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UFOTacoMan posted:I will watch your skateboarding but the vid is private on instagram Youtube!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WDuP8ENsT58 edit to provide content instead of excuses: Low Card's latest video looks chill and fun https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tj6mL6T3UhE scuz fucked around with this message at 17:05 on Jul 15, 2019 |
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I went outside with my skateboard for pretty much the first time in 15 years a few days ago and have learned that my stamina is all but gone. Holy poo poo, how did I spend hours on this when I was a kid? Landed a (very very slow) fakie ollie though, which was cool. Also learned that I've lost almost all of my balance but I'm blaming tearing an acl on my snowboard for that. Used to be able to semi reliably be able to do Primo Flips but now I'm having great difficulty just standing primo. But that's just something more to work on! Agreeing with everyone on the last few pages about falling being worse, though. I probably should learn to fall better. A few pages someone mentioned a 12 year old girl winning vert competitions but I couldn't find anything more, what's that? Sounds rad. Sorry if it was posted recently and I just missed it by being bad at reading.
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sleppy posted:
Holy crap. That was mesmerizing. No music, no drama, just tricks...endless tricks.
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Jul 16, 2019 08:59
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYfXLBckyGE That is the last day of the Dew Tour, and includes the park finals with some younger skaters who killed it. Not sure if its the recent addition of skateboarding in the Olympics, but there have been frequent high quality streams of events popping up on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33NbcyL2mIs there is another park event that got recommended to me a couple days ago.
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Man with Hat posted:I went outside with my skateboard for pretty much the first time in 15 years a few days ago and have learned that my stamina is all but gone. Holy poo poo, how did I spend hours on this when I was a kid? when I started skating again at 30 I would be so tired and sore the next day from just spending a few hours in a parking lot ollieing and stuff. It takes some time to get back in skate shape. keep at it if you like it.
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scuz posted:Welp, we'll try putting it on youtube next time. Public instagram profiles have so much pornbot noise that it isn't' worth it. Was just me going down a 6' ramp, hope to get a real drop-in soon. e: I've never skated a proper mini and they look like the funnest thing but I just can't get over my dumb fuckin' fear that means goddamn nothing
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If it helps, there's nowhere I'd rather slam than in a wooden 4' miniramp.
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^yes, exactly, best place to fall over!Whalley posted:I'm so jealous of how empty that looks. I get crazy irrational fear from curved ramps and quarterpipes, but that kind of flat rollin has never been a thing for me and my town only has one park, which is busy as poo poo from sunrise to sunset. This video is cool cuz it gives me stuff to practice at home on flat ground  But honestly is helpful.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SL96UBnmVZE
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Man with Hat posted:I went outside with my skateboard for pretty much the first time in 15 years a few days ago and have learned that my stamina is all but gone. Holy poo poo, how did I spend hours on this when I was a kid? This is the craziest part for me too. I used to spend all day doing all different kinds of extreme sports. Now I'm sitting here 4 days after skating for two hours and can still barely lift my left leg more than a few inches off the ground.
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All this talk of Braille led me to go check out the channel again. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCEN3t6Z5CY Holy poo poo I'd love to learn how to do poo poo from Carlos. He's such an involved teacher.
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Ya, say what you will about Braille, but he's a really really good instructor. He mentioned after Braille he's going to start his own skate camp/training business. edit: after watching that video, it's funny how he uses all the same techniques when teaching different things. He did all of the same poo poo when teaching me how to get into primo a couple different ways. Including tricking me into thinking I was being spotted. Garfu fucked around with this message at 00:19 on Jul 17, 2019 |
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To get more time on my board, I'm thinking of pushing around some paved trails that are near my house and yelling at golfers, but I'm thinking I'll need softer wheels since there's usually twigs and pebbles on the path and stuff. What's a good hardness for this kinda thing? Roller skaters use like durometers in the 60s but that seems a little soft to me for skateboarding.
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scuz posted:To get more time on my board, I'm thinking of pushing around some paved trails that are near my house and yelling at golfers, but I'm thinking I'll need softer wheels since there's usually twigs and pebbles on the path and stuff. What's a good hardness for this kinda thing? Roller skaters use like durometers in the 60s but that seems a little soft to me for skateboarding. Hell, getting some Shark wheels might not be a bad thing for cruising. They're dumb gimmicks, sure, but they're dumb gimmicks that in my experience work.
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That's all very helpful and I hope you pegged that guy in the face with a rock or something. Local shop has some 60mm 78a OJ wheels so I'll snap those up when it's not supposed to rain like crazy (which is today).
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lol boomers hate the sound of a skateboard like it's a levy to support school funding
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Wait what someone clocked you for skating as a mode of transportation? Lmao what
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I ride my board exclusively to cruise and 78a-80a are my sweet spot for wheels. I have slightly wider ones than normal and they're a dream. I accidentally bought a set of 83b wheels once not realizing that they were b's and not a's. That was a mighty fine how-do-you-do for my feet and ankles
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I will be first in line to be an ambassador of skateboarding but if someone assaults you for skateboarding, noise of all things, I hope you break their loving skull open.
