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[zerotol]

I'd be keen to watch a few good skate docos if anyone has some recommendations.

'The Man Who Souled The World'. It tells how World Industries took over the skating industry in the early 90's

Part 1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx-18JqLUAc

Part 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL8_U7rmdlg

Part 3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7bcHH8XzQE

Part 4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFTNXXjanGo

Part 5 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OV6dTRakP6E

Part 6 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4g4jLK5Ngo

Part 7 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8koo3R9Nu60

Part 8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFck5eU5Xog

Part 9 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sz4bAjKdnQQ

Also, 'Rising Son' is a doc about Christian Hosoi. Its streaming on Netflix and is quite good. 'Dogtown And Z-Boys' is essential. And the new one about the Bones Brigade is probably excellent but i haven't seen it yet.

 

[Son1x]

Now you got me all motivated again. I haven't touched my skateboard in over a year now.

I still haven't filmed a part :/ Always got some footage and few months later, I thought most of it was too crappy (skill wise) and that was pretty much the neverending cycle. But I know I'll be back one day, I ALWAYS return. I've started in 2003 and I don't think I've skateboarded more than 2 years consecutively. Always stopped for half a year or two years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_ApzikwPHc

Heres something I'm rather proud of. My youtube acc is mostly flatground tricks though, which were used/filmed for online games of skates.

 

[jae]

I'd be keen to watch a few good skate docos if anyone has some recommendations.

Here is a short but good one. It's about how skating changed in 1990 & 1991. This was the era I started skating so I found it really interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuLvfoXRsLs

 

[zerotol]

Here is a short but good one. It's about how skating changed in 1990 & 1991. This was the era I started skating so I found it really interesting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuLvfoXRsLs

This was great, thanks for posting it. I love seeing old footage of Ed Templeton. And especially Matt Hensley, who is one of the best street skaters ever. I imagine most people recognize Matt as the accordion player in Flogging Molly these days

 

[cat litter]

To anyone wanting to skate but think they're too old, you should do it. Work on it at home for a bit before you head to the parks though.

 

[MickD]

As long as you don't long board you're ok. Also watch Pretty Sweet

 

[DarkWish]

There's this one doctor at work who is close to 50 years old I think and every Friday after he sees patients, he goes to the skateboard park. That's like what gets him through the day, knowing he gets to skateboard afterwards. So I wouldn't say you could be too old to skate... if you're able to, go for it.

 

[zerotol]

As long as you don't long board you're ok. Also watch Pretty Sweet

I watched it again tonight. Guy Mariano does a switch tre flip to switch nose grind down a handrail. That's the final scene. Unbelievable...

 

[chixdiggit]

I just recently picked up skateboarding again this last summer. Great fun and exercise but man do those falls hurt more than they used to.

 

[Tom Penny]

Nope. I will skate and snowboard until I physically can't because it's fun. 99% of people don't even know why I chose this user name lol

 

[zerotol]

Nope. I will skate and snowboard until I physically can't because it's fun. 99% of people don't even know why I chose this user name lol

Tom Penny is one of the greatest skaters ever. He had amazing parts in the old Flip and 4/11 videos. He seemed to disappear though.

 

[jae]

Nope. I will skate and snowboard until I physically can't because it's fun. 99% of people don't even know why I chose this user name lol

Tom was my hero in my formative years. Spent hours practicing regular & switch frontside flips to look like his. The best ever. Showed up for 18 months and totally changed the game, then vanished back to Europe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di9c3odrJ3c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iElGgEUmWA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo1UVgmNLE8

 

[Red_Man]

 

[zerotol]

Tom was my hero in my formative years. Spent hours practicing regular & switch frontside flips to look like his. The best ever. Showed up for 18 months and totally changed the game, then vanished back to Europe.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Di9c3odrJ3c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iElGgEUmWA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo1UVgmNLE8

Nobody did frontside kick flips better than Tom Penny. Nobody.

 

[gnarlyxcharlie]

Nobody did frontside kick flips better than Tom Penny. Nobody.

Andrew Reynolds did Tom penny was sick though, wonder what happened to him

 

[mooooose]

How do you learn with no one to help teach you.

 

[apesh1t]

The average age range of US skateboarder is 28-34, all started in the mid 90s when it was popular.

I skated for about 2 hours at the skatepark today. I'll be 32 in less than a month.

 

[HiResDes]

Andrew Reynolds did Tom penny was sick though, wonder what happened to him

Went to France to get high and do art

 

[apesh1t]

Andrew Reynolds did Tom penny was sick though, wonder what happened to him

He's still on Flip, still skates. There's a short thrasher clip of him skating from a few months ago.

 

[zerotol]

How do you learn with no one to help teach you.

Watch videos constantly. Learn how to Ollie and do shove-its. Then learn kick flips. After that it all kinda makes sense. It's all about muscle memory. After a while you can do a trick without even thinking about it. Your feet just know what to do. If that makes any sense!

 

[Half and half]

Nope, not too old. I'd love to get off my 33 y/o ass and skate on a mini half. I don't handle pain well these days though.

