who or what is stifling your skate stoke?

**LiteBoy** · 03-05-2008 07:09 PM

lack of nice weather, limited longboarding friends, want of more and better skate spots.

**BrianWilde** · 03-05-2008 07:22 PM

I'd have to say gas prices is the only thing preventing full-stoke.

**nothclif** · 03-05-2008 07:50 PM

Weather and not that strong of a scene down here

**palidon11** · 03-05-2008 09:54 PM

lack of local people to skate with :/

**dhwa1** · 03-05-2008 10:03 PM

the kid who owes me new trucks hasn't talked to me about it

i think i might have to pay him a lil visit ####

**bccarlso** · 03-05-2008 10:13 PM

1. Snow
2. Lack of buddies to skate with (I'm a social person, so sue me). I'll do OK on my own.
3. While not stifling, annoying: I read a bunch online, see that Loaded makes good boards. Come here thinking I'll get the Vanguard, get persuaded by just about everyone that the Dervish is better. Buy the Dervish, +tons of stoke, then peeps (probably the same ones) start saying all Dervish riders are posers. Whatever, I'm still stoked. Mine comes in tomorrow.

**BrianWilde** · 03-05-2008 10:16 PM

Anyone who uses the word poser to define someone is an idiot...

The Dervish is great fun, easy to push long distances, pumps great.

You'll love the dervish, trust me.

**Steve Ignorant** · 03-05-2008 10:17 PM

Originally Posted by bccarlso

1. Snow
2. Lack of buddies to skate with (I'm a social person, so sue me). I'll do OK on my own.
3. While not stifling, annoying: I read a bunch online, see that Loaded makes good boards. Come here thinking I'll get the Vanguard, get persuaded by just about everyone that the Dervish is better. Buy the Dervish, +tons of stoke, then peeps (probably the same ones) start saying all Dervish riders are posers. Whatever, I'm still stoked. Mine comes in tomorrow.

Board with wheels is a board with wheels. If they talk ####, bust out your awesome moves

**a_speck_of_dust** · 03-05-2008 10:21 PM

skating in the cold sux, but its 75 degrees out here in so cal.

**bucksaw87** · 03-05-2008 10:24 PM

oh, it also kills my stoke when californians complain about it being too cold or rainy to skate

i mean seriously, have any of them ever skated in lower than 40 deg weather to begin with, let alone below and rainy/snowy?

**palidon11** · 03-05-2008 10:28 PM

^try 15*f

oh and my dad. he is the biggest stokekill/buzzkill ever.

**sniffleless** · 03-05-2008 10:36 PM

Rising gas prices. That limits where I can skate and scouting for new spots.

Living someplace that is not skate accessable. I used to live in a house that all I had to do was walk out my door and I could skate for hours. Just skate from spot to spot. Now the house I live in is not so skatespot friendly. My street is rough and not the greatest skate expierence. My yard is not ramp friendly nor is my driveway. I have to drive to get to skatespots. That takes time and can make skating more of an effort and time consuming. It tends to counter the stoke. I have had this problem in the past and my skating always suffers as a result.

Mind set can kill the stoke. As I got older and didn't have tome to skate as much, my skill level would drop. Tricks that I used to do with ease I no longer could pull. It gets frustrating. I have seen lots of my friends stop skating for this reason. I had to get over that and focus on the fun of skating and not on what I could, couldn't or used to could do. As I started to have fun again and started skating more I could relearn or earn some of my old skills back. Although having young kids yell and get in your face and tell you you suck and should quit can get quite old real fast.

Flip flopping weather has me down right now.

**Rarrazz** · 03-05-2008 10:46 PM

Originally Posted by andre b 2010

weather for me too, about an inch of somewhat solid ice on all the roads.

An inch? I could only dream.

It's up to 37* here today! I was pretty pysched.. Spring is in the air! Snow is starting to melt

.

We've got about 2-3" of ice on most roads, some of the bad ones have twice that.

Even once the roads are clear, they'll be soaked non-stop because there's 10 feet of snow on the side of the roads. Also, since they gravel the roads, that won't be cleaned up until about 98% of the snow is melted.. Ugh!

Hey, and sniffleless, you could always google earth to scout for spots

.. Then once you find a bunch, have a check-out day, and find all your runs that way!
I've been looking for a lot of runs lately on google earth, once spring is in full swing, I'll be checking them out!

**worldwide** · 03-06-2008 01:11 AM

Originally Posted by BrianWilde

I'd have to say gas prices is the only thing preventing full-stoke.

classic case of automobile dependence... might want to do something about that, its only getting priceier

for me its school... i just spent 2 beautiful days in the computer lab and/or in class

**kurdt** · 03-06-2008 03:40 AM

well lack of people to skate with can really demoralize me, i can only skate so much alone. ive noticed that when i skate with others my energy level is really high and am uber stoked to skate (then again it could be the shrooms)

as far as spots go... i wish they were better.. road quality is also an issue
Cars are also an issue when skating!

ive really taken it as my mission to spread the stoke here! ill skate with everyone even posers! lol

**Mile_High_Mark** · 03-06-2008 04:56 PM

Damn goofy footers...

**BrianWilde** · 03-06-2008 05:23 PM

Originally Posted by worldwide

classic case of automobile dependence... might want to do something about that, its only getting priceier

for me its school... i just spent 2 beautiful days in the computer lab and/or in class

Yeah, when you live in the Appalachian Mountains and you work about 30 minutes from your house and it's 20 degrees outside a car is about the only way to go.

**RastamanD** · 03-06-2008 07:48 PM

Originally Posted by bucksaw87

oh, it also kills my stoke when californians complain about it being too cold or rainy to skate

i mean seriously, have any of them ever skated in lower than 40 deg weather to begin with, let alone below and rainy/snowy?

it gets that cold??

jk i have skated in the snow up in the mountains in cali....i dont like riding in the rain unless i am angry at my bearings for being too slow...then i punish them

Edit: B-rock can skate...badass

**MJKam11** · 03-06-2008 07:50 PM

Rain and me failing to slide much on my Evo.

**LiteBoy** · 03-06-2008 08:20 PM

Originally Posted by bucksaw87

oh, it also kills my stoke when californians complain about it being too cold or rainy to skate

i mean seriously, have any of them ever skated in lower than 40 deg weather to begin with, let alone below and rainy/snowy?

I've skated in the teens and twenties. warmth should never be a deterrent, just precipitation.