Ritual Satanic Vertical Knifing EditionBasic brand info for beginners >https://pastebin.com/CxdBGA6WShoe reviews:>https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnSv7MyhLozYdGM1a1FUMHNtTkRFN0xkVmt3dEZ0NHc#gid=0Submit a shoe review:>https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Y70Tug_iI9-dW2VqBBzsI9PCnFlw1jIOu9yTlHcc-wY/viewformlast thread >>215829
>>217990i am so shit at skating barriers bros
>>217990when is the soty?
it's so over for northern hemispherecels
>>217990Satan is a faggot I just started believing in God a few months ago
I got new teeth brothers, pay for by your taxes, no one can tell I'm a crackhead now
>>217990Shit thread shit pic shit satanic faggotry kys
>>217990
>>218021Take it easy Paulie
Found a literally perfect potential barrier spot tonight. City just created it.>Barrier slightly tilted back>About a foot gap between barrier and asphalt meaning it will be a nice clean concrete to asphalt transition>In quiet parking lot away from the city with very smooth asphalt>Has a bunch of parking block curbs to skate there as wellSomeone up there must like me. The Barrier kult lives on. Current plan to create spot:>Get a bunch of sandbags and throw them at the bottom of the barrier to create a quick easy fill>Mix about 8 bags of concrete at home in buckets>Put it in back of truck>Drive to spot at about 5-6pm at night >Dump concrete on prepared barrier>Hang out for a while, skate curbs, finish concrete>Next morning use some cementall to patch any shitty spots>Profit
>>218019>>218021Based.
Cocaine users of any kind are pathetic, amphetamine users of any kind are disgustingly; don’t do drugs. Using drugs or alcohol is washed. Get a job that doesn’t pay minimum wage and make something of yourself. If you’re idle at a job that has fuck all in the way of career growth try and find another while you pay your bills. Working there scrolling idle on ig isn’t going to fix anything. Skatings plenty productive.
Watched the Blokes videos again. They're entertaining. The only reason I can fathom why some anons would be so triggered by them is because those anons are zoomers and either don't remember or even know that a large part of skateboarding USED to be about having fun. Not just filming yourself doing tricks and that's it.
>>218035Jealous of you. Post footy
>>218020isn't it cooler go arround without teeth?
>>218035How do you find these spots?
>>218045Thanks bro, I will try to make a video of the building process this time.>>218047Idk, I'm just on the lookout for them I guess. Just aware of my surroundings and things I could potentially skate or build to skate. I caught a glimpse of this one off the freeway on my way to work the other morning.
>>218047when i deliver pizzas i find good spots constantly.
>>218042the blokes video ruled there was plenty of skating to balance out the antics after the little skit so idk what they were whining about either...
>>218052Were you the same anon who posted the rock and roll on a barrier a few weeks back?
>>218046Not all of us are british.
>>218084Yessir that is me. That spot is pretty fun. It's like a training barrier because it's not as high as an actual one.
>>218097Nice smith stall!I spent Monday just reenergising my kickflip muscles.
Thoughts on snowskating? It seems like it's progressed like crazy in the past few years as the boards have gotten better.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtlisSvwjrE
If like 10 of us make slap accounts we can covertly take it over, we just have to not say faggot or say based things. We can create a whole psyop with this as our base
>>218116I'm IP banned lol They would just ban all of us instantly anyway. That site is lost
>>218103Snowskating's pretty hype. It has progressed a lot. Ambition's vids are sick. I'm still trying to figure out the setup these guys are doing for more technical flip tricks, best I can get is are kickflips and some shoveit variants. Lots of scoop but not as much pop. Wish it'd snow more than an inch up here already..
>>218116Just let the site continue towards a slow death as their reputation continues to deteriorate.
>>218124The retarded 40 year old male feminists on there will just keep circle jerking each other though. No one else will take it seriously but it won't matter.
Here's a clip of me landing primo on a heelflip attempt
>>218132ouch, i hope your head is okay
>>218133I had a worse head injury bombing a hill on go sk8 day. Just woke up in an ambulance ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
4 days broshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SLageGboNU>>218120you can get hella pop out of a snowskate but the kind of ground you're riding on will impact that a lot. in general i find doing my tricks slower gets them a lot higher. if you dont have snow, carpetboarding is unironically really good for getting your tricks, especially if you can get one of those needlepunch carpets that the groundtrick guys use for buttering>https://www.homedepot.com/p/TrafficMaster-Dayside-Ebony-6-ft-SD-Polyester-Texture-Indoor-Outdoor-Needlepunch-Carpet-MK22W180072S/302721625 >>218134did you have a good nap
What did you guys buy yourselfs for Christmas? These would go hard in red leather
>>218177New deck from local shop. $60 with grip and free stickers, not too bad
>>218177really tempted to get some ipath cats but my autism prevents me
>>218042I watched it. A true skate video, blokes are good skateboarders but that's not what was important.
>>218116Throughout the years I tried to create an account and I found out I was banned. Before I ever had an account.
If your banned from slap just delete your cookies, if that doesn't work download tor, it beats all ip block
>>218186Watch both of them.
>>218137That's an interesting design for a snowskate having the lower deck longer in front. Looks like it actually makes serious hillbombing and carving possible.
>>218184goatse
go to slap for first timecheck useless toy banter subforumfirst and pinned thread reads>queer skaters talking about queer shit
>>218042I haven’t watched Blokes 2 yet but the first one is damn great! My favourite part was when some guy throws a bottle down the Souhtbank stairs breaking it before he tries switch ollie the same set. Ofcourse poir bastard slams on the landing.
>>218215How nationalistic is the skate scene is Bongistan?
>>218207troons making everything about them as usual
Christmas treat, these lil niggas hittin
>>218251One mod is a new tranny in his 30s that wants to cut his dick off, that really explains it all what's going on over there
Blokes 3 when?
just got a red bones set for Christmastomorrow I'm ridingwill tell how they feel compared to my rusty abec9>>218280what's this fireworks?
>>218280how strong are those compared to normal kratom powder?
>>218309melts your face off
kratom is baser shit
Tranny bashing in the latest thrasher
>>218340that's fine, I though it was a 30 years old pic
>>218280How in the unholy name of lord satan do you get psyxjotropic pills packaged like that?
