/esg/-eternal skateboarding general

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It's not an impossible though. It's a stationary trick.

looks like a front-footed strawberry milkshake

Based

Looks like some shit a 4 year old would do

page 10 bump

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>tfw no irl skate bros

56mm is totally fine with standard indy trucks. I use 56mm spitfire 80HD to cruise to work and they're awesome. Above that you'd probably need a riser.

the trick is called "pure butter"

You should not wear skinny jeans.

Same here. Where are you from?

Just bought the 80HD's 56mm, cant wait to test them out tomorrow. Thanks anons

Are there any slip on cupsole shoes?

Thank you

I cant seem to get enough air when I jump to complete an ollie. I feel like I come down too fast and that the board slips out from my feet, or I barely have my feet leave the board. It's very discouraging but I yearn to do my first ollie. I've watched videos, i've read tutorials, I can't seem to grasp it though.

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the emerica leo romero pro models.. if they still make those.. didnt they call them the laced or something? they come with a few eyelets and laces but even in the ads they told you to run them without laces, like that was the gimmick

have you tried doing it over something? even just a pencil?

fresh grip feels so fucking weird
>emerica doesn't make the hsus or westgates anymore
goddammit why is it so hard to find a good looking shoe that goes above the ankle these days? are supras any good?

Based

Michigan

Hey, (you) me with results please, user. Thinking of the same.

>t. Guy who loses games of skate

Have fun pal

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do what I did, get an (please forgive me)....adidas.

Or the Busenitz, which is also adibas.

Oh I am, exactly because I don't play games of skate.

I'm moving there soonish and want to get into skating. What are some good places?

>tfw have IBS
>pop was pretty high today
>everytime i tried a flip trick I let rip a fowl fart
A-am I banned from the skatepark guys?

is this a real condition? are you sure you weren't just under stress? And no, what even is banned?

I have IBS. otherwise known as Irritable bowel syndrome. Everytime I tried a flip trick I would let rip a nasty fart. I was wondering if u guys think anyone else noticed that I suffer from this.

I know what it is, I understood what you said the first time, I am wondering if it's a real thing and you just weren't under stress.

I've been diagnosed with it since I was 15

were you farting while getting diagnosed?

Ive been suffering from stomach issues since I hit puberty. Its gotten a lot better with diet and meds. But i still have very bad gas. I work from home and the only place I really go out to is the skate park. I'm wondering if my gas makes me unwelcome there if there are other people there.

I fart all the time, so what?

is there ever a surfing general?

rarely, a thread pops up (it only has happened twice in 5 years), gets three replies and dies.

As you can see from my near pristine setup I'm a beginner, so take my opinion with a grain of salt. They are very comfortable to cruise on and keep the speed up for a very long time. I use reds bearings btw. Cracks are no problem, and they somehow felt more stable, I guess due to a bigger contact surface.

That being said, riding them is faster than my old wheels(53mm 99d). Something I experienced while going down a little hill that I've done a couple times on my old wheels, pic related. I'm not sure if this is due to the wheel size or because I didnt lose as much speed in between pushes.

Tomorrow I'm gonna try to learn how to slow down while staying on the board

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like this user said sometimes getting the idea into your brain that you are sort of "picking up the board and carrying it over something" with your feet is enough.

that being said the ollie is a really tough trick to get right- im sure most of us spent upwards of 6+ months before we got decent ollies

its a wierd action that you just have to trick your body into doing.

just keep at it, and try your hardest not to get bogged down repeating what doesn't work

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damn, i remember getting these kinds of scrapes all the time when i started skating

you're on the right track user

>bought a pair of regular fit carhartts about a month ago
>ripped at the crotch on monday from pushing

it's not a good look for the quality of carhartts but yea, tight pants are not ideal for skate

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>adidas aren't even 3 months old
>shoe laces on the right shoe have snapped in 4-5 places
> finger sized holes in the left shoe from learning to ollie
>rubber in front of right shoe is almost worn through from toe drag
>other miscellaneous damage from regular wear
>work boots stick to grip tape better than these "skate" shoes

60 fucking dollars, I should have just bought some cheap maui and sons

never again adidas

what model? ive been thinking about getting adidas since the core brands are shit now and dont want to support nike but i know nothing of their quality considering i have never owned a pair

this is why i stick with walmart dickies. not for the fashion but just because theyre basically disposable at $17 a pair. and usually its just the clasp that breaks not the pant itself

I got my adididas like 4-5 years ago and the holes they have right now I think is only do to the test of time since it has holes on parts that never touch griptape. Maybe the brand is lowering their quality because mine are good for old shoes

Any wheelbite at 56mm on your indies?

is that supposed to be bad? i have never skated a pair of shoes that lasted longer than 3 months. the laces break apart after about a month.

>rubber in front of right shoe is almost worn through from toe drag

How fucking much do you toe drag, every time you do a trick?
Been skating adidas only for the past 2 years and they're by far the best/most durable shoes I've had.
A pair of Vans will last me maximum 2 months, while a pair of Adi Ease's last me minimum 4 months.

I could've saved so much money if I hopped on adidas bandwagon earlier in my life.

Its because the 80HD wheels are a lot softer and won't lose as much speed on rough surface as 99A wheel would.

