Fresh melons edition > old thread >>246295
>45 minutes drive to try a new skatepark>absolutely perfect sunny yet kinda chilly weather>not too many people>park looks awesome>roll around to warmup>cute lil warmup ollie>somehow instantly fuck up my hip adductor>just pushing hurts like hell, let alone popping anything>can't even ride switch>drive back within 10 minutes of getting therewell fuck me back to jerking off i guess
>>248124Been practicing my manuals for about a month now pretty much daily, now when I actually get out to properly skate my feet are cramping up constantly whenever I go for a manual/tictac/pivot, how can I avoid this fate? Take a break the day before I go out? I'd rather not lose my streak of practice
>>248140
>>248140I dunno I've never had my feet cramp man
my local just got these in. should I cop this?
Why is nobody commenting on my nose manual? We can do this the easy way or the hard way
>>248152You must become a tranny if you want (you)s
>>248154Don't fuck with me
>>248140>Take a break the day before I go outyeah you absolutely should take breaks, especially if you have pains that are not going away from one day to anotheralso if you're getting cramps it means you're not drinking enough water
>>248158Bro u did a nose manny on a bank what do you want people to say?
>>248145Fuck blind bags
>>248142you should have done a g-turn, faggot
>>248162Not a bad pointI guess, just "nice style" or something>>248165True.
>>248142nice clip
How you hittin this spot?
>>248161>More water, more footbaths, more breaks when I need themWill do, boss
>>248169Seems like a good makeshift manny-pad
>>248169looks interesting. those types of weird knick knack spots are a ton of fun.
>>248169Play with the steps
>>248168
>>248142I did a nose manual down a bank yesterday.
people are really buy this shit? has to be just pokemon kooks looking for a wall hanger or ebay flip right??
Bros im thinking of getting back in the lab and creating something. What is the game missing? Anything you guys wanna see?The vibes will be east coast
>>248202Actually nvm I'm just gonna chill in my room
gacha skateboards fucking brillant my CEO
>>248205Had to Google that and was scared to
heelflip up the euro
>>248145is girl the allocated tranny brand now?
>>248212unc didn't know what gacha meant LOL
>>248230tranny company
>>248228Nice
>>248124I've been getting more comfortable on my board lately, as I can do an ollie, but I always stop myself when I land. It's slowly, but surely getting better for me.
>>248145Is your "local" a Zumiez? None of my stores have these in stock except for Zumiez.
>>248228Why did you speed it up? Nice one breh
>>248247Does it look sped up? I didn't modify it in anyway, might be from the webm converter I used.
>>248264Even nicer then. This one isn't opening for me.
Lil bump
>>248267Lil grind
>>248142"Nice style" or something
>>248228>>248264Friggen shweet
gimme skate video reccs, preferably some older ones
>>248267>>248268Schweet. Are you allowed to skate there?>>248264Can't open this on the phone
>>248280Cops kick you out but you get like 30 mins
yeah we got them dragons
>>248282thanks obama!
>>248285Can't support spitfire after they put that post op lacey baker part out
When did you guys learn noseslides? I have:- high ollies going fast and over tall things- FS 5050s fast and high, learning BS5050s,- clean proper kickflips- Clean proper pop shuvs, front shoves- Long boardslides that I pop into instead of just kinda shimmying on the rail. Not sure why I haven't learned lips yet but I def could. - people compliment my pop and speed- basically I skate fast with lots of flow and proper tricks, but I only do very basics (but proper). - Proper BS and FS 180s. Non of that revert or lazy shit, I'm talking popped. Yet noseslides still scare the shit out of me. I kept slipping out last year and stayed away. Yet I see fat 50 year old men on reddit doing them....When did you guys learn them?
>>248297I think I had frontside noseslides before I had consistent kickflips, when I was 14 or something. I started skating with my neighbor in our suburban cul-de-sac, all we had was the super rough sidewalk and a ledge that was made of agglomerated gravel to do stalls on, I learned nosepicks before even trying fs 50s. I learned backside noseslides at 30 even though they're much easier. Maybe you could try rolling up perpendicular to a curb/ledge and ollieing into a nose stall, to get a feel for the right balance (stomp that shit, put all your weight on that one foot). And then starting stationary parallel to the ledge and ollieing 90 degrees into the stall (holy shit that might work for tailslides why didn't I ever think of it before I'll have to try it next session). Slappys could be a way to get into noseslides but I think it's harder and it's a different skill. Skating is 80% mental 20% physical, don't forget it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV9kIeoAxR4>Greyson Fletcher's new partMorbid Angel and skateboarding go together like White dick and asian pussy.
>>248297I always naturally felt comfortable doing bs noseslides, so they were one of the first ledge tricks I learned. I've done them on so much shit over the years. They are my most comfortable trick, easily. Its very often the first trick I do upon getting to my local. I do them so much that I have to be conscious of how worn down my baseplate is getting,
>>248124>>248124floridian anons!! are you guys going? it's this Sunday. demos are not that common anymore, you guys better go.
