If it's any consolation, I've routinely gone through what your second paragraph throughout my mid 20s.
This past march I had my most decisive of "i am decisively going to start skating again" moments. I'd say after maybe the first three sessions I was back to a comfortable state. But then I went away for a month, but I come home tomorrow and hope I don't get lazy and stop.
Having finally visited skate-spot world capital Barcelona in this time, I am def psyched to get out skating and subsequently be disappointed by personal inadequacy very soon!
― ed.b, Sunday, 3 May 2015 18:17 (eight years ago) link
WTF
https://www.facebook.com/booooooom/videos/10153266806196575/?fref=nf
― flopson, Friday, 8 May 2015 04:40 (eight years ago) link
ridic
― the late great, Friday, 8 May 2015 04:42 (eight years ago) link
next level
― #wegonnabechampionship (Spottie), Friday, 8 May 2015 04:52 (eight years ago) link
I love this thread so much.
― andrew m., Friday, 8 May 2015 14:35 (eight years ago) link
19:44 - 20:11
http://vimeo.com/127684040
― the late great, Friday, 22 May 2015 07:39 (eight years ago) link
first use of Belle and Sebastian on a skateboard video?
― koogs, Friday, 22 May 2015 08:17 (eight years ago) link
i'm 28, am i too old to learn to sk8 for the first time?
― Ric Flairy (clouds), Friday, 22 May 2015 14:24 (eight years ago) link
(lived on dirt road until 15; too embarrassed to try learning after that)
― Ric Flairy (clouds), Friday, 22 May 2015 14:27 (eight years ago) link
No way you could totally learn to skate at 28. You'll be great. Don't wait!
― from batman to balloon dog (carl agatha), Friday, 22 May 2015 14:51 (eight years ago) link
Sorry got carried away, but seriously, I think you could pick it up quickly.
oh yeah i don't think there's an age cutoff to learn any skill, mostly just wanted to spur conversation :3
― Ric Flairy (clouds), Friday, 22 May 2015 15:08 (eight years ago) link
I was surprised to learn a few years ago when I considered taking skating back up that the cost of entry is still pretty much the same. Decks and trucks and wheels have barely risen in price since I was a teenager.
(I ended up ruling it out because my body is a piece of shit now.)
― Johnny Fever, Friday, 22 May 2015 15:11 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8N7FHwAVY1c
― cause baby, now we got dad bod (how's life), Friday, 22 May 2015 15:20 (eight years ago) link
Watching this makes me nervous and uncomfortable:
http://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/videos/jaws-true-blue-retrospect-video/
― Evan, Saturday, 23 May 2015 13:59 (eight years ago) link
never too old clouds! go for it! skaters have the best clothes too imo
i like watching sk8ers just casually skating down the road on their way to wherever - that languid dip-down and pushhhhh. you can clock a good skater from a mile away just by the way they cruise. and even in a group, usually there's one or two who have it down and are super cruisey & somehow just get the natural physics & others who are stiff & push-push-push in a way that makes you tired watching all the effort
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 23 May 2015 14:04 (eight years ago) link
I was surprised by this as well - completes were perpetually like $100-110 and are maybe $120 or so now. Though there does seem to be a nostalgia/you-probably-have-a-real-job-now tax on reissue old school decks like the Santa Cruz Tom Knox cop beater I've been drooling over.
― joygoat, Saturday, 23 May 2015 15:51 (eight years ago) link
http://davidbowjobs.tumblr.com/post/123078853289/grinderman2-one-time-i-went-to-see-my-grandma
one time i went to see my grandma in the hospital when she was just waking up from surgery and the first thing she said (really feebly) was “neil… what does… your shirt say” and i had to say “skate and destroy” in front of the nurse and my whole family
lmao
― 龜, Friday, 3 July 2015 11:54 (eight years ago) link
haha
― flopson, Friday, 3 July 2015 16:11 (eight years ago) link
lool
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 3 July 2015 16:51 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A48Be1KH-zA&feature=youtu.be
― flopson, Wednesday, 29 July 2015 21:49 (eight years ago) link
i don't remember if i've posted this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1xyEdqyGTw
― flopson, Wednesday, 29 July 2015 21:52 (eight years ago) link
he skates so fast
― nose, Wednesday, 29 July 2015 22:03 (eight years ago) link
yeah that's what makes it so bracing to watch
― flopson, Wednesday, 29 July 2015 22:06 (eight years ago) link
and like how deep he crouches landing off of some of those huge ollies
― flopson, Wednesday, 29 July 2015 22:07 (eight years ago) link
yeah, he counterbalances really well
fast as fuck! holy shit. good stuff tho!
