Not looking at that fat man with pink shorts for a month edition Old thread: >>260749
>>264112That's a fucked up air
>>264112Bannerot is one of my favorite new gen pros. His section in that San Francisco burning video last week was sick af
Longtimers- what makes you stay? How did you not get bored or want to change your life? How do you not feel stagnant doing the same shit everyday? Personally I had to take biebel route and switch it up, I will come back in 5 or 10 years maybe
>>264132his part in the last Lakai vid before they got bought out is also really sick
>>264142please do not ruin threads with your shitty, meaningless pictures
learned pivot fakies today
>>264148Ok
I just realized that the old cliche that people repeat when you break boards i.e. "just land bolts" is even dumber than I thought. Landing with your feet directly over the wheels actually puts you slightly off balance compared to being more "in the pocket." If you watch pros land stuff, their feet aren't generally directly over the bolts. The back foot at least is generally a little bit further back because this actually makes for more solid balance when landing compared to having your feet closer together.
>>264158Nah bro landing bolts is the best
cop or drop>>264158lose weight
>>264159>>264166Your retorts are not substantive enough to dissuade my opinion in the slightest.
>>264158wrong + fat + land bolts
>>264168Believe it or not, despite that eloquently constructed reply, you've not convinced me that I'm incorrect
Guys, think about it for two seconds rather than just repeating what you've heard someone else say.Stand up where you are with your feet about 14 inches apart. Do some squats, as low as you can. Now, shift your feet closer together, say 9 inches apart and try again. Ok, next, shift your feet further apart, say 16-18 inches, slightly wider than shoulder width. How steady do you feel? Try some squats again. Are they harder or easier than they were with your feet at at the less wide positions? How does your balance feel? The average shoulder width for men is 16 to 18 inches. The average wheelbase for a skateboard is 14.25 inches. The nose and tail are slanted, which makes standing on them less steady, but the area just before the kicks is flat, lacking even the concave introduced at the bolt area. This makes it the most ideal spot for stability. For most people, this will also roughly coincide with shoulder-width stance, which is also ideal for stability. This is why, particularly on high-impact tricks, you will see pros landing with their feet more towards the outside of the bolts rather than toward the inside. To have the feet directly over the bolts would decrease stability. Now, who wants to predict how well-thought-out and convincing the dissenting replies to this post will be? I predict they'll be so erudite that they'll make me rethink my whole theory and probably my whole life, but who really knows?
>>264170>2 sentences instead of a simple 'inb4'Yes, who could predict that no one will want to seriously engage with an autistic underageb&? Here, this guide is the perfect start for you. With that kind of spacing, I also recommend you go to r/newskaters (and stay there). Inb4 verbose reply.
>>264171>who could predict that no one will want to seriously engageWho could predict that everyone too stupid to seriously engage will claim>oh I could I just don't want to as if that's not the most transparent shit ever. Just randomly surfing youtube and clicked on this week's quartersnacks top ten. Take a look.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XRL5xFvW8M8Where is Bannerot's foot on the landing? Where's Munro's feet on landing? Where are Miles Silvas' feet on his landing? Particularly on a trick where he's landing backside, fast and with impact so he needs extra stability? It looks a little to me like he has his foot on the tail? But that couldn't be. I must be seeing things. Maybe Miles Silvas didn't read your beautiful info-graphic for some reason and has just been doing it wrong this whole time?
Inseam length matters, folks.
>>264174oh ok, thanks retard
You see, shoulder width matters therefore gender matters.
264142Stay gone
>>264166Cop
>see a guy with a buzzcut in black clothes skating>me: is that mason silva?every time
>>264178Nah I'll probably come back when all the trannys quit
You can land on your tail if you like but once you go through a few boards im sure you'll stop..
>>264166Niggas really considering buying that lol
>>264177anyone taller than 6'1 here riding a short wb?
>>264188the lowest of the low are in these threads, which I guess makes sense
>>264193I'm 6'3 and my current board is 14.625, doubt i could do much larger
>>264132Everything he does is gas.
>>264200Dah bih gah
>>264201dabiga agiba doogoo oodu oogu
When's the last time you got absolutely stoked
>>264172So basically this confirms that most of the time when pros end up snapping their board and ruining their ACL etc., they're not really landing incorrectly, they're landing correctly and getting fucked over by poorly constructed boards. But no one wants to talk about that
>>264204Accidently 5/0 the deep end of the pool
Gonna do a gay twist to sex change for pride minth
So how the fuck did marx johnson die?
>>264210Since they never said I'd say the most likely scenario is overdose or something like that.
