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Title: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: noboru watanabe on January 28, 2012, 08:20:16 PM
http://theclassical.org/articles/why-longboards-suck (http://theclassical.org/articles/why-longboards-suck)

figure someone might get a kick out of this
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: escapistfool on January 28, 2012, 08:48:15 PM
(http://sp.life123.com/bm.pix/longboarding_1.s600x600.jpg)
(http://push.ca/cfs-filesystemfile.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.00.21.41.2011.july/longboarder.jpg)
(http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y97/zeckdude/Photo%20Class/Longboarder1.jpg)
(http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lrsm75fO8y1qbojuzo1_500.jpg)
(http://www.wornmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/longboard9789.jpg)
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Unbridled Technical Precision on January 29, 2012, 01:40:41 AM
(https://encrypted-tbn1.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQI5GpypPqbTqEdEMsjlcs-yG1m6r2S-eLIT35Wvxw4fMrGRIVn_g)
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Probably A Robot on January 29, 2012, 03:01:20 AM
Link didn't work for me.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: degobra on January 29, 2012, 04:29:25 AM
why is this so popular i mean come on i see dudes everyday swaying down the street pushing like dumbassholes. fuck longboarder bros
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: sprayTAN101 on January 29, 2012, 06:05:00 AM
its popular because its easy. its the easy version of skateboarding.

why is scooters so popular?
why is rollerblading so popular gay?

its easy.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: johnnymousedoom on January 29, 2012, 08:37:52 AM
my ex was a long boarder, for some reason she hated skateboarding more than any of us could hate on longboarding combined. it was scary.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Seamus_McShamebag on January 29, 2012, 08:42:39 AM
This is entertaining...http://wrongboards.tumblr.com/ (http://wrongboards.tumblr.com/)
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Schismatic on January 29, 2012, 08:48:53 AM
my ex was a long boarder, for some reason she hated skateboarding more than any of us could hate on longboarding combined. it was scary.

How would you even get involved with someone like that?

Reason longboards suck- just look at this shop "team," bunch of douches. Especially "Hunter," Dr. Seuss lookin faggot.

http://outlawkreations.com/nwsite/?page_id=17 (http://outlawkreations.com/nwsite/?page_id=17)
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: grimcity on January 29, 2012, 08:51:05 AM
Longboards themselves are fun as shit... I have one that I goof off with occasionally (an old Joel Tudor from Think). I couldn't see doing it as my main way to skate, but at the same time we don't really have any longboard-bros around here. I could see hating on those cats... I think the Fratboard thread speaks to this.

Also, remember the "longboard mega ramp?" That was bad too... nearly every indoor park I've ever skated with a jumpbox was bigger than that fucking thing.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: pica on January 29, 2012, 09:04:59 AM
thing is now you can get that cool fancy skatelifestyle without acually having passion and determination to learn an activity that takes years of practice. like you skateboard and you still suck at it after years. but longboarding is learnable within a week, by everyone and his granny.
i don't care about people longboarding, but i'm over it when they act like me and them are one kind of a breed.
plus they always come to the shop and geek about bearings and truck angles (i'm talking people who purchase their first longboard and can't even push yet) still they have  big stock of internet and google knowledge and act like they purchase a car or something and keep asking about  technology, "wheels that slide" flex of the board whatever.... when i'm just like "dude this is your first board just ride it, you won't do any better with different truck angles, whatever. just learn how to push." they look at me like i'm the one who don't know shit.
i mean longboarding sucks  even for the transportation aspect most people say they use it for: who wants to carry around a 2 meter plank when he goes to a bar (except j.casanova) and get off the board when a curb gets in your way?
hang loose bro.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: formeitscrazylike on January 29, 2012, 09:08:16 AM
someone should make a quiz type thing where you see a picture of someone and then try and figure out whether they skate or longboard. i imagine it would be easy as fuck for people who actually skate, but it would be funny to see if even longboarders can pick the clowns out. but i figure it's a 'takes one to know one' type deal.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: pica on January 29, 2012, 09:25:21 AM
btw:
Quote

Five Reasons Why Skateboards Stink and Longboards Rock


Speed: Longboards make skateboards look like a fat kid who recently rolled their ankle.

Cruise: Skateboards don?t cruise they rattle. Ninjas would use longboards as an accessory, they are so quiet and smooth.

Skateboards are for the little kiddies: Longboards are a classic, I don?t think you can ever be too old for a longboard they suit everyone.

Flow: Longboards make concrete turn into snow or waves. Skateboards are a one stop trick shop.

Which do the ladies like better: Would they prefer a small, slow guy that jumps all the time. OR would they prefer a long, smooth, fast, cruisy guy? Enough said!

http://www.skurfboards.com/uncategorized/ten-reasons-why-skateboards-stink-and-longboards-rock.htm (http://www.skurfboards.com/uncategorized/ten-reasons-why-skateboards-stink-and-longboards-rock.htm)

i like how the URL says "TEN REASONS WHY SKATEBOARDERS STINK"

yet they only came up with five.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Eschaton on January 29, 2012, 09:31:48 AM
Where do they get this idea that they can go faster on their boards than us? All the longboard fags I see are haphazardly slowly pushing around making huge turns.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: johnnymousedoom on January 29, 2012, 10:27:05 AM
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my ex was a long boarder, for some reason she hated skateboarding more than any of us could hate on longboarding combined. it was scary.
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How would you even get involved with someone like that?

Reason longboards suck- just look at this shop "team," bunch of douches. Especially "Hunter," Dr. Seuss lookin faggot.

http://outlawkreations.com/nwsite/?page_id=17 (http://outlawkreations.com/nwsite/?page_id=17)
we both liked writing and poetry
/ i was born without balls.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: johnnymousedoom on January 29, 2012, 10:29:32 AM
btw:
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Five Reasons Why Skateboards Stink and Longboards Rock


Speed: Longboards make skateboards look like a fat kid who recently rolled their ankle.

Cruise: Skateboards don?t cruise they rattle. Ninjas would use longboards as an accessory, they are so quiet and smooth.

Skateboards are for the little kiddies: Longboards are a classic, I don?t think you can ever be too old for a longboard they suit everyone.

Flow: Longboards make concrete turn into snow or waves. Skateboards are a one stop trick shop.

Which do the ladies like better: Would they prefer a small, slow guy that jumps all the time. OR would they prefer a long, smooth, fast, cruisy guy? Enough said!
[close]

http://www.skurfboards.com/uncategorized/ten-reasons-why-skateboards-stink-and-longboards-rock.htm (http://www.skurfboards.com/uncategorized/ten-reasons-why-skateboards-stink-and-longboards-rock.htm)

i like how the URL says "TEN REASONS WHY SKATEBOARDERS STINK"

yet they only came up with five.
one reason why long boarding is attractive to a shit ton of guys. They are lacking length in the trouser, but also don't know how to use it
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: TonyBologna on January 29, 2012, 10:41:19 AM
To each their own, for real. Even roller bladers are just trying to have some fun, scooterer-er-er-ers.....I don't know about that one... But, I really find it funny when I am cruising somewhere and I see a long boarder, it's like, I would say something, but I mean, you can't even do tricks at the spot I'm going to...Keep pushing to your dorm bro.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Probably A Robot on January 29, 2012, 12:13:38 PM
Where do they get this idea that they can go faster on their boards than us? All the longboard fags I see are haphazardly slowly pushing around making huge turns.
A friend of mine who races can go over 100 km/h down a hill on a longboard. I don't know about you, but I don't ever plan on travelling that fast on a skateboard. I think most longboarders are total kooks but if there is one thing you have to give them it's that those things can go fast down a hill, I don't think that one's even up for debate.

That being said, most of them go so slow its painful. And considering pretty much all those guys do on one is push and turn, you would think they could at least manage to do that without looking like total fucks.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Isaiah Kemp on January 29, 2012, 12:38:24 PM
I saw some guy Ripstik'n around campus. I don't understand that. And he got really angry that the professor called it a skateboard?
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Brian Clancy on January 29, 2012, 01:02:00 PM
http://wrongboards.tumblr.com/ (http://wrongboards.tumblr.com/)
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: BraveUlysses on January 29, 2012, 01:06:50 PM
I felt awkward once when I was skating gown this bridge and I look over to the other side of the bridge and see two longboarders skating down it too but they were swinging their hips like they were hula hooping or something. Then another time I saw this longboarder pushing with his hands tied behind his back. So yeah a lot of longboarders skate pretty strangely.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: DaSk8D00D on January 29, 2012, 01:21:57 PM
longboards suck because you cant ollie on them. plain & simple
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: BraveUlysses on January 29, 2012, 01:29:44 PM
Yeah it must feel pretty shitty to come up near a curb and have to step off.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: RippingLaces69 on January 29, 2012, 01:49:05 PM
I dont have a problem with longboards themselves, it's the people who think longboarding is just as much of a lifestyle as real skateboarding that bug the crap out of me. (The pictures in the second post basically epitomize what im talking about.)

I'd cruise on a long board any day, but nothing compares to the real skateboard obviously.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: No mongz on January 29, 2012, 02:38:57 PM
wrongboarding
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: escapistfool on January 29, 2012, 02:45:28 PM
(http://outlawkreations.com/nwsite/wp-content/gallery/team/chillin.jpg)

CHILLIN is the name of the jpg. lol
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: pizzafliptofakie on January 29, 2012, 03:03:34 PM
(http://distilleryimage6.s3.amazonaws.com/720c8b1c478c11e1a87612313804ec91_7.jpg)
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Barry Dingle on January 29, 2012, 04:00:16 PM
come on guys, we're all skaters here. We need to unify and come together as one.

(http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lolw6lieaY1qj4sofo1_500.jpg)


from this entertaining link
This is entertaining...http://wrongboards.tumblr.com/ (http://wrongboards.tumblr.com/)
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: johnnymousedoom on January 29, 2012, 04:06:31 PM
come on guys, we're all skaters here. We need to unify and come together as one.

