Thread 244061

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>>244061 (OP)
Fuck the daks

Is it worth just getting into skateboarding in my 30s?

>>244073
Is it worth it? No. But who cares

>>244073
never gonna make it with that attitude

>>244061 (OP)
>>244061 (OP)
Look at this cool footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ts3TSfLdRDE

>>244073
I see guys in their 40s-50s still skating around my area. I’m 30 and it makes me want to get back into it

I've owned a secondhand board for a bit, and went ahead and finally got my own. I'll be building it when it comes either tomorrow or the next day. I think I might regret going 8.0 and not 8.25 but it's alright. I'll learn on this and one day when I get enough for a new board I'll go bigger. Anyways I can't wait to build it and try it.

>>244137
WOW! Good luck anon!

>>244137
ditch the risers

>>244141
Thank you!
>>244142
Yeah I wasn't planning on putting them on but I wasn't 100% sure and they were literally 2 or 3 dollars on tactics so it's kinda like why NOT get them just in case.

>>244137
>tranny colour bolts
another one??

Skating is so trannycoded these days there's one on every team I hate it

>>244147
>>244149
Schizo much?!

>>244073
Yes.

>>244160
Yes.

Haven't had the itch to skate since I gave my board away, I think I made the right decision, now I'm a runner

>>244170
bald guy's part was really good

>>244174
it was very likeable desu.

>>244074
>>244096
>>244130
Okay, NTA but I'd like to know, how might a 30+ dude approach getting in to Skating from scratch?
In the UK a balding 30 year old on the local skate park is liable to get some looks and I don't know that I'd be comfortable asking teenagers to check my form or for tips on how to perform tricks. Round my area there's not much of a senior skater scene as far as I know.
It's a young man's game, obviously, but I'd like to give it a go.

>>244222
skaters are lazy so if you show up to the park any time before 11 am on a weekday you'll barely see anyone else there.
i haven't seen another person at the skatepark in 10+ years besides the occasional homeless person sleeping in the capsule.
desu though you should just cruise around & skate parking lots before you even worry about going to the skate park

>>244225
>if you show up to the park any time before 11 am on a weekday you'll barely see anyone else there
Fair enough
>you should just cruise around & skate parking lots before you even worry about going to the skate park
I took an exploratory bike ride around my city and had a look for locations with good surfaces just this afternoon actually. Found a few nice remote pedestrian spots with low traffic and new smooth asphalt, would suit the job I think

But what about learning tricks and the like? I expect there's stuff you can't just learn from blogs and youtube videos, back when I was a youngster I never could learn to ollie, are online resources really enough? Perhaps I'm getting ahead of myself...

>>244227
Just start riding the thing first. Get comfortable pushing and turning. Watch skateIQ videos for ollies. He has solid videos for beginners. He just posted this a few days ago:
https://youtu.be/-ge2jY3OB4A

>>244222
>a balding 30 year old on the local skate park is liable to get some looks
shots fired at this entire /general/

>>244229
Encouraging stuff, very good choice of video. I'll get the gear together and give it a go, see where it takes me.
Thanks for your council Anon

>>244235
I'm doing good for 34

>>244239
Salt n pepper is sexy as hell on chicks

>>244061 (OP)
im seeing a lot of sora skate clips

The new Thrasher X Delivery video is so sick. Gustav and Surrey are like artists

>>244143
tactics chad

>>244282
anon please. inform yourself.
tactics was quietly bought out by the same loser boomer that bought Lakai. there is no reason to give that guy your money.

>>244269
Tyler Surrey and Sk8mafia keeping the torch.

even the spots in my dreams suck ass

>>244380
I would be so pissed if they built a park near me and it had no tranny

I'm talking fuckin pissed bros

>skate consistently
>land nothing, lose balance, fall hard af, battle some stupid shit and get frustrated
>start a new overnight job, tons of walking tired all the time
>no skating for two weeks
>finally get the urge and energy to skate on my off day
>for no fucking reason just feel natural on the board the instant i step on it, fast rolling ollies, flatground fs 180s, fs 180 on funbox banks, euro gaps, ollies on banks
>finally unlock the manual by just randomly rolling my front foot instead of lifting it and doing the daewon song type thing with my arm balancing
>just easily find the balance point no matter how i carve the qps and banks and just fucking around manualing around the park
>also all the obstacles and spots that looked gigantic before look tame ah
Bros......i think i'm just gonna stop skating to get better at skating.

>>244382
Do you guys take turns riding the tranny in your park?

