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Can I get a quick opinion on my first skateboard? I've been loving around on my friend's for the last week or so and enjoying it way too much (despite my newfound abrasions and injuries). In the used market, I'm looking at this or this, and this is nice and cheap for new but I know nothing about the components. I tried stopping by my local skateshop but they were much more expensive, even for blanks. 
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Sirkus posted:I was on a skateboarding trip recently with my friends. We hit up a couple of parks in different towns but the main attraction was our friends barn out in the country. During our 3 day stay there we saw everything from beautiful sun to snow, in May This is going to drive me crazy if I don't ask: what's the second song you use? I have it somewhere in my collection and can't think of the artist for the life of me. Such a good song.
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Jun 12, 2010 23:43
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I just learned what a "mall grab" is. Do people actually care about silly things like that?
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Aug 16, 2010 05:27
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ssergE posted:.. stood on it and fell off in spectacular fashion, falling and living up to the thread title. Well, not quite, but my wrist is really sore and it hurts when I pick things up. My wrists were pretty well swollen for the first week or two of learning. If there's one thing you should try to learn first, it's how to fall (roll, don't use your limbs). Keep at it! The second thing you might want to learn is to refrain from trying a trick with which you aren't comfortable yet when a construction worker bugs you to "do a totally sweet trick" because it will "completely make his day". I'm still learning this one, but my tore up palm should provide extra incentive.
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Sep 15, 2010 17:15
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I just got back from San Francisco and you guys are loving spoiled with those silky sidewalks. Time to bump along down my lovely eroded Washington cement now. 
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Oct 8, 2010 02:19
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leica posted:Just imagine how huge Mullen would have been if he ditched that horrible freestyle board and just adapted his tricks to street skating and entered street contests. At that time freestyle was such a small niche and it was getting him nowhere. I wonder what held him back from just evolving. He could have won contests by just doing huge ollies over poo poo. it's almost like he only cared about doing what he thought was fun and rewarding, instead of chasing fame. Weird.
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Jan 24, 2011 21:31
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leica posted:Don't be an rear end. How would adapting his style to street skating be chasing fame? Besides it's called having a discussion. Weird. Woah, I was just being sarcastic. It's all good. There was a lot of influence on the World Industries guys to go street, because that's where the company was really going. Mullen was really stubborn, and clung to his style, while street was being marketed as the next thing. You wonder what would happen if he "ditched that horrible freestyle board and just adapted his tricks to street skating and entered street contests," but that's just not Mullen. He would be throwing away his style. I mean, the guy's street stuff is damned good, but it's not really his bag. He's practically autistic, spending months perfecting a trick. Freestyle just suits him, and seems to be what makes him happy.
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Jan 25, 2011 02:00
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Mincher posted:Also, watch this vid of Paul Machnau. I loving love his style and flow. He just breezes through the air! It gets me pumped to skate. Jesus, the dude just makes it look so effortless.
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