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Skateboarding => USELESS WOODEN TOY BANTER => Topic started by: greg on July 05, 2007, 12:42:51 PM
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a friend of mine who usually doesn't skate bombed a hill last week and fell.
dude hit his head so hard that he's got brain damage.
that's why i don't bomb hills anymore, i'm too old to get fucked up doing some shit like that.
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fuck. I read this topic hoping for a rad thread about how awesome bombing hills is.
Now I'm just bummed.
I stick to the smaller/casual ones anyway... Oh well.
Sorry about your buddy. That sucks. Him not skating normally might have a lot to do with him falling so badly though. Not that it can't happen to anyone, but still.
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Sorry to hear, he going to be alright?
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I blew my acl after getting savage wobbles bombing a medium to large sized hill in the dark a couple years ago. I tried to hop off and run that shit it out.
I got broke off.
It was fucked. My knee went into grapefruit mode.
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my boy tiger blew out his ec tendon in his shoulder bombing a hill with another friend and myself on my birthday.
we were drinking and it was night, probably a bad idea but it was really fun until he ate shit.
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dude will probably be ok, he got out of the hospital and doesn't really know his head from his ass but after a month or so they're saying he should be more or less back to normal. i'm absolutely sure that him not being a skateboarder had probably almost everything to do with it, but with that said, you ever bomb a hill so big that you pass traffic?
i'm not a teenager anymore, i don't need those adrenaline rushes.
and just for the record, nobody has to show any condolences, i don't feel bad one bit for my buddy, he knew what he was doing when he decided to fuck around.
but yeah, shit can be real scary. that's the last fucking thing i need right now.
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I use to bomb this fucking gnarly hill in my town... and when we got to the botttom. the only way to slow down was to ride into someones yard. And we would ride across the entire front lawn.. and roll into their driveway.
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I get wheel bite if I don't land bolts so it may not be a good idea for me to bomb hills. Although recently I saw some kids on bikes (is it considered bombing if it's on a bike?) on this hill on the other side of my neighborhood and I really want to go there with the copious amounts of free time I have and bomb it.
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if i can't find a session, i usually end up bombing some hills, i love bombing hills. :)
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It's fun just going down big hills and shit, dodging traffic and whatever. I've had a couple of close calls though; one night I was hauling balls down a hill and didn't see a speed bump, but I managed to get over it. Another night it was late and I was out bombing a huge, sketchy hill and hit a rock. There was blood everywhere and I got six or seven scars. Be careful.
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i had to pull off the baseball slide last week because i didn't wanna try and make a turn into traffic going down a hill. ripped the the pants a little bit, but saved my organs. i think i'd rather baseball slide than try and run it out anyday of the week.
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hills sketch me out...hills plus traffic and I'm walking down..
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i remember some young rippers showed up in my hood a few years back so being the nice guy i am, i took them to a bunch of spots and they totally killed it, but then i took them to bomb this hill and they just walked down.
is it possible to gain someones respect and lose it in the same day. :-\
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I just do mellow hills and keep it simple.
I probably almost died on a hillbomb at Simon Fraser University in Van a couple years ago
and I don't ever want those thoughts going through my mind again.
Remember, brand new swiss bearings + brand new bones street formula wheels+ long steep hill bomb = recipe for disaster.
I had the most insane speed whobbles and couldn't jump off because I knew my legs would get jacked if I did.
The hill didn't really mellow out, it just ended in a cul de sac with jersey barriers..
My board went into the jersey barriers with me jumping into the bushes behind. What I didn't know was that there was boulders and bushes
behind the barriers. My head landed just a couple inches from a massive rock. My friends couldn't believe I walked out of there with just some blood.
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Bombing hills is fun as fuck, but if you are to scared then it is a good idea to stay away. Last time I did a big one I got wobbles and lost my shoe running out, got a heel bruise, but manned up and did the rest of the hill.
Fuck it I might skate the small one out front, after 10 pushes you almost feel like you are going fast.
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a couple of years ago i bombed this pretty small hill..just as i hit an intersection, this 80 year old women ran a red light. I managed to move *with* the car as opposed to flat-out getting hit. I was on the hood of her car in a Superman position for a good 3 seconds before hopping off.
the lady kept driving off at the same speed she was going as if the whole "almost killing a human being" situation didnt faze her. I honestly doubt she knew what just happened.
now i usually carve my way down a hill instead of straightup bombing it. Im glad my bearings suck.
