lukey1

just wondered if any here skates? i just got a new board for my * ahem* 31st birthday and have been out on the street today and blimey its hard work,only managed about half an hour lol. must be about about 14 years since i last went on a board , can still do the basics but i think thats about it. i just dont have the confidence to try anything too complex because if i fall i probably wont get back up and something will be broken

dpb

Theres nothing more comical than middle aged skater-boy imo

Brendan Hughes

I was about to post something like "What the hell is it about skateboards"?

Bunch of long-haired losers near me, trousers hanging down near their knees, constantly jumping off the board trying to flip it, loud BANG that echoes down the street, landing half-**** and near spraining their ankles, practised look of bored insouciance, kick it back upright, repeat from step 1.

The skate park thing I can understand as a skill, but this is like taking an electronic keyboard out to a public place, turning the volume up to max and constantly picking out the tune to "bah bah black sheep" with one finger.

Grrr....

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

Nah, I can afford a car nowadays.

JackClark

For us old folk it's cheaper than the gym.

dpb

I can imagine Pissy rolling down to Morrisons to do his shift all bandaged up against a fall

a_little_feisty

Try telling that to Tony Hawk

Matteeboy

Used to when I was a young un.
Bit of ramp, bit of street.
Gave up aged about 16 when I hit a car and decorated the road in my blood/flesh.

I'm now utterly cack.

Be warned - SN is ONLY for the slighly middle aged who are too sensible to do anything fun.

STi wanna Subaru

iTrader: (1)

Used to have a Santa Cruz Natas with gulwing trucks and bullet wheels. Used to love it but lost a lot of skin due to it!

TopBanana

When I was a little kid I used to kneel on my home made long wheelbase skateboard and bomb down the hilly road I lived on. It was a fine art as to how tight you set the trucks - too tight and it would go wide on the corners, too loose and you'd get a high speed death wobble. I don't think protective gear was invented back then... either that or my parents wanted to do away with me.

Matteeboy

STI - my last deck was a Santa Cruz Corey O'Brien, Venture trucks, Cockroach wheels, MNB bearing. And about 10 pairs of skate shoes, all with a perfect right and a knackered left from ollying all the time!

Lum

So, wait, you're saying that you'd prefer it if they practised indoors until they were good at it?

Will

i would lov to skate but dont have the ***** lol

j4ckos mate

no skaters in here .... they are doing their paper round..