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skatepark etiquette: go early or go burly
And don't fucking snake
YOU 'RE NEVER TOO OLD TO SKATE, NOW GO OUT AND SHRED
YOU 'RE NEVER TOO FAT TO SKATE, NOW GO OUT AND SHRED
old thread: >>1349190
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTHS9qcwR_8
>inb4 buttblasted over go early or go burly
isnt skating for children?
>>1359309
what do you have against children? are you a closet paedo?
>>1359257
We should stop with the forced burly meme
>>1359319
>>1359323
>>1359378
>Reported for pedo speak
>Only pedos speak about pedos
Tips on 180 Casper Flips? Holy shit they look good when done properly.
>(reposting from other thread because I didnt notice new thread)
>>1359016
Sorry I fell asleep, here's the MSpaint - I remember there being tan around the Yin Yang symbol I'm pretty sure and that it had something to do with X Games maybe? I tried searching variations of all this but google returned nothing. Efforts are probably in vain but I'm trying anyways.
Also yeah I heard 8 might just be better for me, the board I have right now is a 7.75 and my feet definitely feel a bit big on it. I already longboard from time to time to cruise around so I'm kinda excited to get back into trying to do tricks and all
>>1359519
maybe people need to stop caring about it too much
>>1359226
> le go early go girly
>>1359226
Shopping isn't a sport.
>>1359868
I don't get it.
>>1359882
The OP is nothing to do with a sport, it's just "dude what sick kit shall I buy and endorse?"
What's up with those kids that scream 'redo' whenever you land something sketchy in the game of SKATE.
Makes me want to just stop playing and do something else instead.
>>1359920
If your toes drag the ground, or your tail/nose scrapes the ground hard it's a redo in my opinion. Don't give a fuck if its just sketchy, tell them to fuck off and go skate.
>>1359959
Btw, does anyone even enjoy flatground S.K.A.T.E? I find it boring and only play SKATE on spots, for example a curb, gives it more variety and makes it more fun.
>the color you want doesn't come in your size
Fucking why.
>the color you want doesn't come in your size
Fucking why.
Any particular bord recs for big guys who want to skate? I understand I'll break boards eventually no matter what, but I don't want to get a board that'll break immediately.
>>1359889
homoerotic television dramas aren't sports.
>>1360028
Choosing handbags and writing reviews for your cute strappy sandals is even less of a sport.
>>1359979
>Buying anything that is the same design in multiple colors variants
Pleb
i just realized how slow i skate
>>1359226
Why do you keep changing the OP?
>>1359713
>Just curious, how often do you guys skate?
>Do you skate everyday and if so for how long?
Everyday, rain or shine, no excuses. About an hour or so in the morning before work, 4+ hours after work. It's a mental game, working through the pain. Not trying to be a tough guy but you learn to enjoy the punishment. Got a lot of steam to blow off. Just gotta remember to get lots of rest afterwards. Get some fresh legs for tomorrow.
When feeling unmotivated, I watch random skate videos. Never fails to get me pumped.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDAAACqiYr8
>>1359519
Seriously, no one says that.
>>1360025
Every big company deck is pretty much the same, it's not really a process you can fuck up on. Excluding the carbon fiber, and bamboo decks, i have heard they last longer but don't quote me on that. I would support smaller local companies for decks, i have rode local small deck company for a good year now, they last just as good.
>>1360270
And the people who call out a company for making shitty decks that break easily, are the same people who call baker decks shit, but deathwish decks good.
>>1360270
Thanks man. I was looking around and saw a video about Revive boards being super durable and was wondering if most are durable like that, like I said I'm a bigger guy.
I'm from Houston so I'm hoping there are some local brands around here that are good stuff. Some of the stores and skate shops around here have closed down actually so it's a Little sad.
>>1359629
just try doing a backside flip
you 'll land a 180 casper flip (hospital) before you land a backside flip.
>>1359962
I agree with you
>>1360025
Pizza and Scumco&Son.
Everything else is shit
>>1360083
is this you?
Well, you know for yourself, but if this is you the speed looks decent to me and I understand what you mean.
>>1359979
I noticed that they still make Cardiel decks, downside is that they're kinda wide for my taste.