I got a skateboard for Christmas and I think I fractured my clavicle and or dislocated my shoulder. I dont know if I should go to an ER or maybe try a chiropractor tomorrow. Anything I can do to relieve the pain/fix it on my own?
>>218388Ice itI would be surprised if you actually managed to dislocate your shoulder
>>218340>tranny-bashingstreetbros we're so fucking back
if I dislocated my shoulder I would simply relocate it
>>218388lol I hope this is true
>>218340>tranny bashinglooks like a dude, and its a joke - a good one at that...and with that I resubscribedseethe hard slap trannies
>>218389I think you’re right. Its just mainly my collar bone thats messed up and its making everything else around it hard to move. >>218393It is lol. First time skating in like a year after moving across the country and I take the worst fall I ever have.
Question for those that play Skater XL:When I skate switch, the thumbstick controls are fucking retarded; To switch ollie, I have to flick top DOWN with the stick rather than up like with a normal ollie.That doesn't make any sense at all to me, top down with the foot should be for a nollie/fakie.Normal stance tricks are fine. Session also doesn't do that.Is there any way to change that? Not even an hour into the game yet and so far I really like the default map(s), but really annoyed with that control behavior.
>>218421On pc? You can maybe get a mod but not sure. You just need your brain to think of switch and nollie as the same. I played SXL before Sessions and I had problems going the other way but got used to it. I think modded SXL is a much better game.
>>218423Yeah PC, I'm still messing around with mods so may find something, but thinking like you said it may just be something I'd need to get used to.So far I definitely prefer the gameplay in Session but will give SXL a bit more time.
>>218424XXL 3 is the most important mod for gameplay, copy some youtubers settings then you can customise to what feels nice.
What videos inspire you guys to go out and skate? For me lately it's old plan b videos https://youtu.be/Lr955o-6O88?si=8ZV-KIzBdwArWHus
>>218490kino
>>218490Old: Baker 3Nu: Joslin's "it must be nice" video on youtube
>>218495baker 3 fucking rules give me more kino
>>218496Cheese & Crackers. Bag of Suck.
>>218490https://youtu.be/U7zg1qmXrv4?si=NBMoKTkQo9_MnmKj
>>218490There is a certain aura about the early 90s...I like watching Jason Rothmeyer
I don't enjoy watching skating anymore it all looks stupid to me, I never thought this would have happened, I thought I would be skater4life but nah, shits just gay nowI'm trying to find something adult to replace it but I can't find anything to get into, what do you guys do besides skateboarding for fun? besides drugs
>>218553gun in mouth time buddy>siri play System Of A Down – Sugar
>>218556I would never leave my neetbux
>>218557>neetbuxgovernment handouts? it's time to rope
>>218553Surfing and golf, but honestly you sound like a 22 yr old tard who thinks he is a big boy grown up now. Just go skate.
>>218562or if closer to 30 it's probably time you got serious about a career or starting a family or doing all the shit you want to in life. Clock is ticking and inevitably as you get older the responsibilities stack up, no matter how hard you resist. It is hard to enjoy the things you like with that nagging pressure in the back of your mind.
>>218563>tfw when you tried that and failedobviously projecting the kms over here but, fuck I want to - the injuries are lasting longer now, and I have a decent job - just a total fuck up with women and non of hobbies have women in themit's joe-ver bros
>>218553Then stop skating and stop coming to these threads
>>218563What if I'm in my 30s and have already ruined my life and im retired on neetbux
>>218582seppuku
>>218584No I was suicidal before the bux, now they're keeping me alive, I can buy a new pair of shoes every month
I spent my late 20s learning how to program and then couldn't find a job. Over that time I barely skated and got fat. I was a sad sack of shit. I wanted to rope, but instead I started skating as hard as I could and lost 40 pounds. I'm better at skating in my early 30s than I was in my early 20s. Now I'm a thin sack of shit and still unemployed. Life is a simulation. Movement is medicine
>>218553Fuck off
>>218564>>218582You guys realise he's a troll, right?
>>218598How am I trolling lil nigga
>>218593> Movement is medicineExercise is pretty solid for metal health, but the injuries stacking is so fucking wack>>218563this is legit advice, and he's right>starting a familythis one hits close to home, but shit is just so unaffordable, homes are insane, women are impossible to talk to, all my interests (hunting/guns, skating, surfing) are pretty much entirely male dominated - the less I talk to people the worse it gets, but skatings still pretty fun and it takes all my focus into the moment instead of the fuckery that is my life
>>218593Also in my early 30s and still progressing and learning tricks I never had in my teens or 20s. Stopped for several years in my mid 20s while I was busy with career/relationships.In a funny way my doomer mindset and realization that I'm getting older has made me have less mental blocks or hesitation with trying tricks - Like I'm less worried about injuries now despite being older because I'm thinking to myself, "Well, I either do it now while I still can, or I never do it."
>>218593>learning how to programdid you at least get a degree? dont tell me you fell for the learn2code meme lmao quite the opposite happened for me, got my cs degree, picked up skating was also unemployed for a bit then I landed a job and stoped skating for a whole year, became unemployed again and skated all the time for 2 years straight, just got a new job and i couldn't care less about skating. but i think it's more of a community thing for me, i don't like the people at my locals at all, being unemployed meant I could skate when they were all at work and the park was empty. wish i had a little isolated spot i could skate near me.
That pumptrack with slurry paviment already fucked up my brand new bearings in a single sesh, the dust that lays on it is really bad. Now I know why my old bearings suddenly went to shit.
>>218604>metal healthBANGYOURHEAD
>>218553Imagine giving this much of a fuck. Get out and skate, join the other old heads at the park, you're in the club now. Unless your park is FULL of zoomers, then be a mentor. Skate coach, collar at some hot skate moms, get involved in the skate industry. Start something. Hold it down for your skate scene like the old heads before you. Everything in skateboard is brought was brought to you by adults who gave a fuck, paid it forward, and found a way to make a living doing it.
