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Siivola
Dec 23, 2012

Vogue also ran an article about producing that video: http://www.vogue.com/projects/13456298/rodney-mullen-debut-new-tricks-stanceless-360-degrees/

It's got some other stuff besides the usual "police came to stop me from breaking my hip joint".

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dangerdoom volvo
Nov 5, 2009
rodney mullen would be in closed treatment if he didnt have skateboarding 4 real

Intel&Sebastian
Oct 20, 2002

colonel...
i'm trying to sneak around
but i'm dummy thicc
and the clap of my ass cheeks
keeps alerting the guards!
Yeah he is a singular being for sure

Scarf
Jun 24, 2005

On sight

Intel&Sebastian posted:

Yeah he is a singular being for sure

I was going to reply saying that he definitely seems to be on the spectrum... but I like the thought of Rodney Mullen being the embodiment of the spectrum compressed into a singularity.

ImplicitAssembler
Jan 24, 2013

XIII posted:

The "round and round we go" filming style annoyed me. I just want to watch RM do a bunch of insanely technical tricks.

Yeah, I thought the format got in the way. It's very cool, but should have been toned way down. This is more about the filming/post processing technique than the skateboarding.

straight up brolic
Jan 31, 2007

After all, I was nice in ball,
Came to practice weed scented
Report card like the speed limit

:homebrew::homebrew::homebrew:

birdhouse won kotr again despite not winning like any of the superlatives/basically just because they have jaws

boxcarhobo
Jun 23, 2005

Yea but Axel won the heart of the nation, bless that beautiful boy

straight up brolic
Jan 31, 2007

After all, I was nice in ball,
Came to practice weed scented
Report card like the speed limit

:homebrew::homebrew::homebrew:

boxcarhobo posted:

Yea but Axel won the heart of the nation, bless that beautiful boy
axel and berle absolutely crushed it and should get a bunch more parts tbh i could watch them skate for hours

Intel&Sebastian
Oct 20, 2002

colonel...
i'm trying to sneak around
but i'm dummy thicc
and the clap of my ass cheeks
keeps alerting the guards!
They didn't really decorate their van

dangerdoom volvo
Nov 5, 2009
Kotr has done nothing except make me hate Clint walker

straight up brolic
Jan 31, 2007

After all, I was nice in ball,
Came to practice weed scented
Report card like the speed limit

:homebrew::homebrew::homebrew:

dangerdoom volvo posted:

Kotr has done nothing except make me hate Clint walker
The funniest thing about it is the he's like "the face" of their team, but it's literally just jaws, raybourn, davis, and dixon who do all of the challenges. He's a loving mascot.

DR FRASIER KRANG
Feb 4, 2005

"Are you forgetting that just this afternoon I was punched in the face by a turtle now dead?

ImplicitAssembler posted:

Yeah, I thought the format got in the way. It's very cool, but should have been toned way down. This is more about the filming/post processing technique than the skateboarding.

Rodney's weird lanky arms and funky style lend themselves well to the blurred exposure drag look.

boxcarhobo
Jun 23, 2005

dangerdoom volvo posted:

Kotr has done nothing except make me hate Clint walker

me and all my friends have started calling each other piece of poo poo jock fucks or some variation, so thanks for that I guess clint walker



you loving jock

maffew buildings
Apr 29, 2009

too dumb to be probated; not too dumb to be autobanned

straight up brolic posted:

The funniest thing about it is the he's like "the face" of their team, but it's literally just jaws, raybourn, davis, and dixon who do all of the challenges. He's a loving mascot.

That front board kickflip out on the rail was nuts and not mascot only territory. That said gently caress that dude

mactheknife
Jul 20, 2004

THE JOLLY CANDY-LIKE BUTTON
I haven't really skated in years but watched all of KOTR and could not believe how ridiculous Jaws and Axel were. Ed saying they thought about moving him straight to pro didn't seem that far fetched.

