Spring is comin'. SKATE THREAD.

[levon]

Can't believe how many little turds are rolling around on those things. it had been a while since I had gone to any parks and I was super suprised to see kids older than 15 on them. lame.

[P-TNT]

Actually I made this flyer for our skate sesh/bbq party next weekend today, I am not sure if I should be proud or shamed about that scooter swastika I came up with.

[Kiss My Machine]

That's pretty fucking funny.


Does anybody else fucking HATE longboards?

[levon]

Who wouldn't? Lots of people in Vancouver I suppose. But yes, they stink. It seemed like they were a joke in the 90s, but they are everywhere now.

[Seth]

Does anybody else fucking HATE longboards?

http://whyidontskateboard.tumblr.com/

[Charlie M]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMHQe26I6Cs
relevant.

One of the worst parts about going to skateparks these days.  The ratio of scooter kids to skateboarders is about 5:1 everywhere I go.  I've seen a lot of kids who are over the age of 16 getting into it lately too.  I blame their population growth on the lack of / lower quality of bullying today.  Hoping that it quickly goes the way of rollerblading, which seems very rare now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4pioO6HdDw

Ha! A*!
Last summer I was the father of a defiant 12 year old scooter kid who hated all the BMX assholes and skater twats giving him a hard time. This peaked in road trips to Newbury and Paignton skateparks where scooters are unequivocally banned. At this point it's worth pointing out that I'm a 45 year old (bad) skater who (despite tolerant liberal credentials) finds scooter kids generally 'annoying' at skateparks but also generally not 'gay' - not outwardly at their age for the most part.
Roll forward a mere 6 months - I'm now the father of an ardent 13 year old skater who can't believe he ever scooted in the first place; trawls my old Thrashers and Transworlds; can already do more tricks and stuff than I learned in 25 years, and fucking hates inconsiderate snakey scooter kids - which is all of them. And he snagged a spare Dischord sticker I had lying around to put on his deck. That's my boy.

[TomB]

Roll forward a mere 6 months - I'm now the father of an ardent 13 year old skater who can't believe he ever scooted in the first place; trawls my old Thrashers and Transworlds; can already do more tricks and stuff than I learned in 25 years, and fucking hates inconsiderate snakey scooter kids - which is all of them. And he snagged a spare Dischord sticker I had lying around to put on his deck. That's my boy.

this rules.

[P-TNT]

http://vimeo.com/40968778

Our early spring vid. 3 minutes long. I'm the one with beer and lack of talent.

[TomB]

Does anybody else fucking HATE longboards?

fucking HATE longboards.

[caleb]

The "coolest" part of long boarding is that they crash while traveling in a straight line. . .into parked cars.

[P-TNT]

The "coolest" part of long boarding is that they crash while traveling in a straight line. . .into parked cars.

My friend saw a longboarder hit his face on parked car just yesterday..., on a straight road. Maybe it's an inside joke

[Toblerone Zone]

This is the latest vid I made of my friends skating and whatnot.

https://vimeo.com/40984364

We barely had winter here in Wisconsin this year.  Made for some cool skatings when normally there would not have been any skatings.

[hugebomber]

TEXAS SKATE COACH

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mxm6-EmRHq8

[Seth]

Bump thread because I've been having the most fun on a skateboard that I've had in a long time. Been skating House Park every morning this week. Most likely the most fun park I've ever skated. It's almost twice as hot here as where I came from last week, so I can only last about an hour before I feel like I could actually die. Can't wait for a couple months down the line to skate it all day.

Anyone else currently shredding? I know the weather ain't so brutal on the West Coast....

[P-TNT]

Too much drinking, too little skating... I skate all the time I can but this summer has been really shitty weather wise, like 2 sunny days a week.