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« Reply #1470 on: October 31, 2017, 09:41:42 AM »
Old fart, new part.
Filmed from November 2016 - Sept 2017.
So I got a month of 39 in here. Otherwise all 40 club tricks.
Personal highlights:
Without a doubt; more lines than I've ever had in a part. I'm pretty sure I've filmed whole parts of single tricks.
First kickflip varial I've filmed this century. Those are still legal, right?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e54TziVBBsY

Sick! Couple of familiar North County spots in there - rad to see something up the rail off the ledge on Mission. Your name is really familiar to me... longtime SD loc? (I'm not from there, just spent a lot of time visiting over the years)

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« Reply #1471 on: October 31, 2017, 05:08:25 PM »
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that ghost noseslide on the yellow curbs...wtf ?  :o
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some tricks come easier than others. but that one was a battle.
in the beginning I was giving it my best Rob Welsh impression. really trying to nollie out. but I kept landing with only half of my nose on the next ledge. 50 - 70 tries and a couple hours later, I realized the way to make it work was to just haul ass and pretend the gap didn't exist.
Yeah that really stuck out to me too.

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« Reply #1472 on: October 31, 2017, 05:14:31 PM »
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that ghost noseslide on the yellow curbs...wtf ?  :o
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some tricks come easier than others. but that one was a battle.
in the beginning I was giving it my best Rob Welsh impression. really trying to nollie out. but I kept landing with only half of my nose on the next ledge. 50 - 70 tries and a couple hours later, I realized the way to make it work was to just haul ass and pretend the gap didn't exist.
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Yeah that really stuck out to me too.

same .. ghost slide deserves a gif
What kind of mikey taylor logic is this?

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« Reply #1473 on: November 06, 2017, 06:44:28 PM »
My hip finally feels good again, and A sunny day after it snowed yesterday.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BbK-_s5Fudu/?taken-by=dave_waite

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« Reply #1474 on: November 26, 2017, 07:54:55 PM »
Long time lurker, new here and new to the LA/Long Beach area. Any of you guys in Long Beach who would want to meet up?

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« Reply #1475 on: November 26, 2017, 08:14:06 PM »
My hip finally feels good again, and A sunny day after it snowed yesterday.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BbK-_s5Fudu/?taken-by=dave_waite

So sick....glad you're back shredding....

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« Reply #1476 on: January 28, 2018, 02:50:02 PM »
First skate of 2018 yesterday, late I know but been busy with work and our twins just turned two and just doing kid shit all the fucking time ANYWAY, brand new deck and wheels and I was skating in my not all the time skate shoes and was still able to manage to kickflip on flat first try and it was actually a decent one. Also I just turned 48 last month I have to be the oldest dude that posts here or in the top 2 or 3 maybe?

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« Reply #1477 on: January 29, 2018, 02:01:37 AM »
First skate of 2018 yesterday, late I know but been busy with work and our twins just turned two and just doing kid shit all the fucking time ANYWAY, brand new deck and wheels and I was skating in my not all the time skate shoes and was still able to manage to kickflip on flat first try and it was actually a decent one. Also I just turned 48 last month I have to be the oldest dude that posts here or in the top 2 or 3 maybe?
I think someone else said they are 50 but yeah you're up there. I wanna kickflip at 50, only 10 more years to go.

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« Reply #1478 on: January 29, 2018, 05:02:58 AM »
Great job Matt Sosa! Gapped noseslide is indeed nutty.

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« Reply #1479 on: February 11, 2018, 05:12:54 PM »
Just recently relocated to LA from the East coast. Growing up, always wanted to be here, ironically, being here now(42. 43 soon) the overload of skateboarders and skatepark culture is a bit too much and a huge turn off too me. The cliche saying that it's basically baseball here is so true, doesn't feel special one bit.  I can sort of see myself quitting out here  :-\

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« Reply #1480 on: February 11, 2018, 05:55:45 PM »
Just recently relocated to LA from the East coast. Growing up, always wanted to be here, ironically, being here now(42. 43 soon) the overload of skateboarders and skatepark culture is a bit too much and a huge turn off too me. The cliche saying that it's basically baseball here is so true, doesn't feel special one bit.  I can sort of see myself quitting out here  :-\

What part of LA did you move to?

