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Title: Ron Allen still killing it at 48 years old
Post by: westside skateshop on July 25, 2011, 01:25:58 PM: Paradise Wheels - Ron Allen park day (http://vimeo.com/26595990)
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Post by: bumpnrun on July 25, 2011, 01:47:58 PM: Ron Allen! Awesome.
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Post by: Bubblegum Tate on July 25, 2011, 01:51:09 PM: I think I saw him at the hood games this past weekend.
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Post by: undone2 on July 25, 2011, 02:07:43 PM: My first pro model. H-Street board. This dude is SO sick.
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Post by: GOKU on July 25, 2011, 02:15:17 PM: If this doesn't give you a warm fuzzy feeling, you lack a soul
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Post by: Cuong Ngo on July 25, 2011, 02:29:38 PM: thats so awesome.
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Post by: Willy Santos cut my hair on July 25, 2011, 02:36:01 PM: fuck yes
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Post by: manbergur on July 25, 2011, 02:39:40 PM: god damn that was great
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Post by: floop on July 25, 2011, 02:39:57 PM: Quote from: Willy Santos cut my hair on July 25, 2011, 02:36:01 PM
fuck yes
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Post by: westside skateshop on July 25, 2011, 03:25:25 PM: Quote from: Cuong Ngo on July 25, 2011, 02:29:38 PM
thats so awesome.
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Post by: Skate Edge on July 25, 2011, 03:34:17 PM: Watching that makes me want to skate more than I already want to skate.

Does anyone know where that park is at?
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Post by: yeahmmm on July 25, 2011, 03:36:55 PM: wow holy shit! i thought he was like 40 tops and that was still making me psyched to be getting older and keep skating, but 48!?!? awesome.
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Post by: stephop on July 25, 2011, 04:21:12 PM: I had a few of his minis back in the day. His 1 foots scared me :D

(http://skateandannoy.com/features/ebay/2007/ebay050/images-big/allen301.jpg)
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Post by: nylin on July 25, 2011, 04:27:52 PM: Quote from: GOKU on July 25, 2011, 02:15:17 PM
If this doesn't give you a warm fuzzy feeling, you lack a soul
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Post by: bumpnrun on July 25, 2011, 04:29:43 PM: Quote from: stephop on July 25, 2011, 04:21:12 PM
I had a few of his minis back in the day. His 1 foots scared me :D

(http://skateandannoy.com/features/ebay/2007/ebay050/images-big/allen301.jpg)

yeah... he's always had an odd one footed ollie. Almost a no grab madonna. Board smacking his knee.
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Post by: LewAlcindor on July 25, 2011, 04:30:04 PM: Im sorry Ron who?
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Post by: GISM on July 25, 2011, 04:45:27 PM: This guy kills the Berkeley park. Huge 5-0s through every corner
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Post by: Manolo on July 25, 2011, 05:03:19 PM: he's the exact same from like 1988,this is so awesome!

Shackle_Me_Not (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAFN6ksCQL8&feature=player_embedded#)
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Post by: floop on July 25, 2011, 05:11:23 PM: Quote from: Manolo on July 25, 2011, 05:03:19 PM
he's the exact same from like 1988,this is so awesome!

Shackle_Me_Not (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAFN6ksCQL8&feature=player_embedded#)

so are the Berkeley bulldog-dykes apparently
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Post by: sixpackoftablets on July 25, 2011, 06:28:21 PM: real.

I remember seeing him skating some curb cuts in Rockridge... not too far from his famous driveway spot. I was stoked.
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Post by: westside skateshop on July 25, 2011, 08:39:21 PM: me too!

