Skateboarding

I'm building a board for my boy and he's going to get the cheapest crap available until he learns how to ride!  Well, he's not getting an airwalk deck from walmart.  I'll get him a blank, but he'll be rocking abec3!  

No freeboard for me.  It's not hilly at all here in Las Vegas, so I will have to push myself around.  Not going to be to easy to push around strapped into a freeboard!  

^ Hahah thats skating shoes for you!

Originally posted by snowj720 Originally posted by MrMeaty I'm building a board for my boy and he's going to get the cheapest crap available until he learns how to ride!  Well, he's not getting an airwalk deck from walmart.  I'll get him a blank, but he'll be rocking abec3!   I really need to check out my buddy's long board.  He says he loves it, and that will help me decide if when I get my board a deck, if I get a new street deck for me or a long board.     My son had a spiderman board as his first board (kmart board).  Same thing.  Show me you can at least ride it and like doing it enough to justify a good board.    As far as a board for you.  Those moose boards on ebay were like 40-50ish and they had longboards (pintail) and street (semi-old and new school setups).  You could get a complete longboard and blank (street) deck for probably like $60.    Just a thought.

That sounds ideal for him. My first deck was a zero that my cousin gave me and i was really happy. Still have it today.... somewhere

The city of Portland in Oregon just built an awesome skate plaza near my house.
Its a great park, but parents think its a playground.
They bring their 1 year old kid that just learned to walk and they give him a 1 foot long board.
It surprises me that parents think that its okay.
Boards fly out all the time and if one nails him... that would be bad!

Whiskey has their own boards and wheels for cheap.

Originally posted by Snowboardr13 I havent been doing much skateboarding recently, I broke my old board,(zero complete) and just havent bought a new one just yet. But I'm thinking about buying a new one. Any suggestions?

If you break boards often, get a Almost Impact board. They last longer and there is a 1 month warranty on them just in case.

If you don't break boards often, I really like how Habitats feel.

Originally posted by MrMeaty @snowj720:  gotcha.  Nash was one of those brands like vision and airwalk that were low end pro but diffinitely better then those crap walmart decks!  And I know just what you mean about trying making sure they like it before investing money into it.  I figure $50 is about what I want to spend for him to find out. If not, he can use the board for something else, or I can use it!  LOL!    Originally posted by luv2shred Whiskey has their own boards and wheels for cheap.   funny you should mention that, because in their private stash for the next week they have their brand decks for $20 and their wheels for $12.  No trucks, though...   http://www.whiskeymilitia.com/wm/private_stash/63.html

Originally posted by snowj720 Damn, that's next week?  I didn't check it today and of course they post a deal I'll be getting on.  I'm checking that place like giveawayoftheday now.

Man, I'm kinda bummed.  I was going to pick up some of those ceramics.  GONE!  Some other good deals.  I would have probably picked up a element deck, but damn my big feet (they only had an 8 and 7.5).

Originally posted by luv2shred Yeah i hate these small boards. I really need a 8.25 or around there. I hate having big feet but oh well. Sometimes its cheaper for a wider board because no one buys them!

I have size 12 and usually skate 7.75 with no problem at all. I'm considering riding 8's, but last time I did, I didn't like how my flip tricks were turning out but I did like how I had more control on my grinds and landings.

Took my deck out this weekend and cruising around is fine, but after my first ollie I realized that this is yet another sport I will have to loose weight for.  My center of gravity is so off!

I know what you mean!  When I used to skate I was about 145.  I wanted to get my current 195 down to a manageable 175 by the BEGINNING of last season as the boards I purchased were a little smaller then my current weight, thinking I'd be loosing.  I didn't.  But my snowboards are good up to 185, so they are just a little more flexy then they should be.  

Originally posted by luv2shred I cant wait till summer comes. A ton of edits will be made.

Sounds nice. I'll eventually be picking up a Sony nex-5n to do some filming. Only thing that sucks, is out of the big crew I had to skate with during my teen years, about only 1 friend still skates and only sometimes. So can't really get anyone to film for me. If I were to do a video, I'd have to do it with a tripod.

