Skateboarding

yup, fake news site.  it's one of those things where you can enter a name and it generates it for you.. i think so, anyway.

Totally fake
BATB V- Unboxing with Eric Koston.

What was the point in someone reporting him dead?  Gotta love the net.

i wasn't into it.  i was expecting more from almost.  we got a bunch to put on a little premier here and the paper they sent with it made it sound like a big deal, but it was just a basic video with parts, shots, and music back to back to back.  there was some good skating, but a lot of the footage was old and nothing special.  daewon and haslam did some cool stuff, but i was hoping for more lifestyle shots and personality to the video overall, instead of clip clip clip part part part.

Saw this thread and had to share.. Was down the slopes this weekend and a guy was there with a skateboard, no bindings, getting it waxed.. I asked what he was up to and he said he was taking it out and going to have a run. I saw him later getting tones of speed and then stacking. Looked fun..ish

Originally posted by Byers Saw this thread and had to share.. Was down the slopes this weekend and a guy was there with a skateboard, no bindings, getting it waxed.. I asked what he was up to and he said he was taking it out and going to have a run. I saw him later getting tones of speed and then stacking. Looked fun..ish

Holy crap this is awesome:

Thats a sick video. I agree with Nire, 36 seems a little excessive, but thats still an awesome video.

Made in Emerica tour: 6th Ave. Skatepark in Nashville, Tennessee

Go Skate Day
Watch: Eric Koston's Epicly Later'd Trailer

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What do you all think is a better substitute for snowboarding in the summer? Regular skateboarding because you can work on rail or longboarding because you are cruising down a hill on your board?

staying active and doing any boardsport is going to be good come winter, because you won't lose your shape, and the orientation of standing sideways could help i guess.

same answer.  your snowboard skills come from muscle memory as far as how you turn, how you pop, and all the other things you do as you ride.  you can't recreate those exact motions or turns on anything but a snowboard, but like i said, staying in shape and having some sort of sideways orientation is going to keep you ready to get back on a snowboard.  just don't expect it to improve your snowboard skills.  i mean, maybe if you get in better shape than where you were at when the season ended, it could be better, but that's just because your physical ability level goes up a bit and that always helps.

^^So you're saying skateboarding is just like snowboarding spenser

^exactly.  The snow is so much more forgiving (which my old ass likes), I typically don't break a sweat as quick on snow, typically you don't have to pay $50+ for a skateboard lift ticket, the list goes on and on.  But they do come from the same roots-surfing

Any sport that you are on a board would be fun, I'd love to learn to surf.

I have always wanted to learn to surf as well.
I am just prone to dislocated shoulders and its frightening to be in the water and not able to swim

Haha no, I was just saying that when my shoulder is dislocated it is hard to swim back to shore.

^He was going to for sure (it is law here), but I think just paddling to get back to the ski was what was troubling him.  He had seriously never been around water his whole life.  At least not water you'd swim in.

That's got to be what it is.  Even before I learned the proper way to swim I instinctivly knew how to at least doggie paddle.  Hell, no one teaches animals how to swim.  Most dogs seem to do just fine.  We had ferrets that were awesome swimmers, and without a single lesson.

I have trouble floating too.  I thought my belly would keep me afloat as I got older, but that hasn't helped.  I took swim lessons as a kid and that was the one thing I never could quite do right.  I could do everything else.

Originally posted by spenser same answer.  your snowboard skills come from muscle memory as far as how you turn, how you pop, and all the other things you do as you ride.  you can't recreate those exact motions or turns on anything but a snowboard, but like i said, staying in shape and having some sort of sideways orientation is going to keep you ready to get back on a snowboard.  just don't expect it to improve your snowboard skills.  i mean, maybe if you get in better shape than where you were at when the season ended, it could be better, but that's just because your physical ability level goes up a bit and that always helps. but of course this is just my opinion.  for me, i'm not trying to improve my snowboarding through any means but snowboarding, but i do focus on staying in shape between seasons so i can pick up where i left off.  i also try to keep the mental fun of it alive via cruiser skateboarding... going fast, cruising streets, grinding curbs and popping over all kinds of features on the way.. the same way i snowboard.  a lot of riding is mental, as far as how you ride, what you do, and the way you see features (especially when you link them together), so that probably helps keep your mind fresh.

A day late but Happy Birthday America Video