>>264210facebook post by his gf/wife/whatever made it sound pretty definitively like suicide
>>264184I've been buying flight decks and haven't snapped one in years. I can land more towards the tail and have more balance than if I was forced to land on the bolts.
>>264214I don't know about that. She implies he had mental problems and substance abuse issues, but also that she's happy that he's "free now" or whatever. That's not really the right thing to say when someone offs themselves. I think if someone kills themselves you come out and say it, but if its drugs you don't wanna say it (like Phelper)
I HATE COCKROACHES
>>264112>Bannerothttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtEw66TndpQ
>>264223i wanna skate a fullpipe so bad bros
any Go Skate Day plans bros? My plan is to go skate
>>264242It's actually hard and not that fun, flat bottom is way more chill
>>264170yes you land more toward the outside of the bolts rather than the inside, which would be an ugly heel clicker style
>>264112stupid fuck linked the wrong previous general>>262353
>>264255Why don't u make the thread then faggit
>>264256try being less of a fucking retard or just hit the back of your head for the final time and do us all a favor fucking queerbait
Why did that guy remove his skatepark review
(you) don't skate
>>264244I plan to do two(2) ollies in the grass and then ordering a 3x3 from in-n-out to celebrate
8.0 are gonna make a comeback, you heard it here first
>>264259Nah bro I just got back from the local park where I did a 700 spin grab on the jump ramp.
>>264262I never understood the appeal of the 8.5 and up craze, but I do skate pretty tech. Making the board harder to flip is so un-fun for me.
>>264272I go with 8.25, 8.38, or 8.5. I tried 8.6, but it completely ruined my treflips while I was skating it
>>264271My friend did 7 700s off the basic ass Quarter to Pipe, fucking spinning like sonic the hedgehog, really crazy cartoon shit, landed fakie bolts as well.
>>264273it was probably the wheelbase, 8.6 usually jumps up
>>2642627.75*
>>264293POSER
>>264293>>264296she cute
>>264298Who's your guys skate waifu? There's not many left that didn't turn into lesbos
>>264308Actually I'm staying far away from bitches that skate
>>264298she can land a kickflip and i cant?! whats the fookin point?
>>264311>i cant?!You can. You just need to put in the time and effort like the little asian did.
https://youtu.be/bB5U9T9KZC8?is=MJnjC1CAdR1PCI0O
>>264311The point is KEEP TRYING UNTIL YOU LAND IT YOU DRAMA QUEEN
>>264219Alright Tony Montana
These are the only decks on sale, which of these should I buy? two of them are "Prod pro models" does that mean they're twin nose?
>>264177>shoulder width mattersI'm 5'7" with 24"(60cm) wide shoulders, what wheelbase should I be using?
>>264308Chloe
>>264332Get what you want dude
>>264321Sick ep
>>264308I'm gatekeeping her, but she exists, trust.
>>264308for me, its tranon
>>264335I can't decide.
>>264308the skatemilf at my shop
Anybody got insta waifus I can look up and stroke my meat to?
>>264345Surfsterre
>>264346Shes to mainstream I'm looking for a more core jerk
Jamie Foy Epicly Later’dhttps://youtu.be/bB5U9T9KZC8?is=X4SUum0gW-Ik4PBV
>>264348poser
>>264348Are you posting it again with an image to drum up more discussion? I thought it was a great episode. I'm not a huge Foy fan, but he seems like a genuinely good dude. He is also one of the best skaters alive currently. Its funny seeing them talk about how he only eats fast food garbage and then goes and does the most insane shit. He has a crazy body type. Short but really husky. I wonder if that diet will come up to bite him when he hits 30.
>>264352>He has a crazy body typeshort and fat is crazy now?
>>264352he is 30 and hes goated in the sauce like his chic fil a nuggies 12ct large fries extra cripsy bitch
>>264354Crazy for being as good as he is at skateboarding. Like he isn't just fat, he carries his weight well. He has a wrestler build>>264355damn, hes already 30? I thought he was younger
>>264352I'm 35 and eat like complete shit and I'm only a little fat
>>264357Once I hit 28 I had to start moderating how much garbage I ate. Otherwise I would feel like total shit on my board.
Kind of weird Foy is regarded so highly when he doesn't really flip his board. Part of me thinks that disqualifies him from being great but he also is pretty good so idk..
>>264359He's no slouch at flips. He has really good heelflips. Rail skills overshadow the rest of his kit though
>>264359Today's skaters can't hold a candle to late 90s-early 2000s skaters. 15 year old me would be a pro if he was transported to 2026
>>264359>kickflip front crooks massive handrail>heelflip back tails massive hubba>nollie heelflips massive stairsetyeah anon, real weird
>>264361Delusional. That era had tons of rail chompers too, and none of them were doing shit like Foy does.