(http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lolw6lieaY1qj4sofo1_500.jpg)


from this entertaining link
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This is entertaining...http://wrongboards.tumblr.com/ (http://wrongboards.tumblr.com/)
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man those people look so terribly dull
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Spike Hawke on January 29, 2012, 05:05:09 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cOrNH8uKShI# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cOrNH8uKShI#)!
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: commie on January 29, 2012, 05:20:04 PM
Haha that "sk8pole" thing is hilarious. At least you don't have to watch them push.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Barry Dingle on January 29, 2012, 05:42:32 PM
the good
Jeremy Peckham - 9 Lives (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Xwd2mHwGhGo#)

the bad
Death by Skateboard (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mDf3Gwxxf68#)
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Ella K on January 29, 2012, 06:05:33 PM
(http://distilleryimage6.s3.amazonaws.com/720c8b1c478c11e1a87612313804ec91_7.jpg)

This is a tricky one... Those Krooked Zip Zingers are what those in-duh-stry types call a 'hybrid'... Half cruiser half trick set up. Big soft rounded wheels with a longer deck, but comes with a double kick and wide Thunder trucks. We had em in the shop for awhile and they ain't half bad. For a half normal half ghey set up anyway. Longboard though, it sure as fresh hell; ain't.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: pizzafliptofakie on January 29, 2012, 06:20:07 PM
That's clearly not a regular Zip Zinger...
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: doomstation55 on January 29, 2012, 06:38:16 PM
Rollerblading is more like skateboarding than longboarding is. That being said, they're both pretty stupid in comparison. Theres no feeling like the one where you battle a trick for an hour and finally pull it off, I don't think any activity has more gratification than that.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: escapistfool on January 29, 2012, 08:22:14 PM
Rollerblading is more like skateboarding than longboarding is. That being said, they're both pretty stupid in comparison. Theres no feeling like the one where you battle a trick for an hour and finally pull it off, I don't think any activity has more gratification than that.
You pretty much nailed it.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: mr cheese on January 29, 2012, 09:37:27 PM
my friend told me he was going to start skating, then bought a long board, whatever floats your boat i guess
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: StabMasterArson on January 29, 2012, 10:02:06 PM
your friends suck
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: ObjecktCreative on January 29, 2012, 10:08:50 PM
And the number one reason why long boards Suck!
(http://www.kavikdesigns.com/TheSkaddle/skaddle-405x240.gif)

http://theskaddle.com/ (http://theskaddle.com/)
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: finknoos on January 30, 2012, 03:44:24 AM
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(http://distilleryimage6.s3.amazonaws.com/720c8b1c478c11e1a87612313804ec91_7.jpg)
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This is a tricky one... Those Krooked Zip Zingers are what those in-duh-stry types call a 'hybrid'... Half cruiser half trick set up. Big soft rounded wheels with a longer deck, but comes with a double kick and wide Thunder trucks. We had em in the shop for awhile and they ain't half bad. For a half normal half ghey set up anyway. Longboard though, it sure as fresh hell; ain't.

also he can still ollie that
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Dutch on January 30, 2012, 04:21:31 AM
Looks like he's about to lose half his truck, nuts sticking out way too far.

O wait he's never ridden it before, just a fashion gimmick for most
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Money Black on January 30, 2012, 04:36:06 AM
free mike v
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: DaSk8D00D on January 30, 2012, 05:31:03 AM
And the number one reason why long boards Suck!
(http://www.kavikdesigns.com/TheSkaddle/skaddle-405x240.gif)

http://theskaddle.com/ (http://theskaddle.com/)

hahahahahahahahaha
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Zurg on January 30, 2012, 10:02:20 AM
reasons why longboarding rules: Biker Sherlock

nuff said
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: DEDBBIS on January 30, 2012, 06:43:13 PM
Last year I pointed out a little Asian girl on a longboard to a friend and predicted a humorous outcome as she started to roll down a hill on my school's campus with her feet planted wider than her shoulders like she was trying to stay upright in a hurricane. She got to the bottom of the hill as classes let out and collided with a guy's shoulder, he didn't budge, she flew backwards. Skateboarding is illegal on campus now due to the land canoes.

Edit: I really don't have a problem with longboards being used for things that skateboards can't, like bombing mountain roads that go on for ten minutes.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: cringe. on January 30, 2012, 07:04:52 PM
i'm grateful for longboarding's popularity with douchebags, much better than them all latching onto skateboarding
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: foureyedjim on January 30, 2012, 10:57:50 PM
The whole culture just rubs me the wrong way.

Not to mention most of them CAN'T PUSH.  80% of people I see on campus riding longboards put their whole foot down to push.  I honestly don't see why they can't bike if they're gonna slow themselves down every 5 seconds. 

But all in all, I don't hate longboarding. 




Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: victor333 on January 31, 2012, 12:30:14 AM
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And the number one reason why long boards Suck!
(http://www.kavikdesigns.com/TheSkaddle/skaddle-405x240.gif)

http://theskaddle.com/ (http://theskaddle.com/)
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hahahahahahahahaha

haha. It's like a fucking Venecian gondola
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: jack2jack on January 31, 2012, 03:52:32 AM
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And the number one reason why long boards Suck!
(http://www.kavikdesigns.com/TheSkaddle/skaddle-405x240.gif)

http://theskaddle.com/ (http://theskaddle.com/)
[close]

hahahahahahahahaha
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haha. It's like a fucking Venecian gondola
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: George Vallore on January 31, 2012, 11:02:16 AM
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(http://distilleryimage6.s3.amazonaws.com/720c8b1c478c11e1a87612313804ec91_7.jpg)
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This is a tricky one... Those Krooked Zip Zingers are what those in-duh-stry types call a 'hybrid'... Half cruiser half trick set up. Big soft rounded wheels with a longer deck, but comes with a double kick and wide Thunder trucks. We had em in the shop for awhile and they ain't half bad. For a half normal half ghey set up anyway. Longboard though, it sure as fresh hell; ain't.
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also he can still ollie that


May I ask where this photo is from?
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Chavo on January 31, 2012, 11:19:51 AM
(http://distilleryimage6.s3.amazonaws.com/720c8b1c478c11e1a87612313804ec91_7.jpg)

That Zip Ziiiiiiinger is 35.75 inches. Where does skateboard end and longboard begin? Back in the 10x30 days, 32" was considered mid-sized, now it's standard if not on the short side.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: TwisT on January 31, 2012, 01:37:44 PM
Where do you guys live with all these longboard epidemics? is it like New York, Frisco, or LA areas?

Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: ice nine on January 31, 2012, 01:45:19 PM
I live in a suburb of vancouver, no universities around, and I see 100 longboarders to every 1 skater.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Eschaton on January 31, 2012, 05:01:57 PM
Where do you guys live with all these longboard epidemics? is it like New York, Frisco, or LA areas?


Real question is, where are you from that you are not seeing this?
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: papasmurfsdog on January 31, 2012, 05:48:33 PM
btw:
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Five Reasons Why Skateboards Stink and Longboards Rock


Speed: Longboards make skateboards look like a fat kid who recently rolled their ankle.

Cruise: Skateboards don?t cruise they rattle. Ninjas would use longboards as an accessory, they are so quiet and smooth.

Skateboards are for the little kiddies: Longboards are a classic, I don?t think you can ever be too old for a longboard they suit everyone.

Flow: Longboards make concrete turn into snow or waves. Skateboards are a one stop trick shop.

Which do the ladies like better: Would they prefer a small, slow guy that jumps all the time. OR would they prefer a long, smooth, fast, cruisy guy? Enough said!
[close]

http://www.skurfboards.com/uncategorized/ten-reasons-why-skateboards-stink-and-longboards-rock.htm (http://www.skurfboards.com/uncategorized/ten-reasons-why-skateboards-stink-and-longboards-rock.htm)

i like how the URL says "TEN REASONS WHY SKATEBOARDERS STINK"

yet they only came up with one.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: TwisT on January 31, 2012, 07:02:17 PM
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Where do you guys live with all these longboard epidemics? is it like New York, Frisco, or LA areas?


[close]
Real question is, where are you from that you are not seeing this?

...i know it was this click of 3 of them that popped up my last semester of school, but since i moved i havent scene any in atlanta...
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: velocirapedher on January 31, 2012, 07:08:45 PM
Where do you guys live with all these longboard epidemics? is it like New York, Frisco, or LA areas?


boulder Colorado has got to be the epicenter of duchebags on longboards puching mongo out of control
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: sufodiv on January 31, 2012, 07:17:26 PM
https://www.awhsales.com/p-18552-5-boro-team-fuck-longboards-deck-800.aspx (https://www.awhsales.com/p-18552-5-boro-team-fuck-longboards-deck-800.aspx)
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: tom on January 31, 2012, 07:34:44 PM
https://www.awhsales.com/p-18552-5-boro-team-fuck-longboards-deck-800.aspx (https://www.awhsales.com/p-18552-5-boro-team-fuck-longboards-deck-800.aspx)
i'm riding that board now

the soul carve. ugghh
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: PFIASB. on January 31, 2012, 08:22:22 PM
longboards suck because you cant ollie on them. plain & simple
this is why i ride oldschool boards with longboard wheels.
its for filming mostly but i really enjoy doing tricks on it and bombing hills.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: happenstance on January 31, 2012, 09:35:27 PM
Looks like he's about to lose half his truck, nuts sticking out way too far.

O wait he's never ridden it before, just a fashion gimmick for most
You realize you are hating on Gonz, right?

I went to UC Berkeley which is built on a hill so it was regularly over-run with wide carving bros surfing the walkways. Only problem is the whole school is built on a hill and they could never stop. I would see them take out pedestrians and I saw a few runaway longboards here and there. Those things should require safety classes and they give us a bad name.

One positive thing to say is that I used to see this longboard pro in Berkeley when I lived here the first time back in 2004. He fucking ripped. He could do 4 foot high tuck-knees in the deep end of the bowl every try. Rumor has it that he is the only one to transfer from the big wall in the street course into the deep end of the bowl (lien to tail. Is that what you call it if you do a straight transfer with no 180?). If you have been there you would know that is unfathomable. I couldn't find a good picture that shows how gnarly this is.

(http://sitedesigngroup.com/img/uploaded/297_orig.jpg)
Left side of the photo. The deck is at least 10 feet across.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Rcurry on February 15, 2012, 08:35:55 PM
you dumbasses clearly dont know shit about longboarding. tell yourselves its the easy form of skating once youve railed a right sweeper at 60+mph or have thrown down slides upwards of 40mph
http://www.skatehousemedia.com/08/03/2011/abec-11-slide-masters-dont-sweat-the-technique (http://www.skatehousemedia.com/08/03/2011/abec-11-slide-masters-dont-sweat-the-technique)

Texas-Talimena Takover (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBMx_WCucP4#ws)

skatin is skatin get over yourselves
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Gil on February 15, 2012, 08:43:16 PM
^ dingle berry ^
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: GarglesCmen on February 15, 2012, 09:09:40 PM
you dumbasses clearly dont know shit about longboarding. tell yourselves its the easy form of skating once youve railed a right sweeper at 60+mph or have thrown down slides upwards of 40mph
http://www.skatehousemedia.com/08/03/2011/abec-11-slide-masters-dont-sweat-the-technique (http://www.skatehousemedia.com/08/03/2011/abec-11-slide-masters-dont-sweat-the-technique)

Texas-Talimena Takover (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBMx_WCucP4#ws)

skatin is skatin get over yourselves

cool story bro
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Mundungus on February 15, 2012, 09:15:39 PM
you dumbasses clearly dont know shit about longboarding. tell yourselves its the easy form of skating once youve railed a right sweeper at 60+mph or have thrown down slides upwards of 40mph
http://www.skatehousemedia.com/08/03/2011/abec-11-slide-masters-dont-sweat-the-technique (http://www.skatehousemedia.com/08/03/2011/abec-11-slide-masters-dont-sweat-the-technique)

