Skateboarding

Yea, this reminds me why I have been so on and off with skateboarding over the years.  I remember a several years ago I was in a skatepark and dropped in on an 8 foot roll in.  The park isn't always "maintained" or cleaned when it should be, so one of my wheels ended up getting caught on some debris toward the bottom.  Ended up falling off and smacked my hip into the support of a rail.  Sucked so much.  Another time I did a revert on a ramp and was just not paying attention, so next thing i know i turned around crashed head-on into some dude on a bike just dropping in to go up the ramp.  Neither of us were paying attention and we both took our time walking it off.  Was a pretty big dude too so I was like a bug on a windshield.  But knowing me I will likely get back into that sooner than later.  It is the right time of year.

Ive been both, but a dude on a bike going faster than you, more weight and speed.  Force = Mass x Acceleration, so I was pretty shit outa luck.  We both were.  

Looks like a solid board. I wouldnt mind having one.

Oh and the knight adds a lot of character to the video. 

 

Is that anything like the "hooded knight"?

Or a freebord! ;)

 

They do seem to be pricey.  And I wonder how durable they are.  I'm a big guy.  Am I going to snap the thing if I try a gap?  If they'd drop the price about a hundy I'd already have one. 

 

 

If you look, Im pretty sure that there is a freeboard thread......

we stacked up two boxes in two ways and filmed a little

smith

front 180 melon

melon over the stack

pushing it over two boxes and a cone

 

@movesmusic-  I like hitting that stuff too, mostly just the banked part.  Not a whole lot of trick goes on at the top.  Still love that sensation of rolling it.

Yes, what skating should be.  Looks like nothing but fun, Spenser. 

On a brighter note, I was playing with a little p&s that I've never used for action shots and I got some pics of some little 10-12 year old groms.  Kids are sick these days.  I haven't loaded them yet but when I do I'll come back and post.

I don't have a lot of problems with the lower part of my body while snowboarding, but yeah, I'm 39 and I still skate a lot.  I had to stop bigger gaps, stairsets and lots of raw street stuff because I was getting so banged up that I didn't want to function during the day at work and so forth.  I started skating park a lot more and even started wearing full pads, which is something I had never done before two years ago.

I'm thinking about getting some hi-tops for skating to add a bit more support 

 

It sure do. My ankle still hurts from over a month ago (the pool incident). If this affects my snow season I'm gonna be steamy.

 

Kinda ironic you just mentioned loving bank tricks just the other day movesmusic

Regarding the ankle fellas, when I sprained it two years ago, it basically shut my summer skating down.  I got some mellow skating in late summer, but it was ugly.  I hope that's not the case here...

 

 

@humblerooster- yeah, I know, I probably should stay off it longer.  I just hate not riding.  Bad enough I can't snowboard right now, but I can't even go cruise a mellow bowl.  I was in an area with some nice hills I thought about longboarding the other day- but it was wet....and I was alone.  I tend to get a lot less runs in alone.  Something about the walk back up.  Not even the physical exertion, just the time it takes me to walk a half mile uphill feels wasted.

 

 

The Vans pool party is pretty sick.  It's on right now-

 

http://www.vans.com/eventsites/poolparty/poolparty-webcast/

fun little sesh tonight with haden and phil