Were you a SKATER in the 80's?? Great Memories. - Page 2 - GoFuckYourself.com

boneprone · 08-24-2006, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Jace

yeah man, he was my wife and my agent for a while out there in LA

Agent??

For porn?? OR skating?

SiMpLe · 08-24-2006, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by webgurl

sean is this you ? i got your msg if this is you from smiley

hit me up !!!!!!!!

Your confusing me but yes it's Sean

I'm running outa town to Sea World and will be back on Monday - Hit you up first thing when I get back

Jace · 08-24-2006, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by boneprone

Agent??

For porn?? OR skating?

He is a porn agent and ex-skater

Jace · 08-24-2006, 05:03 PM

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Originally Posted by SiMpLe

Your confusing me but yes it's Sean

I'm running outa town to Sea World and will be back on Monday - Hit you up first thing when I get back

sea world? hahahahaha

have fun! family trip?

Nismo · 08-24-2006, 05:04 PM

this thread brings back some good memories of the 80's. I had 2 boards back in the day, and I still have them. I remember learning to skateboard when I was around 3 or 4, before I could even ride a bike. good times, good times.

Sneezy · 08-24-2006, 05:14 PM

I had a Sims board, black kryptonics, wide independents, vans and no skid blocks....ages ago..
now at 42yo I still can do most of the tricks ;-)

Skaters rule!

DWB · 08-24-2006, 05:14 PM

I had them all at one time or another... but my fav was a Blockhead Sam Cunningham deck because it had a fat nose and a little kick in the tail that was great for some extra control.

I was a SERIOUS skater for a long time.

boneprone · 08-24-2006, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy

I had them all at one time or another... but my fav was a Blockhead Sam Cunningham deck because it had a fat nose and a little kick in the tail that was great for some extra control.

I was a SERIOUS skater for a long time.

Ahhh yes.. A Block Head.....

Yepp. That was late 80's for me.....

In fact out of all my boards, the Blockhead is the only one I still have sitting in the basement at my mom's place.

I believe its the Jim Gray Blockhead...

I liked it.

BlackCrayon · 08-24-2006, 05:22 PM

was more like the early 90s for me but here is the board i had and still have today

boneprone · 08-24-2006, 05:23 PM

Anyone have access to some of their old pics from the day??

I know it would take a while to get at your parents etc and to scan em.

But ya gotta have pics!

boneprone · 08-24-2006, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by BlackCrayon

was more like the early 90s for me but here is the board i had and still have today

Ive never seen one of those?

Who is it?

Tony Hall??

Havent heard of em.

DWB · 08-24-2006, 05:26 PM

BTW... last year I went out back with the board when I heard some tail pops from some kids in the parking lot behind me house.

I had not been on my board in YEARS.

Rolled up, the kids gave me "that look" like I did not belong.

A few kickflips later along with some old school smooth as butter slappy smith grinds on a curb, I had their respect.

The took me to some spots, I think just to see what this old timer had in him.

Frontside and backside wall rides. Nailed them. Several kick flip tricks, airwalk, tail slides... perfect.

Then I saw one of the kids ollie up and do some sort of a shove-it nose slide down a hand rail about 5 steps long. No problem I though, I used to slide down handrails in my sleep.

I rolled up to it, POP... bailed. Try #2... rolled up, POP... bailed. I was thinking for sure I was never going to feel this incredible rush again.

Roll up, POP... smooth as butter.

Now I'm one of the kids. Still with some old school tricks, and some were a bit sketchy, but I was able to hang onto most.

After an hour or so I was feeling good, almost like old times but a little more winded and my shins were starting to hurt. I thought I would nail a frontside rail slide and call it a day.

Rolled up, POP... onto the rail... by board just stopped. I feel backwards and BUSTED MY FUCKING ASS harder than I have ever busted my ass before.

I don't remember the pavement being so hard. It really fucking hurt. It knocked the wind out of me and I was on the groud for about 20 minutes while the kids were sure I broke something. Nothing was broken but my pride.

