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>>244061
Fuck the daks

Is it worth just getting into skateboarding in my 30s?

>>244073
Is it worth it? No. But who cares

>>244073
never gonna make it with that attitude

>>244061
>>244061
Look at this cool footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts3TSfLdRDE

>>244073
I see guys in their 40s-50s still skating around my area. I’m 30 and it makes me want to get back into it

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I've owned a secondhand board for a bit, and went ahead and finally got my own. I'll be building it when it comes either tomorrow or the next day. I think I might regret going 8.0 and not 8.25 but it's alright. I'll learn on this and one day when I get enough for a new board I'll go bigger. Anyways I can't wait to build it and try it.

>>244137
WOW! Good luck anon!

>>244137
ditch the risers

>>244141
Thank you!
>>244142
Yeah I wasn't planning on putting them on but I wasn't 100% sure and they were literally 2 or 3 dollars on tactics so it's kinda like why NOT get them just in case.

>>244137
>tranny colour bolts
another one??

Skating is so trannycoded these days there's one on every team I hate it

>>244147
>>244149
Schizo much?!

>>244073
Yes.

>>244160
Yes.

Haven't had the itch to skate since I gave my board away, I think I made the right decision, now I'm a runner

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>>244061

>>244170
bald guy's part was really good

>>244174
it was very likeable desu.

>>244074
>>244096
>>244130
Okay, NTA but I'd like to know, how might a 30+ dude approach getting in to Skating from scratch?
In the UK a balding 30 year old on the local skate park is liable to get some looks and I don't know that I'd be comfortable asking teenagers to check my form or for tips on how to perform tricks. Round my area there's not much of a senior skater scene as far as I know.
It's a young man's game, obviously, but I'd like to give it a go.

>>244222
skaters are lazy so if you show up to the park any time before 11 am on a weekday you'll barely see anyone else there.
i haven't seen another person at the skatepark in 10+ years besides the occasional homeless person sleeping in the capsule.
desu though you should just cruise around & skate parking lots before you even worry about going to the skate park

>>244225
>if you show up to the park any time before 11 am on a weekday you'll barely see anyone else there
Fair enough
>you should just cruise around & skate parking lots before you even worry about going to the skate park
I took an exploratory bike ride around my city and had a look for locations with good surfaces just this afternoon actually. Found a few nice remote pedestrian spots with low traffic and new smooth asphalt, would suit the job I think

But what about learning tricks and the like? I expect there's stuff you can't just learn from blogs and youtube videos, back when I was a youngster I never could learn to ollie, are online resources really enough? Perhaps I'm getting ahead of myself...

>>244227
Just start riding the thing first. Get comfortable pushing and turning. Watch skateIQ videos for ollies. He has solid videos for beginners. He just posted this a few days ago:
https://youtu.be/-ge2jY3OB4A

>>244222
>a balding 30 year old on the local skate park is liable to get some looks
shots fired at this entire /general/

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>>244229
Encouraging stuff, very good choice of video. I'll get the gear together and give it a go, see where it takes me.
Thanks for your council Anon

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>>244235
I'm doing good for 34

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>>244237

>>244239
Salt n pepper is sexy as hell on chicks

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>>244061
im seeing a lot of sora skate clips

The new Thrasher X Delivery video is so sick. Gustav and Surrey are like artists

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>>244143
tactics chad

>>244282
anon please. inform yourself.
tactics was quietly bought out by the same loser boomer that bought Lakai. there is no reason to give that guy your money.

>>244269
Tyler Surrey and Sk8mafia keeping the torch.

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even the spots in my dreams suck ass

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https://youtu.be/dai-pCj1EYg

>>244380
I would be so pissed if they built a park near me and it had no tranny

I'm talking fuckin pissed bros

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>skate consistently
>land nothing, lose balance, fall hard af, battle some stupid shit and get frustrated
>start a new overnight job, tons of walking tired all the time
>no skating for two weeks
>finally get the urge and energy to skate on my off day
>for no fucking reason just feel natural on the board the instant i step on it, fast rolling ollies, flatground fs 180s, fs 180 on funbox banks, euro gaps, ollies on banks
>finally unlock the manual by just randomly rolling my front foot instead of lifting it and doing the daewon song type thing with my arm balancing
>just easily find the balance point no matter how i carve the qps and banks and just fucking around manualing around the park
>also all the obstacles and spots that looked gigantic before look tame ah
Bros......i think i'm just gonna stop skating to get better at skating.

>>244382
Do you guys take turns riding the tranny in your park?

>>244382
I feel the opposite desu, but I skate mostly street and my transition skating is pretty awful

>>244383
sometimes time away is all you need

>>244380
Lacey Baker is looking crazy these days. Already balding from the testosterone kek

>>244383
same happened to me was skating every day and started losing tricks and then came back after a week off and felt way cleaner and more confident

>>244399
Shit happens to me with Tekken

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>>244397
>these days
Shit is disgusting and shows exactly why previous generations restricted womens rights.