On the flip side, you cannot use 80HD's on wooden bowls - you can't do kick turns, because as soon as the wheel hits the surface it sticks and gaining speed on wooden surface with soft wheels is a lot of work.

Depends on how loose trucks do you use.

My regular set up has 56mm Bones', and I use 1/8" riser pads with them, but I also skate loose/wobbly trucks. The wheelbiting gets more mellow/non existent once the wheel wells are formed.

I've developed a habit of braking through toe drag, not toe drag through tricks. i've noticed toe drag to brake isn't generally recommended but I can't figure out why. My dad told me that's how he did it so that's just what I started doing.

this is the closest I could find to my shoe
amazon.com/adidas-Daily-Lifestyle-Skateboarding-Black/dp/B00PEZB45Q?psc=1&SubscriptionId=AKIAILSHYYTFIVPWUY6Q&tag=duckduckgo-d-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B00PEZB45Q

I'm just buttmad that I blew 60 dollars on a pair of shoes only to have holes and chewed shoe laces within the first of months. I I would have got a cheap pair had I known the kind of damage skating does to shoes.

> i've noticed toe drag to brake isn't generally recommended but I can't figure out why.
>but I can't figure out why.

Its because it breaks your shoes.
Learn to break with your skateboard instead, wheels can take a lot more riction than shoes can.

Learning to slide is on my list of shit to do. I bought some harder wheels to learn on but apparently they aren't hard enough. the ride is noticeably shittier from that of my cruiser wheels as well.

Is there a set of cruiser wheels that can slide and ride effectively over shit concrete? seems like an either or to me. shark wheels are supposed to slide but they seem like a gimmick

Any wheel will slide if you have the speed for it, going faster is the key to a lot in skateboarding.

I've got 78A's on my cruiser set up and they slide, but I do have to put a lot more weight into it for them to actually break out to a slide.
Just start practicing regular reverts from slow speeds and then start working them up to actual powerslides, you'll get the hang of it eventually.

Not that guy but I haven't had a wheelbite even once on mine and I would describe my trucks as reasonably loose. 139 indys.

>Any wheel will slide if you have the speed for it, going faster is the key to a lot in skateboarding.
Not that user, but I'm not convinced "gotta go fast" is the best way to slow down

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Yeah I guess you learned the hard way that cruisers go fast. What I do to slow down is touch the ground with my pushing foot for just a split second, kind of a small pushing motion, but ever so slightly against the direction in which I'm going. Don't wanna destroy my shoes by toe dragging.
I imagine doing this would make me eat shit instantly above a certain speed, but I'd never dare to go that fast around my streets.

Fair point, but it is noticeably easier to power slide going fast, than it is going slow.

Speed is a crucial part of skateboarding, though. Especially if you're skating a crusty spot and don't want to wax the living shit out of every surface you want to grind.
I might be a bit biased about wax though, since I grew up around the culture that you get beaten if you wax basically anything.

Either you destroy your shoes by dragging your feet, or you learn how to powerslide. There is really no other way if you want to go down hills.

Is this a Darby Allen thread?

I figured as much but I'm nowhere near bombing hills yet anyway.

>78A

what is the shape of the wheel? I was under the impression that cruiser wheels were ridiculously difficult to slide with

>put more weight into it

I though you had to get less weight on the board to get it to slide. like do a little jump when your kicking the board out.

78A is the hardness of the urethane, 78A is pretty much the softest wheel on the market and they go up to around 104A, which are really hard wheels.

>I though you had to get less weight on the board to get it to slide. like do a little jump when your kicking the board out.

That's why powersildes are somewhat tricky in the beginning, you have to kind of push it in to force the wheels into a slide and once you're sliding its all about managing your balance. If you stop applying pressure and go completely weightless, you will end up slipping out of the slide and falling on your arse.
Learning how to do basic reverts comfortably will get you started on how you should be applying your weight.

>If you stop applying pressure and go completely weightless, you will end up slipping out of the slide and falling on your arse.

To add to this, or you will have the exact opposite happen and you will fling forward - which is the worse outcome.

Its literally all about keeping your balance point checked.

>what is the shape of the wheel?
Here's the wheels: nhsfunfactory.com/66mm-og-slime-green-78a-slime-balls-skateboard-wheels

Misread your reply the first time.

>I was under the impression that cruiser wheels were ridiculously difficult to slide with

They are at first, but like I said, speed helps - I'm not pulling out fat powerslides going walking speed.
I think it might even be easier for you to learn how to powerslide with hard wheels first, or you can just cruise around with the soft wheels and try to get more comfortable at going a bit faster.

how do I get good enough at powerslides to use it as a brake? Best I can do is a split second scrape that doesn't reduce speed at all.

>that being said the ollie is a really tough trick to get right- im sure most of us spent upwards of 6+ months before we got decent ollies

I'm constantly imrpoving my ollie and more than this, my confidence in my ollie.

it takes awhile. its something youre going to have to practice. in the begining try to find the absolute best, smoothest ground you can, and its going to help big time to get the hardest wheels you can for learning with. its easier backside than frontside. try to throw yourself the whole way round on a back 180, but no popping. once you can do that, do it faster. try to go 360. once you are confident you can try doing it without going 180 and just powersliding as a brake. once you learn what it takes and how to push into it properly, youll be able to rely on it as a brake on pretty much any setup. but you wont be able to do it like that right away.