>>244382
I feel the opposite desu, but I skate mostly street and my transition skating is pretty awful

>>244383
sometimes time away is all you need

>>244380
Lacey Baker is looking crazy these days. Already balding from the testosterone kek

>>244383
same happened to me was skating every day and started losing tricks and then came back after a week off and felt way cleaner and more confident

>>244399
Shit happens to me with Tekken

>>244380
>>244397
>these days
Shit is disgusting and shows exactly why previous generations restricted womens rights.

>>244415
Made in honor of cutting tits off
https://youtu.be/4s8H8XRJyFc?si=EBXvbQrSXd-RavsY

>>244380
this is the only video about her that isn't soulless

https://youtu.be/WzaQpV7UAqo

>>244419
>life imitates art
https://youtu.be/QC9q_HG6Q-M?t=1564

>>244420
her kickflips are pretty good though ngl

>>244383
You were just not thinking about it, you were happy to be back on the board.

>>244446
i need to learn to slash like that
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qLdxkWCFCSI

So for board sizes, I should get a board that's wide enough for my feet?

>>244470
Go to the shop and stand on the decks till you find one that feels the best

You wouldn't buy shoes without trying them on right

>>244445
looks fun

>>244512
it was horrible

>>244445
Is riding down a hill a clip? Meh I'll take it

>>244538
>>244445

>>244542
VIIIOOOLLLAAATTTIIOON

also wtf trananon how did you not die? lift your front truck..

>>244538
ate shit bombing down a hill a few times so i say yes

>>244445
Doesn't seem like you can get the speed you do in that spot from the clip.

>>244538
i've known so many dudes with broken collarbones from bombing hills
>>244545
i just do a little hop

Ive taken some Ativans today, I'm chill as fuck nigga anybody got a song recommendations

>>244552
isn't that one known for causing unsteadiness and loss of coordination...
how are you going to skate like that little dood

>>244445
https://youtu.be/GbMhMkvl1dU?t=265
>waitaminutethatditch

>>244552
https://youtu.be/Kh4zTqW0t6k

>>244560
i tried to rock n roll it but it was so horrifying

never changed bushings before but i wanted to try these riptides, why does just one look the same height as the two currently on my trucks but they were described as a set of two for one truck?

>>244547
rough ground per chance

>>244569
They look like they are for longboards or electric skateboards

F

>>244572
they're for some 10 inch slappy's on this, i wanted a cruiser

>>244061 (OP)
Vee is starting to sound sexy to me

I wish she could glurp me

>>244580
rule 34 naow!!

>>244569
because your goofy ahh bought much taller, longboard bushings that aren't going to fit in Slappys
i thought you autists could research stuff like that
https://www.riptidesports.com/pages/skateboard-compatibility
https://www.riptidesports.com/products/krank-tall-bushings?variant=45077781446834

>>244236
This Anon here, my things have arrived
Now to fuck up applying the tape, I'll post pics of the aftermath later

Stuck & Scored

And, trimmed. This actually came out pretty okay I think.
A bit rough around the edges sure, but this is my first time doing this after all

>>244607
Grip it and rip it

Et voila, it is done
Popped it down in the kitchen, hipped on and shifted my wait around, put too much weight on one end, promptly flew off and bruised my hip. Good times

Need to find a day when it's not due to rain so I can get out there and learn how to not fall off

I actually had some difficulty with one of the bearings and had to force it into the wheel by tightening the bolt while the wheel was on the truck, how badly is that likely to fuck up their alignment?
It seemed to roll well enough when it sped out from under me earlier

transfolx and skateboarding were made for each other

>>244619
No because being trans automatically takes away all your steeze and swag. Skating is cool and cool people don't pretend to be something they are not. Being trans is made more for wack autism activities like partaking in fandoms and drawing awful fan art

>>244619
>trannies infiltrate skate culture
>skate culture in the worst place kts ever been

>>244619
>>244625
Being a tranny mentally ill faggot is the definition of being a poser.
Back in the day in European scene we would beat the tranny freaks with the skateboards and extinguish cigs on them gayboys until they have a total meltdown and stop skating or ack themselves (actually happened in my bitch, tranny jumped from the commieblock cause he was le-bullied lmao)

>>244616
Managed to get out tonight lads. Spot I scouted was perfect, full overnight lighting, well away from the nearest humans and nice smooth surfaces (though the place has a lotta anti-skating surfaces dotted in, they were at least possible to traverse)

One problem though, I had a helmet but not pads, scraped my elbow up something raw when I tried to stop a fall and stepped straight on my tail

On a fucking pop shuv of all things

>>244631
Still skatable th....oh.

>>244631
>>244633
You took "Skate it 'til it breaks" seriously I see

>>244629
cathedral?

>>244570
But wouldn't that slow you down?

>>244616
What brand is that?

