/eternal skateboarding general/

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>>2872002
scratched coping for the first time.
Did a heelflip to fakie on a bank, then had a good skater ask me "was that a heelflip?" in disbelief.
Kickflipped over a little embankment. Felt like pic related

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mfw just skated my brand new deck to the store and it started raining

Join the Day of Action for Net Neutrality, or else we may all end up banned from 4chan.

>>2873068
>>>/reddit/

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I'm still just staring at it in my cart, senpaitachi.

It's taking that first step that's the problem.

>>2873328
everything is great, but I suggest to get a size smaller trucks. The next smaller. Other than that, you should already have ordered.

>>2873328

>Toy Machine deck

patrician taste, order now

Just switched to MOB grip from jessup for the first time in my life and I'm actually surprised with how much it helps me catch tricks like, damn boy once you've caught your board it aint moving.

>>2873235
never forget the issue of replacing polyurethane with an environmentally friendly substitute.

>>2873343
Nah he should just get an 8.25 deck. He'll eventually size up his decks and then he'll wish he'd have bought 147s

>>2873328
>>2873343
>>2873687

Yeah, 147s are fine. They're slightly big for an 8 inch, but they're still totally usable, and no-one ever sizes down on decks.

Will it be hard to jump from a 7.75 straight to an 8.5? Personally I don't really think it would cause it's not even an inch wider but my friend is going off on how it would be like a totally different thing

>>2873797
Flip tricks will get some getting used to and your ollies will probably be a bit lower to begin with, but it should be no trouble otherwise

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>>2873700
>They're slightly big for an 8 inch

>>2873916
it's not that simple my dude. you want them less wide than the deck to avoid wheel bite

>>2873797

It'll feel kinda weird to begin with, but you'll adjust quickly.

Where is our /mega/ dude with the KOTR links :(

>>2873928
i've skated some indy 129s with an 8" deck in the past and got wheel bite more than i do now that i have trucks the same size as my deck

>>2873928
Not to mention that having them flush with your deck can lead to scraping the nut/wheel/end of truck sscrew

>>2873936
Just pirate bay them

The heck happened to skate shoes? Back when I skated in the late nineties to early 00s everyone wore big chunky ones like Osiris D3's because they were impossible to fully destroy. Now all I see are Van variants, slippers, and retro hi-tops in stores and they look they're held together with scotch tape.

>>2874246
90s and early 00s were all about baggy clothes, now in the 10s slim silhouettes are "in". further, thinner shoes are popular because tech tricks are, and more minimal shoes give better board feel and control.

>>2874258
Good insight, but I just can't imagine how many pairs of modern shoes I would have gone through if I had used them back in my heyday. Just from a normie lifestyle a pair of Vans burns through the sole's heel and the heel lining in like 3 months. I would be buying a new pair every month if I skated with them.

>>2874246
learn this phrase: planed obsolescence

>>2872590
Got FS flips on tranny today. Felt fucking amazing. Just hanging in the air, watching the board flip, and then chomping down on it with the scoop. ooooooh feels good lads.

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Gentlemen, a moment of recognition for the one perfect item in all of skateboarding.

Fidget spinner ball bearings or nah, senpai. Do it right or don't do it at all

>>2872590
The shoe review spread sheet is in need of reorganization.

>>2874424
I nominate you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bs1WXfGLtXg

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If I ever want to commit suicide I'm gonna attempt to 5050 this

>>2874270
>new pair every month
Yeah that's about right.
I recently bought some big chunky nikes from a charity shop for £6 and they're honestly the best skate show I've ever worn. Even if they aren't technically a skate shoe and they're 1 size too large. Durability and comfort are more important than board feel

>>2875560
I live in Australia and can't find skate shoes anywhere, it's all high top crap and slippers.

>>2875587
Fuck off you fucking cunt bogan

>>2874424
I agree. We jsut carry it voer every thread. The distribution sheet as well.

>>2875544
if you can bondo the crack and measure your ollie, it's not that steep. The rest is in your heart.

holy balls, enjoi is growing on me.

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Is the Phelps dead?

I'm worried, I don't think skateboarding as a whole can afford to loose him.

>>2876170
I thought that was the phelper that ate shit in that video, hes immortal anyway

>>2876170
>>2876189

10 bucks says he uses his own picture for Hall of Meat.

Does anyone have an opinion on Shake Junt bearings?

>>2876394

Yes, do you?

>>2875544
you're get fucked up if you hit those bollards near the bottom.

>>2872590
>never skated in my life
>no idea what the jokes are in OP's image
>generally think the I wish I was home meme is not funny
>laughed my ass off at OP's image
anyone else?

>tfw used to skate when i was 9-13
>tfw meniscus is fucked and can't pay for surgery
>tfw i still have my Blind special edition deck from 2004 and cant use it

life is suffering

>>2876616
>i can't skate a pool with water in it

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Ollied up a kerb for the first time, lads.

>>2876543
The rail breaks half way down so you'd have to transfer from one section to the next. Then there's the bollard at the bottom directly at the end of the second rail. Plus there are loads of gnarled knobs that look like they were once skate stoppers but have since been snapped off. Truly an impossible rail.

>>2876816

No rail is impossible if you believe in yourself, my man.

>>2876170
what? what happened?