 

[zerotol]

Bumping just to mention that 'Bones Brigade: An Autobiography' documentary has recently been added to Netflix streaming. I'm going to watch it tonight.

 

[Stabby McSter]

Bumping just to mention that 'Bones Brigade: An Autobiography' documentary has recently been added to Netflix streaming. I'm going to watch it tonight.

oh man, I'll take a look into that. I usually watch Epicly Later'd on vbs.tv. I enjoyed BA's Epicly Later'd, although I feel like it didn't cover a lot that I hoped for.

 

[Wubby]

I bought a new banana board earlier this year. I'm 32 and really hadn't skated much since high school. Things were going good until summer when I hit a pebble that caused my board to dead stop and sent me flying. Fractured two fingers. :-(

 

[Angelus Errare]

Fuck here I was thinking I was getting too old at 26.

 

[zerotol]

Just finished the Bones Brigade doc on Netflix. It is amazing. I highly recommend it. There is a ton of rad old footage of Rodney Mullen and Tony Hawk skating. It was really sad to see Lance Mountain and Steve Caballero crying in it though.

 

[railGUN]

Just finished the Bones Brigade doc on Netflix. It is amazing. I highly recommend it. There is a ton of rad old footage of Rodney Mullen and Tony Hawk skating. It was really sad to see Lance Mountain and Steve Caballero crying in it though.

Wow I'm going to watch that, didn't know it was on there. I got to watch Tony Hawk, Steve Caballero and Rodney Mullen all live in 1999, even got Rodney's autograph.

 

[Shaneus]

Apols for the bump, but it seemed like an appropriate thread.

31 may not be too old to skate again, but what about a 32-year-old picking it up for the first time? I've always been into street videos etc., but after watching the Bones Brigade doco and a bunch of talks and videos of Mullen, I think I'd at least like to give it a crack before I leave this mortal coil.

What say you, GAF? Is learning the co-ordination and getting some muscle memory down this late in the game worth the effort?

 

[lamaroo]

Apols for the bump, but it seemed like an appropriate thread.

31 may not be too old to skate again, but what about a 32-year-old picking it up for the first time? I've always been into street videos etc., but after watching the Bones Brigade doco and a bunch of talks and videos of Mullen, I think I'd at least like to give it a crack before I leave this mortal coil.

What say you, GAF? Is learning the co-ordination and getting some muscle memory down this late in the game worth the effort?

I'm not sure if it's ever too late to learn anything new, but standing on a skateboard for the first time is hard, and falling when you're 32 hurts more than when you're 13. I bet you could learn to ride around bowls just fine in a couple months, but learning flip tricks and the like will take much longer.

As long as you're not one of those people who just lack any coordination at all. If you can learn and play sports with any sort of success, you should be fine.

 

[zerotol]

Apols for the bump, but it seemed like an appropriate thread.

31 may not be too old to skate again, but what about a 32-year-old picking it up for the first time? I've always been into street videos etc., but after watching the Bones Brigade doco and a bunch of talks and videos of Mullen, I think I'd at least like to give it a crack before I leave this mortal coil.

What say you, GAF? Is learning the co-ordination and getting some muscle memory down this late in the game worth the effort?

I'd say definitely give it a shot. Just learn at your own pace. Most important thing as far as street skating goes, learn how to Ollie. Almost everything in street skating revolves around knowing how to Ollie. Every flip trick, anything you'll ever grind or slide on a ledge or handrail... The Ollie is the first step to it

 

[jae]

Apols for the bump, but it seemed like an appropriate thread.

31 may not be too old to skate again, but what about a 32-year-old picking it up for the first time? I've always been into street videos etc., but after watching the Bones Brigade doco and a bunch of talks and videos of Mullen, I think I'd at least like to give it a crack before I leave this mortal coil.

What say you, GAF? Is learning the co-ordination and getting some muscle memory down this late in the game worth the effort?

It's absolutely worth it. Follow the advice above.

Also - See if you can find someone to do it with, it really makes a world of difference. When I picked it back up last year I went solo most of the time and felt like there was very little progress being made. Meeting up with some people and just having them around was a great motivator.

 

[Shaneus]

Cheers guys! I'm actually fairly uncoordinated and more than open to admitting it, but maybe it'll be a thing I can either work around or accomodate or something.

In the very least, it'll get me outside and actively doing shit... and that can't be a bad thing!

Really only interested after watching Mullen with his TED talk and in various interviews, and he seems to have a very exact way of dissecting things and analysing which I find incredibly easy to relate to (especially the things like practicing by himself early in the morning... I totally get that). We'll see how we go

 

[FormallyMegadrive]

Cheers guys! I'm actually fairly uncoordinated and more than open to admitting it, but maybe it'll be a thing I can either work around or accomodate or something.

In the very least, it'll get me outside and actively doing shit... and that can't be a bad thing!

Really only interested after watching Mullen with his TED talk and in various interviews, and he seems to have a very exact way of dissecting things and analysing which I find incredibly easy to relate to (especially the things like practicing by himself early in the morning... I totally get that). We'll see how we go

Even if you just grab a cruiser board and ride to/from work if you commute, it's pretty great. It's what I've been doing for a few months and I'm only recently looking at buying a proper board.