I'll still f*ck around in my garage from time to time, but at my age I'm too embarrassed to go to parks anymore. I need to watch a few hours of 411VM, drink a few beers and find a quiet parking lot. :D
EDIT: Whatever happened to skating anyway? In college *everyone* skated. You could go to your drive way and practice tricks and meet several of your neighbors doing the same. Nowadays I just see kids on long boards. I never see anyone attempting kickflips anymore. :(
Anyway, yeah. College for me was defined by delivering pizza and skating while waiting for runs. Then I'd get off of work, indulge in now legal things in CO and go skating some more. Good times!
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Post by: nodtveidt on January 07, 2013, 02:37:10 PM
I did it for a short while when I was 17... around the time I was trying to get back into playing the guitar after I had messed up my hand a few years prior. Didn't really do it for very long though. :(
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Post by: Tatsujin on January 07, 2013, 04:51:30 PM
BAN THIS!
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Post by: Nec.Game.head on January 07, 2013, 05:18:47 PM
Wow we most definitely have some sk8rs up in here! @ galam dude you got yourself a pretty sick ass collection .. Those 2 single trick clips are way dope .. You still got it! That nollie hard flip, too steezy and your 360 flip pretty perfect flick and pop .. The chocolate tour video is still to this day a dope ass video to watch .. You know the deal anything that Girl and Chocolate release is always gonna be epic .. Have you seen their new video Pretty Sweet that just dropped? Holly f*ck Spike Jonze killed it to the max on this one! Here are some pics of some of the decks my sponsor put out last year .. I also had to dig up some of my old stickers from my collection .. You guys are all bringing back so many great memories with your story's .. Great stuff guys let's keep it going !!
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Post by: Tatsujin on January 07, 2013, 08:55:44 PM
I have been sk8in' between the years 1988 and 1996. my first pro board was the powell peralta's mcgill. later in the 80s I got the vision doublekick which imo pushed the sk8 board evolution a big leap ahead. this was such a great and stylish board at that time. I was mainly in street style (no half-pipe), but with some ramps and fun boxes, rails and stuff.. so some of my fav. tricks were like impossible, div. kick-flips (double, 180, heel etc.), nose-bone, one-foot, div. grindings, rock-slides (benchs, rails, handrails etc.) and stairs & gap-jumps etc. in the city or on industrial areas.
my all time fav. skate movie is BAN THIS..lol. not from its todays view of skateboareder skills, but all in all a very entertaining and well made movie with lots of cool skaters and funny stuff. watching it every now and then :D
I can say that it was a big part of my youth until I started my apprenticeship.
sk8ting 'n' gaming was my dominant activity during all that time.
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Post by: soop on January 07, 2013, 09:09:54 PM
I have been sk8in' between the years 1988 and 1996. my first pro board was the powell peralta's mcgill. later in the 80s I got the vision doublekick which imo pushed the sk8 board evolution a big leap ahead. this was such a great and stylish board at that time. I was mainly in street style (no half-pipe), but with some ramps and fun boxes, rails and stuff.. so some of my fav. tricks were like impossible, div. kick-flips (double, 180, heel etc.), nose-bone, one-foot, div. grindings, rock-slides (benchs, rails, handrails etc.) and stairs & gap-jumps etc. in the city or on industrial areas.
my all time fav. skate movie is BAN THIS..lol. not from its todays view of skateboareder skills, but all in all a very entertaining and well made movie with lots of cool skaters and funny stuff. watching it every now and then :D
I can say that it was a big part of my youth until I started my apprenticeship.
sk8ting 'n' gaming was my dominant activity during all that time.
Nice. Never got that good at rails personally. I'm not sure I've seen ban this, but my personal faves are The Search for Animal Chin (old Powell movie featuring the Bones Brigade - it actually has a plot of sorts!) and Thrill of it all by Zero. One skater has Gimme Shelter by the Stones for his section, and it works so damn well.
My favorite pro was always Mullen, just because he was doing stuff nobody could even think of, let alone pull off. The stuff he did, I've never seen anyone else do.
But I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Richie Jackson. Dude is insane: I can't watch it without making noises.
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Post by: Tatsujin on January 07, 2013, 10:32:21 PM
But I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Richie Jackson. Dude is insane: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OohMEJiX0Y I can't watch it without making noises.
