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[ThisIsOriginal]

Anyone(I'm sure someone does) skate?

[ThisIsOriginal]

What?

[Vendetagainst]

he's making fun of you, if I had to guess. I have skateboarded a few times and it is fun, though I don't own a board and it's not something I have done recently.

[ThisIsOriginal]

yes I realize he's mocking me/skateboarding in general (possibly)

[Wasteroo]

Anyways, there's a special place in my heart reserved for anthropomorphised leather chairs, but don't be a dick to the new posters. They don't understand it anyway.

[Man-Eating Eggplant]

By "Skateboarding", do you mean the practice of standing on a skateboard and skating with one foot, then letting the skateboard glide for some time?

Or do you have some other, more... darker purpose, in mind?

Don't be offended. When you've been on the parts of the internet that I have, you learn to ask these questions before offering an opinion.

[britMonster]

Um, I don't think this belongs here. . . but I can't really move it or anything.

[Shoppingbaglady]

I have tried skateboarding once. Thanks to my brother being in my landing spot I still have teeth.

I used to go inline skating as a kid though, but that's not cool anymore I guess. Oh, and we had those silly little skatebikes with 1 normal wheel, 2 skateboard wheels and no steer. I had very very flexible bones as a kid, despite being terribly clumsy I've never broken anything.

[valley_parade]

I used to skate in high school, mostly because all of my friends did. I was never any good though, so I ended up being de-facto videographer. We never made any decent films.

I still have two boards sitting in my closet. I think one's got a Birdhouse deck, and the other is Chocolate.

[Inlander]

Don't blame the Wire, man. You're giving it a bad name.

Also, there's no such thing as watching it "too much". Now if you'll excuse me, I have to wait for my season 5 discs to arrive so I can watch the whole thing, seasons 1-5, back-to-back.

[negative creep]

I bought a very cheap board 2 years ago, tried to skate for a while, then broke it. Now I can't afford to buy a new one.

PS: All the "skaters" I know are really nice, well-behaved people.

[Dimmukane]

I don't skate, but I have a friend who got sponsored by a local rideshop.  They just had a premiere, and at least two of the kids on that team should be in skate. 2 or something.

[bbqrocks]

Anyways, there's a special place in my heart reserved for anthropomorphised leather chairs, but don't be a dick to the new posters. They don't understand it anyway.

What? You and him registered on the same day!


Anyways, I have few friends who skateboard, and they seem to have enough fun (but not enough to inspire me to pick it up).

[Thomas Edison]

I have a skateboard, but I just use it to get around on.

I'd try and actually, y'know, be good at it, but I can just do that on EA Skate or Tony Hawk's.

[Chesire Cat]

I longboard and its amazing, the exhilaration of zooming down the streets while effectively standing still (when not pushing) is something I just cant describe.  Unfortunately its something I didnt take with me when I moved from the Prairies to Montreal, though it should be getting sent to me within a couple of weeks so Ill be able to catch the tail end of summer.  Now while I own a skateboard Im certifiably shitty at it.  I never skated when I was younger and only got into it when I was about 21, the following year I got an actual longboard and have been going hard on that (this is year 3 with my longboard I believe).

My deck is a Sector 9 bamboo torpedo shaped board with clear griptape, Randal 180s trucks, 70mm wheels and whatever bearings I own that werent destroyed.

[Tehz]

[orangepeas]

i also longboard, its groovy.

[Scandanavian War Machine]

i skate almost every single day. i'm not really sure what the point of this thread is so i can't really elaborate any more than that.

um...well, here is a picture of me skateboarding from a couple years ago, if that's relevent.

[squawk]

I have loved skateboarding and its culture for a very long time. I can't do too much but it's still one of my favorite things to do! I also got a new deck a few weeks ago and I painted a Triforce on the nose and it is so good.

Longboarding is hell of fun, too.

[StaedlerMars]

I used to skate quite a lot, but then I stopped, and now I'm thinking of taking out the dusty board again.

I did some skating over the summer with some friends, and it was really kind of awkward at first. I knew what I had to do, but I just couldn't get the board to do it.

If I have enough space in my luggage I might bring the board to Uni with me, who knows what will happen.

[BlakeJustBlake]

I used to skate a lot when I was younger, and I'd kind of like to get back into it now because I have several friends that do it, but I don't want to buy a new board.

[Wasteroo]

I tried skateboarding when I was like 11 or something. My dad bought me an effectively useless board from Fred Meyer that was so poorly designed that it was impossible to ollie on it. My inability to do the simplest trick on it was discouraging, so I relegated it to the back of my closet, where it remains today.

I sure hope you weren't expecting anything inspirational.

[ThisIsOriginal]

i skate almost every single day. i'm not really sure what the point of this thread is so i can't really elaborate any more than that.

um...well, here is a picture of me skateboarding from a couple years ago, if that's relevent.

I thought the purpose of this thread could be to discuss new tricks learned,new equipment,found spots,etc.,etc.

I just figured that some people here might be excited about these thing and would want to share them.

