Skateboarding (pop, rock, youtube, Hang)

FaSho · 12-13-2008, 09:20 PM

There was no thread about this amazing activity/sport!

I'm not very good, I can do a few various flip tricks, but that's about it. I'd like to know who the best skater on here is.

What brands do you guys favor for boards/gear/shoes etc.?

Right now I'm using this:

With these trucks:

sweet_nothing · 12-14-2008, 12:13 AM

I'm a on again off again skater, but i've been doing it since the 5th grade so I know my way around a board.

Right now im using a Flip Geoff Rowley Motorhead deck (i cant find a pic of it but its the gold and black one), some Grind King lows for trucks that used to be goldish orange but the paint his since been chipped away, mob griptape, 52mm spitfire wheels, and some destructo bearings.

Fruitonica · 12-14-2008, 04:44 AM

I think I started skating the first year of highschool, when I was around 13, so I guess I kept it up for about 4 years.
But I was always a very slow learner, and probably only skated about once a week or so, so I progressed very slowly. I only really took it up because my friends skated all the time, was never very passionate. I haven't been skating for the last six or so months, although I might pick it up again soon.

My only consistent tricks were the super basics, shuvits, kickies, heels, varials, bigspins flat bar boardslides and small variations on those.
My best consistent tricks were probably cabs and pop shuvit tailgrabs. I never really bothered with switch or nollie at all, haha.

sweet_nothing · 12-14-2008, 11:31 PM

Skating switch is actually pretty easy once you get the hang of it.

My fav brands:

Shoes: When it comes to shoes I'm a pretty big Vans fanyboy but Ive also enjoyed skating Emerica
Decks: Ive mostly skated flip, but Bakers are good and I think the next board I get will be a Plan B

Anybody on here skate vert? Ive never met anybody thats really into it, I tried once and almost broke my tail bone

~~Farfisa~~ · 12-15-2008, 06:14 AM

I've never been on a skateboard in my life... I guess that means I'm a loser.

Fraig · 12-15-2008, 01:51 PM

I skated a bit in middle school, but just picked it up again last summer.

I have a couple Element boards, I couldn't tell you what the other parts are though...

For shoes I like Etnies and Emerica.

Alfred · 12-15-2008, 02:03 PM

I've skated since I was seven, but most of those years were on crappy boards, and just fooling around. I am a very slow learner too.

I busted my first really good deck in September, it was a West49 deck. I was off skating for a while, until I decided to take one of my ol' shitters and stick my Speed Demon trucks and wheels on it. Then I nearly busted the nose off that one, and now it's just this flimsy thing... my bearings are ABEC-7's. I skate in Lakai Cairo Foster 3's right at the moment, but I have a pair of size 10 Emerica's waiting for me next spring, along with my Ripzone deck that I still have to get gripped up.

I can do indys and the odd shuvvit/popshuvvit. I wanna get on the rock to fakie in the spring, and hopefully I'll learn a grind/flip trick or two.

FaSho · 12-15-2008, 02:06 PM

I'm working on my Indy, I've almost got it down. Can't drop in and do it yet though.

Alfred · 12-15-2008, 02:08 PM

Whaddya mean?

FaSho · 12-15-2008, 02:14 PM

This is what I cannot do:

12-15-2008, 02:03 PM	#7 (permalink)
Alfred one big soul Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 5,096	I've skated since I was seven, but most of those years were on crappy boards, and just fooling around. I am a very slow learner too. I busted my first really good deck in September, it was a West49 deck. I was off skating for a while, until I decided to take one of my ol' shitters and stick my Speed Demon trucks and wheels on it. Then I nearly busted the nose off that one, and now it's just this flimsy thing... my bearings are ABEC-7's. I skate in Lakai Cairo Foster 3's right at the moment, but I have a pair of size 10 Emerica's waiting for me next spring, along with my Ripzone deck that I still have to get gripped up. I can do indys and the odd shuvvit/popshuvvit. I wanna get on the rock to fakie in the spring, and hopefully I'll learn a grind/flip trick or two. __________________ LAST.FM / VINYL COLLECTION / RYM Last edited by Alfred; 12-15-2008 at 02:09 PM.

12-15-2008, 02:08 PM	#9 (permalink)
Alfred one big soul Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 5,096	Whaddya mean? __________________ LAST.FM / VINYL COLLECTION / RYM

12-14-2008, 04:44 AM	#3 (permalink)
Fruitonica Pale and Wan Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Aus Posts: 917	I think I started skating the first year of highschool, when I was around 13, so I guess I kept it up for about 4 years. But I was always a very slow learner, and probably only skated about once a week or so, so I progressed very slowly. I only really took it up because my friends skated all the time, was never very passionate. I haven't been skating for the last six or so months, although I might pick it up again soon. My only consistent tricks were the super basics, shuvits, kickies, heels, varials, bigspins flat bar boardslides and small variations on those. My best consistent tricks were probably cabs and pop shuvit tailgrabs. I never really bothered with switch or nollie at all, haha.

12-15-2008, 06:14 AM	#5 (permalink)
~~Farfisa~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 2,773	I've never been on a skateboard in my life... I guess that means I'm a loser.

12-15-2008, 01:51 PM	#6 (permalink)
Fraig Groupie Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 38	I skated a bit in middle school, but just picked it up again last summer. I have a couple Element boards, I couldn't tell you what the other parts are though... For shoes I like Etnies and Emerica.