Lol, watching him doing all that ubercrazy stuff feels almost kinda unreal. a great sk8er with lots of crazy ideas. he has the TOTAL CONTROL.
and sure mullen is the best skater in any books. he alone invented about 90% of any known tricks up to day..lol.
it is amazing how that whole thing has "evolutioned" like over the past 25 years.
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Post by: KingDrool on January 08, 2013, 01:50:48 AM
Speaking of old-school skaters, did you guys ever see the documentary on Mark "Gator" Rogowski? It's called "Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator". It's pretty damned fascinating, and it also has some great old-school skating footage. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0271211/
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Post by: Tatsujin on January 08, 2013, 02:42:59 AM
nice stickers up there too :)
tho couldn't spot any "skateboarding is not a crime" or "support your local skateboarder" ones :)
when my dad worked as a silkscreen printer back in the 80s, I gave him two stickers of the above and he printed me like hundreds of 'em. we stuck them up over the whole village..lol.
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Post by: Nec.Game.head on January 08, 2013, 03:54:22 AM
Oh shit, Tatsujin in the sk8 house ? Nice .. I still to this day watch all The Bones Brigade video's .. Frankie Hill's part on Ban This is hell epic to date! Last year I got the hook up from a friend of mine and I got a very special invite to see the screening for the Bones Brigade documentary .. The whole Bones Brigade team was their except for Tommy Guerrero .. That was the first time in over 20 years I had been star struck by any former or current pro sk8r's .. I'm till date still really mixed up in the sk8board industry .. It's all part of what I grew up doing, but seeing all those dudes in the same place was soo amazing .. It was actually the first time The Bones Brigade was all in the same place in about a decade in a half .. Gators documentary is super good theirs also the Christian Hosi documentary and the Steve Rocco one called The Man Who Souled The World that ones is crazy sick .. It covers pretty much how Steve Rocco got the 90's street sk8n scene up and running full speed .. lol I'm always hungry to sk8 !!
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Post by: Arkhan on January 08, 2013, 03:57:26 AM
oh man. that caballero board is wicked.
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Post by: Nec.Game.head on January 08, 2013, 04:04:52 AM
Ha total noob on posting my pics! Lol the pic that looks like I got a SMEARED POOP STAIN on my bed sheet which is a coffee stain .. This is one of my pride and joy sk8boards signed by the Bones Brigade .. f*ck I HOPE IT'S A COFFEE STAIN !! LOL ...
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Post by: bob on January 08, 2013, 07:50:16 AM
Who is that with the board in the mouth? Im reserving comment until i know... :) Something in that pic is tugging hard at the center of my skateboard purist core. If you remember Consolodated Skateboards, you might know what i mean.
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Post by: Nec.Game.head on January 08, 2013, 08:25:31 AM
Ha lol dude that's me !!! Last year my boy Vincent Baily came to stay at my house from Boston to get some filming done. He always brings me a fat package from concepts.. That's the homie Eli Reeds pro model I'm reppin. The 2 pics on my first post are of me also in action.. I now ride for a company called Sensitive.. Vince will be at my place again on the 23rd .. Every winter he comes through to get his cali winter time sk8 on... He's the dude to the right of me with the white Nike Sb shirt.. Always hungry to Sk8!!!
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Post by: bob on January 08, 2013, 08:43:20 AM
I'm from the boston area too and the weather is NOT skate friendly in january. Im stiffer than han solo in carbonite right now.
Anyway, what i was referring to in my previous post about your picture... GET THOSE f*ckING NIKE SHIRTS OFF!!
:) LOL.
I was so pissed when they entered the skate market. Growing up in the 90's era of skateboarding, its only natural to scoff at big business trying to exploit skating for "street cred". (In nikes case, outside of basketball.) I dont want to see skate shoes rolling out of the same factory as golf clubs.
But on a brighter note, i will happy to join vinnie on his trip this year. Thanks for the invite! Haha!
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Post by: Nec.Game.head on January 08, 2013, 09:00:06 AM
Dude I can feel what ur saying.. I just can't say no thanks to free product .. Your welcome to come visit anytime. I got filmers and spots for days.
