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Title: Pleasures exclusive to skateboarding
Post by: Happy, sorry on November 07, 2022, 05:58:32 PM
One of my favorite things is the different textures… like my wheels are the needle. Besides the obvious adrenaline rush, where’s the gusto come from?
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Post by: pleasent street on November 07, 2022, 06:09:39 PM
grinding concrete eg pool coping, curbs, etc
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Post by: Lester Bullocks on November 07, 2022, 06:12:59 PM
Jumping on cars.
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Post by: doublesteveburger on November 07, 2022, 06:37:41 PM
putting on skate videos to drown out your partner complaining about coworkers by first name
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Post by: Natas Fauxas on November 07, 2022, 06:43:53 PM
putting on skate videos to drown out your partner complaining about coworkers by first name

Thank You. When i can gnar someday i got you.
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Post by: Rune Spliffberg on November 07, 2022, 06:46:31 PM
falling is kinda nice some time
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Post by: Murge on November 07, 2022, 06:46:47 PM
putting on skate videos to drown out your partner complaining about coworkers by first name

This. Almost every night.
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Post by: Atiba Applebum on November 07, 2022, 07:02:46 PM
Not being able to mall grab even though it’s pretty convenient.  It’s the arbitrary denial that really strums my guitar
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Post by: ungzilla on November 07, 2022, 07:04:09 PM
having carnal knowledge of a parking lot
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Post by: TheLurper on November 07, 2022, 07:07:23 PM
knowing that you are better than a rollerblader.
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Post by: lamfordie on November 07, 2022, 07:11:35 PM
A good grove on a truck
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Post by: MusclesMarinara on November 07, 2022, 07:20:20 PM
No head
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Post by: Orangepulp1000 on November 07, 2022, 07:51:48 PM
Hard, fast fs slappy on a crunchy curb
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Post by: Welpok on November 07, 2022, 08:30:52 PM
No head
https://youtu.be/uEKMkz1xiGw
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Post by: GrayCellGreen on November 07, 2022, 08:38:41 PM
falling is kinda nice some time

Yep, especially the kind where you put your hands down and use the momentum to slide on your butt. But this is only ideal for skateparks or spots with smooth ground.

I find the sounds of skateboarding overall pleasant. Power slides, slappies on crunchy curbs, the snap & catch, and stomped flip tricks landed bolts. Sometimes I’ll just throw on thrasher raw edits while I’m doing shit around the house because it gets me hyped
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Post by: skate_or_dingus on November 07, 2022, 10:15:24 PM
 An appreciation for the absolute minutiae of architecture. Some people marvel at buildings, we'll marvel at the physical properties of a single block that the building is comprised of.
Title: Re: Pleasures exclusive to skateboarding
Post by: somethingmustbreaknow on November 07, 2022, 11:25:09 PM
being able to locate certain locations in films, movies, videos, pictures (all non-skate but naturally also in skate-versions) whether they are in the US, europe, asia, or even more specific eastern europe, spain, portugal, etc. for example if you see certain cobblestones and patterns like those rectangular ones in barca or those white smaller ones in portugal or so you already know where that is. same goes for american surfaces and architectures, even if you have never been there.
also having a different perception of buildings, architecture, pavements, road surfaces and so on. i think that's pretty cool.
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Post by: friendly dave on November 08, 2022, 12:09:21 AM
Interviews with Rudy Johnson. Have you eve just caught a cup?
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Post by: roba on November 08, 2022, 12:11:31 AM
i like looking at my slide marks and grind grooves
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Post by: Steely Daniel on November 08, 2022, 12:51:47 AM
Interviews with Rudy Johnson. Have you eve just caught a cup?

"Like so fuckin' chill"

One of my favourite things after stumbling across it the other week on here. Never fails to make me laugh but also can relate to it of course.
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Post by: manysnakes on November 08, 2022, 04:23:39 AM
The sound and feel of polyurethane wheels rolling over smooth brick.
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Post by: TD on November 08, 2022, 04:30:09 AM
The sound of urethane on somewhat rough asphalt, the double take every time I drive by something that looks even semi skateable in a lurker lou way, and the way my heart skips when I see a crusty ass ditch nobody's skated yet
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Post by: Gene_Harrogate on November 08, 2022, 04:53:32 AM
The stale urine aroma wafting from a pair of pissed on surf pants.
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Post by: IpathCats on November 08, 2022, 05:00:28 AM
Catching flip tricks at their apex

