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General Discussion => WHATEVER => Topic started by: LeDave on February 29, 2024, 01:35:48 PM
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I am 34!
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Actually a good question you have going here. I’m curious now, too.
Are there many other old and jaded skaters that started in the 90’s like me? That pretty much recognize that skating is not serious, and we’re here just for a good time, because, really, who cares? ;D
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39, started skating in 97. had a few accounts over the years going back to 2007
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35, been on here in some capacity since I was 20. Kinda crazy.
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33. Been on here in some way for more than half my life.
Fuck that’s stupid.
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At least 6, maybe 12!
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AF
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49 - I started skating in '86. I still get out at least once or twice a week. I've lost my 360 kickflips but I still have Ollie Impossibles. Do your stretches and pick up some form of cycling (gravel/mtb/road) to keep your skate stamina going.
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33 and never kicked a flip in my life
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51. Curbs, old man spots, backyard. Need to get back to the park, want to start skating mellow bowls again. Helmet city though, got paranoid of big parks and head injuries within the last few years. just glad to be still rolling around and getting a sweat going
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Let me put it this way, I am old enough to say "Today, I am ____ years young" with a half smile that gives you the impression I think I am cleaver and this is the first time you've heard that expression.
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I'm 38 and gonna be a pro skater
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27
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Fred Gall
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39, started skating in 97. had a few accounts over the years going back to 2007
Ditto to all the above.
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I'm 38 and gonna be a pro skater
Just make sure to keep them hands dine mayne
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37. First posted here when I was 16 in high school. Quit skateboarding and SLAP more than a few times but of course I always come crawling back.
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I’ve been reading far too long and have always been to stupid to figure out how to use this site and still suck at using this website. I’m 32.5
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37, skating since 00 with a few gaps in between because of injuries and life.
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29 now. I’ll be 30 in August. Had a few accounts over the years. This place always draws me back in somehow.
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31...registered when I was 14...
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How
old fat are SLAP members?
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35 and have been lurking hard since like 2006. Its the only place that feels like home to me as far as skating is concerned. Alabama doesn't really have much of a scene outside of Birmingham and Faith, so thanks to all the pals over the years for bringing me so much joy and commeradery. 🛹💗
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How old fat are SLAP members?
Torto but with the lettuce wrap option.
:-*
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I’ll be 50 in July and I’m so stoked my hair is finally going grey. Went skating tonight but goddamn is it ever low impact these days.
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1019
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been telling dad jokes...
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11, but I'll be 12 in May.
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69
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I died last month.
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I died last month.
I’m sorry to hear that. At least you contributed 10.25” popsicle decks to this world. More than I’ll ever accomplish.
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I’ll be 50 in July and I’m so stoked my hair is finally going grey. Went skating tonight but goddamn is it ever low impact these days.
No impact skateboarding
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I died last month.
A tragic
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nearing 30
been reading SLAP the past few years after I got a job where I stare at a monitor all day. didn't sign up until last year or two
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Stats are kind of giving the middle finger. Nice.
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Definitely too old when every other thread is about how no one likes Emerica anymore and why none of the kids care about "OuR CuLtUrE" anymore in fucking 2024.
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I’m assuming it’s the 50 year olds that always have a hard time posting pictures or embedding YouTube links
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Started in 91, stopped in 98 - back since 2020.
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1019
1020
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Are we talking years here? I’ve only been here less than a year so my Slap age is still 0.
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42
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40+. Got my first board 1989, it’s been on/off since
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34, 35 this November. Started skating around 2003, so a little over 21 years ago. Slap since 2010.
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I remember the 80s
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Happy for you young bucks still killing it.
Turning 47. Started in '88. Stopped in '06. Started again in '19
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Turning 39, started in 98. Never stopped.
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Stats are kind of giving the middle finger. Nice.
It is now the silouette of the average slap posters upper body
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Stats are kind of giving the middle finger. Nice.
damn, you are right.
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Old enough to know better and young enough to want to do it anyway...
...So cry baby cry.
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28 and counting still
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43 started skating in 95
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43 next Sunday.
Skating since I was 9 years old but I basically quit from my mid-twenties to mid-thirties.
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Kookin' at 34
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35, started in around '98/'99.
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Of age, on basketball ball
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33 and a half
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31, registered at 24
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32 and been skating for 20 of those years
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I’m assuming it’s the 50 year olds that always have a hard time posting pictures or embedding YouTube links
Goddamn, you are correct here.
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I‘m 43. Started around 1994, stopped around 1998. Got back into skateboarding 2020 and not planning on quitting anytime soon…
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37, started in 99. Stopped in 2009. Started again in 2016 for half a year and then started again in 2022 after I discovered SLAP, so thank you all!