>9.2X32
>>1360287
yeah, that's me. i guess things usually look slower on camera, but i was skating a nearby park and wasn't able to do much because i got more speed than i was used to. i need to learn to go faster
>>1359962
No I absolutely hate it and whenever someone comes up to me at the park and is like you wanna play skate?? I just say no its so boring
>>1360083
nice
>>1360302
It seems a little hard to believe that John Cardiel chose this as his graphic. From his interviews, one wouldn't expect Marcos as his choice for his board graphic.
>>1360277
Those revive decks are 100% the same as any other deck .. that being said, if you really care enough to spend extra $$$ on your first deck, the "Impact" decks from Almost Skateboards actually have carbon fiber inserts between the plys. They're the only deck atm that is doing something different from everyone else but they will cost more. Also just buy shop decks from your local skateshop for $35 a board and then not care if you break them
>>1359713
Once or twice a day, thirty minutes to an hour unless I'm in a different city and want to cruise/sightsee. Otherwise I rapidly get bored skating by myself.
I'm making good progress, and it's fun to do, but once I feel exhausted enough to stop I rarely find a reason to keep skating around, especially in this heat.
>>1360286
this.
>>1360031
skating advice doesn't translate to text very well
>>1359226
Saw OP pic out of the corner of my eye, this came to mind.
>>1360302
Every now and then, Cardiel gets a 8.43 and 8.6 deck.
Would kill for a 8.25 with his name on it
>people still relating decksize to foot size
I'm thinking about picking up this deck for $51, am I buying a quality board or should I go for a bigger name brand
>>1360525
Forgot pic
>>1360525
It's fine
>>1360457
I have 149 Indy's, so a 8.6 is fine with me
>>1360533
seems good. go for it!
>>1360507
tiny footed manlet detected
>>1360329
Oh those impact boards look great actually. I already have some old Shuvit board that desu is kinda shit looking (graphic just says BITCH lmao) and needs some new bearings (looking at some bones reds) so I'll have the trucks and everything else. I imagine dropping 50-60ish for a board that has a carbon fiber support system in a board isn't too bad of an initial investment in a hobby I love.
>>1360638
Dummy
>>1360638
Why don't you keep that shit to /pol/ then, we just wanna talk about skating and shit
>>1360689
Why are negros so good at heelflips?
I'm not black and I can don heelflips and variations pretty well. Can't figure out a kickflip I landed one before but then gave up it just flips so weird and awkward.
>>1360638
Lmao, I didn't even report you.
>>1360780
Yeah but I'm talkin about niggas that actually skate.
It's storming for the next few days. What are some tricks and things I can practice inside without fucking up my apartment?
>>1360277
best wood is from north american wood shops but it really doesn't matter.
>>1360916
Balance board
>>1360916
You don't have a parking garage near you?
anyone jumping on the frog drop?
what factory's making their board?
>practicing tricks in an empty lot
>getting ready to attempt something I'm having trouble with
>focus on foot placement
>squat down, concentration at the maximum
>just before I can finish springing up, pebble
>eat shit without a spoon
What's the most frustrating thing you have to deal with on a daily basis, /esg/? Related to skateboarding, obviously.
>>1361914
O shit waddup!
>>1361914
just saw this, want it so bad
>>1361968
bums, traffic, pebbles, Jessica, humidity and "sketchy" people.
>>1360916
If you take your trucks off you can learn shuvs and 3 shuvs on carpet
You could try learning kickflips with no trucks but it's not the same at all as doing it with trucks
>>1361968
105+ degree weather every day during the summer.
>>1360638
>tfw a mod actually looks at these threads
Can you ban the kyro shills pls?
>>1362355
Speaking of, Whats peoples prob with kyro and his vids? I see some hate for them around the internet but I don't mind a lot of the vids that the people on that team release, especially that one dude Johnny Giger
Anyone /toronto/ here and around 20-30?
I'm feel like I'd learn to skate better if I knew people that actually skated. Also, the only people who skate around me are kids.
Buying new bearings tomorrow so i was taking old ones out of some good wheels I've had for years. What the fuck are these.
>>1361968
for me, I think it all comes down to having to go to the same skatepark. I rarely visit other spots which is a bummer. Hope that changes now that it's summer.
Jay Adams used to say: "it's not what you do, it's where you go". If you watch Ricky Oyola's epicly later'd, he speaks in pride of the spots he found out and made.
