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Title: Any 1970's skaters out there?
Post by: Admin on May 09, 2019, 05:14:58 AM
Man does this bring back memories!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo1y0E8TDzQ
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Post by: surfinJ on May 09, 2019, 06:03:17 AM
I was there too. The work gloves bring it back. Hilly neighborhoods and empty pools. Looking for transitions.
Going in the air force as an officer got me off of it about when they started going airborne. In the 90’s I got back into it.  Still skating, old school carving in skateparks. Carefully. Can’t take the crashes anymore. Have a funky hand and knee from the prepad days.
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Post by: Caribsurf on May 09, 2019, 01:07:49 PM
oh ya, back in the day I skated morning , noon and night and worked as a skate pro at Wonder Wave Skatepark in Ocean City, N.J.  Even did a few skate exhibitions at various schools. 
this photo is me skating the Somers Point, NJ skatepark in 1978
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Post by: TallDude on May 09, 2019, 01:22:23 PM
I lived on my skateboard in the 70's... and loved to build ramps everywhere.
The second one shown (half pipe) was a stucco knuckle grinder if you got to close to the house. 
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Post by: supdiscobay on May 09, 2019, 09:46:01 PM
Don't know if this link will post.  But it's me and my buddy in 1975 skating a drainage ditch by our house.



https://www.instagram.com/p/ihxPZqtoGx/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
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Post by: eastbound on May 10, 2019, 02:39:33 AM
been there done that, disco

different ditch several miles east, like 2000

got some still shots and prints buried in the basement---some day....

anyone ever skate the "health bowl" in arvada, co back in the day? i was in college at boulder by then--but that was by far my favorite non-skate park pool
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Post by: spirit4earth on May 10, 2019, 02:48:48 AM
oh ya, back in the day I skated morning , noon and night and worked as a skate pro at Wonder Wave Skatepark in Ocean City, N.J.  Even did a few skate exhibitions at various schools. 
this photo is me skating the Somers Point, NJ skatepark in 1978

Back when Chucks were made in the USA.
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Post by: eastbound on May 10, 2019, 03:28:51 AM
and ron that could be me, too--same hockey helmet!

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Post by: Caribsurf on May 10, 2019, 07:23:55 AM
Another from 1977 Wonder Wave Skatepark Ocean City, N.J.
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Post by: eastbound on May 10, 2019, 07:45:56 AM
we hitched down from the city once to wildwood, nj (remember hitch-hiking?)-- there was a small rudimentary indoor park down there back then -- prolly like 75
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Post by: JimK on May 10, 2019, 08:23:56 AM
Carib,

I'm SURE we "bumped into each other skating back in the OLD days I LIVED at the Somers Point Park back in the day (You had to know how to handle the "Kinks" to ride it well.

Now all there is left to skate in OC/SP is a muni skate park full of little kids Bikes/Scooters and who knows what else. The wave atr that end of 7th street beach is still nice I get out there when the crowd thins in the fall

JimK
Extreme Windsurfing
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Post by: TallDude on May 10, 2019, 08:30:42 AM
Skatetopia in Buena Park, Ca. 1979. I had skate park membership passes from over 20 parks. Even Las Vegas Skate Park ;D 

Like Easty or someone said? Clickity Click...... My custom Vans shoes and Rector skate pants with all the pads jammed into my left hip pocket. The next year I grew from about 5'10 to 6'3 and couldn't skate or ski or surf for shit.

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Post by: Caribsurf on May 10, 2019, 08:38:44 AM
grind that coping Tall Dude!

I skated Simms, Logan Earth Ski ,G&S and finally Alva boards back in the day in addition to making my own boards in the garage.  Tracker trucks, Cadillac wheels, Road Rider, Bones

what great memories and I have the scars to prove it ;D
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Post by: Caribsurf on May 10, 2019, 08:41:36 AM
Carib,

I'm SURE we "bumped into each other skating back in the OLD days I LIVED at the Somers Point Park back in the day (You had to know how to handle the "Kinks" to ride it well.