Texas-Talimena Takover (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBMx_WCucP4#ws)

skatin is skatin get over yourselves

longboarding is not skating.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: managuense on February 15, 2012, 09:40:08 PM
you kids have no idea you think skate longboarders are bad try surfing. actually dont
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Preck. on February 16, 2012, 12:31:43 AM
you dumbasses clearly dont know shit about longboarding. tell yourselves its the easy form of skating once youve railed a right sweeper at 60+mph or have thrown down slides upwards of 40mph
http://www.skatehousemedia.com/08/03/2011/abec-11-slide-masters-dont-sweat-the-technique (http://www.skatehousemedia.com/08/03/2011/abec-11-slide-masters-dont-sweat-the-technique)

Texas-Talimena Takover (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBMx_WCucP4#ws)

skatin is skatin get over yourselves

nice first post.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: finknoos on February 16, 2012, 02:45:22 AM
you dumbasses clearly dont know shit about longboarding. tell yourselves its the easy form of skating once youve railed a right sweeper at 60+mph or have thrown down slides upwards of 40mph
http://www.skatehousemedia.com/08/03/2011/abec-11-slide-masters-dont-sweat-the-technique (http://www.skatehousemedia.com/08/03/2011/abec-11-slide-masters-dont-sweat-the-technique)

Texas-Talimena Takover (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBMx_WCucP4#ws)

skatin is skatin get over yourselves

sup brah

(http://blog.bustinboards.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/solnmecp.jpg)
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Dirty Sprite on February 16, 2012, 09:45:30 AM
you dumbasses clearly dont know shit about longboarding. tell yourselves its the easy form of skating once youve railed a right sweeper at 60+mph or have thrown down slides upwards of 40mph
http://www.skatehousemedia.com/08/03/2011/abec-11-slide-masters-dont-sweat-the-technique (http://www.skatehousemedia.com/08/03/2011/abec-11-slide-masters-dont-sweat-the-technique)

Texas-Talimena Takover (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBMx_WCucP4#ws)

skatin is skatin get over yourselves

If you are one of the dudes who bomb mountains going 80 MPH all the power to you. Otherwise longboards to me are just used to increase the down time when you are switching spots.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: The Nose Face on February 16, 2012, 10:09:37 AM
you dumbasses clearly dont know shit about longboarding. tell yourselves its the easy form of skating once youve railed a right sweeper at 60+mph or have thrown down slides upwards of 40mph
http://www.skatehousemedia.com/08/03/2011/abec-11-slide-masters-dont-sweat-the-technique (http://www.skatehousemedia.com/08/03/2011/abec-11-slide-masters-dont-sweat-the-technique)

Texas-Talimena Takover (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBMx_WCucP4#ws)

skatin is skatin get over yourselves


(http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110525062141/uncyclopedia/images/8/8a/You-must-be-new-here.jpg)

C'mon dude, you know this isn't the place for you...I'm sure you'd be much happier in a Sector 9 Forum or Concrete Wave Forum...You're like wearing a meat suit in a Lion's Den saying "skating is skating" around these parts...

I just hate these fucks in the park - as long as you go to the hills where you can "bomb" and try to create a car accident or shatter your ankle, I'm fine with it. nothing is worse than one of these fools running into you - they'll fuck your ankles up at a minimum.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Beeda Weeda on February 16, 2012, 10:18:30 AM
you dumbasses clearly dont know shit about longboarding. tell yourselves its the easy form of skating once youve railed a right sweeper at 60+mph or have thrown down slides upwards of 40mph
http://www.skatehousemedia.com/08/03/2011/abec-11-slide-masters-dont-sweat-the-technique (http://www.skatehousemedia.com/08/03/2011/abec-11-slide-masters-dont-sweat-the-technique)

Texas-Talimena Takover (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBMx_WCucP4#ws)

skatin is skatin get over yourselves
dude, you made me look at longboarding in a new light, i have a new found respect for you guys and everyhting you stand for. you are right sk8ten is skatin.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Rcurry on February 18, 2012, 08:20:28 PM
if youre saying our style doesnt make as much sense because many drivers dont understand that we can stop at high speeds and choose to make dumb desicions, than you have not spent enough time on a board because any style of skating has its dangers but that doesnt make it suck haha its part of the sport. i started off on a popsicle pushin around and messing with trick skating when i was much younger. i switched over to a bigger board with a longer wheelbase and have been stuck on it ever since, and have been able to keep skating bc you do fall much less and its usually much more controlled.  i have fun no matter what im skating, it just doesnt make much sense to skate street too often with bad ankles and a janky back after years of different injuries. part of the problem is trying to separate the styles so far apart bc they all do tie into each other so much. i dont say im gonna go longboard when i wanna dh or freeride and i dont say im gonna go street skate if i feel like messin with tricks; i just say im gonna skate. its just about enjoying what youre doing. if youre on a skateboard which is simply 4 wheels and a plank of wood how is it not skating? i understand you dont want the typical 'dudebro longboarder' doing dumb shit at your park but it just looks bad on your part when you try to generalize me as a sector 9 fanboy as well. i probably wouldve posted much different videos if that were the case. however they have stepped their game up and have been making good stuff. the idea of hating on any company just cuz has become rampant. i am a fanboy though...not of sector or loaded or even original but of bombsquad. a company right here in my town that started from the ground up and makes some bad fuckin boards. and i have no problem standing behind them. so talk all the shit you want about different styles of skating, but itll just make you look like an arrogant close minded fool not willing to try new things. really damn fun things like slidin down the steepest roads and tryin to hit as fast as you can on the speediest hills. you really are missing out. it may not be your favorite style but why all the hate on your own sport
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: fulfillthedream on February 18, 2012, 08:57:46 PM
you dumbasses clearly dont know shit about longboarding. tell yourselves its the easy form of skating once youve railed a right sweeper at 60+mph or have thrown down slides upwards of 40mph
http://www.skatehousemedia.com/08/03/2011/abec-11-slide-masters-dont-sweat-the-technique (http://www.skatehousemedia.com/08/03/2011/abec-11-slide-masters-dont-sweat-the-technique)

skatin is skatin get over yourselves

I've never seen any longboarders do that type of shit in real life. Everyday on the train, bus, the side walks and on my campus I see dudes either carrying long boards or "riding" them. I can honestly say I've seen more people carrying them than riding em.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: marshalbanana on February 18, 2012, 09:19:47 PM
I dont think its the longboards that we hate, its the people we usually see who ride them. I live in Nor Cal and this place is overrun by them. The biggest douchbags ride them and give longboarding a bad image.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Chocolaterain on February 18, 2012, 09:36:13 PM
I dont think its the longboards that we hate, its the people we usually see who ride them. I live in Nor Cal and this place is overrun by them. The biggest douchbags ride them and give longboarding a bad image.

Exactly, the longboarders that I have met are people who call "shortboarders" dicks small because the ride a smaller board, act like they are the fucking greatest thing ever and try to one up everything that you do with "bombing a chill hill bra"
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: foureyedjim on February 18, 2012, 09:41:36 PM
Let's just not get along and hate each other. 

I don't know why we're questioning the dynamics of everything.

I mean c'mon, let's be honest, some people just love being "above it all" and act like they don't hold some judgement towards certain groups of people. 

Yes, I know not all longboarders are a bunch of bro's, but that doesn't change the fact that I think most people looks dumb doing it.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Cthulhu! on February 18, 2012, 10:42:02 PM
You can almost feel rcurry's rage.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Probably A Robot on February 18, 2012, 11:05:26 PM
I'm going to return briefly to what I believe to be the main point of this thread, why longboards suck.

First, and most importantly, they lack the ability to deal with curbs, therefore making them infinitely less fun (and convenient) in cities.

Also, they are too damn big to be convenient to take certain places (you can get away with bringing your skateboard to a bar/show, but a longboard must be a hassle).

There are hundreds, maybe thousands of tricks you can't do on a longboard, that can be done on a skateboard.

You guys go through so many damn sets of wheels! I don't understand how anyone who was good at longboarding and didn't have a wheel hookup could even participate regularly.

Unless you have a car, you have to walk up every hill you bomb. (Other option: Flatground, anyone?)

No complies: anyone here not familiar with what is considered a no comply in longboarding, please see video below:

Longboard Trick Tip: Heel Side No Comply Slide (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ya4aAaCh7QA#ws)

I could go on for days. Face it, longboards are limited and inferior to skateboards in every way but one, and that is they go faster. If that is worth it to you, super. But I'm gonna continue bombing hills on my skateboard. AND doing tricks. AND having style. no helmet, slide gloves, or board paddle necessary.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: ORGANIKARL on February 18, 2012, 11:13:58 PM
you dumbasses clearly dont know shit about longboarding. tell yourselves its the easy form of skating once youve railed a right sweeper at 60+mph or have thrown down slides upwards of 40mph
http://www.skatehousemedia.com/08/03/2011/abec-11-slide-masters-dont-sweat-the-technique (http://www.skatehousemedia.com/08/03/2011/abec-11-slide-masters-dont-sweat-the-technique)

Texas-Talimena Takover (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBMx_WCucP4#ws)

skatin is skatin get over yourselves
I would have to agree with your point, sir.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: ORGANIKARL on February 18, 2012, 11:37:11 PM
I'm going to return briefly to what I believe to be the main point of this thread, why longboards suck.

First, and most importantly, they lack the ability to deal with curbs, therefore making them infinitely less fun (and convenient) in cities.

Also, they are too damn big to be convenient to take certain places (you can get away with bringing your skateboard to a bar/show, but a longboard must be a hassle).

There are hundreds, maybe thousands of tricks you can't do on a longboard, that can be done on a skateboard.

You guys go through so many damn sets of wheels! I don't understand how anyone who was good at longboarding and didn't have a wheel hookup could even participate regularly.

Unless you have a car, you have to walk up every hill you bomb. (Other option: Flatground, anyone?)

No complies: anyone here not familiar with what is considered a no comply in longboarding, please see video below:

Longboard Trick Tip: Heel Side No Comply Slide (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ya4aAaCh7QA#ws)

I could go on for days. Face it, longboards are limited and inferior to skateboards in every way but one, and that is they go faster. If that is worth it to you, super. But I'm gonna continue bombing hills on my skateboard. AND doing tricks. AND having style. no helmet, slide gloves, or board paddle necessary.
Now thats an interesting point that i've never actually pondered. They are in fact inferior to our trick sticks and are heavy as hell. But I still see them as skaters. They just ride a skateboard that evolved in a different way from our boards, but they're still skateboards. I understand the point about douchey people riding them, but way should we act like we're better than them? We all ride on a piece of wood with wheels, bearings and trucks.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: mongomaestro on February 18, 2012, 11:39:41 PM
your skateboarding is so much cooler than mine.

but i digress.    :-X
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: ORGANIKARL on February 18, 2012, 11:48:23 PM
your skateboarding is so much cooler than mine.

but i digress.    :-X
All good, my man ;)  
Im also one of those crazy people who like pigeons lol so I guess my opinion on this topic will naturally be a neutral one.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: waltercronkite on February 19, 2012, 12:36:28 AM
well, for one it aint a fuckin' sport.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: waltercronkite on February 19, 2012, 12:41:49 AM
oh organikarl you are far to kind
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Beer Keg Peg Leg on February 19, 2012, 12:53:16 AM
ahha clamy shuttin fools down. get the fuck out of here you bro-ass bitch rchodey
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Probably A Robot on February 19, 2012, 03:43:06 AM
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I'm going to return briefly to what I believe to be the main point of this thread, why longboards suck.