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I’m assuming it’s the 50 year olds that always have a hard time posting pictures or embedding YouTube links
Goddamn, you are correct here.
In fairness, this site changed some shit with YouTube, before you could just use the share link off the app and it embedded, now you have to use the browser link.
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Remember having to carve your own stone bearings? Man that took forever...
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Stats are kind of giving the middle finger. Nice.
(https://i.imgur.com/0OYo1W4.jpeg)
That's my, er, lower body representing the 36-39 column...
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48. First board in 84. Daily obsession by 86. Currently on the road hitting up some bucket list spots.
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32. started skating at like 9 or 10, probably started lurking SLAP in like 2005ish. More or less quit skating and following skateboarding entirely from roughly 2010 until I got back into it during the pandemic in 2020. Made another account then and been spending way too much time on here since. Get out several times a week during the warmer months, more like once a week during the winter unfortunately. any nyc pals hmu to skate!
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33 bout to be 34 and can’t believe how fast time moves but also learning tricks I couldn’t do when I was younger while simultaneously being held back by the thought of getting injured and fucking with my job
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32. First board at 6. Started doing things other than sitting on it at 10. Sprinkle in a 4 year hiatus. Lurked on here for a few years. Account is almost a year old. Still can't operate the site properly. I'm 50 in computer years.
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started skating in 1988, never stopped. I'm stubborn that way...
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37 and I’ve been posting here since Filipe Mota was swimming around in his dad’s nutsack.
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So slap is in no way representative of the industry or its customers ;D
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45 years old, started skating at 40. This is my first post. Currently trying to learn pop shuvs and kick flips.
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45 years old, started skating at 40. This is my first post. Currently trying to learn pop shuvs and kick flips.
Welcome to SLAP! I am kind of new here as well.
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47, started with 10, never stopped
My whole body is a mess
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52, been skating since 1985
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Old enough to party
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37 years old. Started skating in 98 or 99. Quit skating around 2007.
Restarted skating in 2018, landed a kickflip first try first day back, blew my ankle out that summer.
Restarted again in early 2019, didn't land another kickflip until almost a year later because the ankle was that fucked.
Can't see myself ever stopping again.
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46
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I hope our resident 50+ age like a fine Ron Allen or Lance Mountain, and not like a Bill Danforth or Duane Peters.
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I hope our resident 50+ age like a fine Ron Allen or Lance Mountain, and not like a Bill Danforth or Duane Peters.
Basically there's two types of old skaters, if you're kinda old you think of Shorty's when you hear the name Steve Olson, and when you're really old you think of the OG Steve Olson.
The latter is a separate age category (65 plus or so) not even included and I don't think they would come here.
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Kinda old is fine with me
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47 started in 86.
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I’m assuming it’s the 50 year olds that always have a hard time posting pictures or embedding YouTube links
Goddamn, you are correct here.
51, started skating in 85? maybe 86. Been on here since 2012. I don't post all that much, but SLAP has helped me keep up with what's going on. Never tried to embed youtube, but every time I post a pic, I have to re-learn how to do it. Usually takes a couple of tries ;)
I still don't understand Frog, but I know some of these things just aren't for me
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I’m assuming it’s the 50 year olds that always have a hard time posting pictures or embedding YouTube links
Goddamn, you are correct here.
51, started skating in 85? maybe 86. Been on here since 2012. I don't post all that much, but SLAP has helped me keep up with what's going on. Never tried to embed youtube, but every time I post a pic, I have to re-learn how to do it. Usually takes a couple of tries ;)
I still don't understand Frog, but I know some of these things just aren't for me
Your username made me laugh because my husband calls me a geezer pleaser.
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Im turning 40 in September.
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Voted “up” a category because my birthday is in a week. Skating since ‘86, on here since 2001.
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Just turned 25, been on here since 2011
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41.5. Been skating since 94. Never quit although there was a year where I was partying super hard and didn’t skate much but I never completely quit. Still get out 3-4 times a week for a solid hr at least. Finally joined this godforsaken hellhole around 2011/12. I love it
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realizing my slap account is 11 years old makes me feel older then the fact im turning 30 in a week
but looks like im a young stud among geezers
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This thread made me realise I have been here for more than half of my life.
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31, joined slap when i was 19 and couldn't skate for a bit because of a knee injury
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So slap is in no way representative of the industry or its customers ;D
Yeah no kidding Peanut Butter Jelly time,
bunch of ancients talking and arguing Skate.
