took me about 4 years, but I was skating for about 3 years before people around here even did that, lol.
(no, I don’t wear dentures or depends undergarments)
Yo cal it’s supposed to be +20 on sunday. It’s totally on. I want that Darkstar armorlite… still another week till paycheck though 
not that i’m not using my credit card… Anyways stay black etc. Going to take out the longboard tonight maybe, even my streets are hella gravely (word?) we’ll see how that goes it’s supposed to do ok on gravel. Payce.
Holla at me tonight if you go out.
Put it on Dicky’s credit card lol. I don’t want to put it on my card. And I might be buying a bike, so I’ll be even more poor. This is awesome!
you like dudes. Also, i agree dickies credit card it is. I just realized im getting paid on THIS friday. Soooo i’m getting that board. How do you go from 0-3 boards in less than a month… be me that’s how. So if you’re down to get this thang tell me cause i’d like to get it shipped PRE friday aka tomorrow… soooo yeah.
Do you guys skate like full time on a long term basis?
I’ve been skateboarding for about 6 years and for the first 3 it’s all I cared about. I lived in a small town and just cruised down the empty roads and tried flatland tricks and shit.
Now I live in a city with mad parks and 7 year old kids who can just dominate. I’m not really feelin it. Fucking cookie cutter humans all wearing the same outfit, it’s just not skateboarding how I came up.
The point of my rant is this:
Is it normal to stop caring for awhile and come back in a year or two?
It’s normal, but as a rule I try to stay away from parks in general, and limit myself to a max of once a month. (I take my kids to the park, that is the big plus there, can’t take them street skating.) I mean they can be fun, but they tend to suck the life out of skateboarding. Unless you are into vert and your park has a vert ramp, that is a different story.
Before dealing with curbs, ledges, gaps, stairs … almost anything … get comfortable doing the trick with a decent amount of speed, flat ground. For ollies, get to where you can ollie comfortably rolling pretty fast (just work your way up, a bit at a time). I used to ollie over gaps that I would draw on the ground with chalk, so that way if I missed or came up short there was no consequence. Afterwards, gaps were no issue.
I’ve seen lots of people get hurt because they roll up timidly and only partially commit to the trick. If you roll up to a curb slowly, for example, chances are your back truck will clip, no matter how well you pop it.
As for getting over fears, just inch toward your goals a little bit at a time. Where I grew up, there was a spot with a 2-stair, a 3-stair, a 5-stair, and a 7-stair. No one went straight to the 7. I started by doing flip tricks on the two, then kept moving up until I could pull the same stuff on the 7. I lucked out growing up near a spot like that, but you can simulate the same thing in other ways.
once that adrenaline is set. your set.
you know what I find Ironic I still have trouble with kickflips these days
I would lose kickflips off and on over the years. There was an odd period where my switch flips were more consistent than my regulars. I always kinda left kickflips behind when I started on a bunch of new tricks.
Same here. Some days I’m on point, but other days I have mad issues. The worst is when I set up for what I feel like will be an epic kickflip, but then I don’t even fucking ollie and the board just rolls over on the ground. :sad:
Hell, I’m just glad I got through that learning phase of kickflips. Just above my back ankle on the inside of my leg… I had a permanent swollen bump. Boards were a lot bigger then, and I was constantly smacking my board against that part of my leg somehow. I dunno how I even did it, but shit, man, that was some pain. Now my main concern is keeping balance in line with the extra weight I’ve put on from drinking beer. I mean, from getting older.
Same here. I’m finally getting them back after idk how long. Hell, my fs flips are way more consistent than my kickflips. Oh well, fuck it.
At least you have trouble with them.
I can’t even ollie yet
^ you’ll get there soon. i’ll give it two weeks at the most if u try nonstop
Finally getting my legs back. Been going out at night after work and everything is coming along good. Relearning all the shit I forgot in the winter. Such is life in Canada.
How long does it take for a leg to heal? It seems I’ve stretched a muscle or something. Skated like 40 blocks to the Skatepark and back and it hasn’t healed yet. =[
Hoping I can land that kickflip in a week or so.
^give it like 5 days for the muscle. happens to me all the time. but then I skate on it like an idiot 
I lost in SKATE today, this is the first time in a long time.:sad: lol Nah this dude I played was pretty damn good. I’ll get him next time. :woot:
Ali Boulala gets Jail Time
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23596008-5005941,00.html
If you don’t know about what happened, a while back Ali Boulala was in a motorbike crash that involved him and Shane Cross. Cross Died, Boulala was seriously injured.