First, and most importantly, they lack the ability to deal with curbs, therefore making them infinitely less fun (and convenient) in cities.

Also, they are too damn big to be convenient to take certain places (you can get away with bringing your skateboard to a bar/show, but a longboard must be a hassle).

There are hundreds, maybe thousands of tricks you can't do on a longboard, that can be done on a skateboard.

You guys go through so many damn sets of wheels! I don't understand how anyone who was good at longboarding and didn't have a wheel hookup could even participate regularly.

Unless you have a car, you have to walk up every hill you bomb. (Other option: Flatground, anyone?)

No complies: anyone here not familiar with what is considered a no comply in longboarding, please see video below:

Longboard Trick Tip: Heel Side No Comply Slide (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ya4aAaCh7QA#ws)

I could go on for days. Face it, longboards are limited and inferior to skateboards in every way but one, and that is they go faster. If that is worth it to you, super. But I'm gonna continue bombing hills on my skateboard. AND doing tricks. AND having style. no helmet, slide gloves, or board paddle necessary.
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Now thats an interesting point that i've never actually pondered. They are in fact inferior to our trick sticks and are heavy as hell. But I still see them as skaters. They just ride a skateboard that evolved in a different way from our boards, but they're still skateboards. I understand the point about douchey people riding them, but way should we act like we're better than them? We all ride on a piece of wood with wheels, bearings and trucks.
Ok, I admit that last bit was a little self indulgent, but the rest was pretty realistic compared to a lot of this thread. I was actually hoping to steer the discussion towards what people actually do with skateboards vs longboards, and my point being that skateboards permit a much wider range of use and offer more potential in terms of creativity and artistic expression.

For the record, it is a person's mindset that determines wether or not they are a skater, and nothing else.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Wall of Nausea on February 19, 2012, 07:18:27 AM
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/de/1/16/Snakeboard.jpg)
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Gray Imp Sausage Metal on February 19, 2012, 07:28:08 AM
the good
Jeremy Peckham - 9 Lives (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Xwd2mHwGhGo#)

cannot hate :o
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: sleepypancakes on February 19, 2012, 07:39:05 AM
We need some James Kelch up in this goddamn thread.

The Mayor would set some shit straight when was the last time you saw a longboarder like this?

(http://www.rncksf.com/images/2010/08/tpsejkpage192-193.jpg)
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: ORGANIKARL on February 19, 2012, 08:37:16 AM
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I'm going to return briefly to what I believe to be the main point of this thread, why longboards suck.

First, and most importantly, they lack the ability to deal with curbs, therefore making them infinitely less fun (and convenient) in cities.

Also, they are too damn big to be convenient to take certain places (you can get away with bringing your skateboard to a bar/show, but a longboard must be a hassle).

There are hundreds, maybe thousands of tricks you can't do on a longboard, that can be done on a skateboard.

You guys go through so many damn sets of wheels! I don't understand how anyone who was good at longboarding and didn't have a wheel hookup could even participate regularly.

Unless you have a car, you have to walk up every hill you bomb. (Other option: Flatground, anyone?)

No complies: anyone here not familiar with what is considered a no comply in longboarding, please see video below:

Longboard Trick Tip: Heel Side No Comply Slide (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=ya4aAaCh7QA#ws)

I could go on for days. Face it, longboards are limited and inferior to skateboards in every way but one, and that is they go faster. If that is worth it to you, super. But I'm gonna continue bombing hills on my skateboard. AND doing tricks. AND having style. no helmet, slide gloves, or board paddle necessary.
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Now thats an interesting point that i've never actually pondered. They are in fact inferior to our trick sticks and are heavy as hell. But I still see them as skaters. They just ride a skateboard that evolved in a different way from our boards, but they're still skateboards. I understand the point about douchey people riding them, but way should we act like we're better than them? We all ride on a piece of wood with wheels, bearings and trucks.
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Ok, I admit that last bit was a little self indulgent, but the rest was pretty realistic compared to a lot of this thread. I was actually hoping to steer the discussion towards what people actually do with skateboards vs longboards, and my point being that skateboards permit a much wider range of use and offer more potential in terms of creativity and artistic expression.

For the record, it is a person's mindset that determines wether or not they are a skater, and nothing else.
Well said! I agree 100%
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Joe Pesci on February 19, 2012, 08:56:19 AM
no point in longboards kids just put cruiser wheels on a normal set up
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: fulfillthedream on February 19, 2012, 05:03:27 PM
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the good
Jeremy Peckham - 9 Lives (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Xwd2mHwGhGo#)
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cannot hate :o

Man this was an eye soar to watch.. the long ass board makes it hard to fathom... but yea he rips..just hard for me to watch.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: 1978 on February 19, 2012, 05:23:55 PM
life is too short to longboard.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: BraveUlysses on February 19, 2012, 05:51:48 PM
What's up with longboarders and helmets? Every youtube longboard link I've seen in this thread has other longboarders posting "wear a helmet". It was even posted in that "no comply" video where the dude was riding on flatground. ???
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: heckler on February 19, 2012, 06:34:55 PM
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Where do you guys live with all these longboard epidemics? is it like New York, Frisco, or LA areas?


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Real question is, where are you from that you are not seeing this?
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...i know it was this click of 3 of them that popped up my last semester of school, but since i moved i havent scene any in atlanta...
Don't worry, they're definitely here.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: grimcity on February 19, 2012, 09:22:45 PM
Here's the longboard "megaramp" vid I mentioned earlier (for anyone who hasn't seen it... apologies in advance).
If you just fast forward it to about 7 minutes in, you'll see where it starts hilarious and ends up ridiculous... there was a park in New Orleans that had a jumpbox as big or bigger than what they're calling "mega," we all destroyed the shit out of that thing. Like I mentioned in another post, I got nothing against longboarding and even dork on one sometimes, but this shit is just... dumb as fuck.
Longboard Mini Mega Ramp (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ9XxqSEQ4I#ws)
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: layzieyez on February 19, 2012, 09:34:57 PM
I'd like for any board company to make a graphic with a naked longboarder with a baby-sized dick holding the longest longboard ever with text at the bottom saying, "Making up the difference." or something to that effect.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Mat on February 20, 2012, 12:08:36 AM
The way i look at it, if grinding is not an option then its not skating. You can't fly through the air which, along with grinding, is one of the most incredible things ever. Any skateboarder can ride a longboard. The majority of longboarders can't ride a skateboard. If you want to hold the board vertically mall grabbing is you're only option, a minor detail but come on now. When I was growing up in houston, the longboard scene started to get bigger, and is as big as ever. Houston is really flat, so why buy a longboard to cruise across a flat city? because its EASY, its really easy. Why would you need an easier approach to flat ground? It's lazy and boring in my eyes. The high speed longboard video posted earlier was gnarly, they're hauling ass, and its exciting in that sense, you can make anything gnarly, but it was a six minute video with one trick, a camera handoff. curbs to longboards might as well be prison walls. You can skateboard anywhere you can longboard, but not vice versa. Do half cabs have a picture of a longboard on the side of em? Why cruise when you can SHRED?
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Mat on February 20, 2012, 12:55:19 AM
also, if i'm not mistaken, skateboarders were bombing huge hills with home made slide gloves way before people longboarded.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: victor333 on February 20, 2012, 01:07:38 AM
Bombing a hill going 50mph on a longboard is the equivalent of going 20mph on a skateboard...My math may be off, but you get the idea.

Longboards are MEANT for hills. It's like taking an F1 racer up to 200mph...it aint shit. Now, that subaru in your garage that put your blood, sweat, and tears into. Hell yea, 200mph is an achievement.

A skateboard is a Subaru.

And, like other people have said, there's a reason so many people longboard: it's easy.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Seamus_McShamebag on February 20, 2012, 07:15:53 AM

A skateboard is a Subaru.


This is absolutely not true, if it was you would see a lot more lesbians pushing around.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: fullymared on February 20, 2012, 08:49:30 AM
These longboarders don't suck.

Longboard Girls Crew (http://vimeo.com/15378651)
I don't see what the big deal is about. If all you want from skating is to go fast and bomb down some hills, I say it is perfectly fine to own a longboard. While I am sure that I would have eventually graduated to skateboarding if I had started longboarding instead -- on account of skateboarding offering way more possibilities -- I can understand that some people would just like to cruise around and go fast, rather than do flip tricks or grinds, and would therefore just stick with longboarding.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: skateordie on February 20, 2012, 09:12:28 AM
Here's the longboard "megaramp" vid I mentioned earlier (for anyone who hasn't seen it... apologies in advance).
If you just fast forward it to about 7 minutes in, you'll see where it starts hilarious and ends up ridiculous... there was a park in New Orleans that had a jumpbox as big or bigger than what they're calling "mega," we all destroyed the shit out of that thing. Like I mentioned in another post, I got nothing against longboarding and even dork on one sometimes, but this shit is just... dumb as fuck.
Longboard Mini Mega Ramp (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ9XxqSEQ4I#ws)

are these guys really that clueless? how can they not know who danny way is/be aware of his mega.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: finknoos on February 20, 2012, 09:25:13 AM
These longboarders don't suck.

Longboard Girls Crew (http://vimeo.com/15378651)
I don't see what the big deal is about. If all you want from skating is to go fast and bomb down some hills, I say it is perfectly fine to own a longboard. While I am sure that I would have eventually graduated to skateboarding if I had started longboarding instead -- on account of skateboarding offering way more possibilities -- I can understand that some people would just like to cruise around and go fast, rather than do flip tricks or grinds, and would therefore just stick with longboarding.

if thats you trying to prove than long-boarding doesn't suck, you have failed terribly my friend
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: fullymared on February 20, 2012, 09:34:39 AM
It's me proving that not all longboarders suck. It is foolish to make such blanket statements.

If one of those girls skated past and struck up a conversation with you while you were out skating, would you say, directly to their face, "you suck?"
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: finknoos on February 20, 2012, 09:57:22 AM
It's me proving that not all longboarders suck. It is foolish to make such blanket statements.

If one of those girls skated past and struck up a conversation with you while you were out skating, would you say, directly to their face, "you suck?"

no but thats just because in real life im very polite, i would however point her to the nearest starbucks, then skate away making sure to ollie up a curb while still in view.

unless your doing 60+mph padless down some huge hill i couldnt care less about this sub-culture
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: loggedinLurker on February 20, 2012, 10:03:58 AM
Skateboarding is serious business.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: skateordie on February 20, 2012, 10:20:48 AM
as phelps once said, "let the hippy ride." BUT, remember, we are NOT one big happy family.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Numeral on February 20, 2012, 11:03:53 AM
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Looks like he's about to lose half his truck, nuts sticking out way too far.

