General Skate Talk

[planman]

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It seems like it'd be nearly impossible to slappy into balanced nosegrind unless you cheated and lifted the front wheels on the way in...anyone got a clip?

Edit - okay maybe not "nearly impossible" but definitely awkward and difficult

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Haven’t seen anyone do them bs but I have seen a kid do some really nice fs slap nose grinds(yes they were balanced and no he didn’t lift into them).

it's hard but I can slappy into balanced bs nosegrinds and I've done it fs before too (on shrooms so it only kinda counts). It's easier to balance bs if you're going for a back 180 out. You just treat it like a slappy crook with your front foot a teeny bit closer to the bolts and keep your shoulders parallel with the curb. The reason back 180 out easier is because when you're swinging your shoulders to be in line with the he curb the momentum just keeps carrying you around.

[SwitchBenihana]

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I disagree. Watch any of the curb god videos and literally everyone lifts for slappy blunts, overcooks, and feebles. Try to tell Robbie Rodriguez his slappy form is wrong
when he's likely got slappies on lock better than almost anyone on here.

A slappy back NG is possible if you still slap the front truck up first. It can be cheated by doing it super slow and see-sawing onto the curb sure. I'm thinking of carving super hard like a BS 50-50 and right after the front truck climbs you lean forward. The back truck would still hit and if you hang your back toes off more than normal and lean forward you get right into it. Same with FS. John Rob Moore has posted a bunch of them recently on IG stories. Myself and friends have definitely done all of the variations using this general form. You do hit the back truck and maybe for a split second it's grinding, but if you time it right the back wheels climb but the hanger never touches. It's scary and kinda violent.

I'm also of the opinion that people that get super anal about slappies are kinda missing the point of what they're supposed to be in the first place. There's a few that I think you should definitely never lift for. Back in the day we did them at the end of the day when our legs were shot while switching to party mode it was more about shooting the shit with the homies rather than treating it like Olympic figure skating.

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Embarrassed I even know who that is but that dude is a fuckin kook.

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Care to explain? Other than the standard YouTube sin of slop topping nidecker corp, I was curious why he is a kook.

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On top of nidecker & powell peddling he’s just got a bad aura.
I watched some of his videos years ago but began to sour on him after seeing how arrogant he is while trying to portray himself as humble. Who calls themselves “east coast curb killer” anyway. Fuckin gross. Also get maga vibes but I have no proof.

The name was tongue in cheek, but he's pretty good at skating curbs without resorting to weird dancing combos. I don't like many of the pieces of gear he skates and tests but he does give critical reviews and honestly just seems to enjoy doing so not for affiliate codes. His tutorials are also fairly clear and well spoken.

We're also talking about types of skaters that proudly skate all sorts of rails and crazy shapes that I would personally never fuck with, but I'm glad that there is something in skating for everyone and that it's keeping a ton of aging skaters on the board.

[rawbertson.]

i have had a few exchanges with Robbie and he seems like a rad dude. He has posted on here a few times. He is a really good skater.

i can understand when you put the front truck onto the curb like a toddler, that doesnt count. but going to 5-0 first, and then setting the other truck down, i dont really get why that doesn't count. you are wall riding up the curb, not ollieing, into the grind.

i have seen people 5050 liek that on transition, and that is also how muska 5050d handrails, do those not count either then?

[GnarAlarm]

Anyone know what happened to Aurelien Giraud at the Tampa best trick? Seems like it might have been pretty bad, called for medics and made everyone stop skating.

[Plan9Customs]

i have had a few exchanges with Robbie and he seems like a rad dude. He has posted on here a few times. He is a really good skater.

i can understand when you put the front truck onto the curb like a toddler, that doesnt count. but going to 5-0 first, and then setting the other truck down, i dont really get why that doesn't count. you are wall riding up the curb, not ollieing, into the grind.

i have seen people 5050 liek that on transition, and that is also how muska 5050d handrails, do those not count either then?

They’re supposed to be more like a power slide or carve into them. Front truck hits first, back follows. Lifting and going back first(unless into 5/0) takes the slide/carve out and just makes it look bad. Maybe I should be posting this in the unpopular opinion but that’s just how it is. It’s like calling a nose or tail slide on a curb w/o an ollie a slappy. They’re not. No trucks involved so no slap.

[Sandwich Marty]

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i have had a few exchanges with Robbie and he seems like a rad dude. He has posted on here a few times. He is a really good skater.

i can understand when you put the front truck onto the curb like a toddler, that doesnt count. but going to 5-0 first, and then setting the other truck down, i dont really get why that doesn't count. you are wall riding up the curb, not ollieing, into the grind.

i have seen people 5050 liek that on transition, and that is also how muska 5050d handrails, do those not count either then?

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They’re supposed to be more like a power slide or carve into them. Front truck hits first, back follows. Lifting and going back first(unless into 5/0) takes the slide/carve out and just makes it look bad. Maybe I should be posting this in the unpopular opinion but that’s just how it is. It’s like calling a nose or tail slide on a curb w/o an ollie a slappy. They’re not. No trucks involved so no slap.

