Skateboarding

started when i was 4... 23 now.  been burnt out on it for probably 5 years.  these days all i ride are cruiser boards, like krooked zig zaggers.  same concave as normal, but a hair wider and usually cut in a fun shape.  that + 8" indy highs, 62-64mm 78A longboard wheels, and you're good.  cruise around everywhere fast, pop up and down curbs and other features, grind curbs, do whatever.  i don't do it nearly as often as i snowboard but it's the way i hang on to skating besides doing the shop thing, and i guess it also emulates the way i snowboard as well.. just cruising around going fast, seeing where we end up, hitting features along the way.  pretty stoked to start cruising around again soon.

haha it might seem that way, but i don't feel that i have an action packed life.  i feel pretty bored a lot of the time, i'm just good at capturing my daily adventures in photos and video.

Jeez you guys are really good. I wish i could do all the tricks you guys do. Im so happy that i landed a heelflip in a giant game of skate that i got second in. I was like first day back and im learning back tricks! Hell yeah!

Originally posted by spenser shit, i haven't done a kiclflip or heelflip in so long.... i don't have nearly the same muscle memory for skating as i used to.

Yea when i grabbed my board today to do an ollie i looked like i just started skating. Within 5 minutes i was able to ollie 2 decks again.

my dad was telling me about some trick in the 70's he would do on his board. he would basically be barefooted and ollie over 4-5 skateboards with trucks, stacked on top of each other. pretty tame, but back then im sure it was sweet to see.

spenser's talk about ollies reminds me of the style they had back in the day with just ollies and simple grabs.

started in grade school, around 4th i think, i a janky nash skateboard. the wood was crap, just plywood stacked together, and the trucks were plastic. never really got too into skateboarding though, did mostly bmx

Originally posted by ChiTownRon Been skating for about 12 years now. Ended up buying 8 Rasa Libre boards off a friend for 200$ recently. So I'm ready for skate season.

I skate! been skating for about 6 years now! all year round, while i wait for the snow:D

I've been skating since I was about 7. Skateboaring is what introduced me to snowboarding and bmx. I haven't ridden a skateboard for about 2 years now. It got tucked away in the basement and overtime I forgot I had a board. Hopefully this someone I will get back on the board a and hit up the local park.

I started skating when I was 6 years old but skated for only a few years. My cousin got me into it when he visited over the summer. Always showing me new tricks. But the only one I was able to do was ollies. I'm almost 32 and kinda want to relive my childhood days, so I was thinking about getting a longboard and ride around in the city. But with the high volume of cars and my shtty skating ability I think I'd end up getting myself killed.

Originally posted by Von44 I started skating when I was 6 years old but skated for only a few years. My cousin got me into it when he visited over the summer. Always showing me new tricks. But the only one I was able to do was ollies. I'm almost 32 and kinda want to relive my childhood days, so I was thinking about getting a longboard and ride around in the city. But with the high volume of cars and my shtty skating ability I think I'd end up getting myself killed.

I take my longboard to quiet parking structures at night or in the early mornings. I love charging and sinking into turns as tight as I can. You just gotta make sure no cars come up when you're going down. BTW, my board is a flexdex 29" clear. Everything's stock except the bones super reds I put in.

QUOTE] I take my longboard to quiet parking structures at night or in the early mornings. I love charging and sinking into turns as tight as I can. You just gotta make sure no cars come up when you're going down.  [/QUOTE]

my boyfriend makes skateboard videos...
He made a ten tricks of a Welsh skater called Steve King, within a week of it being on Youtube, Steve got sponsored by DC and Jart.

Watch the ten tricks here. HELL OF A RIDER!
Steve King - Ten Tricks - Drewsutton2

for those of you who have skateboarded and snowboarded, how similar are the two in terms of learning how to ride. I just learned how to snowboard, this is my 2nd season. I was just wondering if it would be easier to learn how to skateboard now that I can snowboard, compared to me fooling around on a skateboard 4 yrs ago and it was hard.

I think that having been a skater for years helped me feel and learn snowboarding at a much faster rate of progression.

Im so bummed. I can barely walked! I hate down handrails!

I just bought a board for my bulldog, does that count?   

Originally posted by snowj720 Originally posted by KellyBoy I just bought me a longboard and try it out until snowboarding season comes back around. Anyone on here longboard alot?   Not enough.  But I do have one and get on it a few times a summer.  When I can get a few bucks together I really want to get a freebord.       or try- http://www.youtube.com/user/FreebordMfg/featured?ad=7015038640&kw=freeboard&feature=pyv&v=Desl_yeM6DA   if it doesn't embed.

Longboard, but Loaded Dervish Flex 2 and Paris 180s, and big zigs!

Originally posted by snowj720 ^^You're not totally in a binding though.  You can bail out, it just looks like it wouldn't be as easy as a regular skateboard.  A helmet would be a must for me on one of those.  I wish we had a dealer around here that I could test one out at.  If it's as much like snowboarding (control-wise) as it looks I think I'd do alright.  Maybe not doing huge gaps and bombing down tight spaces, but it might be fun in a pool (bowl). One of these days I'll get one.  After I take care of my dryer, and car troubles, yadda, yadda.  Although I want the next frivilous thing I get to be a trainer kite so I can start kite boarding the summer away.

Watch this

Originally posted by timpiper it's been awhile since ive skated but i broke out my old enjoi board today and landed one kickflip-not bad for a working stiff

Im thinking about getting a new deck, any suggestions?

Just took out my old Krown deck. It has pretty bad bearings and wheels but it is fine for cruising around my neighborhood. Pulled some easy pop shuv it's and some 180's. It was pretty fun. But I was surprised at how tired I actually got.

TTown:I echo what spenser says a bit about just find a size that works best for you, and ride it. A real popular size is 7.75...I am a huge fan of 8's. While it honestly doesn't matter TOO much, I have always skated Alien Workshop, or Habitat boards. There are some very slight differences in shape of boards from different companies, some use different glues, so on and so on. I just have always had really good luck with AW and Habitat.

If you are just starting out, try out blank decks. Much cheaper, and if you eff up the board, you won't feel so bad about it. Back in the day when I used to skate every day, and was going through about a board every 2 weeks, I would always have a stockpile of blanks in the back of the car. Sure I still rocked the habitats, but after you break so many in a row, it's nice to hop on a cheap board from time to time

All this being said, I don't skate anymore. I mean, I will cruse around to a friends house on my board if I am feeling frisky, but as far as going to the park, or doing tricks, my days are over on that. Too old, too fat, too many past injuries. I like snow, that shit is soft...hahah.

On a side note, anyone here ever visit the Berrics Site? Probably my favorite skate site out there. Some really cool shit on that site. Check it out.. http://theberricscanteen.com/2012/04/14

And a little vid to start your day. One of my all time favorite skaters, Arto Saari. This vid is OLD, from the Flip Skateboard video "Sorry".