Any Skateboarders?

Afrobean · 02-13-2005, 04:36 PM

If so, what companies do you ride? What stance do you use? What's your best trick?

Myself, I like to skate Zero decks, but I find myself more often using blanks because they are so much cheaper. I like Tensor trucks and Red Bones bearings. Wheels I don't really care about as long as they can slide and they're about 50 mm. I skate regular, but I'm working on learning switch (my stationary switch 3 flips are almost as good as my stationary regular ones). My best trick that I can land everytime is probably a smooth nice pop shuv it (I can keep them under me all the time; none of my friends are even close to being as good as me at pop shuv its). I can almost land 360 flips and I'm hoping to land a nollie 360 flip soon. I used to be able to land 3 flips, but then winter came, and since then, I haven't landed but one or two. Also, I'm great at nollies. I just love them. I like to nollie over little gaps on flat ground (like shadows or cracks or potholes). In fact, I mostly skate flat ground.

This is my sweet new deck.
Zero owns.

The griptape:

Yes, I'm king of cutting grip.

The 7.125 is the width of the deck.

Now please, I don't want people who're like "I played THPS one time lololololo." I'm being serious here. I know that I'm not the only skater here, and I'd like to see how I stack up.

jewpinthethird · 02-13-2005, 05:02 PM

Well, back when I use to be hardcore into skating:

My favorite deck companies were Toy Machine, and Zero, though I think the best deck I had was Eric Koston's Girl deck (infact I still have it). I usually stuck with 7.125-7.5 decks.

My favorite trucks were Grind Kings. Bearings: Pig. Wheels: Zero 53mm.

A few weeks ago I went to the new skate park near my school...but it was full of little kids and their damn Razor Scooter knock-offs...so I didnt skate.

**Spazzbite** · 02-13-2005, 06:21 PM

I'm good, hoping to get a sponsorship soon. Learned to caveman ledge rails and handrails recently, and getting a lot of really neat vert stuff down. I am king of airing out of anything. Biggest air so far is about a 5 and a half footer out of a 7 foot bowl. Best street trick is probably Laserflip, vert trick is probably FS Crook to Rock to Revert, and best Other trick would probably be kickflip to frontside noseslide.

I skate Consolidated's (sp?) "The Cube" board, with Grind King trucks, 57mm spitfire wheels, and hkd bearings. I'm a goofy boarder, but I can do some HUUUUUGE ollies. Biggest gap I've ollied to date is almost 8 feet.

ad0gg · 02-13-2005, 06:31 PM

I have an Heath Kirchart Alien Workshop 7.5 deck (unfortunately it's not on their website). I really can't remember what kind of wheels I have because I've had them so long. I have ABEC-5 bearings and Phantom 2 trucks.

My best trick is probably a varial kickflip (yes, I know, I suck horribly). I prefer skating ramps because of how badly I suck at street skating.

EDIT: I skate goofy.

babybenji2004 · 02-13-2005, 06:36 PM

I played THPS one time lololololo.
no but seriously i tried skating once and it failed miserably. Of course i was in 4th greade, had no idea what i was doing, and bought the cheapest deck possible.

Mindfields · 02-13-2005, 06:46 PM

I used to sakteboard. I did one ollie. Now I mountain bike. I like speed.

**Spazzbite** · 02-13-2005, 06:53 PM

Oh yeah guys by the way, our high school has a skateboarding class.

75 bucks gets you into our fine indoor skatepark for a semester. It's a rotater class, meaning you only have it every other day, but holy hell is the 75 bucks worth it.

**alainbryden** · 02-13-2005, 10:48 PM

I currently have a dynasty and another piece I use for crazy crap.
I sport Abec 5's and ti-lytes or independent trucks
Wet willy wheels.
Skate Regular.

Spheroid · 02-13-2005, 10:52 PM

I skated for a short period of time a few years ago. Used an element.

**alainbryden** · 02-13-2005, 10:56 PM

Aaah, that would be the name of that other piece of crap board I use. Element. We been through alot, hehe.

Afrobean · 02-14-2005, 06:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spazzbite

Oh yeah guys by the way, our high school has a skateboarding class.

75 bucks gets you into our fine indoor skatepark for a semester. It's a rotater class, meaning you only have it every other day, but holy hell is the 75 bucks worth it.

I hate you. My school doesn't have anything cool. All our clubs suck ass, we have no programming classes, and any class that I look forward to is cancelled because not enough kids want to take it.

And Spazz, when you say "sponserred," do you mean like for realz sponserred or do you mean "local skate shop sponsered"?