Really sucks not having a crew to skate with anymore. Just isn't the same skating alone. And as of lately, it's been cold. And if it's not cold, it's raining a lot. Hopefully by next week it should warm up and be somewhat dry. Can't snowboard or skate because of this weather, i'm going insane. Haha.

Do any of you run into the problem of not having a skatepark withen a reasonable driving to that is worth going to? Because where ever I seem to move to( which has been alot of places in the past ten years) there is never really a decent park anywhere near me. But then if I try to skate in my town or somewhere near there, the cops always come and ruin the fun. And then when I move to where I am now they had a skatepark for awhile that was pretty decent. But it closed about a week ago(which is really when I started to get back into skateboarding)because some kids decided they wanted to blow up one of the toliets in the bathroom( and no I'm not kidding). They need to either build more skateparks or loosen up on the laws of where and where not you can skate.

^^^I'm 39... I still skate.  You can check some of the pics on my page, but here's a little slappy from a couple of years ago.

I have a couple parks within 3-10 mile radius, and they're pretty good. So definitely don't have a problem like that.

This weather blows though lately. If it's not cold, it's warm and raining out.

Originally posted by luv2shred Originally posted by ChiTownRon I have a couple parks within 3-10 mile radius, and they're pretty good. So definitely don't have a problem like that. This weather blows though lately. If it's not cold, it's warm and raining out. Name some of the parks because you live in Chicago and i live right by it. Maybe we ride the same park.

Mainly Wilson and Logan square skatepark since they're closer then the rest. But I also hit up Glenviews park and Burnham sometimes.

There are a couple good skateparks right near my college that i go to on a regular basis. the only problem with one of them is the ramps are metal so in the summer you don't want to fall haha

@movesmusic-  nice move brutha  I wish I could still do stuff like that.  For some reason I just don't feel the same connection to my board like I did when I was younger.  I feel too sketchy to try too much these days.  Looks like you're in way better shape than me too.  I think I'm just too fat now to get very far off the ground.  I'm glad there's still a lot of us old guys that ride.  We're going to be the first generation to have a skater retirement complex.

Originally posted by snowj720 @movesmusic-  nice move brutha  I wish I could still do stuff like that.  For some reason I just don't feel the same connection to my board like I did when I was younger.  I feel too sketchy to try too much these days.  Looks like you're in way better shape than me too.  I think I'm just too fat now to get very far off the ground.  I'm glad there's still a lot of us old guys that ride.  We're going to be the first generation to have a skater retirement complex.     So we have this really rad park (for MI anyhow) called Riley that has some sweet bowls.  Here's a pic of a guy I went to high school with (he's 39/40).  He has a (very) small company Purple Heart skates.  He's a pretty cool dude been living the dream since back in the day.  Mind you, I busted my head just riding up this same wall.  And this assssshole......

Portland Or has so many great parks.
If only it didn't rain 9 out of 12 months.
There is only one small indoor park that is really expensive. OH WELL

My indoor park closed last year. Was such a sick place to ride. 

Yeah, snowj720, I still take falls quite regularly.  Last season I was doing a 5-0 across a highbox on top of a pyramid and the ledge was waxed like crazy.  I leaned back too much going hellafast and right at the end of the grind the board slipped/shot out from under me.  I landed directly on my left hip at the bottom of the flat (maybe 6 feet down).  It was ugly.  I eventually went to the doc because it was black, purple and yellow around the edges of the huge bruise.. and because it hurt.  The doc said it was "sort of dislocated" and if it doesn't work itself back into place, I'd have to have surgery to make it work properly again.  I fought through it and rode (snowboard) all winter with really no problems.  Now I'm skating a lot as well (shrug).  It feels really strange when I rub my hand over the spot, but it works, so I'll take it .

Originally posted by ChiTownRon @luv2shred Wasn't Warp more for bmx riders though? I'd like to skate Krush, I heard it was awesome. Oh and on June 24th, (i think that's the date) REAL is having a demo at wilson. So just a heads up for ya.

Nope warp didnt allow bmxing. Only skating and rolerblading (no rollerbladers though! ). Yeah i wanna hit up krush and asylum. I heard they are both amazing. Oh and i might go to wilson for the demo. Thanks for the heads up.