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donJonSwan
Dec 6, 2004
Scum Pirate
Currently riding this:


Got this one, and the Where the Wild Things Are series on the wall:


Click here for the full 212x750 image.

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shark week
Dec 22, 2007

Im riding Girl Mike Carroll deck that must be a fake because i cant find pics anywhere. Zebra stripe pattern from about 4 years ago.

Extremely Sorry was dope. It needed better music I think. Apples and Rowley ripped as usual. The 'vert' parts were my favourite surprisingly. Bob on the mega [tre bs board!], Rune is super under appreciated and Lance seemed to be enjoying a sweet backyard session.

I Pledge The Legence
Sep 18, 2009

Gleaming the Cube
Nice! I love a bit of hardware porn.


My 7.75 Heroin "Good Bannanas" deck.



Spanking new 8" Mysterious Al Vs Enuff deck. I liked this series so much I got the rest of them for my wall. They're really bright, but matte painted like Creature decks. They're top printed and clear gripped as well, so they look pretty cool.

ShortyMR.CAT
Sep 25, 2008

:blastu::dogcited:
Lipstick Apathy
The rest of the Thrashed series from Siren Skateboards are pretty dope, to me anyways.

http://sirenskate.com/about/


Though I don't have an iguana. I'm sure the guys at the skate shop sell them in the back.

posting smiling
Jun 22, 2008
I just got my first board in 4 years or so last weekend and I finally got to go try it out this afternoon. I can still do (small) ollies consistently and I managed to land a few shove its! It was really fun, but I repeatedly came within a foot of stomping on my glasses when they fell off my face. I need to find some kind of solution for that.

I got the board from Bill's Wheels in Santa Cruz as recommended on page 1. I'll post a picture when I get my camera back.

mike12345
Jul 14, 2008

"Whether the Earth was created in 7 days, or 7 actual eras, I'm not sure we'll ever be able to answer that. It's one of the great mysteries."





Classicist posted:

I just got my first board in 4 years or so last weekend and I finally got to go try it out this afternoon. I can still do (small) ollies consistently and I managed to land a few shove its! It was really fun, but I repeatedly came within a foot of stomping on my glasses when they fell off my face. I need to find some kind of solution for that.



Ordered these from optical4less. -> http://www.optical4less.com/plastic-eyeglasses/p112/
Really cheap, you get them shipped from Hong Kong. I would recommend choosing them with a yellow/orange tint, increases contrast. Apart from that, people at the skatepark will tell you they look cool or just plain weird :smugdog:

Eeek
Mar 1, 2003




He pulled it out, which was real impressive because the board got way in front of him.



Here's is a picture of Bucky Lasek not standing in front of me. If you'd like to see such shots as, great air, ooops, there's Bucky's head, dammit, Lasek's right there and nose grind to- can't see, he's right there- I have those, too.

Kidding aside, Bucky and Pierre-Luc Gagnon were blowing it out at practice. Bucky kept trying some weird shove it to grind thing and PLG just was lights outs.

soggybagel
Aug 6, 2006
The official account of NFL Tackle Phil Loadholt.

Let's talk Football.
If you go to https://www.feelinminnesota.com now you can watch the entire movie now.

Sirkus
Jun 5, 2006
Watched the feelin' minnesota video. The shots were all really good. The only thing that really bugged me was all the slow mo, especially during the ice shots. I get it, it was epic but I mean if I want to watch the video in the future I don't want to have to watch it at 2x speed. The tricks were all pretty good, the mini ramp sesh over the water looked super fun and the wheat field looked like a blast. My favourite part was the "first nice day of spring", everyone got some super good lines! It's cool you were a part of that soggybagel.

4/20 NEVER FORGET
Dec 2, 2002

NEVER FORGET OK
Fun Shoe
Old board porn:



Granted it is a few years old, I don't ride as much as I used to. I only did the park after work a couple times this summer. Having an old man back sucks.

I have always been into nice wheels, and these are my favorites. They've been around a while at this point.

Rimjob Rodeo
Apr 29, 2004

soggybagel posted:

If you go to https://www.feelinminnesota.com now you can watch the entire movie now.

Did you get to work with Davis Torgerson at all? After seeing his part in Boondoggle I have been nothing but down with him.

DR FRASIER KRANG
Feb 4, 2005

"Are you forgetting that just this afternoon I was punched in the face by a turtle now dead?
Did some sketchy frontside tailslides on the world's smallest quarter pipe today. I figure it's progress because when I showed up I was just trying to get fakie nose stalls.

And I also realized my deck has splits on a few hardware points so it's probably going to break soon.

Dim, Tired, and Elderly
Mar 25, 2004

ur ded
Old board:


New board just ordered:

donJonSwan
Dec 6, 2004
Scum Pirate
Arbor's are beautiful.

Is that thing bamboo?

Dim, Tired, and Elderly
Mar 25, 2004

ur ded

donJonSwan posted:

Arbor's are beautiful.

Is that thing bamboo?

Yup, bamboo. They have the same board made out of koa, too.