>>218645based motivator
>>218645based unc
>>218645Wow I typo'ed up a lot there, was on wicked little sleep. tl;dr though: cringe accelerationism
zoomers at skateparks are a total vibe killer. i think i'm just going to stick to diy spots and slappies. it's not fun to be around autistic turbo competitive zoomers when i just want to have fun skating.
>>218693mexicans at costco are a total vibe killer. i think i'm just going to stick to whole foods and trader joes. it's not fun to be around beaners with their entire family when i just want to have fun shopping.
Can anyone tell me what pants these are? Need pants like dickies without being dickies
I'm never going back to using grip.
>>218699Chinos?
>>218695Agreed
>>218703Not a fan of finger flips, but I respect that you are posting clips. Happy new year bro!
>>218720dude has no grip doin shovs im impressed
Rip to all the homes that didn't make it to 2025Izzy and z rip I'll remember yall niggas
I wasn't gonna make it either but a nurse knocked on my door as soon as I put a bottle of pills in my mouth, God is real, so is the devil, and he's a fag
>>218733you weren't going to follow through pussy
>>218742Nah that was the one, looked in the mirror said good run and dumped em in, I was in the middle of a psychotic episode being gangstalked and I thought freemason nsa niggas were gonna set me up as a epstien pedo or were gonna turn me into a tranny for Hollywood
I have decided that I like Venture trucks marginally more than Thunders. Mostly because of nose slides.Thanks for reading my blog.
>>218720Thanks man, happy new year to you as well
pills is risky as fuck, just a shotgun inert gas suffocation>skateboardingalso if you're prone to psychotic episodes maybe its for the best
Any tips for manuals? I am trying to do it stationary, but I can't mantain my balance for long.
>>218769Easier while moving. Lean your entire body, not just at your hips. Smoke weed to loosen up before skating.
>>218720Monkey flipsHappy New Year /esg/
>>2179902025 being at the skatepark with a bunch of sweats and airpods zoomers is OUT skating baby ledges and curbs in parking lot with your washed 30 year old pals is IN
Maybe I'm just lucky, the zoomie locals at my park are pretty chill and actually skate. It is a bit funny to me how popular fingerboarding has gotten though, not at all uncommon for some of them to bust out a fingerboard and some toy obstacle and sit down doing that shit instead of skating a full session lol.
>>218797skating street is OUTvert ramps are IN
does anyone else find that arranging to skate with people over the age of 30 is impossible? i know there are a bunch of oldfags around here who skate but it seems like in general they all just skate by themselves, whenever i ask them if they want to go and skate it never happensnot sure if there is just something wrong with me, idk, i'm not a terribly good skater but i don't think i'm so uncool that it's hard to be around me. idk maybe it's just california. people are weird here.
>>218806Come to Portland. It's a man-child's paradise.
>>218806I'm 31, the only other regular "oldhead" at the park is a decent margin above me and 45 years old.I've been skating with him for almost a year and still don't have his number/Instagram. We just have an unspoken agreement of 8PM, and we both go at least a few times a week so we run into each other often.
the only people i see at the skatepark are homeless people or cops. i haven't even spoken to another skater in like 10 years
>>218806come down to 浅草 tomorrow and i'll skate with you
>>218806i think cause once you get to that age you realize most people especially skaters suck ass and are annoying lmao well thats what i've come to realize over the years. it's best to just go start a family, have non skate friends and skate by yourself.
>>218808i've been there, i really liked skating glenhaven. that park is so fun. perfect mix of transition and some fun street obstacles.are there any cool diy spots in portland other than burnside? i'm sure there are lots of them, right?
>>217990fusilli grind is not good enough at skating for me to care about his opinion, how does that fat dork even have an audience
>>218805Has Tony Hawk ever skated street? Just for fun?
what's the most cost effective solution to the deck problem?
>i like to think /esg/ is slow because everyone is just busy shredding
>>218813Yeah there's a lot. Big DIY culture here. They come and go. One on the PSU campus right now is popular. There's another near a public pool on the east side that's good.
>>218002You have to work at it. it doesn't come easy. you really have to put in some time to figure it out but it's fun once you get it. nowadays people are putting too much tranny up to them but i like the ones where it's still got a decent amount of vert and it's challenging
>>218825Sweet summer child
>>218806>oldfags>>218812>this postA little suspicious>>218829Here's the true MVP of the last 15 posts
>>218828Becoming sponsored?
>>218828>what's the most cost effective solution to the deck problem?get a job, support the skaters you like>>218856>Becoming sponsoredmost sponsored skaters have to work to supplement their income, most can't make a living being a professional skater, and fuckwit out here is talking about "board problem"
>>218828Time to find a job anon lmfao.Or look into blank/shop boards to save some cash.
i'm gonna get my kickflip this year
>>218828put $500 in bitcoin yesterday and wait 1 (one) month
Zane Timpson vax status?
I bought a board, what now?
>>218886he looks someone who would
/esg/ really ought to have meetups. It'd be fun to sesh with you guys, if anyone is vaguely in the same areas. Northeast US here, willing to travel and meet at a good park or spot.
>>218895go bomb steepest street in your town, trust me
>>218898You should beat up your photographer
I can inward heel but not varial heel :-/
>>218828>lurk the sale gear thread on slap for board sales>buy shop decks>stop buying a new deck every two months and just regrip your current deckthere used to be this site called skatesamples that sold super cheap good quality blanks but the site doesn't work anymore.
>>218886>died of a HA right around the time the vax came outgeee i wonder
>>218919retard
>>218918how do i get in the slack?
>>218898i think we're an intercontinental bunch
>>218918>lurk the sale gear thread on slap for board salesbarf>just regrip your current deckDOUBLE BARF
>>218937I went there again>vegan shoes
>>218925how's the experimental clotshot working out for ya BUD
>>218930Hellz yeah>>218938Has Slap really gone that woke? Was the Jason Jesse thread a psyop?
>>218940Slap is insanely woke nowadays and if you let on that you are at all right wing they will find a reason to ip ban you. It's basically reddit. Not sure what caused this.
>>218942>Not sure what caused this.Jews.
>>218909I can backside flip but not frontside flip :^|
>>218769stick your arms out in front of you. helps with balance. also being in motion. imo, the faster you're going the easier it is to balance. of course, not too fast.