I limped home, in too much pain to even skate.

That was the last time I got on a skateboard.

justinsain · 08-24-2006, 05:26 PM

Man you guys had it made.

I was riding back in the 70s and back then you didn't have the equipment choices you did in the 80s and beyond. You know where we got our boards, we made them ourselves in shop class. Urethane wheels and tracker trucks came along and changed everything. I think cadillac wheels were the first to come out. All that new grip changed the way we could ride.

Then came the skate parks. I can remember going to the " Paved Wave " in Cocoa Fl. and riding the place in bare feet, no pads or helmet. It's come a looooong way since then but it was still fun back in the day.

I've got some pics I just need to dig them up first.

DWB · 08-24-2006, 05:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by boneprone

Anyone have access to some of their old pics from the day??

I know it would take a while to get at your parents etc and to scan em.

But ya gotta have pics!

I have TONS of pics back in the USA. When I get back I will have to scan some and post them. SICK SHIT!!!!

XMaster · 08-24-2006, 05:29 PM

Skate will be back !!!

boneprone · 08-24-2006, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy

BTW... last year I went out back with the board when I heard some tail pops from some kids in the parking lot behind me house.

I had not been on my board in YEARS.

Rolled up, the kids gave me "that look" like I did not belong.

A few kickflips later along with some old school smooth as butter slappy smith grinds on a curb, I had their respect.

The took me to some spots, I think just to see what this old timer had in him.

Frontside and backside wall rides. Nailed them. Several kick flip tricks, airwalk, tail slides... perfect.

Then I saw one of the kids ollie up and do some sort of a shove-it nose slide down a hand rail about 5 steps long. No problem I though, I used to slide down handrails in my sleep.

I rolled up to it, POP... bailed. Try #2... rolled up, POP... bailed. I was thinking for sure I was never going to feel this incredible rush again.

Roll up, POP... smooth as butter.

Now I'm one of the kids. Still with some old school tricks, and some were a bit sketchy, but I was able to hang onto most.

After an hour or so I was feeling good, almost like old times but a little more winded and my shins were starting to hurt. I thought I would nail a frontside rail slide and call it a day.

Rolled up, POP... onto the rail... by board just stopped. I feel backwards and BUSTED MY FUCKING ASS harder than I have ever busted my ass before.

I don't remember the pavement being so hard. It really fucking hurt. It knocked the wind out of me and I was on the groud for about 20 minutes while the kids were sure I broke something. Nothing was broken but my pride.

I limped home, in too much pain to even skate.

That was the last time I got on a skateboard.

Awsome fucking story........ I can feel that one.

Its almost like the old boxer, the ex champ, the master of the ring stepping back in to show the kids he still has it. To show that he was once the man, while those kids were in diapers you were ripping it up..

Show flashes of brillance, then take a fall.. A hard fall.

But its the ego that is hurt the most.

Dude, ya gotta get back out there sometime.

Try to ease into it!

boneprone · 08-24-2006, 05:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by justinsain

Man you guys had it made.

I was riding back in the 70s and back then you didn't have the equipment choices you did in the 80s and beyond. You know where we got our boards, we made them ourselves in shop class. Urethane wheels and tracker trucks came along and changed everything. I think cadillac wheels were the first to come out. All that new grip changed the way we could ride.

Then came the skate parks. I can remember going to the " Paved Wave " in Cocoa Fl. and riding the place in bare feet, no pads or helmet. It's come a looooong way since then but it was still fun back in the day.

I've got some pics I just need to dig them up first.

The kids in the 70's started it all for the kids in the 80's..

Many of the big company names from the 80's were skaters from the 70's.

boneprone · 08-24-2006, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by DirtyWhiteBoy

I have TONS of pics back in the USA. When I get back I will have to scan some and post them. SICK SHIT!!!!

You arent in the US anymore?

DWB · 08-24-2006, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by boneprone

You arent in the US anymore?

Thailand. But will be back at my US home in about 2 months. I want to remember to find those pics, I have some wicked ones.