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the first time i tried to bomb a legit hill i had probably been skating for a year. it was this crazy(at the time) double hill that went around a bend. i was skating with loose trucks for the first time with shorts on and i came around the bend and started to get wobbles. i didn't know what to do so i tried to run it out which left me with two sprained ankles and the skin ripped from my elbows and knees
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it's a shitty feeling when you're past the point of no return, but you wanna return.
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tell me about it. i have another story that i completely forgot about:
two summers ago i started riding extremely loose trucks again and the first day i did i bombed a similar hill to the first one. this time the hill curved to the left and i was hauling ass down it. i started to powerslide backside around the turn and thought i was going down. i somehow turned back and started to get wobbles but instead of jumping off i stood straight up with my arms completely stretched out trying to regain my balance. i get pitched face first into the ground and got knocked out. i came too and my face was covered in blood and so were my hands, i was shaking out of control, and i didn't know where i was or what happened(it took me a few hours to remember it). i spent ten minutes looking for my board that was directly in front of me. my mom thought that i was going to have a giant scar on my face for the rest of my life but within two weeks i looked normal again
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your a crazy fucker mike.
when we skating again???
i'll be in boston on the weekend of the 13th for this focus tour thing im helping with. we'll be at the redbull manny contest.
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i came too
what the fuck dude
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your a crazy fucker mike.
when we skating again???
i'll be in boston on the weekend of the 13th for this focus tour thing im helping with. we'll be at the redbull manny contest.
sfa i was planning on coming to shred for keenan but i think it is going to rain plus the kid i was going to go with is now going to the reschedueled morrissey concert, and dave has to go to some eb game of skate or something, and i kind of made plans to go with some girl to the aquarium
on the 13th i am going to my friend jons art show at orchard but i can skate earlier in the day and i am good that whole weekend
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what the fuck dude
and by that i meant i woke up after being knocked out
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tell me about it. i have another story that i completely forgot about:
two summers ago i started riding extremely loose trucks again and the first day i did i bombed a similar hill to the first one. this time the hill curved to the left and i was hauling ass down it. i started to powerslide backside around the turn and thought i was going down. i somehow turned back and started to get wobbles but instead of jumping off i stood straight up with my arms completely stretched out trying to regain my balance. i get pitched face first into the ground and got knocked out. i came too and my face was covered in blood and so were my hands, i was shaking out of control, and i didn't know where i was or what happened(it took me a few hours to remember it). i spent ten minutes looking for my board that was directly in front of me. my mom thought that i was going to have a giant scar on my face for the rest of my life but within two weeks i looked normal again
oooohh it would've been bad to return home after that.. if i fall hard, i hold grudges against the spot. but you can't getz a hill.
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i wonder if anyone's ever bailed on a hill bomb and landed on their balls? are they built to survive high speed impact? i don't think i'd wish that on my worst enemy.
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Hills scare me.
I get stoked any time I see someone doing tricks in a video down some huge ass hill like in SF.
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if i were trying to save my life while bombing a hill...i think i'd move as close as i can to the side and jump into grass
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bombing hills is the best shit ever. I can't believe theres kids that will skate a park all day but can't even powerslide.
bombing in the middle of the night half drunk with a mob of homies is as good as it gets for me.
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what the fuck dude
hahahah! too,to
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehv7GTkGyVg
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I thought this was gonna be a thread about how much fun hills are, but now I'm bummed.
Hope your friends alright.
I usually just avoid the bigger hills and stay mellow.
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hill bombing is an art.
learn the four wheel slide, kids.
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gregs a fucking pussy. i once bombed 4 hills going 40 mph and crossed a highway and lived to tell all you bitches
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hill bombing never really translates to video
like that clip
I need to see the size of the hill
and then use my brain to divide it by 20 seconds travel
then estimate conclude he was going fast
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehv7GTkGyVg
yah thats pretty incredible.
could i do it?
psh of coarse
could i make it look cool?
probably not
would i actually bomb it?
probably not
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Sorry to hear
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what the fuck dude
hahaha
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gregs a fucking pussy. i once bombed 4 hills going 40 mph and crossed a highway and lived to tell all you bitches
i've been skating since '94 and have bombed hills that would make you shiver in terror
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1157458791799441765&q=Sean+Young+Anti+Hero&total=8&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0 (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1157458791799441765&q=Sean+Young+Anti+Hero&total=8&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0)
Sean Young in the rain, doesn't get gnarly then this hill bomb.
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Some good videos.
Peep the Waldport, OR; Toledo, OR one at 1:10:
http://secure.thrashermagazine.com/index.php?SCREEN=video_antihero (http://secure.thrashermagazine.com/index.php?SCREEN=video_antihero)
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just a tip for some of you dudes, the secret to getting out of speed wobbles is to lock your knees.