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these are pretty much the same as the cruisers I have.

Thanks for the info. I will get some hard wheels and start with reverts

It's going to be interesting in 10-20 years when there will be a massive amount of 50-60 year olds skating. I hope my body is well enough to continue skating into my 50's-60's. I wanna be the park gramps who stokes everyone up.

>Not that user, but I'm not convinced "gotta go fast" is the best way to slow down

It is for softer wheels. You need to get them spinning fast enough or else the will just grip during the slide and toss you off.

their shoes are all cut pretty low
pajama pants need to make a comeback
just get some higher durometer wheels. unless you're skating some real crusty shit i find hard wheels work best for most things
>skate late at night and early in the morning because of work
>haven't had any skate homies in ten years

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Anyone here skated a clear grip? Is it any good?

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skateanons I bought an enjoi board off the rack from stix in downtown Monrovia as a 26 year with negligible experience.

I did have the board fly out from under my feet, not sure why, crossing a street around 3 am to go to Norm's and my left lat and shoulderblade made first contact but I'm sort of in shape and didn't hit my head or get whiplash and barely spilled my beer.

I've sort of looked like an idiot a few times no doubt but it's been fun to get groceries with it.

Just wanted to say, fuck ya and party on

F

>skating in the middle of the main street
>spic in a new hyundai SUV waves and says to grab on the back
>skate up to the car and grab the back windshield wiper because the car housing is way too close to the wheel
>I stay on too long/spic drives too fast
>wobble out of control and eat the street
>rip off the windshield wiper because I was going so fast to the point where each finger I let off the wiper would affect my balance
>pick up my board, skate down a dark, adjacent alley, throw the board in my car and get in
>see spic driving on the main street going the opposite direction but still away from where I am now, either to try to find me and see if I'm okay, or to bitch at me for ripping off the back wiper
>go in the same direction he's going now that I'm behind him and he doesn't expect me to be in a car
>go home and shower to clean my battle wounds
>pus leaking out of my shoulder while I type this
>left side of my body looks like meat
now it's time to get stoned and play BFV :^)

You fucking tard. Good job fucking up a skitch. Grabs rear wiper blades HA what a joke.
Headbutt a knife.

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I haven't tried powersliding yet but I'd rather fall forward any day of the week. Maybe you just don't roll but why do you find falling forward worse?

you'd have to wait for protective gear culture to be way more norm first. I haven't done heavy digging on this topic but from what I hear seems like bad knees take out a lot of dad's. Something that could've been avoided had they worn knee pads... maybe, I don't know if time'll be an inevitable curse to all our knees regardless

>their shoes are all cut pretty low
Busenitz and varial are high tops

>skate up to the car and grab the back windshield wiper

and this is where I realised you are stupid

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>walking up hill
>long hill with traffic light at the top
>get tired of walking
>imagine how easy it is to skitch here
>just as the thought pops in my head
>dozen or so cars rolls through
>red light
>start skating up hill
>green light
>grab the fender of a nissan rogue
>car slows down
>look up at the side mirror
>driver is looking right at me
>suburban dad
>he gets the stupidest grin on his face
>hits the throttle
>skitch the whole hill
>accelerating the entire time
>somewhere around 35mph
>we were defiantly speeding for a 25 zone
>see the gap between cars closing
>let go on the flat at the top of the hill
>ride off into the parking lot/sunset
>slow down
>now just this little secondary hike up the little hill at the top
>then bomb the other side to the store
>notice a car pull up behind me
>it's a state trooper
>fuck why couldn't it have been some chummy local cop
>take a deep breath
>exale thinking
>you're totally fucked now. Relax, except it.
>trooper steps out of the car
>asks me for my ID
>goes straight back to the car to check it
>just like he stopped a car
>awkwardly standing there
>this is the part where he writes me twelve different tickets
>steps out of the cruiser
>"user... I can't have you doing that"
>"You could have seriously hurt yourself"
>"or seriously hurt someone else"
>I mean, did the driver even know you where there?
>ya he looked right at me. I think he smiled?
>(fuck, why did you say that? Now he's going to arrest you or some shit just for taking back)
>"Look"
>"I can have you doing that"
>"blah blah blah "maybe something about, you don't seem like a bad kid"
>yes it was this cliche
>"Don't ever let me see that again"
>hand me back my ID

tldr: grab the fender not the fucking wiper blade

> its easier backside than frontside.

True, but also remember that fs reverts are easier than bs reverts, so learning actual powerslides can be tricky, but just keep at it and you'll get it sooner or later.

If you are going fast, its a lot harder to actually drop and roll if you lose your balance and fall forward suddenly, but if you slip out backwards you can almost always just kind of catch the ground and do a bit of a baseball slide on the crete.

>Monrovia

wait what?! in liberia?

ive tried someone elses board that had it on there, the grit is thicker than regular grip but it still functioned

Bought a new deck after I broke my old pool deck. Gonna break it in tomorrow in the indoor skate park. Can't wait. I am 36 by the way and streetskated when younger, then long boarded for ages. Love to get back into street/park skating.

