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Skateboarding => Appreciation! => Topic started by: N.L. on June 29, 2015, 12:29:27 PM
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We're all 'over' skateboarding personality documentaries. Since the Gator film, they've become trite and formulaic but Lee Ralph deserves his moment.
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So RAW!
There were some gnarly pics of him back in all those issue of "Skatin Life" and "Slam" back in the day.
I'm sure they are a few Aussies out there sitting on piles of them.
Would love to hear all his crazy stories too, I vaguely remember reading one where he back flipped (or at least attempted to multiple times) on a vert ramp way back in the mid '80s. He was on some Tom Penny shit though; total master of his craft/ could literally do anything he wanted to in his prime so I can sort of believe it!
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https://youtu.be/jmywn_NvPuI (https://youtu.be/jmywn_NvPuI)
Dustin Dollin's 7 Day Weekend Prt 30 (Lee Ralph)
If you don't love that then you don't love Lee Ralph.
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this is going to be good
http://www.facebook.com/BarefootTheLeeRalphStory (http://www.facebook.com/BarefootTheLeeRalphStory)
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https://youtu.be/jmywn_NvPuI (https://youtu.be/jmywn_NvPuI)
Dustin Dollin's 7 Day Weekend Prt 30 (Lee Ralph)
If you don't love that then you don't love Lee Ralph.
I watched that when it came out and ever since I have called Smith grinds, Monorail grinds.
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LEGIT :o
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LEGIT :o
Indeed. Anything done at the pizzy bowl is gnarly but this is fucked.
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It would be great if I didn't have to use the word aggro, but I can't think of a better word.
This is one of the most aggro photos from the 80's. No one should be able to blast that high, on that ramp.
Who is on the deck? Chris Miller. Ben Schroeder?
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It would be great if I didn't have to use the word aggro, but I can't think of a better word.
This is one of the most aggro photos from the 80's. No one should be able to blast that high, on that ramp.
Who is on the deck? Chris Miller. Ben Schroeder?
The facial expressions in this are brilliant. Looks like he is trying to kill the ramp.
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Who is on the deck? Chris Miller. Ben Schroeder?
Also thats Bod Boyle on the deck.
Wonderful photo! Bio!
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Great and unique style. Legend for sure !
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Coming soon, follow for more:
https://www.facebook.com/BarefootTheLeeRalphStory (https://www.facebook.com/BarefootTheLeeRalphStory)
https://instagram.com/barefoot_theleeralphstory (https://instagram.com/barefoot_theleeralphstory)
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What's the latest Cousin Harold?
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He rides Ace's, N.L. More of a reason to pick up a pair!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIjLUD2uC1c (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIjLUD2uC1c#)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqbTCw_g72M (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqbTCw_g72M#)
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ha. yes, i was aware of that. lots of my favorites ride ace, Julien stranger, Matt Rodriguez..... its very tempting....
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ha. yes, i was aware of that. lots of my favorites ride ace, Julien stranger, Matt Rodriguez..... its very tempting....
Stranger rides ace????????? You got a pic? I thought stranger would be an indy for life fuck the rest type dude
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ha. yes, i was aware of that. lots of my favorites ride ace, Julien stranger, Matt Rodriguez..... its very tempting....
Stranger rides ace????????? You got a pic? I thought stranger would be an indy for life fuck the rest type dude
heard from kids who know him that indy changed their original template and sucked now [maybe 8 yrs ago?] and joey tershay [i believe, maybe somebody else] grabbed the old indy template and started ace trucks so julien and a few people who know what's up jumped ship to continue riding what they're used to. heard from someone else that indy realized the err in their ways and went back to the old indies kind of like 'new coke' sucked so they returned to 'coke classic'.
what do i know though, i ride royal trux like junkie nurse.
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Stranger has been riding Ace since they were born. Joey Tershay, the founder, used to work for Indy and took one of the best designs and tweaked it to what is now known as Ace trucks. He lowered the kingpin and absolutely destroyed independent with his design and it's what forced Indy to come out with the stage 11, which still turns like shit. People who are stuck on "Indy for life!" crack me up. Overrated trucks that don't turn.
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That's fucking tight that stranger backs them. How can anyone diss them? I think too many fools got Indy tattoos and now they're fucked
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That's fucking tight that stranger backs them. How can anyone diss them? I think too many fools got Indy tattoos and now they're fucked
Did you skate those 44s yet?!
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That's fucking tight that stranger backs them. How can anyone diss them? I think too many fools got Indy tattoos and now they're fucked
Did you skate those 44s yet?!
Nah man not yet! Waiting for the bearings and wheels to come still, doing a lil 'Christmas' set up with all-new-everything. Pretty sure it's going to be my favourite set-up of all time
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That's fucking tight that stranger backs them. How can anyone diss them? I think too many fools got Indy tattoos and now they're fucked
Did you skate those 44s yet?!
Nah man not yet! Waiting for the bearings and wheels to come still, doing a lil 'Christmas' set up with all-new-everything. Pretty sure it's going to be my favourite set-up of all time
What's the deck, wheels and bearings you'll have?
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That's fucking tight that stranger backs them. How can anyone diss them? I think too many fools got Indy tattoos and now they're fucked
Did you skate those 44s yet?!
Nah man not yet! Waiting for the bearings and wheels to come still, doing a lil 'Christmas' set up with all-new-everything. Pretty sure it's going to be my favourite set-up of all time
What's the deck, wheels and bearings you'll have?
Quasi vibe deck 8.25, OJ Al Davis Nubian princess 101a 53mm wheels & hard luck Jason Jessee Swiss bearings
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That's fucking tight that stranger backs them. How can anyone diss them? I think too many fools got Indy tattoos and now they're fucked
Did you skate those 44s yet?!
Nah man not yet! Waiting for the bearings and wheels to come still, doing a lil 'Christmas' set up with all-new-everything. Pretty sure it's going to be my favourite set-up of all time
What's the deck, wheels and bearings you'll have?
Quasi vibe deck 8.25, OJ Al Davis Nubian princess 101a 53mm wheels & hard luck Jason Jessee Swiss bearings
Very nice. I'm stuck on Spitfire F4 101a's for life I think.