Your progress

[mc99david]

And whatever you do, don't think.

Truer words were never spoken

[BergaLiden]

ok, didnt know you were on a 27.. thats just plain hard to do.. good luck

Haha, it's piss easy, believe.. Pulling off Rocks are a charm too

It's all in your mind 8)

[anastasi0]

Haha, it's piss easy, believe.. Pulling off Rocks are a charm too

It's all in your mind 8)

I agree, it seems to me that the key to getting good at skateboarding is having the mentality that you're going to make it first try.

[gorillabiscuits]

I finally learned no complys!!!! just had to share the good news.

[Partyboypowell]

*pats on back* Nice one, a straight out NoComply!? I hope you have a bruised as fcuk knee! I had those (sketchy as) for a bit, but ive totaly lost it now. *waa waa waa*

Must be all the extra street work ive been doing, able to ollie up and off the LOVE park replica blocks/steps i so happen to have 10mins away 8)

Tried early grab backside airs the other day.....erm yeah. Nearly died.

Really want to get some 8" trucks and grow some nads, set up my killer Herion deck and rip it up when i get to Marseille bowl in a few weeks *boner*

[Speck Nineteen]

Landed a 360 Crail grab yesterday 8)

[mc99david]

like a 360 crail grab air on a vert wall? if so that is totaly sick and have got to see a pic of that

[WalkTogether]

I thought Crails only applied to grinding and grabbing the nose. Either way, that's ####### sick.

[Speck Nineteen]

like a 360 crail grab air on a vert wall? if so that is totaly sick and have got to see a pic of that

I just launched off a quarter pipe and did it. I didn't go up the wall, spin, and come back down. I can barely (sp?) do frontside airs in shallow pools

I'm going back tonight, I hope to get some pics or footage.

[mc99david]

still thats pretty cool, that would be fun to see

[rboyzingzing]

walktogether -- i dropped in at SV for the first time today.. it took me like 3 days to gut up to it but i also bought a new popsicle blank which helped. how often do you go?

[WalkTogether]

walktogether -- i dropped in at SV for the first time today.. it took me like 3 days to gut up to it but i also bought a new popsicle blank which helped. how often do you go?

Congrats. If you're talking about Scotts Valley, I've never been there. Someday though... Looks like an amazing park.

[VAlongboarder13]

Today I dropped in to a 5 foot bowled out half pipe thing, and I learned how to carve backside around the bowls.

[rboyzingzing]

no no, sv = sunnyvale.

[CRASS]

My progress:
Still suck, and all these parkingblock sessions kinda kill my drive at ditch sessions coz who cares about doin hella runs on a block?

[WalkTogether]

no no, sv = sunnyvale.

Oooh. I've only be there once but it was a good park. Scared the #### out of me when I first got there. Right when I got there I rolled into those steep ass walls without knowing what they were.

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In other news, I'm hitting Pacifica tomorrow. And I plan on learning how to acid drop and grind the pool coping... Yikes.

[WalkTogether]

Well, I went to Scotts Valley instead. The only pool coping looked like it was 20 feet high so screw that.
First time at a park in a few weeks. And riding an unfamiliar park to warm up and refresh sucks. I tried an acid drop one time and didn't make it but I came closer than last time.

BUT, I did learn I like Indy's a lot better than my Trackers after riding some chick's board for 2 minutes. What a coincidecne- said Trackers happen to be up for trade (or sale if the price is right): FT: 9" Trackers for 9" Indy's

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Almost went for the triple post.

I can OLLIE. Hoo-rah. I tried for a couple weeks when I first started skating back in November. Then stopped until last week (that's 9 months) when I nailed one on a friends super light street board on my second board. They're still pretty weak but I can get a few good ones while rolling.
Much like dropping in, it was really anti-climactic.

I figured out a better way to do my Beanplants. Which translates to Bonelesses. I used to be terrible at them and would have to use two hands but that's pretty much fixed now.

By the way, if anyone Bay Area heads wanna meet up for a session and a show post something in the "Nor Cal!" thread.

[Hill Shredder]

Well, I skated my flatbar with my Alva today, and learned boardslides on rails (I had them on curbs and other things). I'm the master of small curbs and stuff haha.

I also did all sorts of random stuff, like boneless five-os, and a streetplant over the rail !

[BergaLiden]

I learnt inward pop shuvit, fakie axlestall to rock n roll and fakie bigspin a couple of days ago.

[RaleighJim]

Man, it's awesome to see all this progress.
I been skating off and on (after a 10+ year break) for a couple of years, but last August a new concrete park opened in my home town of Wake Forest, NC and decided that it was time to really start skating again.
In this first year back, I skated my first bowl ever. I grew up skating street and had very little transition experience. I had never carved a round wall in my life and after seeing a local ripper skating, I learned his lines in the bowl and have discovered the pure joy of hauling ass in a bowl and getting good, smooth carves. It's incredible.... a feeling like I've never had on skateboard. I was hooked (again) immediately.

My first year back has been extremely painful too though. I've learned, the hard way, that I still think I can skate like I used to be able to but the reality is MUCH different. I've cracked my ribs twice, had several wrist injuries and broke my ankle quite severly. This first year "skating", I've spend about 6 months on my board and 6 months injured. The good news is... I'm learning to fall again. It sucks, but it seems you learn to fall by falling over and over and over and eventually you learn how to fall and stop getting hurt... but it's a painful process.


So... here's my new challenge. I'm f-ing scared to death of coping. When I was younger I hung up so often on coping and took so many hard slams, it's scarred my brain. Now anytime I get near coping, I'll turn or carve out of it. I'm slowly starting to carve into some grinds, but *something* is still keeping me from just digging into a good frontside or backside grind.
Any advice? I feel I need to just go for it and see what happens... or should I just keep carving and eventually I'll start hitting coping by accident (which happens from time to time) and things will just evolve? How did you guys learn about grinding and stuff?
airs and ollies aren't too much of a problem for me... rock and rolls are pretty easy too, so it seems to be just a mental thing and it's really, really starting to piss me off!!

Finally... after a year of trying TONS of set-ups and wasting too much money, I've found my perfect ride:
Powell Hot Rod Deck (9.375 x 33)
Tracker Six Tracks
"No School" 60mm 92a wheels
Khiro Blue (85a) Bushings
Death Box board rails
This set-up is PERFECT for me. I think it taps into the style of boards I was riding when I stopped skating in the late 80s/early 90s. I was having trouble finding wheels and the No School has made a HUGE difference for me. I love my set-up now.

Here's a video of the bowl I'm learning on. It's a crazy bowl, extremely challenging, but fun as hell:
http://www.deliciousskateboardshop.c...TreeVideo.html
The video starts out with a well known "pool" that was town down... then on the park footage.
The skaters are Thomas Henson, Sam Tucker and Dave Dekker.