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>in the begining try to find the absolute best, smoothest ground you can, and its going to help big time to get the hardest wheels you can for learning with.

And its reverse with soft wheels, if you really just want to go directly to learning how to powerslide with soft weels (which I do not recommend, its A LOT harder.), you should find the crustiest flat you can.

Shittier ground = less friction.

Cant go wrong with the eagle. Good choice

Thanks man, just rode in a half pipe and I love this deck!

Really liking how this one turned out

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Fuck yeah Hjalte.

Looks good, why the 3 bolts tho?

Not him, but some people do that to differentiate between the nose & tail

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>not just using colored bolts for that

>bean skating since I was 9
>I'm now 29
>only last week did I find out there is a nose and tail

I figured they were the same size (maybe they were on my old boards?) but I got a board last month and the tail is definitely longer than the nose and after seeing it posted in this thread the other day it's been messing with my head game.

>tail is definitely longer than the nose
I thought the tail was the shorter end

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well they do actually make perfectly symetrical boards, but most are not

Cool

I lost one and didn't realize it

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kickflip frontside noseslide or heelflip frontside noseslide?

opinions

LOL, did anybody catch Aaron Kyro in the Vans pool party at 16:20, towards the bottom left of the crowd? Behind the guy with the anarchy t-shirt?

Kickflip fs noseslide is more common it's a bs flip+fs nose.

Heelflip, you have to return your front foot from the inside of the bs180 rotation into fs noseslide. Heelflip is harder in this case, just opinions.

but how can you tell Bucky Lacek from Collin McKay apart?

Or Steve Alba from Herbie Fletcher?

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No, why?

>tfw I finally launched a heelflip off a bump

landing was sketchy, if not non-existant, but I don't care at all, because I just bailed, it was a make all the way

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how do i overcome my fear of doing an ollie while rolling? i'm able to get my board and myself in the air but my backfoot bails.

Fall more

REPETITION

youtube.com/watch?v=YTMdDLyyWmo

btw this is a cool channel I found

Thank you

some people skate that way, nothing wrong with it. The intended advantage of the design though is that a steeper, longer tail gives your front foot something to catch for ollies, and more surface to flick for flip tricks.

Pressure casperflip? except it doesn't count because you just stand on the ground

ON THE EXHALE BABY

ON THE EXHALE

That's literally it, if you can't commit you won't land

GOAT skater in pic here. super underrated

Heelflip front nose because I can’t kickflip. Heelflip front tails are easier for me though.

>tfw when can't noseslide

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This

Oof yeah I get in this situation if I ride my stance too frequently without doing nose stalls/nollies/switch. What usually happens is my tail gets worn down and becomes my nose. But by that point the deck has usually been snapped so meh.
Personally, I counteract by treating nose and tail as the same thing. Thing is, I do grip art too, which makes the process easier.

>slam hard onto my right palm
>takes about two months to heal to 100%
>yesterday I slam on the SAME FUCKING SPOT

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how do I make shoes last longer besides just not skating?

Shoe goo and duct tape

fine someone with the same shoe size but with the opposite stance. Every month, trade shoes.

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I have low leather workboots, p. light for what they are. Will skating kill them?

I didn't know the white guy from half baked could skate. I'm stoked

kek, welcome to skateboarding

learn them as a slappy first

Anyone here skate Ace trucks? I want to know if the baseplate widens or shortens the deck WB.

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>thinking this is going to be a borefest
>"oh shit, Grosso is now pushing agendas and marketing strategies"

turns out, even if the latter is true, it's a pretty endearing episode.

What does /esg/ think?

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skateboarding huh? more like fillmyasswithasmanycocksaspossibleboarding

Nah, Aaron Kyro did it in a varial heel tutorial

Bumpo basado

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jeremy klein should do a collab with Zun for touhou project. does he read this thread?

It's been stated that Jeremy hates 2hu

in my experience most japanese skaters don't care for klein's work.

I get asked what skaters I like a lot and when I mention Jeremy the response is usually a (polite) negative one. My japanese isn't good so I could be hearing this wrong, but they usually say that he "copies" japanese artwork. (meaning he steals it, pretty normal in skateboard art imo) but I usually just drop it after that.

>tfw when a tranny skater

Here, I reckon slappy noses are more difficult. I can noseslide a ledge but not a curb.

>Am I a retard?

Bump

There used to be but it died like most of the other threads when wrasslin took over

Nosestall reverts are a fun transition trick off the nose.

skate switch more. i try to skate enough switch that i wear a hole on both shoes.

I figured him making crude knock off anime girl art was intentional

Ye I get what you mean, I see most of "his" graphic art on Danbooru.

skateboarding huh? more like suckingcock4funboarding

in his defense, he has a lot of original work that he spends a lot of time is. It's not the best artwork in the world but i think he's talented. however, he sells a lot of designs that are just straight up copies.