>>218942I am not rightwing at all, but I remember Slap used to take the piss out of everything in the industry, basically a Gifted Hater before Gifted Hater
>>218942Absolute DEI shithole. I literally got banned in less than 5 minutes for "misogyny" after finally posting on the Cole thread despite knowing better suggesting that it was a bit ridiculous that people there were crucifying him over accusations from one single source, no hard evidence, and no formal charges.May they all snap their ankles and sack their balls - Chickenshit attitude infecting skateboarding. But most of them don't even skate so they're probably safe.
>>218951Skateboarding is inherently right-wing.
Broke the curse of not skating for 3 years cause I ate a bunch of gas station kratom pills and was feeling juiced, some young niggas tried to make a diy in my town I never ran into himExhibit a
>>218969Exhibit b
I got a rock fakie clip too but the file is too big, sucks bros I'm still feeling juiced I might buy a pair of white 1s
>>218958skaters hate cops
>>218978Our local cops liked us skating at the high school because we kept vandals away. Skating is a positive thing, not about degeneracy.
get a load of this bootlicker lol
what helped you get your first kickflip?
>>218978distrusting police is a virtue shared among all decent folk
>>218983Seeing it happen in my mind.Made sure my front foot knew what it was doing.It was a heelflip.
>>218969careful with that gas station shit bro. If you are going to take kratom you should be getting it wholesale. Google Mitraman
>>218983I was 12 and I skated on carpet religiously. I actually learned heelflips first (a common phenomenon from what I've heard) and then that spring I figured out how to kickflip and heelflip rolling. I remember straight up calling my friend on my Nokia and telling him about it I was so hype
>>218978So do true right wingers lol
ryan carrell inward heelflip #2 on quartersnacks today was insane. What video is that from?
>>218978See >>218984 and >>218995Cops are universally hated these days unless you are one.
Yea cops are gay but I just got 5 grand and I'm wondering what I should do with it to stack more, any ideas bros?
>>219015
>>219015buy chainlink>>218995>muh true right wingergo back to plebbit you left v right clueless bluepilled nigger
elon is apparently planning on buying 4chan so get your last good shitposts in now>>218996it should say on the qs website what videos all the clips are frombut here I did the work for ya https://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/trash/kevin-perez-s-lore-video/>>218970>>218969looks like a dope grom junk spot, bring a metal filing cabinet to use as a box, you could probably bring all the junk you wanted there to skate like tompkinsalso to all the retards in here slap hates beatrice domond so its not dei shit and they hate obvious shitposter kooks so just try putting more efforts into your posts and not just say stupid 4chan shit the day you make your account. its literally like lurk moar newfag. ive said stupid shit before and not been banned idk what your fags problems are. maybe try reddit
>>219033>but here I did the work for yaThank you so much!
>>219033Have fun walking on eggshells and biting your tongue on the slap faggot forums then faggot
>>219037what the fuck would i have to bite my tounge about faggot? if you cant behave properly and be articulate on a forum with actual rules and community then stop being such an immature retard or stay here and deal with all these losers.
>>219033>has redditor mentality>maybe try redditno u
Lipslides on flatbars are fun. Need to work on hitting more of the rail, then nut up and throw it on the bump-to-bar.>>219018Maybe a bit random, but has anyone tried skating a miniramp in a room with an 8ft ceiling? If so how was it, and what height was the ramp?>t. same idiot desperately trying to find any way to cram a mini somewhere on his property
So I'm exploring other footwear than skate shoes, I'm into nigger shoes at the moment, what should I buy these...
>>219071Or these
>>219071>>219072why do you feel the need to call them that?
>>219074Cause I'm 4channing rn, so which ones
>>219076neither, cornball.
>>219078Damn your really mad lol why can't I say that word
>>219079i don't think the material of either shoe would skate well and the incline on the sole looks awkward and too thick for good board feel
>>219083They're just for chilling not skating if I wanted to get shoes to skate I would try these diadoras, I've never seen anyone skate diadora
>>219085ahh i see, well take this shit to >>/fa/ if you want real answers. the red/orange ones look the coolest out of the two imo tho
Everyone post their dream shoes
If you don't take fashion and your fits seriously you suck as a skateboarder
>Lakai is kill>Etnies, Es, Emerica are killI encourage anyone in this thread to buy anything other than Nike, NB, Adidas corp slop. Skate shops shouldn't even carry that shit.
>>219097all my skate shop does is hold fucking nike dunk raffles its sooooo gay. our local is busted as fuck to and needs bondo and they don't do shit about it but they will take your nike dunk money no problem!!!
>>219097If you think the big three make slop and the core stuff is the good shit then you def got brainwashed by the skate industry jew, it's not 1999 anymore
>>219099>yes, the skater owned companies of the 90s with culturally relevant imagery and marketing are to blame, not the multi-billion dollar megacorps of today
>>219097>>219099new balances look like dog shit i think their days are numbered, asics as well. i give them both 3 years max.
>>219101Yea they're to blame but they have the best shoes also so what are you gonna do? Wear inferior shoes just cause you're mad? Not me I will help ruin it further
Also sorry for calling them nigger shoes fbi i know its trashy it's a 4chan habit, just making a note for my fbi file
>>219102I give like 35% of brands 3 years left
youtube found me a big titted lebanese skater waifu
>>219107Post
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqOu8nGDUwc
>>219097Don't care still skating blazers. Soletech shit lasts like 2 weeks and has terrible quality control
https://youtu.be/7Lh6m11oziU
>>219128inb4>be andy roy>playing up being a "core skater" for Rupert Murdoch owned Vice™ TV>start abusing random dude for wearing consolidated hat>act like asshole wanting to fight>birdo rolls up>problem(?).jpg>towers a foot over Andy Roy>he shits himself for the first time since his meth addiction>andy roy immediately backs down>starts playing victim>i dindu nuttin >i was just saying>i already said it i dont wanna again>do what you need to>*realises birdo is a regular human who doesn't want to beat up a retarded junky*>slowly gain confidence again>and fuck that kook>*points at random guy*Absolute tard.
Spitfire, Pig, and Bacon should do a collab together.Because it'd be funny.
these vans ipath cats knockoffs have way too much boardfeel. there's like no padding at all. are actual ipaths like this?
