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paintball_karl · 04-16-2009, 05:47 AM

man sucks that my snow season is over. ive been longboarding for a few years. starting to get more into street skating though.
longboards i have various sector 9nines that i got for dirt cheap. but i mainly use my loaded dervish flex 2 with some bigzigs.
heres some pics

my skate deck i gripped

Music Moves · 04-16-2009, 12:05 PM

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Originally Posted by paintball_karl

man sucks that my snow season is over. ive been longboarding for a few years. starting to get more into street skating though.
longboards i have various sector 9nines that i got for dirt cheap. but i mainly use my loaded dervish flex 2 with some bigzigs.
heres some pics

my skate deck i gripped

That second pic is worthy of Stacy Peralta or Christian Hosoi or maybe one of the Alva/Dogtown boys.

And that grip job is serious!

SMDSkata · 04-16-2009, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by bakesale

Chickenfoot, it's a problem that usually goes away with a lot of practice and more confidence in tricks. I really struggled with this for years when ollieing up steps and ledges.

Practice this 100 times a day and you'll eventually get it, also try to learn ollies while rolling. It's a lot to think about in less than a second but eventually it will become second nature.

Thanks bro, I got it today after 10 or so trys. I probably land and ride away 1/5 right now, but I'm sure it'll get better. I don't know if you had this problem, but I keep kicking my front foot to far forward. Though I can land it like that, I look goofy as can be riding with one foot on the tail, other on the nose. It just a phase?

bakesale · 04-16-2009, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by SMDSkata

Thanks bro, I got it today after 10 or so trys. I probably land and ride away 1/5 right now, but I'm sure it'll get better. I don't know if you had this problem, but I keep kicking my front foot to far forward. Though I can land it like that, I look goofy as can be riding with one foot on the tail, other on the nose. It just a phase?

no my problem was fear because the first dozen or so ollies i tried I would land off balance and fall of the board. So I had to shake the habit of wanting to kick the board completely away from me or wanting to put my feet on the ground. It took me a few weeks to get it on flatground and nearly a year to get it properly while trying to ollie up a step. Is it a phase? Yes, the thing about skating is it takes a very long time to learn a trick, especially ollies but because they are so fundamental its really something that has to be practiced to death. Eventually you will figure out what works and what doesn't.

I said it earlier in the thread but I think skating is far more challenging than riding. It took me one day to commit and learn to do boardslides on a snowboard, three times out and I had them locked down, never fail. It's taken me years to get my boardslide on a skate down pat where I can land it 80% of the time.

SMDSkata · 04-16-2009, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by bakesale

no my problem was fear because the first dozen or so ollies i tried I would land off balance and fall of the board. So I had to shake the habit of wanting to kick the board completely away from me or wanting to put my feet on the ground. It took me a few weeks to get it on flatground and nearly a year to get it properly while trying to ollie up a step. Is it a phase? Yes, the thing about skating is it takes a very long time to learn a trick, especially ollies but because they are so fundamental its really something that has to be practiced to death. Eventually you will figure out what works and what doesn't.

Yeah its starting to feel conferable. Thanks bro.

05-04-2009, 03:58 PM

A shot of my quiver

And some action shots

Edit: i can't seem to figure out why my pictures aren't showing up in the post.

sedition · 05-04-2009, 04:45 PM

ok, for you downhill people, check this video from 1985. Good shit starts at 55sec.

YouTube - Powell-Peralta Future Primitive (part 4 of 10)

Music Moves · 05-04-2009, 10:18 PM

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Originally Posted by sedition

ok, for you downhill people, check this video from 1985. Good shit starts at 55sec.

YouTube - Powell-Peralta Future Primitive (part 4 of 10)

I owned all of the PP videos at one point. Good stuff Sedition...

sedition · 05-04-2009, 10:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Music Moves

I owned all of the PP videos at one point. Good stuff Sedition...

I still do.

RidePowder · 05-12-2009, 12:58 PM

that scene from per welinder was awesome

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[Ian] Guest Posts: n/a	A shot of my quiver And some action shots Edit: i can't seem to figure out why my pictures aren't showing up in the post.