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Basado

>Bump

wtf? that sucks. i wonder why. the thing is that i would imagine zun would be down, and there are so many people who would buy it who arent skaters. weird. oh well.

he does those hatsune miku wheels i think it would be cool if he did Mokou wheels 'Ride the Fire' spitfire theme fits her. free idea for you bro

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well thats literally what those fakku boards are. a printout onto the worst quality deck possible. hookups is way better than that at least

the prints arent bad and the art is 100% original (and was commissioned by famous hentai artists) but the decks are sourced from one of those do-it-yourself online shops

they're asking 80 US when they should be selling them for 60 tops

this is harder to get into than backside, but once you're in, the rest is easy provided you have enough speed. it's tricky because you have to pivot a little, which causes you to lose speed

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or is it a revert? you know, when the wheels slide and make that err sound

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both sound accurate

I can't bring myself to ollie nose mannie or hold a switch manual after a frontside 180 AND I WANT TO HAVE FRONTSIDE TO SWITCH 5-0 SOOOOOO BAD

Nollie to manual? ok
Fakie ollie switch manual? Conquered
Switch ollie fakie manual? Wired

I can also keep a pretty remarkable nose manual, no bragging.

I CAN'T

OLLIE

TO NOSE MANUAL

Which means no pivoting it to get that 1990 switch manual onto pads

Anyone got any experience with this?

What's harder for you: Nollie or Switch?

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what i try to do is complete the 180 and land straight into a switch manual. inevitably, i'm gonna pivot, but it's the intention not to that seems to work. see if that helps

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and if you go fast, you won't have to hold it for long

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I can land on the switch manual, but I can't hold it

whatever, I'll get there. Sooner or later, but I will.

>Mokou
Why would anyone want the homeless bum?

I'm going to be honest guys... If it weren't for skateboarding I'd have already killed myself.

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there is no real rivalry, it was all a marketing ploy by Rocco based on EMB elitism

there used to be a general, but poor guy ended up alone

Wow I deleted because I realised I was just shitting up your thread.
When I say rivalry I mean back when I was blading the boarders and bladers would fight over just about anything lol I don't know about marketing but i've seen some IRL beefs fire up!

>poor guy ended up alone
that doesnt surprise me at all. everyone i know who used to blade cant do it anymore because the injuries mean they cant work and I havent seen a young skater in years and years, guess all the kids switched to BMX and scooter around where i live.

I'm looking at the Rollerblade website and they have 3 models of aggressive skates available on their websites lmao... 3?!!? and they are all basically the same model.... How did it come to this, i wasn't ready for this feel.

well, the humanity in me doesn't want anything beyond banter, if even that and certainly not for your favourite game to go extinct.

The 540 was inspired by roller skaters as well as a few other tricks.

well i just didnt know if even the mention of fruit booting was going to fire up a rally of mid 20 - 30 somethings like a call to war
we both ride hard, learn the same way and bail on the same ground... or at least we used too...
dont let your sport die lads it feels real fuckin bad looking back. ill let u niggas do ur thang i appreicate the non-hate lol

there is actually an active rollerblading community in my country

(pretty sexy girls too)

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Likewise. I'm grateful that I have something I will always adore and cherish. Not everybody is afforded this luxury.

Nice

There are 3 or 4 regular rollerbladers at my local park. One of them is a piece of shit snake but the others are alright. Always tap my board and recognize when one of them does something insane. One of them has 360 backflip flyouts locked and another can do these long crisscrossed grinds in the 10 ft end of the bowl. Respect for both. Anyway, if you just make some kind of effort to signal when you're just cruising vs dropping in, and look around before doing it, then I don't mind you. Same goes for BMXers.

I have no skill in either but nollie. I can easily do nollies and nollie shuvs but can barely even ride switch. I'll get a tiny switch ollie maybe once every 5-7 tries.

meant to say switch, nollie is easier.

switch, same as the poster before me

he has an attractive 360 flip

youtube.com/watch?v=zpiodfppk44

Cool

For some stupid reason when I'm skating street I'm better at fakie, switch and nollie than I at am going regular.

In tranny I don't really do any nollie tricks, but I do go switch plenty.

Bumps

youtube.com/watch?v=TOvbIA5gwtU

that part is so bizarre...like watching skateboarding high or something. Not bad, just...strange. But in a cool way.

user who was complaining about OJ Insane-a-thane being too glassy at the indoor park reporting in.
Yeah... I'm full of shit. I judged the wheels way too quick without riding a concrete park. This is a bold claim that'll come under scrutiny, but they feel almost exactly like Spitfire F4's, except a little glassier and harder. The Insane-a-thanes are ideal for concrete parks, just the right amount of slide for rock n rolls and reverts. I've been riding them for a solid year and a half now and I would say they are the next direct competitor with Bones and Spitfire. At the risk of sounding like i'm shilling them I would even propose to add them to recommended wheels in the pastebin. OJ Insane-a-thane 52-56mm 99 or 101a.

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jelly. I have no fakie or switch in tranny. I have rocknrolls but can't bring myself to even try rock-to-fakie.

Mom watch I'm doing the warped wall!

Just roll up to the coping and ride down fakie. Once comfortable, start by JUST focusing on getting your front truck over the coping then bring it back in. I'm talking like a kiss to fakie. Eventually you will need to divert your focus to the "rock" aspect of the trick. That is the key to it, the rock. It feels like your on a see-saw atop the coping. Re-entry will be much like when you were just focusing on getting your front trucks over the coping only you'll be picking up more speed. Trust me, it will make all rock cariations easier when you nail the actual "rock."