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>>2876616

>>2877580
Wiped the fuck out bombing a hill

>>2877584
>chis-chan could clear that table

>>2875857
enjoi have always been great

You get to pick any deck company as your sponsor, no questions asked.

Who do you pick?

>>2877859
Darkstar

there's no other answer

>>2877912
why? you are the Darkstar fanatic. I remember those boards, my friends used to skate them back in junior high, when I wasn't skating.

>>2877859

Flip. Arto, Lance, Bob, Rune. All-time greats.

>>2877859
Dude darkstar boards are absolute garbage what the fuck

>>2877942
don't forget Geoff and Ali

>>2877973
>Ali

him and Bam were the role models of every 13 year old in the early 00s
I hate them both desu

>>2877977
I'm guessing your like 20 or something now eh kid?

>>2877984
20-something is correct

>>2877973

Fuck Jaws for spot-poaching, Ali deserved the Lyon 25. Ali eats shit like a dozen times going for it, has to leave it due to being banged up, Jaws fucking rolls in and takes it.

>>2877996
To be fair Jaws was first featured in one of Ali's parts and Ali was there when Jaws landed it

>>2878011

Like, I'm sure Ali told him it was cool, but it's just something you wouldn't ask. If a guy is going for a spot that huge, you let him fucking go for it until he tells you "I can't do this, you take a shot".

>>2878015
well it's not like Ali could try it again. It's sad though cause I'm sure he'd have landed it first go if his board didn't break

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>>2876806
Basically my goal. Started skating, getting decent at just cruising. I just wanna be able to roll around and ollie up and down curbs. Couple months ago had my foot ran over at work. Toenail still growing in.

About a week ago at a yard sale in my neighborhood. Selling pic related for twenty bucks. Barely used. Already have an Almost deck, but bought anyways. Skated it home. First time on a board in months.

Wanna learn my ollies now.

>>2878033

Just remember, senpai: It's All In The Front Foot.

>>2878039
Thanks. I've practiced in garage, but never while rolling. Should I tighten my trucks while learning?

>>2878046

Don't fuck about with your board while learning new stuff. Otherwise you go back to what you'd usually ride on, and suddenly you need to relearn shit because the board feels weird.

Keep your board as you'd want to ride it every damn day.

>>2878015
I saw or read an interview where he seemed kind of miffed about it. Jaws kinda style his thunder, but there was plenty of time between Jaws doing it and Ali's attempt.

>>2878056
Makes sense. Thanks. Any other Ross other than don't be a fucking pussy? I'm thinking of findings a tennis court or something that won't be as bad to fall on. Also, I'm cruising on super soft Spitfires (80s or something. Can't remember). Should I put the harder wheels on for learning? I have Bones STF and whatever the hard Soitfire wheels are on this fucker >>2878033

>>2878058

From what I've read, Ali gave him the go-ahead but he kinda regrets giving it away. I think Ali knows now that if he had went back to it, he would have had it.

Who's got a worse Hall of Meat than Mike Barnes turning his entire fucking leg the wrong way?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2beODjpmOns

>>2877996
le pissdrunx xDDD

>>2878089
Oh my fuck

>get new wheels after skating my old ones for 3 years
>can't do any tricks anymore

>>2877996
dude come on ali cant even skate anymore

>>2873936
google chrome store -> free proxy -> connect to usa port -> viceland.com

>>2875587
are u fucking dumb
www.fasttimes.com

>>2877859
antihero

>tfw too poor to skate

I could afford the big one-off of buying a board, but it's the consumables like shoes that's gonna fuck me.

>>2873936
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5tl6ve#

haven't got mega but there's dailymotion. password is kotr

>>2879651
>password is kotr

wow, quite the effort James.

>>2879651
You got a link for ep 5?

>>2879664
course man

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lQ6iFBxMss

>>2879659
wasn't me dude

>>2879739
Nice one. Thanks dude

>>2878033
Damn. Skated today. Leg muscles really tight while riding. Gotta stretch more. And get more in fucking shape.

>>2877584
lol Macklemore

>>2877996
Jaws snapped his ATL when he tried it first. Plus, he asked Ali if it was cool if he tried. A melon was a cop out trick though. Wish he'd ollied it

>Minding my own business at the park on a weekday when all the little shits are still at school
>Two kids maybe like 8 or 9 years old come on to the park with their mother
>Mother fucks off to walk the dog and leaves the kids to skate
>Both kids have GoPro's on their helmets and keep screaming "FIRST TRYYYYY" whenever they rolled down the bank like those faggots from Braille
Is this what the next generation of skating is? Thanks a lot Aaron you ugly Scientologist fuck.

>>2880382

Literally the only good thing Braille have ever given the world is "Don't make the first trick you learn a kickflip".

Like, if I'm teaching kids at the skatepark, I'll use Braille's trick order, because it's a reasonable progression (Ollie, FS180, BS180, Popshuv, FS-Shuv, Heelflip, Kickflip)

>>2880382
Sounds like you should try shorting GoPro's stock prices
people have done it with Tesla and Amazon, nobody's stopping others

>>2880497
I agree. Their tutorials used to be alright too but now it's just "hey today we're skating half a skateboard with eight trucks and the grip tape is made of silk and there's twelve layers of it! *pulls a funny face* haha that's the thumbnail right there dudes and dudettes! xD FIRST TRY!"

