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Hi radical thread, I haven't stood on a skateboard in 8 years but would like to get back into it. My question is I don't have a board anymore and am working on a tiny budget, what's the absolute cheapest way to get a skateboard(regular decks, not longboard/cruiser) that is still a step up from buying a piece of driftwood on plastic wheels from Walmart? I wasn't very good then and definitely won't be now so I don't mind something just barely adequate, if it can at least last a year till I'm out of school that would be fine, I'd just really like to get on it this summer.
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Jul 23, 2013 10:55
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That flower deck is cool as poo poo. Also I wouldn't recommend having friends who are crackheads, except for in this one situation where it worked out well.
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Aug 1, 2013 04:50
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I finally got a skateboard today; Enjoi deck, Spitfire wheels, Girl trucks. It was the first time I stood on a skateboard in like 7 years so things are still pretty wobbly, but at the very least I can ride it without instantly smashing my whole body on the ground. Now I just need to find a time when there will be no witnesses at the skatepark to see me awkwardly spazm my way back into the swing of things.
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Aug 4, 2013 06:27
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Cicero posted:Tonight I went skateboarding in the mostly-dark at my apartment complex's tennis courts, just going in circles over and over (because I'm a newb so it's still fun). I also got my first hole-in-the-jeans from wiping out. Skateboarding is cool. It only took me two decades of waiting to get around to learning it. Tennis courts are so nice and smooth. I wish I could say the same about any of the sidewalks within a mile or two of where I live, though; it's a loving pain having to push every four seconds across weeds growing through cracks and broken up gravel. I'm also having trouble ollieing probably because I'm a pansy and I'm having a hard time committing. I think I know what I"m doing because when I tried doing it on stationary ground (aka while standing in the middle of a grass lawn like an idiot) it seemed like it worked just fine.
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Aug 14, 2013 02:33
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Is there a way to tell a decent penny style skateboard from a cheap toy other than brand or is Penny literally the only decent brand?
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Sep 8, 2014 17:59
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Cool, I just want something that's small and can go over the lovely sidewalks in my neighborhood better than a regular deck with tiny 50mm wheels. I'll drop by the nearest bikeshop or something.
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Sep 8, 2014 18:22
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lol riding a penny for the first time is hard, it was a bad idea to break it in while grocery shopping.
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Sep 15, 2014 00:38
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I wanna get a longboard instead of a bike for getting around this summer since skateboarding is more fun and I don't need it for long commutes or anything. I know a little bit about them but not a lot, can someone give me a quick list of brands to keep in mind/avoid when I'm shopping around? If it makes any difference I'm pretty sure I want a double kick with dropthrough trucks.
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Mar 30, 2015 21:46
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Horizontal Tree posted:A normal double kick shape and drop-through trucks don't exactly work together. You can get drop-through freeride boards with small kicks but you're not gonna get anything you can ollie like a street deck, if thats what you want. I'm not expecting it to be a trick deck with drop throughs or anything, I just want the ability to pop the front wheels up if I need to and maybe boneless. I'm imaging something like a sector 9 sprocket or mini shaka but less pricy. There's lots of stuff that look like knock offs of those boards but like I said outside of the really nice brands like s9 and landyachtz I dunno who makes decent stuff.
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Mar 30, 2015 23:49
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Horizontal Tree posted:Thats about as cheap as its gonna get for good quality. You really don't need much on the ends to do what you want to though. I used to be able to pop-shuv-it my topmount DH decks. Thanks for the info. I think I'm gonna go with this, a Sector 9 Slingshot with 70mm 82a race formula wheels. http://www.amazon.com/Sector-Slings...tor+9+longboard $140ish seems like a good price and as far as I can tell they aren't cheaping out on any of the parts.
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Mar 31, 2015 22:32
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I feel like the extra size/stability of the longboard will be much better if you have to lug around anywhere near as much poo poo as I had to in college, trying to balance a backpack with a laptop, textooks, supplies etc on a penny sounds like a huge pain in the rear end. I can go grocery shopping on my longboard and still ride okay as long as I keep the trip light. It's also stable enough I can slowly roll back home after a few drinks without dying. Maybe meet halfway and get a nickel or one of the quest fishtail cruisers?
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Sep 15, 2015 06:22
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XIII posted:This video makes me happy There's a sequel, it's probably my favorite skate video (because I don't watch many skate videos) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwhS17INkEY The part where the guy loses all momentum and just stops during a tailslide and it zooms in on his pained expression is better than any street league pro clips whatever moment imo
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Oct 4, 2015 06:08
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Long board, more like a fedora board. Lonng board is the mobile gaming of skateboard
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Feb 27, 2016 00:59
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I will find a big strong husband to lift me off my sector 9 and into a comfortable middle class adulthood in the suburbs and I'm glad of it
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Mar 3, 2016 00:56
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JohnnyCocksville posted:Hey I checked in here a while back as a newbie. You should def learn to foot brake before you mangle yourself too bad. The weather is finally nice enough here to start skating and there's a huge but not deathly steep hill near me I'd like to conquer but because it's the midwest there's so many cracks and uneven seems that I'm afraid i might eat poo poo no matter what.
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Mar 21, 2016 05:30
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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
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Aug 4, 2016 07:40
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ImplicitAssembler posted:I'm astonished that he's the first pro to come out and that it's seemingly a big deal. It definitely helped keep me away from a lot of the other kids who liked skateboarding as a teenager didn't help that i was also terrible at skating though
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Sep 29, 2016 06:27
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UFOTofuTacoCat posted:I read this today, it's a pretty good answer to your question: http://www.jenkemmag.com/home/2016/09/29/a-brief-look-at-skateboardings-gay-past/ Thanks for this it it made me really uneasy seeing how few people discussed the whole 'Jay Adams helped beat a gay dude to death' thing when he got all sorts of memorials and stuff last year. I had no clue Danny Way was possibly involved in the Josh Swindell thing either
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Oct 1, 2016 07:32
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I hadn't seen a picture of Bam Margera in a long time and jesus christ I wasn't prepared for that ten seconds into his epicly later'd
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