It's the choice of music and the fact that you can't hear the original sound

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Basado

iktf. maybe try disasters, i find them easier desu

Does anyone have a first person view of a kickflip? I’m so close to kickflips but I catch them with my toes and slide off and if I try to jump forward it fucks up the whole thing I’m lost.

Rune? Is that you?

youtu.be/AqXd7-PsN10
this video is from back when i first learned kickflips

they arent perfect but they're filmed in highspeed so you can kinda see whats happening

good luck

learn to drop in switch

>fagboarding
Lol suck my dick mods

from your post it kind of seems like youre repressed are you sure you dont want a cute skater to suck your dick? i mean you came in here on your own accord to post

just report and ignore

I can't bring myself to do bs rocks anymore (unless its a small quarter) after tearing the ligaments from my ankle due to losing my balance on one a couple years back.

Rock fakie was probably the first trick I learned in tranny, have you tried doing it on something knee-high or lower? I think that could help you to get over the fear of going down fakie.
Literally one of the best feelings I know is to land a decked out rock fakie on a barrier - love that trick even though its one of the simplest ones.

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Want to start skateboarding. Is this any good to start with: amazon.com/CHOKE-New-Heavy-Metal-Skateboard/dp/B07B45BKZM?

Also, any good affordable protective gear you can recommend?

bones and spitfire get so much respect that you really are making a bold claim. Not that our esg is the leading name in skateboard forums but I think more people may have to try them before getting on the sticky.

it's a complete and the price is so cheap, I'm gonna guess it's not a good board. But I learned on a shawn white complete so go for it

protective gear is an unneccesary expense unless you start doing more dangerous stuff.

As for the skateboard, it looks quite fucky and I've never heard of the brand and it's quite fucking cheap. So maybe think a bit more

Yeah, that's understandable. Well, they have my recommendation. That's for sure.

I'll be sure to remember that. OJ is already a big brand but I like that there's more competition to Bones and Spitfires

Sup lads. Hopped on my board properly for the first time in idk... 4 years? Felt really good, not as rusty as I expected. There were only a couple of dudes at the part too (until later when kids on scooters came to ruin everything). I live in Berlin but don't speak german (tho understand it pretty good now). Are tricks and terms basically the same in other languages, does anyone know? I definitely heard one of them say 'kickflip'.

Czech guy here, yes, everythig is the same and people who actually know what's up will definitely understand you. We tend to give the tricks retarded nicknames (kino = kickflip, var = 360 flip) but they should definitely understand

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You can buy a better prebuilt skateboard on skatewarehouse,ccs or tactics.
Or you can buy a $115 complete at a skate shop

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Based

try doing a slower flick with more emphasis on pulling the board up & through the nose instead of to the side. if you do it right, they'll be super floaty

speed wobbles are a helluva drug

>good guy gonzalez offers me an assist
>can't handle it, gan't even skitch or let go properly and damage his car
>run and hide instead of offering to pay
>call him a spic on the internet
man you're a cool guy

Thank you so much user, but after looking at your foot positioning and looking at mine what the fuck is going on. I barely have my toes on the board and yours are all the way on the other side. I find it easier to heelflip in that position than kickflip. The second video however is a little closer to how I setup but there’s still too much foot on the board. I guess it’s back to square one.

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Why is this happening? :(

skatenewswire.com/ben-raemers-dead/

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rip. didnt he have a hot sister or am i thinking of someone else?

where in michigan

are you fucking retarded?
Nose is longer and steeper.
Tail is mellower and shorter for a faster pop.

If you have workboots go get a fucking job and buy some shoes dumb nigger.
Skating in steel toes will wreck your board way faster than the boots.

RIP

looooooool user going in for the kill.

>been rainy and/or windy and cold as fuck for what feels like weeks now
I'm pretty sure I lost my ollies

No steel toes, just leather and rubber soles.

czechbro you are based and you have been here since forever, just like me

what the fuck? how? Enjoi gained a lot of respect from me in that KOTR two years ago and Raemers was part of that team.

This is fucking sad.

these seem perfect for me (another user). thanks

what I wrote is the exact advice that the nice dude working at Labor in NY gave me and it was some good fucking advice so I just regurgitate it whenever I can.

Yes and hopefully she is OK.

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fucking F met him at a demo a year or two ago was a cool guy

Thanks. I did it quick because I had to hold my phone in a weird position.
When it comes to foot position, you don't need to go as far me. I've been doing kickflips for years and this is the most comfortable and stable position for me. You should definitely change your foot position though. Barely having your toes on the board is unstable and makes you want to flick the board down instead of up and forward. Hope it helped.

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how he died :(

Anyone else here who really doesn't like Jeff DeChesare's style? Feels like every trick he does down stairs is kicked down. As if he didn't even pop.
I can't deny he's super good and does tricks you don't see every day but god damn is in not good looking.
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Why do so many skaters die every year... None of them because of an injury or anything

based recognize based

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you guys frequent Slap?

Except for Pablo

The word around is that he commited an hero, unfortunately.

