hell yea
back in '86/'88 i had a hosoi hammer nose and a jeff kendall board with some lame "thrasher" weels damn hard weels for vert and i was 100% street.
back in '95 i bought a powell candy wrapper and bones tribal wheels and gave it another try until i got married and somehow my skating wasn't compatible with my new family life. have you tried any new board? they don't make wheels so soft and the boards are a lot more lighter too. now i can only do virtual sk8 masturbation with thps and thps2
damn i want to go out and skate