― difficult-difficult lemon-difficult (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 29 July 2015 22:44 (eight years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=14&v=s5CrAVOcCbM
― carl agatha, Friday, 11 September 2015 03:15 (eight years ago) link
I saw this the other day and realized at the peak of me skating I could have totally heelfliped a set of three stairs and became simultaneously stoked and depressed that an 8 year old girl in a fairy costume was doing the same.
― joygoat, Friday, 11 September 2015 18:04 (eight years ago) link
backfoot heelflip!
― flopson, Friday, 11 September 2015 18:07 (eight years ago) link
what the hell is a "backfoot" heelflip?
― EDB, Friday, 11 September 2015 18:46 (eight years ago) link
for comparison
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A2P_tcqaZ8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyT6-U7Zoqw
― flopson, Friday, 11 September 2015 18:47 (eight years ago) link
hint: it's exactly what it sounds like
She didn't do a backfoot heelflip though. If nothing else she just kicked out a beat late. Still a normal heelflip otherwise.
― Evan, Saturday, 12 September 2015 01:10 (eight years ago) link
oh ur right my bad
― flopson, Saturday, 12 September 2015 01:33 (eight years ago) link
almost ran over some dude making a video while i was driving round downtown today (completely his fault)
― the late great, Monday, 14 September 2015 05:21 (eight years ago) link
https://vine.co/v/e0XiJxnbrq2
― flopson, Monday, 12 October 2015 04:06 (eight years ago) link
these kids do some sick techy shit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8cTOBNi0N0
― flopson, Monday, 12 October 2015 04:11 (eight years ago) link
https://instagram.com/daewon1song/
― flopson, Thursday, 29 October 2015 16:32 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4UcyZtcztKI
― EDB, Wednesday, 20 January 2016 15:27 (eight years ago) link
that were good
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 05:14 (eight years ago) link
he's hella ungainly but also graceful? it's super weird
great vid
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 26 January 2016 05:31 (eight years ago) link
https://vine.co/v/iMjzJ76vwvL
― 龜, Wednesday, 24 February 2016 13:20 (eight years ago) link
https://vine.co/v/iXm1wBpdgWM
― 龜, Friday, 11 March 2016 12:37 (eight years ago) link
!!
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 12 March 2016 00:03 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbCp2RbppKc&feature=youtu.be
― de l'asshole (flopson), Saturday, 2 April 2016 19:45 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gXpZmQ7j70
― de l'asshole (flopson), Friday, 13 May 2016 16:59 (seven years ago) link
https://www.instagram.com/p/BFUJrn5vwcA/
― Evan, Friday, 13 May 2016 18:48 (seven years ago) link
this thread is hard to find. anyway:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFOodAyGxhU
― koogs, Wednesday, 18 May 2016 14:27 (seven years ago) link
holy shit
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Thursday, 19 May 2016 01:54 (seven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrCdpu6RHOs
― de l'asshole (flopson), Thursday, 19 May 2016 23:27 (seven years ago) link
winter wonderland etc(click through for video)
https://instagram.com/p/BeyZGnDhsWP/
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 8 February 2018 18:04 (six years ago) link
https://thumbs.gfycat.com/AntiqueOffbeatGlassfrog-size_restricted.gif
― how's life, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 14:11 (six years ago) link
― how's life, Wednesday, 28 February 2018 14:15 (six years ago) link
https://photos.app.goo.gl/bKHynLvmuTN9k2662
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Thursday, 1 March 2018 03:09 (six years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/4zDGVqa.jpg
― never have i been a blue calm sea (collardio gelatinous), Thursday, 1 March 2018 03:13 (six years ago) link
^darn proud of my grip tape job
niiiiiiice 👌🏻
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 1 March 2018 06:25 (six years ago) link
So cool! Reminds me a friend back in the 80s who had a pink Mullen deck.
https://c2.staticflickr.com/6/5308/5597961974_fd78a553c5_b.jpg
(can't believe I found an image of one this time around. I've done a lot of image searches for pink Mullen decks that turned up nada. I almost didn't believe my own memory. )
― how's life, Thursday, 1 March 2018 12:42 (six years ago) link
https://www.dezeen.com/2019/08/08/undercroft-skatepark-southbank-centre-london-feilden-clegg-bradley-studios/
― koogs, Friday, 9 August 2019 09:02 (four years ago) link
A small victory for people power (for those who don't know, the skaters mounted a successful campaign against getting booted out in favour of commercial outlets).
― The Pingularity (ledge), Friday, 9 August 2019 12:42 (four years ago) link
and not just 'saved' but 'expanded'
― koogs, Friday, 9 August 2019 14:14 (four years ago) link