Slappy nose/tail etc are a thing. I’ve never even heard anyone argue otherwise.

[The Huffer]

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i have had a few exchanges with Robbie and he seems like a rad dude. He has posted on here a few times. He is a really good skater.

i can understand when you put the front truck onto the curb like a toddler, that doesnt count. but going to 5-0 first, and then setting the other truck down, i dont really get why that doesn't count. you are wall riding up the curb, not ollieing, into the grind.

i have seen people 5050 liek that on transition, and that is also how muska 5050d handrails, do those not count either then?

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They’re supposed to be more like a power slide or carve into them. Front truck hits first, back follows. Lifting and going back first(unless into 5/0) takes the slide/carve out and just makes it look bad. Maybe I should be posting this in the unpopular opinion but that’s just how it is. It’s like calling a nose or tail slide on a curb w/o an ollie a slappy. They’re not. No trucks involved so no slap.

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Slappy nose/tail etc are a thing. I’ve never even heard anyone argue otherwise.

Alas, he is correct. Slappies are grinds not tail and nose slides. And yes, a slappy is a carve into a grind, so front truck should be on first but not in a see saw fashion, (more like if you are carve grinding the shallow end of a pool.) Yes, slappies and curbs have come a long way since their renaissance but historically speaking.... this was the way...

[radcunt]

just stole a curb from a dog park. gonna brick and apply green rustoleum tomorrow.
City stole 2 of mine now, i see it as retribution. we aint done yet. will post pics tomorrow. shits going down. All them bitches gon be gone soon. 1000 HP Honda Odyssey heat. When you put the seats down, its the perfect amount of space to take the 5 footers if you put it diagnally. you need to take 2 seats down if you want to do anything longer. in theory you can fit an 8 footer back there.

I stole a big parking block from a big hardware that shut down.  God knows how I did that on my own.

[Jort250]

I saw someone running switch backside 5050, switch back 180 out at the park today. Looked dope, those regular is kind of just a warm up trick IMO. Couldn’t tell you/articulate why it looked so sick but I feel inspired to run these now

[formula420]

I saw someone running switch backside 5050, switch back 180 out at the park today. Looked dope, those regular is kind of just a warm up trick IMO. Couldn’t tell you/articulate why it looked so sick but I feel inspired to run these now

I’ve been trying front 50 back 1. I did it at a park so easy one day and haven’t been able to do it again since.

[Kielwasser]

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I saw someone running switch backside 5050, switch back 180 out at the park today. Looked dope, those regular is kind of just a warm up trick IMO. Couldn’t tell you/articulate why it looked so sick but I feel inspired to run these now

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I’ve been trying front 50 back 1. I did it at a park so easy one day and haven’t been able to do it again since.

Popped out mid-lwdge or at the end? Two entirely different tricks those

[formula420]

End of ledge, middle is way better but I’m just a filthy casual

[Texas_Tone]

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I saw someone running switch backside 5050, switch back 180 out at the park today. Looked dope, those regular is kind of just a warm up trick IMO. Couldn’t tell you/articulate why it looked so sick but I feel inspired to run these now

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I’ve been trying front 50 back 1. I did it at a park so easy one day and haven’t been able to do it again since.

Hold up switch front 50 back 180 out?? Like alley oop? And switch? That’s a tough one

[rawbertson.]

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I saw someone running switch backside 5050, switch back 180 out at the park today. Looked dope, those regular is kind of just a warm up trick IMO. Couldn’t tell you/articulate why it looked so sick but I feel inspired to run these now

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I’ve been trying front 50 back 1. I did it at a park so easy one day and haven’t been able to do it again since.

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Hold up switch front 50 back 180 out?? Like alley oop? And switch? That’s a tough one

switch backside 5050, switch back 180

[Jort250]

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I saw someone running switch backside 5050, switch back 180 out at the park today. Looked dope, those regular is kind of just a warm up trick IMO. Couldn’t tell you/articulate why it looked so sick but I feel inspired to run these now

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I’ve been trying front 50 back 1. I did it at a park so easy one day and haven’t been able to do it again since.

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Hold up switch front 50 back 180 out?? Like alley oop? And switch? That’s a tough one

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switch backside 5050, switch back 180

Yeah sorry I meant switch back 5050 and switch 180 out in the easy direction. Something about it being switch just made it so much cooler than reg, which I consider to be a warm up trick

[TwisT]

Why is everyone doing denim again?

[AnimalChinaski79]

I disagree. Watch any of the curb god videos and literally everyone lifts for slappy blunts, overcooks, and feebles. Try to tell Robbie Rodriguez his slappy form is wrong when he's likely got slappies on lock better than almost anyone on here.