Loved his attitude & skating.

my fucking waist hurts

oh, I think I've done it this time /esg/

please don't work a labour job if you can avoid it

don't ruin your skateboard time

I feel you bro. Working construction and being a skater sucks ass. Can never find time and body is constantly broken.

the waist is everything, many people think it's the feet, but it's the waist. And I'm tall, so there's a lot of strain on my poor old mid section.

you know, now that I think about it, maybe poor Ben was suffering from waist issues.

I don't want to have any damage on it, please oh please, I had the same pain and discomfort a month ago.

are you talking about your waist as well?

Fucking this. The fact that my torso was sore was the single biggest surprise after I started skating. It looks so leg-driven but it's all about the back and the shoulders.

was skateboarding cursed by the wu-tang clan?

Back, I suppose waist can be attributed too. I used to work in concrete, so I had to wheelbarrow wet concrete all day. It was fucking horrible and I had to work with crackheads all day. I had no energy at the end of the day and weekends were reserved solely for running errands and doing housework.
I don't work labour right now, luckily. I still struggle to find time to skate when work gets busy, but it isn't nearly as bad as when I was working in construction. Everybody should be forced to work a labour job for a month, I feel like that would humble a lot of people.

I agree on that last part, but I think I've overdone it.

pray for my waist bump

Bought new bearings
Kolami China 608RS
Does anyone know the equivalent to this bearing in ABEC? Has anyone even tried these?

This

i like him because of this. but yea i get it would be off putting to some

well unless he suicided with a grenade, I don't see why not

>It's the choice of music

absolutely

I have known this partm I would say the second reason would be my knowledge of Paulo Diaz's story as a late 80s up and coming street hero and then watching his tricks in this part.

got 99a 56mm spitfire OG's. how will it be adjusting to 85a or 87a?

Front

Tony Hawk was raped by a negro in the summer of '92

>Tony Hawk was raped by a negro in the summer of '92
Based

quick bump

Thank you

I bit the bullet. Wish me luck, boys.

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Did you only buy 1 truck, or are trucks just a fuckload cheaper in the states compared to the EU?

You only bought 1 truck dude.

Indy stage 11s are only 20 bucks in burger land

>only 20 bucks
That's like $27 in canuckbux :(

Why do you think I am ordering from burgers instead of buying locally? The 50 dollar shipment does not even scratch the local markup.

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>buys two sets of bearings
Smart move, thinking ahead.

I wish, that was actually for the soft set of wheels I am buying with it.

Disregard I just realized you bought two sets of wheels too, my bad.

>tfw I landed my first slappy boardslide
What else should I throw in to not fixate on that one slide?

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I had some words for you because I thought that was the total for one board. Then I read tool and helmet.
Still man you should've waited for a sale good lord

Down in my country I would've paid 180 dollars for a Peralta complete and 140 for the protective gear. Considering the better board, I am still way in the win even with the 50 dollar delivery [spoiler]and my mother paid because I had my birthday this week[/spoiler]

WHAT ARE THOOOOOOOOSE

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Slappy 5-0 or slappy nose

Wasn't the helmet enough?

I am 25 and post military, I don't trust my bones to take a hit.

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Your bones will be fine, bone injuries don't usually leave permanent damage. Mind you, I'm not saying that it doesn't happen, but bones tend to heal quite well.

The things you need to look out are ligaments - fuck them up and you'll pay for it for the rest of your life.
I tore the ligaments from my ankle two years ago, and its still not back to 100%, I fucked up the ligaments in my chest a year ago and I'm still having a hard time sleeping on my side.

Do not fuck with your ligaments - remember to stretch before and after every session.

Bump

what

Indy stage 11s only cost 20 dollars per truck in America

Front

WHAT? That'š fucking $65 here what the FUCK?

Don't stretch before. At least not the types of stretches that involve maxing out a joint/muscles range of motion and holding it there. So called static streching. You are straining the shit out of your muscles and ligaments and then thrashing on them. Increasing your risk of pulling something.

Before skating, warm your joints/muscles up by moving them. Imagine a boxer about to step into the ring. They call these dynamic stretches nowadays.

Keep stretching bro. Staying flexible and nimble is the key.
Tldr;
>Warm up b4
>stretch after

Any tips on improving my tres? I can't seem to get them when I pop higher...

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honestly I like your tres, they exude 1991

Wrong. You should always stretch before, BUT, you should always warm up before stretching. If you stretch without warming up, you run the risk of hurting yourself while stretching. It helps dramatically if it's hot outside.

Of course you need to fucking stretch before skating, not to mention full-body stretching if you're going to do vert. It's extremely easy to pull something otherwise.

The trashing you refer to contracts muscles and ligaments, which is precisely the reason why you need to stretch consistently. By skipping stretching before skating, you are causing your ligaments to be even more contracted at the end of the session and at that point, stretching after becomes mandatory just to maintain some semblance of flexibility.

Also, proper stretching should take at least 10, and up to 20 minutes and is systematic. Otherwise it has literally zero effect.

>You should always stretch before

Dynamic stretching, yes. Do this before skating.

Static stretching, on the other hand.
Torquing your joints/muscles past their limit and then holding it there, is NOT the kind of stretching you should be doing before skating. I don't care if you warm up before you do your deep stretching. Do not deep stretch before skating.