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poo poo POST MALONE posted:Wait what someone clocked you for skating as a mode of transportation? Lmao what Yeah, it was like 5am in a quiet neighborhood and his tires mysteriously kept getting screws in them until I moved after that Australians have dumb fuckin anger issues
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scuz posted:To get more time on my board, I'm thinking of pushing around some paved trails that are near my house and yelling at golfers, but I'm thinking I'll need softer wheels since there's usually twigs and pebbles on the path and stuff. What's a good hardness for this kinda thing? Roller skaters use like durometers in the 60s but that seems a little soft to me for skateboarding. I wanted to buy some ricta clouds, but skate shop only had bones rough riders. They’re good, but sliding is very difficult. I have to admit my nr1 reason was to try and make less noise. This part of the city is super quiet. The scooters are finally electric, everybody rides a bike, only my skateboard rattles like it’s 1984. The wheels and the rubber riser helped, but still. Would like to find out the least noisy bearings:)
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mrfart posted:Would like to find out the least noisy bearings:) Bronsons. Hands down. I have yet to ride a better bearing than a Bronson. I've heard that NEAL ceramics are really quiet too but I don't think any shop around here stocks them so I wouldn't know. barnold fucked around with this message at 00:41 on Jul 18, 2019 |
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Tiny Tubesteak Tom posted:Bronsons. Hands down. I have yet to ride a better bearing than a Bronson. I've heard that NEAL ceramics are really quiet too but I don't think any shop around here stocks them so I wouldn't know. lmfao your goddamn avatar
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Tiny Tubesteak Tom posted:Bronsons. Hands down. I have yet to ride a better bearing than a Bronson. I've heard that NEAL ceramics are really quiet too but I don't think any shop around here stocks them so I wouldn't know.
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So is 5.5" the most common truck size now? I have ancient 5.0" trucks, but the board is wearing out fast and is very narrow. But I have even older trucks that are 5.75", but these will be too big for most decks, I guess? Also, if somebody has a favorite brand, as with the bearings, I'm all ears 
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mrfart posted:So is 5.5" the most common truck size now? I have ancient 5.0" trucks, but the board is wearing out fast and is very narrow. Independent Trucks for life.
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mrfart posted:So is 5.5" the most common truck size now? I have ancient 5.0" trucks, but the board is wearing out fast and is very narrow. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA1Wb2b2LOY
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The best quiet bearings ain't coming from any skateboard brands out there. Find a bearing manufacturer, get some stupidly low tolerance bearings, prepare to pay for the luxury, then learn in 10 minutes of riding on dust why quiet bearings for skateboards is a fool's errand. lolling hard at bronsons saving money on shields and selling that as a feature
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Even though I do a kickflip about twice a year I found it interesting to learn that david gravette uses smaller trucks compared to board width so the board can't land primo...it will just roll over.
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But primo is cool! Edit: Exhibit A: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uu6bqr4sjE (I'll never tire of watching old Mullen videos)
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Caught up on this thread last week and got the skating bug. I haven't skated my short board in forever, so I picked up some 78a ricta clouds and some bones big balls reds and threw them on my poor old board today. Just pushed around the neighborhood once and came home but it was good to be back on it. I've putted around on my longboard a couple times a year, but it's not the same.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVdnjfiGXz4 I cannot get over how gnarly this video is. This video makes me wanna sit my parents down and make em watch it. Holy poo poo.
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Like I don't really care all that much about Tony hawk but holy poo poo he looped that thing
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQNSJ6MAjyM Tony Hawk is a god.
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scuz posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVdnjfiGXz4 that pink yellow thing must have been sick to skate on
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Red Bull's skate team is coming to a brewery near my house and if Jamie Foy is there I'm gonna freakin' lose it  https://www.facebook.com/events/bauhaus-brew-labs/skateboard-olympics-with-red-bull/358900424774839/
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scuz posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVdnjfiGXz4 One of these days, jaws his kneecaps are gonna rocket out of his legs. I don't know how he keeps taking these impacts
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He weighs like nothing at all so that probably helps!
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I'm always late to actually clicking on these videos but maaaaaaan, that's just THE dream scenario with a fantastic roster and it pays off.
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lmfao that Jaws manual into the pool is such a huge no thanks. Like "what's a completely un-needed trick I could do into this giant drop that will definitely rob me of the speed needed to survive it......wait, I know!"
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Intel&Sebastian posted:lmfao that Jaws manual into the pool is such a huge no thanks. Like "what's a completely un-needed trick I could do into this giant drop that will definitely rob me of the speed needed to survive it......wait, I know!" "how could I make this situation worse for myself?" love it. Also huuuuuuge props to the park's new owners for letting this happen. They the trve mvp
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