Slap MessageBoards
Skateboarding => USELESS WOODEN TOY BANTER => Topic started by: bakedRice on April 04, 2011, 03:15:11 PM
-
how do you guys feel about bringing your board out to places? i dont know why, but in my head i still treat skating like its the late 80's, though i wasnt even born then. i dont like to bring my board to class, always keep it in the locker, and when i chat with people at school or work i rarely bring up skateboarding, even if they ask me what i like to do or hobbies, etc...
just want to see how others handle the "o you skate" type of conversation... i just tend to avoid it and hide it. i feel like once youre done high school people just assume everyone is boring and just do the typical things, and i dont like putting attention on myself, plus people always ask you to do shit and act impressed, id rather let them think im "just another guy" then have stupid subculture questions.
-
Same, I only talk about skating with people who skate and only keep the board in the locker.
-
I just talk about whatever and hope they see this when I speak.
(http://gi0001.photobucket.com/groups/0001/5R7EA5DG/SKATER.jpg)
-
I talk about whatever comes up if chillen with people that dont skate. Honestly dont hang out with too many people that dont skate though, or atleast used too. I pretty much always bring my zigzagger to the bar/parties, easier to get around and people are less likey to fuck with you in a bad part of town with a skateboard to crack them with.
-
I skate around campus a lot, just because it's fun. As for conversations, I don't like to have them with people who don't skate, because I always just get the general questions and statements that just aren't worth explaining to somebody who doesn't skate. But I don't really hide it.
-
I'll skate to class every now and then; Sometimes I have to put up with stupid questions or the random douche that yells "skate or die". My friends/acquaintances all now I skateboard so it's not that big a deal if I bring my board to a party or something like that.
-
friends/acquaintances
Yeah dude, what do you call them? Friends or acquaintances? This dude I skate with every weekend, we hardly ever talk, just skate, not sure if I should call him a friend or acquaintance/
-
Yeah dude, what do you call them? Friends or acquaintances? This dude I skate with every weekend, we hardly ever talk, just skate, not sure if I should call him a friend or acquaintance/
those are always odd relationships. spend all day together a couple times a week but then go seperate ways to seperate crews. skating is rad.
I don't really hide it.
-
Yeah dude, what do you call them? Friends or acquaintances?� This dude I skate with every weekend, we hardly ever talk, just skate, not sure if I should call him a friend or acquaintance/
thats a skate homie. not a real homie, but still higher up on the list than many other so called friends or acquaintances. i have a couple guys i know like that, theres really not much banter between tricks but theyre still better friends than most ppl i know just cause theyre always down to go skate.
friends/acquitances that dont skate sometimes make it worse, cause they try to relate when in fact have no clue on what brand your board is or what real tricks are.
-
i generally hate bringing the board around.
there is always some dude who used to skate that wants to talk about muska & try to do a stationary heelflip.
better to avoid it.
-
Expand Quote
Yeah dude, what do you call them? Friends or acquaintances?� This dude I skate with every weekend, we hardly ever talk, just skate, not sure if I should call him a friend or acquaintance/
thats a skate homie. not a real homie, but still higher up on the list than many other so called friends or acquaintances. i have a couple guys i know like that, theres really not much banter between tricks but theyre still better friends than most ppl i know just cause theyre always down to go skate.
friends/acquitances that dont skate sometimes make it worse, cause they try to relate when in fact have no clue on what brand your board is or what real tricks are.
those friends are definitely the worst, especially when you're watching a skate video and they're in the room. my friend's cousin insists on watching videos with us before we go out skating even though he's never touched a board in his life, and he'll constantly fire off comments about how either tony hawk or rodney mullen (those are the only names he knows) are better than whoever is currently on the screen. i made the mistake of watching stay gold with him in the room and he totally killed reynold's part for me. he informed me that tony hawk could do everything he was doing first try. and the ender was just a kickflip, can you believe that? just a kickflip!
-
I just talk about whatever and hope they see this when I speak.
(http://gi0001.photobucket.com/groups/0001/5R7EA5DG/SKATER.jpg)
I hope to shake your hand one day sir. has it faded or bled or does it still look that proper?
-
i skate to everywhere.
-
Sometimes bring it to the BAR because if you skate home wasted and eat shit CAUSE YOU'VE BEEN BOOOOOZING and someone that can get you in trouble sees you, you can just be like "aww man a rock".
This makes sense in my head.
-
The only thing that bothers me when people find out that I skate is that they start thinking I listen to Green Day or some bullshit. Someone once asked me if my goal was to go to the x-games. I've also been asked while wearing headphones if I was listening to skater music. If you are black and you skate you have the opportunity of receiving extra ignorant questions too.
-
Expand Quote
I just talk about whatever and hope they see this when I speak.
(http://gi0001.photobucket.com/groups/0001/5R7EA5DG/SKATER.jpg)
I hope to shake your hand one day sir. has it faded or bled or does it still look that proper?
(http://images1.memegenerator.net/ImageMacro/5244282/not-sure-if-trolling-or-just-stupid.jpg?imageSize=Medium&generatorName=Futurama-Fry)
-
Some people from college know that I skate, but that is just because I always keep my board in the trunk of my car, and if Im giving somebody a ride to a train station ,and they have a suitcase with them, I put it in the trunk and they see the board. Its funny, they sometimes want to try it, and Im down, I always like to see my friends fall on their asses while trying to skate on the parking lot. Pretty much, if people are down with skating, Im down to borrow my board to try out.
And outside of school, I dont really hang out with that much people, Ive had the same group of friends for the last 10 years, from which 9 Ive spend skating, so they know. If Im with skaters, we talk about skating, If not, I dont bring it up, Its nice to talk about something else with people, who dont know shit about skateboarding, good relax..
-
I sometimes have to park far away from my work (an Apple store) and will skateboard there from my vehicle. Most people look kind of amazed when i walk in with it. I've even heard the comment "what are you, five?". Regardless it's kind of funny I guess because I'm over 30 and I don't think I'm "supposed" to be playing with skateboards or whatever. I just think about when I'm 40 and still in shape and they are all approaching heart attacks and obesity and it evens out.
-
boards to school is NO.
-
i came up through the "niggas don't skate days" but i kinda always felt like my board made me a little better, cause people knew, i wasn't those dudes over there. In torward the end of highschool i kept my shit aside cause it was so many lame as dudes on that cky/bam kick. so it was like so i didnt want be associated with those dudes.
Now im cool with myself, so i skate everyday to class. if someone says something whatever. i skate to work, to the store (it helps that i dont have whip) take my board any and everywhere. If so dude wants to start some dude starts some stupid convo about where to buy trucks i tell em where the shop is if its some asshole, i just blow em off.
My only problem is that i hate when people touch my shit, it aint a toy.
-
youre a bitch if you care that people know you skate
-
The only thing that bothers me when people find out that I skate is that they start thinking I listen to Green Day or some bullshit. Someone once asked me if my goal was to go to the x-games. I've also been asked while wearing headphones if I was listening to skater music. If you are black and you skate you have the opportunity of receiving extra ignorant questions too.