You gotta change scenery, new spots give you inspiration.
I will agree with whomever says that I should try new stuff at my familiar spots however.
>>1363364
cool shibe
>>1363571
Some bearings come with spacers to fill the empty inner area between the two bearings, looks like those just have the spacers built into the inner race itself. If the new bearings you get dont come with spacers like that don't worry about it, they're not actually necessary. I wonder what brand those are though
just what I needed to start my day off
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lyx6C9YbKE0
also, get it while you can
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s0ntyDRiCc
>>1361968
My shins, knees, hips, lower back, elbows, and wrists all look gross and are in pain. My bf says it's unattractive. ;_;
tfw you finally realize how to do ollie
>>1363764
you 're gonna need a bigger bf
>>1363772
give yourself a pat on the back; you've just landed the ollie
![13305227_1620798221544508_2545749889370443186_o[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/GR2JmVf.jpg "13305227_1620798221544508_2545749889370443186_o[1].jpg")
>>1360638
>>1363772
The best thing about progressing in skateboarding is the actual understanding you get. Instead of just kicking your feet in a movement that your met told you to, you start to figure to what your feet need to do to make the board spin and flip and shit. It's a very satisfying feeling.
>>1363773
Maybe. I'm waiting for that "bigger guy" to post his new set up and hopefully his face. Could be a qt.
>>1363797
Who're your favorite skaters /esg/? Mine is pic related
>>1363808
this guy, pretty much
and tom knox
>>1359629
Hey, do this trick all the time, did a 360 one down a 4 block, i would try and learn this trick like a no comply learn to wrap your foot and put the back foot on the ground first, thats how i learned it. Just kick a kickflip but go under instead of out, sorry kind of hard to explain... Good luck
>>1363797
Talking about the anon that was thinking about the carbon fiber board? Cause that's me. Itll be a little before a good picture or any video because I don't have any bearings till a week or so. The ones on the axles right now are fuckin awful, wheels basically don't spin at all.
I think I'll be able to still practice standing kick flips and Shuvit and things like that though, thankfully.
>>1363855
Just out of curiosity, when you say you're "big" do you mean tall or fat or both? How big are you?
>>1363855
p.s. if you're still worried bout the strength of your board you can always nig rig your stonerplank. See pic related. Its not an uncommon technique.
>>1363874
6'4" and like 230-240lbs. Hoping that skating will help me feel more motivated to lose weight, especially since it's a physical activity I enjoy doing.
>>1363096
Idk, some people hate on him because he is a pro, and is not as good as other pros, The thing here is he runs a big as hell youtube channel, of course Andy Shrock wants the Revive decks featured in every video.
So ankle pain is something you just have to deal with, alongside broken bearings, razortails and fucked up shoes?
>>1364131
>ankle pain
do you feel a little off when you wake up and walk for the first time of the day?
>>1364138
Yeah, exactly.
>>1364160
I take it as a sweet reminder, don't preoccupy yourself that much.
>>1363875
That fucking thread. Every time I see that picture I laugh.
>>1363882
It's pretty much a fun and addictive cardio workout
>>1364571
your mom is a fun and addictive cardio workout
Is there a reason why /asp is full of wrestling threads? Why can't they make 2-3 threads and post that shit in those, why make a separate one for every picture etc. plain retarded in my opinion. I'll start making a new thread every time i see a new skate clip somewhere.
>>1360249
Nice dude, have you found you've progressed exceptionally quickly because of this?
>>1361968
I live literally in the middle of nowhere, not even a small town. All I have is a flat road and a manny pad made out of a pallet.
>>1361968
Constant new shoes and a bruise on my heel that wont go away
>>1361968
recently, i've been falling on my arm a lot. there's a big bruise. it sucks because i want to skate, but i will inevitably fall on it. i didn't skate for a week to let it go down, and on sunday i fell on it again. i don't know if it will ever go away. i can't even skate flat because i don't want it to get worse
>tfw the /asp/ janny is the type of nigga that can't even heelflip
Bet he mall grabs too ;_;
>>1364829
>Nice dude, have you found you've progressed exceptionally quickly because of this?
Oh, absolutely. You get sooo comfortable on the board. Everything is more fluid now. Learning new stuff is just fun.