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Post by: psychobear on January 08, 2013, 09:15:54 AM
Speaking of old-school skaters, did you guys ever see the documentary on Mark "Gator" Rogowski? It's called "Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator". It's pretty damned fascinating, and it also has some great old-school skating footage. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0271211/
I haven't seen this one heard it was good, did you the the one about Christian Hasoi, that one is pretty good. http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0782079/
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Post by: bob on January 08, 2013, 09:27:27 AM
Dude I can feel what ur saying.. I just can't say no thanks to free product
Haha. I hear ya. I'm just harking back to my teenage days.
dude, I feel you, but with skate shoes at the moment, the trend is for old school garish hipsterness. I'm all about the 90's, so I had some baddass yellow custom bikes before the supra skytop 3's I'm rocking now
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Post by: KingDrool on January 09, 2013, 03:10:55 AM
Speaking of old-school skaters, did you guys ever see the documentary on Mark "Gator" Rogowski? It's called "Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator". It's pretty damned fascinating, and it also has some great old-school skating footage. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0271211/
I haven't seen this one heard it was good, did you the the one about Christian Hasoi, that one is pretty good. http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0782079/
Haven't seen the Hasoi one.
The Gator one blew my mind. He was my favorite skater back in the day, and I kind of forgot about him after I fell out of skating. Then I saw this movie, and SPOILER: he f*cking killed a woman! What?!
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Post by: bob on January 09, 2013, 04:09:25 AM
Another good documentary to check out is Steve Rocco's "Man Who Souled the World". It's a fun ride through the 90's skate powerhouses.
To mix in a bit of 'bob here, when I was featured in a magazine a couple years back, I made sure to wear a 4Star shirt for my photo...
http://www.dotsandloops.com/retro/scan.pdf
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Post by: Nec.Game.head on January 09, 2013, 09:13:27 AM
KILL ROCCO !!! That dude rocks !!!
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Post by: Tatsujin on January 09, 2013, 02:21:13 PM
do you guys have any pictures from the old sk8ing times?
I have had only about two or three from the late 80s, but coulnd't find any of them so far :(
@NGH, yeah frankie hill (literally) rocked big times in ban this (and the soundtrack was so awesome too). even uploaded his part somewhere on youtube once. also always was a fan of lance mountain. very oldskoolish guy. not the best, but instead probably the funniest sk8er of all time :lol:
I really would like to do some skateboarding again, but now I'm going towards the 38, and not the most flexible and light person anymore. probably will teach my son some few stuff, when he's bit more grown up.
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Post by: Nec.Game.head on January 10, 2013, 03:56:10 AM
Frankie Hill is too sick! He actually got back into the sk8boarding scene a little over a year ago .. He started a company called Hill skateboards .. He's on my facebook and is always posting up new pics and footage of what he is doing at the moment in his skateboarding .. He recently had a documentary made on his career, it was put together by a pro sk8boarder named Nate Sherwood .. It's pretty underground and hard to find though .. I'll post up the link when I find it .. Lance Mountain has always been one of my favorites, he was such a funny ass joker and a pretty decent vert sk8r .. Lance also has a really good story to tell about his life in sk8boarding on the Bones Brigade documentary .. Here are some pics Tatsujin, the first one is of me as a little dude learning backside airs in my back yard mini ramp in 87 .. The rest are scans from old 80's mags I have ..
f*ck YEAH fishtail skateboards. Look how legit that tony hawk deck is
Have to say, I'm not a fan of fishtail decks. I'm chucking all my old flatmate's stuff out tomorrow, including an oldschool fishtail which I'll never use. It's not gripped, so I'm not even gonna dick around on it.
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Post by: Arkhan on January 10, 2013, 05:07:28 AM
f*ck YEAH fishtail skateboards. Look how legit that tony hawk deck is
Have to say, I'm not a fan of fishtail decks. I'm chucking all my old flatmate's stuff out tomorrow, including an oldschool fishtail which I'll never use. It's not gripped, so I'm not even gonna dick around on it.
dude send it to me. ill set it up.
go go go. GIMME NOW.
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Post by: bob on January 10, 2013, 06:16:22 AM
f*ck YEAH fishtail skateboards. Look how legit that tony hawk deck is
Have to say, I'm not a fan of fishtail decks. I'm chucking all my old flatmate's stuff out tomorrow, including an oldschool fishtail which I'll never use. It's not gripped, so I'm not even gonna dick around on it.
Raffle it here!
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Post by: Nec.Game.head on January 10, 2013, 08:43:32 AM
Raffle sounds perfect.. Count me in !!!
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Post by: Tatsujin on January 10, 2013, 11:14:50 AM
that's rad to hear. now I need me one of these hill decks :D apparently it seems that his page is down atm: www.hillskateboards.com (http://www.hillskateboards.com/) I've always thought he was into sk8eboarding all the time. watched some vids here and there on YT as he became a real grown up. but he just looked the very best in ban this.. such a cool hair style..lol.