>>248302Damn I guess I just gotta force myself to learn noseslides then since they're a beginner trick. Maybe I'll try nosepicks first instead of rolling up at 15 mph like usual. >>248301I don't like this guys name
>skating the same trucks for over a year>deep grooves forming>think I maybe have a month or two left in them before they're worn down to the axle>pop out of a grind and eat shit>see my wheel travelling at mach speed in the distance>"my bolt must've come loose">pick up board>axle completely snapped>fuck.png>remember indy has a lifetime warranty>make a claim and send them in>get brand new pair for freeI fucking love Indys bros
>>248309Nice
>>248309Post grooves
>>248315Here is one of the pics I sent them for warranty
>>248299>Slappys could be a way to get into noseslidesIs the way especially he has board slides. He could learn them in an arvo.>>248317>hollowsdamn hope mine don't snap
Surely nose picks helps nose grinds not nose slides. It's exactly how I learnt nose grinds.. Started 90° at snail pace, slowly moved to parallel, then next few sessions I slowly added speed and grinded further til I could pop out.
>>248319They probably won't. I've gone through several pairs of hollows and grinded them down to the axle. This one probably had a manufacturer defect
>>248301That like a throwaway skate park edit
>>248297I will lose my kickflip if I don't keep doing it, but frontside noseslides are my favourites
>>248309>indy has a lifetime warrantyI know this but how does it work?
>>248328Once the truck gets worn down to the axle the life of the truck is considered over
My favorite shit is stalls on the bottom stair
I wanted to go to the park and have fun fucking around and film some shit for my friends.Went for a warmup today cause didn't skate for two weeks cause of work and sprained my shit doing a fakie ollie to a 50-50 down a bank coping.FUCK ME WHY CAN'T I HAVE SOMETHING GOOD FOR ONCE
you can only choose one.
I ride conicals because they're the ones I bought
>>248320Yeah nosepicks don't have anything to do with noseslides, it was just to give an example of how a limited environment pushes one to learn different things (we were of course also trying old-school freestyle shit like pogos and caspers because that's what you do on rough ground). Nosegrinds are piss easy though, literally just do a nose manual but on the edge kind of? That's what they feel like to me
>>248336I ride conicals because they're the ones the guy at the shop gave me when I told him I didn't know what I was doing.
>>248329Yes, but how do you get a new pair?>>248330Mine too, kek
Anybody fuck with the counterfeit gear? I need a new setup I'm thinking of trying everything but the deck
éS Sophistos, America Romeros, and Emerica Jameson/Callicut/Cresta/Barges are all on sale for less than 30 bucks. anybody got experience with them, which did you like best?
>>248391Etnies* Jameson...
>>248391I don't know I just know I would feel fucked wearing 30 dollar shoes
>>248336Generally, conicals are better for slides and grinds, whereas the full shapes are better for covering distance/maintaining speed. Also one has to always take hardness in consideration
>>248403they're on seasonal clearance. normally they're 70~.
>>248403Back in my day, $60 got you an expensive shoe. Today's prices are absolutely fucking insane and if you're not jumping on deep sales and stocking up instead of paying full price, then you're an idiot.
>>248336I'm a radial main currently
>>248403I just buy all second hand, i got hella lucky and found 3 pairs of janoski's never skated for 5 bucks each at a yard sale. Check Marshalls, and flea markets and goodwill, got an 80 dollar pair of new balance Westgate 508's for 23 bucks on clearance.
>>248408I buy 200 dollar airmax to skate in, but I think I will add more acg to the mix
>>248391Why are the smalls all sold out? How many women are skating?
>>248431chicks wear em for style. stolen valour
>>248391Also, in case anyone doesn't know, you can use promo codes for an extra 20% off.Etnies is DAN20 and és is SPENCER20.
>>248434how about Emerica? I'm looking at those Dicksons, heard good things about them
>>248435I skated them as my last shoe, were ok but a bit clunky.
>>248435I'm sure there is one floating around out there, I just don't know what it is.
>>248437I looked and I found DOWDY20.
PUT THE INSOLES BACK IN STOCK YOU NIGGERS
>>248170bs 180 to fakey nose manny kickflip out
>>248457Ever visualise trying a trick in your head but you just picture the perfect slam instead? I think I'd wiff the kicky, slip backwards and free fall to flats whilst flailing.
Will I look washed up learning at fucking 30?
>>248469Only if you worry about it
>>248469depends, are you a doughy loser?
>>248391>>248434Emerica is DOWDY20.ngl i'm thinking about getting two pairs just to learn flip shit in them.$24 for a pair is a steal
>>248509it's 37 after they gyp you on shipping. 10 dollar shipping for shoes, motherfucker they're SHOES! you could drop them out of the delivery plane and they'd be fine
>>248511Just buy enough to qualify for free shipping.