>>244415
Made in honor of cutting tits off
https://youtu.be/4s8H8XRJyFc?si=EBXvbQrSXd-RavsY

>>244380
this is the only video about her that isn't soulless

https://youtu.be/WzaQpV7UAqo

>>244419
>life imitates art
https://youtu.be/QC9q_HG6Q-M?t=1564

>>244420
her kickflips are pretty good though ngl

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>>244383
You were just not thinking about it, you were happy to be back on the board.

>>244446
i need to learn to slash like that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLdxkWCFCSI

So for board sizes, I should get a board that's wide enough for my feet?

>>244470
Go to the shop and stand on the decks till you find one that feels the best

You wouldn't buy shoes without trying them on right

>>244445
looks fun

>>244512
it was horrible

>>244445
Is riding down a hill a clip? Meh I'll take it

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>>244538
>>244445

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>>244542
VIIIOOOLLLAAATTTIIOON

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also wtf trananon how did you not die? lift your front truck..

>>244538
ate shit bombing down a hill a few times so i say yes

>>244445
Doesn't seem like you can get the speed you do in that spot from the clip.

>>244538
i've known so many dudes with broken collarbones from bombing hills
>>244545
i just do a little hop

Ive taken some Ativans today, I'm chill as fuck nigga anybody got a song recommendations

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>>244552
isn't that one known for causing unsteadiness and loss of coordination...
how are you going to skate like that little dood

>>244445
https://youtu.be/GbMhMkvl1dU?t=265
>waitaminutethatditch

>>244552
https://youtu.be/Kh4zTqW0t6k

>>244560
i tried to rock n roll it but it was so horrifying

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never changed bushings before but i wanted to try these riptides, why does just one look the same height as the two currently on my trucks but they were described as a set of two for one truck?

>>244547
rough ground per chance

>>244569
They look like they are for longboards or electric skateboards

F

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>>244572
they're for some 10 inch slappy's on this, i wanted a cruiser

>>244061
Vee is starting to sound sexy to me

I wish she could glurp me

>>244580
rule 34 naow!!

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>>244569
because your goofy ahh bought much taller, longboard bushings that aren't going to fit in Slappys
i thought you autists could research stuff like that
https://www.riptidesports.com/pages/skateboard-compatibility
https://www.riptidesports.com/products/krank-tall-bushings?variant=45077781446834

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>>244236
This Anon here, my things have arrived
Now to fuck up applying the tape, I'll post pics of the aftermath later

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Stuck & Scored

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And, trimmed. This actually came out pretty okay I think.
A bit rough around the edges sure, but this is my first time doing this after all

>>244607
Grip it and rip it

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Et voila, it is done
Popped it down in the kitchen, hipped on and shifted my wait around, put too much weight on one end, promptly flew off and bruised my hip. Good times

Need to find a day when it's not due to rain so I can get out there and learn how to not fall off

I actually had some difficulty with one of the bearings and had to force it into the wheel by tightening the bolt while the wheel was on the truck, how badly is that likely to fuck up their alignment?
It seemed to roll well enough when it sped out from under me earlier

transfolx and skateboarding were made for each other

>>244619
No because being trans automatically takes away all your steeze and swag. Skating is cool and cool people don't pretend to be something they are not. Being trans is made more for wack autism activities like partaking in fandoms and drawing awful fan art

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>>244619
>trannies infiltrate skate culture
>skate culture in the worst place kts ever been

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>>244619
>>244625
Being a tranny mentally ill faggot is the definition of being a poser.
Back in the day in European scene we would beat the tranny freaks with the skateboards and extinguish cigs on them gayboys until they have a total meltdown and stop skating or ack themselves (actually happened in my bitch, tranny jumped from the commieblock cause he was le-bullied lmao)

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>>244616
Managed to get out tonight lads. Spot I scouted was perfect, full overnight lighting, well away from the nearest humans and nice smooth surfaces (though the place has a lotta anti-skating surfaces dotted in, they were at least possible to traverse)

One problem though, I had a helmet but not pads, scraped my elbow up something raw when I tried to stop a fall and stepped straight on my tail

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On a fucking pop shuv of all things

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>>244631
Still skatable th....oh.

>>244631
>>244633
You took "Skate it 'til it breaks" seriously I see

>>244629
cathedral?

>>244570
But wouldn't that slow you down?

>>244616
What brand is that?

>>244631
It happens in the beginning because you are heavy-footed, I broke a deck that I had skated not even ten times landing my first heelflips.

>>244668
Funnily enough it's called Death
UK company, I like to buy local and I read they made pretty nice decks

Friend got me to play skate 4 and I discovered andy anderson vids. Used to skate in high school a bit and was like fuck it went to zumiez got a complete and went to the skatepark today for an hour. So awesome. Crazy the muscle memory I still have for a pop shuvit and I did some moving ollies and messed around with a ramp. I'm 31. Great exercise this is going to start replacing the gym for me

>>244676
Flip used to be Death Box.
Is Death the one that used to or still sponsors that guy, Mickey something? Who was friends with Richie Jackson and played in the Floggging Molly videoclip?