>>1364824
Half the WWE posts are made by WWE shills in Hartford, or by marketing people associated with the individual wrestler themselves... Of course manchildren who watch a fake fight are so easy to dupe that they don't realize its shills. There have been threads on QA about forcing them into a WWE general but /asp/ is probably low priority for 4chanteam
Would you suck off kyro for sponsorship?
AUTISTIC OP IS BACK
KILL YOURSELF YOU FUCKING RETARD
YOU CAN AT LEAST PUT /ESG/ IN THE SUBJECT FIELD HOLY FUCK IS IT THAT HARD
PLEASE END YOUR LIFE ASAP SO SOMEONE WITH A BRAIN CAN MAKE THE NEW THREADS
YOU ARE PATHETIC
YOU ARE RETARDED
YOU ARE LITERALLY FUCKING BRAINDEAD
I WANT YOU TO DIE PRACTICING YOUR OLLIES IN YOUR FUCKIN DRIVEWAY YOU LOSER KOOK FUCK
>>1361914
oh shit, love the artwork. what is the team vibe though?
>>1365083
oh shit pat g is on it, never fuckin mind totally getting it
>>1360286
>le only support the brands i like or else!!! meme
kill yourself you fucking retard
>>1361914
no because i'm not 14
>>1365078
>wrestling board
can you not read or are you actually that fucking autistic? wait of course you are, you watch homoerotic fanfiction on tv and call it a sport holy shit please end your miserable existence
>>1365083
>what is the team vibe though?
hipster kids who aren't good enough to be on a real skate team so they started their own brand to pander to shitty skaters that want to be creative instead of getting good
>>1365088
Someone has too much salt in their system.
>>1365093
>this person has their own opinion and disagrees with people
>they must be mad
grow up
>>1365088
> can you not read
Take a look at the top of the page and slowly tell us what it says
>>1365094
nigga your replies read like you are salty as fuck friend, that or you basically came from /b/ to shitpost or something.
>>1363808
1. Chewy Cannon & Karsten Kleppan(can't decide)
3. GT
4. Pat G
5. Booz n tits
>>1365101
alternative sports and wrestling
it seems to me like you can't read the "alternative sports and" portion
please proceed with ending your life
if wrestling was a sport it'd be in /sp/ or "alternative sports and wrestling" would just be "alternative sports"
you actually don't fucking understand basic grammar
i want you to kill yourself
>>1365069
He's ugly af but I did always think I'd be a good youtube personality. If he promised me a separate channel from Braille that he endorsed regularly and guest appearances from the Revive riders then yeah, I'd probably nosh him off.
>>1365088
>creativity is bad
i bet you hate the gonz as well
>>1365111
people in this thread need to realise there's more than one ways to flame, besides shitting on the common interest/discussion.
>>1365144
gonz is one of my favorite skaters along with reynolds, koston, tyshawn jones, nak, salazar, ryan lay. and jordan sanchez
>>1365118
> alternative sports and wrestling
Thank you for proving my point in the first line so i didnt have to read the rest of your butthurt post
>>1365174
thank you for proving my point by merely fucking existing you pathetic lowlife piece of shit manchild
>>1365078
Are you seriously so fucking gullible that you don't realize Hartford has entire teams of people that run online and social marketing for their assets (wrestlers)? Even wrestling writers who work outside of kayfabe themselves talk about how they're recruited by WWE to write "third party" pieces about the topics that WWE wants as a way to get their foot in the door as an official writer. Its how the company works, its not tinfoil at all, its more retarded to genuinely believe that they're NOT astroturfing forums when they spend so much time astroturfing twitter, FB, and their entire product is completely scripted and fake to begin with. Why do you think they're always talking about how TMZ is reporting whatever story they want to push on their episodes?! Because TMZ lets them pay for "native content" advertising that they can then reference on their show since no non-WWE-paid entity would ever report on what their """""stars""""" do since no one gives a fuck.
Do you still believe in the tooth fairy too? You fucking clowns could just post in one or two threads and no one would give a fuck but because you're so fucking autistic you're literally incapable of that. Inb4 "lol words" "lol mad" since that's the only reply you literal retards ever have.
