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SonikJesus

05.23.2009 12:00 AM

Skateboarding 2point0

I thought I'd start a new thread since the other one was dead. Anyways, you guys still skate?

phoenix

05.23.2009 01:18 AM

no, but I wish I did.

Youth_Against_Facism

05.23.2009 05:15 AM

Yeah. Might have some pics somewhere. :)

Trasher02

05.23.2009 05:25 AM

Of course. Has anyone seen the new alien work shop vid? Love it!

chrome noise tape

05.23.2009 07:26 AM

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Originally Posted by phoenix

no, but I wish I did.

Derek

05.23.2009 07:32 AM

I have no balance. Otherwise I would pick up skateboarding no problem.

SonikJesus

05.24.2009 04:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trasher02

Of course. Has anyone seen the new alien work shop vid? Love it!

That video is so good. Arto Saari's and AVE's parts are the shit.

But yeah, I have a alien deck right now with independent trucks and 51mm spitfire wheels. I want bigger wheels though maybe 53-55mm.

SonikJesus

05.24.2009 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Derek

I have no balance. Otherwise I would pick up skateboarding no problem.

Dude, it takes time to get your balance on a skateboard. Nobody gets on their first time and can ride perfectly. You'll get more comfortable with time.

The Lung

05.24.2009 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trasher02

Of course. Has anyone seen the new alien work shop vid? Love it!

Was that the vid where j mascis does a couple of tricks? I remember really enjoying that.

Skateboarding was my life from around 12-16 but after really damaging my ankles a few times I lost patience re-learning stuff. At uni I live pretty close to a nice skatepark so I've been out a few times at like 5 in the morning after a night of excess. I just take it easy though and try to enjoy it.

I think downhill mountain biking has filled the void left from skating. I recently spent a chunk on a new bike and it makes it insane.

Trasher02

05.24.2009 05:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SonikJesus

That video is so good. Arto Saari's and AVE's parts are the shit.

But yeah, I have a alien deck right now with independent trucks and 51mm spitfire wheels. I want bigger wheels though maybe 53-55mm.

Heath Kirchart's part is fucking legendary! Can't wait for the new Emerica vid to come out too.
I haven't been able to skate a lot the past months but summer's coming up so I'll finally have time again to cruise around.

Leo is the definition of STYLE

SonikJesus

05.25.2009 01:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Trasher02

Leo is the definition of STYLE

What other recent videos did you like?

On another note, everyone was talking about Templeton in the other thread.

Mark Gonzales is the best ever in my opinion.

Trasher02

05.25.2009 01:32 AM

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Originally Posted by SonikJesus

What other recent videos did you like?

On another note, everyone was talking about Templeton in the other thread.

Mark Gonzales is the best ever in my opinion.

Well Transworld's "And now" is really great. It's got some of the sickest lines ever. Plus all the skaters in the vid were am's (or atleast that's what I think) and that baffles me even more!

Trasher02

05.25.2009 01:36 AM

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Originally Posted by swa(y)

my fav video of all time was toy machine's "welcome to hell". i hear they arent what they used to be....but toy machine used to have one HELL OF A FUCKED UP team...those dudes were great. ed t. + mike maladonado...

saw some recent footage of ed. he didnt appear to be what he once was (not as good), but i was still happy that he was skating.

Gotta love Toy machine video's they're always awesome. And their team is actually really good now: Billy Marks, Johnny Layton, Leo, Austin Stephens... Awesome skaters.
Ed's getting old so it's probably pretty natural that he's not that good anymore. But still he can skate good for being such an old fart!

SonikJesus

05.25.2009 02:53 AM

Gonz has aged well too. He's still awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHXZJSAFd-0

Mullen is unmatched as a technical skater. I just don't really enjoy him much though. Gonz just makes me want to go out and skate. He's so fucking creative and can skate anything. He's also got the best style ever in my opinion.

Trasher02

05.25.2009 06:01 AM

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Originally Posted by SonikJesus

Richie Jackson and especially Louie Barletta deserve a mentioning when we're talking about creative skating.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4ko8-MnMdU
Oh and I always love parts with Jerry Hsu and Louie skating together.

SonikJesus

05.25.2009 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Trasher02

Amazing video.

Here's a cool part I found.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kunn7bjJo6o

[Sandbag]

05.25.2009 04:38 PM

I used to some years ago..

SonikJesus

05.27.2009 03:18 PM

some more gonz love
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbyj0eJfhGc

here's a series of vids of him skating to ciccone youth.

1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5czkN61nsc
2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Pwea89fXC4
3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgJ_azFBRHU

what a great person.

floatingslowly

05.27.2009 03:48 PM

after picking the gravel out of my shoulder from a gnarly downhill bailout, I snapped my Zorlac - Craig Johnson deck in two and never looked back.

fucking speed-wobbles, man.