Now all there is left to skate in OC/SP is a muni skate park full of little kids Bikes/Scooters and who knows what else. The wave atr that end of 7th street beach is still nice I get out there when the crowd thins in the fall

JimK
Extreme Windsurfing

JimK no doubt we crossed paths and maybe even bumped into each other (literally) as Wonder Wave was a pretty tight place to skate.  I grew up in OC in the summers where my father owned the Smuggler's Shop on the boardwalk at 13th street. Grew up surfing 14th street pier. 
  Somers Point was a great skate park as well and usually empty. I never made it to Vineland but heard they had a great skate park.
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Post by: eastbound on May 10, 2019, 09:53:24 AM
loved the clickety clack of the tiles when carving
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Post by: Bean on May 10, 2019, 10:10:54 AM
For you Jersey Zoners, see if you recall back in the 70's in Monmouth and Ocean county we had, The Paved Wave, FiberRider, Monster Bowl, and Off The Wall.

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Post by: Caribsurf on May 10, 2019, 11:43:55 AM
Bean I was in south Jersey, Ocean City, I can't say I remember those..were they all skate parks?

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Post by: Caribsurf on May 10, 2019, 01:26:00 PM

Back when Chucks were made in the USA.
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good eye, I would go through so many pairs of sneakers. The front sole near ball of foot would always wear through so I would stuff post cards in my shoe so I could still wear them and skate. with the exception of the hole in the sole the sneaker would be fine.
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Post by: Bean on May 10, 2019, 01:53:19 PM
Bean I was in south Jersey, Ocean City, I can't say I remember those..were they all skate parks?

Yes Caribe, Monster Bowl was Seaside, Off The Wall was Point, Paved Wave was Oakhurst and FiberRider was in Brick.
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Post by: TallDude on May 10, 2019, 04:18:39 PM
This is a picture of my home park Skateboard Odyssey indoor park. I competed on a team there. Broke both my wrists, broke ribs, multiple concussions (out cold), torn ligaments left knee, etc. at that park.
 
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Post by: TallDude on May 10, 2019, 04:20:00 PM
Here's a website with a great list of all the parks in the 70's across the country.

http://www.skateboardingheritage.org/archive/skateparks/
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Post by: eastbound on June 05, 2019, 08:57:08 AM
td--that board says you were early in the vert game

skinny with tall wheels--before the decks/trucks got wider, and the wheels less tall

i got one of the first kryptonics boards (member the ones with the ptex bottom and green urethane bumpers?) when i was living in boulder, a short drive from the factory
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Post by: rbgar on June 05, 2019, 11:56:21 AM
I donated my front teeth to a early generation skate park compliments of a G&S FibrFlex. I remember wanting a Logan EarthSki so bad but after my face plant my mom wasn’t buying me anything skate related.
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Post by: sflinux on June 05, 2019, 12:01:04 PM
Got to ride Del Mar Skate Ranch, CA before they tore it down.  The pools (i.e. Keyhole) were featured in the early Powell Peralta videos. 
Cliff Coleman (Coleman slide) taught me how to bomb/slide down the Berkeley, CA hills.  He also taught Stacy Peralta, who showcased the technique "The Downhill slide in the early Powell Peralta videos.
I don't miss the days before urethane wheels.  All of my worst injuries (stitches, broken front tooth, broken bones, etc) are from skateboarding, but I still like to ride, these days more on a "pumpable" longboard.  Something about the feel of motion, is addictive, no matter what the medium.
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Post by: TallDude on June 05, 2019, 02:20:51 PM
Got to ride Del Mar Skate Ranch, CA before they tore it down.  The pools (i.e. Keyhole) were featured in the early Powell Peralta videos. 
Cliff Coleman (Coleman slide) taught me how to bomb/slide down the Berkeley, CA hills.  He also taught Stacy Peralta, who showcased the technique "The Downhill slide in the early Powell Peralta videos.
I don't miss the days before urethane wheels.  All of my worst injuries (stitches, broken front tooth, broken bones, etc) are from skateboarding, but I still like to ride, these days more on a "pumpable" longboard.  Something about the feel of motion, is addictive, no matter what the medium.
I skated Del Mar Skate Ranch a number of times. We would skate then do the trampoline rooms (octagons) on the park grounds. My legs would be completely noodled after all that.
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Post by: TallDude on June 05, 2019, 02:30:33 PM
My first "this is fun" moment on a skateboard was getting my first set Meta-Flex polyurethane wheels. Still Bearing and cone, but no more clay wheels. I skated down to the beach on Linda Lane a made the turn at the bottom up the one way street. No way you could make that turn at that speed with clay wheels. These were the black Meta-Flex wheels. I leaned into that turn like a big bottom turn and those wheels just held like glue. I coasted all the way up the one-way hill. I still remember that turn. Knees locked, and the sound of the urethane wheels gripping the pavement.... I was hooked completely.
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Post by: surf4food on June 05, 2019, 05:23:36 PM
Magic Rolling Board segment from Five Summer Stories 1976.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmJOJIrRRJE

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Post by: eastbound on June 05, 2019, 05:51:06 PM
tony alva ripping -- i believe the dog bowl on a logan earth ski -- i had one -- the earth ski that is
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Post by: surf4food on June 05, 2019, 07:01:52 PM
tony alva ripping -- i believe the dog bowl on a logan earth ski -- i had one -- the earth ski that is

Had a Logan Earth Ski and a Sims.
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Post by: surf4food on June 05, 2019, 07:03:05 PM
Remember Cadillac Wheels and Gregg Weaver?  Here's a 2017 with Gregg:  http://www.larrybalma.com/2017/03/30/gregg-weaver-interview/


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Post by: singingdog on June 06, 2019, 04:36:36 AM
Oh yeah. Late night raids on construction sites to acquire lumber for our ridiculous halfpipe: 4' of vert and no flat in the middle, only 8' wide. It was good for building fast reflexes. I remember the first time we got into a properly designed park; we were launching out of the pools on our first rides because we were so used to the massive vert on our ramp.
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Post by: TallDude on June 06, 2019, 09:34:00 AM
Oh yeah. Late night raids on construction sites to acquire lumber for our ridiculous halfpipe: 4' of vert and no flat in the middle, only 8' wide. It was good for building fast reflexes. I remember the first time we got into a properly designed park; we were launching out of the pools on our first rides because we were so used to the massive vert on our ramp.
Oh ya... constantly keeping an eye out for plywood. Def raided some construction sites. Always scouting out empty pools as well. We found a vacant house and drained the pool. It was some nasty shit in the bottom. The plaster dust just kept coming up for days. Had it in my mouth and eyes. Kidney shape pools are the best. 
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Post by: surfinJ on June 06, 2019, 02:27:01 PM
Our golden spot on LI NY, ‘75, was the Palace pool in Long Beach.  We were left in peace for almost a year. New management chased us out and onto an empty pool hunt. And if not completely empty somebody would get a pump. Town pools in the winter lacked the smooth transitions but were empty and dry.

The first skate park was a letdown. The current level of some parks is a joy.

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Post by: TallDude on June 06, 2019, 04:58:02 PM
This was my favorite bowl. It was called the 'Capsule' at Big O skatepark in Orange, Ca. I skated this thing a thousand times. Did a face plant one time, and woke up to paramedics standing over me. I was out cold. My move was a backside cess-slide to a backside sliding rock and roll and finish with a front side cess-slide. All one move that covered the entire back wall of the Capsule bowl. You could Ollie Channel Hop the opening. Lots of pictures of pro contests in that bowl.
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Post by: eastbound on June 06, 2019, 06:39:42 PM
nice td--real shit!

you were a park/pool rat ripper-a tall rat!-effing concrete runouts trying new maneuvers aint for my body no mo!

water forgives
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Post by: supthecreek on June 06, 2019, 09:01:11 PM
Was never the skater you guys were... but I was earlier  ;D
Metal wheels... homemade boards..... then they got better.

