Skateboarding !

[SH1TBIRD]

Just wondering if there is any skaters on here ?

I've been skating for 30+ years , i'm no Tony Hawk
but i can't ever see me stopping , i suppose ,
only when i lose the use of my legs ! ? !

Anybody else into boardsprts ?

:y:

[Tommo87]

Aye man, been pushin me plank for over 10 years now, love it and the lifestyle.

[holdawayt]

i built a section of my boot build to accomidate my board :)

Post your board set up!

Enjoi deck, royal trucks, abec 9 bearings, some sort of hollow wheels but they do the job (nice and hard)

i learned how to do a sex change kickflip before i could do a normal one lol. Strange how things like that happen. Also bmx!

Tom

[SH1TBIRD]

:y:

I have quite a few set ups as you can imagine , that i use for different situations , because i have explored most aspects of skating , from lollypop thru to pintail . Longboards on ramps are fun .

I mainly ride pool shapes though , pools and bowls are my thing .

Currently : 9" Firm deck , Smith Webb II's , Cortech Photon Wheels .

Not gonna bother listing bearings , bolts and spacers LOL

I get asked that question by every Grom in the park , every time i visit , same ones sometimes LOL at 10 minute intervals !

Have a bit of a collection too , Old and New !

:y:

[haz_pro]

I started skateboarding like a few months ago, but after about a month i decided i prefered crusing around etc so bought myself a longboard which i absolutely love!

My skateboard is just a enuff complete.

My longboard is a 44 inch G&S Pintail with holey trucks and bennett aligator wheels!
Its so smooth and carvy!

I also bmx which i have been for about 6 years, although due to brakes from it my skill level is not up to par;)

[-Jason-]

I have an Icon deck, Tensor trucks, Girl Wheels, Bone swiss red bearings :P

[SH1TBIRD]

My longboard is a 44 inch G&S Pintail with holey trucks and bennett aligator wheels!
Its so smooth and carvy!

:y: Niiiiice !

My longboards are :

40" Dregs double kick , Smith Webb II's and Powell Rat Bones

44" Lib Tech double kick , Independent trucks and Schmitt Saw Blades

44" Comet Pintail vertically laminated polymer composite , Randall 180's and big fat blue 80mm Kryps !

The Comet is great for bombing hills , have had it up to 40mph , clocked !

Scary as fk ! , don't really want the wobbles at that speed !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2us98TTHh_Y

Have a looky !

:y:

[LeeM]

love it, not been out for a while yet though but kep lookin at my board next to my bed and thinking about it!
its on old but trusty setup, Third foot green deck, indy stage 9 trucks, hkd reds and ricta naturals. need new bearings though the hkds arent sealed and theyre pretty fucked now due to my complete lack of maintenance

[SH1TBIRD]

Mmmmmmmmmmmm BLACKPOOL !

Big Woody's Patch !

RampCity !

Swoooooooooon ! Kidney Pool and Fullpipe shenanigans !

[LeeM]

ive injured myself many a time at rampcity lol! used to go to the grind in preston before it fell to bits.

[Tommo87]

My set ups are:

Zoo York Zarred Basset 7.75, Destructo trucks, Ricta cores, Bones super six bearings (no abec rating)

Santa Cruz Alex Moul 7.625, veuntre trucks, Autobhan wheels, bones super six bearings

Consolidated Black edition 8.25 Pool concave, Indy trucks, 60mm Ricta Burnquists, bones super six bearings.

Lib Tech Monkey Face 7.75, Tensor mid, Darkstar Black Knight wheels, again Bones super six bearings.

All setups are generally used for different things.

Trying to find a World Industries Black Panther deck, Santa Cruz Jason Jesse deck, Santa Cruz Hand deck, any Keenan Milton or Kareem Cambell deck.

And my kicks are Nike SB Zoom Tres

[Tommo87]

Rampcity,we used to go there loads, also used to go bones at Bolton nearly every wet weekend.

[K17NEY]

I used to skate.Gave up when i started driving,I think i remember my setup
Flip-tom penny-new wave deck
Orange tensors
Spitfire green flames.
I really miss and been thinking of getting a longboard to cruise around through the summer.
Can anyone point in the right direction for a longboard set up??

[C4_Lew]

Ive boarded for about 9 years, dont do it much anymore, scared of getting hurt :(

[SH1TBIRD]

Ive boarded for about 9 years, dont do it much anymore, scared of getting hurt :(

Saffron Walden is just up the road from you dude !

One good reason to get back on the board !

[haz_pro]

:y: Niiiiice !

My longboards are :

40" Dregs double kick , Smith Webb II's and Powell Rat Bones

44" Lib Tech double kick , Independent trucks and Schmitt Saw Blades

44" Comet Pintail vertically laminated polymer composite , Randall 180's and big fat blue 80mm Kryps !

