Ok, I’ve just recently got back into skateing after a large break, I got meself some new shoes (Vans Geoff Rowleys at a bargin price) and after two days I’m halfway through the toe from kickflips. I’ve waxed the curb outside my house again :) All I’m waiting for now is a big slam to stop me walking properly for a month and wreck my summer :(

So any of the rest of you used to skate? (I know you did Arvin, were you any good?) I find it very similar to buildering in the whole reinterpreting the urban enviroment thing. (I’m only skateing due to lack of climbing/buildering in my area btw)

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  1. ardarvin Reply

    I'd say about a third of the people I know who builder also skate. I'm not sure why that is, other than the similarity in re-interpreting the environment, like you said.

    I've skated for about 15 years. I used to be pretty good… but back when I was super hardcore about it… BS-boardsliding a five set was enough to turn you pro. I still can still do some tricks… kickflips, BS-180s, some grinds, slides etc, but I'm not super hardcore about it anymore. When you get a little older you realize just how retarded the whole elitist skater mentality is. The “we rock, everyone else sucks” ethos, although good for esteem, eventually grows wearisome. And although skating is supposed to be about having fun… I knew very few skaters who actually lived by that mentality. I myself had problems remembering why I was doing it… so I moved on to something a little less all consuming.

    I still enjoy the occasional skate session when old friends are in town, but since I don't let it dominate my life… which is a requirement demanded of anyone who calls themselves a skater… I guess you could say I quit.

    PS: If you are a dirt poor grommet like I was, using a little Shoe Goo over your ollie patch will make them shoes bran-spankin new. Plus you can then laugh at all the other posers in their skate shoes whose ollie patchs have never seen the light of griptape. Just kidding. I love those guys.

  2. ThePKaddiction Reply

    Well, Slouh, all I can really say to you is… PARKOUR!  Seriously, parkour and buildering have many more similarities than skating and buildering.  For instance, there is some climbing involved in parkour, and there is much more freedom in movment in parkour then in skating.  Im afraid my definition is kind of slipshoddy, so visit  this site to find out more.  

    Oh, one more thing about parkour!  The best part about it is that you can basically parkour anywhere, just use your imagination.  So, if you decide to go with Parkour, good luck.

  3. Sloouh Reply

    I already know about pk. I'm not to good at it, its fun but the thing is I live in a rural location hence nowt to pk, or builder or skate, but I can skate on flat road and curbs but I don't have enough time to take pk seriously.

    Although I have jumped a waist height fence to 6 foot drop (Onto grass) That felt pretty big when I was doing it, I keep on meaning to take my skateboard and acid drop down it.

  4. trailmix Reply

    skateboarding, parkour, buildering, who really cares which you do? if you do care, well… :whine:

     The way I see it, it's all about having fun.  If that means you're  being alittle punk rock (see “sticking it to the man”), and breaking some rules or going against the way some people say we should have fun, it doesn't matter.

    I like skating, i like pk'ing, i like buildering. its all good.
    I think i like these sports/games(whichever) because secretly I (and I think this is all of us) wish too be some sort of ninja or maybe a super hero. These things are like some sort of release for me, they help me to feel like the super hero I ought to be.

     Well now that i also feel like a preacher, i might as well remind you to train (a ninja would), and work with your abilities, and of course get better.

    I suppose i have a few points in there, but the main one i guess is that segregation/eliteism and racism/all that sucks.  Just because you do something different doesn't make you better of a person.

    I guess i'm also trying to say that i really enjoy all of these things. and i feel they help me to feel free in my environment. whether it be in nature or the concrete jungle. ok i think i'm done whew, sorry.

  5. ardarvin Reply

    Welcome back Trailmix! For those of you who don't know this guy, Trailmix a good friend of mine who went on the massive Mexico motorbike trip with me. We split up on the way back,  to take different highways. Anyways, it's good to see you are back, alive and well, and still got the preachin knack.

    I'd agree most with Trailmix's training bit… it doesn't matter which of the disciplines you do, they are all pretty frickin rad if you get good at them. I think most people tend to give PK a hard time, because it's still in it's infancy so it doesn't look as cool as skating. But look at skating 10 years ago compared to now, and you'll think it looked pretty lame back then. It gets me really excited to think that there is a PK contingency that will push the sport as far as skaters have taken theirs.

  6. trailmix Reply

    hey arvin! so are you back too? we made it back in 5 days! we motored alittle.  wow, the grand canyon was dope, and a bunch of other stuff was cool too.  
     But we had to pay for it…   after we left San Diego we rode through this crazy hot dessert with some big sand dunes. It was soo hot it hurt!  It was 114F or about 48c. wholly shitto! :devil:
    and then it was cold in montana :hick:
    definately a good ride, with more good camp spots.

  7. suppa chris Reply

    Right now I am giggling to myself because this really rad guy was talking on his cellphone behind me.  He looked top-heavy like humpty dumpty but with a nicer belt.  Skate for life bitches.

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