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Skateboarding => Appreciation! => Topic started by: MintySandwhich on December 02, 2016, 01:26:34 PM
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In light of the new Van's Video ""No Other Way" (Chima's part specifically), I've realized how awesome and difficult front boards are. My question would be: What is the gnarliest front board done? What's your favorite? Or who has the best at frontside boardslides. Sorry if this is a thread already, tried searching but couldn't find anything.
My Vote goes to Chima:
Vans "No Other Way" Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-xxdtZcXeE&t=579s#)
(a few good ones from 6:47 on..)
(http://skateboarding.transworld.net/wp-content/blogs.dir/440/files/2011/01/skb0211_cov-proof-457x600.jpg)
(http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2013/0719/as_skate_CHIMA1_2048.jpg)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CdubriDVAAEr0xl.jpg)
(http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2013/0719/as_skate_ChimaTasmania_2048.jpg)
(http://a2.espncdn.com/photo/2013/0725/as_skate_ChimaAcosta_2048.jpg)
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I love front boards. One of the most stylish "basic" rail/ledge tricks.
Gonz has a great one (of course)
(http://www.thrashermagazine.com/imagesV2/Wallpaper/2010/11/Gonz_610.jpg)
I used to have a big high quality photo of Gonz doing the f/s board on the little rail he does in a line in Video Days. He's wearing a striped shirt, but I can't find it now for the life of me. If someone has it I'd love to see it again.
Arto too, the one he does through the kinked rail (the one Rowley lipslid in sorry) in Mind Field is perfect. He's got a mean one.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_4OE2LlxxWrc/TH2w0U1j9CI/AAAAAAAAKeI/78BmyJX3TBg/s1600/saarifsbdchrome.jpg)
Jake Rupp has a great one, underappreciated too.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-q_eBA7kenxs/TZPsExwymNI/AAAAAAAANZM/FaeOVZivTyA/s1600/ruppfsbdchrome.jpg)
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s-EusYU_scQ/UHzsOIccgVI/AAAAAAAAVqM/xjP5Yh1j7_A/s1600/rupp2storyfsbdchrome.jpg)
(sorry for the big pics ;) )
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It's switch but whatevs.
(http://i.imgur.com/VzMah9V.jpg)
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Any of Chewy Cannons switch front boards are beast.
also Any classic Cardiel front board takes it.
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arto.
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That photo of Jake Rupp in Jamaica is incredible.
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With favorite trick besides Ollie.
I've always like this one to fakie :
(http://www.grindtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/120205_austyn_fs_board_2.jpg)
Also Bastien's last trick in sorry but it's a kick flip fs board. Probably the best one though.
Also always loved this one :
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_4OE2LlxxWrc/TEPDQHaJgEI/AAAAAAAAJwo/L8H2ZyB06nU/s1600/leefsboardchrome.jpg)
+ this of course :
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/_4jFSDvTnaE/hqdefault.jpg)
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It's switch but whatevs.
(http://i.imgur.com/VzMah9V.jpg)
Came here to post this. One of my favorite photos of all time.
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Came here to post the Jason Lee one. +1 to tumulishoomaroom
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That photo of Jake Rupp in Jamaica is incredible.
I've seen that picture before and I remember thinking what is happening here? Did he come out of the wall? Or is that area to the right the runway? If so, why is the lighting so different? I still don't get that picture.
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(http://www.muckmouth.com/uploads/2/1/4/9/21496952/2436734_orig.jpg)
(http://skateboarding.transworld.net/wp-content/blogs.dir/440/files/2015/05/arto_saari_frontside_boardslide_eS_menikmati_2000.gif)
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Bastien's kickflip fs board ender in Sorry is still the best fs board that has ever been done.
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That photo of Jake Rupp in Jamaica is incredible.
I've seen that picture before and I remember thinking what is happening here? Did he come out of the wall? Or is that area to the right the runway? If so, why is the lighting so different? I still don't get that picture.
Yeah, the area to the right is the runway. You can tell there's no wall there because the black poles underneath "BARBE BEAUTY SALON" are reflecting the light under Jake.
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obligatory.
(http://i.imgur.com/TXdaRzX.jpg)
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(http://i.giphy.com/aHtehLWbWVzZS.gif)
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That Jason Adams gif is awesome.