Skater dated through high school (blond in pic was my skater girl  ;D)
Every new housing development in town was christened by our walnut wheels.

My best friend in college was Tom Sims, so I skated the original orange grove cisterns and sewer pipes with Tommy.
High speed crashed on one of his "slalom water ski" longboards in Santa Barbara hills.

Watched the Z-boys crash the party at the Del Mar world championships in the early 70's.... blowing the old guard away

Lived with Greg Weavers sister in Cardiff

Surrounded by the beginnings... oh so much fun!!!

I never skated a pool or a park...... but I could easily go through a slalom course in a handstand.
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Post by: Caribsurf on June 07, 2019, 05:18:22 AM
back in the mid 70s in addition to skating parks etc, I loved freestyle and high jumping.  My big moment came when Ernie Martin, the reigning world record holder in the skateboard high jump (hard to believe there was such a thing) came to my high school in N.J. for an exhibition.  I beat him that night and the school went nuts and he was pissed beyond words and stormed off.  I didn't set any record, but did manage to top his height.  practice photo...
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Post by: Beasho on June 07, 2019, 06:21:53 AM
Wow!

New found respect for all you guys.

But it explains a lot.  We didn't get here by accident.  A bunch of 'old' guys getting thumped by waves. 

What's wrong with us?  It's always been wrong.  Adrenaline junkies. 

I grew up in the hills of Ithaca, NY.  No clean roads to skate.  Not enough summer warmth.  We would jump off cliffs into reservoirs, swing from 40 foot real tree vines 20 feet over the forest floor, ride ice barges down streams, build jumps for our BMX's and ski at Greek Peak. 

Then I went away to high school.  We had to chose a sport each trimester.  I'll never forget asking Matt Baxter what sport he did and he said "Ski Jumping"  What!  Count me in.

PS: Matt Baxter ended up pursuing his love of climbing.  Moved west and fell from El Capitan in Yosemite.  Bad rope, bad luck.  Unlike Humpty Dumpty they couldn't put him back together again.

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Post by: WhatsSUP on June 07, 2019, 08:29:34 AM
Beasho:  Love those pics!  Brings back major memories for me.  I jumped on my high school varsity team all 4 years  (Team Captain Junior/Senior year) back in the late 70's.  Jumped all thru the northeast.....favorite was the big hill at Williams College in Williamstown, MA, Good times!  Like you, I had a very very dear friend growing up who was an incredible skier (aerials) - he actually went on to join the Pepsi Team traveling as a roller skating pro.  Sadly, he broke his neck while messing around doing floor gymnastics one day.

Thx for the pics!!! Made my day!
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Post by: Dusk Patrol on June 08, 2019, 03:44:16 PM
This thread has me getting sentimental about tube socks!
You guys were   (are?) :) hardcore.
We had hills being built out with housing developments. Names like Horizon Heights A, B & C. So always on the lookout for virgin tarmac for our version of downhilling. I had a lime green Bahne ... a 32” slab of fiberglass with those golden Cadillac wheels.
Then a G&S Fibreflex, dropping down to 28”. All about the cruising... And I still have it. At this rate maybe will be with me at my viking funeral : )
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Post by: stoneaxe on June 09, 2019, 04:58:16 AM
Very jealous....I started on metal wheels. Thought it sucked....never did much again. Now I wish I was 10 again....my town just built a real nice skatepark…..:)
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Post by: Admin on June 09, 2019, 05:26:44 AM
Very jealous....I started on metal wheels. Thought it sucked....never did much again. Now I wish I was 10 again....my town just built a real nice skatepark…..:)

Can you imagine how quickly you could have advanced with kick or thumb access to some of the parks that most towns have now?  Not the wrist-snapper, backyard, protruding screw head (ahhhh) crap that we used to piece together.  But, that was half the fun and it made those trips to the real parks that much more of an event. 
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Post by: TallDude on June 09, 2019, 08:20:18 PM
nice td--real shit!

you were a park/pool rat ripper-a tall rat!-effing concrete runouts trying new maneuvers aint for my body no mo!

water forgives
What shut me down was a major growing spurt. At 16, I grew from about 5'11 to 6'4 in about 6 months. My legs got weak, my hamstrings got tight, and my center was all off. I suddenly had these long stick legs that I couldn't control. I didn't have the strength to pump in a half-pipe anymore. 