>>244681
patrick melcher still rides for them i think
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btYqf0q1WZw

>>244680
Skating is cardio, you can't replace lifting weights with it.
Helps with being lean and muscle explosiveness though.

>>244681
Mikey Patrick?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZCWhCyMtEg

>>244623
>wack autism activities like partaking in fandoms and drawing awful fan art
im gonna hold your hand when i say this

>>244380
That's a blast from the past. I skated with her a few times.
She was nice, but definitely not social at all. Her comment about being an introvert checks out because with the exception of like 4 people, everyone who tried to talk to her would get one word answers and no eye contact.

>>244380
i was really excited to watch this as i really like her but was kinda dissapointed by how boring it was? idk knowing she got bitchy trying tricks is cool but like everything else sucked

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>>244629
ok calm down timmy tough knuckles

>>244687
>>244690
Yeah,yeah, hahaha, I rmemebered him as Mickey because they were making fun of him in a Slap thread. Somebody posted a picture of a pro in Disneyland, hugging Mickey Mouse and somebody commented "I didn't know Patrick Melcher was there too".

>>244709
>everyone who tried to talk to her would get one word answers and no eye contact.
lmao

I remember I tried to dap up Jordan hoffart after a video premiere and he didn't see me

Its getting colder bros...

>>244742
Jacket season=fashion season baby

About time for everyone on the east coast to hang it up

I need to go to Cali

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>>244630
I have a way of attracting pebbles it seems. Should look into getting softer wheels for cruising.

Getting back into skating, what is the best wheels for tricks?(flatland/street wise)

>>244781
Learn to roll over the shoulder or you'll die skating like that.
Also it's quite literally a skill issue.
If you're riding 54 mm you should be good anywhere on the street, just need to get comfortable on the board.
I used to skate in vegas and all the sidewalks were littered with small rocks cause there's no grass there, they just put rocks by the fucking sidewalk and the cars kick them all up.

>>244781
I got ricta clouds for cruising, it's great for sidewalks and roads, quiet too.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qaplt60z4Q
and you could have it all...

>>244786
If you're actually skating street and not parks with smooth ground: 53mm, don't fall for the 101A that shit is obsolete, get a 95A or 97A dual formula wheels, standard cut (more sidewall for easier flips).
So Bones X97 V1 Standard, Powell Peralta Dragon Formula 97A 53mm, OJ Double Duro 101A/95A 53mm
Can't go wrong with those.

>>244781
this nigga's shreded

>>244787
I'm usually good about rolling but I was being reckless this time around.
>>244788
Thanks, I'll look into that.

Is clubdistribution legit for blanks?
I'm at the point where i fishtail/break so much boards that it's probably a good idea to stock up on blanks and discount shoes.

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learned sweepers today, the locals were unimpressed

>>244804
I'v seen a guy land a backflip melon in my park and the resident benchwarmers didn't even clap their boards or look mildly amused.

>>244803
It looks legit, but skatesamples is cheaper with shipping for me. I would compare prices on there.

WTF happened to people fighting at skateparks

>>244708
dont touch my hand u have aids probably

>>244445
>>244542
ROLLING DOWN A HILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

>>244804
Well, if it is any consolation, I am.
Keep in mind, more often than not we get carried away by the stoke of learning something new and forget to refine it. Maybe they looked crude.

>>244844
RIDE ON GRIND

The most stoke I've seen is when I gave 2 kids my board

Otherwise I did a 360 flip up the euro that blew away some dude who saw it

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>>244843

I'm watching CFS game of skate and they keep doing reverts after landing flips, like straight up just reverting right after touching the ground doing a tre or a hardflip with no rotation and they count it as an FS or BS hardflip? Was this shit always like that? I could swear it's not valid unless you at the minimum do a half rotation before touching the ground.

>>244781
neosporin bro

>>244875
https://youtu.be/FZ_yOsHYpQY

>>244871
Did you just say "frontaise hardflip"?

>>244896
Frontside Bigflip ot Hardflip 180 whatever the fuck you wanna call it.
The thing is the dude did a hardflip and a revert when touching the ground and it was counted as a BS hardflip, when in reality it's supposed to be more like a ghetto bird type thing.

>>244731
Like I said, she was nice, just clearly uncomfortable with people coming up to her. It wasn't super common, but there were people who would recognize her and beeline it over going "I SAW YOU IN THE PJ LADD VIDEO!" and I think that helped put her off of socializing with the plebs.

>>244930
sounds like a cunt

>>244930
>>244937
Imagine trying to skate and some random bums you have zero interest in come up to you and just start buggin you cluelessly.
Like those black schizo hobos in the hood that just start rambling nonsense to you when you're in their proximity.
That's how famous people feel about you.