>>2880821

Don't forget The Sponsored Scientologist From The San Francisco Bay Area making himself an authority on teaching new skaters yet not having fucking heelflips on lock. The easiest basic flip trick, and a guy who has taken on the mission of teaching people to skate doesn't have them down reliably.

>>2879882
I really liked when Enjoi just rolled after the cop had already kicked people out of the spot, they broke the chain and smithgrinded the rail. That was skateboarding as fuck, as FUCK. But their logo isn't speaking to me. I knew that behind its foundation were Marc Johnson and Rodney so it looked way too clean cut to me. Louie is rad however. And I get stoked whenever the panda is dancing. It's like "HERE DANCES THE PANDA, SHIT IS BECOMING SERIOUS!" It's like they had a pre-Welcome vibe, only they wussed out of actually creating shaped boards and filming videos out of the box (with the exception of Louie, who was a novelty).

>>2877859
Consolidated, Blood Wizard

and no, it's not because there aren't any black people on those teams (at least I hope so).

>>2881120
>at least I hope so

at least I hope it isn't*


you fucking idiots

>>2880382
I'm glad I don't live in America

Are handrails really that much harder than flatbars? I used to think that you need to ollie super high to get on to them but now I'm like, well it's probably easier to go faster then with the height of your ollie it'll be easier cause your momentum will get you on to it. I can already do flatbars so I think I'm gonna give it a go at some point

>>2881345
Super easy to boardslide but the first attempt is scary af. One of those things where fear is the biggest hurdle. I guess like dropping in for the first time

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Tried a tre down a six
>cracked jaw
>broken rib
>two teeth knocked out

Looks like I'll be staying in a hospital for some time lads

>>2881506
get well soon bro. I bet you're going to return and nail this motherfucker.

>>2881526
Thank you, broke my new Element board as well. Shit sucks

>>2877859
Sk8mafia / Alien Workshop

>>2876170
Am I the only one who never liked the guy?

>>2881535
Take a break, refill your batteries, lounging in the sweet pain that lets you know you went for it, you paid for it and you lived to tell the story.

Watching X Games and one of the announcers is fucking awful at this job. This is the worst commentating I have ever heard across all sports. Worse than braindead retired boxers. Give this guy a fucking medal.

His name is Gary? Black guy with a low voice.

>>2881594
Holy fuck he's awful

>>2881594
You obviously havent heard Mauro Ranallo

>>2881626
MAMA MIA, THAT WAS SO HESH YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO THE NEW (INSERT RAPPER HERE) HE IS GNARL YO

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>>2879606
kijiji board, thrift shop shoes all day

>>2881506
jesus man did you stomp it primo or something

>>2880532
yeah coz kids at the skatepark with tesla's were getting real fucking annoying hey

>>2882130
>what are metaphors and analogies
time to re-learn english bucko

>>2881659
I went too fast, landed and broke my board. And then fell face first

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>>2882538
Was meant for
>>2882538

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>>2882562
Fuck looks like the painkillers are doing their work
>>2882538
was meant for
>>2882122

>>2877859
Girl Skateboards

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcOcKbGX4wE

holy shit I've found my doppelganger

>>2882565
>>2882562
>>2882538
oh my god dude heal quick

>>2880382
Thank God this isn't a problem at my park. otherwise, we would've heckled anyone pulling stupid shit like the parent(s) did.

>>2881335
Neither do I

>>2882665
Thanks mate. Will try to do

I always hit my knees together doing flip tricks and it's driving me crazy

>still haven't bought my first board

I am the most indecisive loser ever.

>tfw Manny Santiago is not your dad

;_;

>>2881109
thats great. good for you.

>>2878089
Yikes! there goes my idea that tranny is safer. gotta rethink this one

>>2883192

Tranny is safer from like, minor injuries, but when you get injured on tranny, you get REALLY fucking injured.

You don't roll ankles or bang elbows on tranny. You end up with limbs pointing the wrong way.

anyone else here got too comfortable with cruising and have a mental block when it comes to pulling tricks?

>>2883316
No, start actually skating you shitty poser.

tfw no bmx general

>>2883325
Go to the proper board.

>>2877859

Palace/Quasi

If Bronze made decks, Bronze over everyone.

>>2877859
Fortune.

GET IT HAHA

>>2883192
Ahh man, this looks like it could have happened to anyone at any time though. I mean what the fuck? The board slips out from under him and he just falls on his leg slightly wrong.

>>2883316
just believe in yourself
and
[spoiler]the heart of the cards[/spoiler]

>>2883008
remind yourself to keep your back foot over the tail, keep it "still" so to speak.

>>2883325
fucking finally, a place where bmxers are treated as rejects for once.

>>2883634

It's just a total freak accident. Doesn't lean far back enough rolling down, board slips out, lands at an awkward angle.

There but for the grace of god go any of us.

made a switch pop-shuv, caught it, pulled my neck and upper back muscles and now I'm taking muscle relaxant pills. Is my spine fucked?
You may only reply if you skate switch

>>2884679
how do you people injure yourselves so bad on easy ass tricks? do some stretches before skating for fuck sake

>>2884898
switch pop shove it is a hard trick

>>2884679

no, you'll be fine. just relax and put benggay or some shit on the sore parts and call it a day.

>>2885438
thanks anon

>>2877859
Deathwish

>>2877859
jart

>>2877859
heroin or death

straight up, who watched this after the last episode of the 9?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX74GjyBPrY

Can someone explain Pop shuvs to me? It's mind boggling how something so easy can be so fucking stupid. I can do a fakie tre but get letters on fucking shuvs.