This. This. This.
-
i skate to everywhere.
-
After you realize this is something you'll be doing as long as you can walk you don't really think about it.
People that don't skate are curious. They ask because they wish they had enough skill and balance to figure out how to ride one.
Theyre trying to relate socially.Some are good at it, others not so much. I don't give a shit what anyone thinks of me, theyre wrapped up in whatever bs people that don't skate think about.
-
This bitch that sits by me in one of my classes all talks bs about skating and how she runs a "Skate Apparael Company" brought a video 6 ,7, or 8 weeks ago of her and her "guy" friends skating, it fuckin sucked, she just cruised, her friends were the biggest douches, pre ripped jeans, flat bill hats, orange beanines and all that bullshit. It was basically a bunch of pussies boardsliding 4 inches on a flat rail and a whole bunch of other bullshit. After it was over I said straight up to her " that fuckin sucked dick". It was tight. I hate that bitch.
-
youre a bitch if you care that people know you skate
;D yes
-
People in high school are fucking idiots, I would never talk to them about skating.. "You sk8 omg omg me 2 I like Rob Dyrdek hez so good"
-
youre a bitch if you care that people know you skate
yup.
-
To most non skateboarders I know, Rob Drydek = Skateboarding.
Also, apparently skating is super easy, and you make tons of money doing it.
Last week, a kid told me i should play football next year, I asked him why, and he said to me, "what are you gonna say when your kids asked what you did in high school? All you did was skate." I laughed. Someone else told me, "I give it up to skaters. They bust their ass everyday." Good feeling.
-
for the most part I don't care whether or not people know I skate. The only time it gets really annoying is when people expect me to be a one man demo for them just because I have a skateboard in my trunk. "do a kickflip." "show me a trick." it gets kind of old.
This bitch that sits by me in one of my classes all talks bs about skating and how she runs a "Skate Apparael Company" brought a video 6 ,7, or 8 weeks ago of her and her "guy" friends skating, it fuckin sucked, she just cruised, her friends were the biggest douches, pre ripped jeans, flat bill hats, orange beanines and all that bullshit. It was basically a bunch of pussies boardsliding 4� inches on a flat rail and a whole bunch of other bullshit.� After it was over I said straight up to her " that fuckin sucked dick".� It was tight. I hate that bitch.
if I had a dollar for every shitty post you've made, I would have 365 dollars as of right now. 366 if you respond to this.
-
for the most part I don't care whether or not people know I skate. The only time it gets really annoying is when people expect me to be a one man demo for them just because I have a skateboard in my trunk. "do a kickflip." "show me a trick." it gets kind of old.
Expand Quote
This bitch that sits by me in one of my classes all talks bs about skating and how she runs a "Skate Apparael Company" brought a video 6 ,7, or 8 weeks ago of her and her "guy" friends skating, it fuckin sucked, she just cruised, her friends were the biggest douches, pre ripped jeans, flat bill hats, orange beanines and all that bullshit. It was basically a bunch of pussies boardsliding 4? inches on a flat rail and a whole bunch of other bullshit.? After it was over I said straight up to her " that fuckin sucked dick".? It was tight. I hate that bitch.
if I had a dollar for every shitty post you've made, I would have 365 dollars as of right now. 366 if you respond to this.
Wtf dude? So you think Crailtap footy is shit? No, Kernal Sanders, you're wrong, I'm right.
-
Colonel, buddy.. We ain't talking about no corn
-
There was a time a little bit after high school when I started feeing a little self-concious about skating, mainly I think because most of my friends who I skated with all the time in high school quit. I think I picked up a little maturity after that and realized that I don't care what people think about me. It's funny cause I told my girlfriend about that little epiphany and she was like "well obviously, it doesn't matter anyways cause you are actually doing something with your life (almost done university)" and it made me think, all of my friends who actually skated as much as I did in high school are failing at life right now. Looking back, pretty much every skater I knew in high school was a stoner who didn't give a fuck about school. I'm a pretty athletic guy and joined the football team near the end of high school (I still remember skipping practice a couple times to go skate) and I get together with the old team to play pickup games every now and then, and pretty much every one of them have done or are in some sort of post-secondary education. The older I get (although really I'm only 22) the more I see why the general public has a negative stereotype of skaters, especially older ones. The only people older than 20 that I know who still skate are stoners or hippie scum (or both) and most people who I still play football with (or hockey, which I'm starting to get into) are well adjusted members of society.
-
The only people older than 20 that I know who still skate are stoners or hippie scum (or both) and most people who I still play football with (or hockey, which I'm starting to get into) are well adjusted members of society.
ew no.
try being a black male skateboarding. fuck, this past saturday my manager said called me a white boy. i told that fat bitch that its 2011 and to eat a dick.
this nigga at work asked me how many 360's i could do, he told me he 'mastered 4 different kinds'...i told him to eat a dick.
i didn't get comfortable until i was 16years old; the years prior i used to hide my board or avoid skating at various places. so many people were harsh when i was a kid, they made me feel really embarrassed to be skateboarding. but at a certain point i became more confident in myself and just brushed dudes off when they tried to flex.
now niggas ask me where i get my shoes from.
-
I think it was a TK or Terrell Robinson interview where they said black non-skaters are waaaay more harsh than their white counterparts. Maybe it's just cause they both grew up in the hood though...
-
I think it was a TK or Terrell Robinson interview where they said black non-skaters are waaaay more harsh than their white counterparts. Maybe it's just cause they both grew up in the hood though...
it's true.
niggas in the hood are stuck on that mentality that if you're black you should be playing some type of sport (basketball, football, or track mainly). skating through my hood i used to get the same shit about why i'm doin that "white boy shit". same ole shit. "cowabunga dude!" and "do a 900"...smh
tho now-a-days the hood is more accepting to black skaters. even the dopeboys from the area are rockin dgk i love haters shirts and be askin where i get my nikes from.
-
i keep it to myself
-
Expand Quote
for the most part I don't care whether or not people know I skate. The only time it gets really annoying is when people expect me to be a one man demo for them just because I have a skateboard in my trunk. "do a kickflip." "show me a trick." it gets kind of old.
Expand Quote
This bitch that sits by me in one of my classes all talks bs about skating and how she runs a "Skate Apparael Company" brought a video 6 ,7, or 8 weeks ago of her and her "guy" friends skating, it fuckin sucked, she just cruised, her friends were the biggest douches, pre ripped jeans, flat bill hats, orange beanines and all that bullshit. It was basically a bunch of pussies boardsliding 4? inches on a flat rail and a whole bunch of other bullshit.? After it was over I said straight up to her " that fuckin sucked dick".? It was tight. I hate that bitch.
if I had a dollar for every shitty post you've made, I would have 365 dollars as of right now. 366 if you respond to this.
you somehow manage to consistently beat me for the "worst poster on slap" award
-
my gay ass school banned bringing skateboards because they could be used as "weapons"
-
I work downtown, so I always have it in my car for after work. If people ask me what I do, skateboarding is always included in there somewhere. No shame in the game.