>>219142I still have a pair of the original cats that I only skated once around 2003. Still look fresh af.
>>219143giwtwm.these fucking things gave me a blister in like two hours
>>219144did u hide a dime bag in the little pocket
>>219096I suck as a skateboarder
>>219097>Lakai is killIs it??
>>219097Etnies and Emerica are far from kill
>>219158>>219159They all axed their entire team, they're irrelevant now as a skate company. Also means no new footy.Adio was the first company I can think of that pulled this ~15 years ago. When's the last time you saw someone skate (or even own) a pair of those?I don't remember exactly what happened with Adio, but recently with both Lakai and Soultech both of them were sold to private investors. Lakai's outlook was immediately grim as the person who bought it confirmed immediately he not only had no legitimate interest or connection with skating but was also just a dog shit person. Soultech sold last year which was immediately concerning, but the purchasing group were "skaters" and also had brands with snowboarding so people were hopeful that it may work out - Apparently not.Kind of interesting is a very similar thing happened with Fallen when they came back into the market several years ago, it's some private holding group or something that owns the brand now, but for whatever lucky reason whoever's running the books for Fallen is still investing in the team and tours. Hopefully that holds out for as long as possible, I know some people consider Fallen's image to be dated but I appreciate how they've stayed true to their roots (and that they still have a team, recently putting Billy marks back on. Hope he gets some new footage).The old, smaller skater owned brands couldn't compete with mega million dollar companies like Nike, so over the years they've all either sold out (and then gradually bled out the team and culture) or essentially just closed up shop.
>>219097I bought a 10 euro primark shoes that looks like a nike/DC hybrid, changed the soles and glued a vulcanized piece of cloth to the dominan foot.Yes I'm poor, but still, the prices on branded shoes are shameless.
>>219110I wanna have sex with her; if you know what I mean.
>>219128>ManowarHoly fucking BASED.
>>219163Post shoes
>>219175
>>219177Damn euro I feel bad for you, lol thats retarded but sick, I get 700 bucks each month in america on neetbux, what's the average wage over there
>>219184Man on that neetbux check I would become the king, the true is it would led to a fast autodestruction but what a one would it be
>>219177lol those shoes are the sickest thing posted on/xs/ since that guys diy ramp. Props for having no excuses and getting out there anon.
of the basic tricks which ones are the most essential to master?
>>219207Slappies
>>219207To what end? Tony Hawk doesn't need kickflips on lock and Nyjah doesn't need to learn to tuck knee grabs. But they all need to be able to be comfy rolling fast. So maybe rolling.. is rolling a trick?
>>219211>So maybe rolling.. is rolling a trickconsidering how many people have asked me how to get good at skating when they can hardly even stand on the board, can barely push and roll and stay on it yes I would unfortunately call it a trick. dont ask me how tf to kick flip or even ollie if you cant ride around comfortably.
>>219211i would count riding ability as an essential to master skill. i'm at a wall with learning my kickflip and i wonder if their are some essential tricks i should learn to help get past the wall
>>219215hippy jumps to get used to the board being detached from your feet then landing on it again
>>219211ROOOOOLLLLING DOWN THE HIIIILLLLL
>>219110I love big skater girl titties
>>219161>They all axed their entire team, they're irrelevant now as a skate companyNo fucking way
>>219215Can you make the board flip? Just the board.
>>219221
>>219221but wait deres mmooree
fat shoes bros how are we coping?>>219224was tom asta still putting out parts or just doing youtube these days?
>>219227>was tom asta still putting out parts or just doing youtube these days?I have no idea the full drama I dont really care for tom asta but if he decided youtube was more successful for him than filming parts for a shoe sponsor thats kinda really telling about the state of things. he mentioned in the video they never went on trips or were really ever doing anything he mentions having to drive out to "trips" on his own, they couldn't even rent a fucking van or get guys plane tickets. like even the smallest homie companies can get a fucking van.
>>219228Tom said in the video they gave positive feedback and other sponsors are stoked on it. Its free publicity for the brand and they don't have to do shit. Sucks, those shoes were my childhood.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQnXa2rg58Y
>>219227Asta actually said he makes more money from doing youtube videos. Apparently he wasn't even getting paid from ES for several months. It's embarrassing how all of the so called "core" rip off their riders all the time. The other anon is right. Even regular dudes go on trips and rent a car and ES couldn't even do that. The skate industry is a complete scam.
>>219207manuals in all stances have pushed my skating a lot
>>219232>>219228not to hate on him but i do think that for a team as small as es, he was kind of the weak link at least in sense of if you had to cut someone, he's the only one you really could cut without blowing up the brand again. (arguably kelly could've taken the hit but there are probably enough 9club boomers buying shoes)also nidecker is a snowboard company and most snowboard brands these days have maybe one or two pros at most and a shitton of flow kids. that's probably the kind of program they want to bring into skating.taking joslin off etnies makes no fucking sense though.
big corpo brands basically allow skaters to have their own small core brands which push creativity in skateboarding. i support nike in skateboarding.
>>219246If you get backing and do collabs with corporate overlords you cannot call yourself core.
>>219231>Tom said in the video they gave positive feedback and other sponsors are stoked on it. Its free publicity for the brand and they don't have to do shit.thats cool I half assed watched the video cause I cant stand videos where some guys vlogging in his car lol. i think he still has powell in his pocket, making good youtube money do what ya gotta do at this point i guess. >>219232>Even regular dudes go on trips and rent a carseriously dude the really good skaters I knew growing up and even now would pull money together to rent a van or buy a cheap one to go on trips even if they werent even flow or anything, they just wanted to skate different places/travel together, the fact a supposedly "major legacy" shoe brand couldnt do that is ridiculous especially when backed by the biggest podcast in skateboarding. >>219243>not to hate on him but i do think that for a team as small as es, he was kind of the weak link at least in sense of if you had to cut someone, he's the only one you really could cut without blowing up the brand again.dude fuck eS they simply should not exist anymore, they tried to restart as some "were coming back" shit and brought what 5 or 6 people on the team at start? ive never seen someone in the past idk how many years wearing eS, ive seen fallen, last resort, ive seen boomers wearing cariumas, Ive been made fun of for wearing etnies but I have not seen someone wearing eS in fucking years. and now that soletech is completely sold out, who even cares. if your buying those shoes its not because of kelly hart its because of tom penny
What the fuck shoes do I skate now? I guess Fallens..