Grinding

Knowing what's cool before the rest of the world does
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Post by: goodatmeth on November 08, 2022, 05:14:50 AM
Getting one-upped by a 12 year old
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Post by: IpathCats on November 08, 2022, 05:25:11 AM
A good grove on a truck

ahh yes, a simple pleasure

Getting one-upped by a 12 year old

not exclusive to skateboarding, but this is happening less as time goes on and children get more and more sedentary.
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Post by: Dark Knight on November 08, 2022, 05:28:29 AM
Fart rocks
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Post by: vinithebr on November 08, 2022, 05:29:55 AM
Feeling a trick, simple good feeling shit like a half cab and a fat pop shuv.
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Post by: TranquilElephant on November 08, 2022, 05:52:20 AM
Being able to endlessly entertain myself in empty parking lot. Just hauling ass down the street
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Post by: ok boomer on November 08, 2022, 06:04:26 AM
Being able to look at scenery/ structures and see different potential than intended purpose
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Post by: BurgerCop on November 08, 2022, 06:23:59 AM
An appreciation for the absolute minutiae of architecture. Some people marvel at buildings, we'll marvel at the physical properties of a single block that the building is comprised of.

Last summer I had to take a business trip to LA, my first time there. I was with a coworker.
I insisted that if we get some free time there is a place I HAVE TO see in person.
She assumed it was gonna be something fun or interesting.
She was pretty confused when we walked onto JKwon Plaza.
Title: Re: Pleasures exclusive to skateboarding
Post by: manysnakes on November 08, 2022, 06:29:54 AM
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An appreciation for the absolute minutiae of architecture. Some people marvel at buildings, we'll marvel at the physical properties of a single block that the building is comprised of.
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Last summer I had to take a business trip to LA, my first time there. I was with a coworker.
I insisted that if we get some free time there is a place I HAVE TO see in person.
She assumed it was gonna be something fun or interesting.
She was pretty confused when we walked onto JKwon Plaza.

This is any place I ever visit with my wife. We ended up having a great time at the Melbourne Museum (the actual museum) because our Metro train was rolling past and I was like "I'VE GOTTA GET OUT AND LOOK AT THOSE LEDGES!"
Title: Re: Pleasures exclusive to skateboarding
Post by: lemonchicken91 on November 08, 2022, 07:55:43 AM
being able to locate certain locations in films, movies, videos, pictures (all non-skate but naturally also in skate-versions) whether they are in the US, europe, asia, or even more specific eastern europe, spain, portugal, etc. for example if you see certain cobblestones and patterns like those rectangular ones in barca or those white smaller ones in portugal or so you already know where that is. same goes for american surfaces and architectures, even if you have never been there.
also having a different perception of buildings, architecture, pavements, road surfaces and so on. i think that's pretty cool.

notice a skateable ledge

then you see a bush someone frontside flipped over

then you notice a tag in the background of a "NYC" Movie that is totally in philly or Chi

Vince McMahon Chair fall Gif
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Post by: Judas prius on November 08, 2022, 08:36:29 AM
Gettin fucked up tonight!!
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Post by: schralp pal on November 08, 2022, 08:39:01 AM
Bombing a hill
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Post by: $$LESH on November 08, 2022, 08:44:45 AM
putting on skate videos to drown out your partner complaining about coworkers by first name

this is it
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Post by: m path on November 08, 2022, 09:01:23 AM
 Kf's I guess. Pop shuvs.
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Post by: Lester Bullocks on November 08, 2022, 09:10:41 AM
Ollies, Edgers, Mobbing Through Traffic Infested City Streets With A Tight Crew, Texas Plants.
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Post by: McBrandt on November 08, 2022, 09:34:17 AM
Skating an empty spot somewhere at night, falling down, and just laying there looking at the sky for 10 minutes.
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Post by: bigwtch on November 08, 2022, 09:54:30 AM
having carnal knowledge of a parking lot

being hyper aware of every feature and quirk in a random parking lot or alley etc. is def a pretty unique thing that generally only skateboarders experience
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Post by: JamesFardy on November 08, 2022, 10:05:15 AM
Etnies
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Post by: Terminal on November 08, 2022, 10:54:54 AM
All great answers people, but the one true pleasure exclusive to skateboarding is Fred Gall.
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Post by: HORSES on November 08, 2022, 11:06:07 AM
Asking for a hard copy of a 7 minute video.
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Post by: usehername720 on November 08, 2022, 11:17:14 AM
Stepping on a new deck and it instantly feels broken in

A good ollie where there’s a decent chunk of silence when you’re in the air

Serves as an easy platform to just hang out with friends, doesn’t have to be serious all the time
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Post by: SkollieJol on November 08, 2022, 12:19:37 PM
Weeving through traffic and generally being comfortable skating around the city you live in.
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Post by: kook1234 on November 08, 2022, 12:43:21 PM
Elijah vs Austyn beef
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Post by: Síota on November 08, 2022, 01:18:22 PM
Speed wobbles.