Jose Mengelez
Sep 11, 2001

by Azathoth
havent bombed a hill in like fifteen years, what could go wrong?

admiraldennis
Jul 22, 2003

I am the stone that builder refused
I am the visual
The inspiration
That made lady sing the blues
** dumbass newbie hurts himself (of course) alert **

Skated a little bit in my early teenage years (now 28); got the urge recently and borrowed a cruisey longboard to start. Had a great first day of pushing around a parking lot and some flat roads, and a great second day of lightly cruising flat roads and some slight inclines. Went down one road too fast for me and got a little wobbly (at what seemed like not very high speeds) and had to run it off before dying.

Decided today (day #3) to practice footbreaking at increasing speeds. Started doing runs down this sidewalk (not from very high up! Like from where the first parked car is.) and turning right and footbraking before the building. On my 6th run or so I lost balance and fell on my knee and now I'm lying down icing it and writing this post!

Of course I'm going to hurt myself - this is skating - but any tips on getting incrementally better at speeds while minimizing injury? I don't want to go any faster than I can reasonably brake (thus the braking practice), but thinking perhaps I should spend more time cruising on flat land (getting comfortable on the board) before trying to practice skillz like this.

Goblin
Jun 5, 2003

code:
ftp> put babybambino.jpg
ftp> del gravybaby.png
ftp> del gravybaby2.png
ftp> del gravybaby3.png
ftp> del gravybaby4.png
ftp> del gravybaby5.png
ftp> del gravybaby6.png
ftp> del gravybaby7.png
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ftp> bye
Lipstick Apathy

admiraldennis posted:

** dumbass newbie hurts himself (of course) alert **

Skated a little bit in my early teenage years (now 28); got the urge recently and borrowed a cruisey longboard to start. Had a great first day of pushing around a parking lot and some flat roads, and a great second day of lightly cruising flat roads and some slight inclines. Went down one road too fast for me and got a little wobbly (at what seemed like not very high speeds) and had to run it off before dying.

Decided today (day #3) to practice footbreaking at increasing speeds. Started doing runs down this sidewalk (not from very high up! Like from where the first parked car is.) and turning right and footbraking before the building. On my 6th run or so I lost balance and fell on my knee and now I'm lying down icing it and writing this post!

Of course I'm going to hurt myself - this is skating - but any tips on getting incrementally better at speeds while minimizing injury? I don't want to go any faster than I can reasonably brake (thus the braking practice), but thinking perhaps I should spend more time cruising on flat land (getting comfortable on the board) before trying to practice skillz like this.

Comfort with using my foot to break just came with time for me. Basically every time you use your foot to push you're practicing for footbraking by developing the balance needed to stand with only one foot on the board, small inclines used to terrify me when I wasn't comfortable braking but now it's nothing. You could maybe try tightening your trucks to make it more stable but I would personally just wait it out.

As for minimizing injury, when you hit the ground avoid using your hands at all costs and roll like a motherfucker if you can to try and dissipate some of the impact force. Knowing this didn't stop me from breaking my wrist (instinctively sticking my hands out is a hard habit to break) but it's something to try and keep in mind during the split second between fall and impact if you can, haha.

DR FRASIER KRANG
Feb 4, 2005

"Are you forgetting that just this afternoon I was punched in the face by a turtle now dead?
Wouldn't they be declines?

Zigmidge
May 12, 2002

Exsqueeze me, why the sour face? I'm here to lemon aid you. Let's juice it.
Speed wobbles are easily dealt with by good technique. Keep your lead foot on top of or as close as possible to the front trucks, you want as much of your weight as possible on those front two wheels. Keeping that front truck under your control is the goal, your weight is the key. Keep your mind on sticking only your butt out (like you're learning how to snowboard for the first time) and bending your lead knee more than the rear one. Both of these will help give you good form for keeping your weight distributed properly as well as put you in a posture where you're leading with your shoulders, not your feet, so that your weight is always down on those trucks.

If you're in a run and you start to get wobbles - don't panic and get as low as possible over those front trucks; bend you knees more, stick your butt out more, reach with your lead hand for the nose of the board, bring your rear foot in closer to the front.