Got me old man skate board. nice Santa Cruz cruiser. only pushed mongo my whole life. got out and learned how to pus regular, goofy, regular mongo, and last im going to learn is goofy mongo. pretty fun. all i been trying to do is get my pushes and stances down. did a couple ollies last summer. next summer maybe get my last push stance down and go skating more.
>>219257nah cant go fallens chris cole and and jamie thomas are such obvious pieces of shit. im sorry i grew up idolizing them but growing up also involves realizing your heroes might not be the people you thought they were. i went from vans to sole tech, I cant invest in lost soles or whatever tf, I think new balance might be the way to go sorry boys, ive met too many good people skating em and on flow for em to not fuck around and try some shit, it hurts but whatever at this point. i have state x fred gall x habitat shoes on ice if I ever I wanna feel really core again
Core is gay teenage shit
>>219246gr8 b8 m8>>219257Fallens are great and their website does sales constantly. Corsairs are my favorite high tops I've ever skated. I'd recommend them.>>219263Chris is (unfortunately) off Fallen and Jamie hasn't had anything to do with the brand in over 10 years, threw a massive fit and got his tattoo removed when the company resurfaced lmao.
I'm going to look for a spot where I can practice rolling and turning now
when I try pushing switch I literally look like I have never stepped on a skateboard
>>218825Mate he did an entire street video in the early 90s when vert was dead
>>218958Pfft. It's anarcho-leftist
>>219071All sneakers are "nigger shoes" if you're using them for fashion rather than sport.
>>219270I did it for about 30 minutes a day and got it pretty well down within about a week. just dedicate your time and focus on that only and you will get it.
>>218958>>219274What if it is neither but just a sport?
I would contend that Skateboarding is White culture. Looking at the roots which were Californian Whites using skateboards on days when there were no waves. There is no inherent right to weather people can skate or not. just respect the roots.
>>219269unironically those asphalt bmx tracks are really good for this if you have one nearby. ditches are also pretty good if you're willing to sweep a little >>219256i've been running es ever since supra died because i seriously just cannot skate thin shoes anymore and accels are pretty much the only chunky skate shoe still left on the market. i had to skate these thin ass vans all week in tokyo and it was miserable, even walking around in them sucked. i was getting shinners THROUGH THE FUCKING SHOE. like i didn't even land primo or anything the bolts just grazed the side of the shoe but because these fucks have zero padding whatsoever that went right into my feet.
>>219256>Ive been made fun of for wearing etniesWhy? They are a legit brand
>>219263New Balance is sponsoring Tyler Surrey
>>219267What are you talking about? Didn't he bring it back?
>>219291It is equally chicano, if you're going by that. And skateboarding had a black pro long before surfing (Larry and Buttons were hawaiian)
>>219292DC may have some shoes that would work for you, Fallen Patriot XP (eXtra Padding) may also be good.>>219297Fallen was bought and resurrected by an investment company called "Town Connection", rumor at the time was someone there really liked the brand and wanted it back "just because". So far seems like it may have been true since it's been 7 years now and they still have a full team and do small tours. I hope they keep going.Jamie lost Fallen/Blackbox years ago because he mismanaged his finances. Threw a little fit when someone who wasn't him brought Fallen back, dramatically removed his iconic forearm tattoo.He talked about it on his first Nine Club interview years ago, but the video isn't timestamped so I don't know at what point.
>>219300Blacks and South Americans never invented the WHEEL. Therefore it is absolutely, factually impossible for either race to originate a wheeled hobby.
>>219295zoomers and cool guys™
>Es, Lakai, Etnies, Emerica>literally the same tecnhology/sillhouettes for 30 years>priced the same as Nikes/Adidasas someone whos been skating for 20 years: fuck all those "core" brands seething about the "big corpo" nowadays. Big corpo make better, prettier, even less expensive shoes that are 10000x better then any model from the "core" brands. MF's think they can sell a shit product and the consumers would just eat their slop. Long live to big corporation shoes that are actually great to skate with. Look at Fallen, their "comeback" was with literally the same fucking shoes they sold 20 years ago, they think that "muh golden era nostalgia" alone would sell that shit, what a bunch of retards.bought a pair of those Nikes for like 70 dollars, as someone who skated converse/vans/narrow shoes almost all my life, my GOD how good those felt. They are comfortable and sturdy without being bulky, the soles feel comfortable while keeping good board feel. Im never going back to narrow shoes lol fuck that.
>>219361Based
pretty much every '''core brand''' from now on is gonna be propped up by a hedge fund with no connection to skating. as opposed to being propped up by tim gavin or tony vitello or dyrdekidk if the nideckers are gonna fuck up skateboarding but they let rome & bataleon stay 'core' and just do the same shit they were always doing. es is tom penny's retirement fund just like forum is jp walker's and jeremy jones' retirement fund. they'll keep selling to same shit to boomers just like the dudes who are still going out there and buying jeff phillips or hosoi boards.
>>219361Yeah man that's what I've always loved about skating, getting culture white washed by megacorps. Fuck skater owned brands lmao!
>>219361kook
>>219361>priced the same as Nikes/Adidasthis is just fucking wrong dude one year I got at least 5 pairs of etnies/emericas for like $100 and free shipping, theyve always been doing 50% off sales with free shipping and a stackable coupon code. they've kept me afloat with their sales and coupons and shit while dipshits like you pay full price for an ugly ass corporate cool guy shoe you fucking faggot kook.
>>217990i get bored of skating so fast these days, my sessions do not last more than 45mins before im over it, how can i amp my self up when i don't really feel like learning new things?
