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Beer Curve
« on: December 19, 2013, 02:39:50 AM »
Personally, are you better at skating after drinking a certain amount of alcohol?

I don't drink anymore, but the time between my 1st and 2nd beer during a session I felt like I loosened up and was a bit and could land shit more easily. Pabst, Olympia, or Rainier while skating, nothing nicer or heavier. Also, I was never much of a pot smoker, but once I got incredibly ripped at the Boulder, CO skatepark and ate shit hard on an early grab back 180.

Anyone care to comment on their 'beer curve' or their relationship between alcohol or other drugs and skating? Derail with beer bellies, pictures of drunk babes, etc?

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Re: Beer Curve
« Reply #1 on: December 19, 2013, 04:28:36 AM »
Usually after two I feel a bit more confidence to try new things outside my comfort zone. Whether I land them or not is hit and miss. Two is probably the butter zone for me.

A while back a friend and I had a bit of a drunk game of skate tournament. We would drink a beer, play a game of skate, drink a beer and play another game and so it went until we were sloppy drunk. The further we went the more risks we took. Rather than play it safe we would be trying double and late flip shenanigans we knew we didn't have consistent. By beer/ game 5 we could still land tricks even though things were getting extremely dumb and sloppy. Beyond that things got worse until we gave up. I forget how many beers we were down in the end.

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Re: Beer Curve
« Reply #2 on: December 19, 2013, 04:34:52 AM »
Usually after two I feel a bit more confidence to try new things outside my comfort zone. Whether I land them or not is hit and miss. Two is probably the butter zone for me.

A while back a friend and I had a bit of a drunk game of skate tournament. We would drink a beer, play a game of skate, drink a beer and play another game and so it went until we were sloppy drunk. The further we went the more risks we took. Rather than play it safe we would be trying double and late flip shenanigans we knew we didn't have consistent. By beer/ game 5 we could still land tricks even though things were getting extremely dumb and sloppy. Beyond that things got worse until we gave up. I forget how many beers we were down in the end.
That sounds hella fun.

I just remembered that when I was 17 I tried to skate after drinking a bottle and a half of robotussin. It was the weirdest complete loss of balance, I couldn't feel the board and had no idea how to stand on it, even stationary.

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Re: Beer Curve
« Reply #3 on: December 19, 2013, 04:40:55 AM »
I'm in favour of moderate drinking and skating. A can at the spot or a quick pint between spots works fine for me. I'm a little looser, but I don't really do it that often. Only problem is when you hurt yourself its always in your head "Would that have happened if I hadn't had that beer?", but I can also tell that at a NYE party skating a mini ramp, I was probably the only sober person there as I was driving and I was the one that broke my wrist. I'm convinced had I been drinking I would have escaped unharmed. I have very little experience skating after smoking because when I smoked I'd usually pile out. Never tried skating on anything stronger but I once played ice hockey high on ecstasy (long story) and scored 2 goals. Never wanted to repeat that though.

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Re: Beer Curve
« Reply #4 on: December 19, 2013, 04:43:28 AM »
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Usually after two I feel a bit more confidence to try new things outside my comfort zone. Whether I land them or not is hit and miss. Two is probably the butter zone for me.

A while back a friend and I had a bit of a drunk game of skate tournament. We would drink a beer, play a game of skate, drink a beer and play another game and so it went until we were sloppy drunk. The further we went the more risks we took. Rather than play it safe we would be trying double and late flip shenanigans we knew we didn't have consistent. By beer/ game 5 we could still land tricks even though things were getting extremely dumb and sloppy. Beyond that things got worse until we gave up. I forget how many beers we were down in the end.
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That sounds hella fun.

I just remembered that when I was 17 I tried to skate after drinking a bottle and a half of robotussin. It was the weirdest complete loss of balance, I couldn't feel the board and had no idea how to stand on it, even stationary.

Tried skating with a cold after taking pseudoephadrine and couldn't feel a damn thing. Got totally freaked out and went home.

