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

**Atamii** · 03-20-2010 10:10 AM

i just got my board what are some thing that i should work on first?

**allucinare** · 03-20-2010 10:35 AM

Heeey guys, I'm Alicia and I'm from Albuquerque, New Mexico. I've been skating since around October, and I can't get myself off my board. Whether it's ditches, cruising campus, cruising around some neighborhood or bombing a hill, I'm in love with it.
Like I said, I've only been skating since October, but I've been working on my tuck and my slides and trying to show up the boys. I skate with the Burque Bombers (jheidenfeld, TM_Cruzer, BoardDuDe630) and we love shredding it up.

Boards wise, I've got a slightly chopped Earthwing Mystery Model (just chopped to make room for bigger wheels) and a Landyachtz Drop Hammer. Wheel wise I have some lovely new 80a In Heat Otangs, 78a Abec 11 70's Flashbacks, 80a 83mm Abec 11 Fly Wheels, and some worn down drifters to practice my slides. Heeeeck yes.
But I'm always down to skate/ get tips to improve my ride/ make friends, so just shoot me a message! Happy skating guys!

**Wolfin** · 03-20-2010 06:32 PM

Originally Posted by William Richards

Not much going on in your area eh? Vancouver BC is a sick place to longboard!

Originally Posted by Caboose

Northern BC

Vancouver is southern BC. And depending how far you are north, it can be an 18 hour drive.

**Caboose** · 03-20-2010 08:10 PM

Originally Posted by Wolfin

Vancouver is southern BC. And depending how far you are north, it can be an 18 hour drive.

haha, yeah, I live about a 12 hour drive north of Vancouver, like 30 k away from the Alberta border. therefore, lots of hicks, not much hills, and barely a handful of longboarders.

**William Richards** · 03-20-2010 10:16 PM

Originally Posted by Caboose

haha, yeah, I live about a 12 hour drive north of Vancouver, like 30 k away from the Alberta border. therefore, lots of hicks, not much hills, and barely a handful of longboarders.

Originally Posted by Wolfin

Vancouver is southern BC. And depending how far you are north, it can be an 18 hour drive.

Hey thanks for the geography lesson. Sounds like some parts of Texas. The long drives and not many hills and no longboarders. Here hicks are called 'rednecks'.

**MellowDownEasy** · 03-21-2010 06:36 PM

Heyy guys! I'm Colleen and I live in Hanover, NH, right near the NH/VT border.
I've been boarding for a little while, but it hasn't been until recently that I've gotten really into it. Last week, my high school had our March Intensive week (where we take a break from regular classes and take something completely new). I signed up for Longboard Collective. Wayne Gallipoli of Surf-Rodz and Andrew from GreenStreet Longboards came up to help us build our own hardwood longboards. It might have been one of the best weeks of my life. I came out of the week with a 55" cherry board I made myself, AND a 60" Freeride from Surf-Rodz that Wayne generously gifted as a prize for a helmet decorating contest. Besides those two, I've had a short 34" Gravity board for about a year or so.
Up to this point I've just been bombing down the hills in Vermont, but I'm trying to get cross-stepping and stuff down. It's a little harder than I thought it would be, but I'm getting it slowly haha.
I'm really into the graphics part of longboarding too though. I've been painting for a loooong time, and I first tried it out on my longboard last week. I painted a hula girl on the bottom, and even though it didn't turn out quite like I had it in my head (I was a little rushed to finish it by Friday), I can't wait to try out some more ideas on other boards.

**EJkrackedskulls** · 03-22-2010 04:45 PM

Hi, I'm new to the 'fish. I ride a Kracked Skulls Scimitar. My buddies and I live in MI and go to Grand Valley.

**shorm** · 03-22-2010 08:24 PM

new here, this is my board

**Luey** · 03-22-2010 08:27 PM

Hi, I'm New!

wudup folks, buddies just got me into long boarding and im completely hooked.
placed an order for a Bustin strike last week, feels like a life time has gone by since then!

got my hands on a mini with some super grippy wheels (no idea what they are) untill it comes, love the surfy feel this thing has!

anyways, ill probs be around on here a fair bit, untill the stike comes at least! haha

PEACE!

**Atamii** · 03-22-2010 10:09 PM

Originally Posted by EJkrackedskulls

Hi, I'm new to the 'fish. I ride a Kracked Skulls Scimitar. My buddies and I live in MI and go to Grand Valley.

i just bought a 40'' scimitar. it is coming tomorrow. how do you like yours?

**EJkrackedskulls** · 03-23-2010 10:42 AM

Originally Posted by Atamii

i just bought a 40'' scimitar. it is coming tomorrow. how do you like yours?