>>219300Ok well were all going to ignore that and remember the fact that everyone that started skateboarding from the riders to the skateboard makers were White. Most of the greatest skateboarders to revolutionize the sport, Being Rodney Mullen who invented most the flat ground tricks, to Tony Hawk who revolutionized the vert tricks. I'm sure in some smaller circles people would like to give credit to Mark Gonzales. but in reality whatever Mark accomplished was already done before him. including the manufacturing of skateboards to the tricks. I cant think of a modern skateboarder that has revolutionized the sport except Andy Anderson that has gone back to the roots in styling where old has become new again.Hispanics haven't really done much, neither blacks when it comes to the sport in the grander theme of things. without being completely ignorant, yeah there are black skaters, there are Hispanic skaters. many greater than me. but this isn't a lesson on the people that came after, but the original pioneers. lets get back to the original idea that Hispanics were not really know to be surf bums, surf culture, they weren't the beach boys they weren't the pool carvers or hill bombers. respected in their own rights. but Skateboarding always was and will be foundational in White heritage.
>>219389who the fuck cares man
>>219390I do and you don't. so indeed.
>>219389Stacy PeraltaSteve CaballeroTony AlvaTommy Guerrero
>>219389AlsoSalba/MalbaJesse MartinezTim Jackson
>>219393Peralta and Alva are white, Cab is Filipino. All four of those are predated by the original skaters which were middle class white surfer kids in the early 60s.
>>219389and you are getting fucking mogged by japs now, a white man will never step foot on a podium again
to me skateboarding is simply american culture
https://youtu.be/amsBFLS0qqo
>>219389i aint readin all this chief. just go jump off a bridge or whatever
>>219389We must secure the existence of white skateboarding and a future for white children
>>219397Everything cool is American in origin
>>219389Whoa nigga you think I'm reading all that shit
>>219396Thats fine, I respect Japanese more than whatever else is skateboarding these days. Long gone are the days of Paul Rodriguez and soon to the days gone of Nyjah Houston. For its time new Skateboarders to take back the scene. the man doing that now is Andy Anderson. especially since he is not only bringing about new deck designs never seen before. but also bringing back the old ways of Skateboarding for a new era. if you were doing any old school tricks like Andy did 10 years ago. you would have been laughed out of the skateparks. But he has made it cool again to enjoy the different side of skateboarding and reblended the culture.
Andy Anderson is a gift of God sent to liberate us from the Globo Homo Nyjah Houston Nike grift.
>>219407>>219406Literally all modern pro skaters are sellout kooks and corpodrones. The era of skaters tagging up swastikas on spots they like to scare off outsiders is long dead.
>>219408Andy Anderson doesnt need to kickflip El Toro. thats not the point. he shreds his own way. thats the difference.
>>219389based
take the andy anderson talk to the skaters over 50 facebook group you fucking boomer faggot kooks. anybody who likes andy anderson skates a maximum twice a month and does just skates around the park not doing shit
>>219408you deserve to get raped by andy roy in prison
I'm watching Andy and Rodney on Tonys podcast now if you don't like it you can suck my wrinkly old boomer nuts
IM GOING FUCKING CRAZY I HAVENT BEEN ABLE TO SKATE EBCUAS EO FTHIS GODMSN WEATHER INE LIK 2 WEEKS IM ABOUT TO FUCKING LOOSE IT FUCKFUCKFUDKFJDSJFSLJFL
>>219418i dont care if your a 2003 ass oldfag you need to go to facebook you're probably some election tourist boomer anyway. probably hasnt even skated in months
>>219421>nom nom nom nom nomkeep sucking
>>21938845 mins is enough to sweat the shirt
>>219419I feel this. Its dry outside, but its below freezing temps
>>219447>>219419i can survive a little below freezing but the wind here is so fucked up plus all the spots I usually skate are salted like french fries cause east coast over reacts every time theres a chance of a little snow
>>219223yeah i can get the board to flip and can catch it with my backfoot, but no matter what i've been trying my front foot goes straight to the floor.
>>219216i'll try this anon
>>219462its all in your shoulders anon, shoulders straight and commit
Should I get better at pushing regular or should I start pushing switch?
>>219467what the fuck kinda stupid ass r/newskater question is this
>>219468A question made by a new skater that doesn't use reddit.
>>219470If you're asking you should probably focus on pushing regular. Worry about switch once you can ollie.
worry about switch once you have some actual experience skating, ollie, pop shuvs front shuvs, fs180s, bs 180s, kickflips, fakie big spin, bs bigspin, fakie 180, fakie 360, fs 360, half cab, full cab, fakie flip, fakie 180 flip, half cab flip, 5050s, 5-0s, crooks, fs flip, bs flip, fakie pop shuv, fakie front shuv.switch is something you learn after your already good at skating. some of you retards are going about this like the chinese teach their skaters.
not to mention all the easy nollie tricks you could learn ffs
>>219476Tony Hawk and Jason Ellis taught that chubby manlet korean comedian how to ollie in 5 minutes.
>>219462gotta agree with the other anon, it sounds like your upper body is misaligned. if you're getting the back foot to catch you're 90% of the way there>>219467i kind of like picking a few days a week where i skate switch all day. but it also depends on the kind of skating you like, if you skate tranny you're pretty much going switch half the time already so you don't even need to worry about it.
Imagine being a skater in L.A. right now and NOT filming a part amongst the flames and ruins.
>>219477nobody knows what youre talking about faggot but i bet it was some staged bullshit
>>219473well that's if you just want to be a flat rat
>>219484what the fuck are you talking about faggot those are all tricks you can take down stairs or do on a bank, i mentioned 50s, 5-0s, and crooks as easy ledge tricks.im sorry I forgot to add rock n rolls and rock to fakies and axel stalls you fucking dipshit retard.
how the fuck is "learning to push switch" immediately after starting not gonna make you any more of a flat rat you absolute fucking retard
>>219479it feels like the last 10% is the hardest part, i've been working on it off and on for the whole past year. I know i'm gonna get it this year!
>>219487i always had the opposite problem (front foot catch, back foot hanging off) and what really helped me solve that was learning kickflip mannys, so maybe you could try doing kickflip nosemannys and see what you need to do with your body position to land like that.
>>219482Everyone knows what I'm talking about because I literally told everyone.
