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I'm 25 and I just bought my first skateboard ever.  
Siivola fucked around with this message at 15:58 on Jul 9, 2014 |
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Jul 9, 2014 15:01
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Took the board for a spin. Skated three kilometres and didn't fall down once, so I guess that aikido I did in high school was good for something! But drat, sidewalks are really lovely here in the suburbs. I could really use wheels bigger than 52mm, but I guess that's what I get for buying the cheapest complete there was.
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Jul 9, 2014 18:36
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You know what's the best thing about starting a new hobby? Every single thing on Youtube is the best thing ever. I was looking at Gou Miyagi videos and found some footage from the All Japan Freestyle Contest from last September: Amateur highlights, and the pro tournament's round one, round two and rounds three and four. Freestyle's cool, right? 
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Jul 10, 2014 08:40
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Intel&Sebastian posted:I assume you've seen this Gou Miyagi video part (from Heroin's Video Nasty) but even if you have it's necessary to post this regularly to make sure everyone has seen it. I don't know if you've noticed, but this skating poo poo is hard. I tried to ride down the hill I live on, but I kept wobbling so much I had to abort. I keep leaning back like a doofus, I need to learn to put enough weight on the front leg. I also tried figuring out tic tacs, but didn't get anywhere and came home frustrated. Then, after watching a couple of videos, I realized I first need to learn to kickturn, so I had to go back out to practice that. I'm hoping to land a Boneless sometime before winter sets in. They look so much more fun than plain old ollies.
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Jul 10, 2014 20:58
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Thanks for all the suggestions, guys. I've done basically nothing but watch videos for the last couple of days. I just saw Bones Brigade on Netflix and now I think I'm going to look up some Lance Mountain footage. Edit: Lance Mountain turned 50 a month ago. 50. 
Siivola fucked around with this message at 21:44 on Jul 12, 2014 |
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Jul 12, 2014 21:37
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Siivola posted:I'm hoping to land a Boneless sometime before winter sets in. 
Siivola fucked around with this message at 19:38 on Jul 14, 2014 |
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Jul 14, 2014 19:20
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I'm a big huge weeaboo, so here's Koichiro Uehara skating pretty sweet lines.
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Jul 15, 2014 09:03
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Intel&Sebastian posted:And Jason Park with a part with the spirit of Gou Miyagi, really love this one.
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Jul 29, 2014 09:01
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I don't know about specfic brands, but ideally a helmet should fulfill whatever your local standards for protection are, and also fit properly. It should be adjustable so that it sits snug on your noggin, and doesn't wobble when you turn your head. You should be able to see and hear wearing it. Finally, it needs to look as goony as possible.
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Mar 30, 2015 14:59
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 I want to see him and Miyagi hang out.
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May 23, 2016 19:53
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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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Jul 13, 2016 09:51
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