>>248506Is 5'9 at 180lbs doughy? I'm losing weight anyway
>>248514that's a BMI of 27, anything over about 24 is generally considered overweight. unless you're muscular, yeah that's fat.
>>248527>BMII've got some muscle on me, I'd say no more than 20% body fat, abs aren't defined but coming in
>>248565Just go skate what the fuck why do you need permission who cares?Haven't finished this but the first part was so sick - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PgxzrcCHDR8
>>248569oh no, theres a butch female doing roll on grinds.. abort! abort!
>havent been to the park or practiced for a whole semesterI'm scared that when I go ride again I'm gonna have lost all my ollie progress, not to mention ramp skating ability
>>248580Just go with no expectations
>>248580I haven't skated in years because I've just been bouncing from surgery to surgery but I full expect to do a switch hardflip first try within 5 minutes of stepping back on my board. Just be yourself.
>>248580Lucky faggot. Some of us have this thibg called "winter"
>>248201>literal Pokémon board in imageI cant imagine anyone would buy this with the intention of using it
>>248602I love Florida
>>248527To know BMI you also need waiste circumference.
>>248612total shot in the dark but I would wager the other anon is around a size 36.
>>24861338 for sure
Why does freestyle skating attract autists? I’ve been watching some videos especially videos with less than 1k views and it seems like most of them are autistic or at least they look/seem autistic
>>248682because it's all about repetition and patterns rather than style. Remember that several of the top freestyle pros of the 80s (most notably Rodney Mullen, Steve Rocco, and Per Welinder) were aspie nerds. And now that it's basically an extreme niche branch of the sport? forget about it. Like asking why there are so many autists in the Live Steam community.
>>248682I thought I was autistic once cause I got on a autism algorithm on Instagram, but yeah that's true its pretty obvious why though
Scored a free unused blank from somebody’s Craigslist yard sale leftovers. First board if gripped in ages I always just got the shop slave to do it for me.
>>248685Thank you for this answer. Very informative. Freestyle skating looks really cool. I’ve been thinking of getting into it since i moved somewhere that gets pretty wet and cold during the winters since i can just do it in a garage. I’ve mostly just skated out in the streets and the occasional skate park
>>248699>Not gripping your own boardsAt that point you're just borrowing someone else's board.
>>248726If the clerk offers to do it for free that's fine by me. I don't ask for it and if they charge I say no.
>>248682Why don't you try baseball or pastel colours instead?
I wanna get a shirt that says 'skateboarding is a crime, not an Olympic sport'>>248728>HFSAnever heard of em.
>>248685>top freestyle pros>RoccoNo.Rodney, Steve Harris, Per Welinder,Shane Rouse, the german guy who invented the Yo-Yo plant, Rocco stopped winning as soon as the 80s started.
>>248729Nice idea.Don't know what HFSA is either, FS obvioudly stands for freestyle.
>>248730I was namedropping him because he is a bit touched if you listen to him speak, and he skated freestyle. I had to stretch it a bit to get my point across, but he was definitely a pro.
>>248682>I'm autistic?
>>248727If the clerk offers to bring your girlfriend to climax free of charge would you take him up on the offer too?
>>248734difference is I don't fuck my skateboard. too rough, and the splinters are hard to dig out
>>248732>he is a bit touched if you listen to him speakRocco? No, that would be Rodney. Rocco is a textbook narcissistic prick, same type of egomaniac as Sharon Osbourne. Mafia types.
>>248751that's the chaddier form of autism. it's still steeped in a shameless disregard/ignorance for social norms combined with a lack of empathy. I guarantee if you tested Dark Triad types, most of them would be on the spectrum.
>>248612>>248613>>248626I'm >>248565Waist is 34
>>248682It’s fun
>>248727>the clerklmao
>>248776I’ve seen 3 freestyle skaters at the skatepark dressed exactly like this. They’re always dripped the fuck out. I should get into it
>>248864Do you really consider jorts and a random jersey to be...dripped the fuck out?
>>248874He is wearing shin pads too lol. Something I considered under jeans for ever but never did because it seemed too gay.
>>248890I’ve considered it as well but I never do. I don’t hit my shins often but when I do I immediately think “damn it I need to get some fucking shin pads” lol
Quasi is like one of the only cool brands out there
>>248893Formerly Mother
Went down some steeper drops today so I can get more comfortable dropping in. I can ride down an incline, but I still mostly bail when dropping in. I just need to commit more.
>>248897You kinda just gotta fall into it, be light as a feather and just drop straight down, you'll get it
>>248893This is what I just went with as a returning old faggot. Stuff is way cooler than anybody else. Everything seems much more outwardly gay now or even secretly gay. I legit almost bought a fat troons "pro" model deck
>>248776>double taileww
Gleaming the cube
Hope y'all niggas having a good day I'm at cracker barrel chowing down
>>248957Did you get a delicious dessert?