>>2886716
Fliptricks tricks are less related to each other than you think. Also, if you can fakie tre, you probably have attempted way more fakie tres than all of your shuv variations combined.

>>2886739
I'd say I did about the same. I can't control pop shuvs at all though. I can shuv without pop but never with. I just don't know what to do.

>>2886753
What happens when you pop one? What are your feet doing?

>>2886765
My feet are ready to land on the board but the board just either rockets and overspins or just doesn't work how it should

>>2886774
treat it like an ollie; pop the tail, raise your front foot. Don't move the front foot anywhere else, just up. Don't turn your body either. Treat it like an ollie. If you heed this advice you 'll be able to get a proper pop-shuv-it once you're warmed up/within 4 tries

>>2886788
Thank you I'll try it when it stops raining :)

>>2886817
have fun and remember; do what works for you, this is just how it works for me and I don't always catch them. I consider to have this trick on lock but I don't always make it.

>>2886829
Thanks mate, will do

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Yo guys everybody smoke a fatty before they skate, alright? Normally I'm a pussy when it comes to nose manuals, but I smoked like 6 bowls yesterday, and bombed a long ass street downtown in a nose manual. It was AMAZING
pic related

>inb4 nigger

>>2887224
I don't smoke, never have and never will. I skate because its fun.

>>2887224
hill bombing stoned is a whole different experience, fuckin rad

i had the crazy world of aurthur brown blasting through my headphones while bombing some steep as fuck hill

>>2887297
FIRE

>>2887224
is that you?

redpill me on long boards

>>2887734
No.

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>>2874348

>>2877859

Baker.

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>>2877859
hookups obviously

>>2887597
ya moments after finishing up a few bowls with my friends. We were bombing the hill and I just said "fuck it" and did a nose manual, and my friend riding next to me must've snapped a pic. I was too focused to notice

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01EJ25MKM/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

So I just bought this for recording with my dslr. How bad did I fuck up?

>>2890927
not absolutely terrible but there's no counterweight and the gopro is fixed to the rig so you will still get some minor camera shake.

If it's still shaky you should tape a small weight to it.

>>2890954
so could I just tape a spare wheel I have laying around to it.

>>2890981
You could just fix the shakiness in post. That's what I do.

>>2874348
eh...I am currently rocking Indipendent bearings

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>>2887224
Of course.
I can't skate at all when sober comparisoned to when I'm high.
Today I pulled off a sex change right before a ramp leading into switch 5050 grind on a medium-ish quarter.

pic related is my wrist from 6 weeks ago, I took the cast off myself.,

>>2876170
someone got the footy?

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Anyone got tips on popping tricks higher? I can normally jump higher than any of my mates but when it comes to doing trick, I just leave the board down and jump high. It's kind of taken away the fun from skateboarding for me.
They call me "Milimeter Andy"

>>2891900
Pop down and backwards

>>2891899
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cmIclo4dP4A

>>2892014
backwards?

>>2892336
Yeah, like pop the tail slightly in the opposite direction of the way you're moving, it's some physics shit that makes it work

>>2892343
Ohh okay. Thank you

How do I do it /esg/? How do I get over the fear of injury? My progression has hit a dead stop because I'm constantly worrying about eating shit.

>>2892597
with patience. And skating

>>2876806
i know that feel
gz

>>2892597
Just gonna say; stop worrying about getting better if you aren't willing to risk getting hurt

>>2881541
No, he's kind of a try hard.

>>2892597
Chug a beer and go for it

I landed funny yesterday and my board popped up and smashed the side of my knee. My knee is seemingly fine until I step on a board and prepare for an ollie or something then I get extreme pain and it feels like my legs gonna buckle out from under me. GG.

>>2893152
you'll get used to it..


I'm addicted to this kook's part

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lyx6C9YbKE0

>>2874348

Pretty cool that I started skating in 2002 and fifteen years later, REDS are still the gold standard

>>2893372
>you'll get used to it..
I've been skating for 8 years, this has never happened before.

>>2893613
what hasn't happened before? The board smashing the side of your knee or the pain that you feel?

>>2893629
The pain. I've had the board smash into every part of me before but this pain is like in the center of my knee behind the kneecap. It's like there's no muscle there anymore idk

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>>2893648
>this pain is like in the center of my knee behind the kneecap. It's like there's no muscle there anymore

do you want us to spell it out for you?

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>>2893662
I'm dying aren't I?

>>2893667
no, but you probably have a fractured meniscus, from the way you describe it. It can be fixed, if the money is available and you'll be able to skate again if you follow a special training routine to the T and don't skate a mintue earlier than advised.
If money is not available, you may find a way to keep skating with the fracture but you risk further damage and ultimately rapture. And then you must fix it, like surgery the next day, because regular painkilelrs won't help you sleep. That's what I know about this kind of injury but I 'm not a doctor.