Quote:

Originally Posted by swa(y)

haha...im old.

you sure are, kiddo.

wellcharge

05.27.2009 04:02 PM

skateboarding is awesome but i don't get to do it much, very long winter in canada and then when i leave in the summer time it's a pain to take a skateboard and the sidewalks usually turn out to FUBAR anyways

SonikJesus

05.28.2009 01:03 AM

anybody know when his is coming out? Looks pretty sick.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Xv7cTnh1A

ZEROpumpkins

05.28.2009 04:21 AM

Man I still skate sometimes. Not as much...
What music does everyone listen to while ridin

SonikJesus

05.29.2009 10:48 PM

I don't listen to anything while riding. I don't want to eat shit and break my $100 headphones. i should look around the house for some of those cheap ipod headphones.

ZEROpumpkins

05.29.2009 11:48 PM

I use the in-ear style earphones, which is bad when you're on the street but good when you wanna block out the outside noise and just skate. Hip-hop suits my pace because I'm not too speedy, I just cruise around haha.

uhler

05.30.2009 12:56 AM

i still skate.

the gonz is my favorite along with ed templeton and mike carroll. girl is my favorite skate company.

uhler

05.30.2009 12:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZEROpumpkins

i lke listening to hip hop while skating too.

ZEROpumpkins

05.30.2009 01:38 AM

Rodney Mullen ftw

phoenix

05.30.2009 02:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrome noise tape

platforms would be mad hard to skate in :( skate shoes ftw. she's a hottie tho.

girl skaters > boy skaters

pbradley

05.30.2009 03:18 AM

In high school, I would hang out with skaters but never skated myself. I can appreciate tricks and shit, though. Like freshman year in college, my friend and I just watched tons of skate movies.

SonikJesus

06.01.2009 04:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZEROpumpkins

Rodney Mullen ftw

He invented a lot of tricks and is unmatched in technical skill but I find him a bit boring. He's still more freestyle than he is street.

Trasher02

06.01.2009 04:35 PM

I don't like Mullen either. I think it's sicker to see someone hammer a noseblunt down a 15-set rail than to see him do a casper to wheelie 3 flip out or something like that.

SonikJesus

06.02.2009 01:32 AM

Yeah, the shit he does is great technically but a bit boring to me. He basically only skates flatland. If he did his tricks over gaps and on rails then that would be pretty amazing.

a cool little video from an old 411.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJjh_dqUXWY

wellcharge

06.02.2009 03:12 AM

my first (real) deck was flameboy II, yes there was once so few flameboys they bothered numbering them.

people make fun of chad muska for being a wigger or whatever but he killed shit, if you play tony hawk's pro skater i know at least two of these spots are in the game
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AriSepYcZbc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odWkbrTA188

adelmo jr
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJvbABLLTP4

chad fernandez
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tdb_qXHFTB4

SonikJesus

06.04.2009 10:45 PM

One of the best music videos I've ever seen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTzEp4CeWT8

I think Gonz is quite fond of Coconut Records as he skates to Nighttiming on his Naughty part too.

uhler

06.15.2009 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by swa(y)

rodney mullen is my all time fav.

also really dig jeremy wray and simon woodstock. not sure if they are even skating anymore these days....last i heard (it was rumoured) that simon went on to be some christian/youth minister. < something to that effect.

always loved his (simon's) clown(y) antics...he had a unique style, too. not the most complex skater, but certainly very imaginative...all that milk crate slidin' shit.

my fav video of all time was toy machine's "welcome to hell". i hear they arent what they used to be....but toy machine used to have one HELL OF A FUCKED UP team...those dudes were great. ed t. + mike maladonado...

saw some recent footage of ed. he didnt appear to be what he once was (not as good), but i was still happy that he was skating.

haha...im old. around the time i quit skateboarding zoo york was a relatively new company.

when i started, everyone swore alien workshop was the best.

man...i feel like skating. maybe ill cruise around tomorrow.

yeah i heard that simon woodstock was a youth pastor too. my favorite company was girl and still is. my first deck ever was a stereo though.

the new alien workshop video is pretty fab. probably my favorite video since fully flared. anyone see the new blind video?

Trasher02

06.15.2009 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by uhler

Yup, the new AW is awesome. I didn't know there was a new Blind vid? Gotta check it out soon.

uhler

06.16.2009 02:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Trasher02

Yup, the new AW is awesome. I didn't know there was a new Blind vid? Gotta check it out soon.

it's really good.

TheMadcapLaughs

06.16.2009 01:22 PM

i have recently had a renaisance in skateboarding, i sorta stopped for a lot of years, but now im skating almost everyday(when my ankles/knees/bodies allow me), i skate during lunch at work since there is a sick tennis court with some ledges near by.

Trasher02

08.13.2009 05:32 PM

New Dino Jr. vid. Funniest one yet haha! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgTJtdn6VjM#

SonikJesus

08.25.2009 06:16 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFhr3IWmDDA

new dennis busenitz part from adidas video

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