>>1365207
>wwe fags terminated
>>1365221
> wankplank teenager samefagging
El oh el
>>1365243
> so monstered up and stoned he cannot even follow the chain of replies
So you dont even understand what samefagging is. How embarrassingly new of you
>>1365263
/esg/ is dying and there's no cure.
>>1365270
This should be next OP image
I'm thirty and can't ollie. Is my life over?
Serious question.
Well, I managed to land one, but it was one inch from ground.
>>1365297
how long have you been trying?
either way the question is no
>>1365270
No other picture has encapsulated /esg/ so well
>>1365277
Leave for a while and come back, hopefully the burly shitposting will be gone.
How do people who actually skateboard feel about Tony Hawk
>>1365307
I love what he's doing with the current Birdhouse team.
>>1365307
he does a fuckload for skateboarding
he's a cool guy
jeremy klein is friends with him and says he hasn't changed since he first knew him when they were on birdhouse together
tony hawk said if he didn't skate for birdhouse he'd skate for hookups
tony hawk can do whatever the fuck he wants
http://tonyhawkfoundation.org/
>>1365307
He made skateboarding normalized in all of the best ways possible. He helps out the community a fuck ton.
>Lizzie placed 2nd against her kohai
>>1359962
When kids come up to me in the park and demand a game of skate I always tell them yes, but obstacles only. This filters out a lot of them.
>>1360083
if you nollie shuv that out you can have that as an excuse bro.
>>1363772
now do them up a curb and you have unlocked a cruisefactor that is the true joy of skating.
>>1363808
skaters i've been youtubing recently
>Lem Villemin
>Templeton
>D.Gonzalez
>JayLay
>>1363795
>tfw after 7 months of trying I still don't understand kick or heelflips.
I guess it will just click after a while.
>>1363853
Are you Freddy Ernst by any chance?
>>1365307
long story long: up until the Bones Brigade and Tony, skateboarding was seen through the same prism as surfing, meaning there was a given amount of maneuvers one could do and the factor that mattered was individual style i.e. could you skate bro?
Then, people started doing tricks on flatground and Tony thought "what if I did a trick on vert?" But the saying was "tricks are for kids, pools are for men". Admiteddly, most of the old guard couldn't bother to learn some new tricks and tricks made skateboarding more interesting to people outside of the traditional marke...ehmmmm, I meant community of California, because they were spectacular: three friends skating, all doing frontside airs, is interesting to those 3 friends because they are friends and can distinguish between each others progress and style, but to an outsider, it's 3 people doing the same thing.
Combine that with the advent of the ollie (the no-handed aerial) and suddenly a world of different grabs and tricks opens up.
And Tony was on the team that brought this step ahead, he was then and there and kickstarted it. By the end of the eighties, when vert was slowing down and street became the third discipline, Tony had already a network of connections, money and respect to start a brand that would bring him recognisability in the 90s through street skateboarding. To be fair, he hasn't stepped down from a board since he turned pro and always had that Powell-Peralta striving to be at the top of your game, but he's simply the face of the industry today because he made/was part of profitable business decisions through all of the eras of skateboarding: vert/backyard ramps, street skateboarding emergence, dawn of arena events and video games era and that's why everybody talks about him.
By his own (among others) admission he never was the best skateboarder out there and he never had the best style.
Got backtails, fakie front tails, front nose shuv out, and front blunts today. felt gooood.
>>1363772
We did it anon. I can get them consistently now, the focus for me now is getting height. Practicing shuvits too.
>>1365615
cool. on ledge or transition?
For some reason I can't even hold a manual for a split second unless I have a visual goal to consider. Like, from one line of a sidewalk to the next. Sometimes I'll fall under that goal, rarer than that I'll exceed it and clear two.
But either way, I can hold manuals longer when I have a goal I can see. Anyone else been this way? Did you overcome it in time?
>>1365664
On your mom's cheeks
>>1365668
that's common, so common in fact that whenever groms talk about manualing we always say the same thing, never manual without a goal.
>>1365668
I used to do it with the lines in three tennis courts. First I would try to clear one, then the space between them and kept practicing until I cleared all three with the spaces. Keep at it, you'll get it soon.
>>1363808
Benny Fairfax
Chewy Cannon
Mike Carroll
Ishod Wair
Mark Suciu
Austyn Gillette
Kevin Bradley
Jerry Hsu
Tommy Guerrero
Kenny Anderson
Chad Tim Tim
Ray Barbee
And Evan Smith
>>1365371
Who is the Asian chick?
