Skateboarding

  On 2/25/2021 at 8:18 PM, whosebrian said:

 

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That music is pretty good 

just wanted to inform you guys that i landed my first bs crooked grind today, i'm super stoked  

had my 1st session of the year at the local skatepark, managed not to hurt myself this time (had a close call falling on my sacrum at some point but no injury). fucking awesome park btw and brand new at that. 1st time i skate in a park that meets the american standards, fucking game changer baby. i'm leaving this town in a couple weeks though, bummer

landing the crook felt so fucking good. it's not a trick i tried a lot back in the days. i stopped trying very quick, out of frustation for not managing to land it. i've never had a problem locking into it and sliding all the way but i could never slide off the end of a ledge, which is a common problem when you learn this trick i guess. btw there was this dude at the park who kept trying crooks on the ledge, poor sucker couldn't land a single one. which gave me the idea to try 

here's my trick tip for it:

- make sure the ledge is waxed, otherwise there's no way you'll land it. it needs to be slippery. most important factor imo

- go pretty fast, otherwise there's no way you'll land it. 2nd most important thing. these 2 factors combined are the secret to landing it 

- and then it's all about the angle at which you approach the ledge, your foot placement, weight distribution and timing 

here's a picture of the ledge for your enjoyment (the dude isn't me, i took a screenshot of a youtube vid - that's the only thing i could find that showed the ledge since the park is very recent and also covid i guess) 

expect no less than a 10-page essay the next time i land a new trick

did you get fs crooked first? i remember back when i used to skate fs crooked came naturally from fs noseslide but i never even really worked up to backside

are you out of your mind? we must come from different planets because in my book, fs crooked is way harder than bs. the weight is distributed in a very unnatural way imo, whereas any idiot can land bs crooked cause they're fucking easy 

also, your chest isn't facing where you're going in a fs crooked, whereas bs crooked is basically haha front truck go brrrrr

I was real good when I was younger, and pretty obsessed. I was landing 180 flips and working on 360 flips, but pretty much quit in 99. (Hence my possibly outdated terminology) Then when my daughter got old enough I taught her and started up randomly here and there. Now, my son is getting into it and I’ve been getting back into it pretty hard. I can still ollie pretty high and land kickflips, but damn some the shit...... also, I tore my acl a few years ago (skateboarding randomly) it was pretty minor, but it definitely has impacted me a little. 
 

When I was young really wanted the alien workshop spectrum deck, but they stopped making it by the time I could get one. Got a Fred gall slick instead that was cool- building block design. Anyways, recently I saw the spectrum deck as a complete, bought it, replaced the stuff it came with, and: 

  On 4/1/2021 at 6:42 PM, brian trageskin said:

also, your chest isn't facing where you're going in a fs crooked, whereas bs crooked is basically haha front truck go brrrrr

whoops lol, it was literally just my error on fs/bs.  it has obviously been a while.  youre right bs is the easy one here and the only one i ever got to doing

  On 4/1/2021 at 5:58 PM, brian trageskin said:

 

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needs more pyrotechnics

I bought a 8.5 deck today... Fucking biggest board ever had

  On 4/1/2021 at 7:12 PM, markedone said:

whoops lol, it was literally just my error on fs/bs.  it has obviously been a while.  youre right bs is the easy one here and the only one i ever got to doing

oh ok, makes much more sense. congrats on nailing this trick!

  On 4/1/2021 at 7:33 PM, iococoi said:

needs more pyrotechnics

you know what? i think that's BCM actually. you can't see it in the picture but he's holding a pint with the right hand 

  On 4/1/2021 at 7:34 PM, cern said:

I bought a 8.5 deck today... Fucking biggest board ever had

post vids dude:)

Tom Penny is the GOAT!
 

https://archive.org/details/oi55958

  On 4/1/2021 at 7:34 PM, cern said:

I bought a 8.5 deck today... Fucking biggest board ever had

bought a welcome 8.5 about a year ago after not skating for 20 years. was surprised at how big modern boards were. so much better once you get used to it. granted i suck and mainly just cruise. 

I wish I could skate bigger decks. I really feel more comfortable on bigger boards, but I can’t flip them good. When I was good I rode a 7.62, and it was always so hard to find decks that size. I eventually gave in and got a 7.75, but it was still a little harder for me to flip. It’s funny because when I started really getting into it (late 80s/early 90s) small deck seemed all the rage, but eventually it seemed like everyone I knew had 8s or bigger. I will probably get a big toy machine deck at some point and get some big ass wheels as a “cruiser” just because, like I said- I really do feel more comfortable on one.

Here’s my garage I’ve been “deckin’ out” with my old stuff and my kids boards:

Chad Muska re-released the Muska boards and signed some boards also..

The boards sold out just in some hour. Probably one of the most good looking boards. 

 

Damn, those are sweet

I just bought some news shoes.. Now I just need trucks, bearings, wheels and bolts to go but it is difficult to find and need to order expensive. Shoes was cheap tho!

https://www.wikihow.com/Talk-Like-a-Skater