I just splashed £100 on...

[Davey]

I'm 27 and just bought a pair of aggressive blades as we've moved to a house that backs on to the park. The park has a basketball court, tennis courts, dirt track for BMX's and...a skate park!

Went to it the other day and tried to do some grinding on the trick boxes... and failed. I ended up on my arse a couple of times, but mostly I chickened out! Ten years ago i used to throw myself at stuff like that, and now I look at it and just think "That's bloody dangerous!" when did I turn into such a pussy!?  :lol:

welcome to the club!
i got knee and back problems from my skating days, so i avoid anything with wheels that hasnt got its own means of propulsion.
it was fun though and i must say i miss those days. not insane enough to get back at it though. i currently posess the balance properties equivalent to a ball siting on a rope

[FELINEGUITARS]

Does anyone who did skateboarding in the 70s remember how freakishly expensive the cool replacement wheels were for ho-rodding your board.
I mean they were STUPIDLY expensive
We used to have  a shop in Croydon that stocked them (Modelsports) and they were way out the reach for a teenager

[badgermark]

Well yesterday my alarm went off at 7, i forgot to turn it off from during the week. But the sun was out and the puddles were mostly dry so i grabbed my board and drove to the local concrete park.

7 is a good time, not a soul about to embarrass myself in front of anyone. It turns out i still got it. I popped a clean ollie first time (it was about 2 inches high*) and i can ride ramps better than i used to. I used to pussy out when going even slightly vertical, but after an hour i was carving and not making an ahhhhhhh noise. Still need to conquer my fear of dropping in, decided to postpone it until AFTER my job interview tomorrow, not a good sign for a prospective teacher to have a swollen face. And a broken arm.


*so was the ollie...

[sgmypod]

Used to love my rollerhocky boots...with great rubber(not hard brick wheels) although now they are called quads? and before that my rollerderby boots with my walkman tape player going down all the local hills

[_tom_]

I was going to get a bmx as I used to find it loads of fun but since I've not touched one for years, when I had a go on one a while ago it felt really weird, unstable and uncomfortable :( So I just have a bmx-y mtb now which is great!

[Elliot]

Yeah Jon - I remember that shop (I think) - I went with my Dad to get some Kryptonics and we left when we saw the price (I kinda understood that ££££ for some green wheels wasn't quite worth it) = Shame the same theory hasn't carried over into guitars  :D

[Nadz1lla]

Incidentally, you guys seen the film Peralta made, Lords of Dogtown? Emile Hirsch looks uncannily like Jay Adams, brilliant casting! It's a great film, you can really relate some of the scenes to the reality if you have watched his Dogtown and Z-Boys documentary. Only thing missing was Ho, but I guess he just didn't want any part of it, let alone someone else representing his character. Makes you wonder how moody he really was if he didn't want anyone putting his personality up there on screen.

[Elliot]

Yeah - seen it, loved it.

[jibidy]

I thought about it. But I rather buy a nice bike (not a bmx).

[AdamB]

I used to skate when i was 16 or 17, so i've not skated for like 7 years! Bet i'd be well cr@p now!

Broke each ankle twice and my left elbow  8)

[indysmith]

Last time I went home I wanted to go skating actually, but I couldn't find my board anywhere; I think my mum probably threw it out when they moved house >,,< that's £160 of skateboard down the drain...
I'm thinking of speccing up a new one though - Blind deck, Thunder trucks, Bones Swiss bearings, Pig Wheels. Cool.

[badgermark]

Last time I went home I wanted to go skating actually, but I couldn't find my board anywhere; I think my mum probably threw it out when they moved house >,,< that's £160 of skateboard down the drain...
I'm thinking of speccing up a new one though - Blind deck, Thunder trucks, Bones Swiss bearings, Pig Wheels. Cool.

Totally do it. I'm having a great time. Been out to the park twice now, once a week isn't so bad, not wanting to get aches like i used to again. After last weekends session my knees were starting to get stiff, sod me i feel old.

[indysmith]

Hahaha. Mark don't be a wimp; hurting yourself is what skating's all about.
Unless the entire X-ray department at your local hospital are on first-name terms with you then you ain't a real skater :lol:

(two leg x-rays, three elbow x-rays and a head x-ray... anyone wanna challenge me?... I was really shite on a skateboard, haha)

[badgermark]

Hahaha. Mark don't be a wimp; hurting yourself is what skating's all about.
Unless the entire X-ray department at your local hospital are on first-name terms with you then you ain't a real skater :lol:

(two leg x-rays, three elbow x-rays and a head x-ray... anyone wanna challenge me?... I was really shitee on a skateboard, haha)

I've NEVER broken a bone before. Not so much hurting myself, more just not wanting my entire body to ache after something i'm doing for fun. pain = bad.

[Johnny Mac]

Kryps were so expensive back in the day

Alpine used to do completes for 70 quid in 1977 that was probably 2 weeks average wages for Dads back then.

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