Glad to be reminded of Jake Rupp. He's got some good examples in his Element part (1:30-1:43, 3:28):
Jake Rupp and Tosh Townend , Elementality Vol.1. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQJZZeDbjpU#)
Also this ad:
(http://skately.com/img/library/print/large/ipath-footwear-jake-rupp-2003.jpg)
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steve olson know how to make them look good with a shove it out.
otherwise I dig doing them to fakie
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(http://i.makeagif.com/media/12-06-2016/gXNude.gif) (http://makeagif.com/gXNude)
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bigspin front boards are one of the best looking skateboard tricks, s/o to figgy
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At 0:26
dylan. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDAAACqiYr8&t=394s#)
And this
(http://theskateboardmag.com/media/video/post/gallery/cache/1/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/d/y/dylan-154-gallery-13.jpg)
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ed's better known for other tricks but this is a sick photo
(https://vice-images.vice.com/images/articles/meta/2014/04/11/ed-templeton-1413249248341.jpeg)
i always liked Jamie Thomas's f/s boards
(http://freegifmaker.me/img/res/1/4/8/1/7/4/14817417002874177.gif)
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bigspin front boards are one of the best looking skateboard tricks, s/o to Ellington
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr1zGpQO3ho (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr1zGpQO3ho)
@2:12
for me it's all about the dismount
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whole part is sick, but 0:52 (and 1:15)
Marisa Dal Santo - Zero Strange World HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p44TIA0Dlvk#)
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arto.
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this
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Classics - John Cardiel S.O.T.Y. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE94yZTex3s#)
3:55
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Can't find a better image.
(https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s320x320/e15/12965630_101445540263402_1704391581_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTIzMTk0MzMxOTI4MDM5NTk3Mg%3D%3D.2)
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(http://skately.com/img/library/print/medium/ricta-wheels-geoff-rowley-pro-wheels-2001.jpg)
(http://skately.com/img/library/print/medium/vans-shoes-geoff-rowley-model-2001.jpg)
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(http://skately.com/img/library/print/medium/ricta-wheels-geoff-rowley-pro-wheels-2001.jpg)
(http://skately.com/img/library/print/medium/vans-shoes-geoff-rowley-model-2001.jpg)
Beat me to it!
He's more known for other tricks but geoffs front board is still engraved in my head when sorry came out.
the camera angle, the sideway approach, roll away, the white contrast, sketchy spot, so good.
That other one near the end where he powerslides is also fucked.
I zen those fs boards everytime i do them. Shit i broke my arm bailing one last year haha
Edit* slash has a mean one too
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Can't find a better image.
(https://scontent.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/s320x320/e15/12965630_101445540263402_1704391581_n.jpg?ig_cache_key=MTIzMTk0MzMxOTI4MDM5NTk3Mg%3D%3D.2)
Yes! That Jason Adams one is sick too.
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Definitely one of my favorite tricks. Just the motion of it feels so good/right. I finally got them back after nearly a year of not being able to do them for some reason. Fucking bizarre how tricks come and go like that.
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Favourite trick.
Anyone here learn front boards before bs boardslides? I remember getting close to front boards as a kid on the flatbar when some older guys said 'hey, can you even bs boardslide? You should try learn them first'. I told them I couldn't even get near them and then went for one and ate shit. Afterwards they were like 'yeah wow, stick to the frontside ones' haha.
I still don't feel all that confident on a back board compared to a front board.
Not the first front boards that come to mind, but here's some Ethan Fowler:
(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd159/cosmebucket/Ethan/ethan_fb.jpg)
(http://www.zona-skate.com/images/proskaters/EthanFowler/1.jpg)
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Jon Nguyen FS Boardslide pop over
(https://s30.postimg.org/d1w0o8v8x/frontside_boardslide_pop_out.jpg)
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Actually, you know who had really nice front boards? Rob Dyrdek.
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Hell yes! If I could only do one trick for the rest of my life other than an ollie, it'd easily be a frontside boardslide.
Anywho, first that pooped into my mind was Kenny Reed's from 7 year glitch.