>>244950
idk our skatepark bums were pretty cool

Tested a way to give a snappier pop to wet boards by resealing exposed wood along the rail, nose, and tail with acrylic nail polish from the dollar store. I'm curious to see if anyone else is willing to try it and report back with their observations, I feel like this can extend board life greatly if it works like I believe it's working.

>>244950
They decided to be celebrities. She sounds like a cunt who was too cool for the local kids.

>>244960
use wood glue faggot

>>244960
I just wax the tail.

>>244964
that's good for chips but not razor tail
>>244967
that works but it's more affected by heat and abrasion

>>244470
if you're over 5'10, 8¼". if you're under 5'10, 8". If you're a woman or child or obsessed with the 90s, 7½ or 7¾.

anybody know where I can get some <50mm wheels? the closer to 40mm, the better

>>244994
sml wheels

>>245003
thanks

I have enough money to start a company but there's no kids cool enough to pay

>>245061
im cool

>>245098
Doubt it post a fit, I would maybe pay the tranny but I would have to fly out and do a makeover Jamie thomas style

what do we think about catching skate mag

I wantwd to say for some time that I am wearing the DC Court Graffiks and they are a great fucking shoe. Wish we still had the ...fuck I forgot the programme name...you know the google sheet with the shoe reviews.

>>245171
Zoomie detected

>>244781
I got back out on my board today for the second time and was just getting the hang of doing proper pushes, cruising on my front foot and letting my back foot hang, and now I've pulled a muscle in my groin and everyone's saying I need to lay off for 2 weeks and start doing hip mobility exercises. This blows hard dudes, anyone know good exercises I can do to prevent this happeneing again when I've recovered?

Looking to get into skateboarding for the first time at 30 years old. How do I avoid breaking my hip?

>>245186
Fall well, go to a judoka for guidance

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>>245119
my fits are hard wdym

>>245194
cute

>>245194
Pure walmart

>>245178
Not at all. Why?

>>245194
Are you injured?

>>245206
Court graphics are what all the y2k zoom zooms are wearing

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“look at me i’m the silver surfer” - silver surfer

>>245186

I did this at 27 (29 now and skating absurdly good).

You need to (if you haven't already) unlearn all your habits from your 20s. Stop drinking except at events. Hit the gym. Stretch daily. EAT HOME COOKED MEALS 100% of the time.

Skating is athletic. I don't know why I see dudes who are 250lb and never did shit their whole life suddenly want to skate. (Any "big" skaters you see who are good used to be skinny, for the record).

If you do eventually decide to skate, you need to spend ~10 minutes before every session doing active leg stretches and leg swings and all that. Then at the park, spend ~10 minutes warming up before starting to do anything that involves pop.


That's if you actually do this. At this age, it's only worth it if you are lucky enough to have the time (after work, consistently) AND it's convenient (the park is on the way home, you live next to a skate park, you have ledges on your block, etc). It took about 2-3 years of skating every other day at a minimum to be able to do tricks worth filming, and skating essentially became my identity during that period.

>>245194
fit is soo ahh

>>245258
29 isn't even old dude. Stretching, training and eating well helps and the more you skate the better you get if you really are about skating. That's it.

>>245258
Any directions on leg stretches?
I'm just in it for the fun of things, not trying to be the coolest trickster on the block but the reality of it is tendonitis is going to stop me getting out there unless I mitigate it, what do you recommend?

>>245208
court graphik is a classic shoe though, i rocked em when i was a child and i still rock em as a grown man they cheap and hella durable for skating. Slightly less board control than your average skate shoe but way more drippy desu.

>>245217
>That fit
I see the cancer is in remission and you lost your helmet

>>245269
It’s all grey because none of the clothes are silver and I didn’t have the chrome helmet when I took the picture

>>245194
tuck your shirt in faggot

>>245271
>tuck

>>245276
untuck that dick!

Yeah tuck your di.. shirt in faggot

shirts tucked! dicks untucked!

>>245194
New Jersey??

>>245194
asl?

>>245194
acl?

>>245194
mtf?

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the goats are gone bros...

>>245294
Like who

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>>244137
Hi gang, I return to you like 13 days later. I built the board 2 days after that post. It's been amazing! I was worried 8 inches would be too small but I think it's absolutely perfect.
The day after I built it I went to skatepark in the morning so I was all alone. Threw on some pads and skated around. I tried to roll up the ramps and slopes and hooboy. After a while I started to get the hang of it (not falling, keeping balance). I learned to put my back foot on the tail as I went up so I was stable on the way back down into fakie. Not sure if that's what I'm "supposed" to do though. I also practice riding off ledges. The skatepark is about 5-6 inches raised off the asphalt that surrounds it. It took a few tries but I managed to keep my balance and consistently stick the landing. Since then though, I haven't been back. Instead I've completely pivoted my learning cycle right now. For the past week and a half or so I've been entirely devoted to just practicing kick turns, and tic tacs. Keeping my balance as I raise the wheels and shit. I'm pretty good at tic tacs now, and I can do full 180 degree kick turns, as well as 90 degrees obviously, and I've also managed to do a few full 360s Yesterday on top of that, I also added hippie jumps into my practices. Getting comfortable with jumping up and back onto the board. I'm too scared atm to try it while moving though. Every time I land regardless, I can't stay on the board, I immediately fall off cause my feet are too far forward or back. Idk if maybe the trucks are too loose but I'm very comfortable with how they are right now. But maybe I'll tighten them up more idk. So right now it's kick turn practice, tic tac practice, and hippie jump practice. All very fun. Since building this board I have actually fallen only one single time and that was cause I hit a crack that deceived me because the grass hid how deep it was. Anyways it's all very fun. Thank you for listening to my blog.