And you're right. You have to be a little bit of a masochist, to skate in a skate-park. Water is way easier on my body. 
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Post by: stoneaxe on June 13, 2019, 10:33:56 AM
Wouldn't this have been nice to have in the 70's.
New skate park in town.
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Post by: TallDude on June 13, 2019, 10:54:42 AM
I can feel the adrenaline already..... and know the pain well ;D
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Post by: surfinJ on June 13, 2019, 12:08:23 PM
The park has some fun looking transitions.

I just kook out with the full set of pads and helmet. After the first few times I didn’t mind it anymore. Old school surf style carving remains a blast.

Too bad they rarely build roll-ins into the bowls anymore.
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Post by: Badger on June 13, 2019, 04:38:14 PM
BMX has been growing and taking over a lot of skate parks. I think if I were in my teens/twenties again, I might be into that.


https://youtu.be/8LgM0ralVVM

https://youtu.be/v_MXq83Si5k
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Post by: TallDude on June 13, 2019, 05:57:12 PM
The BMX to Skate and back to BMX trend has been going on for decades. I raced BMX and broke my knee. As I was healing up the skatepark thing was just starting. We all abandoned BMX and started skating parks. When kids started reaching the limits of what appeared to be possible to the average kid, they would lose interest and start something new. We started seeing bikes being allowed in skateparks. Then rollerblades. About that time all the parks closed. BMX tricks were reaching the limits just like skateboarding did. Street skating became the new thing. Long pants, no helmets or pads. Urban terrain and with the ability to become a public annoyance. 'Skate and Annoy' is the street skater's code. This to died out and Mountain bikes doing crazy terrain things became the thing. Full suspension to jump off roof tops and do forward flips....etc..
Private skateparks are very rare in this day and age because they can easily be sued. The cities realized how to control those annoying skateboarder's, build them skateparks on city property, and the liability would be the same as if they were skating on a street or sidewalk. Last time I was at our city skatepark (about 5 years ago) it was about 50/50 skateboards vs razor's. Maybe BMX bikes are trending back now? Lots of kids on eBikes for sure.   
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Post by: surf4food on June 13, 2019, 06:56:30 PM
The BMX to Skate and back to BMX trend has been going on for decades. I raced BMX and broke my knee. As I was healing up the skatepark thing was just starting. We all abandoned BMX and started skating parks. When kids started reaching the limits of what appeared to be possible to the average kid, they would lose interest and start something new. We started seeing bikes being allowed in skateparks. Then rollerblades. About that time all the parks closed. BMX tricks were reaching the limits just like skateboarding did. Street skating became the new thing. Long pants, no helmets or pads. Urban terrain and with the ability to become a public annoyance. 'Skate and Annoy' is the street skater's code. This to died out and Mountain bikes doing crazy terrain things became the thing. Full suspension to jump off roof tops and do forward flips....etc..
Private skateparks are very rare in this day and age because they can easily be sued. The cities realized how to control those annoying skateboarder's, build them skateparks on city property, and the liability would be the same as if they were skating on a street or sidewalk. Last time I was at our city skatepark (about 5 years ago) it was about 50/50 skateboards vs razor's. Maybe BMX bikes are trending back now? Lots of kids on eBikes for sure.   
 

That might vary region to region.  BMX has definitely remained consistently popular in the skateparks in my area.  A lot of guys do both skate AND BMX.  Razors to a lesser degree but they usually get chased out.  I've never seen an e-bike in any of the skate parks around here.
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Post by: OkiWild on June 13, 2019, 10:44:56 PM
I was never really into tricks, mostly downhill carving/sliding. Started my career in 1976 while living on Bordelon Loop on Ulupa'U crater on MCB Kaneohe in HI. Seems like all we did was boogie board, and skate down hills. Moved to Okinawa in 1979, where the real hills are ;-)  In the late 80's, I clocked one of my younger brothers at over 60km/h, passing cars, and everything.

