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First day ever on a mini ramp today after not skating for years and I'm super happy with how it turned out. First 15 minutes felt very strange and was really unstable on the ramp but after starting out in the middle of the ramp (a little 3ft one) after a while I got the hang of pumping pretty easily and managed to get my front trucks up to just under the coping and ride out fakie and do the same. By the end of the 2 hours i had managed to pretty reliably do backside kick turns both on the flat and up the ramp itself, very surprised at myself for managing to get the hang of it relatively quickly and I had a ton of fun! Once I've got a bit more comfortable I think the next thing will be to just learn to drop in and get it over with.
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Aphex- posted:First day ever on a mini ramp today after not skating for years and I'm super happy with how it turned out. Sounds like an awesome session. Let us know how your next session goes, sounds like you have a really awesome mellow mini ramp to skate on. I skated a 3ft mini ramp everyday for years when I was younger, they are rad.
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obligatory nyja sucks but this is insane https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYw4CvUSaLM
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Squeezy Farm posted:obligatory nyja sucks but this is insane The angle he locks his bs Crooked grinds is so legit. When I try to hit that angle I don't slide or on a round rail I bonk my front truck off and end up on the other side of the rail. Nyja is like the perfect clip skater, I never want to watch a full length part but seeing a 10 second clip is usually rad
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Squeezy Farm posted:obligatory nyja sucks but this is insane i'm just glad clive is getting paid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSK89b9tDxE
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Someone get me up to speed on why people don't like Nyjah again? I mean he's clearly a straight up bro but does he have some lovely incident in his past I don't know about? dude's been skating some form of pro since he was like six.
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DR FRASIER KRANG posted:Someone get me up to speed on why people don't like Nyjah again? I mean he's clearly a straight up bro but does he have some lovely incident in his past I don't know about? dude's been skating some form of pro since he was like six. there are some rape allegations, read the slap forums at your own risk: https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=111846.0 He also said girls shouldn't skate and later apologized. I enjoyed his 'till death part a few years ago but watching this new one last night had me yelling that he has little kid contest style. He's sick but I don't really enjoy watching him skate. He's probably the best rail chomper to ever exist but there's a gap between "that is a hard skate move" vs. "wow that looks cool, fun, interesting" that he doesn't bridge. His outfits do not help him. oh and the "jock" factor also he speed checked using his foot one time in a vid lol UFOTacoMan fucked around with this message at 20:34 on Nov 29, 2022 |
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UFOTacoMan posted:there are some rape allegations, read the slap forums at your own risk: https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=111846.0 read this one instead https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=124459.0
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ArmZ posted:read this one instead https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=124459.0 ![]()
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Hot take: Nyjah is cooler to watch than Andy Anderson.
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I feel like that's kind of an apples to oranges comparison but I get it, that new Nike part is loving mind blowing
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gay for gacha posted:Hot take: Nyjah is cooler to watch than Andy Anderson. now I'm imagining andy skating like andy but wearing nyjah clothes/tats Andyjah Nyjahderson
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https://twitter.com/ryyanlay/status/1598026856850423809 Njyah having a cement ramp build for his ender vs. Tyshawn bondo-ing the bumpy part of the subway platform to smooth the run up for his subway kickflip
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UFOTacoMan posted:https://twitter.com/ryyanlay/status/1598026856850423809 The subway bondo is cool imo. That feels like street skating. I didn't notice it in the video and wondered about the bumps but assumed he popped at the right time.
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I kinda want Man Ramp to make a comeback
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those subway caution bumps are very... bumpy (heh). don't see how anyone could do it without bondo or a runway![]() https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XolOEfxVxp8&t=172s ArmedZombie fucked around with this message at 12:10 on Dec 2, 2022 |
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https://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/big-sets-small-boards-the-petar-stanchev-interview/ I read this interview with Petar. What do you think he means when he says he makes his own boards? I've been interested in doing something like this lately. I struggle to find boards in the dimensions I like to skate. Do you think he means he cuts his own wood, laminates, and presses them? Or do you think it's more like he orders them and has his graphics put on them?
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UFOTacoMan posted:
lmao imagine caring about this. It's the dumbest argument right behind "he lands everything too clean"
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different style of skate video. I really like it. hope he does more. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjB2oiZ6WFQ
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Hey I want to buy a skateboard as an xmas gift for our 7 year old. He has size 32 shoes (EU), weighs about 27kg, and is 127cm tall. He loves to bike and rollerblade and every time we go into a decathlon he wants to look at the decks. I like decathlon but this site says their skateboards should be avoided: https://www.skateboardershq.com/worst-skateboard-brands/ I did my own research ![]() Powell Peralta has this 7.0" thing with 80A wheels: https://www.blue-tomato.com/en-ES/product/Powell+Peralta-Ripper+Mini+7+0+Complete-592327. I have not been able to find anything smaller outside of random amazon brands. Or am I completely misguided and this is too small? There are obviously a heck of a lot more options if a 7.5 or 7.75 is still appropriate for his size but people seem to be recommending that for teenagers which he is not. Thank you for any guidance.