I went skating instead of going to thanksgiving
Got this from a friend too bad it’s only a 7.75
>>248993I wanna go back to 2013
>>248234hehehe
>>248336i dont feel a difference i buy formula fours then flat spot them with my autism
>>249029imagine not being at the best point of your life presently
>>249048I mean I am but shit still was better then
picked up a new deck on sale today. don't normally ride Element but they were $20 off (and it was the only board below 8.25 they had in the shop)
>>248993>>249160Ok that fucking does it I'm going to go fnd myself a 7.5" wet willy board fuck a zoomie its 2000s again
>>248937Why u hating bruh?
People need to start living in the future again I feel like motherfuckers been living in the past lately
>>>249048>bestsuperlative>>249119I mean I am but shit still was better then>I am (at best), but shit still was betterhow are you at your best, but it was better?
>>249200I just prefer smaller boards, I've always ridden 775s or 8s, and see no reason to change it now just because the current fad is for bigger boards.
>>249211I ride an 8.5 right now, and maybe I should try a slightly smaller board again because of how heavy it is.
>>249212I've considered making an early 90s-style board for fun, 9 inch double tail with some SML wheels.
>>249210The culture was better, you must be a zoom zoom to not know that, no matter how good I'm doing now doesn't change that
>>249223I did this with but with a 10 inch. I love it
I don't mind the weekend scooter kids at the park so much now that their moms are my age and hit on me
>>249264Nice
>>249264Nice I've been scared to go to the park since I turned into a silver fox, next step is to fuck them, check their finger for a ring
>>24925510 inch is a bit too 80s (I do have a circa-1988 setup with a SC Jason Jessee Neptune deck). I think by around 1991 boards had moved to around 9, 9.5, and by 93 they were consistently getting below 9. so, peak BPSM era would've been somewhere around 9.
>>248267>>248268For ants >>248297Fs 90 onto ledge, put ya head over ya nose, slide shrimple
Yerr
Anyone's local ever fuck them over and put them off ever going back?
>>249286Tell us what happened. Quite the opposite for me I actually stole shit from the skate shop so I can't go back
>>249293I helped the owner rebuild the shop park at least twice for free only for him to sell stuff to walk ins that he had already taken off the shelf and agreed to hold for me until I got out of work, so I'd drive down there only for him to tell me he sold it earlier that day.He did it twice in a row so I stopped buying anything from him and only skated the park once or twice more before I stopped going there completely.
>>249300That's not too bad just a little jewy. Well you learned a lesson, don't do shit for free except for your family.
>>249302I take solace in the fact that he lost his Nike contract a few years later and had to move to a smaller building with no park after he couldn't afford the rent at the previous one anymore.
>>249302>implying family won't be even more shameless in taking advantage of your generosityfamily members will outright shame and insult you if you don't bend over backwards for them, even whilst giving you nothing in return. pull the old "you ingrate, you OWE us [blank]" card, like kindness is a system of debt that you have to make payments on. fuck that. I only do stuff for people who have done stuff for me first. I don't ask for favours, but I give back what I get.
>>249303That is how Nike killed my frens shop too. Gave him a ridiculous contract he couldn't afford so they cut him off. Pretty certain that was their tactic, kill skate shops. Its why I hit kids in the head with my trucks if I see them in nikes.
>>249308Nike, NB, Adidas. the tres caballeros of megacorps fucking up skate shoes
>>249308It was the opposite, actually. His business exploded once he started selling Nikes and he made the mistake of neglecting other stuff to focus on giving Nike as much shelf space as possible, so when they opted to not renew his contract, his revenue dropped off a cliff and he was both scrambling to try and pull in other shoes to fill the void and dealing with more and more regular customers realizing they could just get their boards from the same sites they were now getting their Dunks from.
Skateboarding would become icky naturally, Nike just sped it up by like 5 to 10 years
>>249302That is bad and it would have pissed me off to no end, and stop calling it jewey
>>249308>Its why I hit kids in the head with my trucks if I see them in nikes.No you don't, but I wish you did. I wish we all did.
>>249309Name a better option. Other than Vans there are no good "core" shoe brands
>>249325>Other than Vans there are no good "core" shoe brands>Other than VansVans is deliberately trying to ruin people's feet, convince me otherwise.How about DC?
>>249325Emerica, Etnies, éS.
>>249325Vans is quite literally owned by Vanity Fair and I would argue that their concentrated push towards "lifestyle" shoes puts them further outside the realm of "core" shoe companies than Nike.And like that other anon said, I wore Vans for a long time since they pass the ESD metrics I need for my job purely by chance, but after a year of sticking icepacks on my feet every evening and convincing myself I'm just old, I swapped to a different shoe brand and started using these ugly and chunky ESD straps and suddenly I don't feel like both of my feet belong in casts come 5pm.