-
I bring my board to school everyday. The college i go to is pretty much attached to the local skatepark, so it's the best option for lunch breaks and free periods.
-
i hate talking to people that dont skate about skating, cause then you get those incredibly awkward question "so whats your best move!?!?!?" "how good are you!?!?!?"
i feel like if you answer truthfully you seem like a cocky motherfucker, but if you dont they think that you suck ass
-
i've always avoided to let anyone i'm working with know that i skate... never ever brought the board there. last year some knee problems started
and so i've bought a zipzinger a few months ago to built up muscles on a daily push.
i was only getting shit for it once by a major douche but i fought back verbally imediatly...
i think people think i'm a longboarder or something...
whatevs, most of them are idiots anyway.
-
i hate talking to people that dont skate about skating, cause then you get those incredibly awkward question "so whats your best move!?!?!?" "how good are you!?!?!?"
i feel like if you answer truthfully you seem like a cocky motherfucker, but if you dont they think that you suck ass
Haha yeah it's always terrible when someone asks how good you are. If your only frame of reference is some x-games shit I have no idea what to tell you.
-
bring my board wherever except parties n shit.
why walk when you can shredgnar on the way?
-
wherever i shall go my board and my camera are sure to follow
-
Bringing the board to the bar always leads up to drunk fliptrick challenges for beer
-
There was a time a little bit after high school when I started feeing a little self-concious about skating, mainly I think because most of my friends who I skated with all the time in high school quit. I think I picked up a little maturity after that and realized that I don't care what people think about me. It's funny cause I told my girlfriend about that little epiphany and she was like "well obviously, it doesn't matter anyways cause you are actually doing something with your life (almost done university)" and it made me think, all of my friends who actually skated as much as I did in high school are failing at life right now. Looking back, pretty much every skater I knew in high school was a stoner who didn't give a fuck about school. I'm a pretty athletic guy and joined the football team near the end of high school (I still remember skipping practice a couple times to go skate) and I get together with the old team to play pickup games every now and then, and pretty much every one of them have done or are in some sort of post-secondary education. The older I get (although really I'm only 22) the more I see why the general public has a negative stereotype of skaters, especially older ones. The only people older than 20 that I know who still skate are stoners or hippie scum (or both) and most people who I still play football with (or hockey, which I'm starting to get into) are well adjusted members of society.
fuck the fuck off.
-
Expand Quote
There was a time a little bit after high school when I started feeing a little self-concious about skating, mainly I think because most of my friends who I skated with all the time in high school quit. ? I think I picked up a little maturity after that and realized that I don't care what people think about me. ? It's funny cause I told my girlfriend about that little epiphany and she was like "well obviously, it doesn't matter anyways cause you are actually doing something with your life (almost done university)" and it made me think, all of my friends who actually skated as much as I did in high school are failing at life right now. ? Looking back, pretty much every skater I knew in high school was a stoner who didn't give a fuck about school. ? I'm a pretty athletic guy and joined the football team near the end of high school (I still remember skipping practice a couple times to go skate) and I get together with the old team to play pickup games every now and then, and pretty much every one of them have done or are in some sort of post-secondary education. ? The older I get (although really I'm only 22) the more I see why the general public has a negative stereotype of skaters, especially older ones. ? The only people older than 20 that I know who still skate are stoners or hippie scum (or both) and most people who I still play football with (or hockey, which I'm starting to get into) are well adjusted members of society.
fuck the fuck off.
ha its nearly the opposite for me, i was (still am) the classic skater/stoner and i didnt go to uni because i didnt know what i wanted to study so i didnt wanna waste loads of money just studying some random crap and then starting my life with 20 grand debt or however much it is for them. now im still skating and blazing and working a 9-5 at an prety good rate, where as my mates come out of uni with tonnes of debt and no more likley to get a job because theres prety much no jobs at the moment, especially for people who studdied music tech or art history and shit like that
-
first rule of skate club . . . . . .
etc etc
I don't hide that I skate, but when I skate to\after work I have my board in a full length board bag. Saves a lot of twatty comments from co-workers (I work for a fairly large consultancy firm where the majority of people working there are bell ends).
The team I work with all know I skate, and happily take the piss when I hobble in after a session the night before. Plus we work on the ground floor near the entrance\exit so I don't have to walk through any busy area's with it.
If someone asks what my interests are then Skateboarding's usually mentioned, which sometimes prompts the usual 'aren't you too old for that' comments.
-
I don't tell a lot of people I skate, they will find it out after a while, a lot of people are a bit surprised but don't care too much because I'm not some weird skate hipster.
-
when i lived in a major city i brought my board everywhere from college to the bar and work, no one really said anything or seemed to care because in general it appears that people are more accepting in the city (probably because you have grown men wearing children's clothes with mustaches riding around on $1200 bikes), however now i live in the suburbs and people are actually quite judgmental even when i walk to the car or go to the local skatepark i can feel the looks from parents wondering what the hell i am doing, when their kid is riding a scooter twitching because of all of the add medicine they are on.
been said before but the thing is while i may be old and skateboarding i am actually doing something that i love and age is not going to make me stop, most of the people my age and older have full time girlfriends that they don't do shit with and are all working there way up to a tremendous beer gut.
-
The only people older than 20 that I know who still skate are stoners or hippie scum (or both) and most people who I still play football with (or hockey, which I'm starting to get into) are alcoholics
-
I hate people, so I don' t talk to them to find out if they care about me skating or not. I love skating and skate everywhere I can because just the feeling of riding your board down the street going fast is so great. One funny thing about where I live is dumb high school kids, who think they are bad asses or something, will talk shit to me from far away but when I get up close and they realize I'm a 26 year old man shut the fuck up real quick. That makes me laugh every time.
-
Expand Quote
Expand Quote
There was a time a little bit after high school when I started feeing a little self-concious about skating, mainly I think because most of my friends who I skated with all the time in high school quit. ? I think I picked up a little maturity after that and realized that I don't care what people think about me. ? It's funny cause I told my girlfriend about that little epiphany and she was like "well obviously, it doesn't matter anyways cause you are actually doing something with your life (almost done university)" and it made me think, all of my friends who actually skated as much as I did in high school are failing at life right now. ? Looking back, pretty much every skater I knew in high school was a stoner who didn't give a fuck about school. ? I'm a pretty athletic guy and joined the football team near the end of high school (I still remember skipping practice a couple times to go skate) and I get together with the old team to play pickup games every now and then, and pretty much every one of them have done or are in some sort of post-secondary education. ? The older I get (although really I'm only 22) the more I see why the general public has a negative stereotype of skaters, especially older ones. ? The only people older than 20 that I know who still skate are stoners or hippie scum (or both) and most people who I still play football with (or hockey, which I'm starting to get into) are well adjusted members of society.
fuck the fuck off.
ha its nearly the opposite for me, i was (still am) the classic skater/stoner and i didnt go to uni because i didnt know what i wanted to study so i didnt wanna waste loads of money just studying some random crap and then starting my life with 20 grand debt or however much it is for them. now im still skating and blazing and working a 9-5 at an prety good rate, where as my mates come out of uni with tonnes of debt and no more likley to get a job because theres prety much no jobs at the moment, especially for people who studdied music tech or art history and shit like that
same with me, except I just took some time off between highschool and college to work and figure out what the fuck I wanted to do. Now I'm still skating, still blazing, and now making good grades and working towards my bachelors degree.
