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USELESS WOODEN TOY BANTER / Re: Can’t skate… comparable hobbies?
« Last post by Mongo Lloyd on Today at 11:44:09 AM »Expand QuoteExpand QuoteBuild gundam kits and reading[close]
Love me some Gundam and Mechs in general. I’d love to see these.[close]
same, i dont have the time or patience but i think all models are cool. war hammer and all that shit is so dope. i seem to be a very shaky person so I think its just not a good fit for me. but I love looking at them! just dont let me hold them... my brother had to learn the hard way with his USS Enterprise :'(
Oh man. I used to nerd out so hard on Warhammer. I was quite good at painting (I better be, my profession is painting) the figures. Something about seeing an army of figures or landscape that someone assembled is super cool.
Agreed, miniatures in general are pretty rad.
Ha! I’d be so mad if someone dropped or broke something I labored over.
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Shoes & Gear / Re: The Thunder Thread
« Last post by Xen on Today at 11:43:30 AM »
I may take all three setups to the park and try them out there but I doubt anything will change my mind.
Don't! Just take one with the Thunders you already seem set on; you will never get a feel for any of them by switching back and forth (unless they are identical in everyway but trucks). This is from personal experience.
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Shoes & Gear / Re: New Balance # containment thread
« Last post by Rick Trapasso on Today at 11:41:47 AM »Expand Quoteroid rage moment lol[close]
Nah, just can't stand dumbshit/dumbfucks (but you know that).Expand QuoteExpand QuoteExpand QuoteExpand QuoteExpand QuoteExpand QuoteExpand QuoteExpand QuoteExpand QuoteExpand QuoteExpand QuoteWait, are you retiring shoes if you had a slam while wearing them?[close]
I’ve retired shoes for far less.[close]
Like what? I am genuinely curious[close]
Tongues not staying centered.
Laces coming untied too easily.
Sweat through a suede shoe and when it dried the materials looked all weird on half the shoe.
I rode the same shoe for a while, just got tired of them one day and went and bought something new.[close]
roll an ankle = that pair goes bye-bye[close]
If I roll an ankle in a shoe its going right to the trash.
On the other end if I land something that I am extremely hyped on I might retire them as well On some "I'll probably never do a better trick than that in these"[close]
Really hope my sarcasm-meter is off today, because that's some of the dumbest shit I've read on hear in a while.
Do you mount/bronze it or some shit? Do you also stop riding the board and make it a wall hanger because the board was involved as well? with a plaque that reads: "landed a decent kickflip 05/28/24"[close]
I'm not talking mediocre tricks. I have a pair of Janoskis in the garage from a session where I KF back smithed a 10 rail. Not bronzed or mounted, just in a plastic bin.
I also did't pay for product from like 06-22 so it was a lot easier to finish a session and be like "yup those are done". And yes I do have boards in the garage that I landed meaningful tricks on or skated on memorable trips.[close]
Hanging the board, when it's toast, in a garage or some shit, maybe I can get behind but not a freshie the trick is landed on.
Do you just run out and buy another of the same shit you just shelved (because it's THAT GOOD)? Or simply one off it and get other gear that might not live up to what you just trophied? If you don't what's so special about THOSE shoes? Huh? Skill+luck let you land it not the fucking shoes.
Medicore, amazing, whatever, hoarding shoes specifically, because you landed a trick, is fucking stupid. They're shoes.[close]
Again. I didn’t buy boards, wheels or shoes for almost 20 years. It wasn’t every trick I landed, just ones that seemed special in the moment.
Not sure what has you so spun up over what someone else does? We’re literally talking about maybe 6 pairs of shoes over 25 years.
The other hundreds of pairs of shoes either went in the trash or to groms or homies that needed them.
I also retired a pair of air max’s I was wearing when I got the phone call my grandfather passed away.
Your same sentiment toward shoes could be implemented to any collectible that people are interested in. Like someone’s first college home run ball. It’s just a baseball and you’ll hit more home runs.[close]
He's never kf back smithed a 10 rail and is just having a hard time accepting that, and understanding all of the implications of doing something memorable.[close]
Nope, and chances are, neither have you. But if I did, I certianly wouldn't shelve the gear I did it in and use them as fucking trophies, I would continue to feel empowered and keep skating that shit in hopes of doing more cool shit rather than starting over.
I still want to know, people that do that shit, do you go out an buy the same gear and skate it again? Like say you switch nollie heel krook a 10, do you bronze those indys (because it was grind) and then go out and buy and identical pair of indys? If those shoes were so special, do you get another, identical pair? Same colorway, etc?
Please stop, I'm starting to smell cast iron.....
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USELESS WOODEN TOY BANTER / Re: sk8 lingo of yesteryear
« Last post by Billy Bitchcakes on Today at 11:40:31 AM »I remember in the days of skateperception when people would ask for name suggestions for their videos and everyone would just come up with variations of puns using the word steeze
Steeze and crackers
Steeze on toast
Dot your I's and cross your steeze
Pass me a tissue, I need to steeze
Steeze and crackers
Steeze on toast
Dot your I's and cross your steeze
Pass me a tissue, I need to steeze
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Shoes & Gear / Re: Spitfire formula four
« Last post by 144p on Today at 11:39:48 AM »Correct, to
Me “barking” is a satisfying screech when powersliding, noses/tail slide etc. not the squeaking that occurs on specific metal edges.
This formula feels one notch down from 99 but no loss of slip/grip. They’re fast and don’t feel like soft wheels.
But still allow me to roll over rougher ground with less vibration than traditional f4 99.
Me “barking” is a satisfying screech when powersliding, noses/tail slide etc. not the squeaking that occurs on specific metal edges.
This formula feels one notch down from 99 but no loss of slip/grip. They’re fast and don’t feel like soft wheels.
But still allow me to roll over rougher ground with less vibration than traditional f4 99.
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Shoes & Gear / Re: POLARIZER THREAD (60s/70s style boards)
« Last post by BartHarleyJarvis on Today at 11:38:52 AM »Peter Hewitt, switch, and on 60mm, 80a, Spitfire super wides.
That run looks so damn fun. Taking it switch is gnarly though.
His post hitting that run on the fiber rider with the green rough riders is what sold me on the polarizer in the first place.
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Shoes & Gear / Re: The Set-up Thread
« Last post by BartHarleyJarvis on Today at 11:36:41 AM »
Heated Wheel 8.75 Slick (Shout out @GumOnMyGrip for the deck and classy grip job)
Ace Af1 60s
Spit F4 Conical Full 52
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PHOTOS/VIDEO / Re: Thoughts on Gifted Hater?
« Last post by EagleassMF on Today at 11:36:37 AM »it would be sick if nyjah likes that and applies as a judge at least for once, for super crown. (or super top hat.) i want john heel as participant... i want pine forever. these are what i want for now.
Going on YSL is John Hill’s only chance to save his channel
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Shoes & Gear / Re: Venture 2020
« Last post by Yewwman on Today at 11:36:26 AM »I cracked the bushings on my lo’s, dlx bushings are nowhere so what would be the best option?
The (lack of) turn was perfect.
The (lack of) turn was perfect.
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USELESS WOODEN TOY BANTER / Re: Who moves the needle?
« Last post by zerosugarfruitpunch on Today at 11:36:01 AM »latenitestars