You guys really need to invest in good chillers you can't be wearing skate shoes 24/7>>249323I can call it whatever I want faggot ur gonna have to call the cops
>>249326>DClemme just run to mervyn's real quick and cop a pair lmao>>249327>he doesn't knowEven if they didn't just get bought out, they are piss poor quality and are practically unskateable within a few weeks>>249328The only Vans shoe I like are Halfcabs, but even those aren't as quality as what you can get from Nike, Adidas, or NB.
>>249323Speaking of Jewish people, have you guys heard about Yoav Nagler? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iKoeccJm7FI
>>249332Wrong video, sorry. This one is Nagler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ9iHq0M2Lo
>>249331got ourselves a live Big Shoe shill
>>249337Most of the skaters I know and see out in the wild skate Nikes, Asics, NB, Adidas, or Vans. It isn't 2009 anymore, sorry
>>249346I forgot to mention Last Resorts, but I've never tried them. They seem flimsy for how expensive they are.
>>249347https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh8KLbPqyysI feel like the only reason to buy them would be because you want to support a smaller skater owned company regardless of product quality.
>>249310Nike sb was exclusive to skate shops at the start. They then put limits on how small orders could be, hence why his shop became more and more nike shit. He was forced buy x amount, and if thats his most selling product then of course he will. Then they rugpulled the skate shops and undercut their prices. Skate shops either cut their contracts or ordered way too much shit that they couldn't sell anyway because nike was no longer exclusive to their shops. In retrospect you'd be foolish to not see this was their plan all along to get their slimey paws deep into skateboarding after previous failed attempts. This time ensuring no one else survived.
I skated lots of shoes and Emericas are the most consistent decent shoe for me. Adidas was worst. Unfortunately Nikes were good but I'd rather not again, felt like a fag rocking them.
Nike SB really has lost its cool factor though people are just skating in regular nikes now
>>249371the 80s are back
>>249353Bodecker was a real skateboarding fan and Nike was largely content to let him do whatever he wanted because his plan was to just modify existing shoe designs from the 80s, making the department as close to free money as you could get.The problem came when the Janoskis were released. That shoe was a victim of its own success and dragged the rest of the line down to hell with it thanks to beancounters who saw the numbers it was doing.
I gotta lose some weightI feel like 92 Kilos is putting more strain on my feet than I'd like, my front foot starts aching after 20 minutes of simply pushing around and my back foot really starts to ache after some prolonged manual and tic-tac paracticeHow skinny are you boys?
>>249328>>249391Wait, shit, I skate around in my worn in Rowleys, are they what are causing my feet to scream at me in pain?
>>249391Might also be a age thing under 200lbs isn't too bad. My ankle hurts every push cause I rolled it so many times so I hardly skate.>>249392Only way to tell is to try some different shoes
>>249391im on adderall and im down to 120 now>>249308if its any better i bought these secondhand sry pls dont iht me>>249329your a weirdo and thats coming from me
>first snow of the year todayugh
Wish I didn't give my board away im bored rn
>>249400You're not a weirdo, I bet you are a good person. Doesn't necessarily mean a warm person, just a person who wants good and isn't a danger to others. And I'll remind it to everyone, posting clips is /esg/ essential.Speaking of /esg/, I've been posting here for a good ten years, if not more. I wonder what has happened to other tripfriends of the past, like ThreadKilla (I know he moved to Slap and had a part in Tired 3), Black Anon and getoffmylawn.
>>249435What kind of webm converters do you guys use? I tried posting one here, but it banned me from posting on my IP address for a few days.
>>249282Bro how did you put holes in your tv
https://youtu.be/hxMkfTKrbpk?si=u--aB-aRHKiFw0RhFor Biebel being a pro skating was just a phase.
>>249442It's insane to me that his career ended because he filmed two people fighting without being involved himself.Nyjah Huston got arrested for beating up some random woman at a house party and he still gets pro shoes.
Tired of buying shoes that get destroyed on grip tape, Is rubber grip any good? heard it breaks really easy but never really tried it out or if its just a total gimmick.
>>249382>a skateboarding fanurrrhhhhgggggyyyyyyyhkkkkkkkkaaaaaa
>>249442I hope he drops a new part one dayhttps://youtube.com/shorts/ebRKFVbmR44?si=lggEyoR2v74Hltyz
>>249453rubber grip just gets dirty and then stops working
>>249437I just googled webm converter
>>249453eva foam grip works. i like it because its less grippy than mob but keeps its grip way longer. your shoes are gonna get fucked up regardless though
What do you guys think of the new polar guy with labububus
Anyone get a good Flack Friday deal? Best I saw was 40% off 3 yr old stock that's gone up in price $30 since it was released anyway.
>>249506Brooklyn Projects was having a 50% off everything sale, including things that were already on sale. I got a pair of Nike Vertebrae for $27.Overall, sales were shit this year.