Footbraking is just a function of your core strength. If you don't have it yet, you can't do it right. With only your lead foot, stand on your board in your living room and, while standing straight up, bend your lead knee slowly. Eventually the foot hanging off the board will gently touch the ground. That's footbraking. If you can't do that, just keep skating until your leg and core strength builds up enough that you can do that simple motion. Don't worry about balancing on a board on one foot while moving, you're learning how to do that every time you skate.


Minimizing injury as an old person only has one answer: Get over yourself and wear pads.

Wowporn
May 31, 2012

HarumphHarumphHarumph

Goblin posted:

As for minimizing injury, when you hit the ground avoid using your hands at all costs and roll like a motherfucker if you can to try and dissipate some of the impact force. Knowing this didn't stop me from breaking my wrist (instinctively sticking my hands out is a hard habit to break) but it's something to try and keep in mind during the split second between fall and impact if you can, haha.

Yeah this is real true, I fell going like 5 mph on a bike trail and took a bunch of skin off my palm, elbow and knee cause I tried to catch myself which puts you in the worst faceplant position, like a month later I hit a jacked up sidewalk piece going way faster at night and got cartwheeled all ragdoll lookin but was completely fine.

Zigmidge posted:

Keep your mind on sticking only your butt out (like you're learning how to snowboard for the first time) and bending your lead knee more than the rear one.

When I was thinking about getting a longboard I saw a video with two dudes bombing some ridiculous hill and when the guy with the camera was overtaking the dude in front he reached out and rested his hand on the other dudes butt to stay close behind him and that helped me realize it was the sport for me

Scarf
Jun 24, 2005

On sight
Holy poo poo does Denver have some great parks.

I've been having a lot of fun in the flow bowls around town in my attempts to get up to riding pools and such. Still haven't been able to make it up to the coping (except in the really small bowls, but that's likely due to the fact that I can't drop in yet.

It took me a little while to get the whole "go fast" mindset, but it def is so much easier the faster you go.

I did make the mistake of attempting a frontside kickturn before I was ready and ate it loving hard...

sleppy
Dec 25, 2008

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/04/sport/olympics-new-sports-ioc-skateboarding-surfing-karate-baseball-softball-climbing/index.html

http://i.imgur.com/xJHKCpH.mp4

Intel&Sebastian
Oct 20, 2002

colonel...
i'm trying to sneak around
but i'm dummy thicc
and the clap of my ass cheeks
keeps alerting the guards!
Sweet sassy molassy

kids these days

Tenterhooks
Jul 27, 2003

Bang Bang
If anyone missed it, the latest Polar video I Like It Here Inside My Mind, Don't Wake Me This Time is available to watch online. It's trendy, but the level of skating (and filming) is incredible. Lots of creative stuff, weird spots and fast feet.

Intel&Sebastian
Oct 20, 2002

colonel...
i'm trying to sneak around
but i'm dummy thicc
and the clap of my ass cheeks
keeps alerting the guards!
That first move there is so gooooood

dangerdoom volvo
Nov 5, 2009
I love that for how much they shot in Malmö. Makes me feel real special knowing international big cheeses jumped down the stairs by my apartment that I have looked at and said naaah can't be done

ImplicitAssembler
Jan 24, 2013

That was a really good!.Probably my favourite vid since Cheese & Crackers

Full Collapse
Dec 4, 2002

Saw a dude go face first on to the lip of a bench at the park today. :smith: Poor guy shattered four teeth.

Scarf
Jun 24, 2005

On sight
I dropped in for the first time today and didn't kill myself, hooray!



Still haven't tried it on transition yet, but that should come quickly as soon as I can find a mellow bowl. I've also heard it's a bit easier when you have coping to lock into.

Scarf fucked around with this message at 03:55 on Aug 10, 2016

Zigmidge
May 12, 2002

Exsqueeze me, why the sour face? I'm here to lemon aid you. Let's juice it.
Do it on those four footers I see in the background. Miniramp is so much fun.