Oh and I take back what I said earlier, Jay is a much worse poster than SkaterAustin. or a much more successful troll. I can't decide yet.
-
Expand Quote
Expand Quote
Expand Quote
There was a time a little bit after high school when I started feeing a little self-concious about skating, mainly I think because most of my friends who I skated with all the time in high school quit. ?? I think I picked up a little maturity after that and realized that I don't care what people think about me. ?? It's funny cause I told my girlfriend about that little epiphany and she was like "well obviously, it doesn't matter anyways cause you are actually doing something with your life (almost done university)" and it made me think, all of my friends who actually skated as much as I did in high school are failing at life right now. ?? Looking back, pretty much every skater I knew in high school was a stoner who didn't give a fuck about school. ?? I'm a pretty athletic guy and joined the football team near the end of high school (I still remember skipping practice a couple times to go skate) and I get together with the old team to play pickup games every now and then, and pretty much every one of them have done or are in some sort of post-secondary education. ?? The older I get (although really I'm only 22) the more I see why the general public has a negative stereotype of skaters, especially older ones. ?? The only people older than 20 that I know who still skate are stoners or hippie scum (or both) and most people who I still play football with (or hockey, which I'm starting to get into) are well adjusted members of society.
fuck the fuck off.
ha its nearly the opposite for me, i was (still am) the classic skater/stoner and i didnt go to uni because i didnt know what i wanted to study so i didnt wanna waste loads of money just studying some random crap and then starting my life with 20 grand debt or however much it is for them. now im still skating and blazing and working a 9-5 at an prety good rate, where as my mates come out of uni with tonnes of debt and no more likley to get a job because theres prety much no jobs at the moment, especially for people who studdied music tech or art history and shit like that
same with me, except I just took some time off between highschool and college to work and figure out what the fuck I wanted to do. Now I'm still skating, still blazing, and now making good grades and working towards my bachelors degree.
Oh and I take back what I said earlier, Jay is a much worse poster than SkaterAustin. or? a much more successful troll. I can't decide yet.
my favourite bit about my situation is that (where i live at least) real world skills are far more important to get a job that qualifications in this current economic climate. i am currently bieng paid to learn all these new practical skills while most of my mates are paying through the nose to get qualifications that probably wont get them a job anyways. i would love some time off, only skating an hour after work and weekends isnt enough to fuel my skateboarding addiction
-
what jay said wasnt totally wrong tho, i mean i go to uni, but im still a stoner who just thinks about skating all day, and some of my football friends have scholarships, but they do get hammered like 4 days a week. and i cant believe your comparing hockey goons to skaters. those guys are the fags in the office pulling borderline sexual harrassment pranks everyday cause it was the norm when he was 12 with 20 other 12 year old boys running around in the locker room. i wouldnt say they are any more well adjusted at all.
my favourite video part, i think gallant relates quite nicely:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yAgcUtKdr4
-
i pretty much bring my board everywhere unless its wet/raining...why would i walk when i can skate? i really see no point in hiding something thats such a huge part of my life.
i recently went on some job interviews and brought my cruiser with me. i figured its better to let them know from the get go.
-
i pretty much bring my board everywhere unless its wet/raining...why would i walk when i can skate? ? i really see no point in hiding something thats such a huge part of my life. ?
i recently went on some job interviews and brought my cruiser with me. ? i figured its better to let them know from the get go. ? ? ?
in the past job interviewers have said to me that my skateboard was a good sign of passion and determination, i got the job... then got fired a few months later because of a rolled ankle (i couldnt walk) and food poisoning, said they needed someone more consistant
-
The only people older than 20 that I know who still skate are stoners or hippie scum (or both)
That's weird...Most of the skaters I know that are over 24 have full-time jobs.
-
Expand Quote
i pretty much bring my board everywhere unless its wet/raining...why would i walk when i can skate? ? i really see no point in hiding something thats such a huge part of my life. ?
i recently went on some job interviews and brought my cruiser with me. ? i figured its better to let them know from the get go. ? ? ?
in the past job interviewers have said to me that my skateboard was a good sign of passion and determination, i got the job... then got fired a few months later because of a rolled ankle (i couldnt walk) and food poisoning, said they needed someone more consistant
if you call in sick or don't show up to work because you hurt yourself skating, you're more than likely going to be fired.
i rolled my ankle skating this past tuesday, like 2 hours before i had to be at work and it was only my 2nd day there.
i manned up and hobbled around for 7 hours on a freshly sprained ankle, no biggie.
-
I skated to school my first semester but my campus is mostly up hill towards class, and only people that skate around are douche bag long boarders and i don't want to be associated with such kooks in any degree.
-
I'm not even gonna read this thread because there is only one good rule of thumb; the less people outside of skateboarding that know that you skate, the better off you are.
-
That's bullshit and you know it
-
If I'm not actually going to get a real session in, I leave it at home. Why torture myself with what I can't have?
-
I only talk to people who skateboard because i'm so unique and people who dont skate cant comprehend my unique-ness with their close-minded attitude to anyone 'different'.
-
Yeah I really try to avoid the skate talk conversation it always ends up bad. Like the other day I was talking to this chick that I havnt seen in a while and shes like do you still skate and then she precieded to ask me if I wanted to get sponsered? Really pissed me off. I also hate it that people can exept things like football and other lame ass sports but cant exept the creativeness of skateboarding. Like my moms friend was talking about how she doesnt see what kids want out of skateboarding. Why dont people understand we skate cause its fun its our passion I mean do you think the dudes that played school football twenty years ago still play football?
-
After you realize this is something you'll be doing as long as you can walk you don't really think about it.
People that don't skate are curious. They ask because they wish they had enough skill and balance to figure out how to ride one.
Theyre trying to relate socially.Some are good at it, others not so much. I don't give a shit what anyone thinks of me, theyre wrapped up in whatever bs people that don't skate think about.
truth
i love skating. there's no reason to filter the consciousness in conversation when one identifies as a skater.
i understand feeling hassled by cats who don't shred, but the older i get, fewer and fewer people attempt to start conversations or make smart remarks when i mention skating or if i've got my board in a bar or class.