Zoomer here. Were skaters in the 80s in better shape compared to today? I get that the tricks are better today but I’ve been watching old skate videos and a lot of these guys look to be in really good shape. As in muscle shirts with actual muscles and doing high hippie jumps etc. Basically a lot of tricks that involves their physical athleticism before using the board first. Compared to todays skaters that are usually of an average build, skinny, or skinny fat at least in the US
>>249490>$350I thought the stereotype was that skaters were broke
>>249521Zoomies will happily flip burger for 40 hours just to cop a supreme tee
>>249444He got dropped? I thought he quit skating
>>249565He quit because people he thought were his friends for over a decade turned on him instantly when a dumb internet mob convinced themselves that posting a video of a naked homeless guy getting into a fight with a food truck operator and saying it was fucked meant he had somehow instigated the whole thing. His whole list of sponsors was under the Girl umbrella, and they dropped him the very next day without so much as a text. He found out from a social media post.Dude got stabbed in the back by Mike Carroll and the rest of the team just kind of shrugged and deleted his number. I'd quit skating too.
>>249583Sounds like some slap shit. That's why I don't fuck with any brands they all fold super easy to these faggots.
>>249525This week is also their box logo week, so imagine they traffic they'll get for that.
> 35-year-old boomer who gradually stopped skateing somewhere between age 23-25> decide to buy a setup after having recurring dreams of skating at the park as if I never stopped> can immediately run and throw my board down, bomb hills, and do flip tricks, 180s, fullcabs, even switch tricks.> cannot keep the board under my feet very good when doing a fucking ollie.What the fuck is this shit? muscle memory is weird. it's as if my body remembers how to do everything but my sense of balance is completely gone. anyone ever start back skating after years away? how long does it take to get the balance back? I hope it comes quick, I'm paranoid that it will take years to build the cat like reflexes back up and that's depressing. ollies up curbs are sketchy as fuck yet I can full cab off of one. also, I know NOTHING about skate culture after like 2015. is the shake junt dude weed era over? what are the trends now?
>>2493919½st last time I checked a few days ago.
>>249516Park/vert skaters are still in top notch shape, have you ever tried to pop an eggplant? The trend is being a sleazy slob though, you don't really need to be athletic to grind big rails.>>249597these days being core is about fashion and energy drinks, but 70% of the new skaters are just troon-adjacent nerds who practice disgusting flatground tricks in (You)r way at the park. Kids will suck each other off over fucking dolphin flips while unable to do simple kickturns on a quarter
>>249597>can immediately do flip tricks, 180s, fullcabs, even switch tricks>cannot ollieWe cannot help you if you are blatantly lying to us like this anon.
>>249516people in general used to be in way better shape. seeing some ham planet waddling down the street used to be a rare event, rather than being 40% of the population. Men had twice the T levels on average back then, which leads to a higher 'resting' fitness level. Doing like 20 sit-ups a day would get you washboard abs back then, now you need an intense and dedicated weight training regimen just to cut through a potbelly. shit's fucked
>>249597>>249604cringe
>>249597The culture is very gay queer faggot centric now, your not gonna like it
>>249565he seems happier now, makes you think about what could beccome of us if we went to the gym instead of being faggots
>>249604>have you ever tried to pop an eggplant? The trend is being a sleazy slob though, you don't really need to be athletic to grind big rails.this megafag thinks tranny/vert is harder than street cryingemoji>>249615>your not gonna like itspecially when the fags are better than you lawl
>>249618It's okay to have never skated vert, but street skating barely involves cardio compared to transition skating, and the speeds and heights in street are rarely near anything like vert. Your worst slam is probably scraping your knee on a 6-set lol
Vert is in fact harder and requires more cardio
>>249617I've been trying to tell people how awesome quitting has been but they just think I'm trollin
some of the tubbiest skaters I see are bowl uncs in full pads.>they want to be like brandon biebellmao just lmao
>>249583So the answer was that he was dropped.
>>249639who are you quoting? the two fatties who skate in my area are both tech ledge guys, personal experience doesn't mean shit
>>249654This is cap. Fatties don't have the reflexes or grace to get good at ledges or street. Transition takes way less explosive power because you are being carried around by the ramps. Virtually no development of the muscles that give you good pop. There is a reason people that start skating late in life go all in on transition. Its easier to get good at. Same reason a lot of women skate tranny
>>249661>t. has never pumped hard enough to get actual hang timemake this post again when you can do a Christ Air, rather than just boardslide around the rim of a pool.
>>249606Most skaters i see nowadays are usually skinny twinks or skinny fat guys in their 20s. I occasionally i see the fat reddit types with glasses and a shitty beard but those are usually new skaters in their 30s
>>249665>Christ Airlul
>>249665He's trolling you
>>249605never said I couldn't ollie. I said the board does not suck to my feet very well on an ollie, it's floaty. backside 180s and fullcabs are easier for whatever reason. I thought it was the shoes at first, so I bought some new ones(semi-fat emericas) and it didn't help. I essentially feel like I'm drunk skating at all times.