BlackCrayon · 08-24-2006, 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by boneprone

Ive never seen one of those?

Who is it?

Tony Hall??

Havent heard of em.

rob roskopp, santa cruz board.

nikki99 · 08-24-2006, 06:13 PM

avril lavigne - sk8er boy

justinsain · 08-24-2006, 06:14 PM

Here is a pic of me at the " Paved Wave " skate park in Cocoa Fl. I'd say this was about 1977. I made the board myself and it's got cadillac wheels. Around this time the new thing were those plastic boards that could flex which later led to the stronger laminate boards.

Paved wave was one of if not the first skate park in Florida and people came from all over to skate there. It had a high concrete ramp that you used to drop into a big bowl which I'm at here. Then it turned into a series of left and right banks and then a flat area which ended at the foot of the stairs to go up to the ramp again.

You can see by the pictures that no protection was required and I don't think they made much for skating back then anyways. Also notice there is no coping on the top of the bowl as nobody has even thought about using the lip yet. That came about later when everyone started skating in empty swimming pools and discovered the use of the coping.

It's pretty amazing to think back to those times and how we thought we were on the cutting edge and then to watch the recent Xgames and see just how far it's come.

All I can say now is I'm really starting to feel old

crockett · 08-24-2006, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by boneprone

Ahhh Gator......

Did you know he's STILL IN JAIL!!

Yea that was my favorite board that and Mike McGill's.. I used to have my own half pipe in my back yard and the whole nine yards. A friend of mine had Mark Lake's metal half pipe in his back yard. That thing was insane Lake skateboard company was based in my home town I dunno if they are still around or not though.

I dislocated my elbow showing off for some girls on a ramp and had to have two surgery's on it.. That ended my skating days.

crockett · 08-24-2006, 06:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by justinsain

Here is a pic of me at the " Paved Wave " skate park in Cocoa Fl. I'd say this was about 1977. I made the board myself and it's got cadillac wheels. Around this time the new thing were those plastic boards that could flex which later led to the stronger laminate boards.

Paved wave was one of if not the first skate park in Florida and people came from all over to skate there. It had a high concrete ramp that you used to drop into a big bowl which I'm at here. Then it turned into a series of left and right banks and then a flat area which ended at the foot of the stairs to go up to the ramp again.

You can see by the pictures that no protection was required and I don't think they made much for skating back then anyways. Also notice there is no coping on the top of the bowl as nobody has even thought about using the lip yet. That came about later when everyone started skating in empty swimming pools and discovered the use of the coping.

It's pretty amazing to think back to those times and how we thought we were on the cutting edge and then to watch the recent Xgames and see just how far it's come.

All I can say now is I'm really starting to feel old

Hey man where was that at in Cocoa? I grew up in Melbourne.

CDSmith · 08-24-2006, 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by justinsain

Man you guys had it made.

I was riding back in the 70s and back then you didn't have the equipment choices you did in the 80s and beyond. You know where we got our boards, we made them ourselves in shop class. Urethane wheels and tracker trucks came along and changed everything. I think cadillac wheels were the first to come out. All that new grip changed the way we could ride.

Then came the skate parks. I can remember going to the " Paved Wave " in Cocoa Fl. and riding the place in bare feet, no pads or helmet. It's come a looooong way since then but it was still fun back in the day.

I've got some pics I just need to dig them up first.

Indeed. I was a skater in the mid-70's as well. Myself and a few kids on my street all bought these yellow banana boards and started practising, and before we knew it every kid in the area was riding one type of board or another.

And no equipment. I still carry scars from my handful of legendary wipeouts on cement.

Good times.

Oh, and "Lords of dogtown" was a good watch. :D

justinsain · 08-24-2006, 06:26 PM

I Think the paved wave was on SR520 in Cocoa or maybe merritt island. If I remember it was only open a few years and then closed because of fear of lawsuits and back then nobody would insure something like that. I could be wrong though. It's been a long time.

brand0n · 08-24-2006, 06:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by boneprone

Ive never seen one of those?

Who is it?