O wait he's never ridden it before, just a fashion gimmick for most
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You realize you are hating on Gonz, right?

I went to UC Berkeley which is built on a hill so it was regularly over-run with wide carving bros surfing the walkways. Only problem is the whole school is built on a hill and they could never stop. I would see them take out pedestrians and I saw a few runaway longboards here and there. Those things should require safety classes and they give us a bad name.

One positive thing to say is that I used to see this longboard pro in Berkeley when I lived here the first time back in 2004. He fucking ripped. He could do 4 foot high tuck-knees in the deep end of the bowl every try. Rumor has it that he is the only one to transfer from the big wall in the street course into the deep end of the bowl (lien to tail. Is that what you call it if you do a straight transfer with no 180?). If you have been there you would know that is unfathomable. I couldn't find a good picture that shows how gnarly this is.

(http://sitedesigngroup.com/img/uploaded/297_orig.jpg)
Left side of the photo. The deck is at least 10 feet across.

I went to Berkeley too, didn't give a fuck back then, don't give a fuck now.
you have to  laugh at these idiots pushing mongo and being physically awkward on a board (any board)
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: victor333 on February 20, 2012, 11:50:11 AM
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These longboarders don't suck.

Longboard Girls Crew (http://vimeo.com/15378651)
I don't see what the big deal is about. If all you want from skating is to go fast and bomb down some hills, I say it is perfectly fine to own a longboard. While I am sure that I would have eventually graduated to skateboarding if I had started longboarding instead -- on account of skateboarding offering way more possibilities -- I can understand that some people would just like to cruise around and go fast, rather than do flip tricks or grinds, and would therefore just stick with longboarding.
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if thats you trying to prove than long-boarding doesn't suck, you have failed terribly my friend

This.

If anything, it just further solidifies the lameness of longboarding. It's obvious those girls would fall flat on their faces trying to push a skateboard, but a longboard is a big, soft, cushy, luxurious, forgiving surfboard with wheels, that anyone can ride
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Pike St on February 20, 2012, 11:59:43 AM
Bombing a hill going 50mph on a longboard is the equivalent of going 20mph on a skateboard...My math may be off, but you get the idea.

Longboards are MEANT for hills. It's like taking an F1 racer up to 200mph...it aint shit. Now, that subaru in your garage that put your blood, sweat, and tears into. Hell yea, 200mph is an achievement.

A skateboard is a Subaru.

And, like other people have said, there's a reason so many people longboard: it's easy.

50mph on a longboard is the same as 20mph on a skateboard? Do you know how fast 50mph is?
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: foureyedjim on February 20, 2012, 12:25:53 PM
These longboarders don't suck.

Longboard Girls Crew (http://vimeo.com/15378651)
I don't see what the big deal is about. If all you want from skating is to go fast and bomb down some hills, I say it is perfectly fine to own a longboard. While I am sure that I would have eventually graduated to skateboarding if I had started longboarding instead -- on account of skateboarding offering way more possibilities -- I can understand that some people would just like to cruise around and go fast, rather than do flip tricks or grinds, and would therefore just stick with longboarding.

The problem with this video is that I can't tell if they're genuinely having fun riding, or having fun looking good in front of a camera.  They seemed too focused on looking pretty, although I could be wrong
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Dontkickshitfoot on February 20, 2012, 08:19:33 PM
i dont know why but longboarding is hard as fuck (not to say that it isnt super lame, unless your hauling dick down some gnar). Ive been skating for 10 years and will bomb down some gnarly shit, but i have never in my life been able to even stand up on a longboard and get going more than a couple pushes without completely losing my balance that shit completely eludes me....so in conclusion fuck those things and the white brah with dreads and moccasins riding it.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: tortfeasor on February 20, 2012, 08:38:00 PM
Here's the longboard "megaramp" vid I mentioned earlier (for anyone who hasn't seen it... apologies in advance).
If you just fast forward it to about 7 minutes in, you'll see where it starts hilarious and ends up ridiculous... there was a park in New Orleans that had a jumpbox as big or bigger than what they're calling "mega," we all destroyed the shit out of that thing. Like I mentioned in another post, I got nothing against longboarding and even dork on one sometimes, but this shit is just... dumb as fuck.
Longboard Mini Mega Ramp (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ9XxqSEQ4I#ws)

i clicked on the 6:35 marker and proceeded to throw up all over myself
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Rcurry on February 20, 2012, 08:57:17 PM
dude when you buy any board, you are making a compromise. so yes most longer boards are inferior when it comes to maneuvering through city sidewalks. and when you buy a popsicle you got that kick and short WB so of course you can move through the city easier. but you cant take that same board down 40-60mph runs. you see what im saying? and whoever said skating isnt a type of sport....LOLWUTTT

and in response to that original video...if you know anyone that actually skates not 'cruises' like all you fucktards seem to think all longboarding is, youd know that original is a completely garbage company run by kooks.

and last time i checked you can skate any board where you skate another whether its pavement or grass. it just makes more sense to have a smell deck with short wheelbase if you wanna do tricks and to have a longer, thicker board with a longer wb to go as fast as possible and throw down slides at high speeds. i guarantee you wont be hittin fifty on a 12-13inch wb anytime soon. and you arent gonna kickflip a 37-40in board although i know this kid that can skate everything and can do just that on his agent orange which is a bigger board.

and to the dude saying they are trying to 'look pretty'...well all i have to say is wtf. with that logic, you could say any skater was just worried about looking good in his video. passing the camera isnt a trick dude. and the 'trick', since you seem to have to see that word to think that its legitimate skating, is the fact that they are hitting 70mph in that area called talimena. those same guys that are hauling down those hills can throw down standup slides at 40plus and ive seen it. they are from my hometown and they shred, its just a different form of shredding. when you rip through a set of 70mm wheels all the way to the core in just a couple of sessions you are certainly shreddin somethin. ever heard of cliff coleman and sergio yuppie? the originators of sliding starting back in the 70s? ya tell me sliding isnt an aspect of skating when youve done some research. if you look back on skateboarding's history at all...youll see that the longer boards and shorter boards were all being experimented with back in the day. longboarding, sliding, and the whole idea of having a longer wb aint a new idea. dont get the idea your popsicle decks are the the original skateboards and all that egocentric bs because before that shape came out, boards usually looked alot more similar to longboards than your typical trick deck..

and for the dude saying all skaters in houston that longboard do it cuz its easy, tell it to nick hayes face cuz im pretty sure he can throw down standup slides up to 80+ feet and will rape your face down any hill. that kid can shred and is born right in houston

anyone can ride any board. riding a board simply means you are rolling around on it. no one can step on any board without experience and do any sort of trick. so a guy thats a beast at freeride and dh but has never trick skated isnt gonna magically be able to do a kickflip when he gets on a trick deck. just like when the trick skater that can shred street like a beast goes to hit top speed on the fastest hill around, he's gonna get death wobs and fall and isnt gonna be able to stick slides his first go. so your argument saying any skateboarder can ride a longboard but a longboarder cant ride a skateboard is completely illogical and not thought through. it is a matter of experience and nothing else. your skateboard isnt just naturally 'harder' to work with. its just a different style of skating. and certain styles come more naturally to some compared to others
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Strike A Pose on February 20, 2012, 09:03:46 PM
Longboarders are usually lame bitches who would actually get heated enough to write such a lengthy rebuttal.

Fuck your sandals, fool!

Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Rcurry on February 20, 2012, 09:07:32 PM
why do we say wear helmets? really? its cuz we want to live if we happen to be launched off our board at high speeds and would rather our helmet take the impact rather than have our heads turn to jello on the curb . that make enough sense to ya? we care about our skull mush, is there anyway i can make this simpler for you? make enough sense to for ya?

and we are tired of the dudebro longboarders with no experience, that cant stop, bombing hills and getting way too fast and gnarly for their level having their heads turn to cranberry sauce at the bottom simply cuz they thought they were too cool for a helmet and putting a bad name on what we love to do.

if you hit a minimum of fourty mph everytime you went out to go skate youd want something keeping your brains inside your skull as well just in case things got hairy.  we care about our skull mush, is there anyway i can make this simpler for you?
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Rcurry on February 20, 2012, 09:11:06 PM
i dont own a pair of sandal BRO. im from texas bitch, im not some california self righteous prick crusin down the beach on his pintail. and i dont feel like its just to leave any of you out. youre all just so damn ignorant and misinformed about your own sport. i just dont think it seems right to allow you to keep being SO stupid
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: foureyedjim on February 20, 2012, 09:13:16 PM
dude when you buy any board, you are making a compromise. so yes most longer boards are inferior when it comes to maneuvering through city sidewalks. and when you buy a popsicle you got that kick and short WB so of course you can move through the city easier. but you cant take that same board down 40-60mph runs. you see what im saying? and whoever said skating isnt a type of sport....LOLWUTTT

and in response to that original video...if you know anyone that actually skates not 'cruises' like all you fucktards seem to think all longboarding is, youd know that original is a completely garbage company run by kooks.

and last time i checked you can skate any board where you skate another whether its pavement or grass. it just makes more sense to have a smell deck with short wheelbase if you wanna do tricks and to have a longer, thicker board with a longer wb to go as fast as possible and throw down slides at high speeds. i guarantee you wont be hittin fifty on a 12-13inch wb anytime soon. and you arent gonna kickflip a 37-40in board although i know this kid that can skate everything and can do just that on his agent orange which is a bigger board.

and to the dude saying they are trying to 'look pretty'...well all i have to say is wtf. with that logic, you could say any skater was just worried about looking good in his video. passing the camera isnt a trick dude. and the 'trick', since you seem to have to see that word to think that its legitimate skating, is the fact that they are hitting 70mph in that area called talimena. those same guys that are hauling down those hills can throw down standup slides at 40plus and ive seen it. they are from my hometown and they shred, its just a different form of shredding. when you rip through a set of 70mm wheels all the way to the core in just a couple of sessions you are certainly shreddin somethin. ever heard of cliff coleman and sergio yuppie? the originators of sliding starting back in the 70s? ya tell me sliding isnt an aspect of skating when youve done some research. if you look back on skateboarding's history at all...youll see that the longer boards and shorter boards were all being experimented with back in the day. longboarding, sliding, and the whole idea of having a longer wb aint a new idea. dont get the idea your popsicle decks are the the original skateboards and all that egocentric bs because before that shape came out, boards usually looked alot more similar to longboards than your typical trick deck..