>>249605You wouldn't believe how many people can't do something as simple as an ollie when they can do a kickflip
>>249661 you are very amusing street : for the "chill" kids (read: slow), allows you to smoke and drink all you want without any effect on your performance, filters women because owie muh shinners and sprained anklestransition: physically straining, fast, demanding, filters people who are afraid of being seen with a helmetat the plaza: sausage fest, hanging out for ages with a smoke in my hand, never have to pop above knee heightat the skatepark: occasional womanses (who usually learn flip tricks before learning to drop in), can't skate for more than an hour because even snowboarding is less hard on the legs than carving the deep end
Just landed a christ air off the loading dock
the Emerica Dicksons I ordered over a week ago finally showed updidn't know they had a little earth-coloured gemstone next to the outside eyelet, that's neat
When did Indy bushings get so floppy? I just bought a new pair and cranked the kingpin down until it wouldn't go any further but I can still pushing the wheel into the board with just my hand.
>>249702They have a break in period Go skate for a few days and they'll harden up.
>>249702You aren't supposed to tighten them until they're broken in
how the fuck is pumping on transition harder than literally jumping off the ground. pumping is half the effort.
>>249713Sure a single ollie may be more excerting than a single pump... But add up mad pumps and it beats street easy. All the top tranny guys are buff as fuck
>>249714>All the top tranny guys are buff as fuckleo baker???
>>249734Wow dude.you.are.fucking.hilarious.bro.
>>249667You may call me all those other th8ngs freely, but do NOT call me Reddit
>>249736u can be transphobic but that was good bruh cmon
>>249702>I just bought a new pair and cranked the kingpin down until it wouldn't go any furtherlmao why are you guys like this?
>>249742Transphobia is hilarious but that was just dumb
whats the deal with this guy is he downs or something?
>>249769Niggas are lost I hope they get it together. In other news I've been seeing a uptick in young skaters since skate came out.
>>249694what an embarrassing post
Gabbers bails how I bail in my head when imagining trying the shit he does
>>249779He's kinda a fag for quitting zero over Chris cole lmao
>>249780Sorry. I mean major fag
>>249780zero is irrelevant in 2025
>>249784What is relevant in 2025?
>>249780I thought this was bullshit, had to research and it is true. Heh what a fag.
New one today bros
>>249790Nice, now take it to a round bar or live with the fact that the troon skate-mogs you
>>249790sick>>249795why are we comparing? Can't we just appreciate when people post clips?
>>249786Element, 5boro, and Osiris.
New Tom Schaar vert part just dropped. Absolutely gnar dog.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drGU51t16bE
I guess I befriended a tranny at the skatepark. They went up to me to initiate conversation a few times since we were the only two people there early in the morning. It’s not like we regularly chat. At most 10 minutes of conversation. Eventually the tranny gave me a nice cruiser board they made at their workshop for free. Saying i can keep it and all they want is feedback since they made it. Or maybe it’s just a really butch woman that looks like a man
>>249833Either way it's gonna rape you.
>>249833well at least now you have friends
theres more than enough pavement for everyone to enjoy; have at it - man, woman, other gender(s) why would i get bent out of shape about something that isnt my business - cool are you having fun alright sick me too (trying to atleast)
Deep down trannies are just autistic men like us, of course you got along with him.
HATE CRIMEEEEEE TO ROLL ON GRINDDDDD
>go to skatepark>do one treflip>leavestill got it bros
>>249866Speak for yourself dude
>>249790File is corrupt again
>>249905it works on my machine but not the phone. Not sure why the webm converter is fucking up the files.
>>249901No I speak for every single tranny in existence. Just an autism bro who went too deep down the porn loophole and fried their brains with this weird fetish. Pure neurodivergence. Its why they like vidya and skating and all nerdy activities. It's literally just an autistic guy.
>>249915girls are not allowed to have hobbys nor personality >>249833if passes hell yeah if not lol
Was skateboarding used to be illegal cause people thought it was gay
>>249925Try typing that again in English
>>249935The rumor come out...
>>249920trannys are not girls
>>249893real
>its a brazilian
>>249435>this massive loredrop and nobody responds
>>248169I wouldn't! Everything just kills your momentum
If I'm 6"4' (1.92m) what size should my board be?
>>249983Probably around 8.5 if you want to be modern. Just ask for decks you want and stand on them and pick which one FEELS best
speaking of 8.5 inchboards I went skating today with a board that wide, the same size Indies and 58mm wheels. I landed the best fakie flip I ever have done in my entire life. I'm not a very big person so I thought it was better to skate skinny boards but I'm finding the opposite. The big board flips all slow and it was almost like I had time to sort my feet out in the air unlike a tiny board that immediately flips over. I should have tried this out ages ago. I hope I haven't been using the wrong gear this entire time.