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>>2872590
What's your worst bail ever /esg/? Mine's listed below

>>2872594
>>2876806
progress always feels good. keep it up anon
>>2873328
rocking formula fours right now, im a happy customer.
>>2874246
>>2874258
>>2874270
honor the noble shoe graveyard
>>2875544
worth it.
>>2880497
Reasonable is a good way to describe it. I learned to shuv it before i could nail the finesse of an ollie. Whatever helps them "click" the mechanics in place is valuable information. As long as they try a bunch of different things while they're still learning the fundamentals, they'll have a flexible skate style in short order.
>>2883316
sounds like you need a drive-way or parking lot session. take water and a bluetooth speaker and ollie over and over for 4 hours.
call me in the morning.
>>2884679
just got over a lower back injury that put me out for five weeks. I was shooting footage with my brother in the 95 degree sun (His camera overheated halfway through). Filming makes you want to nail such harder shit. Overworked my back and ended up pinching a nerve trying to secure a line. I couldn't move my legs at first. Go see someone, let the swelling around your nerves go down, stretch every day, and fucking take it easy until youre healed. i know its scary to think you may be disabled but injuries are seldom as bad as we expect them to be. Just got back from the park today, totally fine. Peace be with you anon.

>>2893886
>>2881506
>>2881535
This my friend

>>2893886
you're a good anon and I hope you are or will become a regular here.


>pinching a nerve trying to secure a line

that's very close to what happened with me. It would be better if I bailed or fell, the fact that I landed it and the effort to keep my body from rotating made my neck go CRACK (well, not that loud, but how it felt). I returned from a sesh today as well and in fact got a trick that I was trying to do for months. My neck is still soar although not as bad as when it hit me. maybe the pills helped a little

>>2893916
like a phoenix, rising from its ashes.
bails make you a better skater, but a wise anon once advised me not to "pollute my muscle memory with fatigue patterns". That's advice I won't ignore again

>>2893886
99% sure i've sustained multiple concussions that I never got checked, in addition to the 2 I've had checked. I fall over and forget where I am if I stand up too quickly.

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Today at the park, someone put a traffic barrel in front of the launch. They were airing, doing melons and indies. I nearly got an airwalk over it.
I eventually decided to try and foot plant it, chickened out when I got above it. Ended up drop kicking it, it caved in and fell over. I bashed both elbows and both wrists, and like fifteen people broke out in "Oooooh!" chorus.
Got up pretty quick though. Not a painful bail, all in all.

>>2895210
i wish i can do melons. i can't even launch out of a ramp. i think it's either timing or weight distribution

>>2895210
>The ooooh choir
hahaha. I like that. That noise is often worse than the slam itself

what are the best wheels and why are they bones stf?

>>2895672
my guy, I have 3 sets of clears and they're glorious

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>>2872590
r8 my lapping around my neighborhood, ollieing branches setup
>10" Lee Ralph street model '86
>Gonz indies
>60mm bones ATF
>Swisses

>>2895015
>pollute my muscle memory with fatigue patterns

sounds wise, but what did he mean exactly?

>>2895210
>I nearly got an airwalk over it

nicerino

>>2895689
equally nicerino

everybody I see in my neighbourhood dons surfing themed t-shirts, what the fuck?

>>2896056
surf or die

>>2896056
bruh you should have sex with them

>>2887433
I'LL TAKE YOU TO BURN

>>2893886
>call me in the morning.
will do boss

>>2896056
probaly this summers new thrasher shirt

>>2895957
you start getting tired, and your motions get sloppy. you dont want to develop a habit of sloppy trick attempts, because you'll have "echoes" of them. if you get really tired, take a break and come back to it later with a fresh mind and a fresh body

>>2893523

Nothing has banaced quality and price like Reds. They're good enough for anyone, they'll last for fucking ever, yet you can still get them in basically any skate shop for less than 20 bucks.

Does anyone else add up the prices of their dream complete, then weep at how expensive it is?

>>2896657
all of them? it's even parents with their little kids.

"Venice" this, "Surf" that, "surfing co." the other.

>>2896771
hmmmm....but what if I really want to get it down and can overcome? And what if those efforts build stamina?

>>2897693
wtf? my dream deck is my current one, new wheels and trucks bite hard because you have to wear them in

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>>2897715
There's value in picking your battles. If you think you can do it, by all means. But if you're beginning to hurt yourself more often (bails, shinners, etc.), sometimes it really is better to rest and come back to it.

Side note, I went back out to the park today. Landed a bunch of my favorite tricks for the first time since my injury. Feels good to overcome.

Went out to the park today.
Busy ass park with little to no free flat ground and mostly focused on medium-sized ramps.
Reminds me of those Indian streets you see on TV where they somehow manage to not crash into each other.
Decide to go over this sort of pump track with 'bumps' about a foot and a half high.
Patiently waiting for my turn as it seems everyone's a fucking pro skateboarder there.
Finally I can give it a go.
Roll down the bank to get some speed to get over it.
Pussy out
>feelsbadman.jpg
Run up the bank and stand there freezing while I watch little kids half my height do what I want to do.
Wait literally 10 minutes before trying again.
Same result
>fuck
Try again after a while
Smile on my face as I finally get over it.
Run up the bank again.
Some guy does an Indy 540 out of a quarter pipe.
Feel like a subhuman not worthy of being at the skatepark.

>>2899324
everyone there went through the same shit.
Keep pushing your limits until you don't have any.
we're all gonna make it

>>2892597
this
>>2892996
I haven't eaten shit in months and I also haven't significantly progressed in months. Beginning to think the two are related.

>>2899324
I remember setting my board down and rolling down the 2 foot talk bank, few years later I could drop in vert. Everyone starts somewhere, you'll get better

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Happened on Friday...

