not impressive by any means, but it still felt good

You cleared that ****, bruh! Damn right it felt good; It should!

Would love to start skating again. Only problem is, I don't just get right back up after a fall anymore. **** hurts now a days

lmao it still feels good as im chilling in my apartment. Thanks for all your help brah
do it, even just cruising feels great. You don't have to put yourself out there.

still skating. Bumping this to get others to join the love train before it gets too cold

one of the GOATS

For misc skaters. How do you guys mentally train yourself to go for tricks at higher speeds? Once I start going fast, my technique goes to ****, or Ill just bail mid trick

i never skate fast. there's no point unless you need the speed for gap/stair/rail skating. when you fuk up going fast it's devastating

Bro bottom ****in line, if you want to do it, do it. I picked up piano at 30, which most people woud consider a waste of time, but I enjoy so **** everyone else.

they key to skating is to slowly work your way up. Don't say well I did 2 foot gap now let's go for the 10 foot gap. Got to go slowly 2 feet, then 3, 4, etc. and you gotta do this every time you skate. Warm up, do some ollies, 180s, pop shuv its. Instead of rolling up and start trying to kick flip a 10 stair.

26 brah checkin in, still skate and longboard.. recently picked up snowboarding too.

shred the gnar brah

this, what are you trying to do? are you trying to clear a gap or stairs or something? no point going 20mph to do a kickflip on flat ground

the bolded is a problem of mine. It got me out of commission a few months ago, as my face hit the pavement pretty bad, and I bruised my ribs. Ill keep this in mind
Literally just for the sake of doing things fast. In my head it makes everything more impressivemy boy! this is sickagreed. This is how I see it. I feel young anyway

Well everytime I go to the skatepark it sucks that it's mostly kids. Not saying kids shouldn't pick up skating but it feels like a day care more than a skatepark. But some of the kids are nice, some try really hard to teach my how to ollie even though I suck at skateboarding. I just wish there were more young adults at the skatepark like going to a gym. But I guess no one takes skating seriously and most young adults quit early so only ends up being kids. And the majority of older people who skate are probably pros like Chris Cole or Tony Hawk. Or dads who got back into it b/c they had a kid.

But I live next to Etnies Skatepark, it's one of the nicest public skateparks. I've been to Nyjah's skatepark & the Berrics and I still think Etnies is way better. It's huge! And it's all cement, no private skatepark will ever come close to being as prestine as Etnies.

Hoping after 2020 Olympics w/ skateboard event that maybe the sport will be taken more seriously than just something that looks cool. And I wanna shout out I used to skate with Figgy "Justin Figueroa" back in elementary school.

One of the biggest reasons I wanna skate again is to stand up for skaters and stop letting them get pushed around by all of the idiots in society. I can't stand seeing all of the kids/teens get bullied by adults into "not skating on X property" or "making noise" and all of that other stupid chit. I remember being 13 and like 90 lbs skating in the street and some old fuk or old kunt soccer mom would bitch about us making noise or "damaging the roads". Back then I couldn't do chit but listen. Nowadays I fukking PRAY someone will say some chit like that to me

do it brah. Little did those people know that some of the best memories ever would be skating with your friends and just having fun

so true though. I'll never forget those memories with the crew.. Skating to Taco Bell after school and hanging out until our parents forced us to go home. Then there was always that one kid who wore roller blades or rode a ****in scooter who somehow managed to become a part of the crew too. Mannnnn I cri

I skated from age 14 to 22. Started skating again casually at age 26, I'm 28 now.

I havent skated in 2 months after snapping my chit up at work and getting a horrific sciatica flare up. Its been depressing as hell and have wondered if I'll be able to skate again any time soon. Learned Varial heelflips and was close to having backside kickflips and 360 flips down right before my injury.

As old as I am I regularly saw guys older than me shredding hard at the local skate park. There's this old bro with grey hair and a beard that is a beast. Saw him do a 50-50 360 flip out on a ledge. As long as you're physically able then I'd say go for it OP. It's a very fun and rewarding hobby. Only downside is its hell on your ankles,knees and back.

I remember seeing this thread back in the summer, glad you sticked with it. I've picked up the guitar and gonna buy a skateboard from the local store pretty soon aswell.

thanks dude! I knew I had a love for it, even for the many years I didn't skate, I was always jelly and fascinated by the people who did. lol funny thing is that I also regret not playing any musical instruments anymore. Perhaps thats what I'll tackle next. Post ITT or link me to a thread of your own when you start skating

Shiiiiiit this is making want to start skating again. I used to skate a lot back in middle school and high school. I'm 31 now though and I dunno if I want the injury risk lol. I still snowboard though but it would be nice to skate in the summer again.

I was just looking at skateboards today, because trying to pick it up again, thanks op, i am buying a board tomorrow for sure

25, skate everyday crew, best way to stay fit, and learn new tricks

honestly, i'm more careful now that i'm older lmfao. i still hit the stairs/rails at the park and chit but don't attempt 80% what i would've attempted when i was like 16. I also enjoy longboarding now too. Carving massive hills is soooooo fun, started snowboarding and i get the same exhilaration except snow/less pain when you fall

Skating fast makes doing lines so much more hnnnng
Brb no pushes in between tricks

Skateboarding is fun,
Still riding a board after 11 years and I'm 26, not nearly as good as I use to be, but life gets busy. Either way I still go out and film once in a while with my buddies. We all live kinda far apart but we do a yearly skate trip where we meet up and fly somewhere fun to skate for a week and stay at nice comfy hotels.
Skating is just as much of not more fun to me now that when I was kid. Especially skatin with your friends. Also I've made lots of friends through skateboarding not only in North America but also in Korea!
Either way I don't see myself stopping anytime soon

Can pick up a complete plan B skateboard for 70 bucks brand new, should I pull the trigger? I'm not sure what kind of other parts are on it, I assume they're good quality too.

edit: everything is planB according to the seller, I'll try to get it down to 50 bucks since this guy is flipping them or something lol.

I am either going to buy a tricks or a blind pre made. Are those brands good to go?