>>264360>He has really good heelflipsThey're decent.. but seems I am supposed to be hype when he does one on a funbox?>>264361https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QpnpIy5TrI
>>264364retard
>>264362>>264365>huckingyeh no denial he has that down
Oh, its just this sperg again
>>264367That wasn't me but maybe I'll start calling him Jamie Huckfoypuff
brehhttps://youtube.com/shorts/bQeEptZgzpA
>>264369>They're decent.. but seems I am supposed to be hype when he does one on a pimple?
>>264311Kickflips are pretty independent of actually being good at SKATING.
>>264348This was great. Super interesting to see him skating as a little kid and then flow and then compare to now. It's a trip to see this kid in diapers pushing around, and then this little Chunk from goonies doing flip tricks into rails, and then seeing how he took it even that much further once he grew up. Like Beagle said, you can really see that he applied himself. I don't think it's "natural," I think you can see in his progression that he really worked for it hard as fuck. The part about just eating chick-fil-a all the time and no vegetables, ribbing Reynolds, was hilarious too. I'm in my 30s now and have learned I can't get away with eating bullshit anymore. I'll be interested to see how it goes with him, lol
>>264371>guy who has never kickflipped once in his life
>>264369https://www.youtube.com/shorts/ZHXnP4g2uEQcheck shit on
>>264364Is this video supposed to be impressive? lol
>>264376ur such a dumb faggot
>>264377Its mid, I fear
>>264377NTA but that definitely looks like mid skating by modern standards. Nice style but not that hard of tricks. Trickflation is real
>>264376just showing guys have been flip tricking fun boxes for over a quarter century
>>264380Wow, how informative. Brazilian manlets were doing basic tricks in the 2000s? Who knew?
>>264374Let's see you do a backside powerslide on some tricky terrain at high speed instead. That matters more when it comes to actually looking good on your board then doing a kickflip.
Jamie foy epicly laterd was boring. He's just a normal kid, there wasn't any spice
I remember when the most you knew about a skater was...??? Total industry death btw.
>>264385The industry will never fully die there will be random companies still floating around. I think when thrasher dies that will be the biggest hit
Yeah I realized about halfway through that "epically later'd" that Jamie has nothing to share, no experience or thoughts on anything because he's never done anything else. Guy has just skated for his entire life. The second most interesting thing about him is something you could tell just by looking at him, "oh, hes fat." Not the kind of guy I want to watch a documentary about.
>>264396He bought a hellcat so he's based atleast
Can I buy like 3 shop decks and have two spares just in my room or could humidity somehow get to them still?
Jamie foy seems like the type of dude to buy those kool aid pineapples
>>264401do you live in a mud hut in the tropics?
>>264396>Guy has just skated for his entire life.>Not the kind of guy I want to watch a documentary about.Uh... unless there's the chance that you're interested in, oh I don't know, skateboarding? But I guess that wasn't likely around here
Yo if someone posts their clips I'll edit them into an edit nigga
Does Zumiez randomly put out of season decks on sale or is it decks that aren't selling?
>>264410Bofa
Why do trucks come together with bushings? The site I'm looking at doesn't even mention their durometer.Isn't that kind of a big deal?
>>264359Jamie Gryfindor you suck. Flip tricks are a very small part of street skating.
>>264374>guy who can't noseblunt or smith grind
>>264383lol if this is that autist making fun of my still... you are just making yourself look dumb. what you said there is unironically true. I'm still right
>>264406Most people watch Epicly Later'd videos to see how someone got to where they are and all the hiccups they faced along the way. Reynolds and Ellington, for example, were human disasters for the longest time before getting their shit together and the twists and turns of that is more interesting than "he never did anything other than skate and he was always good at it and also he's not secretly a dickhead."The guy's great at what he does and it is nice to see someone who didn't end up lost in party mode along the way, but it doesn't make for captivating storytelling. Give me an episode about Gator or something.
found a backyard ramp in a random trailer park in bumfuck rural Florida
>>264361No you wouldn't cause you have to style bitch
>>264414assume they'll be medium and adjust as necessary. people get all kinds of tweaky with their setups
>>264401they'll be fine if your home is at least somewhat normal in temperature range. don't store them in the trunk of your car or in the bathroom and they'll be alright. i keep mine in my closet.