I also liked lil kid guy mariano. seems he's also back on truck again and founded some shit together..hehe.
btw. nice pic of you :)
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Post by: bob on January 10, 2013, 03:06:19 PM
that's rad to hear. now I need me one of these hill decks :D apparently it seems that his page is down atm: www.hillskateboards.com (http://www.hillskateboards.com/) I've always thought he was into sk8eboarding all the time. watched some vids here and there on YT as he became a real grown up. but he just looked the very best in ban this.. such a cool hair style..lol.
I also liked lil kid guy mariano. seems he's also back on truck again and founded some shit together..hehe.
btw. nice pic of you :)
Guy Mariano is my all time hero.
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Post by: soop on January 10, 2013, 09:54:44 PM
I've been watching Mullen vids. what a legend.
Flatmate actually picked up his stuff, but even so, shipping that thing from the UK would have cost about £50. Had thunder trucks and.. can't remember the wheels, but they were big and rubbery.
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Post by: Nec.Game.head on January 11, 2013, 12:44:31 PM
@ galam .. You gotta watch Mariano's part on the new Girl and Chocolate video called Pretty Sweet !! His part on the Mouse video to date is still pretty epic .. Actually every freaken part that he has ever released is banging !! That dude has not slowed down at all over the years .. Vice.com has a really good Epicly later'd episode on his life and career in sk8boarding .. Gotta peep that one out also .. This is on of my favorite Guy Mariano Blind decks from back in the day ..
do you guys have any pictures from the old sk8ing times?
I have had only about two or three from the late 80s, but coulnd't find any of them so far :(
@NGH, yeah frankie hill (literally) rocked big times in ban this (and the soundtrack was so awesome too). even uploaded his part somewhere on youtube once. also always was a fan of lance mountain. very oldskoolish guy. not the best, but instead probably the funniest sk8er of all time :lol:
I really would like to do some skateboarding again, but now I'm going towards the 38, and not the most flexible and light person anymore. probably will teach my son some few stuff, when he's bit more grown up.
I think I've got some pics from back when, lemme see if I can dig 'em up :)
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Post by: Tatsujin on January 12, 2013, 12:17:13 AM
just watching the hill documentary.. so legendary stuff :)
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Post by: Tatsujin on January 12, 2013, 01:34:47 AM
Damn, DAMN. speaking of Skateboarders Can Also Be Retro Game Nerds ... Watch this @ 1:00
HAHAHA!! :D :D :D
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Post by: turboswimbz on January 12, 2013, 01:57:19 AM
Damn, DAMN. speaking of Skateboarders Can Also Be Retro Game Nerds ... Watch this @ 1:00
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOl9Ta0je7o
HAHAHA!! :D :D :D
that was amazing! obey!
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Post by: TurboCro on January 12, 2013, 02:30:48 AM
Skate, Obey or Die!
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Post by: Tatsujin on January 12, 2013, 02:57:06 AM
kinda embarrassing to show that in here, but that was me first time on a sk8 after a good 10 year break. my friend borrowed me his deck at a game night. so I tried to pull off some old tricks without avail and my leather shoes.
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Post by: Nec.Game.head on January 12, 2013, 03:33:35 AM
That's right Turbo Expresses up in the house !! Paid sk8boarders have always had the cool toys ... Damn I had forgot about that part when I saw the documentary a few months back ... Too sick reppin that shit hard in 90' !!
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Post by: bob on January 12, 2013, 04:40:28 AM
@ galam .. You gotta watch Mariano's part on the new Girl and Chocolate video called Pretty Sweet !! His part on the Mouse video to date is still pretty epic .. Actually every freaken part that he has ever released is banging !! That dude has not slowed down at all over the years .. Vice.com has a really good Epicly later'd episode on his life and career in sk8boarding .. Gotta peep that one out also .. This is on of my favorite Guy Mariano Blind decks from back in the day ..
I ripped this out of Transworld years ago and held on to it ever since
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Post by: Nec.Game.head on January 12, 2013, 02:16:48 PM
That Hawk board is pretty sick, that was released around the time Ban This dropped if I remember correctly .. That nose looks crazy steep !! I was thinking about buying one of those Guy Mariano reissue decks .. It's a toss up between that one and the High Guy deck .. I'll probably end up getting them both once I have a chance to drop some cash on them .. Lately I've been trapped in this Pc Engine life .. Buying all types of goodies .. Good stuff galam ...
