Skateboarding: Kick Push and Fall

Biolink · March 23, 2008, 11:21pm

Do they allow random skaters to go out there inbetween after each Heat?

BaSiK_TeKniK · March 23, 2008, 11:23pm

yeah

Biolink · March 23, 2008, 11:27pm

Oh

That’s cool I guess

tindiamond · March 24, 2008, 3:25am

WTF?!?!?! I was getting switch hardflips. They’re easier than what it seems. lol

final_cut · March 24, 2008, 10:22am

Just got back home from tampa. Results as far as I can tell:

Greg Lutzka
John Rattray
Mike Peterson (my homie from J-Ville!!!)

Best Trick:

Adam Dyett, showing up with a hangover at 2 pm and ripping the rail to shit.

Vert:
I don’t know anything about this occasion.

In my opinion, John rattray should’ve gotten 1st. He fucking ripped, and did twice as many tricks in his run. Sheckler was bad ass as well, so was Jereme Rogers and Erik Koston. Billy Marks did a 3 flip to noseslide up the rail, Kyle Berard didn’t do so well but had an awesome first run with a huge disaster onto the vert wall. I’ll post more when I get the chance.

For me, the weekend was mostly shitty. Got 2 nails in a tire, used google maps to NOT find a tire kingdom to have it fixed, almost missed band of horses, and had to bail out Nate Johnson from jail, but antuwon dixon is still waiting to make bail in the county jail. The whole contest went well, and so many top-tier pros were there. Matt Beach, Jereme Rogers, my new best friend Brian Anderson. good shit.

final_cut · March 24, 2008, 10:24am

Not really random skaters, just people in the contest. usually everyone rushes the course on the last trick of someone else’s run, they have around 15 to 20 seconds to skate before they call the next guy. It’s the only way to stay loose when waiting on your run, really. Seems disrespectful, but there isn’t really much you can do to stop it.

bear · March 24, 2008, 10:37am

I haven’t skated in a long time. I skated all growing up. I was pretty good at one point in time. Nothing bigger than local shops for sponsors (which boils down to discounts, more or less), but then at age 19, I fucked myself up pretty bad. Started filming a lot more around that time, and probably because of that, started doing much bigger shit. Long story short, I wasn’t quite good enough for handrails and huge sets, and I ruined my back. Still aches all the damn time, 7 years later. Or worse, it goes completely out on me. Not to mention my wrist and my knee, which I fucked up pretty bad as well.

But I still miss skating. And I watch videos from time to time to torture myself. I saw the “This Is My Element” video not too long ago, though, and it made feel better about quitting. Especially when I saw what this 12 year old was doing:

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My fucking goodness. His style isn’t perfect, but that shit is just ridiculous.

I also saw the more recent DVS video, and Jason Dill is still killing it. He’s always been one of my favorites. Glad to see he’s still at it.

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OJ4 · March 25, 2008, 1:41pm

jason dill is serious business, i just got finished watching a video part from him. the dude is too sick.

bear · March 25, 2008, 11:41pm

For sure. I love his style.

And Marc Johnson is another favorite. His part in “Fully Flared” is so good it’s disgusting.

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And his style is dead on. He makes crazy shit look simple.

BaSiK_TeKniK · March 25, 2008, 11:47pm

Yeah Nyjah is amazing.
his dreads are longer than mines :arazz:

OJ4 · March 26, 2008, 11:26am

thats one of the few kid skaters i enjoy to watch. hes so good, and hes only like what 10/11?

noober · March 26, 2008, 7:23pm

same here.

Biolink · March 29, 2008, 4:16pm

Nyjah is only 10 or 11 years old?Whhhhhhhhhhat?

Anyway going to the outdoor Skatepark today.

I know next to nothing at all.

Wish me luck.

EDIT

I just looked at a closeup of Nyjah and breifed over a 2006 interview with him,and he had just turned 12 years old then,which would make him 13 or 14 now.He looks like a grownass man from far away to me.

System_1 · March 29, 2008, 5:30pm

Which one? the one on the lakefront or the one in Wilsone Avenue?

tindiamond · March 29, 2008, 7:18pm

Go Bio! Have fun man.