>>1365714
Kisa Nakamura
how do I wallie
usually when I try to I end up just doing a retarded clipped ollie to nose manny
>>1363772
How did you do it? I'm still practicing.
>>1365668
Imagine a spot wherever you want to stop.
>>1365668
lol, yes. I can like only manual if I visual a spot, like have a start and finish.
>>1365299
For one day - two hours.
alright i just watched a cardiel part. What the fuck he just became godhead to me.
Ok but how does /esg/ feel about Rob Dyrdek?
>>1365951
Despite all the MTV craziness, I think he's a great skater. His DC Video part is still relevant, switch mongo pushes and all. The way he took care of AWS wasn't the best but at least he tried to take care of the company that raised him. And SLS wasn't really a bad concept considering it created the best hipster park, LES. Anyone who rips on him but is a CKY fan to the fullest should check themselves for being such fucking hypocrites.
>>1365930
>two hours
M8. That isn't even that fucking long. How good you are at skateboarding is almost exactly proportional to how much time and effort you put into learning it. Just watch some how-tos and go back at it. I just started and I've landed a couple so it isn't that hard. You can do it.
>>1365984
Yeah. I just feel fucking old as shit. Midlife crisis I guess.
Got to figure out a parking hall where to practice since it raining today. My right foot on tail leaves off and I can't keep it on the board.
>>1363808
alex olson is pretty cool as well
>>1365523
Yeah man ! Funny you realized that !
>>1365791
Experiment and commit. Think of things you can vary.
You'll get it, just don't get caught up trying the same thing that isn't working for you. Adapt.
>>1360321
damn, I like this simple design
>>1362229
explain "Jessica"
that like stacies - virgincock-hounds?
is it the nagging gf?
Will I set on fire if I practise ledge tricks in a petrol station?
>>1366227
the obstacles are too close together, in my opinion. for example, once you go down the slope, you're already at the rail. it's hard to skate unless you're consistent
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0JYX9AszME
have you guys seen this? wow.
>>1365520
it will
but you can always try a million tricks you yourself can make up
>>1366016
that's a hell of an answer he gave
>>1366261
gas stations are probably in top 3 of spot consideration, with their accessible curbs and cement.
So I bought my first board last Thursday, a 100AUD (74USD) Element complete. Did I get ripped off or what? Bearing in mind that was the cheapest complete available, with the most expensive being $150
>>1366327
no, you 're in the price range for completes.
Is call me 917 planning to drop any new decks any time soon? Really bummed I missed on the two princes one.
>>1366313
>>1366323
Thanks I'll keep trying
>>1365949
which part? care to share
>>1366295
LOVE this style
so snappy
>>1366628
all of his parts now, but the first was his soty part from thrasher.
>>1366327
no thats a fair deal
what are the pros and cons of bigger and smaller boards
do fliptricks get easier on smaller?
is controlling the broad that much easier on bigger?
How do I ollie?
>>1366884
back foot on tail, front foot below front bolts
push down on tail while simultaneously dragging front foot up to nose of board
practice ad nauseum
Someone please help me im learning heelflips as my 1st flip trick and i can get the pop and rotation but i always only land back foot on tail, what am i doing wrong???
>>1366893
i can only land the front foot so i can't help
>>1366893
Practice them by leaning back seat and landing only with front foot (it's easier to fix than landing only on backfoot). When you feel all right with it, just lean a little front seat, jump real high, and commit landing.
will scientology make me better at skateboarding?
>>1367148
It made Koston and Berra rich
>>1367148
no, but it will let you avoid taxes
>>1366893
pop the board. Same with shuv-its, pop and release
>>1366336
It seems like they're just doing the Bianca fashion stuff now
>>1367028
what do you mean lean front/back seat
>>1366891
Do you place front foot right below the screws or more in the middle of the deck?
>>1367353
start with it nearer to the front
at this point you're just trying to figure out the foot motions
once you get that down you can crank your front foot back in order to give yourself more room to pop
Does /esg/ shred the mini?