Scarf
Jun 24, 2005

On sight

Zigmidge posted:

Do it on those four footers I see in the background. Miniramp is so much fun.

The one on the right side? Unfortunately that's a stand-alone... this place has no miniramp oddly enough :/

I can def use it as my next step up, but the scooter kids are constantly launching off that thing.

Romulux
Mar 17, 2004

E V O L V E D
Whatup skateboarding thread, I'd like some advice on a setup if you guys don't mind helping me out. I'm stoked to be building my first complete on my own, using only some research and a very small amount of experience (20 minutes) standing and pushing on my current board. I've never skated before, so I'm building a setup to be able to learn how to properly balance/push/carve with, and progress into lip tricks in a skate park consisting of mostly bowls and vert. I'd also like to be able to ride this on the street or sidewalk when I build up the skill to do so safely. I have a buddy that skates and he recommended a bunch of stuff for a setup that I built and really like, but I just don't think it's right for me, so I kept researching and found what I think will be close to perfect for me right now. Please note that I'm a big dude, 5'11" 240lbs with size 12-13 shoes, so this is definitely a big boi complete.

http://berdels.com/products/goathead-on-slappy-slap







https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000NORVHI/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A26A9QLFNQPSCL
http://www.surf-rodz.com/access/sz-grind-kingpins-1/sz-grind-kingpins.html

I respect skate culture even though I'm not fully immersed in it, and I think this complete will not only fit me well, but have a good throwback feeling as a newer style cruiser/bowl board. I told a co-worker about this complete today and his eyes lit up, turns out he has been skating since the 80s and still does, so of course he wants to skate with me. In my search for a board that fit me properly, I came across some good info about board sizing and how to fit a board. http://skateboardingismylifetimesport.blogspot.com/2013/09/skating-big-setup-part-2-revisiting.html I loosely followed that advice and settled on the Slappy Slap. When it gets here I'm going to check the wheel base and drill new holes as necessary.

The main thing I want to know is if 65mm wheels will be too big for this setup. The trucks will be at either a 50 or 40 degree angle but I think it'll be fine, because the combination of a slightly longer axle than the board width and the concave shape looks like it'll give me just enough clearance. I'm going to use 1/8" risers as well, just to help reduce the chance of stress cracks, so that will help a bit too.

Edit: I'm also thinking about getting different wheels entirely: http://www.tactics.com/bones/atf-filmer-skateboard-wheels/ty-evans-chomped-iii-yellow-80a http://www.tactics.com/bones/atf-all-terrain-formula-skateboard-wheels/nobs-white-80a http://www.tactics.com/spitfire/80hd-chargers-conical-skateboard-wheels/clear-80d

Romulux fucked around with this message at 10:19 on Aug 12, 2016

UFOTacoMan
Sep 22, 2005

Thanks easter bunny!
bok bok!
I don't know about the long board trucks for that setup. I'd get some regular Independent or Ace trucks for the plans that you have in the future. Also, the wheels are a little big but will probably be OK with the risers. You might run into the situation where they scrub the bottom of the board when you lean on turns, this is called wheel bite. It can toss you if the wheel bites hard enough when you land a trick a little with your weight a bit forward and leaning left or right. If you are just starting to skate you probably won't notice it as an issue.

Those Hard bones bushings are really hard. I weigh about 190 and I found them unusable. Your weight my help them turn a little more easily but those suckers are hard and your trucks will be pretty tight it would seem. I used the medium bones bushings when I used those. Right now I'm happy with the bushings that come stock in Ace trucks. I like trucks kind of medium loose...not super
loose, but not tight.

Scarf posted:

I dropped in for the first time today and didn't kill myself, hooray!



Still haven't tried it on transition yet, but that should come quickly as soon as I can find a mellow bowl. I've also heard it's a bit easier when you have coping to lock into.