-
Fuck you guys I'm a way WORSE poster than Jay and Skater Austin
-
Expand Quote
There was a time a little bit after high school when I started feeing a little self-concious about skating, mainly I think because most of my friends who I skated with all the time in high school quit. I think I picked up a little maturity after that and realized that I don't care what people think about me. It's funny cause I told my girlfriend about that little epiphany and she was like "well obviously, it doesn't matter anyways cause you are actually doing something with your life (almost done university)" and it made me think, all of my friends who actually skated as much as I did in high school are failing at life right now. Looking back, pretty much every skater I knew in high school was a stoner who didn't give a fuck about school. I'm a pretty athletic guy and joined the football team near the end of high school (I still remember skipping practice a couple times to go skate) and I get together with the old team to play pickup games every now and then, and pretty much every one of them have done or are in some sort of post-secondary education. The older I get (although really I'm only 22) the more I see why the general public has a negative stereotype of skaters, especially older ones. The only people older than 20 that I know who still skate are stoners or hippie scum (or both) and most people who I still play football with (or hockey, which I'm starting to get into) are well adjusted members of society.
fuck the fuck off.
hehehe
-
Fuck you guys I'm a way WORSE poster than Jay and Skater Austin
Wtf? You're a pretty good poster actually, i'd say the worse poster is someone who is a tool.
-
FUK U BISH!! CALL ME A FUKIN T00L
-
Whenever I bring my skateboard to school...
Person: Yo, that a skateboard?
Me: Yeah.
Person: Sick, is that a Sheckler board? P-Rod? Chris Cole?
Me: Nah, it's an Anti-Hero..
Person: Oh, who's on that?
Me: TNT, Andrew Allen, Frank Gerwer...
Person: Idk who any of those people are.. are they on the Dew Tour or Maloof?
Me: Not sure.
Person: Oh well, skateboarding is dead anyways longboards are awesome, do you have one?
-
I usually try to avoid extended skate conversations unless its while im skating or with someone that i've skated with before. Then you know if they know whats up or if they're a kook.
-
There was a time a little bit after high school when I started feeing a little self-concious about skating, mainly I think because most of my friends who I skated with all the time in high school quit. ? I think I picked up a little maturity after that and realized that I don't care what people think about me. ? It's funny cause I told my girlfriend about that little epiphany and she was like "well obviously, it doesn't matter anyways cause you are actually doing something with your life (almost done university)" and it made me think, all of my friends who actually skated as much as I did in high school are failing at life right now. ? Looking back, pretty much every skater I knew in high school was a stoner who didn't give a fuck about school. ? I'm a pretty athletic guy and joined the football team near the end of high school (I still remember skipping practice a couple times to go skate) and I get together with the old team to play pickup games every now and then, and pretty much every one of them have done or are in some sort of post-secondary education. ? The older I get (although really I'm only 22) the more I see why the general public has a negative stereotype of skaters, especially older ones. ? The only people older than 20 that I know who still skate are stoners or hippie scum (or both) and most people who I still play football with (or hockey, which I'm starting to get into) are well adjusted members of society.
This isn't entirely true, but more true than not. I still skate and I'm a VP at my firm and have graduate degrees. I generally just skate alone, because all the people my age who skate probably wouldn't want to hang with me -- I'm in a new city and those cats just live a different lifestyle. In fact, I get strange looks when I go to a skateshop. It's regular, skaters can be stuck up in certain ways despite trying to give the vibe that they're open-minded and all that other bullshit.
In any event, there are those of us who just won't quit doing it. The wifey doesn't seem to mind and my non-work friends know. I don't talk about it with people at work, only because it's a hobby to me and not a lifestyle. I don't expect them to talk about their hobbies I'm not involved with.
-
Whenever I bring my skateboard to school...
Person: Yo, that a skateboard?
Me: Yeah.
Person: Sick, is that a Sheckler board? P-Rod? Chris Cole?
Me: Nah, it's an Anti-Hero..
Person: Oh, who's on that?
Me: TNT, Andrew Allen, Frank Gerwer...
Person: Idk who any of those people are.. are they on the Dew Tour or Maloof?
Me: Not sure.
Person: Oh well, skateboarding is dead anyways longboards are awesome, do you have one?
GOD the same thing always happens to me and it pisses me off. I also hate when I bring my board places or am just cuising and some jock douche yells "DO A KICKFLIP!" or if im holding my board in public and kids come up and start asking me what tricks i can do or the biggest set i'v ollied.
-
Expand Quote
Whenever I bring my skateboard to school...
Person: Yo, that a skateboard?
Me: Yeah.
Person: Sick, is that a Sheckler board? P-Rod? Chris Cole?
Me: Nah, it's an Anti-Hero..
Person: Oh, who's on that?
Me: TNT, Andrew Allen, Frank Gerwer...
Person: Idk who any of those people are.. are they on the Dew Tour or Maloof?
Me: Not sure.
Person: Oh well, skateboarding is dead anyways longboards are awesome, do you have one?
That's when you make shit up and lie to them.
-
]That's when you make shit up and lie to them.
Dear Austin,
I'd be really bummed if you were lying to us about being off the schroom smoke.
I believed in you.
Yours in sobriety,
Daniel
-
Expand Quote
]That's when you make shit up and lie to them.?
Dear Austin,
I'd be really bummed if you were lying to us about being off the schroom smoke.
I believed in you.
Yours in sobriety,
Daniel
Nah dude, I'm talking about lying about shit. I once told a little kid I used to be pro but hurt my ankle.
-
Expand Quote
Expand Quote
Whenever I bring my skateboard to school...
Person: Yo, that a skateboard?
Me: Yeah.
Person: Sick, is that a Sheckler board? P-Rod? Chris Cole?
Me: Nah, it's an Anti-Hero..
Person: Oh, who's on that?
Me: TNT, Andrew Allen, Frank Gerwer...
Person: Idk who any of those people are.. are they on the Dew Tour or Maloof?
Me: Not sure.
Person: Oh well, skateboarding is dead anyways longboards are awesome, do you have one?
Or when they ask "what's your best trick?" I always make something up like 900 flips or something.
-
Expand Quote
Expand Quote
There was a time a little bit after high school when I started feeing a little self-concious about skating, mainly I think because most of my friends who I skated with all the time in high school quit. I think I picked up a little maturity after that and realized that I don't care what people think about me. It's funny cause I told my girlfriend about that little epiphany and she was like "well obviously, it doesn't matter anyways cause you are actually doing something with your life (almost done university)" and it made me think, all of my friends who actually skated as much as I did in high school are failing at life right now. Looking back, pretty much every skater I knew in high school was a stoner who didn't give a fuck about school. I'm a pretty athletic guy and joined the football team near the end of high school (I still remember skipping practice a couple times to go skate) and I get together with the old team to play pickup games every now and then, and pretty much every one of them have done or are in some sort of post-secondary education. The older I get (although really I'm only 22) the more I see why the general public has a negative stereotype of skaters, especially older ones. The only people older than 20 that I know who still skate are stoners or hippie scum (or both) and most people who I still play football with (or hockey, which I'm starting to get into) are well adjusted members of society.
fuck the fuck off.
hehehe
You should see what happens in your 30's.....all those dudes you play football with....they may seem like well adjusted guys but half are sociopaths.....and all you wish is that they would smoke more weed....