>>245304
Nice bro. Keep at it. A strong spiritual tether to your board leads to progression. As well as good mental and physical health

Guys it's about to be winter that means you have to go extra hard and get those tricks you want to get

>>245330
I live in Florida, 'winter' means 50-60° during the day and weeks without rain

>>243972
>I think it's better to carve on a smaller board where the feeling of danger meets the feeling of control, you seem to prefer how larger boards and tighter trucks give a feeling of stability and comfort
i think most people agree that larger boards are better for carving and smaller are better for tricks
you can hardly call it carving if you are on the smallest board possible with very loose trucks. sure a contest where people try to skate around cones as fast as possible could by won like that but thats not what carving is really about

>>244446
actually what happens is as you sleep your brain sifts through the information it took in before in a more effective way than when you try to learn consciously sometimes. it forgets the bad patterns and allows you to focus on the good ones that will help you actually progress
this applies to all kinds of skills and another way of doing it is to take a low dose of psychedelic drugs because thats similar to sleeping except you're awake so sometimes you can learn even faster like that

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>>245340
>my brain downloading transition tricks

Can anyone air on a qp? I can almost bs air but I'm scared to go back in

>>245361
Bs is harder than fs imo. For me it's all about rotating my shoulders, basically a kick turn.

>>245361
it's kind of easier to learn them under coping on a bigger wall imo. you have a lot more wiggle room to land deep or slide out when there's more transition. if your bowl has a roll in you can also try to land in it which is a good way to build confidence for going over the coping

>>245338
carving is about board control, not board size. if you believe a larger board and tighter trucks gives you more precise control, you're free to believe that

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what am i in for? i’m still kinda beginner, so i’m just hoping i can practice the basics without wanting to kill myself riding hard wheels on my crusty ass roads

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>>245420
78 is soft as balls dude
How craggy is this road of yours?

>>245430
the streets in my neighborhood are pretty rough to ride on. i bought a complete that came with 99a wheels, but i don’t have a skatepark nearby

my plan is to use these for now since as a kid i used to have a cruiser board with bigger wheels about this soft anyway. i also can’t even ollie yet, but by the time i’m landing them comfortably i'll have enough to just buy something a little harder. i was thinking 86a from the same brand, but i’m open to other wheel suggestions if there are better option

im not familiar with the durometer scale enough to know if anything 90+ would still be comfortable to ride around on streets with

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>>245441
It really depends on the street, something like this (in the UK) I've found is comfortable enough on 95 duros, but your mileage may vary of course, sub 90 duro is always going to feel smoother regardless and I suspect the road you're considering are going to be substantially rougher

You might consider scouting out some locations, I found anice spot with this smoother surface for practice when doing a tour of my town on my bike, if you're in the US that might be a bit trickier to do though

Skating in a pair of timbs y/n?

>>245452
tuff

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>>245452
No. Be more original

>>245463
You also look like a try hard with timbos it has to look like natural steez

>>245458
>>245463
>>245464
I think theyre working. I just held my first manual in timbs. Maybe they're the secret. I just happened to be wearing them so I thought why not try skating in them hehe. Too awkward and large but they felt kinda nice. My feet barely felt the vibrations of the road

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>>245420
Floating on heaven. I have 85A's and they are incredible on shit ground. Found no real difference popping ollies and kickflips to my regular board. Bought them specifically for picrel ground and they're great.

>>245482
You clearly do the most rudimentary shit on the board.
Not hating on you but if you skated more technical shit you would know that those wheels don't powerslide, don't let you grind or slide rails and especially ledges and ruin your flips.
Unless you have another setup or change out your wheels them clouds will rob you of your progression.

>>245503
>no real difference popping ollies and kickflips
>to my regular board
I have an old board I set up with them. That anon cannot ollie let alone skate a ledge, yes they feel different but I can still do some tricks fine, learning to ollie I don't see an issue. I don't ride that set up for that reason tho. And you certainly can powerslide them.

>>245395
yes thats why people buy the smallest boards possible for carving and not usually longboards

>>245503
i mean they do slide but you need to put a lot more speed into them to make it happen
>>245446
for ground like this 101a is fine imo unless you're trying to build an actual cruiser setup for getting around.