and for the dude saying all skaters in houston that longboard do it cuz its easy, tell it to nick hayes face cuz im pretty sure he can throw down standup slides up to 80+ feet and will rape your face down any hill. that kid can shred and is born right in houston

anyone can ride any board. riding a board simply means you are rolling around on it. no one can step on any board without experience and do any sort of trick. so a guy thats a beast at freeride and dh but has never trick skated isnt gonna magically be able to do a kickflip when he gets on a trick deck. just like when the trick skater that can shred street like a beast goes to hit top speed on the fastest hill around, he's gonna get death wobs and fall and isnt gonna be able to stick slides his first go. so your argument saying any skateboarder can ride a longboard but a longboarder cant ride a skateboard is completely illogical and not thought through. it is a matter of experience and nothing else. your skateboard isnt just naturally 'harder' to work with. its just a different style of skating. and certain styles come more naturally to some compared to others

dude, why are you so intent on changing our view of longboarders?  If you love longboarding, you should be able to do it without trying to justify yourself doing it to anyone.  Unless someone comes up to you in real life and talks shit to you, you don't need to defend yourself.  By the way, I really don't have any real animosity towards them, I just prefer 'regular' skateboarding over it.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Rcurry on February 20, 2012, 09:15:41 PM
i also find it hilarious that so many of you street skaters have such a cold metal rod up your collective asses over whats literally just another form of skating. if you get on silverfish you dont all of a sudden find a bunch of threads about 'why skateboarding sucks' cuz we simply dont care. skatin is skatin and you need to take a lesson from the man, mark gonzales, if you think otherwise
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: LOU.502 on February 20, 2012, 09:16:47 PM
why do we say wear helmets? really? its cuz we want to live if we happen to be launched off our board at high speeds and would rather our helmet take the impact rather than have our heads turn to jello on the curb . that make enough sense to ya? we care about our skull mush, is there anyway i can make this simpler for you? make enough sense to for ya?

and we are tired of the dudebro longboarders with no experience, that cant stop, bombing hills and getting way too fast and gnarly for their level having their heads turn to cranberry sauce at the bottom simply cuz they thought they were too cool for a helmet and putting a bad name on what we love to do.

if you hit a minimum of fourty mph everytime you went out to go skate youd want something keeping your brains inside your skull as well just in case things got hairy. �we care about our skull mush, is there anyway i can make this simpler for you?
keep digging this hole. im loving it
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Rcurry on February 20, 2012, 09:21:21 PM
my man, simply because there is no need for so much hate on a group of people that like all forms of skating including your form. most of the guys that are doing the 60-70mph hills are guys that start from a street skating background and love to skate pool as much as they love to go fast. im not trying to justify myself, just so many of the responses i aroused were complete backwards and illogical and theres no reason anyone needs to keep being ignorant if there is knowledge to be supplied
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: foureyedjim on February 20, 2012, 09:22:33 PM
i also find it hilarious that so many of you street skaters have such a cold metal rod up your collective asses over whats literally just another form of skating. if you get on silverfish you dont all of a sudden find a bunch of threads about 'why skateboarding sucks' cuz we simply dont care. skatin is skatin and you need to take a lesson from the man, mark gonzales, if you think otherwise

I see one thread about longboarding...and I have no idea what silverfish is, and I don't intend on checking it out because it has NOTHING to do with my interests.

So tell me, what are you even doing here?  Seems to me like you purposely looked for a longboarding hate thread in order to try to prove something, like you were LOOKING for an argument.  I'm not saying your opinions are invalid, but i'm just saying that nobody cares.  We have zero interest in longboarding.  
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Rcurry on February 20, 2012, 09:23:34 PM
dig what hole? lol wearing a helmet is just smart. are you saying that isnt true? not much to be confused about there
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Rcurry on February 20, 2012, 09:27:00 PM
i see a skate thread hating on people skating... it just struck me as odd ya know? and we are on the internet right? who isnt looking for an argument? haha you arent the type im really talking directly to, you seem more leveled than some of these other guys. some of the stuff others were saying was just...embarrassing   
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Strike A Pose on February 20, 2012, 09:29:34 PM
i dont own a pair of sandal BRO. im from texas bitch, im not some california self righteous prick crusin down the beach on his pintail. and i dont feel like its just to leave any of you out. youre all just so damn ignorant and misinformed about your own sport. i just dont think it seems right to allow you to keep being SO stupid

I love how you capitalized the word "bro".

Lol

Fuck longboards!
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Rcurry on February 20, 2012, 09:32:41 PM
^thought youd like that bud hhaha
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: steve on February 20, 2012, 09:50:43 PM
man! you cats are getting into such a hissy fit.

Popped collar bros suck. Popped collar bros on long boards suck and fuel disdain for those who ride long boards. I think they're silly unless you are living in the mountains and need to bomb around, but that is coming from me, someone who can't push from point a to anywhere without popping an ollie.

We used to be able to spot each other from the rips in our laces or blown out shoes. People who rocked an iron cross where either skaters or nazi/bikers. Only the coolest punk rock chicks liked us... Now, with the overblown commercialization of Skateboarding (capital S), which may well be the Initial reason many of you younger dudes got interested in the shred, discerning what goes on in the gap between shredder and dweeb is more difficult.

If someone pushing a longboard claims to ID as a skater and you've got a problem with it because they might not have "paid dues" in the world of schrapling, ask yourself what dues you have paid and what got you into skating. In the states anyways, skating is so acceptable that there's a mainstreaming underway that makes the debasing of longboarders sound awfully stupid because it's irrelevant to skateboading (lowercase s) as it always has and will continue to stink up the fringes.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Numeral on February 21, 2012, 10:33:44 AM
--Blocks of text --

get the fuck outta here I lack the interest to read shitty blocks of text.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: kenspliffeyjr on February 21, 2012, 12:08:09 PM
I don't know where I heard this but I always liked the way it was put, someone might have even said it in here I didn't read every reply
Longboarding is like Nascar, whereas skateboarding is liking the gangster moonshine runners running away from the cops that Nascar came from
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: victor333 on February 21, 2012, 12:43:57 PM
(http://www.narragansett.k12.ri.us/NHS/computer/First_Semester_10-11/FS_2010_Period_1A/Hunter_Trowbridge_Alternate_Transportation/pics/longboarding1.jpg)




oh look, y'all. It's a kookasaurus-rex
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: grimcity on February 21, 2012, 12:48:56 PM
if you get on silverfish you dont all of a sudden find a bunch of threads about 'why skateboarding sucks' cuz we simply dont care.
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we simply dont care
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dont care
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care
(http://iamdavidberry.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/caring.jpg)

...last longboard flamewar here was started by someone from Silverfish. I started an account there to squash the shit, but I've been friends with Michael for several years before that. Fuck it though, if you really want a flamewar go for it. You know where you're posting I guess, so welcome to Slap.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: MeanestCleanestPenis on February 21, 2012, 01:09:42 PM
"Dude guys are hitting 60-70 mphs!!! How can you talk shit on that??"

Yeah, maybe 0.00001% of people who own a longboard, it is a shitty argument. Most are a just a bunch of kooks trying to ride whatever coolness maybe associated with the 'skate lifestyle' without having put in the work needed to actually learn to skate properly.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: tortfeasor on February 21, 2012, 01:19:13 PM

Rcurry is the reason why longboards suck
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Rcurry on February 21, 2012, 01:32:10 PM
yall care enough to make a whole thread dedicated to it. thats a dervish, no dude that actually hits big hills rides that board. no one that hits any real hills owns a flexible deck. and ill admit that the dancing style is kinda lame. this is the difference you guys dont seem to get. ive seen plenty of kids just cruising around on popsicles doing absolutely no tricks just like ive seen guys on longboards cruising around doing nothing. .000001 percent of street skaters turn pro cuz most cant do much just like in any sport. for such a group of rad hardcore skateboard dudes, yall sure do seem to care alot about your appearance. i think part of the problem is half of you dont know your skate history which is very sad. people were sliding and going for speed long before anyone went airborne. 
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: victor333 on February 21, 2012, 02:03:51 PM
yall care enough to make a whole thread dedicated to it. thats a dervish, no dude that actually hits big hills rides that board. no one that hits any real hills owns a flexible deck. and ill admit that the dancing style is kinda lame. this is the difference you guys dont seem to get. ive seen plenty of kids just cruising around on popsicles doing absolutely no tricks just like ive seen guys on longboards cruising around doing nothing. .000001 percent of street skaters turn pro cuz most cant do much just like in any sport. for such a group of rad hardcore skateboard dudes, yall sure do seem to care alot about your appearance. i think part of the problem is half of you dont know your skate history which is very sad. people were sliding and going for speed long before anyone went airborne. 

ONE dude made the thread, so I don't know where you got "y'all" from.


And I've yet to meet anyone who rides a skateboard without the intention of learning tricks. Just cause someone isn't doing tricks in front of you doesn't mean they're not trying.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Isaiah Kemp on February 21, 2012, 02:17:02 PM
I would like a good bagel.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: MeanestCleanestPenis on February 21, 2012, 02:25:45 PM
.000001 percent of street skaters turn pro cuz most cant do much just like in any sport.

Again a bullshit argument! There are loads of skaters(not longboarders)that can rip tranny and do a load of different flip tricks. The amount of longboarders that can go 70 mph? What, maybe 10 or 15, I doubt there are more than a 100 that can go 40 mph and live. Take into account the amount of longboards that there are out there and you now have proof that the vast majority of your kind are kooks that can't do shit!  

Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: sleepypancakes on February 21, 2012, 02:27:28 PM
I would like a good bagel.
Me too.
And wasn't this thread started more so as a joking, teasing kind of thing?
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Zurg on February 21, 2012, 03:19:52 PM
If someone pushing a longboard claims to ID as a skater and you've got a problem with it because they might not have "paid dues" in the world of schrapling, ask yourself what dues you have paid and what got you into skating. In the states anyways, skating is so acceptable that there's a mainstreaming underway that makes the debasing of longboarders sound awfully stupid because it's irrelevant to skateboading (lowercase s) as it always has and will continue to stink up the fringes.

this is something i dont feel too strongly about anymore, but this is why i initially did not like longboarders.
not that i paid any dues or whatever, but off the bat when you see someone on a regular board you can relate to them, at least a little bit, on the fact that you both know how hard it was to do those first ollies, 5050s and other basic tricks. seeing that they liked the activity enough to put in that effort shows some sincerity.
when a longboarder tries to relate to you(im sure its happened to most), i often get the feeling that they like the idea of skateboarding enough that they bought the board to get into the culture, but dont actually like it enough to put in the hours to learn how to skate.

as people have already said, this isnt everybody. but i think for most skateboarders, 90% of our interactions with longboarders do turn out this way and it gives us a bad taste for the ones actually trying to progress on them.