Quote from: bumpnrun on July 25, 2011, 04:29:43 PM
Quote from: stephop on July 25, 2011, 04:21:12 PM
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I had a few of his minis back in the day. His 1 foots scared me :D

(http://skateandannoy.com/features/ebay/2007/ebay050/images-big/allen301.jpg)
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yeah... he's always had an odd one footed ollie. Almost a no grab madonna. Board smacking his knee.
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Post by: Brett on July 25, 2011, 09:35:37 PM: Ron Allen, Stoked!
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Post by: the snake on July 25, 2011, 10:05:23 PM: amazing !!!
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Post by: able on July 25, 2011, 10:49:31 PM: inspiring! He still skates like he always did
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Post by: Bronson on July 26, 2011, 01:29:54 AM: This makes me feel safe.
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Post by: jacquesknife on July 26, 2011, 02:01:17 AM: That's sick!
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Post by: TMKF on July 26, 2011, 05:56:53 AM: This just gave me a great start to my day! Thanks for posting
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Post by: asakusa75 on July 26, 2011, 06:57:21 AM: Awesome. Old dudes...no more excuses, dust the boards off.
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Post by: StinkyLarry on July 26, 2011, 08:27:48 AM: Quote from: Manolo on July 25, 2011, 05:03:19 PM
he's the exact same from like 1988,this is so awesome!

Shackle_Me_Not (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAFN6ksCQL8&feature=player_embedded#)

the filming on that kickflip rock was so sick!
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Post by: Hannity on July 26, 2011, 08:57:55 AM: can only hope i'm chugging along as well as he is at 48. damn. that's setting an example.
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Post by: Headcrusher on July 26, 2011, 09:16:31 AM: Quote from: stephop on July 25, 2011, 04:21:12 PM

(http://skateandannoy.com/features/ebay/2007/ebay050/images-big/allen301.jpg)

everytime i see that board all i can think of is that kid holding it in Hokus Pokus: "RON ALLEN GAVE IT TO ME AND I AM STOKED!!"
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Post by: swllbo on July 26, 2011, 09:37:55 AM: I haven't really been feeling it for about a month, but this just really made my day, and gave me some much needed inspiration. Hells Yeah, Ron. ;D
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Post by: noileum on July 26, 2011, 12:18:16 PM: i wanna be skating like that when I'm 48

still got 12 years to go so there's plenty of time to improve :-)
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Post by: cant stop on July 26, 2011, 12:27:43 PM: Lines for days!
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Post by: earlygrab on July 26, 2011, 12:35:16 PM: after the most depressing session ever at the new berrics park I had to do some soul searching as to why on earth I still skate at my age. Though I answered my own question by leaving that park and going to another one and having a great time, this video is going into my bookmarks under the inspiration tab.
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Post by: mandibleclaw on July 26, 2011, 01:05:09 PM: this should be 100 people's entries in the "parts i have on repeat" thread. twice as old as me, and killing it harder than ever. i need to get my hands on a ron allen board.
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Post by: Justis on July 26, 2011, 01:13:36 PM: this made me so happy
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Post by: Beeda Weeda on July 26, 2011, 01:27:59 PM: sick. a postive racial stereotype, blacks dont crack.
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Post by: bandini on July 26, 2011, 01:39:42 PM: Holy fuck, that was great.
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Post by: TheDraught on July 26, 2011, 01:48:47 PM: So he was in his late 20s when he was filming for Soldier's Story?
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Post by: stephop on July 26, 2011, 02:38:02 PM: Quote from: TheDraught on July 26, 2011, 01:48:47 PM
So he was in his late 20s when he was filming for Soldier's Story?

Yeah. Like 28. If I recall he does like an airwalk or bicycle kick to a rail in it ;D
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Post by: annoyedwithskating on July 26, 2011, 03:05:18 PM: damn, killed it.
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Post by: radcunt on July 26, 2011, 03:27:45 PM: He's still got those Ollie Airwalks on style lock. Classic RA!
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Post by: tangar on July 26, 2011, 03:33:22 PM: does anyone know what park that is? I wanna say it looks a little like the plans for the Fremont park i saw on YouTube.
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Post by: westside skateshop on July 26, 2011, 04:29:36 PM: that park is in st helena ca.
one of the best parks i have ever been to.
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Post by: smokecrack on July 26, 2011, 05:17:17 PM: Quote from: mandibleclaw on July 26, 2011, 01:05:09 PM
this should be 100 people's entries in the "parts i have on repeat" thread. twice as old as me, and killing it harder than ever. i need to get my hands on a ron allen board.

i was about to say the same thing. Ron's about twice my age and is fucking killing it.

i'm genuinely really stoked for him.
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Post by: sixpackoftablets on July 26, 2011, 06:20:00 PM: Quote from: mandibleclaw on July 26, 2011, 01:05:09 PM
this should be 100 people's entries in the "parts i have on repeat" thread. twice as old as me, and killing it harder than ever. i need to get my hands on a ron allen board.