Zizzyx
Sep 18, 2007

INTERGALACTIC CAN CHAMPION

So I got a wild hair up my rear end recently and decided I'd give skateboarding a try. I figured I'd save up some money and get myself a board in a month or two, but my girlfriend went out and got me a killer deck behind my back. For some reason I can't find pics of it on the element website, but it's a Shape #3 and it's green on top with clear griptape. Went out to a local shop and managed to fit it with shop bearings, blank wheels, and independent trucks for $80, which I found to be a drat good deal for my own complete.

I'm in the process of learning how to tic-tac in both directions effectively - right now I can only go in a continuous circle in the direction of my toes (backside?). I'm also starting to get a lot more comfortable on the board after some embarrassing low-speed rear end bustings - lean forward!

Anyway, figured I'd post here and say thanks, as this thread was my impetus to get into all this at 22. If there's anything I can count on from SA, it's the urge to pick up new hobbies!

donJonSwan
Dec 6, 2004
Scum Pirate

Zizzyx posted:

I'm also starting to get a lot more comfortable on the board after some embarrassing low-speed rear end bustings - lean forward!

Grats on your first board dude, super loving cool.

Try and get comfortable going faster as soon as possible, it sounds kind of silly, but the slower you go - the easier it is to fall.

Dim, Tired, and Elderly
Mar 25, 2004

ur ded
If it's the direction of your toes, that's frontside.

Sirkus
Jun 5, 2006

Dim, Tired, and Elderly posted:

If it's the direction of your toes, that's frontside.

Minus frontside flips, front shuvs, f/s big spins, f/s heels and all those other frontside tricks that go behind you.

Zizzyx
Sep 18, 2007

INTERGALACTIC CAN CHAMPION

donJonSwan posted:

Grats on your first board dude, super loving cool.

Try and get comfortable going faster as soon as possible, it sounds kind of silly, but the slower you go - the easier it is to fall.

Thanks for the tip! I've definitely noticed how easy it is to ground the tail while doing stuff at low speed, so I'll find a bigger spot to practice asap.

It took me three days but I finally started landing stationary ollies consistently. Not sure what I was doing before but it seems like it works best if my back foot is ON, but not hanging off the back of the tail. One question I have is regarding higher ollies: should I be doing the "jump" primarily with my front foot so that my back leg can kick down more quickly for extra pop? Its hard to analyze exactly what my feet are doing but the way I described kinda feels right.

donJonSwan
Dec 6, 2004
Scum Pirate
It really just comes down to timing, and how high you can jump.

Do calf raises, jump a lot, visualize sucking your knees into your chest immediately after you hear the crack of the board slapping the ground.

Setting up obstacles is probably the easiest way to boost your height, just try and get over something small, then raise up a couple inches. Reverse limbo.

AIIAZNSK8ER
Dec 8, 2008


Where is your 24-70?
for me, in order to oillie higher i have to be going faster. At first I was compressing more before the ollie and trying to move my front foot closer to my back foot for a longer drag. That only caused me to be more off balance.

Zizzyx
Sep 18, 2007

INTERGALACTIC CAN CHAMPION

I'm also wondering if anybody has any tips for just riding around town on a board. On major streets I get a little nervous to be pushing around a little toothpick like I've got, and the way the sidewalks are designed, there's a lot of unevenness at every intersection - basically my board gets away from me a lot and I feel like a dork. Little help?

Also yesterday I thought I'd go down a short (steep) hill leading into my apartment complex, thought it was a great idea as I was zipping down... until I started getting crazy speed wobble and flew off my board and into the asphalt. More scars for the blood god!

AIIAZNSK8ER
Dec 8, 2008


Where is your 24-70?
the more you do it, the more comfortable you get. I'm always amazed at how the pros can hit a stair set or a rail and then ride into grass or gravel, for a good distance when they land, before they jump off, if at all. I kind of look ahead at the pavement and bounce a bit with cracks in the sidewalk, loosen up and don't stand too stiff when going across uneven pavement. At some point though, larger wheels like a longboard will always be a better ride for just around town.

DR FRASIER KRANG
Feb 4, 2005

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

Zizzyx posted:

Also yesterday I thought I'd go down a short (steep) hill leading into my apartment complex, thought it was a great idea as I was zipping down... until I started getting crazy speed wobble and flew off my board and into the asphalt. More scars for the blood god!

Start learning how to powerslide on flat ground.

donJonSwan
Dec 6, 2004
Scum Pirate
Bend your knees more, and loosen up. Get in the habit of kicking up the nose of your board over cracks.

Eventually you'll learn to scan the horizon without thinking about it. It just takes hours, days and months on the board before you're comfortable.

Then the second you're most comfortable you'll eat poo poo, I promise.

:)

Zizzyx
Sep 18, 2007

INTERGALACTIC CAN CHAMPION

Surprise poo poo-eating is the best part!

Zizzyx
Sep 18, 2007

INTERGALACTIC CAN CHAMPION

Does anybody have some advice about the order I shgould tackle different street tricks? I've heard shove-its are the easiest but beyond that I'm a bit stumped. I really like the look of the no comply though so I'm gonna try to learn fs and bs 180s with that so I'll have at least one impressive looking thing I can do for now.