EDIT: well its cool to see that some of you are skating,into skating, and longboarding.

[Liz]

Usually when you have a more specific purpose for a thread, it's helpful to put that in the original post. So people know, you know.

Yeah.

[Leinad]

In fact, for such a vague opening post, I am amazed you got as many replies as you did, tbh.

[tania]

i have a longboard somewhere. they're great!

[Patrick]

I kindof want to get a longboard, but Tirana traffic is very thick and Tirana sidewalks are very crowded. I would be the only person in the whole country with a longboard, though, and that's got merit by itself.

[ThisIsOriginal]

dooooooooo itttttttttt!

plus whats the fun of bombin' a hill if you don't have to dodge some cars?

[valley_parade]

I would see a band called "The Lone Albanian Longboarder", Patrick.

[imapiratearg]

I used to skate quite a lot.  Now I just snowboard, because I don't suck at that so much.

[sean]

I have friends who longboard that try and get me to longboard. It is hells of fun, but boards are expensive. I really don't wanna spend 150 bucks right now.

[RedLion]

Screw skateboarding.

Longboarding is where it's at.

[Nodaisho]

My neighborhood has crappy old sidewalks, you would be lucky to get twenty feet without hitting a ridge more than half the size of your wheel. I just bike.

[Chesire Cat]

That is an intensely long, longboard.  Its like 2 feet longer than my normal (42-46") board.

[öde]

A longboard with chunky wheels would be cool (aren't they called mountain boards or something?).

[sean]

Man, crazy long long boards are so fun. My friend Sasha has one called "Longboard Larry." It is absolutely insane. The thing is like, 10 feet long.

[dennis]

When I was single digits old I had a Garfield skateboard that I used to lie down on and roll down hills really fast.

[clockworkjames]

When I was single digits old I had a Garfield skateboard that I used to lie down on and roll down hills really fast.

Mine had sonic the hedgehog on.

Been like 2 years since I skated, nice weather might go walk my dog and skateboard some but I was supposed to help downstars... need to sneak out the window BAI!

[Scandanavian War Machine]

A longboard with chunky wheels would be cool (aren't they called mountain boards or something?).

i actually know the guys that invented mountain-boarding. if you see any mountain-boarding (or "dirt-boarding" depending) on tv, chances are you will see a guy named Leon who i used to go to school with.

he was also in a Disney movie called...i don't know...Johnny Tsunami or something stupid like that.

[Dimmukane]

No, that was the sequel. 

[Caleb]

I owned a skateboard at one time when I was younger.  Fell off a lot.

I also made a skit on the general subject of skateboarding when I was in college.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAz2LvTHuNE

Skateboard reference about 45 seconds in.

[Nodaisho]

I had a mountain board, I never used it. Fun, though. Especially liked the hand-brake.

[Junodog]

I got a skateboard when I was in middle school or something, but I failed at it because I am afraid of almost everything. I dunno where it is now. Probably in a storage unit.

I prefer snowboarding, mostly because my feet stay on the board that gives me some illusion of control that allows me to go on blacks and shit. But if I ever find someplace that's perfect for learning how to skateboard (including a lack of people so that I don't embarrass myself) then I'll give skateboarding another shot. So I guess I should find my skateboard and take it with me.

For now, though, I'll just stick with learning how to use my new heelys. That is a challenge in itself.

[Patrick]

FREEBORD IS THE ONLY COOL SKATEBOARD

Discuss.

[ledhendrix]

I was thinking of starting skateboarding again when I go to Uni, because there is an excellent skate park in Dundee. Skateboarding was an excellent thing to do on a sunny afternoon.

[clockworkjames]

I also had a mountain board, mine had no brake.

Strapping yourself to a wooden board then rolling down a hill seemed like a good idea at the time but one of the trucks broke and I tumbled.

So I took the trucks off and used it as a makeshift snowboardthatcouldnotturn until I got a snowboard

[Rizzo]

I think Rizzo skates but he doesn't post much anymore.

These statements are both accurate-ish. I don't skate much since I got concussed... I still snowboard all the time though.
I can still ollie but that's about as far as I got. Ramp skating is super fun times though, I should learn to drop in properly!

[carrotosaurus]

The first time I tried mountain boarding I ended up almost needing stitches. It's something I'd really like to get into but I'm freakin clumsy.

[Chesire Cat]

Scabs and bruises = good times.  Bruises on brain?  Academic good times!

[evernew]

I used to skateboard quite a lot.
Then I went to the Holy Land (i.e. Canada) and discovered longboarding.
It is now my favorite pastime for when there is no snow or I am not in it.
Thus, i skate- or longboard pretty much year-round.

I've got a Chiquita skateboard which I have never used because the graphics on it are too good to spoil, a no-name skateboard with shot trucks which I only use when it's raining, a Sector 9 swallow tail longboard with kryptonite wheels and a Flexdex fiberglass board with 70 mm flashbacks. Which is my favorite.

People that bash an entire culture or movement based on the incoherence of some of its language have _way_ better targets than skateboarding. I think it should stop.