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other people posted:Hey I want to buy a skateboard as an xmas gift for our 7 year old. He has size 32 shoes (EU), weighs about 27kg, and is 127cm tall. He loves to bike and rollerblade and every time we go into a decathlon he wants to look at the decks. I like decathlon but this site says their skateboards should be avoided: https://www.skateboardershq.com/worst-skateboard-brands/
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other people posted:Hey I want to buy a skateboard as an xmas gift for our 7 year old. He has size 32 shoes (EU), weighs about 27kg, and is 127cm tall. He loves to bike and rollerblade and every time we go into a decathlon he wants to look at the decks. I like decathlon but this site says their skateboards should be avoided: https://www.skateboardershq.com/worst-skateboard-brands/ my nephew is similarly sized and a 7.5" seems a little too big
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other people posted:Hey I want to buy a skateboard as an xmas gift for our 7 year old. He has size 32 shoes (EU), weighs about 27kg, and is 127cm tall. He loves to bike and rollerblade and every time we go into a decathlon he wants to look at the decks. I like decathlon but this site says their skateboards should be avoided: https://www.skateboardershq.com/worst-skateboard-brands/ Ripper looks fine. At seven he can probably skate a 7.25 at 29 inches. Or even a 7.5 when I was 8 I had a 7.5. https://www.tactics.com/tactics/cutoff-725-complete-skateboard/pink-yellow https://www.tactics.com/tactics/icon-skateboard-deck/yellow
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Thank you guys. I think I will get the ripper. Those tactics boards look nice but I can't immediately see a place to buy them in europe. There is also this other PP one which I think is a cooler look but the wheels are smaller & harder so I think it would be less forgiving: https://www.blue-tomato.com/en-ES/product/Powell+Peralta-Vato+Rats+Mini+7+0+Complete-641919
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m8gvIzgfik&t=1s
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re: louie et al. three of the best to ever do it are doing it the best ever, in their respective sub-genres and here i am lmfao at this poo poo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGmJVnpwVv8
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ArmZ posted:re: louie et al. honestly bike riding looks more stylish on bikes like that. I really hate the a e s t h e t i c of bmx bikes and the handles sticking out way far away from their hands, plus the hunched over look. anyway, Louie is my SOTY again this year. love that guy he's so nice with it.
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hell yeah nice combo of funny stuff at the beginning before the professionals show up for the countdown
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCW7o0QFEJ4 Lil' doc about the Leap of Faith
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It's cool that they brought everyone together to revisit the gap. Richard King is an original. That floppy leg after he slams gave me sweaty palms though... ![]() Chad Caruso, a skate vlogger from Long Island, went on a 50 day road trip to land one new trick per day per U.S. state. The schedule alone is difficult to pull off but the tricks themselves are pretty impressive too, kind of Cody McEntire style. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1bS5i5fKsQ
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WoMS0Lgh8Q i love watching considine and i have a man crush on tom k
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New OJ Wheels video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thWte1owHlE
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ArmZ posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5WoMS0Lgh8Q I never watched that guy skate before, I like it! Altared State posted:New OJ Wheels video I feel like that crew never disappoints
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this is crazy to me. I think describing it as "he looks like he's skating transition" is a great way to put it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCdnpPZmUQU
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ArmZ posted:this is crazy to me. I think describing it as "he looks like he's skating transition" is a great way to put it. Did I hear that correctly that he started skating in 2016? gently caress he even looks older than me too. God dammit. e: oh wait he just says he started skating curbs in 2016. DR FRASIER KRANG fucked around with this message at 16:57 on Feb 14, 2023 |
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it has been rumored for a bit but it looks like Enjoi is donezo: most if not all of the riders have quit at this point. ![]() also looks like Louie has got something new going on over here: https://jacuzziunlimited.com/ ![]()
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UFOTacoMan posted:it has been rumored for a bit but it looks like Enjoi is donezo: that sucks I wanted to see more of their new ams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ps0-5PkEz44
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Yep... things started looking bad when Bill Weiss was abruptly fired from Madness a month ago, which caused basically the whole Madness team to quit in solidarity. Looks like Dwindle Distribution is the latest to fall prey to vulture capitalists. Not sure what's gonna happen to Almost, Blind, and Darkstar.
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Braille put out this clip vid today. They seem to catch a lot of internet hate, but this is some very fine skate in a particularly well-done edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QUpdOiWXkQ i can still taste him fucked around with this message at 07:57 on Feb 22, 2023 |
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