Skateboarding

Originally posted by batmanwest 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".

Originally posted by batmanwest Originally posted by spenser Originally posted by batmanwest 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". that makes me feel old and i'm only 23.  i remember vividly when sorry was coming out and it was after i had been skating for a long time.  i guess starting when you're 4 will do that.. My bad dude. If it makes you feel any better I was in high school when that shit came out. That video was rad though. Some heavy, heavy hitters on that roster. Really wish this would of been landed for the video though... While Ali was a sloppy, drunk ass dude, still love his crazy style. Oh the pissdrunks. What a weird group of people. Anyone remember them from the old bakers vids?

Originally posted by MrMeaty LOL!  He said, "brings back memories" and he's 15 years old.  HOLY SMACK!   I think I was 12 or 13 when I STARTED skating, and that's back when it was practically illegal to skate anywhere.  Bake when Rodney Mullen and Mike Vallely still skated for World Industries: My current deck is a Mike V lightning bolt when he skated for Black Label with darkstar 52 wheels and grind king trucks.  Setup must be 10 years old, because I think I got it before I got married.  I will pick up a new Blank from www.blankdecks.com when I pick one up for my 7 year old boy.  $50 completes.   But my all time favorite rider is probably Daewon Song...us Koreans gotta stick together!  Cool thing is, he's still going strong today.  This vid is from last month:

@ MrMeaty-  there's some $50 completes on ebay too.  Moose.  Mines been okay.  I got an old school shape (a more square tail, pointy nose, quess it'd be a skate equivilant to a directional twin?) that reminds me of my first Santa Cruz everslick (the old Kendall with Vanilla Ice in a guillotine).  The board has been straight, decent wheels, okay bearings, but the trucks aren't very grind-able.  Or it could be my old ass just can't grind anymore (ah, to be 20 years younger).

funny that I should find this, i just bought a set-up to screw around on this summer yesterday.  just a blank with nothing going on.  my first deck since the mid-90's.  

I haven't skated in about 4 years and I got out my board today, it was pitiful at first but I landed a kick flip and I'm super proud of myself!!!!

Originally posted by luv2shred ^Hahaha thats awesome! Tell us how the expierence of how it was riding it again!

^ Rich people now a days! But Zakk that sounds like a lot of fun! Keep on shredding!

I receive my first long board today and man, I suck at skateboarding. I have to get use to it but it isn't to bad. I need to learn how to stop lol.

^^ That's great Meaty.  I feel the same way.  When I got on a longboard a few years ago I thought "Cool", but then I got going like 30 mph and really wanted the give of snow just in case I couldn't hold on. 

I was longboarding with my buddy and he fell so hard. He got staples on his head to heal the wound. He was fine tho, he got up like a champ.

personally i would suggest a cruiser board.  something like a krooked zigzagger (larger than the zipzinger) and tons of other cruiser boards out there.  they're usually the same length and concave as a normal deck, but a little wider and cut in a fun shape.  you still have your nose and tail kicks and the short length for ollies, quicker maneuvers, easier to carry around, etc, but you have the smooth ride and cruiser feel of a longboard with the larger softer wheels.  i usually ride 8" indy high trucks on mine with 62mm 78A wheels and love it.  pretty much the only reason i ride skateboards anymore.

the zingers are cause they're tiny, but the zaggers are the larger model and they're great.  still not the same as bombing on a longboard, but if you can skate half decent and aren't afraid of speed, no issues.  can't wait to start cruising around...

learning ollies without moving is only going to set you back - one of the biggest mistakes i constantly see people making while learning.  you're training your muscles to do it without forward momentum, so when you start trying them while moving, you're thrown off and more or less have to re-teach your legs what to do.  always practice while moving, even if it's fairly slow.  it will help you in the long run...

Yup.  I remember trying to learn to olllie with my wheels in a crack, and it would push my board back everytime I ollied.  Even moving forward super slow made the ollie motion feel more natural and translate better into a real ollie.  

Originally posted by zakk welp, tonight I'll have to work on it with a slow roll.  I don't know if its "hurt" me to learn it still, I seriously would have racked myself as I had zero idea what went into it.   after about a dozen youtube videos and messing around with my feet and practice I have some idea of what to do.  i can still only land them about 1/3 of the time, but its a process....

man...youtube didn't even EXIST when I used to skate!  Your only option was to befriend and ride with guys better then yourself so you could learn from them.  

Its official:  Ollies whilst moving is even easier.  my percentage hasn't gone up, but landings and rolling away are much better.  feels much more stable as well, oddly.  

its last years version of this in 80cm. Though it is an all bamboo deck not a mix


http://www.freebordstore.com/bobaseco.html

Originally posted by scuddera I have a freebord for sale if anyone is interested. I bought it last summer and really just dont have a ton of time to ride it. It has only been used maybe ten times and I never really figured out sliding to the wheels are still really good. I was thinking 130 shipped unless you are in the Milwaukee area then we could work out a different price PM me if you would like pics

Originally posted by zakk Its official:  Ollies whilst moving is even easier.  my percentage hasn't gone up, but landings and rolling away are much better.  feels much more stable as well, oddly.

^^set them aside until you do need wheels.  Then you were just planning ahead.  I didn't need to buy 4 pair of flip flops last year, but I'll be set for the next 10 years.  

Originally posted by ChiTownRon Originally posted by luv2shred Why did i just buy a new set of wheels? I dont even need them! Haha. I actually don't need any wheels but bought 4 sets of Ricta Chrome cores. They were literally $5 a set. So figured I can save these and maybe even sell a set or two to make lil extra cash.

I got bones ceramics. They cost around anywhere $70-90. They were the last pair so i got it for cheaper and my friend works at this shop so he bought it with his employee discount.

@snowj, got them at this site called whiskeymilitia. when you sign up there, they have deals that are considered private stash and only members can see those deals. the wheels are no longer available though. only had 300 sets at the time.

Oh and for you guys looking into those bones ceramics bearings, check out VXB ceramic bearings with built in spacers. they're really good and only cost $30 and are just as good as the bones ceramics. And Mrmeaty, these bearings are great for longboards. A lot of longboarders actually like using these from what I've heard.