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I’m getting back into skateboarding after a bunch of injuries fucked my back working in a factory and fucked my acl cycling, oh and skating since I was 1999 (9 years old) my dr reckons I have tendinopathy in both of my Achilles tendons aswell. It’s been about 10 years that it’s been difficult to get back into skating. But I’m determined to get back to where I was and start progressing again, wish me luck boys. Here’s a pic of one of my old decks.

>>245532
Gnarly dood
>tendinopathy
What's that? Foreshortened tendons? I reckon that must be common in the non-slav squat nations

>>245534
Basically overuse injury which can make the tendons inflamed, basically treat it with ibuprofen for the pain and have had to do a lot of ankle stretches to to build the strength back up, because when I had to stop skating I couldn’t get on and ride for more then 10-15 minutes before my ankles would just start aching like crazy. And yeah had to just stop skating all together because if I’d just kept going through the pain would have ended up tearing an Achilles if not both. But I’ve been slowly getting back into it when I have the time, just been working on the confidence to Ollie again mainly, decided to try a varial heel last week for the first time in 10 years, didn’t land it but it felt good seeing the board to the flip under me atleast.

It took a year of pain for my organs to heal don't overdrink water bros

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>>245541
w-what

>>245548
I drank like 4 gallons of water in one sitting, I was in a psychosis to be fair

Taking a break from the 7oh. I'm sweating. Saw 2 middle schoolers learning to skate when I got my zyns. Cool.

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Anyone else noticed this spot is aging? this things used to be copper

>>245619
getting older all the time...

>>245420
They are great. They will affect flip and slidey tricks due to their grip, otherwise they are great for cruising and turning too.

>>245506
>he still thinks it's about board size and not board control
tertiary, longboards are for stability at high speeds not to make you carve better. I've had this exact conversation in eighth grade with some wannabe DJ swaggot

Anybody who argues over board size and speed sucks at skating

Anybody who argues about wheel hardness sucks at skating

Basically anyone who argues about gear sucks at skating

I can get down on anything bros

>>245660
this guy gets it. go out with what you have because it's special to you

>>245565
>psychosis
how did that come about?

>>245670
Im skitzo and took a Vyvanse. I went to the hospital and I thought they were gonna kill me cause I was also getting gangstalked so I went to the bathroom to swallow these pills I had and i snuck a knife, but as soon as I got the pills in my mouth some nurse knocked on the door so I spit them out. Then they sent me to the psych ward. I wouldn't be here if the nurse didn't knock on the door at the perfect time bros, trippy shit

But it's cool cause I get gibs

>>245658
yeah, for carving at higher speeds, to most people thats more fun than spazzing out on a tiny penny board or something lol

>>245671
Too bad they knocked

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>>245689
Just don't be late for work tommorow

>>245671
hope you are doing better these days

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This black kid at the tampa am best trick contest almost does a 360 flip darkslide by complete accident. Has that trick been tried/landed by any other skaters or is it a total NBD?

>>245695
That would be an insane trick to land

>>245693
My life is awesome rn actually
>>245695
Tampa am seemed to be way less hyped than previous years, like no one cares anymore

>>245705
the park layout kind of sucks now

>>245706
They should blast it with way more stickers like they used to too

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>>245446
i took your advice and checked out a bowling alley near my place. the back of the parking lot has a smooth patch of pavement next to some grass so im thinking this is gonna be my new ollie practice spot

>>245717
>Posting piece of road as a spot
Hell yeah , would manual

>>244073
There's a guy at a skatepark I go to near Chicago who's at least 45 and can do a wicked fakie backside pressure flip, never seen it before in my life and this dude had them on lock
There was some theater staff guy at my old university who was also 35+ and would no comply up a 3 stair
If you want to do it, do it

Finally decided to explore some of the slower boards and for some reason it never occurred to me that /xs/ would have a skate general, fucking sick
>kickflip np
>double flip somehow easier than single flip
>varial flip like its an ollie
>nightmares and hospitals at about 50% consistency
>can't heelflip
I've landed one in my life so far, how make board flip other way?
Closest I get is setting my front foot really far toeside and pretending to ollie north, fucked my ankle way too many times to want to keep trying when I can double the flip going the other way though

>>245724
Just kick board other way?

I learned to heel flip by “toe flipping” it. Idk Ive only ever had the front of my foot off the board for varial heels and laser flips.

>>245717
Not american, but this must be Florida

>>245724
Seriously? Heelflips were the first flip trick I landed. I have lost varial flips and half-cab flips.

>>245731
yep you're right, south florida to be specific

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>Yet another Floridian poster
>also happens to be South Floridan
uh oh...

