This thread rocks! Skateboarding used to rule my life back in the day. Many moons (and pounds) ago, I used to be sponsored by this deck/truck company called Motobilt. They actually had some pretty sweet boards and trucks.
Anyway, man... the Bones Brigade is what really got me started. I loved the style of Caballero and Guerrero (The Gonz was another favorite). Plus, watching Tony Hawk even back then was awesome. But to this day, I don't think anyone impresses me more on flatland or street tricks than Rodney Mullen. Here's a video from youtube ->
https://youtube.com/watch?v=PcbCCFb0zXI
For hours every day/night, my friends and I would do tricks off the "launch ramp". Things like Judo's, Madonna's, 360's, Method Air (with a tweak, of course). Then we'd just go hit the spots, grind some curbs, slide some railings, kickflip ollie's, shove-it's, etc... man, those were the times.
I bet if I stepped on a board right now, I'd break two things... the board and my ass.
I was more of a street skater back then, I never really got into the whole half pipe craze.
- PornAddict