The Official "Hi, I'm New!" Thread

[freedom2ride]

What's up guys, I'm Sean, I'm 18 and I just started riding about 6 weeks back, but it's come really naturally because I love to snowboard. I bought a Sector Nine bamboo pintail cruiser deck from a friend for 35 bucks and some old trucks and wheels from another friend for $20. I love carving hills with loose trucks, and I use my board every day to cruise around my college campus (CU Boulder).

Hey man I live right by boulder! Nice board by the way. CO is the best place to ride. So many good hills. Up by Ward there are some sick roads for DH.

[tcwings20]

I just started boarding a little more than a month ago I've got Sector 9 board and I've got a great place for crusing, carving, and DH! I also had a bad wipe out.

[BoardAndDrum]

Hey guys, I'm Nigel. I just bought a Dervish deck off my friend, and I threw it on some Randall 2's, with my Route 70 Kryptonic (my custom made ) rain wheels . I love long boarding, it definitely gives the feeling of snowboarding or surfing on concrete. I just started long boarding about a week ago, so I'm obviously not the best, but I just signed up on Silverfish to get to know people and find out some more about long boarding. I still can't quite properly slide, but I'm getting the hang of it. So I'll be on Silverfish for a while .

-Nigel

[BoardAndDrum]

Also, I live in the scenic Eugene, Oregon. =D

[andyroo2000]

I was a fairly serious street skater when I was a kid. I broke my arm in the same spot twice and while recovering, I learned to play the guitar and gave up skating. I tried a few times to get back into street skating, but my knees weren't psyched about all of the popping up and down so it never really took.

After seeing people cruising around NYC really fast on longboards, I decided to give it a try and see if I liked it. I ordered one online and have been skating it constantly since last week. My commute to work is a little over a mile each way and then I usually take some detours on the way home and get an extra hour in - and I'll usually skate for about an hour on my lunchbreak. So, I guess I'm back into skating.

I love pumping around and being able to get to work only pushing a few times.

My only board right now is a Sector 9 - 38" Cosmic Weave with Sidewinder trucks, 70mm 78A Racing Formula wheels, Bones Reds and Bones medium bushings.

This seems to be a pretty fun board for cruising around the city, but If I could get another board right now, it would probably be a Loaded Dancer.

[Mark McK]

Heyo i'm Mark. I Live in Edmonton and started skating a few years back. This summer was my first going to longboarding events outside Edmonton and i absolutely loved them. I have a few boards but i mostly freeride on my loaded vanguard and chinook and dh on my ian comishin. I'm probably coming to van in october to chill and shred with Ivan, so hope to meet some new people.

[boarderaholic]

Heyo i'm Mark. I Live in Edmonton and started skating a few years back. This summer was my first going to longboarding events outside Edmonton and i absolutely loved them. I have a few boards but i mostly freeride on my loaded vanguard and chinook and dh on my ian comishin. I'm probably coming to van in october to chill and shred with Ivan, so hope to meet some new people.

Hi Mark!!!!! I'm Jess, come skate shitpins tonight?

[Mark McK]

Hi Mark!!!!! I'm Jess, come skate shitpins tonight?

haha hey, what time i have a meeting and rush to do. i should be able to come for a bit

[boarderaholic]

Aahhh, I'll be there around 6:30-ish.

[ZenBastard]

FNG here.

I signed up after meeting and talking to some of the HGR & SLAB guys at the Austin Labor Day event. Much thanks to everyone for the good times & camaraderie.

I just got back into boarding after being out of it for 10 years or so. I picked up a Sector 9 Hills and am learning about longboard love. I'm looking forward to more events in the future. Also looking forward to meeting more people from Texas.

~Mark

[Greg.K]

hi im new yeah i was wonderin whats one of the better boards for cross stepping or flatlanding in general but isn't terrible for carving
like decks trucks wheels and bearings

help would be greatly appreciated

[urbs]

Hey I've been on the site for over a year. I;m not new but thought id say hi anyways

[apex34round]

yeah yeah im new, started on a crappy surf one (nothing against the company, just a bad board) then to a sector 9 haleiwa. Im getting an apex 34 in a couple days, and plan to forum or whatever it is you people do.

[emoly93]

Hey! I'm Liz from Niagara, ON. Just started longboarding last week, but still don't have one of my own... hopefully I'll get one this weekend, I'm looking at Sector 9's Padang.

[elyshaSCH]

Hey. I'm Elysha. I live in Montreal (just moved here) and just bought my first board - Earthwing Superglider. I love it. I'm not fast or fancy or anything yet, but I'm working on it. I don't have anyone to ride with so I'm really just wingin' it. Anyone else from Montreal?

[jackpiunti]

Hey, I'm Jack, Live in San Jose, California. I'll be going to college in a year, so i decided that I might as well get decent before I ship off to some other part of the country. Have been riding my friend's boards, but just ordered a 29 legendary gnome with zigs, should be great for carving downtown and pedestrian slalom. That is, as soon as my dislocated kneecap heals

[Aimar]

Hi there

I'm writing from spain, I've done street sk8 and gravity bikes some time ago, and now really looking fordward to enjoy the pleasure of cruising and feel the wind in a smiley face under an autumm orange sun...

Cheers!

[Garrett is Original]

Hi I'm new to the forum I've been Longboarding for about a year now and I love it i have an apex 37 its my first board and i hope to soon get good enough to ride for original one day.

[Bleh.]

Hi im new here

[Elijahsing]

Hey, I'm Elijah, i live in Roseburg, OR.. I just got a board to cruise around on town on but i'm getting really interested into the more sport style riding (ie. sliding, DH, so on). I have a Sector 9 Goddess with Paris trucks, and Tunnel Turantula Reds.