The Comet is great for bombing hills , have had it up to 40mph , clocked !

Scary as fk ! , don't really want the wobbles at that speed !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2us98TTHh_Y

Have a looky !

:y:

That hill looked sweet!

That board looks so similar to my G&S, did you grip it yourself?

[SH1TBIRD]

That hill looked sweet!

That board looks so similar to my G&S, did you grip it yourself?



Yeah mate , grip all my decks myself , good reason to buy rolls of griptape , rather than just enough !

The Comet is concaved , and was real nice flex to it , can bounce it down to the ground , even when it had 1" risers on it !

[Furio-92]

I have always been into it, i love the computer games such as the good old Tony Hawk's and Skate, i've never been too good at it though, i can ollie thats about it lol. I love watching people do it too, i'm pretty good on a BMX though :P

[Rogue_Shadow]

I used to skate
Both Skateboarding and streetboarding
But because I'm so accident prone and takes alot of confidence for me to attempt new moves.
I packed it in :(
Especially seeing if I fell down on a streetboard id fall down HARD and most likely be off work for along time :D
For those whop have no idea what a streetboard is
Skateboarding/skiing (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tK4Wy-Kfiw0)

[chris_ph2]

been doing it about 8 years. just gave up last week! keep fucking my ankle up. rolled it badly a few times now. wanna be able to walk when i'm 50!

gonna start playing badminton instead :homme:

got blind deck, grind king trucks, world industries wheels, bones reds bearings

will always like watching it though. was tanning the mike mo vids on youtube last nite!

[SamW]

Been skating about seven years now <3 it.

I was sponsored for about three of those but then the shop and clothing company went under, so now i do it just for fun. ASW ftw!

Nothing beats skating!

[Mcinabout]

I used to skate a few years back i havent skated for about 4 years or so, now im 19, but i was thinking of picking up the board again and start back. I work with skateboards and the industry every day. I work for for a company called Two seasons, which are a getting to be a pretty big company now. we do street(fashion), skate,snow,ski wear. So im always working with industry of skating which i enjoy and have done for many years:y:

I used to mainly do street skating, but i used to skate park aswell:y:

[C4_Lew]

Saffron Walden is just up the road from you dude !

One good reason to get back on the board !

got a few pics of me somewhere doing a grab out of the bowl :)

[speedyvtr]

i used to many years ago but not no more. :)

[Carlvtr88]

I used to sk8 when i was about 11 - 14... I was actually pretty Decent... Street style... I was bollox on a half pipe but i could Kick flip down a 4 set easy and ollie really high. I bought one of those Metal Grind bars from argos which was pretty Fking awesome at the time ... I could boardslide across the whole thing.... I went to some skate event at the NIA in like 2001 or something ... and all the top skaters were there... also they let a load of people loose on a section of the Ramps n stuff in front of the crowd and i had a go... Doing some tricks and stuff.. it was really good.

I got into playing football more as i got older... and Then faded out of that and got into DJing, which i have been doing since i was 15 ish, Which i am still in love with and doing well... Funny how your hobbies change..

[-GG-]

I used to skate a lot when i was younger, then football/driving came along and i haven't touched the board since. I blew the dust off of it last week, but dont wantoto start getting back into it as a n00b at 18...if you know what i mean?

[newqs36]

been skating 9 years. was on small company and local shop for a year but have recently skated for enjoyment as the competition scene is not for me. all good and hope to be doing it for a lot of years yet

[Pearson]

Just wondering if there is any skaters on here ?

I've been skating for 30+ years , i'm no Tony Hawk
but i can't ever see me stopping , i suppose ,
only when i lose the use of my legs ! ? !

Anybody else into boardsprts ?

:y:

I used to dude when i was 11-16, i quit after popping my ankle learning 360 flips down stairs :(,

Route one blank, venture raw trucks, ricta blank wheels, flip abec 7 bearings :).

[Tommo87]

To the OP if you've been at it that long you'll probably know some of the lads I sometimes session with.

Avi, Andy Mac, Matt Hardfeild and most of the old accy lot.

[Craddock]

Used to when I was younger. (Like 5 years ago). Had a sebastian salabanzy flip deck, was the shit. I used to be pretty good!

Best trick was a nollie varial heelflip.

[Pearson]

Used to when I was younger. (Like 5 years ago). Had a sebastian salabanzy flip deck, was the shit. I used to be pretty good!

Best trick was a nollie varial heelflip.

Fakie f/s flips FTW :).

[Mercy]

Skateboarding FTW

[Tommo87]

Fave trick is no-complys

best is probably blunt to nose on a micro-mini/nollie noseslide on micro mini/nollie 360s tbh though anything landed is a good enough for me.