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Corey Webster won the LA Massacre with a broken arm.
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oh and this topic was in no way meant to discourage or turn off people from hill bombing, i used to do it all the time.
it was just something in my life that happened recently that serves as a good example for why i feel the way i do about something, and i figured some people here had some good horror stories.
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(http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/bombs_explode.jpg)
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the baseball-slide tactic is a good tip
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I blew my acl after getting savage wobbles bombing a medium to large sized hill in the dark a couple years ago. I tried to hop off and run that shit it out.
I got broke off.
It was fucked. My knee went into grapefruit mode.
same here... arthroscopic knee surgery then fucking physical therapy for 3 months
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fourth of july in my town the cops block off and shut down the gnarliest hill ever for the fireworks display. so no worrys about getting biffed by a car
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I got worked pretty bad a few months back, and haven't been on top of too many hills lately. Slamming your head on the ground after a completely unexpected rock is pretty scary shit.
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just a tip for some of you dudes, the secret to getting out of speed wobbles is to lock your knees.
Something else that may help... if you feel a little wobble starting up, try to do some side to side carving.
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Also shift your weight to your front foot to avoid wobbles.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UglJyR9q1uc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UglJyR9q1uc)
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Talking about somebody else having something happen to them and using it as an excuse not to do it= pussy ass bitch.
The first real hill I ever bombed ended with me seeing my friend fly through the window of an SUV. Still, I bomb hills daily.
Its not even for the rush or whatever. It just feels good to go superfast.
When I start wobbling up on occassion I just get low and actually tend to bend my knees a little more. When wobble time does come on a bigass hill though, fuck strategy, its time to just pray you make it. Usually I can last. Switch speed wobbles though- those are a motherfucker.
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When I start wobbling up on occassion I just get low and actually tend to bend my knees a little more. When wobble time does come on a bigass hill though, fuck strategy, its time to just pray you make it. Usually I can last. Switch speed wobbles though- those are a motherfucker.
bending your knees = death....atleast for me
i dunno?, i usually tweak my front foot so i don't get killed by some stupid pebble and keep most of the weight on my back foot when i'm bombing. if i'm doing powerslides, them i'm completely centered and try to stay loose, i mean you can't be all stiff and bust out stylish powerslides.
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I don't know why, it just works for me. It feels like the looser I am, the less likely my board will start flipping out. I definitely tend to keep most of my weight towards the back for bouncing of off cracks, rocks, whatever.
Powerslides are just all about throwing your board in front of you and leaning back on it.
My wheels I have now started at 57's, my back right wheel is at about 48-49 right now. Its a fat little chode wheel, ever since I started intensely on hills I've needed to get new wheels way too often.
And vegan, nice Sean Young clip. I'm pretty sure there is a law that whenever hillbombing is brought up, he must be too.
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I don't know why, it just works for me. It feels like the looser I am, the less likely my board will start flipping out. I definitely tend to keep most of my weight towards the back for bouncing of off cracks, rocks, whatever.
Powerslides are just all about throwing your board in front of you and leaning back on it.
My wheels I have now started at 57's, my back right wheel is at about 48-49 right now. Its a fat little chode wheel, ever since I started intensely on hills I've needed to get new wheels way too often.
And vegan, nice Sean Young clip. I'm pretty sure there is a law that whenever hillbombing is brought up, he must be too.
I was trying to find the Jones street picture but couldn't. Someone should post that.
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This thread makes me feel like such a pussy.
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first hill bomb ever led to a sprained wrist.
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i like those mellow lil hills, no big shit for me
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gregs a fucking pussy. i once bombed 4 hills going 40 mph and crossed a highway and lived to tell all you bitches
i've been skating since '94 and have bombed hills that would make you shiver in terror
Sure
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dude bro, NO BITERS!
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Talking about somebody else having something happen to them and using it as an excuse not to do it= pussy ass bitch.
his specific incident is not my "excuse" you dumbass
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I like riding down hills but im no good at the powersliding....especially now that im skating 60mm pool wheels.....they don't slide super good...
speed wobbles will usually work themselves out if you stay on the board and don't start running full speed smacking your feet on the hill
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1157458791799441765&q=Sean+Young+Anti+Hero&total=8&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0 (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1157458791799441765&q=Sean+Young+Anti+Hero&total=8&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0)
Sean Young in the rain, doesn't get gnarly then this hill bomb.
wasn't he on acid or something like that?
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1157458791799441765&q=Sean+Young+Anti+Hero&total=8&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0 (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1157458791799441765&q=Sean+Young+Anti+Hero&total=8&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0)
Sean Young in the rain, doesn't get gnarly then this hill bomb.
wasn't he on acid or something like that?
