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Fact: You have never seen a skateboarder successfully land a trick in real life
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Patrick Bateman
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You guys should all watch the Cheese & Crackers part of Chris Haslam:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbhzxo4epW0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lbhzxo4epW0
victreeb3l
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the skateboarders in your area must suck ass then. theres a skate park about 8 minutes from my house, see cool shit all the time
Deified Data
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In person? No, I haven't. They've all be 12.
Tom Penny said:
Don't see any spandex here;
None here either;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3M74u0XZa4&feature=related
Maybe here?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT_vrO526is
Nope. Let's try this again;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fbysbQrAGw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FsbV-bOqbw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArjfHI4ODC0
What are you on?
cuevas. PhD.
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In middle school I saw a bunch of people doing simple stuff.
Snakeyes said:
Scooters are more relevant that lame ass rollerblades
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M0q10ruZYQ
I can relate so much to this. When I used to live in my old neighborhood a new skateboard shop opened up. Everyday when I passed by there were very annoying, obnoxious skateboarders making the same lame tricks that they never landed on. It was just all that you heard in that area.
Skateboarding is really cool professionally, but I really can't stand the amateur ones. I know it's mean because they're learning and all, but the types of personality these kids have sometimes make me not feel as bad.
Skateboarding is really cool professionally, but I really can't stand the amateur ones. I know it's mean because they're learning and all, but the types of personality these kids have sometimes make me not feel as bad.
While I have seen a few tricks in real life come out okay, here is how it usually goes:
--"Yeah, man, check this shit out. *falls on his face...again and again*"
--"Yeah, man, I can totally do that shit. Ask Jeremy. I'm just not feeling up to it right now."
Seeing a trick in real life -- even the simple stuff -- is like hunting for Big Foot.
And even when they "pull it off," they usually do something else that fucks it up enough that you wouldn't dare be used as a witness to the trick's performance.
--"Yeah, man, check this shit out. *falls on his face...again and again*"
--"Yeah, man, I can totally do that shit. Ask Jeremy. I'm just not feeling up to it right now."
Seeing a trick in real life -- even the simple stuff -- is like hunting for Big Foot.
And even when they "pull it off," they usually do something else that fucks it up enough that you wouldn't dare be used as a witness to the trick's performance.
HeadlessRoland
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Its all down hill after 30! I have a friend that can still land a 360 kick flip pretty much on demand. 30lbs heavier and 15 years later he can still bust it out.
TurboLibre
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Funny. I was just watching some kids skateboard and realized the same thing. I knew a lot of skateboarders who would constantly try to land tricks when we would hang out. I don't remember them landing any though.
oneils
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MrOogieBoogie said:
Here are a few terrible threads.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=445353
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=436328
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=445218
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=444906&page=2
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=443728
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=440685
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=444220
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=441481
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=444864
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=436900
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=437001
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=444059
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=443719
...and the absolute worst:
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=442327
Alpha-Bromega
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lol were you guys around like fat nerds who got like a tony hawk board from wal mart or something? i've seen many sets landed, like real stair sets not just herp derp ollie up the curb but i guess the demographic here isn't conducive to that
water_wendi
Water is not wet!
The Phar-mor parking lot from 1989 says you are wrong.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Mazer Rackham said:
What side? Like where the side of the board/trucks is touching? Those are actually easy if you push down on the board you can flip it relatively easy back to the regular position you ride at.
Do you mean this?
That's the only trick of his I used to be able to do. People used to refuse to play horse with me because of it. :lol
Patrick Bateman
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I'd refuse to play with you, too.Zaraki_Kenpachi said:
No pressure flips and touching the ground during SKATE.
Zaraki_Kenpachi
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Patrick Bateman said:
Bah, you're no fun. We never really had any rules like that with the people I played with.
animlboogy said:
Well obviously. Even the pros don't land their tricks 100% of the time.
blame space
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i wonder if i can still do a kickflip
or a fakie big spin
i miss skateboarding
or a fakie big spin
i miss skateboarding
lightless_shado
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You need to go out more OP.
I knew dudes who skateboarded and they landed a trick at least once every time we hung out.
I knew dudes who skateboarded and they landed a trick at least once every time we hung out.
blame space
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Evolved1 said:
kickflip that rotates 180 degrees
gutterboy44
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Union Square NYC, dudes landing 180 flips like it is boring. Overall though, I have seen way more failed trick attempts in the park than I have seen landed. But that's what makes skating awesome, the tricks are incredibly hard to master. Much like why a goal in soccer is so fucking amazing.
MrOogieBoogie
BioShock Infinite is like playing some homeless guy's vivid imagination
oneils said:
I see love and passion in each of those threads.
Bjoern the Smexy
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I've seen my brother landing quite a feew Kickflips, Heelflips and even some grinds many years ago.
Hungry Ghost
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You have obviously never been to a skate park.
But seriously, this is a dumb statement.
But seriously, this is a dumb statement.
Angry Grimace
Two cannibals are eating a clown. One turns to the other and says "does something taste funny to you?"
I've seen lots of people attempt tricks and then try to look cool after failing
Frankenstrat
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Saw a kid successfully land multiple flip tricks [at a skate camp].
at an actual park, there were plenty of people doing stuff in the bowls that weren't fucking up every time.
Eh, I suppose actually having skated for a little while helps.
at an actual park, there were plenty of people doing stuff in the bowls that weren't fucking up every time.
Eh, I suppose actually having skated for a little while helps.
George Claw M.D.
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I have a cousin that's been skateboarding since the '80s. He currently owns his own skate shop, and he and his crew make their own skate videos, with everything from street freestyling, to bowls, to half-pipes. The first trick I remember seeing him do, was a stationary 360 ollie, when he was 12yrs old.
I also work with a 38yr-old guy who still skateboards, regularly. He's always skating around our parking lot, doing kickflips, curb slides, etc.. Been skating since the '80s, too.
I also work with a 38yr-old guy who still skateboards, regularly. He's always skating around our parking lot, doing kickflips, curb slides, etc.. Been skating since the '80s, too.
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