Dumb things you thought about skateboarding when you were a kid

[marcusbutler]

Trying to figure out backside and frontside 180's while going nollie and fakie.

[prisoner223]

I saw a Chanel ad and thought it was a Women's line of DC

[tuesday]

I saw a Chanel ad and thought it was a Women's line of DC

nice one

[CocoSantiagosKitten]

The idea of "You have to be a dick like those EMB guys to be a real skater." I mean, this was when my friends and I were in junior high and were still figuring shit out, but I specifically remember an instance where a perfectly nice kid that I was actually friends with in elementary school came up to me to ask me about what kid of board he should get for Christmas and I spit in his CCS catalog and laughed at him.

[bombsquid]

Trying to figure out backside and frontside 180's while going nollie and fakie.

I still have no idea 

[benboardbreaker]

who that presenter of 411vm was in the intro. (lance mountain) I knew sal barbier from the shoes. then a year later figured it out.

[Mallie]

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I saw a Chanel ad and thought it was a Women's line of DC

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nice one

To this day, when I whip out a pair of old, raggedy DC slides that i keep in my trunk in case of an urgent need, there is almost always someone asking me "are those some fake Dolce and Gabbanas?".

[guyledouche]

I thought skating would be easy. I expected to learn tricks immediately and never struggle. So when I did struggle I thought it meant “I can’t do that trick”. That led to me skating like once every few weeks and doing the same tricks every time. I spent more time and money on getting hammered than skating. Luckily I’m still alive and fortunate enough to skate often and learn new tricks now.

[carbonite]

...that World Industries was actually a big corporation like IBM or General Motors

[Uncle Flea]

https://youtu.be/tDKSDnFy_C8?si=XSFONf4sxODpT0EZ

When I started skatebloarding at age 5 in 1983 this is all I wanted to be.

I had no idea who he was but at the time I saw this as my future and it was everything to me.

Well into the tech era all I cared about was being a punk.

Being a skater was just part of that.

All these posers who hated punk would be outa here rocking a business suit.

Only I would be left.

I was right. I skated longer than all my haters.

It didn't take long for Grosso and Danforth to take the top spot in my preteen mind.

John too.

I always recognized that Gator was a poser.

[Uncle Flea]

I couldn't be like Duane. I tried super hard but I had no idea what to do.

That look tho. It was hella powerful.

Grosso hill bomb with a beer was the ultimate tho.

In my opinion that's the best non transition photo in skate history

[Uncle Flea]

I hope no more people copy people who are death

[Old SadFat]

That my much older brother's Fibreflex with gullwing trucks and kryptonite wheels was the best board in the world and you could do anything on it you just had to be good enough.

Christian Slater really was just that good in Gleaming the Cube.

Alsp doing a triple flip made you the best skateboarder in the world. And that the World Championships to decide this was probably just a bunch of dudes all cheering each other on as they tried super hard to do triple flips. Like 'maybe this will be the year some one gets one'.

[froufroufox]

I got into skating in 2005 and put off watching Yeah Right! for a year or two cuz i thought the whole video was fake skating. Like everything was green screened

[savagesavs]

When I first started skating (toysrus board) ended getting all chipped up and gross. I thought thats how boards were suppose to be skated. So when i got my first real skateboard (plan b sheckler) I proceeded to take the fresh grip job and scratch it up darkslide style. To "break the board in"

[Troubadour26]

That my much older brother's Fibreflex with gullwing trucks and kryptonite wheels was the best board in the world and you could do anything on it you just had to be good enough.

Christian Slater really was just that good in Gleaming the Cube.

Alsp doing a triple flip made you the best skateboarder in the world. And that the World Championships to decide this was probably just a bunch of dudes all cheering each other on as they tried super hard to do triple flips. Like 'maybe this will be the year some one gets one'.

All of this sounds like a Matt Christopher book.