(http://www.thrashermagazine.com/mediaV2/k2/items/cache/85fe002bccb01dc9ffe71ad55189c55d_M.jpg?t=1396974224)
Also, front boards on the middle of a kink to pop over the end have always been on of my favorite looking tricks and this one @3:33, even though it's switch is on of the best.
Jerry Hsu's "Made Chapter 2" B-Sides (http://youtube.com/watch?v=UBeAM-Wx18Y#)
Edit: Anyone remember who front boarded the gold rail? I remember seeing a photo of someone doing it with the rail all knobbed.
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Does anyone else have LESS appreciation for a front board to fakie than a front board back to normal stance? I always thought it was kind of like cheating to continue the rotation, like you didn't actually have full control of the trick/posture. On a big rail, take what you can get, for sure, but anything else, bring it back to normal stance.
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Does anyone else have LESS appreciation for a front board to fakie than a front board back to normal stance? I always thought it was kind of like cheating to continue the rotation, like you didn't actually have full control of the trick/posture. On a big rail, take what you can get, for sure, but anything else, bring it back to normal stance.
To an extent, yes. I do understand what you're saying but I also think it's just as hard. A front board to fakie is gnar in its own right because you're sliding completely blind, backwards lol.
I would rather try front board to regular on el toro then front board to fakie haha
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Lindsey Robertson had a really good front board to fakie in Dying to Live
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Favourite trick.
Anyone here learn front boards before bs boardslides? I remember getting close to front boards as a kid on the flatbar when some older guys said 'hey, can you even bs boardslide? You should try learn them first'. I told them I couldn't even get near them and then went for one and ate shit. Afterwards they were like 'yeah wow, stick to the frontside ones' haha.
I still don't feel all that confident on a back board compared to a front board.
Not the first front boards that come to mind, but here's some Ethan Fowler:
(http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd159/cosmebucket/Ethan/ethan_fb.jpg)
(http://www.zona-skate.com/images/proskaters/EthanFowler/1.jpg)
This is so similar to me, I feel so sketchy doing bs boardslides still to this day, but fs boards have always been my go to rail trick, all my friends are always surprised when I go straight to fs board slide on a rail rather then backside, only issue I've ever had with the trick is sticking on a rail and flying back onto my head (one of the first times trying a down rail).
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front boards look so good.
geoff rowley at hollywood high -
(http://www.thrashermagazine.com/imagesV2/Magazine/Covers/COVERS_THRASHER/1999/TH9902.jpg)
photo by sturt
footage is in the friend's section of misled youth - https://www.instagram.com/p/BQ0XOc9hoWx/ (https://www.instagram.com/p/BQ0XOc9hoWx/)
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I also learned f/s boards before b/s. It's always a favourite trick of mine, I can barely slide them now though. It's the only trick I've ever done down a handrail, and that was sketchy as fuck.
There's a photo of Ronnie Creager f/s boardsliding a flat rail, and the photo was taken inside a restaurant - you can see him through the window, and all the patrons are looking at him. It's such an awesome pic, but I can't find it anywhere. It was from his TWS spotlight back in the early 00's, Seu Trinh took it. If I find the mag I'll scan it.
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Switch and through stoppers
(https://s13.postimg.org/fviwrsz7r/odis_gallery_rodent_3.jpg)
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(http://i63.tinypic.com/10zoeme.jpg)
Always loved this one.
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Does anyone else have LESS appreciation for a front board to fakie than a front board back to normal stance? I always thought it was kind of like cheating to continue the rotation, like you didn't actually have full control of the trick/posture. On a big rail, take what you can get, for sure, but anything else, bring it back to normal stance.
I like both equally. Look and feel good. And I think coming out to fakie is harder.
I have no idea where that footage was but Pontus did a pretty cool one to fakie on a bench at the Barca train station in an old vid, about ten years ago.
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(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/df/d8/39/dfd839d1cae0eec701cc65c7bf27febf.jpg)
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Classics - John Cardiel S.O.T.Y. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JE94yZTex3s#)
3:55
That's the one I wanted to post, but you beat me to it. The one that starts at 3:13 (the make and the slam) is another one of my favorite fs boardslides ever also.