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Post by: bob on January 14, 2013, 01:11:52 PM
That Hawk board is pretty sick, that was released around the time Ban This dropped if I remember correctly .. That nose looks crazy steep !! I was thinking about buying one of those Guy Mariano reissue decks .. It's a toss up between that one and the High Guy deck .. I'll probably end up getting them both once I have a chance to drop some cash on them .. Lately I've been trapped in this Pc Engine life .. Buying all types of goodies .. Good stuff galam ...
Yeah, I grabbed it a couple years ago when Blind released it. I didn't see the High Guy one. Did they do all the F'd Up Blind Kids?
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Post by: Tatsujin on January 14, 2013, 10:46:49 PM
hey HEY, Mariano, hey HEY Hey, Mariano.
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Post by: TurboCro on January 14, 2013, 11:17:43 PM
Guy in Video Days
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Post by: Tatsujin on January 15, 2013, 01:06:49 AM
such a cute lil boy and yet a king of streets :D
where I met him the first btime :)
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Post by: Nec.Game.head on January 15, 2013, 02:43:38 PM
Hell yeah Tatsujin !! That little Mariano verse is from Ban This !! I use to hyme that all the time .. That part was super epic .. It was the first time I saw Rudy Johnson, Palo Diaz and Guy sk8n in the streets of LA .. They were the pioneers of street sk8n in the hood ... Galam I believe in this past year they released the Blind F-UP Kids series .. Not too sure though .. Dude those board graphics were the business !! Roco's art guy always came up with the craziest shit for deck art and adds ... Those were the good ol days when adds could be offensive to the untrained sk8r eye and no one got in trouble or sued for it !! Us 90's sk8rs had the best sense of humor by far !! We were all pretty raw kids !!!
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Post by: Tatsujin on January 17, 2013, 12:38:18 AM
soo good :D
btw. nice guy & co docu:
:)
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Post by: Nec.Game.head on January 21, 2013, 05:45:13 AM
Felt like sharing this quick little video of myself rocking a f*cked up tight bunny suit for the drunks and bar fly's at the Pow Wow Saloon down the street from my place ... loaded on whiskey and coke while riding my board in the streets in a bunny suit is pretty fun !!!
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Post by: Tatsujin on January 22, 2013, 12:23:07 AM
nice stuff, but I've expected some heavier tricks out of that rabbit :D
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Post by: soop on January 22, 2013, 12:47:06 AM
Heheh, cool :D
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Post by: Nec.Game.head on January 22, 2013, 04:43:28 AM
@ Tatsujin .. lol Dude I could barely fit into that tight ass bunny suit .. My junk was trying to bust out, that's why I put the carrot in front of my package .. lol well that and my girl wasn't down with me running around like that .. I couldn't squat down that low to bust out any kick flips .. That shit felt like at any minute I was gonna bust threw that outfit and bare all to the public .. Here's a quick clip of me in a trow away footy montage .. You can fast forward to my few tricks starting at 57 seconds .. I'm gonna most definitely post up my full video part when I'm done filming in the next month or so ..
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Post by: bob on September 23, 2013, 02:35:57 AM
Hard ankle sprain the other day doing a stupid switch heel on FLAT! My toe wedged into the ground and the weight of my body pushed me forward and rolled it. Weather finally gets perfect and this happens. FTW.
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Post by: KingDrool on September 23, 2013, 03:21:34 AM
Ouch!
I forgot to post the board I got this summer. Here it is: http://landyachtz.com/D25.cfm?PID=523
Again, I'm old and out-of-shape, so I went with the Cadillac of skateboards. This thing is so cozy to cruise on. Bamboo deck, cushioned grip-tape. It's the perfect old man board. ;)
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Post by: Tatsujin on September 23, 2013, 03:47:55 AM
I could NEVER ride such a ..thing..srsl & sry
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Post by: bob on September 23, 2013, 03:56:26 AM
I forgot to post the board I got this summer. Here it is: http://landyachtz.com/D25.cfm?PID=523
Again, I'm old and out-of-shape, so I went with the Cadillac of skateboards. This thing is so cozy to cruise on. Bamboo deck, cushioned grip-tape. It's the perfect old man board. ;)
cushioned grip tape?? I have never heard of such a thing. do you wear these shoes when riding it? :lol: :lol: :lol:
(http://www.shoesonline4u.co.uk/images/www.shoesonline4u.co.uk/large/th4971248885949Skechers Shape Ups Optimize - Stone Brown.jpg)
I'm just kidding, those long-boards are super fun.
