I was riding a santa cruz shortboard, trying to learn ollies and wishing there was something like a skateboard with a longer wheelbase and bigger wheels for cruising and commuting
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Originally Posted by kenofseattle
A girl on a skateboard is a little more daring, a little more adventurous, and a little more rebel than a guy.
I was about 6 months from buying my first longboard.
a think joel tudor. with b52's and off road wheels. I was living somewhere with shite roads, when they weren't gravel.
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10 years ago
what were you riding? I was skating one of many Natural Koncepts 33" Popsicles, street curbs, a bit of crappy concrete tranny and some cruising type DH.
what weren't you riding? Slalom
were you on the net? yes
what sites did you visit? nothing skateboard related
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Originally Posted by livefortoday2007
It is almost like racism to seperate street skating and longboards.
what were you riding? An Alva fish, vision lobster, or an S/C foam hold overs from the 80's, cruising on my steep driveway with berts, wondering if I would really ever fire back up seriously again on some real terrain. I still had a set of red krypts that I rode on the street and driveway.
what weren't you riding? I was not riding the skateboards like they showed in the magazines, nor was I liking what I was seeing with respect to skating.
were you on the net? yes, but not for skateboards
what sites did you visit? the first sites I caught wind of that opened up the door, were old school sites, most of which are gone now. But this was on up around 99 or so, not in the 96/97 time frame. Most of those sites were filled with old skaters that were not really skating, but rather buying and selling stuff. thats where I saw that the old boards were bringing so much $, but they werent being skated. thats also where I saw that old school seemed to be affiliated with the 80's skaters. A pristine painted pig from 87 was bringing more money than a teak torger johnson, go figure! Or a set of early, but run of the mill, Indy's worth more than a set of strokers, again, go figure! skateboarding seemed to have started in 85. For some reason, anything earlier was invisible.
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My comments represent a selfishly one sided 1970's skateboarder mindset, and do not reflect the current fashion-skate-lifestyle industry's views.
10 years ago, I wasn't skating much at all. I skated every waking moment from 85-92, then tapered off. I still had my double vision deck with indy 169's, and rat bones, and would kick it around, or ride the occasional ramp, but that was the extent of it till a few years ago. I had yet to own a computer, and had only been online a few times at a friends house to explore the internets true calling. Internet porn!
In march 1997? I hadn't stepped on a board in probably 2 or 3 years, but I still had a board in my parents garage. Finally started skating again last year and it was definitely longboarding that got my attention.
10 years ago i had a:
powell diamond logo 42" (still have) - park
s9 downhill 2nd gen. (still have) - dh
s9 cosmic 2 (still have) - pumping, cruising, park
s9 cloud(?) longboard - cruising, park
the s9 cosmic2 was what finally got me into building because even though i really liked it i wanted something different and with a snappier flex.
i seldom was on the net (at the design school), mostly for study-related research stuff.
Location: Halfway between Dogtown and the Badlands
Age: 47
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Re: where were you, skate wise, 10 years ago?
"what were you riding?": I was still following doctor's orders, as well as common sense, to never do anything that might result in any sort of impact to my right wrist. Seeing a Van's skatepark in '99 made me throw common sense out the window...
"what weren't you riding?": Any type of skateboard, at that time...
"were you on the net?": Yes, but still bought my porn at the liquor store. Took way too long to download with dial-up...
"what sites did you visit?": Cycling related sites, as well as designing sites for a handful of local bike shops and manufacturers...
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where were you, skate wise, 10 years ago?