-
two weeks ago i saw some douche monging so rediculously hard and fast through the uni courtyard, he proceeded to duck under some building tape while doing some kind of frontside grab, then acting like he just solved world hunger, rode out of sight with his chin held high. that is enough reason to leave your board at home/locker whatever.
-
i bring my board to school for the simple fact that there is a skatepark a few blocks away so im always skating after school. i'll bring my skateboard just about anywhere if i know im skating afterwords. Bringing my skateboard somewhere that i know i wont be skating after nah i wont do that i just hate carrying it around and such. i dont talk about it much also only with my friends that skate.
-
Expand Quote
Expand Quote
Expand Quote
There was a time a little bit after high school when I started feeing a little self-concious about skating, mainly I think because most of my friends who I skated with all the time in high school quit. I think I picked up a little maturity after that and realized that I don't care what people think about me. It's funny cause I told my girlfriend about that little epiphany and she was like "well obviously, it doesn't matter anyways cause you are actually doing something with your life (almost done university)" and it made me think, all of my friends who actually skated as much as I did in high school are failing at life right now. Looking back, pretty much every skater I knew in high school was a stoner who didn't give a fuck about school. I'm a pretty athletic guy and joined the football team near the end of high school (I still remember skipping practice a couple times to go skate) and I get together with the old team to play pickup games every now and then, and pretty much every one of them have done or are in some sort of post-secondary education. The older I get (although really I'm only 22) the more I see why the general public has a negative stereotype of skaters, especially older ones. The only people older than 20 that I know who still skate are stoners or hippie scum (or both) and most people who I still play football with (or hockey, which I'm starting to get into) are well adjusted members of society.
fuck the fuck off.
hehehe
You should see what happens in your 30's.....all those dudes you play football with....they may seem like well adjusted guys but half are sociopaths.....and all you wish is that they would smoke more weed....
Haha I'm fully aware of how faux pas to defend or even discuss jocks on a skateboard forum, but in my experience most of them have been pretty cool guys. I think I'm just more pissed that there's no one to skate with anymore where I live who isn't a pothead.
-
The first rule of skate club is: you do not talk about skate club.
-
Went out with a chick with my DGK beanie on and she read it then says, "Isn't that kind off offensive?" I laughed and explained where it came from and she thought it was dope. I'm hurt now and can't skate and she text me asking when I could skate again. She doesn't get it but knows i love to do it.
-
Expand Quote
Expand Quote
i pretty much bring my board everywhere unless its wet/raining...why would i walk when i can skate? ?? i really see no point in hiding something thats such a huge part of my life. ??
i recently went on some job interviews and brought my cruiser with me. ?? i figured its better to let them know from the get go. ?? ?? ??
in the past job interviewers have said to me that my skateboard was a good sign of passion and determination, i got the job... then got fired a few months later because of a rolled ankle (i couldnt walk) and food poisoning, said they needed someone more consistant
if you call in sick or don't show up to work because you hurt yourself skating, you're more than likely going to be fired.
i rolled my ankle skating this past tuesday, like 2 hours before i had to be at work and it was only my 2nd day there.
i manned up and hobbled around for 7 hours on a freshly sprained ankle, no biggie.
yeah i know, thing is i wasnt too fussed because i had exams soon so had to study loads and the pay was prety crap anyway.
(also i was later told by the doctor that it was a fracture, so its propably just aswell i didnt go and hobble arround HA)
-
Bring it to the bar, get faded, bike sherlock street luge home.
-
I just talked to a friend in a bar yesterday, who knows that I skate, but isnt really interested in skateboarding at all (not that I tried to describe this whole lifestyle thing to him, he just knows I skate). There were 2 other guys at our table and as soon as we talked about skating one of them started to talk about longboarding. I didnt want to be to offensive and was like "yeah, whatever, I dont think I am too much into that..." and the other guy yells at him "He said he is a SKATEboarder, not a fucking Longboarder. For fucks sake, longboarding sucks and it?s not skateboarding..."
-
I just talked to a friend in a bar yesterday, who knows that I skate, but isnt really interested in skateboarding at all (not that I tried to describe this whole lifestyle thing to him, he just knows I skate). There were 2 other guys at our table and as soon as we talked about skating one of them started to talk about longboarding. I didnt want to be to offensive and was like "yeah, whatever, I dont think I am too much into that..." and the other guy yells at him "He said he is a SKATEboarder, not a fucking Longboarder. For fucks sake, longboarding sucks and it?s not skateboarding..."
thank god someone outside the skate cummunity knows theyre not even nearly similar just because its wood and wheels
-
Fuck you guys I'm a way WORSE poster than Jay and Skater Austin
your my favorite poster doogie!
-
Expand Quote
I just talked to a friend in a bar yesterday, who knows that I skate, but isnt really interested in skateboarding at all (not that I tried to describe this whole lifestyle thing to him, he just knows I skate). There were 2 other guys at our table and as soon as we talked about skating one of them started to talk about longboarding. I didnt want to be to offensive and was like "yeah, whatever, I dont think I am too much into that..." and the other guy yells at him "He said he is a SKATEboarder, not a fucking Longboarder. For fucks sake, longboarding sucks and it?s not skateboarding..."
thank god someone outside the skate cummunity knows theyre not even nearly similar just because its wood and wheels
Couldn't agree more. A bunch of kids at my high school say their skaters and when i ask what kind of board they have the usually reply "Oh its a sector nine longboard" and then i try to explain that there different but by then there over it :/
-
I used to bring my board back in high school. After school before the bus came, it was usually one of the last ones, we would skate at the city park near by. I've never brought it anywhere else, never needed too. I feel fortunate that no asshole as bothered me while skating...but I did get this one kid at the skate park that ask what deck I rode. I told him a Expedition-One, his reply that it was a shitty tech deck board. I told him they are the same wood as DGK, he didn't say a word after that. All the skaters from my old town never knew brands outside of what was sold at CCS.
-
I took my skateboard out to see a movie. I didn't have to pay to get it in.
-
Before the longboard infestation, I used to get the question "do you rollerblade too?" because in their ignorance they didn't know any better.
Occasionally, if I'm running late, the Zip Zinger comes out even if the class is sort of uphill, b/c it's faster than walking. Aside from that, not really b/c it's annoying to skate w/ a bag full of books.
I generally try to keep the conversation as short as possible.
-
I don't mind every now and then trying to explain things to non skaters.....because it makes me realize skateboarding in alot of ways is pretty dumb. 'you guys don't even know how skaters dress.....you want to know what they wear....o.k....they wear big white shirts....or cords and shoe lace belts....no...they wear dickies!'
