Skate(boarders)

[honkduh]

my roommate brought home the new dimestore video "the deuce" and it is one of the best instances of skating/editing/music i've ever seen. definitely worth more than $10.

http://vimeo.com/20070529
http://vimeo.com/20383585
http://vimeo.com/20906480

the ollie indy grab tweak over the homie sitting down in teaser three is sick!

[spiraling]

whoaa forgot abt this thread,.. anyone watching batb4? todays game(gustavo vs carlin) was mean both were on SKAT_
any favs?
im looking at luan oliveria, but there are so much other bangers, goddamn!

[Utah]

Has anybody here switched from pushing mongo to regular. Trying to make it happen but i feel like i'm learning to skate all over again.

[liverkick]

One of my best friends pushes shitfoot. Nobody says shit though cuz he's a super gnarly skater. I'd say just keep doing it. Who cares?

[Coca Cola]

I pushed mongo when I was young before I had ever thought about it. It took a little while to transition but now it would be hard for me to skate mongo.

I am covered in scabs right now, my classmates probably think I'm a tweaker. I forgot how good the skating in CKY2K was. I've been skating 5-7 miles at a time lately, found some good spots the other day.

[tth]

Has anybody here switched from pushing mongo to regular. Trying to make it happen but i feel like i'm learning to skate all over again.

im a horrible skater, but ive done this

just force yourself to push regular and eventually youll get it

[Martin]

Has anybody here switched from pushing mongo to regular. Trying to make it happen but i feel like i'm learning to skate all over again.

I pushed mongo about six years ago and made the switch to avoid criticism. It actually helps and only took me about a week.

[alex]

my older brother pushed mongo when we grew up skating and i always thought it looked so retarded

switch mongo can look pretty neat though. i always liked the way koston did it during menikmati

[Grover]

I was mongo my first year or so of skating. I broke the habit. Now I can push regualr switch no problem.


I like that Jimmy Carlin's style.

[Mofuckn Chapstick]

i pushed mongo for many years and switched because i read everywhere that it looked stupid. making the switch was irritating, but i tell you what learning how to push regular was a lot easier than learning how to skate switch (which i still can't really do)

[dreamshake]

what age is too old to learn to skateboard

[Grover]

Never too old to cruise. Being able to just push and ollie up a curb is the best feeling.

[Coca Cola]

yeah I have the most fun just cruising around to errands

[Duke]

what age is too old to learn to skateboard

yeah how do you do this in your mid 20s without looking like an idiot?

i guess find suburban roads where no one is looking

[white mage]

what age is too old to learn to skateboard

yeah how do you do this in your mid 20s without looking like an idiot?

if this is yr attitude dont bother

[Duke]

fair

[nakedlunch]

mongo is so gross

[white mage]

mongo is so gross

yeah how did so many of u manage to start like that

[white mage]

also lunch youre running out of excuses i feel. lets shred asap

[nakedlunch]

yeah startin to look pretty nice out there

I have a feeling like my deck is gonna snap in half second trick

[Grover]

mongo is so gross

yeah how did so many of u manage to start like that

I don't even know. I started skating on my parents' back porch in a small town in the Florida Panhandle. I didn't even skate with another kid (except for my neighbor who, incidentally, was also mongo) for like the first six months I skated. I only decided to break the habit after gaining the acceptance of some high school kids and realizing they pushed WAY fucking faster than I did.

[Utah]

mongo is so gross

yeah how did so many of u manage to start like that

I had no idea i'd even been doing it till i returned to skating last year. No one ever mentioned it when i was younger. I just realised no-one else really skates like that. Only found out recently Mongo is the name for it. My issue isn't really with the aesthetic, but more that it leaves me so off-balance and susceptible to losing control of the board.

Gonna give it a good crack over the coming weeks. Being in New York makes it a bit difficult because there aren't large areas to practice on smooth ground. Think i'm gonna hit the westside highway on a weekday and see if i can force it out.

[liverkick]

Some dudes I know just put this together for fun. Pretty rad.

[Coca Cola]

nice

[spiraling]

post any new tricks you learned recently or first time tries on obstacles.
i tried a fs boardslide on the element rail, slammed my face sideways,goddamn.
on a brighter note, my tricks on stairsets are increasing.

does anyone think or notice that skateboarding is getting bigger, i mean weezy rapping about it, street league, fantasy factory etc..

[Coca Cola]

I don't know, I've just gotten back into it so I'm noticing it more. Feels like it's coming back a bit though yeah. I really wish I had a mini-ramp to skate. I'm going to check out the park here when I get a new deck.

[hayduke]

god skating just breathes life into you doesn't it? with new tricks i've just learned a lot of nollie stuff lately. nollie noseslide on this ledge that p rod hits here a few times - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EO2ymf6M ... page#t=70s

Down that bank across the way is another bank to ledge, and i did nollie shuvit 50-50. so fulfilling

[Coca Cola]

This is one of my best friends. He kills it on vert http://vimeo.com/23247948

[mickdagger]

what age is too old to learn to skateboard

yeah how do you do this in your mid 20s without looking like an idiot?

i guess find suburban roads where no one is looking

Man, I bought a couple board a couple months ago and have been taking to my friend's cul de sac after work to push and try to ollie and drink beers. It's been a blast for my 26 year old ass.

[Coca Cola]

Did a (really sketchy) 10-stair for the first time today. Felt good.