**Spazzbite** · 02-14-2005, 07:40 AM

Local skate shop sponsored. I'm not good enough to get an Am sponsor. Well, unless I skate for Bootleg, because they sponsor a LOT of lousy people. One skate shop in town offered to give me snowboarding lessons and then sponsor me when I got good, and they seemed pretty eager about it, so I'm hoping they'll sponsor me for skating after they see how good I am.

zildjian133 · 02-14-2005, 08:14 AM

Well for one I don't believe you Spazzbite. Anyways I have a blind deck, independent trucks... I've magically board slided about a 12 foot rail one time, can do kick flips, heel flips.. But quit, I motocross now... Amateur B working up to A...

**Spazzbite** · 02-14-2005, 08:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zildjian133

Well for one I don't believe you Spazzbite.

wtf hahahahahaha

There's people in my neighboring city that are waaayyy better than I am and have multiple sponsors, I don't see why I'm so hard to believe.

Pooping_Panda · 02-14-2005, 08:38 PM

well when i skated during the summer last year i could prtty much do most flip tricks, except for like, 360 heel flips and inverted stuff, but yea i could do a lot of shit, i plan on starting again when spring rolls around

i have a darkstar deck(i like the graphics and there nice) and grind king trucks and spit fire wheels

now all i do is paintball mostly, but im gonan get back into skating soon

Kamoa_Han_Senzui · 02-14-2005, 08:40 PM

I can ollie.
o shiz wut wut

deltro300111 · 02-14-2005, 08:52 PM

Element Deck, Venture Trucks, Red bearings, I can skate, but I choose to run over skaters (Bike all the way biatch!)

Pooping_Panda · 02-14-2005, 08:53 PM

Haha I used to bike aswell, had a free agent.

DataXUnknown · 02-15-2005, 01:32 AM

I think skating was hardcore in 1996. Thats when I was with the pros in Huntington Beach, CA. Now, skating is just a small thing I do every special occasion. I drive with my skateboard in my trunk, but barely ride it. Skating was definetly the best back in the good old days. Now its mostly just posers who want girls to like them. I could do a lotta tricky stuff a little varial here or there never hurt. I have old videos of my and my friends skating...it was much fun...they pretty much banned skating in a lot of places since then. I got free decks from Baker Boards easily. I usually rode on a world industries board.

I would also like to add, I went to biking also. So now, I can do both which is really cool. Inline skating I came across and did some nice things, but broke my arm the worst you can going down a hill at litterally 50mph and falling.

b00mbat0wer · 02-15-2005, 07:27 PM

I started skating when I was 8. I haven't been doing very much of it at all lately 1.) because it's winter and there's snow on the ground here in Omaha, and 2.) I've found better things to spend my time/money on like computers and technology related things. When I was really into it, I was sponsored by this crappy local shop called World Wize. The place closed because the owner, Guy a.k.a. Wizeguy or something stupid like that, got busted for distrubiting drugs at the skatepark just right up the street. But yeah, I was pretty good. Like I said before, there's better things to spend time and money on. I may pick up my board and mess around a little this summer, though. I liked AWS, Element, Girl, and Status and used `es shoes most of the time.

02-13-2005, 04:36 PM	#1
Afrobean Admiral in the Red Army Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: the moon Age: 38 Posts: 13,262	Any Skateboarders? If so, what companies do you ride? What stance do you use? What's your best trick? Myself, I like to skate Zero decks, but I find myself more often using blanks because they are so much cheaper. I like Tensor trucks and Red Bones bearings. Wheels I don't really care about as long as they can slide and they're about 50 mm. I skate regular, but I'm working on learning switch (my stationary switch 3 flips are almost as good as my stationary regular ones). My best trick that I can land everytime is probably a smooth nice pop shuv it (I can keep them under me all the time; none of my friends are even close to being as good as me at pop shuv its). I can almost land 360 flips and I'm hoping to land a nollie 360 flip soon. I used to be able to land 3 flips, but then winter came, and since then, I haven't landed but one or two. Also, I'm great at nollies. I just love them. I like to nollie over little gaps on flat ground (like shadows or cracks or potholes). In fact, I mostly skate flat ground. This is my sweet new deck. Zero owns. The griptape: Yes, I'm king of cutting grip. The 7.125 is the width of the deck. Now please, I don't want people who're like "I played THPS one time lololololo." I'm being serious here. I know that I'm not the only skater here, and I'd like to see how I stack up. __________________

02-13-2005, 05:02 PM	#2
jewpinthethird (The Fat's Sabobah) Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Palm Springs, California Posts: 11,711	RE: Any Skateboarders? Well, back when I use to be hardcore into skating: My favorite deck companies were Toy Machine, and Zero, though I think the best deck I had was Eric Koston's Girl deck (infact I still have it). I usually stuck with 7.125-7.5 decks. My favorite trucks were Grind Kings. Bearings: Pig. Wheels: Zero 53mm. A few weeks ago I went to the new skate park near my school...but it was full of little kids and their damn Razor Scooter knock-offs...so I didnt skate.