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Re: Beer Curve
« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2013, 04:54:54 AM »
I tried to drink before skateboarding once. Next thing I knew I ended up in my bed 60 pounds heavier with empty bottles and pizza boxes strewn all over my bed and carpet. 8 months had passed.
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Re: Beer Curve
« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2013, 05:44:59 AM »
I have been drinking, smoking pot and skating since I was 16 and I'm 33 now. The only thing that's changed is that I'm not drinking Old English and I'm not smoking dirt weed(that's a lie, you can still catch me doing that sometimes). I prefer to drink "Boatswain Double IPA" from Trader Joe's at 8.4% and I always carry my vaporizer with me.

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Re: Beer Curve
« Reply #7 on: December 19, 2013, 06:36:04 AM »
Maybe I'm a lightweight, but I prefer to keep it to sips of beer. That or really stretch out the time it takes to drink the full beers. I find I get sloppy quickly if I drink a bit more. Though, there was one time we were drinking hard liquor straight between every trick and everyone landed a bunch of stuff. I guess it's probably all in my head...
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Re: Beer Curve
« Reply #8 on: December 19, 2013, 06:56:31 AM »
its been a while since ive drank and skated. i remember once me and two of my friends killed a 12 pack before skating the park and i had a good enough buzz that i was committing to a lot more stuff. i wouldnt say it made me better, but my confidence was definitely higher. we used to play skate and if you got a letter you had to drink, loser shotguns a beer. that was kinda fun.

http://thebeerics.com/

^ this site is basically dedicated to drunk skating.



one of my friends doing a 5th try friday. i dont think i could handle shotgunning 5 beers and landing a trick.

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Re: Beer Curve
« Reply #9 on: December 19, 2013, 07:01:41 AM »
i can't do much i find it inhibits my creativity. do enjoy a good curb sesh after some drinks tho.

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Re: Beer Curve
« Reply #10 on: December 19, 2013, 07:03:18 AM »
Drinking and Skatiing really depends on how much I drank, can always cruse and drink but not much more. When it comes to smokin the best routine I found was skate, warmup, smoke, skate. My down fall was id get WAYYY to high before i even got to the park  or spot.

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Re: Beer Curve
« Reply #11 on: December 19, 2013, 07:30:11 AM »
the beer curve is definitely a thing. 2-5, maybe? feel a little too bulletproof after that. weed i usually can't do at all.. makes me half-ass, and half-ass is no bueno. super simple stuff that doesn't require too much motor skill like bombing hills is fun though. trips me out a little bit

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Re: Beer Curve
« Reply #12 on: December 19, 2013, 08:56:36 AM »
weed for me did the opposite of beer. beer made it so i wasnt afraid of slamming, weed made me think i was going to slam on everything.

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Re: Beer Curve
« Reply #13 on: December 19, 2013, 09:28:27 AM »
2 tallboys is the magic formula.

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Re: Beer Curve
« Reply #14 on: December 19, 2013, 11:52:47 AM »
I used to skate great all dosed up on GHB. I'd fall a lot but it felt good to fall so I was more daring.

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Re: Beer Curve
« Reply #15 on: December 19, 2013, 11:56:57 AM »
2 tallboys is the magic formula.
2 tallboys of what? 2 tallboys of 211 and you won't be doing shit.
Before you say the music sucked, have you considered shutting the fuck up?

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Re: Beer Curve
« Reply #16 on: December 19, 2013, 12:01:03 PM »
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2 tallboys is the magic formula.
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2 tallboys of what? 2 tallboys of 211 and you won't be doing shit.
narragannsett, schlitz or something shitty. anything around 5-6%

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Re: Beer Curve
« Reply #17 on: December 19, 2013, 07:58:16 PM »
Drinking and skating when I was 18 = switch ollies down 6 stairs first try completely hammered,

Drinking and skating at 25 = I'm gonna just sit here and chill, because anything I do is gonna be messy.

But nothing beats a couple brews with the homies after a film sesh

Anyways,

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Re: Beer Curve
« Reply #18 on: December 19, 2013, 09:54:03 PM »
Well alcohol usually makes your fear go away in certain instances. So yeah, it might help you skate or not get messed up from fear or being nervous.