Which makes me wonder, does Soletech have the youngun’s attention? That is the critical question we must discuss. It’s imperative we do this.
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45 years old, started skating at 40. This is my first post. Currently trying to learn pop shuvs and kick flips.
Holy shit, learning to kickflip at 40?? There’s no way in hell I would try to actually put effort into learning a flip trick at this age.
You’re very brave. A genuine warrior, I dare say.
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49 and can still tre flip, even if they’re ugly
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Damn you guys are old
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Damn you guys are old
I thought the same thing! I seriously thought this forum would be dominated by 18 year olds or around there.
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Tired x Slap Collab coming soon!
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I thought the same thing! I seriously thought this forum would be dominated by 18 year olds or around there.
All the younguns are actually out doing the thing. This is all we can contribute to the scene now.
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Tired x Slap Collab coming soon!
I am happy to contribute a nollie tre over a hydrant my kids have drawn on the pavement with crayons
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I thought for sure most people were in their 50s. I’m in my 40s and I’m nowhere near as closed minded and jaded as who I assume are actually around my age. It’s crazy when people in their 30s and 40s complain like they’re 80.
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45 years old, started skating at 40. This is my first post. Currently trying to learn pop shuvs and kick flips.
You’re very brave. A genuine warrior, I dare say.
Wild. I started two years ago at 35 and quickly decided to never learn flip tricks lol. It’s just not worth the wear and tear on my already busted knees. I understand the mechanics behind them, but can’t afford to try them thousands of times 🫨
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Tired x Slap Collab coming soon!
I am happy to contribute a nollie tre over a hydrant my kids have drawn on the pavement with crayons
That would put you in the absolute top tier of Slap users.
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36 next month, skating since 2001.
Joined slap 2009 After lurking for a couple of years..
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26, been on here half my life lmfaooo. have had multiple accounts because i used to be annoying as shit and had to erase my cringey past
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Early 30’s, about a decade and change of lurkage. Actually have three jobs. Username does not check out
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Wow im literally a child, 22 turning 23 soon. I knew slap was on the older side but not this old ;D
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I’m assuming it’s the 50 year olds that always have a hard time posting pictures or embedding YouTube links
Goddamn, you are correct here.
51, started skating in 85? maybe 86. Been on here since 2012. I don't post all that much, but SLAP has helped me keep up with what's going on. Never tried to embed youtube, but every time I post a pic, I have to re-learn how to do it. Usually takes a couple of tries ;)
I still don't understand Frog, but I know some of these things just aren't for me
Your username made me laugh because my husband calls me a geezer pleaser.
Thats actually very sweet lol
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46.
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Wow im literally a child, 22 turning 23 soon. I knew slap was on the older side but not this old ;D
it’s why we hate everything
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Wow im literally a child, 22 turning 23 soon. I knew slap was on the older side but not this old ;D
Do make sure to share your opinion on Sole Tech. Emerica specifically.
It’s very important.
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Turning 30 soon, still feeling like I'm closer to 25 skating-wise, so I hope to keep that vibe going as I continue skating and livin
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Wow im literally a child, 22 turning 23 soon. I knew slap was on the older side but not this old ;D
It’s very important.
Im gonna be honest I think emerica isnt appealing, my feet dont like their shoes at all, but their riders are monsters and I loved every video they released these past few years. Especially emerica green, that video blew my tiny mind appart.
No clue what soletech is lol.
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I thought for sure most people were in their 50s. I’m in my 40s and I’m nowhere near as closed minded and jaded as who I assume are actually around my age. It’s crazy when people in their 30s and 40s complain like they’re 80.
I’ve got a good crew of people from late 30s to 50 and honestly IRL no one is a hater. Everyone is pretty positive about what’s happening in skating right now. People are mostly stoked that even our dumb dork tricks are considered acceptable. No one is dumping on && (even if personally think he’s goofy). People have nostalgia- I do too.. for my young body. Skateboarding on the other hand is better than it’s even been.
If you’ve got good people to skate with, fun spots, decent weather and you’re not injured- wtf do you have to be bitter about? You’re living the dream.
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Tired x Slap Collab coming soon!
I am happy to contribute a nollie tre over a hydrant my kids have drawn on the pavement with crayons
That would put you in the absolute top tier of Slap users.
would gnar, also I'll be 26 in a few months had a few accounts here since 2010-2011 and been lurking probably since 08
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Wow im literally a child, 22 turning 23 soon. I knew slap was on the older side but not this old ;D
It’s very important.
Im gonna be honest I think emerica isnt appealing, my feet dont like their shoes at all, but their riders are monsters and I loved every video they released these past few years. Especially emerica green, that video blew my tiny mind appart.