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Post by: KingDrool on September 23, 2013, 04:38:04 AM
Ha! I should get some orthopedic shoes.
But yeah, the grip tape is slightly thicker than the normal stuff and has a little sponginess to it. Combine that with the flexibility of the bamboo deck and it's a sweet-ass ride!
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Post by: Arkhan on September 23, 2013, 05:20:01 AM
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Post by: toymachine78 on September 23, 2013, 03:53:54 PM
I agree! :)
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Post by: KingDrool on March 31, 2014, 04:07:22 AM
I'm resurrecting this thread because Minnesota is finally thawing out and I spent all weekend skating around our neighborhood with my kids. What a f*ckin' great time!
I bought a board for my oldest (6) and he's doing surprisingly well, considering his age. He picked out this board: http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/m0v9CDWdKoY-BdBLmOS1zMQ.jpg
What can I say? The kid loves zombies.
But shit, after a good 6+ hours of skating, my tubby old body is sore today!
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Post by: jtucci31 on March 31, 2014, 05:06:25 AM
I'm resurrecting this thread because Minnesota is finally thawing out and I spent all weekend skating around our neighborhood with my kids. What a f*ckin' great time!
I bought a board for my oldest (6) and he's doing surprisingly well, considering his age. He picked out this board: http://thumbs3.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/m0v9CDWdKoY-BdBLmOS1zMQ.jpg
What can I say? The kid loves zombies.
But shit, after a good 6+ hours of skating, my tubby old body is sore today!
With the weather finally getting nice in the Chicagoland area, i plan on skating a little today. As much as i love staring at the tv for hours, riding around has its perks too.
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Post by: HailingTheThings on March 31, 2014, 04:35:01 PM
Skated from age 12 to 20. First deck was a yellow Foundation "Yuck Fou." Damn, I wish I still had that thing. Got decent for a while and almost got sponsored by a local shop when I was 16, but shit happens when too many damn kids are gunning for the spot. The shop still gave me a ton of free shit when they could, so I was unofficially on or something, not really. lol Met a lot of really cool people through skating back in the day, sadly I don't talk to a damn one of them besides my oldest and best friend. Actually painful to sit here and think about all those people whom I miss dearly, yet can't bring myself to look up. Been way too long, I feel sometimes its better to just move on. I associate skateboarding with pain now, wish I didn't. Damn. just, damn. Damn.
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Post by: geise on April 01, 2014, 07:43:00 AM
My first board was an Alva. The boards I had in the 80's used to last quite a while. Then, when all the decks went the same style I was going through one every couple months.
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Post by: toymachine78 on April 01, 2014, 09:31:18 AM
My first deck was an Alien Workshop Lab Rat. I loved their original designs. Their artwork sucks now.
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Post by: bob on April 01, 2014, 10:14:02 AM
My first board was a chris livingston h-street.
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Post by: jtucci31 on April 01, 2014, 10:18:53 AM
Skated from age 12 to 20. First deck was a yellow Foundation "Yuck Fou." Damn, I wish I still had that thing. Got decent for a while and almost got sponsored by a local shop when I was 16, but shit happens when too many damn kids are gunning for the spot. The shop still gave me a ton of free shit when they could, so I was unofficially on or something, not really. lol Met a lot of really cool people through skating back in the day, sadly I don't talk to a damn one of them besides my oldest and best friend. Actually painful to sit here and think about all those people whom I miss dearly, yet can't bring myself to look up. Been way too long, I feel sometimes its better to just move on. I associate skateboarding with pain now, wish I didn't. Damn. just, damn. Damn.
That's really cool that you were getting stuff for free. I'm sorry that you associate bad with skateboarding now :/
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Post by: geise on April 01, 2014, 10:49:03 AM
Haha! Yeah, now it's like "Man I really hope my insurance covers this..."
