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Re: Pleasures exclusive to skateboarding
« Reply #30 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.

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Re: Pleasures exclusive to skateboarding
« Reply #31 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!"
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Re: Pleasures exclusive to skateboarding
« Reply #32 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

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Re: Pleasures exclusive to skateboarding
« Reply #33 on: November 08, 2022, 08:36:29 AM »
Gettin fucked up tonight!!

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Re: Pleasures exclusive to skateboarding
« Reply #34 on: November 08, 2022, 08:39:01 AM »
Bombing a hill

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Re: Pleasures exclusive to skateboarding
« Reply #35 on: November 08, 2022, 08:44:45 AM »
putting on skate videos to drown out your partner complaining about coworkers by first name

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Re: Pleasures exclusive to skateboarding
« Reply #36 on: November 08, 2022, 09:01:23 AM »
 Kf's I guess. Pop shuvs.
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Re: Pleasures exclusive to skateboarding
« Reply #37 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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Re: Pleasures exclusive to skateboarding
« Reply #38 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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Re: Pleasures exclusive to skateboarding
« Reply #39 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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Re: Pleasures exclusive to skateboarding
« Reply #40 on: November 08, 2022, 10:05:15 AM »
Etnies

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Re: Pleasures exclusive to skateboarding
« Reply #41 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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Re: Pleasures exclusive to skateboarding
« Reply #42 on: November 08, 2022, 11:06:07 AM »
Asking for a hard copy of a 7 minute video.

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Re: Pleasures exclusive to skateboarding
« Reply #43 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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Re: Pleasures exclusive to skateboarding
« Reply #44 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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Re: Pleasures exclusive to skateboarding
« Reply #45 on: November 08, 2022, 12:43:21 PM »
Elijah vs Austyn beef

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Re: Pleasures exclusive to skateboarding
« Reply #46 on: November 08, 2022, 01:18:22 PM »
Speed wobbles.


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Re: Pleasures exclusive to skateboarding
« Reply #47 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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Re: Pleasures exclusive to skateboarding
« Reply #48 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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Re: Pleasures exclusive to skateboarding
« Reply #49 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

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Re: Pleasures exclusive to skateboarding
« Reply #50 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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Re: Pleasures exclusive to skateboarding
« Reply #51 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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Re: Pleasures exclusive to skateboarding
« Reply #52 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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Re: Pleasures exclusive to skateboarding
« Reply #53 on: November 08, 2022, 06:08:13 PM »
making fun of elijah berle

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Re: Pleasures exclusive to skateboarding
« Reply #54 on: November 08, 2022, 06:23:00 PM »
wheelbite in the rain

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Re: Pleasures exclusive to skateboarding
« Reply #55 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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Re: Pleasures exclusive to skateboarding
« Reply #56 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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Re: Pleasures exclusive to skateboarding
« Reply #57 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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Re: Pleasures exclusive to skateboarding
« Reply #58 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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Re: Pleasures exclusive to skateboarding
« Reply #59 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