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  • Afrobean
    Admiral in the Red Army
    • Dec 2003
    • 13262

    #1

    Any Skateboarders?

    If so, what companies do you ride? What stance do you use? What's your best trick?

    Myself, I like to skate Zero decks, but I find myself more often using blanks because they are so much cheaper. I like Tensor trucks and Red Bones bearings. Wheels I don't really care about as long as they can slide and they're about 50 mm. I skate regular, but I'm working on learning switch (my stationary switch 3 flips are almost as good as my stationary regular ones). My best trick that I can land everytime is probably a smooth nice pop shuv it (I can keep them under me all the time; none of my friends are even close to being as good as me at pop shuv its). I can almost land 360 flips and I'm hoping to land a nollie 360 flip soon. I used to be able to land 3 flips, but then winter came, and since then, I haven't landed but one or two. Also, I'm great at nollies. I just love them. I like to nollie over little gaps on flat ground (like shadows or cracks or potholes). In fact, I mostly skate flat ground.

    This is my sweet new deck.
    Zero owns.

    The griptape:

    Yes, I'm king of cutting grip.

    The 7.125 is the width of the deck.

    Now please, I don't want people who're like "I played THPS one time lololololo." I'm being serious here. I know that I'm not the only skater here, and I'd like to see how I stack up.
  • jewpinthethird
    (The Fat's Sabobah)
    FFR Music Producer
    • Nov 2002
    • 11711

    #2
    RE: Any Skateboarders?

    Well, back when I use to be hardcore into skating:

    My favorite deck companies were Toy Machine, and Zero, though I think the best deck I had was Eric Koston's Girl deck (infact I still have it). I usually stuck with 7.125-7.5 decks.

    My favorite trucks were Grind Kings. Bearings: Pig. Wheels: Zero 53mm.

    A few weeks ago I went to the new skate park near my school...but it was full of little kids and their damn Razor Scooter knock-offs...so I didnt skate.

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    • Spazzbite
      FFR Simfile Author
      FFR Simfile Author
      • Jan 2003
      • 2181

      #3
      RE: Any Skateboarders?

      I'm good, hoping to get a sponsorship soon. Learned to caveman ledge rails and handrails recently, and getting a lot of really neat vert stuff down. I am king of airing out of anything. Biggest air so far is about a 5 and a half footer out of a 7 foot bowl. Best street trick is probably Laserflip, vert trick is probably FS Crook to Rock to Revert, and best Other trick would probably be kickflip to frontside noseslide.

      I skate Consolidated's (sp?) "The Cube" board, with Grind King trucks, 57mm spitfire wheels, and hkd bearings. I'm a goofy boarder, but I can do some HUUUUUGE ollies. Biggest gap I've ollied to date is almost 8 feet.

      Originally posted by Quicker
      shades don't break unless you break them.

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      • ad0gg
        FFR Player
        • Dec 2003
        • 989

        #4
        RE: Any Skateboarders?

        I have an Heath Kirchart Alien Workshop 7.5 deck (unfortunately it's not on their website). I really can't remember what kind of wheels I have because I've had them so long. I have ABEC-5 bearings and Phantom 2 trucks.

        My best trick is probably a varial kickflip (yes, I know, I suck horribly). I prefer skating ramps because of how badly I suck at street skating.

        EDIT: I skate goofy.

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        • babybenji2004
          Banned
          • Jan 2004
          • 446

          #5
          RE: Any Skateboarders?

          I played THPS one time lololololo.
          no but seriously i tried skating once and it failed miserably. Of course i was in 4th greade, had no idea what i was doing, and bought the cheapest deck possible.

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          • Mindfields
            Banned
            • Dec 2004
            • 1566

            #6
            I used to sakteboard. I did one ollie. Now I mountain bike. I like speed.

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            • Spazzbite
              FFR Simfile Author
              FFR Simfile Author
              • Jan 2003
              • 2181

              #7
              Oh yeah guys by the way, our high school has a skateboarding class.

              75 bucks gets you into our fine indoor skatepark for a semester. It's a rotater class, meaning you only have it every other day, but holy hell is the 75 bucks worth it.

              Originally posted by Quicker
              shades don't break unless you break them.

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              • alainbryden
                Seen your member
                FFR Simfile Author
                • Dec 2003
                • 2873

                #8


                I currently have a dynasty and another piece I use for crazy crap.
                I sport Abec 5's and ti-lytes or independent trucks
                Wet willy wheels.
                Skate Regular.
                ~NEIGH

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                • Spheroid
                  FFR Player
                  • Jan 2005
                  • 412

                  #9
                  I skated for a short period of time a few years ago. Used an element.
                  G-Bin Press Issue 4
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                  • alainbryden
                    Seen your member
                    FFR Simfile Author
                    • Dec 2003
                    • 2873

                    #10
                    Aaah, that would be the name of that other piece of crap board I use. Element. We been through alot, hehe.
                    ~NEIGH

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                    • Afrobean
                      Admiral in the Red Army
                      • Dec 2003
                      • 13262

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Spazzbite
                      Oh yeah guys by the way, our high school has a skateboarding class.

                      75 bucks gets you into our fine indoor skatepark for a semester. It's a rotater class, meaning you only have it every other day, but holy hell is the 75 bucks worth it.
                      I hate you. My school doesn't have anything cool. All our clubs suck ass, we have no programming classes, and any class that I look forward to is cancelled because not enough kids want to take it.

                      And Spazz, when you say "sponserred," do you mean like for realz sponserred or do you mean "local skate shop sponsered"?

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                      • Spazzbite
                        FFR Simfile Author
                        FFR Simfile Author
                        • Jan 2003
                        • 2181

                        #12
                        Local skate shop sponsored. I'm not good enough to get an Am sponsor. Well, unless I skate for Bootleg, because they sponsor a LOT of lousy people. One skate shop in town offered to give me snowboarding lessons and then sponsor me when I got good, and they seemed pretty eager about it, so I'm hoping they'll sponsor me for skating after they see how good I am.

                        Originally posted by Quicker
                        shades don't break unless you break them.

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                        • zildjian133
                          FFR Player
                          • May 2003
                          • 1138

                          #13
                          Well for one I don't believe you Spazzbite. Anyways I have a blind deck, independent trucks... I've magically board slided about a 12 foot rail one time, can do kick flips, heel flips.. But quit, I motocross now... Amateur B working up to A...

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                          • Spazzbite
                            FFR Simfile Author
                            FFR Simfile Author
                            • Jan 2003
                            • 2181

                            #14
                            Originally posted by zildjian133
                            Well for one I don't believe you Spazzbite.
                            wtf hahahahahaha

                            There's people in my neighboring city that are waaayyy better than I am and have multiple sponsors, I don't see why I'm so hard to believe.

                            Originally posted by Quicker
                            shades don't break unless you break them.

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                            • Pooping_Panda
                              FFR Player
                              • Jun 2003
                              • 1773

                              #15
                              well when i skated during the summer last year i could prtty much do most flip tricks, except for like, 360 heel flips and inverted stuff, but yea i could do a lot of shit, i plan on starting again when spring rolls around

                              i have a darkstar deck(i like the graphics and there nice) and grind king trucks and spit fire wheels

                              now all i do is paintball mostly, but im gonan get back into skating soon

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