Dim, Tired, and Elderly
Mar 25, 2004

ur ded
No order. Just practice what you want to trick.

Ho Chi Meeeeee
Jun 13, 2008

let me shovel out your brains
hang my image in your skull
so I can be the vision
in your nightmares from now on
I'm considering getting back into longboarding. I don't know, I used to be into bombing hills but now I think I want a cruiser for commutes to work.

elTeddy
Jun 19, 2004
Where boys fear to tread
i'm six foot three, how big a deck should i get?

donJonSwan
Dec 6, 2004
Scum Pirate

elTeddy posted:

i'm six foot three, how big a deck should i get?

Whatever is comfortable, grab a couple off the wall that you dig.. stand on them, feel it out.

8" is a good starting point, IMO.

Zizzyx
Sep 18, 2007

INTERGALACTIC CAN CHAMPION

Now that I've gone on a few multi-mile excursions on my board I feel a lot more comfortable just moving around in general. One thing I still need to work on is making quick turns at the bottom of a decline, which happens several times on my way to just about anywhere, it seems. Guess I'm still not comfortable enough to commit to those.

I think that once I start learning how to push the board around while riding switch I'll be able to go just about anywhere in town without getting too tired, I'm definitely loving this skateboard.

ShortyMR.CAT
Sep 25, 2008

:blastu::dogcited:
Lipstick Apathy
You make me feel like a quitter, which I am anyways, but I've decided just to take my board with me to work and try my best to skate back home. That's gonna be my practice. I guess I'm just one for those kinda people who do better learning new things with people.



Also walking home in Vans is killing me.

enojy
Sep 11, 2001

bass rattle
stars out
the sky

Zizzyx posted:

Now that I've gone on a few multi-mile excursions on my board I feel a lot more comfortable just moving around in general. One thing I still need to work on is making quick turns at the bottom of a decline, which happens several times on my way to just about anywhere, it seems. Guess I'm still not comfortable enough to commit to those.

I think that once I start learning how to push the board around while riding switch I'll be able to go just about anywhere in town without getting too tired, I'm definitely loving this skateboard.

Learning how to powerslide at speed is probably a great way for you to quickly feel more familiar and comfortable with your board. It's like drifting through turns, or just staying sideways to slow down. Learning how to coast/push switch isn't a bad idea either. The more familiar you feel on the board in any given position, the better.

Zizzyx
Sep 18, 2007

INTERGALACTIC CAN CHAMPION

Shortymrbig posted:

You make me feel like a quitter, which I am anyways, but I've decided just to take my board with me to work and try my best to skate back home. That's gonna be my practice. I guess I'm just one for those kinda people who do better learning new things with people.



Also walking home in Vans is killing me.

Boarding to and from work makes work slightly less of a chore lately since I have something fun to do before and something to look forward to after.

enojy: I'll have to learn powerslides then. And get over the nerves I feel as soon as I start going down a hill faster than I can kick on level ground haha.

Applebees Appetizer
Jan 23, 2006

I saw the Hosoi hammerhead at a local skate shop the other day and I want it bad. It's the perfect shape for bowl and vert riding, reminds of decks from the 80's and I'm glad companies are bringing them back. Also saw a retro Caballero deck that was the poo poo, this isn't good because I can't be spending money :(



soggybagel
Aug 6, 2006
The official account of NFL Tackle Phil Loadholt.

Let's talk Football.
Here is some random behind the scenes footage of how the Fall shoot in that video kind of went down. Just a goofy behind the scenes montage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBDO4xaMDG4

enojy
Sep 11, 2001

bass rattle
stars out
the sky

Zizzyx posted:

Boarding to and from work makes work slightly less of a chore lately since I have something fun to do before and something to look forward to after.

enojy: I'll have to learn powerslides then. And get over the nerves I feel as soon as I start going down a hill faster than I can kick on level ground haha.

It's pretty easy and intuitive! Just ever so slightly lift the weight on your front foot and use your back foot to maneuver the tail to one side in one smooth motion. Make sure the front foot follows with the board as it turns. The front wheels should only leave the ground a smidge, if at all. You need to lean your weight in the opposite direction of travel in order to balance it all out, or else the wheels will grip and you will fall forward. Too much weight distribution to the rear, and the board will just slide out from under you. The faster you're going, the easier it is to powerslide.

Bombing hills still scares the poo poo out of me, but that's part of the fun. For some reason, falling at high speed isn't so bad. As long as you roll with it, you usually just end up with some annoying road rash for a week or two.

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Schatten
Jul 7, 2002

Das ist nicht meine
schnellen Rennwagen

leica posted:

I saw the Hosoi hammerhead at a local skate shop the other day and I want it bad. It's the perfect shape for bowl and vert riding, reminds of decks from the 80's and I'm glad companies are bringing them back. Also saw a retro Caballero deck that was the poo poo, this isn't good because I can't be spending money :(


Pretty! I had one back in the 80's! Hosoi mini. White w/pink graphic.

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