02-13-2005, 06:31 PM	#4
ad0gg FFR Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: At My House Posts: 989	RE: Any Skateboarders? I have an Heath Kirchart Alien Workshop 7.5 deck (unfortunately it's not on their website). I really can't remember what kind of wheels I have because I've had them so long. I have ABEC-5 bearings and Phantom 2 trucks. My best trick is probably a varial kickflip (yes, I know, I suck horribly). I prefer skating ramps because of how badly I suck at street skating. EDIT: I skate goofy. __________________

02-13-2005, 06:36 PM	#5
babybenji2004 Banned Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Yay michigan Posts: 446	RE: Any Skateboarders? I played THPS one time lololololo. no but seriously i tried skating once and it failed miserably. Of course i was in 4th greade, had no idea what i was doing, and bought the cheapest deck possible.

02-13-2005, 10:48 PM	#8
alainbryden Seen your member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: noitacoL Posts: 2,873	I currently have a dynasty and another piece I use for crazy crap. I sport Abec 5's and ti-lytes or independent trucks Wet willy wheels. Skate Regular. __________________ ~NEIGH

02-13-2005, 06:46 PM	#6
Mindfields Banned Join Date: Dec 2004 Age: 34 Posts: 1,566	I used to sakteboard. I did one ollie. Now I mountain bike. I like speed.

02-13-2005, 10:52 PM	#9
Spheroid FFR Player Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Free Press Ltd. Posts: 412	I skated for a short period of time a few years ago. Used an element. __________________ G-Bin Press Issue 4 G-Bin Press Issue 3 G-Bin Press Issue 2 G-Bin Press Issue 1

02-13-2005, 10:56 PM	#10
alainbryden Seen your member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: noitacoL Posts: 2,873	Aaah, that would be the name of that other piece of crap board I use. Element. We been through alot, hehe. __________________ ~NEIGH

02-14-2005, 08:14 AM	#13
zildjian133 FFR Player Join Date: May 2003 Location: LOMG LOCATION@HERE Posts: 1,138	Well for one I don't believe you Spazzbite. Anyways I have a blind deck, independent trucks... I've magically board slided about a 12 foot rail one time, can do kick flips, heel flips.. But quit, I motocross now... Amateur B working up to A... __________________

02-14-2005, 08:38 PM	#15
Pooping_Panda FFR Player Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: illinizzle Posts: 1,773	well when i skated during the summer last year i could prtty much do most flip tricks, except for like, 360 heel flips and inverted stuff, but yea i could do a lot of shit, i plan on starting again when spring rolls around i have a darkstar deck(i like the graphics and there nice) and grind king trucks and spit fire wheels now all i do is paintball mostly, but im gonan get back into skating soon

02-14-2005, 08:40 PM	#16
Kamoa_Han_Senzui FFR Player Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Michigan Posts: 1,607	I can ollie. o shiz wut wut __________________ I left the forums, but if you want to talk to me, hit me up on AIM SN = SickCatBodySpray

02-14-2005, 08:52 PM	#17
deltro300111 FFR Player Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: d colon Age: 36 Posts: 1,014	Element Deck, Venture Trucks, Red bearings, I can skate, but I choose to run over skaters (Bike all the way biatch!) __________________

02-14-2005, 08:53 PM	#18
Pooping_Panda FFR Player Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: illinizzle Posts: 1,773	Haha I used to bike aswell, had a free agent.

02-15-2005, 01:32 AM	#19
DataXUnknown FFR Player Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Orange, CA Posts: 161	I think skating was hardcore in 1996. Thats when I was with the pros in Huntington Beach, CA. Now, skating is just a small thing I do every special occasion. I drive with my skateboard in my trunk, but barely ride it. Skating was definetly the best back in the good old days. Now its mostly just posers who want girls to like them. I could do a lotta tricky stuff a little varial here or there never hurt. I have old videos of my and my friends skating...it was much fun...they pretty much banned skating in a lot of places since then. I got free decks from Baker Boards easily. I usually rode on a world industries board. I would also like to add, I went to biking also. So now, I can do both which is really cool. Inline skating I came across and did some nice things, but broke my arm the worst you can going down a hill at litterally 50mph and falling. __________________

02-15-2005, 07:27 PM	#20
b00mbat0wer FFR Player Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 368	I started skating when I was 8. I haven't been doing very much of it at all lately 1.) because it's winter and there's snow on the ground here in Omaha, and 2.) I've found better things to spend my time/money on like computers and technology related things. When I was really into it, I was sponsored by this crappy local shop called World Wize. The place closed because the owner, Guy a.k.a. Wizeguy or something stupid like that, got busted for distrubiting drugs at the skatepark just right up the street. But yeah, I was pretty good. Like I said before, there's better things to spend time and money on. I may pick up my board and mess around a little this summer, though. I liked AWS, Element, Girl, and Status and used `es shoes most of the time.

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