furthermore, do you think those paddle dudes will ever evolve enough to turn it strictly into a longboarding/hippy-jumping/pole vaulting super sport? id kinda be into that
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Rcurry on February 21, 2012, 09:19:55 PM
like i said, i started off on a popsicle, doing tricks over and over till i nailed them. but all that landing wears on your knees, ankles, and back once you get bigger so you gotta choose what you do with what your fucked up body can still manage. ive seen guys not ever intending to do a trick on a small board, ive also seen guys on longboards doing the same thing. those guys are the dudebros that you dont like, not longboarders in general. we are simply skaters, and most of us own a trick deck for when we are at the park or pool. and i saw a little reference in there to only 10-15 guys being able to hit 70? sir, you must not realize that 80mph is the world record and there is an entire international series as well as smaller regional series leading up to the international races.  thats a group of thousands of guys, all of which can hold their own. shit i could think of 15 local guys that have hit 70 just off the top of my head.. all im saying is, if you hate the dudebro look on skating; send your hate towards them not towards guys actually skatin, shreddin their spots just like you say skateboarding is all about. we dont like  them either, they put a bad name on skating but they certainly dont only ride longboards, just the majority does lol
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: LOU.502 on February 22, 2012, 12:15:15 AM
but are there longboarder groupies?
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: finknoos on February 22, 2012, 02:13:53 AM
bitch please, busenits does switch back tails at 70mph
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Dontkickshitfoot on February 22, 2012, 02:48:15 PM
like i said, i started off on a popsicle, doing tricks over and over till i nailed them. but all that landing wears on your knees, ankles, and back once you get bigger so you gotta choose what you do with what your fucked up body can still manage. ive seen guys not ever intending to do a trick on a small board, ive also seen guys on longboards doing the same thing. those guys are the dudebros that you dont like, not longboarders in general. we are simply skaters, and most of us own a trick deck for when we are at the park or pool. and i saw a little reference in there to only 10-15 guys being able to hit 70? sir, you must not realize that 80mph is the world record and there is an entire international series as well as smaller regional series leading up to the international races.  thats a group of thousands of guys, all of which can hold their own. shit i could think of 15 local guys that have hit 70 just off the top of my head.. all im saying is, if you hate the dudebro look on skating; send your hate towards them not towards guys actually skatin, shreddin their spots just like you say skateboarding is all about. we dont like  them either, they put a bad name on skating but they certainly dont only ride longboards, just the majority does lol

what in the fuck is a popsicle? you sound like your 11, I dont go around calling longboards divingboards, or fucking planks, ironing boards, short dick sticks, im running out of names. just call it a fucking skateboard thats what it is, and if you cant handle what the tricks on a "popsicle" are doing to your body then your a bitch and im glad you longboard.

i have no problem with dudes longboarding some of the guys i skate with have longboards and go down some gnarly shit, ive tried to keep up with them on my zagger and its scary as hell, but you dont see them cruising to the coffee shop on the ridiculous looking thing because its inconvenient as fuck who wants that wide or turning radius unless your bombing some gnar.

also by the way you talk i feel like you hate "popsicles" just as much as we hate long boards so just go back to your sweet street surfing forum, your not gonna win the argument.

and another fucking thing! why do all longboards have pictures of surf shit on it? does it give you the illusion that your riding the swell brah?
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Beer Keg Peg Leg on February 22, 2012, 06:00:06 PM
i guarantee tons of SF skaters with experience bombing hills could hit 70 mph on a long-board designed for skating downhill if given the right gear and a little bit of time to get used to it.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: layzieyez on February 22, 2012, 06:10:37 PM
I think Rcurry got too fat to trick it up on a regular skateboard.

"Holy shit, larger body mass doesn't matter going downhill, so I can be totally fat and still claim I skate.  Sign me up!"-Rcurry
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Beer Keg Peg Leg on February 22, 2012, 06:12:54 PM
i thought you were supposed to skate tranny when you got fat
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Rcurry on February 22, 2012, 06:36:59 PM
Dude of course a ton of SF skaters could hit 70? They already do. That's one of the biggest spots for DH skating. You must not realize how big its gotten.

And dontkickshit foot; are you just plain stupid or can you not read? Bc I definitely said I first started on a popsicle and still have a pool/street deck so I really don't have a clue where you're getting the idea that I hate the standard skateboard shape. Annd are you just trying to state the obvious when you say you wouldn't wanna push around a sidewalk on a long wheelbase cuz that's pretty damn clear. Maybe you thought that was a new idea or somethin..I dunno.you call me a bitch for my body, back specifically, can't handle high landings or lots of impact. Say it all you want but it just shows me you've never dealt with serious injury or bones grinding so you can talk all the smack you want but it just shows you haven't paid your dues. You'll just love it when you shred through your first couple ligaments or break a few bones, I guarantee it:)  and are you really argueing the fact that the standard skateboard looks like a popsicle stick? Hell I've heard so many street skaters call it that, I begun to. If it makes you that mad that I calll it what it looks like than I can call it something else just for you, sound alright for your sensitive soul? And your last little complaint proves how completely ignorant your arguement is and how little knowledge of longboards you really have. If you'd look at any company other than sector arbor original or loaded you'd see there are plenty of awesome graphics being done by a variety of artists with different styles. Aka bombsquad comet kebbek madrid, rayne has some alright ones, lush..just to name a few. You really are the epitomy of the stupidness of this thread. An arrogant fool with a jagged stick up his ass causing him/her to spread hate on something he/she reallys know about simply bc you are too full of your own style of skating to accept any others.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Rcurry on February 22, 2012, 06:39:54 PM
Fat jokes? Lol real cute guys. Mustve taken some serious thinking to come up with that but I couldn't gain weight if I wanted lol. I'm 6ft and 170 lbs....basically a COMPLETE fatass
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Dontkickshitfoot on February 22, 2012, 07:01:02 PM
Dude of course a ton of SF skaters could hit 70? They already do. That's one of the biggest spots for DH skating. You must not realize how big its gotten.

And dontkickshit foot; are you just plain stupid or can you not read? Bc I definitely said I first started on a popsicle and still have a pool/street deck so I really don't have a clue where you're getting the idea that I hate the standard skateboard shape. Annd are you just trying to state the obvious when you say you wouldn't wanna push around a sidewalk on a long wheelbase cuz that's pretty damn clear. Maybe you thought that was a new idea or somethin..I dunno.you call me a bitch for my body, back specifically, can't handle high landings or lots of impact. Say it all you want but it just shows me you've never dealt with serious injury or bones grinding so you can talk all the smack you want but it just shows you haven't paid your dues. You'll just love it when you shred through your first couple ligaments or break a few bones, I guarantee it:)  and are you really argueing the fact that the standard skateboard looks like a popsicle stick? Hell I've heard so many street skaters call it that, I begun to. If it makes you that mad that I calll it what it looks like than I can call it something else just for you, sound alright for your sensitive soul? And your last little complaint proves how completely ignorant your arguement is and how little knowledge of longboards you really have. If you'd look at any company other than sector arbor original or loaded you'd see there are plenty of awesome graphics being done by a variety of artists with different styles. Aka bombsquad comet kebbek madrid, rayne has some alright ones, lush..just to name a few. You really are the epitomy of the stupidness of this thread. An arrogant fool with a jagged stick up his ass causing him/her to spread hate on something he/she reallys know about simply bc you are too full of your own style of skating to accept any others.

my friend ive "shredded" my way through plenty of fucked up ankles, wrists, swellbow, torn ligaments and broken bones and its never once made me love skateboarding any less, or step on a longboard.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Rcurry on February 22, 2012, 08:32:28 PM
It never made me love skating less either. Which is why I still embrace all styles. I just cant take landings all day, I feel every single landing the next day and following week. But i can DH and freeride all day so why would i choose to only skate for thirty mins when i could go all day? There was a two year period where I would literally wake up everyday with my back feeling like a 70 yr old man from the different sports i was in. This was when I was 16. that feeling would go all day everyday. I still can't arch backwards whatsoever. my back literally won't  bend back anymore. For example last time I did a backflips on cement I felt it in my back for the next two weeks. So i accept my bodies limits cuz I don't wanna feel like I'm ancient by the time I'm thirty; cuz then I could never skate and I don't plan on stopping till I die. So you've had your injuries as well and I can respect that. But  it's clear what you think of long boarding is what's technically considered sidewalk surfing or cruising which you can Really do on any board. Don't bag it till you try it cuz I guarantee you if you love skateboarding, you'd love skateboarding down hill at 40-60mph the whole way down or pullin your board sideways for fifty feet on soft wheels and feel the thane just peel away from under your feet. It's addictive, just like landing that first Ollie or kick flip.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: managuense on February 22, 2012, 08:37:25 PM
saw the most ridiculous awkward mongo pushing dc shirt having dickhead today. was it rcurry?
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Radbloke on February 22, 2012, 08:41:25 PM
Good chance. Was he 'freeriding' like a boss?
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Brick on February 22, 2012, 08:41:58 PM
Longboarding is kind of like the arena football of skateboarding
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: ice nine on February 22, 2012, 08:45:23 PM
Nah its more like aussie rules as compared to rugby.

Why don't you just skate transition longboarder? Zero impact and can do tricks easily. Also no skater says popsicle or trick stick or whatever. Only longboarders and children. And maybe horrible poseur's.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Rcurry on February 22, 2012, 08:45:36 PM
Probably^ I heard this guy telling all these jokes today but they were just so clever no one got them. I mean they were some witty smart jokes, I just guess no one could understand them they were just so deep. That must've been you, right? Cuz you are just such a clever clever guy, huh?
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Rcurry on February 22, 2012, 08:46:58 PM
Hell the styles mesh and coincide so much that guys are beginning to make hybrids just so they can throw down tricks as well as slides and go fast all on the same board

Just look up earthwing or comet's website. a giant double kick skateboard with a 20in WB? How can you argue with the awesomeness of that? plenty of other hybrids and slighty longer WB skateboards and longboards with a shorter WB than a typical longboard would have.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: ice nine on February 22, 2012, 08:52:12 PM
What? I made no jokes, and you didn't answer why you don't just skate transition(bowls/ramps/pools).carve/go grinds/airs, there's almost no impact.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Dontkickshitfoot on February 22, 2012, 08:56:18 PM

Just look up earthwing or comet's website. a giant double kick skateboard with a 20in WB? How can you argue with the awesomeness of that? plenty of other hybrids and slighty longer WB skateboards and longboards with a shorter WB than a typical longboard would have.

because people look completely ridiculous skating on those things, except the gonz.

Mark Gonzales SuperChampionFunzone Extra (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjUVkCRPxrs&feature=related#)

can this be a mark gonzales appreciation thread now all Rcurry does is make me want some curry
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Rcurry on February 22, 2012, 08:59:46 PM
Dude I skate bowl. I have two bowl boards. I just don't get too often. I don't even have a park in my town. Gotta at least go to another town just to skate bowl. But I live in a neighborhood with suuuuper steep hills that are damn fun to slide on cuz you get so much speed and I can push to those hills. I would do pool more if it was more feasible. As long as I'm on a skateboard I really don't care what kind of skating I'm doing because I'm always having fun.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Dontkickshitfoot on February 22, 2012, 09:00:57 PM
better example, the Gonz @ TAMPA08 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6OYt-7bk0I#)
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Rcurry on February 22, 2012, 09:06:18 PM
But they are fun, I really don't care how I look to other people. I'm not skating to please others. And actually most people that don't even have a background in skating like they looks of the hybrids. And I'm sure the gonz wouldn't appreciate you saying we shouldn't skate em cuz we look goofy either haha that dude is just happy if he sees a kid haven fun on a board...doesn't matter what kinda board it is.