Black_Chanler · March 29, 2008, 9:44pm

I wish there was free public skateparks around my way

Biolink · March 30, 2008, 12:52am

I went to the one on Wilson.It’s up North.You can see Lake Michigan from there.The other one that is by the Lake is Burnham,and that Skatepark is gay from what I have heard.Do you do any Skating?

I did.Believe me.

That sucks man.I did travel a minute to get to this Park,but it wasn’t too bad I suppose.

Anyway my story.You guys can skip right to part 3.I made this for another Chicago local,that I will meeting up with soon.

Anyway I got down to Wilson Skatepark today.Chicago’s finest that is Chicago’s finest Construction and Maintenance group tried to do everything in their power to make me not go,but it wasn’t happening

1)The ride:

It took about an hour or so on the train,a few more minutes or a few less.As I mentioned there was construction going on,so the Train took a few different routes,and was even delayed at some points.I imagine it wouldn’t be that bad if Construction wasn’t going on.Eventually the train got back on route,a stop or so before Wrigley(The Adison stop I believe).Two stops later I made it to Wilson

2)The Walk:

The Walk wasn’t nearly as bad as I had originally thought it would be.I got out of the Train Station,crossed the Street and headed due East towards the Lake.There’s restaurants like Popeyes,El Pollo Loco,a McDonalds,a CVS Pharmacy,Bodega’s(Corner Stores),a Hospital,and tons of other stuff going on,on Wilson Street.It was about a 8-10 minute walk to the park.The Park is a straight shot,so all you have to do is walk directly East towards the lake,walk under a vidock,and then cross Lake Shore Drive,and the park is right there.Can’t miss it because you will see the Skatepark’s Lightpole before you even get there.

3)The Park-

I got there at about 10:30(Left 95th Street Redline at about 9:10)

The Park was everything I expected and more.It has two Bowls(Both look like BIG Drops).One of the Bowls has a spine,and some other stuff in it.There is an 8 stair set,two handrails IIRC,Slopes so that you can get Speed,and plenty of Benches all around the park.Really the place is NICE,and has a really sweet flow to it.If you are a beginner,I wouldn’t reccomend coming here just yet,but if you don’t have problems turning,or keeping your balance or anything like that,then let it rip.

4)The People-

The Skaters there were a lot nicer than expected.It was mostly a lot of older people there with the exception of two little kids that stayed for about an hour.There was one guy that looked like he was in his 40’s,dropping in,in one of the bowls.This Black Teen came in about 15 minutes after I did,and let me tell you.This guy was phucking ripping it,which was a shocker to me,because let’s be honest.Most Black teens would rather be doing other stuff.Ollieing up the benches and doing Kickflips off of them,and he even nailed a few Tre Flips.There were some guy’s in their 20’s that came in and they were all cool.Talked with them for a bit.There were also about 6 or 7 BMXers there(I chit you not),and there was an Inline-Skater there as well.At it’s peak there were about 18 people there.A security officer came,and walked around.Chatted up with a few people.He seemed pretty chill,because as I mentioned there were about 7 BMXers there,and Bikes aren’t supposed to be allowed in the park.

5)My Experience-

As I expected I would, I absolutely stunk.Couldn’t do anything.One of the twenty year olds tried to get me to drop in,but I chickened out.He said that it was probably a good thing though,because I can seriously injure myself,especially since I wasn’t committing(I didn’t have a helmet or any other pads).He said that not too long ago,he got a concussion WITH A HELMET ON.He said that if he didn’t have it on,God knows if he would be Hospitalized or even Alive.I tried riding down one of the smaller slopes,and bailed hard as hell {po). Still had tons of fun even though I was the 2nd worst person out there(Behind this little girl 4 or 5 year old girl.Even her brother who had to be about two years older than her,was better than me).

Ended up leaving at about 12:30,so I got about 3 hours in.I could see myself staying longer,but I know next to nothing at all about Skateboarding,so I didn’t want to be there just standing in the way.

Yeah.:sad:

It was super rough for me.I’m like a Raw piece of meat out there.I did have hella fun though.

This is what it looks like

http://sk8.cannedoxygen.com/wilson/

System_1 · March 30, 2008, 2:07am

Yea I skate Kinda rusty since I just started back several weeks ago.

Biolink · March 30, 2008, 2:11am

Really?

That’s cool man.

You ever been up to Wilson?

System_1 · March 30, 2008, 2:29am

Yep, been to both Wilson and Burnham plenty of times.