>>1367408
Want to try, but no minis near me
>>1365088
Wrestling should be on fucking /tv/
cancerous shit
>>1365949
Hail to the king
https://youtu.be/FcXpgrW2pEk
>>1360302
What's with boards on this format? Is it better for something? I mean, they're cool as fuck
WKND is looking good.
https://youtu.be/2KaoHCPGjbw
>>1368217
wish their board graphics weren't fucking awful
Who would you say is the best skater from the braille group?
I can't tell if it's Garret or John. Leaning more towards Garret though.
>>1368523
I think they're cute
>>1368217
that was hilarious!
>>1368523
I think this is p good http://shop.wkndbrand.com/collections/frontpage/products/daily-grind-8-38
So I just purchased my first regular skateboard this past weekend (had a longboard/cruiser before) and I was looking for some skate shoes. I was looking into vans old skool pro, or sk8 hi's but everywhere i check online, the price comes to around 100$ (I live in canada if that makes a difference). Just wondering if thats what Vans typically go for here, or if I should hit up some shops locally for better prices?
>>1367148
You won't be disappointed.
>>1369900
I know the Sk8 His wear out fucking quick. They both have the suede toe caps but are canvas on the sides. If anything, I'd recommend some halfcabs mine have lasted me forever. Got some holes after 6 months and with shoe goo it's been about 7. About to replace with the same pair again. Suede all over.
Check local shops. Prices online are fucking retarded for some reason and I don't know why. I was checking on amazon for myself and they're like 50 in the states but they're 100ish here. Then again, our dollar is retarded right now.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nezFmOS1Cak
are there similar spots to the municipal building in philly in la?
>>1369963
aight thanks. I'll prob check out some local shops this weekend.
>>1369972
If you're anywhere in Toronto. I know zumiez has em for a dece price. Then again, you should call local shops first and grab some prices so you can compare.
>>1369977
edmonton unfortunately
>>1369997
>edmonton
There's a couple in eddies. No ideas about local shops though.
>>1370050
aight maybe i'll check them out. thanks breh.
>>1363364
Toronto and 25 here. Waddup boi
>>1370079
Aw shit. I'm not alone, figured everyone was spooked. What area are you in?
>>1370093
Etobicoke. By the airport. You?
>>1370102
Scarborough, by the bluffs. Fuck your far. It'd hardly be worth it unless you're coming out to ashbridges or something. Want my Kik?
>>1370107
Yeah sure. I might be studying in Scarborough soon.
>>1370151
Thats me. Say something torontoish so i know its you so i can delete my kik.
Landed my first boardslide and first 50-50 on the same day, feelsgoodman.jpeg
Pic related is the park where it went down
>>1370203
you're lucky to have an indoor park. it's gonna be hot for a while
>>1370158
how is that image conveying information?
>>1367361
Thanks man. Managed to pop my first (smallish) ollies and land on them today.
>>1370328
really?
>>1370328
Dat autism
>>1370203
Congrats mate. Looks chill as fuck.
How does this video make you feel?
http://skateboarding.transworld.net/videos/william-spencer-michelle-steilen/
>>1370855
Girl is fucking great. Genuinely good. William is just sorta there? The entire video is just set ups for Michelle.
Then again, I don't really like William as a skater he doesn't really do anything, he's famous for getting irrationally angry at fucking up and clowning around but not doing anything special.
>>1370855
>tfw no rollerblading gf
How do I powerslide without just sliding onto my ass (downhill) or coming to an abrupt stop (on flatground)?
Been practicing for months and I don't feel and closer to figuring it out.
>tfw wear a striped shirt and cut off jeans to the skatepark and everyone kept telling me I look like a kook
Before you ask, no I do not enjoy going to the skatepark in my town.
My friend set up his first board today and insisted he grip his board. Told him it's risky play because if he fucks up he won't be able to skate (he only had 1 sheet of grip)
He gets done and says "Hey I think I did a pretty good job"
I reply "Yeah looks good"
mfw no face, this was after he popped about 6 air bubbles
>>1370963
what's the problem just sand the edges :)
>>1370954
Ignore them
>>1370967
He tried that and it just sanded the grit off the griptape and became one with the board.
>>1370973
I only rarely go there so I couldn't give a fuck. The street is where my heart's at.
>>1370963
how do you fuck up this bad
what'd he use, fucking safety scissors?
