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Postby tricksforchips » Wed May 15, 2019 12:47 pm

Back into skating too, rn. Weird how I have to relearn everything. Still just getting Ollies down and not 100% comfortable on a board anymore.
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Postby milknight » Wed May 15, 2019 2:17 pm

shopping for completes now hah. i probly wont try anything gnarly ever again bc i am old(er) and fragile but even just like rolling around on a basketball court listening to music sounds gr8
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Postby transitive » Wed May 15, 2019 2:22 pm

Still chickenfooting out of ollies on pavement/cement. I can land them pretty consistently on grass, but that's obviously not the point.
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Postby blab » Wed May 15, 2019 2:43 pm

i'd say not to worry too much about that because it's natural. your brain is telling your body that that shit is unsafe. be sure to roll around lots, practice turning around both ways, and do tic-tacs and manuals in addition to practicing the ollie. as your feet develop more of a relationship with the top of the board they'll eventually get the gumption to stay situated there after you pop
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Postby Night porter » Wed May 15, 2019 3:43 pm

Just rolling off curbs and ledges might help you get comfortable landing em
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Postby Klint » Wed May 15, 2019 3:43 pm

I said fuck it and decided to order trucks, bearings, wheels, and hardware to put on my old man board. Got some 169 mm Indys, bones reds, 53 mm Spitfire Lock-Ins (I guess these are new, they have an asymmetrical shape that's supposed to help you lock into grinds better and I need all the help I can get), and Thrasher hardware. The last of it was delivered today so I'm picking up a sixer and setting up the new board as soon as I'm off in 15 minutes.
mites wrote:going back to ruining my life with drugs and drink and listening to public image ltd
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Postby blab » Wed May 15, 2019 4:50 pm

hell yeaa that's exciting

post apic of the old man board if you get a chance

i went back to the ledge milknight referenced today and skated with a piece of trash https://www.instagram.com/p/BxfvhwQjcWz/
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Postby Klint » Wed May 15, 2019 6:03 pm

Went to the local skatepark. Landed a front 50, back crook, back crook fakie on s foot high ledge. Got vibed by a scooter kid. Went to front Board the ledge, like just the last foot of it, stuck and smacked my head on the ground.
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Postby Grumby » Wed May 15, 2019 6:08 pm

hell yeah, klint. back in the gammmme.

I usually just leave if there's two or more scooter kids mindlessly getting in the way. just let em have their fun I guess
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Postby Grumby » Wed May 15, 2019 6:13 pm

there's actually nothing more awkward then being the one adult skateboarder in a sea of scooter children. but its hilarious too.
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Postby Klint » Wed May 15, 2019 6:14 pm

Icing my noggin and apologizing to my fiancée.
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Postby Klint » Wed May 15, 2019 6:18 pm

There were three kids, one of which was wearing baggy pink overalls. Like, dudes I’ve seen Cherry. One of them came after me and 5050’d the entire ledge while I was trying lol some things never change.
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Postby blab » Wed May 15, 2019 11:30 pm

the ledge was unfair to you to make you bump your nog first session back on the new setup :/ hope you're alright dude
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Postby feaxfang » Thu May 16, 2019 10:46 am

Klint wrote:I said fuck it and decided to order trucks, bearings, wheels, and hardware to put on my old man board. Got some 169 mm Indys, bones reds, 53 mm Spitfire Lock-Ins (I guess these are new, they have an asymmetrical shape that's supposed to help you lock into grinds better and I need all the help I can get), and Thrasher hardware. The last of it was delivered today so I'm picking up a sixer and setting up the new board as soon as I'm off in 15 minutes.

Best online shop for complete decks or builds?
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Postby warmjets » Thu May 16, 2019 11:15 am

I was gonna order a complete off ccs unless someone advises me against that. It's like $70
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Postby blab » Thu May 16, 2019 11:22 am

you're good to go there imo

feaxfang, you could look on ccs or
https://www.tactics.com/skateboard-completes
https://www.skatewarehouse.com/Pre-Built_Complete_Skateboards/catpage-BRCOMPLETE.html

both sites have a build-your-own thing
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Postby warmjets » Thu May 16, 2019 11:28 am

I think my summer goal is to do a long 50-50 grind with a cigarette dangling from my mouth
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Postby blab » Thu May 16, 2019 12:08 pm

that's a good goal

that reminds me of a clip i saw on instagram somewhere recently...i'm going to look for it...dude pops into a blunt slide on a flatbar, hits a joint, then bigspins out or something like that. it sounds corny but it wasn't
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Postby feaxfang » Thu May 16, 2019 1:26 pm

blab wrote:you're good to go there imo

feaxfang, you could look on ccs or
https://www.tactics.com/skateboard-completes
https://www.skatewarehouse.com/Pre-Built_Complete_Skateboards/catpage-BRCOMPLETE.html

both sites have a build-your-own thing

thanks!
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Postby Grumby » Thu May 16, 2019 1:53 pm

just skated for like four hours. it was great. I was doing some fun little lines. fs lip the ledge, then blunt pop out on the little quarter pipe. just going in circles.

there was some pretty sick kids there too
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Postby something sensible if » Thu May 16, 2019 3:52 pm

i could never figure out how the fuck to pump around bowls and then i watched a 4 minute youtube about it and now i know how to do it lol. love skating bowls. the town i work in one day a week has a giant concrete park for some reason so i get to skate there once a week and its sick.
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Postby warmjets » Thu May 16, 2019 10:25 pm

ok placed an order for an enjoi complete for like $58 after a coupon code and includes free shipping

gonna break some bones y'all
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Postby milknight » Sun May 19, 2019 5:30 pm

i actually did this. board should be here tomorrow. i know i should support local shops but i just kind of wanted to do it
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Postby warmjets » Mon May 20, 2019 12:31 pm

Sick. Gonna be so nervous the first time I head over to the skate park. I think I'll find a time when no one else is there
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Postby Grumby » Mon May 20, 2019 2:12 pm

weather is awful but I wanna skate. euugh. maybe tomorrow. I had so much fun last time, I've got the bug.
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Postby blab » Mon May 20, 2019 3:31 pm

same...it's extremely windy here today. i still went for it on my lunch break and the session was honestly not very fun and was pretty frustrating. i'm still glad i went though, worked on breaking in new shoes, tried in vain to do things, got sweaty. i guess a shitty sesh is better than no sesh. hope you get reasonable weather to skate soon. the hpn skate contingency is strong right now
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Postby blab » Mon May 20, 2019 3:38 pm

warmjets wrote:Sick. Gonna be so nervous the first time I head over to the skate park. I think I'll find a time when no one else is there


warmjets is this your first board?

if so, congrats! if not, congrats anyways.

makes me happy how many people got set up recently
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Postby kyle » Mon May 20, 2019 3:43 pm

It's raining today.
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Postby Night porter » Mon May 20, 2019 4:27 pm

I got into it again last summer and bought a new set up that I still havent skated yet. Should do really.
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Postby warmjets » Mon May 20, 2019 8:27 pm

blab wrote:
warmjets wrote:Sick. Gonna be so nervous the first time I head over to the skate park. I think I'll find a time when no one else is there


warmjets is this your first board?

if so, congrats! if not, congrats anyways.

makes me happy how many people got set up recently


No but first board I've bought in like 15 years? Skated regularly between ages 14-18, I was OK. Best trick I think I ever landed was kickflip down a 3 stair.
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