Congrats! Dropping in on shallow banks to me is always a bit awkward. It feels like there is a little pause before you start to go after you put your wheels down. When you drop in on transition you just go, it's a more peaceful easy feeling.

Romulux
Mar 17, 2004

E V O L V E D

UFOTofuTacoCat posted:

I don't know about the long board trucks for that setup. I'd get some regular Independent or Ace trucks for the plans that you have in the future. Also, the wheels are a little big but will probably be OK with the risers. You might run into the situation where they scrub the bottom of the board when you lean on turns, this is called wheel bite. It can toss you if the wheel bites hard enough when you land a trick a little with your weight a bit forward and leaning left or right. If you are just starting to skate you probably won't notice it as an issue.

I definitely see what you're saying about the trucks, I was originally going to get Ace 66s http://www.tactics.com/ace/66-hi-skateboard-trucks or Indy 215s http://www.tactics.com/independent/215-stage-11-silver-skateboard-trucks/silver-215, but I think the 9.75" axle bears will fit the width of the deck better. I'd also like to try out RKP trucks because the worst that will happen is I'll get another set of NKP trucks for this deck and I'll get a longboard to throw the RKPs on.

Well, I shouldn't say the WORST that will happen. I've considered what kinds of injuries i'm likely to sustain and I'm getting a safety gear setup working too. Do you guys have a recommendation for good knee and elbow pads?

Edit: I bought these and they just arrived: https://www.rei.com/product/875616/demon-flexmeter-double-sided-wrist-guards-mens They feel loving awesome, I can't wait to test them out tomorrow. Also picked up a Pro-Tec EPS foam helmet.

Edit 2: About the hard bushings, I checked out duro recommendations for different weights and for my weight I should be running 90a-100a. Bones hards keep getting recommended in everything I read about bigger skaters, and I'm also okay with trying different bushings, so if they don't work out I'll swap them out.

Romulux fucked around with this message at 00:16 on Aug 13, 2016

Scarf
Jun 24, 2005

On sight

UFOTofuTacoCat posted:


Congrats! Dropping in on shallow banks to me is always a bit awkward. It feels like there is a little pause before you start to go after you put your wheels down. When you drop in on transition you just go, it's a more peaceful easy feeling.

Thanks, but I went back the next day and tried dropping in on that same ramp (after warming up) and ate poo poo, hard. I guess I hesitated and didn't get all my weight forward quickly enough. Kinda shook my confidence now.

XIII
Feb 11, 2009


Scarf posted:

Thanks, but I went back the next day and tried dropping in on that same ramp (after warming up) and ate poo poo, hard. I guess I hesitated and didn't get all my weight forward quickly enough. Kinda shook my confidence now.

Go do it again asap. If you let it get in your head, it will gently caress you over for way longer than if you just went back and did it.

Edmund Sparkler
Jul 4, 2003
For twelve years, you have been asking: Who is John Galt? This is John Galt speaking. I am the man who loves his life. I am the man who does not sacrifice his love or his values. I am the man who has deprived you of victims and thus has destroyed your world, and if you wish to know why you are peris

My mom is 56 and while she's always been pretty adventurous, she's gone turbo mode the last couple of years since her husband died from cancer. She mentioned wanting to learn to skateboard but said she was afraid it would be embarrassing for a woman her age to be seen skating. I convinced her by telling her that I'd learn to skate too if she would.

So she bought a couple of Penny Nickel boards and I've spent a few hours practicing and can ride, push, and turn pretty good. She's still trying to balance on the board but next time I see her I'm hoping I can help her get comfortable with pushing and riding.

Well, that's my skateboarding story. I'm a 33 year old man who skateboards with his mom.

Edmund Sparkler fucked around with this message at 07:17 on Aug 14, 2016

DR FRASIER KRANG
Feb 4, 2005

"Are you forgetting that just this afternoon I was punched in the face by a turtle now dead?
That's boss. Get your mom a helmet, please.

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dangerdoom volvo
Nov 5, 2009
your moms not a kook dont get her a helmet. just tell her not to mall grab

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