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The Official Skateboarding Thread

Last post 06-25-2009, 8:03 PM by BillyBonebrake. 185 replies.
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  •  10-17-2008, 7:57 PM 647151

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    thought about giving it a try.
    is it like almost impossible to learn when you are a chickenshit like me?
    looks like it's damn hard.
    that whole not attached thing creeps me out a bit.
    so yeah.

    any advice?

  •  10-17-2008, 8:04 PM 647159 in reply to 647151

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    just push around on it for a bit, get used to it...

    try "hopping" off the board a few times, so you can get used to the feeling of it shooting out from under you

    if you're going to learn a trick, first learn how to do an ollie

    back foot on the tail, front foot right behind (or slightly on) your front trucks

    pop the tail down, jumping up, and slide the top part of your front foot up the board to "grab" the board into the air

    once you're in the air, you want to try to level your board by bringing up your back foot until it's level with your front foot.

    try to keep your back foot hovered above your tail.  put it down, and try again.

  •  10-17-2008, 8:24 PM 647173 in reply to 647151

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    It's hard as hell to learn.  You've got to enjoy doing it for sure or else you'll just get pissed at yourself for sucking so much and give it up.  I can skate all day and not fall once, but when you start trying to progress yourself at it you'll get the shit beat out of you.  I don't know, i've got a love/hate relationship with skating.  I love it because it's rad and when i'm on it it and landing stuff it feels good.  But then I slam four times back to back and it hurts to get out of bed in the morning.  It's not like snowboarding where you can fall and slide out of it for days.  But it's all relative I guess too.  I'm not going a hundred miles an hour up fifty feet in the air on my skateboard. 

  •  10-17-2008, 8:31 PM 647178 in reply to 647159

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    as long as youre better than this fucker

    http://www.vimeo.com/1996836

  •  10-17-2008, 8:35 PM 647181 in reply to 647178

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    ha i can't even see me doing that EVER

    supposed to get hooked up with a skateboard. i will try it.
    the frustration thing is the thing that worries me. not having the patience that i need time to learn. and i hate the idea of getting hurt.

    thanks for the replies so far :)

  •  10-17-2008, 8:41 PM 647187 in reply to 647181

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    I suck at skateboarding and think is meh, I would like it much more if I was better.

    But on the other hand I love just cruising around on my longboard.

  •  10-17-2008, 8:43 PM 647189 in reply to 647187

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    Gnu325:
    I suck at skateboarding and think is meh, I would like it much more if I was better.

    But on the other hand I love just cruising around on my longboard.

    whats what im into now.  well... notlongboarding anyway.  but still.  big soft wheels, going fast, cruising........

  •  10-17-2008, 8:44 PM 647191 in reply to 647187

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    I used to skate all the time... highschool rolled around and all my friends bailed on skating, and it just wasn't fun to do alone.

    after quite some time out, it's too much to get back into it... it is NOT like riding a bike.

  •  10-17-2008, 8:45 PM 647192 in reply to 647191

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    so cruising on a longboard is a bit easier you say ?

  •  10-17-2008, 8:48 PM 647193 in reply to 647192

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    Eva:
    so cruising on a longboard is a bit easier you say ?


    yes, much more similar to snowboarding.

  •  10-17-2008, 9:05 PM 647204 in reply to 647193

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    you should'nt have that much of a problem learning to ride around on a skateboard but tricks are harder to grasp.  Longboards on the other hand are way better, you can carve and my favorite thing is doing spins on the board. you will probably like longboarding more because it feels closer to snowboarding but if you are getting a skateboard than just learn on that. 

     

    My longboard

     

    My new skateboard

  •  10-17-2008, 9:11 PM 647209 in reply to 647204

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    meh
    skatingboarding is very different from snowboarding
    it took me forever just to learn how to fricking ollie, but once you get it, it clicks and you start getting better
    but ya, i hate getting hurt too.
    not exactly like snow...concrete hurts like hell
    i kinda want to try freebording...i know...it looks gay....but it still looks fun

  •  10-17-2008, 9:14 PM 647212 in reply to 647209

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    I remember stepping on a skateboard when I was like 12 and I couldn't ollie. Not that I spend much time trying.

    Sounds like I will want a longboard but if I get a used skateboard I will just cruise with that, test that out and if I like it, I might just buy myself a longboard for xmas or something :)

  •  10-17-2008, 9:17 PM 647216 in reply to 647209

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    It took 2 weeks to learn to ollie and one of my friends still hasnt learned because he's to afraid, but he'll bomb a hill with me anytime. weird.

    and i know what you mean about concrete not being snow every time i would go to the skatepark i would fall on the same spot on my hip and knee, have had bruise for the whole summer.

  •  10-17-2008, 9:23 PM 647219 in reply to 647216

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    you cant count it as an ollie just because you got off the ground.

    if you can ride and snap an ollie over a couple 2x4s then you can say you can actually ollie.. and sure, thats not much, but its enough to where you cant just get lucky and make it every time.

    it took me years to really get great ollies.  good, popped, controlled, poked ollies.  its not an easy trick at all, even though its the most basic trick of them all.
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