>>264424What a gigantic waste of money... Unless you can actually rip it
>>264424bet this went hard 20 years ago
>>264429i bet a dad was happy to have a cool project to work on. i think that's why most halfpipes got built. 5% for the kid, 95% the paternal instinct to build (and drink)
>>264430try 40
>>264432that too, but i think there was a little vert popularity bump in the early 2ks with xgames gayness
>>264406hate to break it to you but guys that only skate are not very smart or interesting...tough pill to swallow if youre 10 years old, i guess
>>264423
>>264435heckin' deep... updooted...
>>264434He is a Florida man though. He goes fishing with o'dell in the ep.
>>264434I'd rather be good at skating than "interesting"
>>264403Lmao you're 100% right
>>264403Nah, he isn't wiggerish enough. I could see Nikolai Piombo eating them though
>>264439I'd give anything to be as retarded as you are
>>264442Nice banter, that one almost came close to making any sense
Will GK become Core?
>>264445those silly plastic roller trucks disqualified them in perpetuity.
>>264446Which ones? You're not confusing them with the Z-Flex Z-Rollers?
Anyone here skated a bunch of deck brands? I'm getting back into skating and stuck on two brands.Anti-hero and Hockey, what are the pros and cons to each brand for their decks(in general)?I've been eyeing this exact deck for a while now.
>>264447Someone should bring these back. Put the wax industry out of business
>>264445Didn't they go all in on tranny core or was that another truck brand?
>>264453Wait.. I think it was krux
>>264453Krux
>>264427>assume they'll be mediumI figured, I just think it's a weird thing to put up with once you're customizing. I mean you even buy the hardware separately.
>>264447the ones from the 90s.
>>264460are you sure
>Skated Indys my entire life>Bought a pair of Ventures and everything about them is betterIs Independent still in business solely because of retards like me who just keep mindlessly purchasing the thing they're familiar with?God damn, when I say everything, I mean everything. Less wheel bite even with looser trucks, a better designed hanger that doesn't jut out far past the baseplate, considerably lighter, and less expensive.
>>264467>Less wheel bite even with looser trucksWhich means it has a longer turning radius?
>>264467ventures mog. i just hate the kingpin clearance on lo's
Ventures also look the best and have the best logo
>>264468No, they turn better because their geometry affords them more lateral movement within the same range of vertical motion.
I've tried every truck brand. Always go back to standard Indys. They just werk
https://youtu.be/2G13pQp12-c?is=6urEvVgrha6Ch4puSo what do you do besides skating? Don't tell me you only skate?
>>264500i jerk off a lot
>>264501That means you watch a lot of porn and means you have porn brain. You should get help
For better nosemannys would you want a long wheelbase or a shorter wheelbase? And would having a longer wheelbase make nollies pop lower?
>>264348>the people's champJamie Foy?
>>264332The snake deck looks nice
>>264500Vidya, Volunteering for Cons and 3D modelingAnd I jerk off a lot
>>264503longer boards are easier to balance
>>264511>Volunteering for ConsAre you really doing it for free for a dead brand?
>>264500Running
>>264500I live in the mountains, so I hike and backpack a lot. I'm also a big gamer.
>>264500art is so gay
>>264484Higher pivot angle? Taller hanger+baseplate?
>>264516I would argue skateboarding is at the intersection of art and athleticism
im not sure if my foot's broken or not
>>264500>Don't tell me you only skate?Why, are you trying to fuck me?
>>264520Broken feet heal themselves pretty well if so
>>264520I have achilles tendonitis and I just keep skating on it even though I'm in pain until I'm warmed up. Been trying to do some PT on it, but its fucked.
>>264520what? have you never broken a bone ? you'd fucking know if it was broken.>>264535micro-fissures in the heel are benign but fracturing a metatarsal isn't
>>264500I do music I read I mountain bike I play video games I watch sports
Chicks on boardshttps://youtu.be/CrziqQxo0vo?is=yhgoF76PnVcIeTNA
>>264564>no name titleshow will i fap to this?
>>264572were here at the first annual Women Who Banged a Skater One Time and it Did Irreparable Damage To Their Taste and Sense of Identity. We Literally Just Imitated How Some Guys Under a Bridge Act and Made it Our Entire Shit event
I skate to work and back where the pavement allows. On the way home today two broccoli haired zoomers skated past me. One tried to ollie up a curb and failed hard. Dunno if he tried because he saw the skateboard hanging off the side of my rucksack.
>>264581>today>broccoli hairSomeone told me that fashion trend died off. Ugh.
>>264581>>264583Just let him believe his fantasy
lurpivs
>>264592Sounds like a disease
>>264592I totally forgot about these. Are they good? Swedish engineering seems like it would be solid
why did pj ladd join a jeet cult?
>>264606I dunno but my brothers marrying a jeeta so I gotta go to the wedding next month, I have to wear indian clothes and everything. Im just gonna get super high