And I would love some curry as well. It is mighty scrumptious and spicy. I've gotten that my entire life lol. My name is actually dick curry if your into exotic curry dishes Hahahahahah
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Rcurry on February 22, 2012, 09:10:37 PM
Oh ya ice nine: I put that arrow before 3729470 ndj94o?die different posts got posted before mine. I was referring to  managuense's oh so well thought out joke
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: managuense on February 22, 2012, 09:11:37 PM
Probably^ I heard this guy telling all these jokes today but they were just so clever no one got them. I mean they were some witty smart jokes, I just guess no one could understand them they were just so deep. That must've been you, right? Cuz you are just such a clever clever guy, huh?
no i was the one driving down the street laughing at you
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: layzieyez on February 22, 2012, 09:13:15 PM
All I hear is excuses and rationalizations from Rcurry.  None of which make me think longboarders are any less lame.  Shit, in all actuality, all of Rcurry's replies back up my generalizations about every single one of the lamest longboarders on this planet.  Good job!
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: MexicanSpaniard on February 22, 2012, 09:26:02 PM
Where in Texas are you rcurry?
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Rcurry on February 22, 2012, 09:27:34 PM
My friend, you see what I'm saying as excuses while I'm simply explaining how all styles coincide, work together, and all originated at the same time because you are too stupid and close minded to try new things. You are so sure trick skating is the most badass coolest og style of skating that no other style even deserves recognition. when in reality it the techy trick skating didnt get super big till way later. You have your ego so far shoved up your ass, you're spewing shit out your mouth
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Rcurry on February 22, 2012, 09:33:17 PM
No managuense, I'm positive it was you. I couldn't forget someone so clever. I mean I was just so impressed at your creativity. You were just SO original I couldn't possibly forget you. Please do us all a favor bestow upon us more of your witty, witty material. It would be a pleasure...no an honor to hear more of your oh so fresh material. Mmm mmm i just can't get enough of this funny guy
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Rcurry on February 22, 2012, 09:34:31 PM
Im in the dfw man, you from tx?
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Eschaton on February 22, 2012, 09:41:47 PM
You need to learn to put all your replies in one post. You don't need to be working your way to Pal status that quick.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: LOU.502 on February 22, 2012, 09:56:08 PM
You need to learn to put all your replies in one post. You don't need to be working your way to Pal status that quick.
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hahahahahahah this made me lol
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Rcurry on February 22, 2012, 10:04:51 PM
haha pal status? im not really concerned with the ranking of a forum llolol
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: managuense on February 22, 2012, 10:30:03 PM
for real though if you like riding a longboard and all that then go ahead and do it,life is really too short to worry about what aothher people think of you. but at the same time coming on here as the fuckin moral crusader for all longboarders is pretty pointless and lame. just accept the fact youre going to get shit for it and move on
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: foureyedjim on February 22, 2012, 10:42:40 PM
for real though if you like riding a longboard and all that then go ahead and do it,life is really too short to worry about what aothher people think of you. but at the same time coming on here as the fuckin moral crusader for all longboarders is pretty pointless and lame. just accept the fact youre going to get shit for it and move on

yeah, you keep saying you don't care others see you, but then what are you doing here sticking up for longboarding?
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: trannies and mannies on February 22, 2012, 10:47:19 PM
"i skate bowl"
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: managuense on February 22, 2012, 10:52:55 PM
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for real though if you like riding a longboard and all that then go ahead and do it,life is really too short to worry about what aothher people think of you. but at the same time coming on here as the fuckin moral crusader for all longboarders is pretty pointless and lame. just accept the fact youre going to get shit for it and move on
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yeah, you keep saying you don't care others see you, but then what are you doing here sticking up for longboarding?
exactly. its easy to say "i dont give a fuck" but you know people do.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: mds on February 23, 2012, 02:09:19 AM
i blame snowboarding
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: finknoos on February 23, 2012, 02:24:58 AM
This thread is hilarious
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Dontkickshitfoot on February 23, 2012, 03:21:27 AM
this shit is the most delicious meal on the planet i kid you not we had this japanese girl that lived with us for a couple years and she would make this all the time
(http://shunimoto.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/japanese-curry.jpg)

curry appreciation thread? cmon guys im tired of arguing about longboards, theyre stupid we all agree (except for curry man) lets just all just get over it
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: finknoos on February 23, 2012, 03:25:13 AM
nah lets let him continue, its like a longboarding rabbit wearing body armour has wondered into a den full of skateboarding hyenas and is slowly bieng ripped apart
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: TheSovietskater on February 23, 2012, 07:50:13 AM
i only think longboards suck because the people who ride them have no style or flow whatsoever, also the fact that they're even harder to control than a normal size 8-8.5 board with reasonable length, concave, and trucks
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Rcurry on February 23, 2012, 11:50:26 AM
i never really felt as if i was being ripped apart, but i like the metaphor

they are better controlled at high speeds...which is what they are made for
you must not have seen sergio yuppie, james kelly, kevin reimer, liam morgan, kyle martin, fernando yuppie, etc etc..

that looks like a damn delicious curry dish, wish i had a japanese girl cookin for me haha
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: DaSk8D00D on February 23, 2012, 12:00:25 PM
I think they're cool if you're on some intense hill-bombing shit but if you're in the streets you need to be on regular board or a cruiser. watchu look like picking up a big ass longboard multiple times going down the street because you can't get up on a curb?
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Brick on February 23, 2012, 12:13:54 PM
I think they're cool if you're on some intense hill-bombing shit but if you're in the streets you need to be on regular board or a cruiser. watchu look like picking up a big ass longboard multiple times going down the street because you can't get up on a curb?

saw some bro the other day crash into a group of girls because they were standing in the way of the curb cut
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: svilleantigo on February 23, 2012, 02:49:19 PM

you must not have seen sergio yuppie, fernando yuppie


longboarders: the yuppies of the future, today!
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Rcurry on February 24, 2012, 09:41:52 AM
haha very nice dontkickshitfoot. haha most of those guys cruising down on a long ass flexy board with no kick usually are kooks, and cant even be called skaters cuz they dont skate or attempt to push their limits in any way. it simply doesnt make sense to ride the sidewalks without a kick, which is why i take my oldschool pool deck when i push to work. im glad we can agree to disagree, i have a passion for skating and so do yall. so lets work to send that hate to the faggots riding boards in nike running shoes, billabong shirts, and hurley to the max cuz those are the ones yall really have a passionate distaste for as do i haha

Aaron Grulich Never Falling Down - ABEC 11/GRN TM (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=lXdlWmO2tmQ#ws)

Welcome ABEC 11 Team Riders Kevin Reimer and James Kelly - 2011 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFljAplE5wE&feature=player_embedded#ws)

evrenmot2.m4v (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=NyoIOWH_oKo#ws)

last little vids im gonna post, maybe theyll help support me saying that these arent the guys you guys should be hatin on.
ya know what? im gonna throw some sergio yuppie in here, the hard wheel and soft wheel sliding thing all kinda meshes together anyways. sliding on hard wheels is damn fun

ABEC 11 Slides in Brazil with Sergio Yuppie (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rs2WGislTmk#ws)

goes from easy rider to some straight up death metal lol never really understood that one
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Eschaton on February 24, 2012, 10:30:18 AM
Fuck off Budday!
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: escapistfool on February 25, 2012, 12:23:26 PM
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you must not have seen sergio yuppie, fernando yuppie

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longboarders: the yuppies of the future, today!

Sorry i dont have photoshop.
(http://i43.tinypic.com/2rrxcoi.jpg)
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: foureyedjim on February 25, 2012, 12:43:45 PM
this shit is the most delicious meal on the planet i kid you not we had this japanese girl that lived with us for a couple years and she would make this all the time
(http://shunimoto.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/japanese-curry.jpg)

curry appreciation thread? cmon guys im tired of arguing about longboards, theyre stupid we all agree (except for curry man) lets just all just get over it

you do know how to make it right?  If you do, try putting in blended apples in there (minus the skin, of course), it gives the curry a hint of sweetness.  I feel like i'm missing something though, so I suggest looking it up.  Apple curry rices is good, I promise.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Rcurry on February 25, 2012, 04:22:14 PM
that sounds great, never considered sweet curry. if you are from colorado or ever happen to visit estes park while youre there you gotta check out this nepalese place in town called nepal's. never had better indian food in my life, curry sepcifically

eschaton: you wanna give me a hand budday? itd be great if youd go all the way and let me drag my balls across your face  tickling them oh so delicately on your facial hair
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Beer Keg Peg Leg on February 25, 2012, 04:50:14 PM
nno one gives a fuck about sergio yuppie, we all know biker sherlock is the true core longboarder
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: foureyedjim on February 25, 2012, 04:55:22 PM
that sounds great, never considered sweet curry. if you are from colorado or ever happen to visit estes park while youre there you gotta check out this nepalese place in town called nepal's. never had better indian food in my life, curry sepcifically

eschaton: you wanna give me a hand budday? itd be great if youd go all the way and let me drag my balls across your face  tickling them oh so delicately on your facial hair

I never liked indian curry as much as japanese curry, but still good nevertheless!  And if you're ever in the mood for a change, you can also do curry udon (type of noodle).  I just kinda put more water when I cook the curry and I don't let it harden after I put in the curry cubes.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: Rcurry on February 25, 2012, 05:00:38 PM
lollol who the fuck is that? looked up some stuff,  seems like a kook. i sincerely hope your kidding about yuppie lol. he's a beast. but not really a 'longboarder'. he's into all that tech slidin stuff

ya know i dont think ive ever had japanese curry, i always thought it was just an indian thing. sounds interesting though, i love me some japanese food.  sure wish i could cook the stuff, sure wish i could cook anything besides noodles and grilled cheese lol
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: foureyedjim on February 25, 2012, 05:11:31 PM
lollol who the fuck is that? looked up some stuff,  seems like a kook. i sincerely hope your kidding about yuppie lol. he's a beast. but not really a 'longboarder'. he's into all that tech slidin stuff

ya know i dont think ive ever had japanese curry, i always thought it was just an indian thing. sounds interesting though, i love me some japanese food.  sure wish i could cook the stuff, sure wish i could cook anything besides noodles and grilled cheese lol

haha I'm assuming instant noodles?  Because normal noodles aren't that much harder to make, you just gotta use something other than the powdered sodium you're given in instand ones lol.  Anyways, yeah, Japanese food is my favorite, so I made sure to know a thing or two before I left for college.
Title: Re: Why Longboards Suck
Post by: drewdown on March 09, 2012, 08:33:38 AM
Longboard loop.

(http://i.imgur.com/AqQ9Z.gif)