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>>2899588
This is it today. How long is it gunna take to heal bros

>>2891900
hit your board hard and jump really high, tuck your legs in close.

>>2892996
>>2899528
>>2892597
Every Time you get on the board you are improving. No, you're not going to learn a new trick every day, but every ollie, every push, every powerslide gets you more comfortable on the board, more aware of what the board can and can't do, and improves your body's muscle memory. Just because you haven't learned a trick in a couple weeks doesn't mean you aren't getting better.

Most importantly, don't sweat it. Skateboarding is all about enjoying yourself. You should push yourself once in awhile, otherwise you'd still be stuck unable to ollie up a curb, but don't let it fuck with you, it's only skateboarding.

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How do I even ollie?!
I've been riding and training for about a month, 5 hours a day, and have watched about all popular youtube videos on how to ollie, but I just can't.
How the fuck does this shit work? How do you guys learn these things?

>>2875587
dude use fucking google there are so many goddamn australian skateshops online

>>2877859

If it can be from any period, I'd go with Silverstar or Illuminati. East coast forever, dude.

otherwise probably baker or deathwish. I just wanna hang with the boss and Ellington

>>2899594
Two weeks if you dont fuck around with it

>>2899646
You have to understand what makes ollies possible

>>2899690
I do.
You pop the board, then slide your foot up, making the board go in to the air, then you level out the board, and bring it down.

>>2899646
Would be helpful if you could make a webm or something of yourself attempting a couple

any video recommendations? any year.

Haven't skated in 9 years, and I'm about to skate my 12 year old board at the most popular spot at the new city I just moved in.

Any advice?

>>2899757
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlRbxQnRiYM

>>2899764
Geez, I remember Rodrigo Tx's first video. thanks

>>2899718
https://streamable.com/4pyn9

>>2899786
That's basically an ollie, my little underaged buddy. You just need to do a more fluid motion, and you're also jumping a bit early, before you've popped properly. Just start with baby ollies, try to level up the board by lifting your back foot up, and let your front foot guide the board up. Work on your timing, don't be so stiff, don't be afraid to fall, and most importantly, don't learn tricks stationary, just get a little speed.

>>2899786
Forgot to say to keep your shoulders parallel to the board, and not to lean back or forward. Also I'm not sure, but from the video it looks like you're popping from your nose.

>>2899704
The front foot slide makes the board level out, and you have to lift your back foot for it to fully level

>>2899786
Point your front knee towards the nose, makes the slide easier

>>2899793
>>2899798
>>2899821
>>2899824
Thanks guys.

>>2899324
>Feel like a subhuman not worthy of being at the skatepark.

you'll get used to it. There will be moments like this, but remember that youa re there to get better. SO get hyped and do the tricks you want to do. It's not like you are the bane of this world! You 're there to have some fun. And remember that despite skills, a person can still be an asshole.

>>2899594
are you serious? this is just a scratch

>>2900046
>get hyped and do the tricks you want to do
>watch skate videos before heading out to get hyped
>hell yeah dude! I'll learn that bluntslide today!
>ohh that crook was nice! I'll learn that too!
>inward heels bro? put that on the list!
>go out to skate
>highlight of the day is a fakie shoveit
>didn't even pop

Yeah bro, just be urself etc.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BWqLYyHFgUy/?taken-by=alecesario15

https://www.instagram.com/p/BWGCA8pFP9y/?taken-by=alecesario15

https://www.instagram.com/p/BVrLH6glMRX/?taken-by=alecesario15

How?

>>2900118
just be urself
works on my machine
impossible is nothing
work hard play hard

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>>2899655
>Ricky Oyola

>>2900091
did you aim to learn the tricks YOU like? Did you attempt them?

>>2899646
What really works is having daily 1-hour sessions of just ollieing. It may be frustrating as hell, but if you do it consistently for 2 weeks or so you should be able to Ollie in the end.
What I found especially important when learning is that you need to jump to do an Ollie, as I've seen a lot of beginners try to do the whole motion with their legs. Also, remember to snap your ankle when you feel you're about to jump off your board.

yo

I might just have the perfect advice for ollie

rate bros

T - Tap your tail, don't "pop" it. Popsicle shapes were designed specifically to not require force for the pop.

A - Aim with your shoulder

G - Guide with your front foot

S - Stomp that fucker once you 're in the air

>>2900091
skating wouldnt be such an impressive hobby if you could just pick it up overnight. Tap into your inner zen, find your patience, and get to work.

>>2900050
Did I ever imply otherwise?

>>2899689
I'm being very careful with cleaning and changing my bandages.

>>2900425
Not op, but I find just going for one attempt of the trick is enough to know whether there's hope for landing or if i should try something else. Each session I try a few attempts at my "dream tricks" and some days, certain tricks feel more doable. Just gotta be in touch with what you're feeling that day. Eat your veggies kids.

>>2899786
you're pressing your front foot downward to attempt to level the board out and its just shoving it back into the ground. After popping you need to roll your front foot so that it's outer edge is against the griptape and push forward (towards the nose) instead of straight down. Also do it with a little bit of speed, makes it a ton easier.

>>2900716
>Just gotta be in touch with what you're feeling that day


I'mthe guy you replied to and I agree. I first saw freestyle and Mike Vallely doing airwalks, streetplants, curb stalls and I just couldn't stop myself from going out. Practicing for the tricks you want to get is beneficiary.