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Post by: HailingTheThings on April 01, 2014, 03:46:51 PM
Skated from age 12 to 20. First deck was a yellow Foundation "Yuck Fou." Damn, I wish I still had that thing. Got decent for a while and almost got sponsored by a local shop when I was 16, but shit happens when too many damn kids are gunning for the spot. The shop still gave me a ton of free shit when they could, so I was unofficially on or something, not really. lol Met a lot of really cool people through skating back in the day, sadly I don't talk to a damn one of them besides my oldest and best friend. Actually painful to sit here and think about all those people whom I miss dearly, yet can't bring myself to look up. Been way too long, I feel sometimes its better to just move on. I associate skateboarding with pain now, wish I didn't. Damn. just, damn. Damn.
That's really cool that you were getting stuff for free. I'm sorry that you associate bad with skateboarding now :/
Getting free stuffs is always cool, for the most part, deep down I feel bad to feel indebted to anyone, though. I was young so whatev.
No need to feel sawrs about the way I feel nowadays, mister, it's just my evolution into mean-old-coot-hood, ya know? lol
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Post by: Tatsujin on April 01, 2014, 04:24:35 PM
my first deck was a powel peralta McGill back in 1988
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Post by: bob on May 09, 2014, 02:17:29 PM
ok...im back in full throttle. i have been down and out for 6 months due to ankle injury. weather is nice and im out there. i worked for 2 hours on one stupid trick. 2 HOURS. 6 Foot slant bank-switch hard flip and couldnt nail it. a couple of sloppy ones, but i wanted to stick it effortless (looking). i used to have this trick DIALED and on point. havent tried it in 5 years. maybe i need to work it on something smaller for conditioning. GRRRRRRRRRR
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Post by: ProfessorProfessorson on May 09, 2014, 02:50:41 PM
I had a few skateboards as a kid, but my main fav one was a Santa Cruz one that was purple and had melting clocks chasing a guy on the bottom of the board. The board, some set of pro wheels and trucks ran about $700 or so back in 1988 or so when my sister got it and gave it to me. I road the hell out of the thing, probably until the wood started to grind down too much around early 1995. I had no grip tape, side rails or nose guard on the thing, just straight wood.
I'd either ride wearing combat boots or Converse All Stars high tops. Even without grip tape I was able to stay on the board fine, even in rainy type weather. Damn I miss that board. It looked pretty damn cool. I got out of skateboarding in early 96. It was fun when I was younger, but its not something I care to do anymore.
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Post by: Tatsujin on May 09, 2014, 03:23:13 PM
so how did you do any tricks without the grip-tape? :)
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Post by: ProfessorProfessorson on May 09, 2014, 03:59:50 PM
so how did you do any tricks without the grip-tape? :)
I managed just fine. Grip tape was just for adding friction, and even then just not really needed, for me. I could skid and grind fine. Just depends on what kinda shoes you wore I guess, and personal preference. Also, I was goofyfoot and mainly did street skating. We did not have many half pipes around back then, one on the air base, and one near a Wal-Mart that got damaged and could not be used, and no skate parks. Now we have enough of both in most major cities here. After the Tony Hawk games started coming out, shit just got really popular everywhere and all.
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Post by: Tatsujin on May 09, 2014, 04:33:37 PM
My wife and kids got me a new board for my birthday.
It's a Foundation deck with Independent trucks and Swiss bearings. I love it. I took it out last weekend and almost immediately did this:
f*ck I'm old!
Yeah... I finally decided to hang my board up. At 36 the falls were getting harder to recover from, and the shit started to f*ck with my head. Got a bad case of chicken foot. My last deck still looks brand new. :-(
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Post by: MrFulci on August 06, 2014, 04:50:44 AM
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Post by: esteban on August 06, 2014, 08:53:09 AM
My wife and kids got me a new board for my birthday.
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BsisrsrIUAAlUAb.jpg)
It's a Foundation deck with Independent trucks and Swiss bearings. I love it. I took it out last weekend and almost immediately did this:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BuDsq3OIgAAHFlx.jpg)
f*ck I'm old!
f*ck, you're an albino! (http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.png)
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Post by: johnnymad on August 06, 2014, 09:04:31 AM
I skated a lot when I was a teenager. Was more into riding down large hills than street skating. Never really got the whole ollie thing down either so I was pretty limited.
Stopped skating completely when I got a concussion. Was going down a hill and didn't see that there was a chain laying on the ground after the curb. Made it to bottom of the hill and next thing I remember, my face was in the center of the street. Probably flew about 5 or six feet. Most air I've ever gotten in my life. Haha.
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Post by: KingDrool on August 06, 2014, 11:08:56 AM