No clue what soletech is lol.
Thank you. Us oldies have a soft spot for Emerica nostalgia, and I was curious what someone your age would think about the shoes/brand.
Sole tech is the overall brand that owns éS, Etnies, and Emerica. one theory is that sales from èS and Etnies keep Emerica afloat.
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To all old folks out there:
Watch a video you've seen very often years ago (Video Days, Questionable, Mouse, Menikmati, PJLWHL, Sorry etc.) and then try to remember the next trick while watching.
You will probably be amazed how many tricks are stored in your brain.
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Wow im literally a child, 22 turning 23 soon. I knew slap was on the older side but not this old ;D
It’s very important.
Im gonna be honest I think emerica isnt appealing, my feet dont like their shoes at all, but their riders are monsters and I loved every video they released these past few years. Especially emerica green, that video blew my tiny mind appart.
No clue what soletech is lol.
Sole tech is the overall brand that owns éS, Etnies, and Emerica. one theory is that sales from èS and Etnies keep Emerica afloat.
I got into skateboarding late and stuch with dunks for a while and now i pretty much only skate in pop company jack purcells, I was too late for ajy of those brands. Skateshops in my city actually stopped selling all three brands because no one bought them, and i dont think ive ever seen a single skater wear any of those… bummer the brand seems to be going under according to a couple of threads, their riders are amazing
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At least 6, maybe 12!
The winning answer was already posted on the first page i see.
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Turned 35 last week
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32, Ive been here since there was a massive jailbait thread
Remember that when you guys wanna cancel someone for something they did in the past
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32, Ive been here since there was a massive jailbait thread
Remember that when you guys wanna cancel someone for something they did in the past
I think someone should check this dudes hard drive
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32, Ive been here since there was a massive jailbait thread
Remember that when you guys wanna cancel someone for something they did in the past
I think someone should check this dudes hard drive
I didnt participate, just making a point its best not to throw stones in a glass house, this site has blood on its hands
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I'm 34 and I've been posting here on one account or another (including a few satirical "fake accounts") since I was 15 or 16. Can confirm that we've seen some dark moments.
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Currently 26
skating since 2012 and the last 3 years I've learned more than ever (transitionwise), partially because im riding with the young bucks that pushes the session furtherer and sketchyer every time. In those 3y, the first was mainly mastering carving and 5050s on block, the rest i was able to learn consistently bs airs, bs ollies, fs air, and some variations of roll outs.
I don't want to miss those and im still in the learing window of life (can get folded sometimes without dying a full week too)
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I am just a boy
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I had a subscription to slap magazine for a long time until they stopped printing
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I just gotta say that having to go to the very bottom for my category to be the last one at 50+ really fucking hurts boys.
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I just gotta say that having to go to the very bottom for my category to be the last one at 50+ really fucking hurts boys.
thoughts and prayers for your broken finger clicking that radial button.
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39, started skating in 97. had a few accounts over the years going back to 2007
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And also me.
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Turning 47, on board since Police Academy 4.
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42 this year sometime
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Turns out this is a one way journey. About to enter the last year of my forties next month. Is this when I officially need some of those 93a Old Guy wheels that save the joints when I skate 6" curbs?
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That's mad that out of 450 votes only 13 people are under 22. I know message boards are an outdated medium but I thought Slap had done a bit to keep them alive into the next generation. We better start recruiting through TikTok
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46 on Bastille Day.
I can not wait. This year is the year yo! I haven't felt this optimistic and confident about the future since around 1999.
I was lost for so long in the depths of self hate and slow suicide. Jails institutions and death.
Hate upon hates upon hates.
Never ending song of doom that I've harvested for tones. Should have started this escape earlier.
Pals playa huge roll in this return to happiness.
I'm gonna skate and talk forever about the peace I've found at times when it should have just been over.
I destroyed the grip of the masters by skating faster than they can chase after me. Drugs like heroin and Xanax feel like the truth but you're just making yourself an easy victim of the foul criminal justice system.
Skatebloarding is the only truth
Back then they was coming for a skater like we was Jimi the Toucan Jonestown the g
Why you're never gonna see a PIG riding anything not even on my knob on my channel.
"I use to skate" .... Stfu pig. You Nazi.... Gay power bitch!
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I'll be 28 in November
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I just turned 48 a month ago. RIP me
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I just turned 48 a month ago. RIP me
Username checks out! ;D
Me too mate, me too
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I'll be 28 in November
I love your sig cartoon. That's exactly how I felt as a teen. Fakie though. Not nollie for me.
Hospital shirts and shelltoes. Blonde charge and everything.