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>Watch skate vids for years
>Stay up to date on basically everyone
>Absorb basically all skating I can get my hands on
>Never even owned a board because I'm too scared of getting hurt if I skate


Any time I consider actually starting to skate, I just always picture the worst case scenario. Hundreds of Hall of Meat videos come flooding back. Then I realize how much of a weak bitch I am.

>>2900784
I have been wondering if people like you really existed. I mean this sincerely, I wondered if there were people watching videos and being absorbed in skateboard culture without skating themselves. When you say for eyars, do you mean that or are you lying so you can bascially say that you watch videos and you want to skate?

Anyway, go skateboarding dude.

>>2900784
don't do fast hills, or big air, or tumultuous terrain until you know your limits.
are you really worried about a broken collarbone from practicing manuals on flatground?

>>2900784
just bee urself

>>2900801

I still have a copy of Sorry on VHS. That's how "years" we're talking.

>>2900811

Like I said, I think I've watched too many Hall of Meat stuff and now I'm paranoid I'm gonna try and ollie and end up Mike Barnes-ing my ankle or some shit.

>>2900824
dude, go skate. You've missed a lot of time already. No need to miss some more. And even if you get hurt, wouldn't you want at least in your life claim that you got injured skateboarding? Just do it. You may even learn faster than average since you have so much visual aid in your head.

>>2900784
dude who cares you're going to die anyway, might as well accelerate the process

>>2899764
Hey guys I just came back from skating, and not that you would care, but I just wanna say I did to personal NBDs. A fs 180 off a kicker, and a fakie bs bigspin.

You guys should do it too, skateboarding is fun.

>>2876170
He's fine, Andy Roy posted on his insta about it

>>2876170
I think it was a suicide attempt

>>2877859
Chocolate or Girl.

>>2900824
>I've watched too many Hall of Meat

Maan, I don't get why people watch this. I've been on 4chan since I was 14, and I've seen so much fucked up gore and bullshit on old /b/, yet I still to this day can't watch Hall of Meat.

Watching skaters get destroyed gets me really depressed for some reason.

Fuck that guy that posted that one bowl skater earlier, that literally unhinged all parts of his fucking leg into 10 different directions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BRZoqUTD5M

It's been a few years since this video came out and it still makes me so hype to go skate. Seeing a video of stuff I could plausibly do is so much fun. Like, I watch a guy crush a 10 set BS flip and it's cool, but I have no point of reference. But I see a guy tic-tac away from a slappy 50-50 shuvit out and I think "Man, I wanna go out and try that."

>>2901086
I really don't wanna bully you anon, but please, don't be such a penis servicer.

>>2901086
that's the appeal

>>2901050
fakie bigspins are stupid fun
i do a bertslide before, to get into fakie, and pull the trick as quickly as possible.
theres so much motion in so little time, it makes it look way harder than it is, and usually gets a few boards slapping against the ground

>>2899588
You lost some outer skin. Sure it looks graphic at first, but it'll be fine as long as you cleaned it afterward, and (like the other people said) don't fuck with it. Probably could use a big fucking bandaid on top as well to keep it covered, since it doesn't look like it's scabbed over properly.

Gonna take two months until there's no longer a dent in your skin. Two weeks until you can stop putting band aids on it.

>>2901068

I'm the same, I think it's because it's relatable. Like, I can't picture myself being lit on fire or getting beheaded, but I absolutely can picture myself eating shit down a set of stairs and losing teeth.

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anybody CHYEEEEK Grosso's new loveletters? Evenb the name alludes to the original Thrasher, it could be a permanent column "Grosso's Lovelters".
Anyway, I 've been suggesting from here to you guys that you should check out Thrasher's electronic archive, but this episode of Loveletters informed that there is a Skateboarder magazine archive database online. Check it out as well. I mean I know it's the shistory of a product, but isn't also, more than that, the history of the people who shape it? It's not jsut a history of ads and of an industry, it's also the history of skateboarding itself. The activity. The fun.

What do you gys think?

>>2901447
I once got grief for linking to a picture in an imageboard but now that too many noobies have flooded 4chan who cares?

Check out that Vans ad from 1976

http://cdn.skateboarding.transworld.net/blogs.dir/440/files/2017/06/Spread_067-2.jpg

I've been skating in the parking lot at my condo for 3 years and never had any issues. The other day, some lady came and asked if I lived there and then told me skateboarding was against the rules. I checked the bylaws and it's not, but now the association is in contact with their lawyer and insurance company and may make it against the rules. All because of some dumb cunt with too much time on her hands. Also, her boyfriend came to my door today and accused me of swearing at her and calling her names which I never did. Why are people such dickheads to skaters

>>2901482
be kind

it will work


if it doesn't, keep skating. It's not like you 're a murderer

>>2900551
>Tap your tail, don't "pop" it

my friend i can assure you that when i am ollieing up a 4 stair i am defeinitely not just tapping that tail

>>2893523
but bronsons are the new gold standard

>tfw you get fucked by pebbles going at mach 2
>fall elegantly but still smash your head against a mailbox
>tfw this is at a busy intersection

>>2899324
>Patiently waiting for my turn
I don't know what your park is like but I think most people with happily take a beginner with etiquette over an intermediate or expert without it. Depending on how busy it is and the dynamic there, it's not necessarily about waiting turns. You might just get a good sense of when you're not in the way and not snaking anyone, go in and do your thing, and then get out of the way.