>>244631
It happens in the beginning because you are heavy-footed, I broke a deck that I had skated not even ten times landing my first heelflips.

>>244668
Funnily enough it's called Death
UK company, I like to buy local and I read they made pretty nice decks

Friend got me to play skate 4 and I discovered andy anderson vids. Used to skate in high school a bit and was like fuck it went to zumiez got a complete and went to the skatepark today for an hour. So awesome. Crazy the muscle memory I still have for a pop shuvit and I did some moving ollies and messed around with a ramp. I'm 31. Great exercise this is going to start replacing the gym for me

>>244676
Flip used to be Death Box.
Is Death the one that used to or still sponsors that guy, Mickey something? Who was friends with Richie Jackson and played in the Floggging Molly videoclip?

>>244681
patrick melcher still rides for them i think
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btYqf0q1WZw

>>244680
Skating is cardio, you can't replace lifting weights with it.
Helps with being lean and muscle explosiveness though.

>>244681
Mikey Patrick?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZCWhCyMtEg

>>244623
>wack autism activities like partaking in fandoms and drawing awful fan art
im gonna hold your hand when i say this

>>244380
That's a blast from the past. I skated with her a few times.
She was nice, but definitely not social at all. Her comment about being an introvert checks out because with the exception of like 4 people, everyone who tried to talk to her would get one word answers and no eye contact.

>>244380
i was really excited to watch this as i really like her but was kinda dissapointed by how boring it was? idk knowing she got bitchy trying tricks is cool but like everything else sucked

>>244629
ok calm down timmy tough knuckles

>>244687
>>244690
Yeah,yeah, hahaha, I rmemebered him as Mickey because they were making fun of him in a Slap thread. Somebody posted a picture of a pro in Disneyland, hugging Mickey Mouse and somebody commented "I didn't know Patrick Melcher was there too".

>>244709
>everyone who tried to talk to her would get one word answers and no eye contact.
lmao

I remember I tried to dap up Jordan hoffart after a video premiere and he didn't see me

Its getting colder bros...

>>244742
Jacket season=fashion season baby

About time for everyone on the east coast to hang it up

I need to go to Cali

>>244630
I have a way of attracting pebbles it seems. Should look into getting softer wheels for cruising.

Getting back into skating, what is the best wheels for tricks?(flatland/street wise)

>>244781
Learn to roll over the shoulder or you'll die skating like that.
Also it's quite literally a skill issue.
If you're riding 54 mm you should be good anywhere on the street, just need to get comfortable on the board.
I used to skate in vegas and all the sidewalks were littered with small rocks cause there's no grass there, they just put rocks by the fucking sidewalk and the cars kick them all up.

>>244781
I got ricta clouds for cruising, it's great for sidewalks and roads, quiet too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Qaplt60z4Q
and you could have it all...

>>244786
If you're actually skating street and not parks with smooth ground: 53mm, don't fall for the 101A that shit is obsolete, get a 95A or 97A dual formula wheels, standard cut (more sidewall for easier flips).
So Bones X97 V1 Standard, Powell Peralta Dragon Formula 97A 53mm, OJ Double Duro 101A/95A 53mm
Can't go wrong with those.

>>244781
this nigga's shreded

>>244787
I'm usually good about rolling but I was being reckless this time around.
>>244788
Thanks, I'll look into that.

Is clubdistribution legit for blanks?
I'm at the point where i fishtail/break so much boards that it's probably a good idea to stock up on blanks and discount shoes.

learned sweepers today, the locals were unimpressed

>>244804
I'v seen a guy land a backflip melon in my park and the resident benchwarmers didn't even clap their boards or look mildly amused.

>>244803
It looks legit, but skatesamples is cheaper with shipping for me. I would compare prices on there.

WTF happened to people fighting at skateparks

>>244708
dont touch my hand u have aids probably

>>244445
>>244542
ROLLING DOWN A HILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

>>244804
Well, if it is any consolation, I am.
Keep in mind, more often than not we get carried away by the stoke of learning something new and forget to refine it. Maybe they looked crude.

>>244844
RIDE ON GRIND

The most stoke I've seen is when I gave 2 kids my board

Otherwise I did a 360 flip up the euro that blew away some dude who saw it

I'm watching CFS game of skate and they keep doing reverts after landing flips, like straight up just reverting right after touching the ground doing a tre or a hardflip with no rotation and they count it as an FS or BS hardflip? Was this shit always like that? I could swear it's not valid unless you at the minimum do a half rotation before touching the ground.

Best trucks for a 8.5 board?

>>244781
neosporin bro

>>244875
https://youtu.be/FZ_yOsHYpQY

>>244871
Did you just say "frontaise hardflip"?