I miss this era
https://youtu.be/HpoiXhm76Jg?si=qu0LvplE7VqS4WBO

PNW season over
I envy you fags who can skate all year, now its just rain and depression

>>245742
im just glad the daily rainstorms finally stopped

>>245729
>>245732
I'll get some clips if it stays dry here for long enough, but trying to toe flip it makes it come out like a late nollie shove, and if I pop it harder it just flings out forwards. I'm almost closer to a varial heel since it flips 3/4s of the way just shoving it with proper foot placement
I also hate skating switch and suck at that too so maybe I just have a symmetry problem; leftmaxxing perhaps

>>245760
Fakie bigspins are easy

>>245304
>8 inches would be too smal
sizequeen
>>245361
i just cant pop it backside tho im a bitch

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>>245765
Popping it off the coping is the funnest part, watch nora to see how, I even tweak the grab a bit =)
Speaking of grabs been doing hella Japan grabs in skate

Surfsterre a cute. Cute!

>>244061
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QA1-OveOWps&list=RDQA1-OveOWps&start_radio=1

>>245740
Lots of monumental skaters from there.

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So do all of the Floridian posters here get together? I remember one anon saying he would take the train to skate Lot 11 and then go around the area skating downtown spots.

I wish we could run a poll to see if more anons are east or west coast

>>245800
He's just like me...

my ankle is sore after practicing my ollie last night, idk if i rolled it or sprained it or what, all i know is pushing feels shitty now :( might have to practice pushing switch or something

if you started a team, what would you call it
for me, it's Wonderland

>>245708
sponsors get anal when their stickers aren't perfectly straight and even and clearly visible now
bitchmade shit

>>245742
the majority of the Floridian population lives in three counties: Duval, Dade, and Hillsborough

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>>245803
>Wonderland
Tranny? Sounds gay. I don't know the name but I would have two girls, two wiggers, a black, a chink or spic, and a rocker guy

>>245809
nah, just lolicon

>>245811
I don't know what that is but it sound pedo, God will deal with you if so

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>>245812
pedo website, friend

>>245813
Maybe for u. U r not 20 anymore buddy

>>245815
the older you get, the younger the girl you like. it's normal for a 15 year old guy to like MILFs, conversely a guy in his 30s wants gaolbait.

>>245817
Lmao no ur just a pedo in in my 30s and only like girls 25 n up

>>245818
>likes girls ten+ years younger
imagine saying that when you were 20

... But I'm not. Sorry math doesn't make sense. Anyway ..

I got 84 hours in skate is that sad?

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>>245821
Now 85

>>245820
>math doesn't make sense
shoulda paid more attention in school, sorry to hear that

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>>245821

>>245822
did they fix tranny yet?

>>245834
A little bit it's still not as good as the previous tranny though
>>245831
I know u don't got a job

>>245835
I'm WFH for over a decade now anon
besides skating and gym I don't really leave my house

>>245838
Nice I've been neet for over a decade, my life is perfect but I just need a gf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8MWu2XERno

Finally got back out on my board, had to rest a pulled hip tendon for over a week at this point, found some suitable stretches to prevent more strain which seem to be working okay

Got back into my pushing groove and I'm trying to figure out my manual balance and hippy jumps

Any tips? I've been watching Skate IQ videos for techniques and I can *sometimes* hold a stationary manual on concrete for about a second before I tip forward or back or the wheels roll the board out from under me.
Same with hippy jumps, on the concrete when I jump off the board the board tends to move from under me.

I assume this is just a matter of drilling it over and over until I get a feel for jumping and shifting my weight without then shifting my weight such that the board shoots away from me. But do you have any ideas on how I might better feel that out?
It was nice being back on the board after the break, I didn't realise I'd developed the itch as much as I had

>>245841
I'd forget hippy jumps its more drills for getting comfy flipping the board etc. With manuals set a certain distance and try manual it. Can be fun.

>>245839
why do you want a gf while being neet

>>245845
why do you think neets don't need socialisation?

>>245845
Cuz I haven't had sex in 5 years, at least I'm not a virgin though

Give it a few years, and I think Mitchie Brusco will go down as one of the most important skaters ever.

>>245844
>forget hippy jumps its more drills for getting comfy flipping the board etc.
I was under the impression they were good for feeling out ollies, I will keep doing them with that in mind, unless you have a compelling reason that wouldn't be the case?

>With manuals set a certain distance and try manual it
I can't hold a manual stationary for more than a couple of seconds, in motion I don't see that getting me more than a foot given the added stability effects, but who knows, maybe something will click

>>245841
try to jump on flat ground and focus on that light feeling you get for a split second before you actually leave the ground. hippy hops are more about getting light on your feet like that rather than doing a very forceful jump. when you jump, basically try to stay centered over the bolts, if you do that momentum should just carry you with the board.
for manuals what helps a lot is learning to use the lateral play of your trucks eg; toeside/heelside rather than purely trying to balance them on an up/down axis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBKrU1UwdwU

desu the best thing is to just do them a fuckton. when i was laid out for like 10 months i would do manuals in front of my tv all day.
more than drilling though the most important thing is to experiment and try to learn how you can manipulate the board
>>245853
doing them in motion is easier, but you learn a lot more from stationary mannys imo