Also, try going when it's not packed if that's a possibility. You'll get more practice that way.

>>2902382
>Also, try going when it's not packed if that's a possibility. You'll get more practice that way.

this, desu
back in middle school, id get up at 5/6am everyday and skate the 4 miles to the park, skate for a few hours, then skate home.
good days.

>>2901482
Just pay no attention to people like her. Maybe a get in contact with the association and see if you can't get their support. They might be sounder than your neighbours.

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Who else /constantly rolled ankles/ here?

>>2900419
fuk u

>>2902282
Hwo the fuck? genuinely I don't understand how you get fucked up by pepples when you're going fast, just lean back a lot

>>2902677
get shoes that lace up higher. you need the support, especially if youre still healing and youre going out skating.
full length socks help against shinbashers

>>2902750
i once was at a local skate contest, where people were playing stack after all the winners were announced
this dude carved around the bowl for a few turns getting some serious speed
he hit a penny at full speed just before straightening out toward the launch ramp, his momentum carried him straight into the launch.
after walking around punch drunk for a few minutes, he found the penny
>im...im gonna keep this fuckin penny man.
he promptly threw the penny over the fence
>fuck that penny dude.

>>2901437
>that one video of Manny Santiago losing his tooth

It's on his youtube channel, and the retard plays it in slow motion at least 10 fucking times, and his tooth almost makes sparks when connecting with the ground, almost like how you light up a match. Cringed so many times to that video. My teeth literally started hurting just thinking about it.

>>2901482
>her boyfriend came to my door today and accused me of swearing at her and calling her names
>which I never did

Fucking pussy. Man up and stop letting people fuck with you so easily. Are you fucking American? Tell him to take a hike, or shoot him in the head if he doesn't stop bothering you.

>>2900784

Big hurt only happens when you start doing stuff beyond what you can do naturally. Man wasn't meant to BS flip down a sketchy 10.

But you can still kill it within your limits. Get a board, go find somewhere big and flat like a basketball court. Get comfy rolling around, turning, stopping. Then start doing all that on two wheels. Start popping No Complys. Start popping footplants.

Become The Flatland King, anon. Become the fucking zen master of nothing but you and a board.

>>2900551

The tap tip could be great for newbies but I remember learning faster by getting as much pop in the beginning so I always have lift off,THEN I gradually just "tap"(just enough pop) the board to get consistent ollies and then back to big pop again when I started ollieing over things.

>>2900551
>>2903478

Another great ollie tip: The further back your front foot starts, the higher the ollie will be. Your height is entirely in your front foot sliding.

>>2900551
reckon it might be easier to nail a caveman before an ollie, since you learn to land on your bolts and get a feel of the air

https://youtu.be/0buj75oELm8

new KOTR boys

>>2903684
Confirmed. Magnet hash (720p x264 in mkv): bcb49df4d28bf3092b2944fc2fc7912e984d5912. Will cancel if fake.

>>2903707
Starts with an ad for a movie, which is lame for a release group. If you're reading this a day later, look for a proper instead. Otherwise, this looks like the real thing.

>>2881541
Definitely not, I can't stand him.

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>>2903684

Nora is super cute, wish I could get a skate date with her.

>>2904204
Wish I could "bail" on a trick and have my board fly trucks first into her nose bridge.

>>2904207

That would also be fucking great.

>>2901926
>i am defeinitely not just tapping that tail

yeah you are. In fact it's not uncommon for first landings to be without pop at all.

>>2902608
didn't you go to school at all?

>>2902677
HOLLA

>>2903594
I absolutely agree with this. The Caveman is just a great trick anyway.

>>2904268
>The Caveman is just a great trick anyway

I wish hipster posers would stop unironically saying shit like this with zero shame whatsoever. Try skating for at least a month before posting like damn.

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>>2904304

>>2904309
>>>/b/

>>2904321
what do you have agains tthe Caveman? Trust me I 've been skating more than a month.

>>2904330
>Trust me I 've been skating more than a month.

Proof? Can't trust nobody that says the caveman is a real trick even.

>>2904334
suit yourself I don't give a damn

>>2904339
>no proof

As expected.

>>2901447
>>2901451
check out Stecyk's "The Art of the Downhill Slide" in the second issue of 1975. How could he have such an insight? What a complete article. READ IT!

>>2904348
I can't take anyone seriously who doesn't think the Caveman is rad.

>>2904356
>rad

Trying too hard.

>>2903403
>don't BS flip a ten stair until you're experienced in BS flipping 10 stairs
Uhmm

>>2904395
that's obviously not what he meant

>>2904395

Way to totally misunderstand what I was saying.

I was telling them that, if they're really paranoid about injury, there are ways to skate that minimize the chances of injury, like skating flatland.

>>2904204

Lacey is true skatefu though.

I coulda done that hill with a cup of coffee in my hand and a cigarette in the other.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmIclo4dP4A

noo thred: >>2905017
>>2905017
>>2905017
>>2905017
>>2905017

>>2904334
>>2904334
>>2904334
but what is WRONG with the caveman, other than its not a trick?

>>2904393
>will still take bait this obvious
not sure who is trying too hard.

>>2904261
i had some really good summers man. always a good student