On acid with it raining outside. trivia do you know who is filming?
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McCrank has a good one in the AntiSocial vid.
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I like to bomb hills occasionally, but all of the hills near my house go directly into blind traffic.
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McCrank has a good one in the AntiSocial vid.
Thought that was Keegan, but it has been a while since I have watched that video.
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I have the biggest hill next to my house thing is steeper then some s.f. hills for sure so my cussion was over and we went to the top to skate a ditch and when we were coming down my cuz thinks to bomb it and i just walk.....so bad still was some big ass scars and that was 2 years ago
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1157458791799441765&q=Sean+Young+Anti+Hero&total=8&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0 (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1157458791799441765&q=Sean+Young+Anti+Hero&total=8&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0)
Sean Young in the rain, doesn't get gnarly then this hill bomb.
wasn't he on acid or something like that?
On acid with it raining outside. trivia do you know who is filming?
what's the answer?
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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1157458791799441765&q=Sean+Young+Anti+Hero&total=8&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0 (http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1157458791799441765&q=Sean+Young+Anti+Hero&total=8&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=0)
Sean Young in the rain, doesn't get gnarly then this hill bomb.
wasn't he on acid or something like that?
On acid with it raining outside. trivia do you know who is filming?
what's the answer?
tim upson?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehv7GTkGyVg
Thats fucking beast
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i was out skating by myself and i went to this hill near my house, The hill starts off mellow until you really start to pick up speed then it drops to one gnarley hill and at the very bottom is a road leading off. So one day i decided to take my brand new complete with loose ass trucks and my ipod and went down. I was hauling so much ass until I started to get speed wobbles. I already knew about leaning on the front foot and standing straight up so i could make it down. Then, this car pulled up to the road i was bombing and ran the stop sign and pulled out in front of me. So i panicked and jumped off the board into a baseball slide, which soon transformed into me sliding on my stomach with my feet facing foreward. I used my momentum to pop to my feet to add style points.
Long story short, i ended up breaking 2 bones in my right hand and got road rash through all the skin layers into the muscle.
Showering and masturbating were put on hold for a while
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ehv7GTkGyVg
Thats fucking beast
Just for the record guys. Not pointing fingers or anything but that's not a hill bomb. A hill bomb is when you go straight down the hill
and don't slide or put your feet down. It's really crazy and have done them before. The craziest shit is first your getting all shaky and
know that one false move and you're toast. Then, you're coming up to an intersection and you're already thinking about oncoming
cars. So you gotta edge your eyes around the corner and if you see one you gotta wave your arms to make sure he sees you. Fucking
nuts! I'd never straight bomb a hill again. Too risky. I will say though... there's plenty of thrasher style punk dudes who you'd think would
blow past me but it was the other way around. I think Phelps came in last next to Lockman, who was a fucking snail. The craziest one
I ever saw was Sean Youngs hill bomb in the rain. Nothing will ever compare in crazyness. Then again, I don't follow every feat anymore.
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When I was a kid, I bailed at the bottom of a big hill. Tried to run it out, but that turned into a front flip. I finally came to a stop balled up in the gutter at the bottom of the hill. Now, that by itself is no different than a million other hilll bomb wipe out stories except for the fact that in addition to the road rash everywhere you'd expect to find it, to my amazement I realized that my head was scraped BEHIND my ear! My ear was perfectly fine...untouched. How the fuck that happened, I'll never know. But that's the type of mysterious shit that can happen when hill bombing goes bad.
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crazy.
On my big slam I had a concussion and was going into convulsions. Everyone tried to wake me up... that is after they got their slow ass there ;D
I supposively butt boarded the rest of the hill and ate pizza and kept asking the same question over and over... "see me fall?" I didn't remember the fall or anything after that.
I do remember waking up with a head ache not knowing how I got home.
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Jamie Thomas is the answer to the trivia question.
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i still dont belive he was on acid while bombing that hill.
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a friend of mine who usually doesn't skate bombed a hill last week and fell.
Sympathies, but there seems to be this (understandable, I guess) idea that these 'useless wooden toys' are just that. So who cares if you aren't experienced? What's the worse that can happen if I burn down that hill up near my joint?
My nephew is a classic example. No matter what I would tell him, he kept seeing it as just a cool toy. Then he really hurt himself and balled his eyes out in front of a whole heap of people. Now I'm not one to say I told you so, but...
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Jamie Thomas is the answer to the trivia question.
I SUCK!
confirmation?