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Post by: Stu Pickles on November 08, 2022, 01:27:50 PM
fast 5050s

the satisfaction of solving a physics problem with body kinetics with blood and sweat sacrifices. not exclusive to skateboarding but landing on 4 wheels and rolling away must feel better than gymnastics/blading/biking/scoots etc
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Post by: sluggers on November 08, 2022, 02:29:41 PM
An exhaustive list, someone should write their Phd thesis on this, but I’ll add.

Songs that immediately evoke video parts.
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Post by: sluggers on November 08, 2022, 02:37:52 PM
Even just watching a video part and knowing what all it took to accomplish it. You don’t see that passion in a film critic or on a cooking show, but, just watch the Nine Clubbers discussing Cookie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNrDC3nXgjU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNrDC3nXgjU)
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Post by: SatanicPanic on November 08, 2022, 03:06:50 PM
Lying in bed thinking about how good a trick felt. “Taking it to the pillow” as Evan Smith says.
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Post by: rocklobster on November 08, 2022, 05:31:19 PM
Lying in bed thinking about how good a trick felt. “Taking it to the pillow” as Evan Smith says.

Landing your best instance of a trick every and savoring it for weeks on end.

Caught a high speed kickflip I was casually trying a few months back, that feeling has been living on replay.
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Post by: manysnakes on November 08, 2022, 06:05:43 PM
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Lying in bed thinking about how good a trick felt. “Taking it to the pillow” as Evan Smith says.
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Landing your best instance of a trick every and savoring it for weeks on end.

Caught a high speed kickflip I was casually trying a few months back, that feeling has been living on replay.

This happened to me, too. Didn't even mob it.
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Post by: Ignatius J Reilly on November 08, 2022, 06:08:13 PM
making fun of elijah berle
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Post by: chipped tail on November 08, 2022, 06:23:00 PM
wheelbite in the rain
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Post by: skateharder on November 08, 2022, 06:49:14 PM
when you don't skate for a little while then you come back and find out who your real tricks are... this is especially pleasurable when you find that your body has retained a trick that you were just on the edge of having
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Post by: rocklobster on November 08, 2022, 07:42:54 PM
The grind of working for a trick:
- you work on a trick for months just to get a sloppy version of it, you aren't 100% satisfied with it but fuck it you're too old to get it any better
- or sometimes a trick just clicks for you, maybe it's something you tried randomly and it turned out easier than you thought, or someone suggests a small adjustment and makes the trick so much easier

You can't force either one, all the tutorial videos and hours of iPhone footage doesn't help, then 1 day the stars align and you're 10/10 on that trick.

Or you got the trick on lock for 1 day, and the very next session you've lost it again. The skate gods are fickle like that.
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Post by: layzieyez on November 08, 2022, 08:14:06 PM
Today I was cleaning out my garage in some slides and I had a mishap with a 4x8 sheet of 1/2 inch ply. The sheet fell over as I was walking near and it flipped up and scraped my right ankle despite my attempt at getting away. I didn't even really make a noise when the edge ripped a couple layers of skin open. Instead, I looked at it bleeding and mumbled to myself that it stung a little. I guess that's a pleasure.
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Post by: Fenchtost on November 08, 2022, 09:29:42 PM
Growing up with wholesome videos to enjoy and be inspired by. Nick Trapasso in And Now, Pat Burke in Radio Television, Dylan in Mindfield are some main ones off the top of my head from when I was like 13 that I'm just grateful to have been entertained and influenced by. Other kids were probably just watching MTV
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Post by: Frank Sobotka on November 09, 2022, 07:42:08 AM
Going out for a skate during autumn/winter in Britain and being pissed off that you have to skate a crusty old multi-storey car park because it's constantly pissing it down, but having a really good accomplished session anyway
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Post by: Jewel Runner on November 09, 2022, 07:49:17 AM
Manualing crosswalks
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Post by: GardenSkater77 on November 09, 2022, 10:35:05 AM
Hanging up ollieing a gap on rough sidewalk.
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Post by: Natas Fauxas on November 09, 2022, 10:46:41 AM
Chinese ollies
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Post by: work_lurker on November 09, 2022, 11:50:39 AM
getting hit in the shin so hard that you need to take a warm poop.
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Post by: Sid Farkus - Bra Salesman on November 09, 2022, 11:50:47 AM
kook'n kooks on SLAP
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Post by: thirtysomethingskater on November 09, 2022, 02:22:32 PM
Being in somewhat good shape even tho ur a piece of shit, picking scabs