It doesn't make you better really but it may calm nerves and that can help a skater a shit ton

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Re: Beer Curve
« Reply #19 on: December 19, 2013, 10:08:35 PM »
Back when I used to smoke weed I'd love to get high and skate flatground. As for drinking, one time when I was 16 got hammered and tried to skate home. I ran and threw my board down and the next thing I know I'm lying face down on a sidewalk. Woke up the next morning with a fucked up face and work at 8 AM. Needless to say didn't really care for drinking and skating after that.

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Re: Beer Curve
« Reply #20 on: December 19, 2013, 10:38:06 PM »
I'd say 2-5 like svilleantigo said, or 2 tallboys like max power if I'm in the mood. Nothing too wild, but it definitely loosens me up and helps me be a little less of a baby about committing to things. I don't smoke weed at the moment, but when I did I'd have to skate for a bit to get warmed up, smoke some, and then skate and things would be fine. If I smoked before skating at all it was like my brain wasn't communicating with my legs properly.

One time when I was in Savannah visiting some friends we played skate in the alley behind their place, and we'd take a drink every time we got a letter, which quickly devolved into every time you miss a trick in general. Then we cruised over and skated this building foundation that had been abandoned down the street that had a small gap over this metal thing, a bigger gap on the other side where it was higher and you could gap some grass and the sidewalk into the street, and was just smooth concrete and a ton of fun. One of the better sessions I've ever had.

A bad time was cruising back to my apartment from my friend's place one time, we had gotten pretty sloppy and when I went to push I pretty much just did the splits. Like, did not pick my back foot up off the sidewalk at all. Ended up just carrying my board as I stumbled home.
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Re: Beer Curve
« Reply #21 on: December 19, 2013, 10:42:41 PM »
gimme 3 beers and i'll try anything. four and i can't land anything.

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Re: Beer Curve
« Reply #22 on: December 19, 2013, 11:54:01 PM »
i don't even fuck around.  drinking + skating has always resulted in injury. 

1 beer doesn't hurt tho

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Re: Beer Curve
« Reply #23 on: December 20, 2013, 02:01:20 AM »
2 tallboys is the magic formula.
So true. You can't beat 2 tall boys and a mini ramp.

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Re: Beer Curve
« Reply #24 on: December 20, 2013, 02:06:38 AM »
Just cruised around with a tallboy heineken, felt pretty rad, this summer is gonna be good

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Re: Beer Curve
« Reply #25 on: December 20, 2013, 07:21:48 AM »
one of my friends has a cottage up in the norther part of michigan that we go party at in the summer. theres a really long hill thats pretty mellow, but fun to bomb when youre drunk. its pretty funny to watch people who dont skate try to bomb it after theyve been drinking. i think im the only one i know whos eaten shit pretty bad, but i was borderline black out going switch.

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Re: Beer Curve
« Reply #26 on: December 20, 2013, 08:47:37 AM »
i don't even skate without cold ones. max power has the formula correct. 2 tallboys of shitty american lager.

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Re: Beer Curve
« Reply #27 on: December 20, 2013, 10:33:28 AM »
Beer helped me learn to skate transition. The two seem to go hand-in-hand. Street I can have a few and do OK, but more than 5 or 6 then it starts to fuck me up.

During filming of some videos me and our crew would have "skate parties" where instead of being piles and drikining instead of filming, we would take 18 packs of beer with us to spots and wild out and film shit. Amazing how productive we actually were while doing that shit and that we never once got busted by the cops doing that shit for how loud we'd get.

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Re: Beer Curve
« Reply #28 on: December 20, 2013, 10:45:45 AM »
its been a while since ive drank and skated. i remember once me and two of my friends killed a 12 pack before skating the park and i had a good enough buzz that i was committing to a lot more stuff. i wouldnt say it made me better, but my confidence was definitely higher. we used to play skate and if you got a letter you had to drink, loser shotguns a beer. that was kinda fun.

http://thebeerics.com/

^ this site is basically dedicated to drunk skating.



one of my friends doing a 5th try friday. i dont think i could handle shotgunning 5 beers and landing a trick.

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Re: Beer Curve
« Reply #29 on: December 20, 2013, 11:40:30 AM »
I've realized not to get drunk before going skating but to get drunk as you're skating.