I wish I had a girlfriend so I could focus on that instead of skating
>>2499838.75
Who you guys got for soty and why is it joslin
>>250051Tyshawn or Foy for sure
>>250051Kevin Baekkel followed by Tom Shart
>>250070Happy with those two but Simon Bannerot is my spiritual sotyhttps://youtu.be/txVtLbdNK58
>>250051Erick Winkowski, Greyson Fletcher, Gifted Hater, Chandler Bing, Chris Milic
>>249996I got given the generic '8.0 or 8.25 for beginners' advice when i first started and switched between the 2 sizes for about 3 years, but I really wanna just own one of each size and try them all. I already have an excess of 8 and 8.25's that I still haven't used yet, so buying another deck plus right size trucks is not the right move financially, but fuck me it's tempting.
>>250075>Gifted Hater
I like to skate and not do tricks.
>>250075Chris Millic can do a kickflip on an IG story and I'll say he deserves SOTY. If you don't get it, you just dont
>>249692I was this guy for the first 1-2 years of skating. Decent flatground, can ride fast, but got stuck trying to learn 5050s or things on hips. Had to go back and ACTUALLY learn how to ollie. I could ollie but like, learning a GOOD ollie that's tight and fast. That's a whole different ballgame. Learning that changed the game, pretty soon I was good enough to get proper clips. Gotta actually get good at ollies if you want to get good at skating *for real*
I miss the days when you learned about a new Dunk coming out the day it showed up at your local skateshop and you bought it with no fuss.I'm tired of needing to use some shitty app to camp a listing only to be snaked by bots just to try and get a shoe I'm going to destroy in a month. Don't fall asleep, either, because there might be a surprise restock at 4am.
>>250090I thought the sneaker market collapsed? Or at least I saw a couple headlines saying that and like most people I didn’t bother to actually read it/look into it
>>250107I wish. I've been trying to get a pair of the Krampus Dunks since they launched, but size 11.5 sold out in under 15 seconds and the restocks are gone in under 5.I even paid for a [spoiler]CCS+ subscription[/spoiler] like a fucking retard but never even got alerted to the fact that they were stocking it until I stumbled upon it on their site all sold out. I rationalize my purchase by telling myself that it's worth it just for the cost savings on shipping.
I'm glad I never got into dunks, all that work when you can just cop air maxes
>>250087>Had to go back and ACTUALLY learn how to ollie. I could ollie but like, learning a GOOD ollie that's tight and fast. That's a whole different ballgame.
>>250109It's not even about being into them, I just saw a shoe I liked and tried to buy it. Nike has decided that they'd rather sell their skateboarding shoes to people who are going to put them in display cases instead, so there's nothing I can do about that other than lament the fact that I'll have to compete with bots if I ever want to purchase a pair.As a complete aside, Brooklyn Projects just tried to scam me out of $40 by never fulfilling my order and then trying to gaslight me into believing my order was cancelled a week ago despite the charge still posting. I get the feeling my bank's going to need to rape the money out of them.
>>250111>Nike has decided that they'd rather sell their skateboarding shoes to people who are going to put them in display cases insteadOh no, if only we could predict that
Blazers are the skater's choice. Always in stock. Skate great. Last a long time. Dunks are for sneaker head sub humans
Alright, which one of you is Brad?
>wearing nikeshttps://youtu.be/qJlFL4vJZ5w?t=2512
>>250157You won't do shit. All I wear is Nike and nobody has said so much a word to me
I'll make a new thread tomorrow
>>250142Mitchie is a weird cunt, though. He does have some great ways of explaining things, but he is an awkward fucker trying his best to appear confident to grow his 'business model' and it's painful to watch most of the time. I turned that vid off as soon as he transparently overreacted to the 2nd comment he read, laughing way too hard and staring directly at the camera with his mouth open like a fucking psychopath. I genuinely don't know why anyone over 15 years old would watch this guys content outside of his tutorials.
>its uphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b54g4JSOwUs
>>250173he laughs like a batman villain
>>250183shit got me emotional
>>250183>His kids have absolutely no idea why he's so excited, but they're excited because he's excited
>>250111I did have to get my bank involved. BP attempted to only refund 60% of the cost for an order they never intended to fulfill.
>>250166Same. Except one time a girl walking her dog said she liked my shoes when I was skating fresh Blazers
>>250232Yea actually black people say they like my shoes a lot lmao
As I get later into my sesh I tend to get nose to tail wobble when squatting down for an ollie attempt, it's getting to be a real pain in the ass. Think I'm either over squatting or overworking my hams such that they're getting too weak, need to strengthen them up first, not sure...
>>250142>>250173I'm pretty sure Mitchie is a kike pedophile.I just can't prove it yet.
>>250232She wanted your cock inside her
NEW ONE >>250275