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Arto down el toro, julian stranger and the first front board on a rail pic, jim greco has this sick one in misled youth off that high ledge
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(https://s18.postimg.org/x7zfim8wp/Jamie-_Thomas-_Boardslide-_On-_A-_Canon.png)
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(http://cdn.skateboarding.transworld.net/blogs.dir/440/files/2012/12/kris78chrome-1000x684.jpg)
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(http://cdn.grindtv.com/uploads/2011/09/gerwer-cover-mag1.jpeg)
1:08
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uup3GVVxxeA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uup3GVVxxeA)
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BA
(http://www.skatepunk.com/files/images/briananderson2.preview.jpg)
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(http://skately.com/img/library/print/medium/ricta-wheels-geoff-rowley-pro-wheels-2001.jpg)
I have this ad folded up in my wallet.
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(http://www.muckmouth.com/uploads/2/1/4/9/21496952/2436734_orig.jpg)
Dude, yes.
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front feeble is the new front board
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(http://www.thrashermagazine.com/imagesV2/Features/2015/KyleWalker_WebReady/rs-ad-5-15-kyle-walker.jpg)
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(https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/df/d8/39/dfd839d1cae0eec701cc65c7bf27febf.jpg)
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(http://www.thrashermagazine.com/imagesV2/Features/2015/KyleWalker_WebReady/rs-ad-5-15-kyle-walker.jpg)
This rail is in kc and is fucking massive.
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(http://www.thrashermagazine.com/imagesV2/Junk_Drawer/2011/09/TH1111Cover-610.jpg)
(https://s18.postimg.org/xkj756csp/gonz7and8.jpg)
sw front board (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KXDs1QXje1c&feature=youtu.be#)
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There's a bunch and I don't remember them all but:
Tony Tave Theatrix
Both switch, one with a nice crew afterbanger and one with a flip and a cigarette in his hand
From 1.15 on
Tony Tave's "Theatrix" Part (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qV2oI8z76uk#)
Johan Stuckey Cosmic Vomit avoiding the stopper (2.25)
Johan Stuckey "Cosmic Vomit" (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8vqvB4jvOQ&list=RDw8vqvB4jvOQ#)
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I've been a fan of David Engerer's fs boardslides. Here's a few:
Dave fs board 2 kinker (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsa1UlJtekg&t=1m40s) 1:40
Fs board bigspin out (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-cSlTMS6qw&t=22m3s) 22:03
Fs board 2 kinker again (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-cSlTMS6qw&t=22m24s) 22:24
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0:40
www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAkHo-cekzk (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAkHo-cekzk#)
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john rattray
(https://media.giphy.com/media/f31fGMA84EyHe/giphy.gif)
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzH8cusmbd4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzH8cusmbd4)
very first clip in this one. so long and tall.
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Sw front boards count? if so that one Bobby Worrest just did in the Independent video is insane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tD9hWKSgN8 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tD9hWKSgN8)
1:54 / 4:52
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(https://i.imgur.com/hgivrXi.jpg)
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Sorry for the double post but I needed to jog my memory to find this one.
(https://i.imgur.com/7SdjVSo.jpg)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btYqf0q1WZw (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btYqf0q1WZw)
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Heath doing a backlip?
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Nate Broussard - Static III
Best style in history
(https://i.makeagif.com/media/2-08-2019/MJd_7T.gif)
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(http://cdn.grindtv.com/uploads/2011/09/gerwer-cover-mag1.jpeg)
1:08
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uup3GVVxxeA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uup3GVVxxeA)
My first skate mag ever
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Julian was the 1st to do one on a handrail.
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I will always contend this one as the best ever done...
(https://media.giphy.com/media/cXVAhasneCG6QSLTlp/giphy.gif)
Ryan Smith! Straight down the muthaF-in' shoot!
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^I got to skate with him on occasion when he was wilin tf out.
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Frank Gerwers into the hill in SF from Cash Money Vagrant. My favorite clip of all time.
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(http://cdn.grindtv.com/uploads/2011/09/gerwer-cover-mag1.jpeg)
1:08
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uup3GVVxxeA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uup3GVVxxeA)
My first skate mag ever
Damn just posted this without reading the damn thread, looks like great minds think alike eh?
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so fun! feels so g