A slappy back NG is possible if you still slap the front truck up first. It can be cheated by doing it super slow and see-sawing onto the curb sure. I'm thinking of carving super hard like a BS 50-50 and right after the front truck climbs you lean forward. The back truck would still hit and if you hang your back toes off more than normal and lean forward you get right into it. Same with FS. John Rob Moore has posted a bunch of them recently on IG stories. Myself and friends have definitely done all of the variations using this general form. You do hit the back truck and maybe for a split second it's grinding, but if you time it right the back wheels climb but the hanger never touches. It's scary and kinda violent.

I'm also of the opinion that people that get super anal about slappies are kinda missing the point of what they're supposed to be in the first place. There's a few that I think you should definitely never lift for. Back in the day we did them at the end of the day when our legs were shot while switching to party mode it was more about shooting the shit with the homies rather than treating it like Olympic figure skating.

All of this. 

[rawbertson.]

was just thinking about how a lot of guys who turn pro really young are kinda messed up in one way or another
i think quasi and more recently baker are the only companies that have big AM squads of guys that are featured quite a bit on stuff and trying to make guys pro who they know are going to be around for a long time. i can see why dylan jaeb, chris athans wanted to wait til they are a bit older now. i never would have been mature at that age to understand all that, i am just finally understanding that now closing in on 40.

the only one i can think of who seems really on point is louie lopez, and its funny cause as a little kid, he just seemed like another cast member of "in bloom". baker, flip, plan b, etc. were companies that was just turning flow to pro for a long time. probably everyone. some companies are still doing it. theres not enough profit maximization of having AMs but there is a much bigger picture.

[GnarAlarm]

The other day I was talking to a buddy of mine while taking a break during a sesh. I was trying to say something about a pro skater but my brain kept forcing the name Wayne Kramer on me. It was driving me crazy, I knew there was no chance a pro skater had the same name as the guy from MC5 and I'd just never noticed, so I knew I was thinking the wrong name, but no matter how hard I tried my brain just kept forcing Wayne Kramer Wayne Kramer Wayne Kramer.

It wasn't until I got home that I was like "WES KREMER!!!".
I texted my buddy and he was like "I dunno who that is", so that was anticlimactic
He doesn't pay much attention to videos or the industry in general...

[rawbertson.]

pretty sure he was the first guy to darkslide a handrail

[rikki]

The other day I was talking to a buddy of mine while taking a break during a sesh. I was trying to say something about a pro skater but my brain kept forcing the name Wayne Kramer on me. It was driving me crazy, I knew there was no chance a pro skater had the same name as the guy from MC5 and I'd just never noticed, so I knew I was thinking the wrong name, but no matter how hard I tried my brain just kept forcing Wayne Kramer Wayne Kramer Wayne Kramer.

It wasn't until I got home that I was like "WES KREMER!!!".
I texted my buddy and he was like "I dunno who that is", so that was anticlimactic
He doesn't pay much attention to videos or the industry in general...

STAY ALIVE WITH THE MC5

[Plan9Customs]

pretty sure he was the first guy to darkslide a handrail

I could be mistaken, but pretty sure Gonz holds that title.

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pretty sure he was the first guy to darkslide a handrail

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I could be mistaken, but pretty sure Gonz holds that title.

Gonz does a caveman into it.

[sk8n hugon]

Does anyone have any experience skating a plastic parking block? I am thinking about getting one for my basement, but I’m not sure how it will hold up. Pretty sure it will slide fine, but not sure about grinds and durability.

Something like this: https://a.co/d/08XTpi1J

[Plan9Customs]

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pretty sure he was the first guy to darkslide a handrail

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I could be mistaken, but pretty sure Gonz holds that title.

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Gonz does a caveman into it.

Thanks. Forgot the caveman part.

[rawbertson.]

Does anyone have any experience skating a plastic parking block? I am thinking about getting one for my basement, but I’m not sure how it will hold up. Pretty sure it will slide fine, but not sure about grinds and durability.

Something like this: https://a.co/d/08XTpi1J

it wont grind and it will probably be a really sticky slide. could do stalls on it though, that might be fun for a bit.

[sk8n hugon]

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Does anyone have any experience skating a plastic parking block? I am thinking about getting one for my basement, but I’m not sure how it will hold up. Pretty sure it will slide fine, but not sure about grinds and durability.

Something like this: https://a.co/d/08XTpi1J

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it wont grind and it will probably be a really sticky slide. could do stalls on it though, that might be fun for a bit.

Yeah, will mostly be for stalls anyways given the angle of approach I have in the basement. I’m currently skating a 6x6 wooden beam down there. Haha. I wonder if it would be any better to get the thicker kind like this: https://a.co/d/07MdCawF

[j....soy.....]

I’ve skated a larger parking block size one and it was sick.  You need to double check that it’s not hollow and be sure you want that height…

It felt like grinding giant skate rails like rib bones or whatever….

[sk8n hugon]

Awesome. Yeah, I think I’ll get one of the solid ones. Glad to hear it was able to grind.

[sk8n hugon]

I have a silly idea to make a removable manny pad to put behind the plastic curb. Figure it might make it easier to grind.