>stretching after becomes mandatory just to maintain some semblance of flexibility.

Nah. Im not "just maintaining some semblance of flexibility" I've been steadily gaining more range of motion and was already pretty flexible before I started "systematically" stretching.

let's talk when you're 30

what's dynamic stretching?

relax man, you act as if 30 is 70

you underestimate how quickly things like muscle regeneration deteriorate with age, starting in mid-20's. there's a reason why only a handful of athletes keep getting good results in their 30's and (in some sports) 40's. but those usually have an entire team behind them to manage their regimen and they have to train twice as long and hard as people half their age to keep their form. Plus, good genetics is a major factor but most people can't rely on that.

my friend

you're not training for a medal

you're skateboarding

I guess self-care makes me a kook but I enjoy not waking up sore every morning while maintaining strength and range of motion, as well as the prospect of maintaining that into mid-life and old age.

Im not that far behind. Let's talk when you aren't hung up on highschool gym teacher level athletic advice.
>stretch before
>stretch after
>it's good for you, always
>stretch, stretch, stretch

Dynamic stretching is the opposite of holding a position still and counting to 10. Its repeated motion to loosen you up. Still stretches you. Google will obviously explain it better than I can.

I did sports semi-professionally half my life, I know what works for me.

you will do that just by skateboarding

I suspected as much. It feels better and more natural too.

then you have nothing to be afraid of, just ease your way into your session. Good vibes always help with that.

Did you play any sports semi professionally that centered around hurting yourself? All I'm saying is doing a split before you get the splits isn't going to help. It may cause an injury.

29 here. What I do just to avoid injury is:
-light dynamic stretch on ankles and knees, like 2 secs each
-skate 10-15 mins
-slightly deeper stretch: knees, ankles, hips, torso, groin, gluts, hamstrings, about 5-10 secs each. No overstretching or maxing range
-skate for up to about 2 hrs
-no stretch after and I feel like I'm really dumb for it, my flexibility is pretty shit.

If I don't stretch before or miss a stretch, guaranteed I'm going to randomly do something to strain whatever I missed.

tfw permanent ankle injuries

>Did you play any sports semi professionally that centered around hurting yourself?
yes, very specifically.
but every sport carries a risk of injury with it. proper stretching prevents that.

I was just practising some ollies and I somehow seriously pulled something in my lower back today. I can barely stand up.
It's a bummer since the weather just got nice and now I need a few days to recover
Need to remember to stretch

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fucking beer crates, that's all I'm going to say.

protective gear culture will never come around, unless your a vert dad. I'm 24 and my knees are fucked just from impact and them not being as strong as they should be for what I attempt. Pads would not have helped. Knees are designed so fucking stupidly, I hate it. I wanna skate forever.

>mfw vert mom in the park yesterday

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RIP

Mmmmmmm skate mommies.
There's this one skate mommy with massive jumblies and a thicc rump that I sometimes see at skateparks. Watching her melons bounce around while she's skating transition is absolutely mesmerizing. She's getting other moms to start skating too, pretty rad.

The skate milf I saw was with some handstanding skate grandpas; made me feel great knowing I can do this for a few decades if I treat my body right

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Anyone Japan Skaters here, I know it's a long shot. Moving to Yoko on Monday. Dont want to give up my deck but I hear it's illegal on streets and frowned upon on sidewalks.

I read multiple threads where cops just ask you to get off but I'm American and dont want to be rude, ya know?

Thank you. I thought they look bad because they're so low above the ground

you're a stupid foreigner who doesn't know the rules. take advantage of that as much as possible. pretend you don't even speak english and act as confused as possible if anyone fucks with you.
from what i understand, moonmen mostly hit street spots at night

don't flick out so hard. treat it almost like a floaty pressure flip

it would be cooler if you focused more on the trick and spot than the character. and why does it always have to be a maid

i really like these

i skate streets but i live outside the city.

my advice is get some soft wheels so you're less noisy- noise is probably the thing that will get the police upset with you.

i generally just hop off my board when i see police just to be safe- my japanese isn't good and i'd rather not have to be lectured and say soudesune a hundred times. a big smile and a wave can go a long way.

yokohama has a huge foreigner population relative to the rest of the country too, on top of the military base, so natives will probably expect you to be a piece of shit to begin with (for example, there are trash cans throughout yokohama because otherwise foreigners just throw it in the streets) but its kind of hard to skateboard and not step on people's toes in the city. culturally, japan is a place of putting others above you, and its not exactly easy to be quiet and out of the way on a skateboard

that being said, every japanese skateboarder i've met has been supremely nice and supremely cool, so i'd recommend hitting up the dozens of parks in tokyo and making some friends

i'm in tokyo every so often so maybe i'll see you there sometime

good luck

>darkslide
>handrail

Press x to doubt

>tfw u fall and peel back half your thumb nail

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no mongo. Monrovia california.

People should wear helmets man. They look gay but it saved me from getting some gnarly stitches in my head as a kid.

Does anyone have any good resources for learning how to drop in, and stall?

wes kremer did it

Isn't there some youtube rando that darkslid a double kink?
youtu.be/Y4ffUHojVtM
?