-
I live in Berkeley and usually skate to work because I can just cruise hills to get there. I don't have a car anymore, got rid of it before I moved down here last year, which was mostly economically driven, but really I was just sick of driving everywhere. The people I work with now are pretty hyped and think I'm making some sort of statement by riding my skateboard (I'm in my late 20's). In their defense, they probably think I just use it for transportation.
-
I like going up too people wearing skate gear that obviously don't skate, and asking, "hey, what's up dude? you skate?". It always makes them feel pretty awkward, and it's usually pretty funny for me.
-
I bring my board to school all the time actually, nobody really seems to care. Everyone knows that I skate and no one really asks a lot of questions about it.
-
I like to bring the thing everywhere. Mainly parties/bars because at least if it sucks i can leave whenever and cruise around. Most people around here are too busy with themselves to give me a hard time about it. Plus I love it when a random tells me to do a kickflip!
-
Anyone have that article about bringing your skateboard to bars and getting laid cause of it?
-
i took my board to school and got head the same night...any correlation?
-
Expand Quote
Expand Quote
I just talked to a friend in a bar yesterday, who knows that I skate, but isnt really interested in skateboarding at all (not that I tried to describe this whole lifestyle thing to him, he just knows I skate). There were 2 other guys at our table and as soon as we talked about skating one of them started to talk about longboarding. I didnt want to be to offensive and was like "yeah, whatever, I dont think I am too much into that..." and the other guy yells at him "He said he is a SKATEboarder, not a fucking Longboarder. For fucks sake, longboarding sucks and it?s not skateboarding..."
thank god someone outside the skate cummunity knows theyre not even nearly similar just because its wood and wheels
thats awesome that someone who doesnt skate recognizes the vast differences between the two. i see so many kids these days just copping out and getting a longboard so they can still push around but not have to atually try to learn tricks, societys always looking for the easy way out. a couple guys i went to high school with started longboarding and i always just want to tell them to shut the fuck up, they try to relate, show me vids, i dont care about fags in helmets bombing some slighty steep hills.
-
Anyone have that article about bringing your skateboard to bars and getting laid cause of it?
I'd like to see this. My friend and I always talk about bringing our boards to bars, he says it's a babe magnet. I still see no correlation
-
Expand Quote
Anyone have that article about bringing your skateboard to bars and getting laid cause of it?
I dont know your friend might be right. Today these two fat chicks were staring at me for a while and then walked up to me. I got all nervous because one of them was slowly pulling out a piece of paper and I thought she was trying to give me her number. It was just some shit to her church group though. But they were still chicks though even though they were gross so that might prove the chick magnet theory.
-
how do you guys feel about bringing your board out to places? i dont know why, but in my head i still treat skating like its the late 80's, though i wasnt even born then. i dont like to bring my board to class, always keep it in the locker, and when i chat with people at school or work i rarely bring up skateboarding, even if they ask me what i like to do or hobbies, etc...
just want to see how others handle the "o you skate" type of conversation... i just tend to avoid it and hide it. i feel like once youre done high school people just assume everyone is boring and just do the typical things, and i dont like putting attention on myself, plus people always ask you to do shit and act impressed, id rather let them think im "just another guy" then have stupid subculture questions.
really? i feel like most people get juiced on skating. Lately i see a lot of blue collar and motorcycle old timers wearing creature shirts and slip on vans. And yeah most old people have their own stories of when they tried to skate but they usually are somewhat entertaining. a lot of people tend to give you a pass if you skate. if they crusie up and your skating they know you arnt gonna be hostile and treat you accordingly. drive around with a bro in a huge lifted truck and see the response you get comapared to driving around in a little beater skate logoed out car.
-
In the highschool days I brought my board everywhere just in case there was an opportunity to skate. Now I avoid bringing it to certain places just to avoid the hassle of looking after it.
-
I took my skateboard out to see a movie. I didn't have to pay to get it in.
ROLLY-POLLY SKATEBOARDS. EAT THEM UP YUM.
-
"YO TONY HAWK DO AN OLLIE!!!"
-
"YO TONY HAWK DO AN OLLIE!!!"
Thats the kinda shit they used to say to me in grade school. They always called me Tony Hawk, even though I was black.
-
Wtf are you doing man? People love skating. Watch videos and look at the crowds gathered in the background. Yes there are the 'do a kickflip' freaks - just flip them some bemusing cryptic sign. I like to hold 4 fingers in the air. You'll develop your own.
-
i avoid bringing it anywhere, unless i really need to. fuck talking to people and fucking having people know you skateboard
-
If I'm not actually going to get a real session in, I leave it at home.? Why torture myself with what I can't have?
yep exactly, if i'm just looking for transportation, i'll just bring the cruiser
-
"YO TONY HAWK DO AN OLLIE!!!"
This used to bother me, but lately i fucking love it. The fact that tony hawk is still the guy people think of is great and extremely funny to me. I thrive on randoms calling me tony hawk, i get a good laugh out of it now.
-
I work for the federal government in Canada and I skate to work. I get maaad weird looks in the elevator, but don't really give a shit, sure beats walking. I got my board underneath my feet here at my desk and when im bored i start trying kickflips while still sitting on my chair.
nothing feels better at the end of the day than opening the door downstairs to the outside and just throwing my board down and cruising away full speed while everyone thinks i must just be someones kid.
-
I'm 30 and I pretty much carry my board around everywhere if I'm skating that day. Sometimes I get the good ol "aren't you too old for that shit" looks but whatever I guess. Especially in the winter time when it's all snowy and damn cold I jump into the buss early in the morning to go to work, the looks definitely come out. But what the fuck, let them have their "I'm a better person than this one" feeling. In the end of the day I know I'm winning.
-
In the highschool days I brought my board everywhere just in case there was an opportunity to skate. Now I avoid bringing it to certain places just to avoid the hassle of looking after it.
this. i've woken up in a haze only to realize i've lost my board. it sucked
-
whenever people yell at me to do a kickflip I just do a three flip to fuck with their idea of what a kickflip is
-
I want to skate to class but 1. It's too early 2. I don't want to be associated with all those fucking longboarders and 3. I'm always afraid that I'll eat shit because of wearing a backpack with a bunch of books in it.
-
whenever people yell at me to do a kickflip I just do a three flip to fuck with their idea of what a kickflip is
i kick the board down towards the ground, like a torpedo, 3ft in front of me. i stretch forward with my front foot to try and catch it, my back foot already firmly planted on the ground. Then look frustrated and say "FUCK, almost had that one"
-
I went skating with a co-worker who doesn't skate much anymore. The next day, he yells from across the hall, while I was talking to colleagues from my department, "Yesterday was fun. My legs are sore in places that I didn't know exist!" If there was any scenario to out myself as a skateboarder, that was one of them. But I didn't.
-
I went skating with a co-worker who doesn't skate much anymore. The next day, he yells from across the hall, while I was talking to colleagues from my department, "Yesterday was fun. My legs are sore in places that I didn't know exist!" If there was any scenario to out myself as a GAY, that was one of them. But I didn't.