What wood does Creation use. Ron Allen deck is on my shortlist.
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Post by: NoComply180 on July 26, 2011, 09:28:38 PM: when pros get old a lot of them can't keep doing really difficult/cutting edge tricks, but you can still tell their pro status from their ability to put lines together like this, pretty much at will and spontaneous. That probably makes no sense but fuck it.
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Post by: Hypnotoad on July 26, 2011, 10:40:03 PM: Quote from: floop on July 25, 2011, 05:11:23 PM
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he's the exact same from like 1988,this is so awesome!

Shackle_Me_Not (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAFN6ksCQL8&feature=player_embedded#)

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so are the Berkeley bulldog-dykes apparently

I LOL'd
also, that was fucking great.
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Post by: natenola forever on July 26, 2011, 11:03:45 PM: Quote from: yeahmmm on July 25, 2011, 03:36:55 PM
wow holy shit! i thought he was like 40 tops and that was still making me psyched to be getting older and keep skating, but 48!?!? awesome.
Yeah Thomas Taylor told me Ron Allen didn't turn pro till he was 32 years old, doing the math that seems a little off, but yeah he would've been around 29 in 91 when he turned pro.
There was also that Fun video back in the day and instead of names they put numbers and it took a while till i realized the numbers were they're ages. Ron allen was #33 back then, i think Brad Staba was #13 or 14
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Post by: TomTom on July 27, 2011, 01:34:44 AM: This and seeing Lester Kasai rip at 45 yrs made my day!
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Post by: The Mess on July 27, 2011, 01:52:48 AM: So sick. Didn't they have that one life logo back in the day that spelt death if you turned it over? Anybody know what I'm talking about? Either way.. Inspiring to see this.
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Post by: carbonite on July 27, 2011, 05:15:23 AM: (http://twitpic.com/show/large/5re2bg)
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Post by: Sleazy on July 27, 2011, 07:28:58 AM: when i'm 48 my dauther will be 13, son will be 10 and my new baby will 9 so this clip definitely got me stoked as it seems promissing to get some family sessions going as i get older. looking forward to my kids getting better than me but want to make it at least slightly challenging for them.

wish more older guys skated like this. use the whole park, try some new tricks, etc... the whole padded up, bowl barney, carve and never fall thing is kind of depressing and keeps me on the solo missions.
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Post by: westside skateshop on July 27, 2011, 04:38:19 PM: Quote from: geoff on July 26, 2011, 03:05:18 PM
damn, killed it.

he sure did!
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Post by: The Mess on July 28, 2011, 01:18:07 AM: Quote from: carbonite on July 27, 2011, 05:15:23 AM
(http://twitpic.com/show/large/5re2bg)

Dope.
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Post by: bumpnrun on July 28, 2011, 10:26:08 AM: Quote from: The Mess on July 28, 2011, 01:18:07 AM
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(http://twitpic.com/show/large/5re2bg)
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Dope.

That's a nice tribute throwback graphic!
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Post by: tttttttttt on July 28, 2011, 02:09:07 PM: Quote from: Bronson on July 26, 2011, 01:29:54 AM
This makes me feel safe.
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Post by: ihateslapmag on July 28, 2011, 03:12:05 PM: I love the way he skates. The song was pretty sick too.
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Post by: Sleazy on July 29, 2011, 08:36:19 AM: i seriously can't wrap my head around layback grinds, especially at 48. so sick.
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Post by: bumpnrun on July 29, 2011, 10:37:06 AM: Quote from: Sleazy on July 29, 2011, 08:36:19 AM
i seriously can't wrap my head around layback grinds, especially at 48. so sick.

layback grinds are sick! I have no idea how they shift their weight back to come back in