Mine is a 46" and I like it a ton. I don't think you will be disapointed at all. I would recomend painting it though, or the board will look dirty real fast. My buddies all have a few boards and just started riding Kracked Skulls with me. Three of us have Scimitars and one has the M1.

**Atamii** · 03-23-2010 11:08 AM

Originally Posted by EJkrackedskulls

Mine is a 46" and I like it a ton. I don't think you will be disapointed at all. I would recomend painting it though, or the board will look dirty real fast. My buddies all have a few boards and just started riding Kracked Skulls with me. Three of us have Scimitars and one has the M1.

thats sick. im trying to get some of my friends to start with me but they are lame :/. my board just got here. and my brother is going to do my grip and graphic the bottom. my bro is graphic designer. so its gonna rock. ill post a picture when it is all done.

**fanneko** · 03-23-2010 03:15 PM

Yep, new here. I'm an old fat guy that forgets my age and injury status on a regular basis. I've been skating off and on for about...30 years. about five years ago, a buddy of mine who used to be a professional snowboarder, and I went down to the new local skatepark, here in richland wa. we didn't have a park when we grew up....so....we went and got our boards and hopped in. we hit early morning sessions, weather permitting, before the kids show up...mostly so we aren't in their way. LOL. I immediately dug out my clapped out longboard and seeing that it was total junk....went and bought a new one from Rebel Skates in Portland, ore. It's the Rebel Gun, freakin awesome board and still my favorite. I roll it in the park a bit and take it on cruises for some much needed excercise. I have a few more boards listed in my profile, but I don't use em as much as the Rebel. For the last couple years I've been drooling over the loaded dervish and tomorrow via ups...MINE will finally be here. I don't believe I've been this excited since I was a kid. I'm looking forward to getting more into some downhill carves and learn me a bit of sliding. I've been trying out some cross stepping and a few other "dancing" moves on my rebel, but not with a lot of luck, hopefully it will be a bit easier on the dervish, it sits a lot lower making it quite a bit more stable. I actually found this site via research on the dervish and am pleasantly suprised how much the longboarding scene has grown since I was a kid...man, in the 80's it was all vert. I'm glad to be here and look forward to meeting new folk.

**Mecurial V** · 03-26-2010 07:50 PM

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New to long boarding and i just got a Sand Wedge with the turquoise wheels and it rides oh so nice...i dont think theres anything better to do on a nice day anymore

**SpeedFiend** · 03-26-2010 07:52 PM

Hi, I knew
Hi, I'm known

**yavi** · 03-27-2010 02:53 AM

Hello!

I'm new to the forum as well.
I have a boarding background of ~4 years, but haven't been in the business in the last two years. Now a friend got my interest back and I've ordered a new board.
I live in Helsinki, Finland, the longboarding scene is relatively small here, I have only 2 friends boarding, so any organized cruises or events at all are a rare sight.
Hoping to move somewhere else in the nearfuture, for other reasons as well.

I've been following the forum for a while now, took me a while to register though.
Good to see an active forum on a good cause, will enjoy my stay

**lancerrr** · 03-27-2010 06:34 PM

Hey .... me too i started longboarding at the end of last year, dont have much time in, use to thrash my town with my buds back in the day....( late 70's early 80's. got away from it until last year.... Im back with it and stoked!!

**chaoswurm** · 03-27-2010 08:51 PM

Hi guys. I've known about this place and held an account for about a year, but i'm finally just saying hi.
I'm a student in San Jose and have been riding for.....about 17 months, tho not aggressively.
My first board is a Gravity 35" diamond tail. It's a great board, don't get me wrong, but i didn't like it much. It didn't have the concave i wanted.
So, about 8 months ago, i got myself the, yours truly, FSM, with random sticker design.

And i'm lovin' it.

**Woodstock** · 03-28-2010 04:25 PM

Hey, Im new here! Im from Staten Island, NY and started skating a couple years ago. My first boar was an 80s style fishtail toy store board. Eventually, I got another board, which turned out to be even lamer, and now, I purchased my most prized possesion: a Sector 9 Rasta N8V. My setup has 70s flashbacks, element thriftwood bearings, thunder trucks, and lucky hardware. I hope to longboard more as the weather here gets warmer!

**HeyLeslie** · 03-28-2010 07:01 PM

Hi, I'm new!
My name's Leslie, I'm from Canada and I've been riding for around... 2 weeks?
My board isn't very interesting. I just bought a random bamboo sector 9 complete from West 49. But I love it. Longboarding is addictive.
Right now I'm working on carving.