>try to 50 the ledge, stick and eat shit>okay i'll just work on stalls then>instantly slip out and eat shit
>>219473>fs180s>bs 180s>fakie big spin>fakie 180>fakie 360>half cab>full cab>fakie flip>fakie 180 flip>half cab flip>fakie pop shuv>fakie front shuvDONT LEARN TO RIDE SWITCH YOU KOOK LEARN ALL THESE TRICKS FIRST THAT REQUIRE YOU TO RIDE SWITCH
>>219487Sounds like you are afraid to stick your front foot on because you'll slip out backwards. Have a go manipulating where your body weight is before you pop, it should feel like an ollie. I reckon you just need more weight in your front foot.
I need to get my ninja skills back :(Fun times back at the Dojo today tho
>>219494you dont skate please go, fakie and switch are not the same thing. >>219491no, nobody has any idea
>>219497Shut up kook you roll one way or the other, you fakie flip and you land switch. Post heelflip.
>>219498>Shut up kook you roll one way or the other,ok your retarded>you fakie flip and you land switchso dumb bro you are an idiotthreads over populated by faggots that only ever played tony hawk on the playstation. game over retards
>>219500You skate like a girl.
>>219502wow great insult from uhhhhh 1989 i guess?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqrD0Vl5Vo4rip patty mcgee
yeah I skate like this bitch ass faggot
>>219504>doesn't deny itlol skater girl.
>>219500Basically the same thing you pedantic tard. A beginner isn't learning fakie flips before he can roll switch. A 180 you land switch. Now do a 360 and roll away.
>>219513>A beginner isn't learning fakie flips before he can roll switchholy shit you faggots are retarded and musta been addicted to braille videos
do you normies not realize theres a thing as riding switch vs riding fakie or are you all too "pedantic" to realize that
pee pee poo poo
im gonna spam the thread now its broken 315 posts. if you should not be giving any kind of advice if you cant differentiate riding fakie vs switch you are an absolute fucking noob moron who should probably just shut the fuck up if you are comparing the two
I can't differentiate riding fakie and riding switch
when riding switch i can only push mongo :-/
Real skaters primo slide everywhere.
>>219520basadohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60C5eK8Sm2Y
I been thinking about getting a longboard. I currently have a flip-trick board, and a cruiser. I have also been debating getting a pennyboard, but im not a college kid and they are kinda a meme board IMO. just a casual and too old for the aspirations of ever achieving anything in the skate world.
These are my 2 boards. I got the cruiser so when i go to the race track i dont have to walk everywhere from grid to staging. I got the Darkstar Board all the way from Germany. I got it because its a Knight killing goblin grave robbers in a Christian Cemetary. Make of that what you will. I just been using the Darkstar at my standing desk to practice manuals while i shitpost.
>>219524you can find mini-longboards with a decent tail that can still ollie and pop up curbs and down gaps. they're pretty fun to ride imo. that's how i used to get to highschool until some fag stole it.
I have also been debating getting an Andy Anderson Complete......for reasons. Cant wait for Spring.
>>219525>using the Darkstar at my standing desk to practice manuals while i shitpostkek do any of you guys have similar practice methods?
>>219528Practicing indoors is underrated. just have a clean board and you can practice primo's or manual or just living on your skateboard. ive seen some people that have indoor practice set ups.
>>219514its factually correct statement>>219517me personally, I prefer to call them switch nollie flips to fakie flips
>>219525>I got the Darkstar Board all the way from Germany. I got it because its a Knight killing goblin grave robbers in a Christian Cemetary. Make of that what you will.It's very based, Chet Thomas is a legendhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zss09tCE5GI
>>219534I stopped skating for about 10ish years. Darkstar from what I heard became a meme company selling lower quality decks to walmart. people complain about their quality, but the Complete I got feels pretty solid for the price I paid. its not walmart quality, but it feels like 100 dollar complete.
>>219535I think they sell both, from memory in his nine club he said they do a level above walmart boards that can actually be skated by beginners then some more legit stuff too.Since im boomering it up and annoying the zoomies here is his part from Rodney vs Daewon R2 that i always loved.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygycO9qFqRw
>>219536Daewon is one of my favorites. he did have a style that mirrored Rodney's while he introduced a very clean, tight technique only achieved by doing shit like removing bushings. Very interesting, stupidity became wisdom.
>>219493better practice some switch pushing
>>219509menacing
>>219508I'm taking notes to my sw-push practicealso nice feetthese colorless people are so nice, like for another planet
>>219487I'm exactly where you are in terms of landing one. It's so frustrating, cause each session feels like 'this is gonna be the day, I'm gonna just stick it no matter what happens and take the slam if I need to' then first attempt, front foot goes down and sets the tone for the entre session. For me, it's because I keep thinking that after the flick i'm going to bring my front foot back too low/early and interrupt the flip and land awkwardly and die. After my sprain heals fully I'm gonna make sure I land one before April for reasons, but it's a decent goal to aim for. Here's some motivation for you, anon: If you don't stick at least one kickflip before end of Feb, your mother will die in her sleep.
>>219527I love the flight decks
>>219525>>219527>>219551
>>219564
>>219489>what really helped me solve that was learning kickflip mannys,Hey that sounds like a good tip
>>219604this dudes videos are hilarious. The seethe in his comments is the best
>>219534There is a strange trance that I get into whenever I watch Battalions
>>219537From that era, Haslam rules supreme. His Sterling Golden part is unforgettable.
>>219609Paul Machnaus part mogs 90% of todays proshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YcyUWt29BBE
I hate how modern skateboarding is all 20 step handrail grinds and HD 4k pro cameras set ups using stabilizers or straight up tripods. Im talking to you Nyjah with your 10 million dollar photo shooting a rail someone's already grinded before. Best stake vids are street vids with fish eye set ups IMO. gritty.
>>219604Been watching this guy since before he was NinjaLifestyle.
>>219604>Makes skateboarding better by telling people to do it clean. Thank you ninja for your service to the community in Making Skateboarding Great Again.
>>219610Haslam in Round 3 was and still is a complete mind melter.>>219618Yeah man I hate being able to see tricks and what the skater is doing, bring back 240p VX.
>>2196214k culture is gay culture. much like many things on paper it should be the best, but in practice its the worst kind of skate videos.
>>217990I'm 19 and just got my ollies to a decent enough position to go up small stair sets and stuff what should I do now. I don't really like pop shuvs.