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« Reply #1481 on: February 11, 2018, 06:01:20 PM »
My hip finally feels good again, and A sunny day after it snowed yesterday.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BbK-_s5Fudu/?taken-by=dave_waite
How do you skate thunders without getting pitched to death on every landing that isn't 100% perfect? I tried, I've never been more beat down in my life from just ollies.

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« Reply #1482 on: February 11, 2018, 06:40:40 PM »
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Just recently relocated to LA from the East coast. Growing up, always wanted to be here, ironically, being here now(42. 43 soon) the overload of skateboarders and skatepark culture is a bit too much and a huge turn off too me. The cliche saying that it's basically baseball here is so true, doesn't feel special one bit.  I can sort of see myself quitting out here  :-\
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What part of LA did you move to?

South Pasadena East LA area.

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« Reply #1483 on: February 12, 2018, 06:06:03 AM »
Just recently relocated to LA from the East coast. Growing up, always wanted to be here, ironically, being here now(42. 43 soon) the overload of skateboarders and skatepark culture is a bit too much and a huge turn off too me. The cliche saying that it's basically baseball here is so true, doesn't feel special one bit.  I can sort of see myself quitting out here  :-\


On my last trip to CA (Bay Area) I thought the same thing. I mean, I liked all the parks and stuff but had I grown up there I wonder if I'd have been turned off skating and listening to punk.

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« Reply #1484 on: February 12, 2018, 09:02:52 AM »
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Just recently relocated to LA from the East coast. Growing up, always wanted to be here, ironically, being here now(42. 43 soon) the overload of skateboarders and skatepark culture is a bit too much and a huge turn off too me. The cliche saying that it's basically baseball here is so true, doesn't feel special one bit.  I can sort of see myself quitting out here  :-\
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On my last trip to CA (Bay Area) I thought the same thing. I mean, I liked all the parks and stuff but had I grown up there I wonder if I'd have been turned off skating and listening to punk.

I lived in the Bay also, five years back, for a couple years and it didn't feel half as bland, cheesy and cookie cutter as down here. Though, I'm sure a lot has changed in 5 years, including the Bay. I could at least enjoy the 'island' or the dmv when I was up there.

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« Reply #1485 on: February 12, 2018, 09:35:39 AM »
I'm 45.  I started skating in 88 to catch the tail end of the fat boards with no nose and continued through '92 where I was skating 40mm wheels and doing lots of stupid flippy things like pop shove late kick flips and triple kickflips.  Lots of mini ramp skating with a spine, and zero vert or concrete bowl.

I then took most of the next 20 years off, skating maybe 10 times total.  I picked it up again in the fall of '14 and it's pretty hit or miss.  I'll have a month or two where I get out 2-3 times a week, then I won't be able to skate for a couple months.  I have two young kids, my own company, my wife has her own business, and I do other sports as well.

Since starting up again I probably skate mostly mini, some bowl, some street park and recently an Evergreen built 'lunar landscape' weird ass thing.  I've avoided most of my old flip tricks, save the occasional kickflip or impossible.

Yesterday I woke up with a headache, but the snow was coming in the afternoon so I hit the street park. I dropped in and the first run I could tell I was on.  50/50s were locked in and long, transfers were on and ollies were high.  I decided that it was a good day to work on kickflips. 

I learned kickflips in '89 or so and I did them all wrong.  I did them as an ollie, then a hard down push to flip. There was no catch, and even though I could time them well on flat I wouldn't take them down stairs often.  I could do double flips regularly and triples every now and then.  I decided that this year I was going to learn them the correct way.  Yesterday was the day. It took 15-20 minutes, but I started getting it and by the end I was landing them about 50% of the time.  I came really close to getting a double, and closest I have come to landing one up the euro gap.

I think my new goal is a tre flip.  I don't know if I ever really tried them back in the early 90s.  I figure 45 is a good time to start them.

We also had a guy recently build a vert ramp in town.  12' high, 24' wide.  I am busy enough that I can't often make the sessions, but I did do my first drop in and I would like to spend a bit more time on that this year.

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« Reply #1486 on: March 01, 2018, 09:50:04 PM »
Never knew there were so many old guys lurking at Slap...