-
I'm only 20, but I think in general after about age 16, the population of skaters declines and slowly, skating becomes a "you still skate?". I do go to school so last year when I lived in the dorms or whatever I'd skate around and some kids would get hyped on it and I guess it helped me meet the other kids that skate who are now my roommates.
More than anything though I believe anybody reading this thred who's in college can agree that the longboard fad is really bad for us. I feel like longboarders just ride down the road in front of cars and shit, it's a nuisance and half of the time the kids longboarding are huge douchebags wearing oakley's and shit. I feel like we tend to get lumped in with them, which is terrible.
-
Expand Quote
I went skating with a co-worker who doesn't skate much anymore. The next day, he yells from across the hall, while I was talking to colleagues from my department, "Yesterday was fun. My legs are sore in places that I didn't know exist!" If there was any scenario to out myself as a GAY, that was one of them. But I didn't.
I think most people understood the gay implications here. It doesn't need to be changed. To break it down to you further, my silence on the issue suggests that I chose to accept the ramifications of being labeled a homosexual rather than explain to non-skaters the nuances of how skateboarding fatigues the flexor muscles (probably what my friend was referring to). Consequently, by changing skateboarder to "gay", you've actually produced contradictory statements. I suppose you could have omitted the last sentence, however, that would make the sentence preceding it redundant and unnecessary.
-
Yeah I undersood it I just couldn't help myself. Anytime you're in Virginia and you wanna make a real man sweaty and sore hit me up. ;)
-
skating past union square a few days ago some girls came up to me and asked where flight club is (a hypebeast/sneakerhead store). though i knew where it was from going with a friend of mine a few times who doesnt skate, i still found it pretty funny that they assumed i'd know where the store is since i skate and am dark skinned.
-
(http://skateandannoy.com/files/2010/02/alex-olson.jpg)
-
Homeless dudes always get stoked
-
skating past union square a few days ago some girls came up to me and asked where flight club is (a hypebeast/sneakerhead store). though i knew where it was from going with a friend of mine a few times who doesnt skate, i still found it pretty funny that they assumed i'd know where the store is since i skate and am dark skinned.
well their assumptions were correct then. thanks for proving stereotypes.
I'm only 20, but I think in general after about age 16, the population of skaters declines and slowly, skating becomes a "you still skate?". I do go to school so last year when I lived in the dorms or whatever I'd skate around and some kids would get hyped on it and I guess it helped me meet the other kids that skate who are now my roommates.
More than anything though I believe anybody reading this thred who's in college can agree that the longboard fad is really bad for us. I feel like longboarders just ride down the road in front of cars and shit, it's a nuisance and half of the time the kids longboarding are huge douchebags wearing oakley's and shit. I feel like we tend to get lumped in with them, which is terrible.
its funny how when i lived on rez the only skaters i met were ones who were like transitioning out of it, and now these guys just act like complete jocks, it was so lame.
and its like how you wouldnt tell the difference between the different types of metal and "hardcore", its all the same to the average person, so i find its better to just not skateboard around campus, or at least ollie a curb on the way to your buliding so at least you show you can actually use the damn thing
-
I'm only 20, but I think in general after about age 16, the population of skaters declines and slowly, skating becomes a "you still skate?". I do go to school so last year when I lived in the dorms or whatever I'd skate around and some kids would get hyped on it and I guess it helped me meet the other kids that skate who are now my roommates.
More than anything though I believe anybody reading this thred who's in college can agree that the longboard fad is really bad for us. I feel like longboarders just ride down the road in front of cars and shit, it's a nuisance and half of the time the kids longboarding are huge douchebags wearing oakley's and shit. I feel like we tend to get lumped in with them, which is terrible.
One of my roommates said he skated and turns out what he has is a longboard. I am down for skating in all forms so I gave him a pass. Unfortunately this dude comes up with excuses when I ask him to go skate and when it comes to anything he fucking blows it. First he told me he was more of a snowboarder and loved bear mountain. I said cool and asked him what his favorite run was. He struggled to come up with a response and obviously was lying. Recently he said he loves surfing and proceeded to tell me that short boards are way easier to stand up on than longboards. It goes without saying that said his favorite local break is trestles which is in san diego and a well known spot for longboarders. which he claimed was in the Los Angeles area. Ill have to get a pic somehow.
-
In general I don't like carrying anything around that doesn't fit in my pockets. In middle/high school I brought my board to school cause I'd go skating right after I got out almost every day. At 30 years old it's kind of ridiculous. If I'm out skating and go somewhere to hang with non-skateboarder people or whatever afterwards and I'm walking around with a skateboard.
-
@pugmaster
Totally know what you're talking about! There's a guy I used to hang with that always lamented the fact he "didn't have his deck" with him and nobody ever saw skate. Guy must have read all the skate mags cover to cover though since, aside from the lack of evidence that he ever skated, he sounded like he knew what he was talking about. After a while, it was more sad than funny so I didn't bother to call him out on it.
Also kind of unappreciate the guys who quit but keep bringing up super obscure/mediocre pros as an attempt to be down.
People get mad about others messing up what side of town they're from or what ridiculous sports team they support but can't understand why we'd be annoyed at being mistaken for longboarders?
-
Longboarding can be cool.
Longboarding - Claremont, CA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1a03xMy0MU#ws)
It all depends on the dude riding it.
-
I dont go to school or work and I dont party. . . . . . skatepark life!
-
I think as long as you're comfortable with yourself and you love skateboarding, why the fuck not bring your board everywhere? The best part of my day is bombing home from work or to downtown, bonking cracks and ollieing manholes.
Usually when someone yells Tony Hawk! or some shit I either ignore them or tell them to grow up. As for social confrontations regarding skateboarding, I'm usually glad to educate the average joe on how I feel about skating, as long as I have the time and he/she doesn't read like an idiot or seems inconsiderate. It all depends on who's asking.
A pack of us bomb to the bar every weekend after pre-drinking and have the best time skating through all the people getting wasted on our way to the pub. Sometimes we just end up skating instead! One thing about going out late at night though is you have to be careful after the bar closes. Stay with your homies if you have a skateboard, because it never fails that a crew of jock dudes are gonna mock you and cause beef if you are alone. Had a homie that got stomped the other week after being made fun of for having a skateboard... our whole crew seen the dude the other night, homie pointed him out, then one of our friends just went over and beat the fuck out of him. it was like, "thats the dude." nothing else was said and our buddy just went and fucked him up! pretty amazing.
Longboarding. I fucking hate them. they lurk the city like the plague. no joke I seen a dude in sandals, carrying groceries and going uphill. When we go skate on the university campus, there's so many good lookin broads... if I'm chilling with a crew I kind of think to myself, "all those chicks probably think we're fucking longboarders." that bums me out bigtime. I almost want to make posters that say "longboarders aren't skateboarders" and post em up everywhere to cause intrigue with the average city dweller.