>>244896
Frontside Bigflip ot Hardflip 180 whatever the fuck you wanna call it.
The thing is the dude did a hardflip and a revert when touching the ground and it was counted as a BS hardflip, when in reality it's supposed to be more like a ghetto bird type thing.

>>244731
Like I said, she was nice, just clearly uncomfortable with people coming up to her. It wasn't super common, but there were people who would recognize her and beeline it over going "I SAW YOU IN THE PJ LADD VIDEO!" and I think that helped put her off of socializing with the plebs.

>>244930
sounds like a cunt

>>244930
>>244937
Imagine trying to skate and some random bums you have zero interest in come up to you and just start buggin you cluelessly.
Like those black schizo hobos in the hood that just start rambling nonsense to you when you're in their proximity.
That's how famous people feel about you.

>>244950
idk our skatepark bums were pretty cool

Tested a way to give a snappier pop to wet boards by resealing exposed wood along the rail, nose, and tail with acrylic nail polish from the dollar store. I'm curious to see if anyone else is willing to try it and report back with their observations, I feel like this can extend board life greatly if it works like I believe it's working.

>>244950
They decided to be celebrities. She sounds like a cunt who was too cool for the local kids.

>>244960
use wood glue faggot

>>244960
I just wax the tail.

>>244964
that's good for chips but not razor tail
>>244967
that works but it's more affected by heat and abrasion

>>244470
if you're over 5'10, 8¼". if you're under 5'10, 8". If you're a woman or child or obsessed with the 90s, 7½ or 7¾.

anybody know where I can get some <50mm wheels? the closer to 40mm, the better

>>244994
sml wheels

>>245003
thanks

I have enough money to start a company but there's no kids cool enough to pay

>>245061
im cool

>>245098
Doubt it post a fit, I would maybe pay the tranny but I would have to fly out and do a makeover Jamie thomas style

what do we think about catching skate mag

I wantwd to say for some time that I am wearing the DC Court Graffiks and they are a great fucking shoe. Wish we still had the ...fuck I forgot the programme name...you know the google sheet with the shoe reviews.

>>245171
Zoomie detected

>>244781
I got back out on my board today for the second time and was just getting the hang of doing proper pushes, cruising on my front foot and letting my back foot hang, and now I've pulled a muscle in my groin and everyone's saying I need to lay off for 2 weeks and start doing hip mobility exercises. This blows hard dudes, anyone know good exercises I can do to prevent this happeneing again when I've recovered?

Looking to get into skateboarding for the first time at 30 years old. How do I avoid breaking my hip?

>>245186
Fall well, go to a judoka for guidance

>>245119
my fits are hard wdym

>>245194
cute

>>245194
Pure walmart

>>245178
Not at all. Why?

>>245194
Are you injured?

>>245206
Court graphics are what all the y2k zoom zooms are wearing

“look at me i’m the silver surfer” - silver surfer

>>245186

I did this at 27 (29 now and skating absurdly good).

You need to (if you haven't already) unlearn all your habits from your 20s. Stop drinking except at events. Hit the gym. Stretch daily. EAT HOME COOKED MEALS 100% of the time.

Skating is athletic. I don't know why I see dudes who are 250lb and never did shit their whole life suddenly want to skate. (Any "big" skaters you see who are good used to be skinny, for the record).

If you do eventually decide to skate, you need to spend ~10 minutes before every session doing active leg stretches and leg swings and all that. Then at the park, spend ~10 minutes warming up before starting to do anything that involves pop.


That's if you actually do this. At this age, it's only worth it if you are lucky enough to have the time (after work, consistently) AND it's convenient (the park is on the way home, you live next to a skate park, you have ledges on your block, etc). It took about 2-3 years of skating every other day at a minimum to be able to do tricks worth filming, and skating essentially became my identity during that period.

>>245194
fit is soo ahh

>>245258
29 isn't even old dude. Stretching, training and eating well helps and the more you skate the better you get if you really are about skating. That's it.

>>245258
Any directions on leg stretches?
I'm just in it for the fun of things, not trying to be the coolest trickster on the block but the reality of it is tendonitis is going to stop me getting out there unless I mitigate it, what do you recommend?

>>245208
court graphik is a classic shoe though, i rocked em when i was a child and i still rock em as a grown man they cheap and hella durable for skating. Slightly less board control than your average skate shoe but way more drippy desu.

>>245217
>That fit
I see the cancer is in remission and you lost your helmet

>>245269
It’s all grey because none of the clothes are silver and I didn’t have the chrome helmet when I took the picture

>>245194
tuck your shirt in faggot

>>245271
>tuck

>>245276
untuck that dick!

Yeah tuck your di.. shirt in faggot

shirts tucked! dicks untucked!