45 years old. Started skating at nine on a plastic banana board. Lost all the loose ball bearings, clueless kid, didn't know how to fix it, f'n quit for a minute. Got back into it in 1988, never made that quitting mistake again. Started skating street, went to mini ramps, tried vert, sucked at it, back to mini ramps. Nowadays I run a website called Everything Skateboarding (www.everythingskateboarding.com), and ride a lot of different skateboards. Still street skate a little, but spend most of my time in concrete bowls and ditches, since Arizona has so many of them. Kinda lucky like that. Fun times.

And yes, I still suck. So no need to point it out, I'm already well aware of it. Thanks.

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« Reply #1487 on: March 02, 2018, 08:19:09 AM »
Just turned 33.  Skated from 10-18, put it away for a few years while I was in college, picked it up again at 23 and been pushing ever since.  The years I wasn't skating were the worst.  My life is so much better when I can roll.  I have 3 parks really close to where I live so I spend the majority of my time in there.  Mainly on the mini ramp, ledges, and little stairs.  That stuff is just fun for me.  BUT I decided that this is the year I am going to learn to skate the bowl...it's at a Grindline designed park and the bowl is deep and I am pretty nervous about it.  Bowl skating looks like so much fucking fun...I can't go any longer without it. 

Much love old dudes.  Keep rolling. 

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« Reply #1488 on: August 18, 2018, 06:34:11 PM »
"These floors are dirty as hell, and I'm not gonna take it any more!"

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« Reply #1489 on: August 18, 2018, 07:46:35 PM »
43 and just started back skating about 5 months ago after a 25 year BMX adventure. I stand by the notion that tre flips are easier than kick flips.

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Re: Old Dudes Post Up Here...
« Reply #1490 on: August 18, 2018, 09:23:11 PM »
kickflip is two movements....3 flip is just one that you rather have...or don't....

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Re: Old Dudes Post Up Here...
« Reply #1491 on: August 19, 2018, 10:31:20 AM »
Age:20
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Favorite skaters: Jerry Hsu, Caswell Berry,
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« Reply #1492 on: August 19, 2018, 10:34:25 AM »
Age:20
Set Up: 8.25 Krooked
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Favorite skaters: Jerry Hsu, Caswell Berry,
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Occupation: work at a boba shop

If 20 is “old” then I’m fucked

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« Reply #1493 on: August 19, 2018, 01:34:16 PM »
20 was old in skateboarding at some point.......

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« Reply #1494 on: August 19, 2018, 06:22:31 PM »
43 and just started back skating about 5 months ago after a 25 year BMX adventure. I stand by the notion that tre flips are easier than kick flips.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BmlsO-TAjW2/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

I stand by the notion that tre flips are genetic or some shit. Some people got em easy. Others like me learn many tricks but try their whole life and still can’t tre flip at 30. The idea of it being easier than a kickflip is bonkers to me.

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« Reply #1495 on: August 19, 2018, 06:27:56 PM »
My fakie tre’s are lookin pretty good but I may just say fuck it and accept that I wasn’t meant to have consistent 360 flips in this life

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« Reply #1496 on: August 20, 2018, 04:32:12 AM »
Age:42
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Preferred Terrain: mini, bowl, tranny
Favorite skaters: Andy Anderson, roller surfer
Music:  80’s punk, 70’s reggae, 60’s soul
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Kids: First child a month ago
Occupation: English teacher/ snowboard instructor
I’m trying to be every mom’s favorite skater’-&&

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« Reply #1497 on: August 20, 2018, 04:36:56 AM »
Age: 45
Set Up: 8.13 dead end deck (prime wood)
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Preferred Terrain: the quiet streets of price corner
Favorite skaters: my friends
Music:  yes. anything and everything.
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« Reply #1498 on: August 20, 2018, 05:30:50 AM »
Not that it matters, but I totally forgot this part-

Age: 43
Set Up: 8.5 Quasi Bledsoe
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« Reply #1499 on: August 20, 2018, 07:43:16 AM »
Age: 39
Set Up: 8.5 Rob Welsh Humidity Shop deck
Ventures
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Preferred Terrain:manual pads,ledges,curbs,
Favorite skaters: Bobby Worrest, Hjalte Halberg, Gilbert Crockett
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