Skateboarding

Hey spenser, you ever tried kite boarding?  Seems like something you'd have done.  I just got  trainer and it looks like I'll be trying it with a kiteskating soon.

no kiteboarding, but the university here did just start a class for it.  i'm not very interested, but i'm sure it would be fun.  pretty much every boardsport is...

woops, i meant kite... sailing.. something?  they do it in the ocean.

Originally posted by snowj720 ^That's what I'm looking to get into.  I didn't know much about it until this past week, looks interesting and fun.  These guys go way big out there.  And winter time would be a blast.  Imagine kiting up and down the mountain.  Go up, pack the kite, ride natural down.  Greenest chairlift you can get.

Looks so fun. With lake Michigan so close to me it would be very easy for me to try it. 

^^^Thats awesome. My buddy has a mini ramp he rides....If only I could skate

street league is on.  webcast is here   http://espn.go.com/watchespn/player/_/source/espn3/id/457425/size/condensed/

hey, wussup guys.  skating was one of the first boards i stepped onto...  it has always been fun, but i never got as good on it as i wanted...  i skate around to get places, and i can get off curbs ok, but i just can't seem to stick any jumps...  and when i pick up too much speed, kinda freaky that there's no real way to stop other than bail...  cause of that, i never got that good, and skate parks always had a certain lure to me, but could never get myself to drop in on a ledge...  i'm 27 now, and thinking it might be just too late for me to get good at this...  i'll stick to snowboarding i guess...

I miss the good ol skateboarding days. Skateboarding now is way to risky. If I fall and break a leg, I can't work.. can't pay rent, can't eat. Ughh I hate getting old

Originally posted by snowj720 ^that's why my balls have went bye bye.

I thought that happened when you got married.

he has that gap on lock most of the time, and he can kickflip indy it too.  not sure why he wasn't making it that time, but it woulda been killer to have him land that last one to make the perfect run.

the photos from the competition are on my canon 30d.  the fisheye shots in the miniramp are on a $300 retail fisheye by bower, which is one of a few brand names the lens is under.  pretty good for 3 bills.  the other shots are on my long lens which is a canon L series 70-200 2.8.  awesome glass.  it's an older version but still works great and i got it for a really great deal considering it's got L series glass.

Originally posted by ctoma Originally posted by snowj720 ^that's why my balls have went bye bye.  I thought that happened when you got married.

Mikey Taylor, I love his style

All these photos make me wanna skate right now, but it's raining outside.....

^ Nice.  Do you have the little guy ripping?  How old?  Based on the velcro shoes my guess is he is around 3-4 (my kids wore velcro shoes up until 4 or 5).

He will be 3 in January.
I was teaching him the balance and he loved it. He just doesn't get the if you put more weight in one foot the board will shoot out.

Yes he will be on a snowboard this coming winter.
Even with the lack of snow this past winter we still worked on our balance.

It's a sporgy in Hunington beach this weekend.  Side by side skate comps and the US open of surf.

I've been a Grosso fan since I had his ragdoll/blocks board in the 80's.  If you don't know about loveletters, you will now.  This is the most recent episode, Slams.  The first thing I always tell people in skate or snow instruction is "learn how to fall first."

Nice footage, pretty sick shots.

haha thanks for the compliment.  i don't recall anyone saying quite that, but some people have said things to that general effect, sort of.