Learned how to do ollies to get over obstacles, ride wheelies on either end, ride a little half pipe, etc., but that's about it for tricks. Work gloves with smashed soda cans taped to them...memories.

Just took a ride on a SwellTech surfskate yesterday, and at the age of 50, I was thinking about buying a new Sector 9 downhill long board... Now I find this thread... It's a sign ;-)
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Post by: surfinJ on June 13, 2019, 11:13:22 PM
This is the truck breakthrough that got my skate stoke going again.

https://vimeo.com/278751379
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Post by: Admin on June 14, 2019, 03:31:52 AM
Wouldn't this have been nice to have in the 70's.
New skate park in town.

Beauty.  I was just on a trip and stopped to watch at a similar new park.  8-10 kids, 3 with skating with wrist casts.  My kind of kids. 
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Post by: Ichabod Spoonbill on June 14, 2019, 05:24:52 AM
I wasn't a skateboarder like my brother and friends, but in the 1980s I was a pretty crazy street skater. I had traditional 2x2 skates and would go all through NYC. I have fond memories of zooming through Central Park, dodging traffic, and playing skate tag. This was just when rollerblades were coming out, but I never saw much advantage with those. Rollerblades were fast, but the trucks on my skates let me do all kinds of tricks a rollerblader couldn't dream of.

My wife and I took our family to a roller rink last Christmas. Damn that was fun, and the muscle memory was still there.
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Post by: surf4food on June 14, 2019, 08:28:51 PM
Not exactly skateboarding.  I remember this guy and his brother would hit up the skatepark in Torrance (1978?).  Don't remember the name of the park but I had a membership lol.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojgRIEU6t_Q
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Post by: TallDude on June 14, 2019, 09:01:09 PM
I think I know that guy.... or he reminds me of someone???  ;D
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Post by: surf4food on June 15, 2019, 07:39:56 AM
I think I know that guy.... or he reminds me of someone???  ;D

LOL!!
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Post by: TallDude on June 17, 2019, 10:01:24 AM
Visited my parents for fathers day. My brother and I started digging through all these old photos my mom has had packed away. What a great trip down memory lane. So many great photos I never knew existed. Found a few more skate pic's.
My first skateboard and another ramp riding shot.
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Post by: TallDude on June 17, 2019, 10:09:46 AM
The BMX to Skate and back to BMX trend has been going on for decades. I raced BMX and broke my knee. As I was healing up the skatepark thing was just starting. We all abandoned BMX and started skating parks. When kids started reaching the limits of what appeared to be possible to the average kid, they would lose interest and start something new. We started seeing bikes being allowed in skateparks. Then rollerblades. About that time all the parks closed. BMX tricks were reaching the limits just like skateboarding did. Street skating became the new thing. Long pants, no helmets or pads. Urban terrain and with the ability to become a public annoyance. 'Skate and Annoy' is the street skater's code. This to died out and Mountain bikes doing crazy terrain things became the thing. Full suspension to jump off roof tops and do forward flips....etc..
Private skateparks are very rare in this day and age because they can easily be sued. The cities realized how to control those annoying skateboarder's, build them skateparks on city property, and the liability would be the same as if they were skating on a street or sidewalk. Last time I was at our city skatepark (about 5 years ago) it was about 50/50 skateboards vs razor's. Maybe BMX bikes are trending back now? Lots of kids on eBikes for sure.   
 


That might vary region to region.  BMX has definitely remained consistently popular in the skateparks in my area.  A lot of guys do both skate AND BMX.  Razors to a lesser degree but they usually get chased out.  I've never seen an e-bike in any of the skate parks around here.
I see a lot of kids cruising to the beach on their e-bikes with side mount surf racks and in the hills.

I drove by a local skate park yesterday and it was 100% skateboards.
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