>>245854
Thanks for the pointer on lateral play, I hadn't really consciously noticed but the times I kept stable for longest I'm pretty sure there was some movement in that area, I'll pay more attention to it next time I practice them.
I've been trying to do some stationary manuals on my smooth kitchen floor everyday at the very least, will look to maintain that practice
Will also try keeping it basic on the hippy jumps just small hops in motion for now, work up to the bigger stuff

Ty for the advice anon

Mr kamikaze Mr DNA
https://youtu.be/TPWO-IpXxUA?si=UCZsx1BDb_Mef8w9

>>245839
>I just need a gf
One time I entertained the idea of skateboarding with my long distance girlfriend since I've never told her that I skateboard and she was unironically really against it, and said it was really dangerous. Now I just skateboard without telling her.

>>245872
Not trying to be mean but I couldn't deal with long distance and she doesn't even back my hobbies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AenAs7tZoc
>>245864
i've never seen anyone do a line at those red qps before, that was cool

>>245879
He's a pedo, not like I give a shit about what a Brazilian does tho

>>245881
Rodrigo Roblox

riding an 8.5 feels so weird

>>245921
I just ordered a 7.75

>>245923
When does a popsicle board become a toothpick board?

>>245929
7.25

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I'm in Charlotte today, any locals here

>>245921
I just got a 10 inch board for the first time

>>245936
Post boards

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This is the situation this round, im right next to a mall I'll check zoomiez later

>>245687
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzkVcw33PdU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtnenKdNNjI
It's apparent you like high speed riding and cornering and that's all well and good, but carving is an S-shaped motion not just following road corners. You need loose trucks to have controlled and stylish carving, that's not negotiable.

>>245853
Someone mentioned movement making manuals easier which is true if you're avoiding rough terrain, to be fair a smooth flat ground is necessary for good manuals which is why manual pads are raised off the ground so they aren't covered in debris and pebbles etc... Anyways yeah just imagine trying to balance on a bicycle in motion vs stationary and you'll have a good idea why being in motion makes balancing easier. I've heard the best place to center your balance is just behind the axle but not behind the wheels, I'm pretty sure it's right on the pocket of the board.

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Strong squat = Strong manuals
Balance semi squatted, not with stiff legs and wiggly hips.

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yeah

>>245981
https://youtu.be/qMkwuz0iXQg

>>246001
>he doesn't actually jam to this whilst throwing out switcheroo slappies and pressure flips
ngmi

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Any advice for buying a used skateboard as someone new to the hobby? How do I know the board is the right size? How do I know the wheels/trucks are decent?

>>246013
>used skateboard
step one, don't do this. used trucks and wheels are a maybe, but actual decks there is zero reason to not buy new because you can get a blank and some griptape for it for about $30.

deck size depends mostly on height, but 8" width seems to be about what everyone of 'normal' size has standardised around. unless you're like 6+ feet tall or a woman, there's no real reason to try anything else if you're comfortable with 8 inches (like your wife). trucks should be the same width as the board, so that the wheels are flush with the edge of the deck.

>>246013
>Any advice for buying a used skateboard
No no do not do this. This is like being used underwear my dood.
Go to an actual skateshop and they will help you.

>>246022
so i should buy it from a cute girl
good advice thank you

Used Skateboards are fine if you're learning or trying sizes
But they'll never feel like "yours" and you won't be at your best until you build your own and bond with it. Having an actual connection with it helps

is 2 weeks enough time to learn how to skate? i told this dude i want to be friends with i knew how and he said we should go to the skate park soon

Fuck this weather honestly

>>246029
Bro, it's a piece of wood that you'll keep for six months at most if you actually skate, it's just that it won't feel right if you don't break it in yourself, like a pair of shoes, but that's it. You remind me of a "totally trve sk8er grrl" who thought she was the shit because she picked her setup instead of buying a complete, she was blabbering about the board reflecting her personality or some dumb shit like that but she couldn't handle rolling off the sidewalk on her board.

>>246038
Lying is stupid and this is a particularly stupid lie, enjoy the shame and pain you deserve.

>>246038
just tell him you're coming off an injury.
thats what i always say

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2nd hand is fine, I checked fb near me and this set up is 60usd with barely used thunders. I might actually start copping boards this way.. saw some old enjoi boards for $20 each.

>>246045
You just sound miserable.

>>246048
>those walls
>the state of that door
>a fucking sponge
what far off country are these posters from...
you can get a new generator blank for like 30 dollars

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>riding on someone else's truck grooves

>>246045
lying is awesome and i will get away with it, all i told him was i know how to cruise and kickflip and not much else. can't be that hard to learn right?
>>246046
i don't think i could sell it

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Nothing wrong with a used board, good to get them for parts, I used to rip on whatever dudes would give me at the park

>>246013
Stand on it and see what feels right, don't be scared to feel it out, it's a must

If I died would anyone else make the new threads?

>>246077
Yeah, but don't die

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south florida bros, why do we suffer