Skateboarding

I would love the new skatepark that is in front of my house if it wasnt filled with 3 year old kids learning to push... in the park. there is a perfectly good sidewalk right next to the park. lol

Originally posted by spenser my good friend ryan cortes is living in spain right now and just put together this video that he filmed, only at famous spots.... damn.  i'm a big fan of ryan's video style, but maybe it's because i know him.  either way.. full screen - https://vimeo.com/50671399

we have a few parks near me and I just get there early so I'm out of everyone's way and have plenty of room.  get there around 8am, gassed by 10:30 when they are all arriving.  it's perfect.  

^That's the way I was doing it, now my work schedule is monday-friday.  Nice to be on a normal schedule, but man it sucks for skating.  And snowboarding is going to be rough too since I used to go during the week.

I keep coming across skateboarding gifs so I want to share them.

Originally posted by zakk we have a few parks near me and I just get there early so I'm out of everyone's way and have plenty of room.  get there around 8am, gassed by 10:30 when they are all arriving.  it's perfect.

Originally posted by humblerooster I dont enjoy skating early in the morning. Its all frosty and my fingers feel like they are going to fall off. If you bail, it hurts so much more too.

then why do it? hahaha

I like skating in the mornings and late in the evening in the summer because its cool out.

Originally posted by ChiTownRon Originally posted by thisisjoebro I like skating in the mornings and late in the evening in the summer because its cool out. Yeah, skating during the day in the summer can be brutalllllll.  I hate it when you go out and skate for 5 mins and you already get drenched with sweat.

Originally posted by ChiTownRon Took a video on my phone in 1080p and then was able to take pics from that video. Which is a sweet feature on my phone. Only thing that sucks is it's 30 fps and not 60. Had it been 60, these pics probably would have turned out better.  Anyway, got a frame by frame type picture of me doing a 360 flip. First try that day too. Eventually plan on trying to put together a short skate video only using my phone camera.

That's pretty clean I would have to say. I haven't picked up my board since I smashed my face 2 months ago trying to kickflip down a 4-stair.

Originally posted by ShredDatPow That's pretty clean I would have to say. I haven't picked up my board since I smashed my face 2 months ago trying to kickflip down a 4-stair.

skating and snowboard go well together as they both improve your balance and coordination

Originally posted by 716Clothing I started when I was around 8 years old, I am 22 now... I don't really skateboard much anymore, been that way for the past 4-5 years now. I have actually been thinking about getting back into it though!

Nice sequence!

Originally posted by robnezz23 Riding rattlesnake mountain skatepark after work today.  It'll be my first time there and it's HUGE so I can't wait to check it out.

I've wanted to get into skateboarding but I started longboarding instead. Maybe next year I'll finally give skateboarding a shot.

No, not a full pipe, but another bowl/pool area.  There are 4 different sizes of pools, and the one in the background actually has tiles and some serious vert on it.  There were some kids rippin in there too, pretty impressive.  Overall the skate park is some 40,000 sq ft. so there are plenty of features for everyone. I would say its my new favorite hobby... 1) it's cheaper than snowboarding (no season pass necessary) 2) you can do it pretty much all year as long as it's not raining/snowing/hailing etc...  and 3) it is more difficult than snowboarding b/c the board is not attached to my feet.  So I'm hoping it will improve my snowboarding skills as a result.

ive never gotten the chance to ride a halfpipe on the mountain is it about the same as riding one ona skateboard?

Originally posted by spenser Originally posted by motoxninja80 I've never been able to do treflips. pretty much every single skater I know can treflip except for me. And I've been skating for 3 years. three years isn't shit. i've been skating for 20 years (blows my mind every time i realize that) and haven't even tried to land one.  i guess that's just me, but still.  three years is short.  besides, sure you could learn to land tricks, but the mots important part comes either 100% naturally or it takes way longer to develop that the time it takes to learn new tricks. internet high five to the first person who knows which important part i'm talking about. edit: as far as the key to tres... it's all in the back foot scoop.  you can almost do one without even using your fron't foot.

Yeah I understand. at the same time I also have never had a big desire to learn the trick, I think mainly because I like skating bowls and transition more.

Originally posted by thisisjoebro Ive been skating for about 5 years and I can do tres but I dont have them consistently. I really dont care about treflips too much to want to have them down. I can nollie tre everytime though. But thats because I love nollie tricks.

I am the exact opposite haha
I get treflips 10/10. eyes closed.
but nollie tres are SOOO hard for me to land. Ill admit, nollie tres are way cooler than regular tres.

Originally posted by thisisjoebro Originally posted by humblerooster Originally posted by thisisjoebro Ive been skating for about 5 years and I can do tres but I dont have them consistently. I really dont care about treflips too much to want to have them down. I can nollie tre everytime though. But thats because I love nollie tricks. I am the exact opposite haha I get treflips 10/10. eyes closed. but nollie tres are SOOO hard for me to land. Ill admit, nollie tres are way cooler than regular tres. Nollie tres felt really awkward and unnatural when I first learned them. I just did it so often that it feels great now. But tres just feel like it takes way too much effort for me.

that's how I feel about tres too, I feel like i'm using all my strength to scoop the board around

Originally posted by mao mao I've got a pretty awful scar on my right elbow from a fall I took back when I use to skateboard.  I still wince when I think about the doctor in the emergency room triming the skin around the wound with scissors.

I have the same thing. but I was the one doing the trimming with my other hand..

Originally posted by woodhomie1996

Originally posted by thisisjoebro Thats funny its a varial. I never see people do varials anymore except for lil kids. But that was really cool.

why bother doing a varial when you can treflip?!?!?!? haha

Originally posted by ChiTownRon Ahhhh, Pretty Sweet is out and I have yet to watch it. If anyone finds a link to watch it streaming, let me know. I really don't want to buy it on itunes then buy the hard copy again.

Yeah same, It looks so good. and my itunes player is messed up, I bought the nyjah houston rise and shine, and the almost video that recently came out, and i can't even watch them anymore

Looking some old stuff of mine i found my old alien workshop board from the late nineties, haha. Needless to say i was stoked