Tony Hall??

Havent heard of em.

rob rosppok

big fish tail

brand0n · 08-24-2006, 06:29 PM

remember when powell came out with bonite boards?

crockett · 08-24-2006, 06:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by justinsain

I Think the paved wave was on SR520 in Cocoa or maybe merritt island. If I remember it was only open a few years and then closed because of fear of lawsuits and back then nobody would insure something like that. I could be wrong though. It's been a long time.

Ahh ok yea that's what sucked about skating when I was growing up in that area.. There were no parks and no place you could skate publicly. We used to have to build our own ramps in the woods or behind our houses. That or go skate behind some shopping mall on their loading docks or something like that.

A skate park would have been a dream back then.

justinsain · 08-24-2006, 06:35 PM

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CDSmith

Indeed. I was a skater in the mid-70's as well. Myself and a few kids on my street all bought these yellow banana boards and started practising, and before we knew it every kid in the area was riding one type of board or another.

And no equipment. I still carry scars from my handful of legendary wipeouts on cement.

Good times.

Oh, and "Lords of dogtown" was a good watch.

Yep the banana boards and the urethane wheels were the turning point for the modern era of skateboards.

ready lube · 08-24-2006, 06:36 PM

Gotta love the old pics!

Alva was king for me and my friends back then.

CDSmith · 08-24-2006, 06:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by justinsain

Yep the banana boards and the urethane wheels were the turning point for the modern era of skateboards.

The problem up here was that we just don't have the good weather long enough each year for the sport to really have taken off. Yes, a lot of us had the itch for a while, several years in the 70's in fact, but we were also caught up in our other sports, especially hockey. Only a handful of kids actually got good at stakeboarding, and when the city built a little cement curvy skate bowl thingy near the local arena no one really knew what to do with it. ha ha.... there it sat, empty for the most part.

But at least we got in a few good years of it.

DWB · 08-24-2006, 06:54 PM

Skateboarding Is Not A Crime!

justinsain · 08-24-2006, 07:15 PM

Here's another pic which I took and I'd say this is around 1980. It's at a skate park that was in Melbourne FL. As you can see from my first pic things have been progressing. Riders have protection and the bowls now all have edges built for grinding.

A lot of riders wore gloves as the big moves then were low sweeping slide turns and you used your hand to pivot. Up until then everyone was just doing kick turns off the banks and stuff and then somebody decided to take to the air.

This picture here is of some rider pushing the limits and taking to the air when most people were just seeing how high they could kick turn on the ramp. Getting air was just beginning then and NOBODY even dreamed that some day a skater would jump the great wall of China. I used to have slide show parties back then and this pic always got a big hoot. Now it's just a little piece of history.

PornAddict · 08-24-2006, 08:01 PM

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

GTS Mark · 08-24-2006, 08:09 PM

Here's my old board

I sucked at skateboarding but love to watch it

DH

justinsain · 08-24-2006, 08:11 PM

I've got some video I took of Rodney Mullen doing an exibition back in 83 or 84. I remember how he blew the crowd away with what he was doing. He is a perfect example of someone who is way, way ahead of his time.

I guess I'm going to have to start digging out all this stuff

JD · 08-24-2006, 08:13 PM

Skate Or Die was the shiznit I rocked at the pool joust

NaughtyJulie · 08-24-2006, 09:21 PM

Ahhh this is taking me back! My 2 boyfriends in high school were skaters, when they outlawed it in the town I grew up in (no joke) we spent the entire summer running from cops and sliding under cars to hide. Living a life of crime for skating, ridiculous! The yuppies said they were pissed off at the "marks they leave on the curbs and railings"

It's great to see all the kids in the skate parks they have in Vegas!

Actually I got an Independent tee shirt as a gift a few years back, but I have a feeling that was more for the "Built to Grind" logo on the back

Thanks for the memory jog Boneprone!

hoxton · 08-24-2006, 10:36 PM

http://cgi.ebay.com/ALVA-Fred-Smith-...QQcmdZViewItem

greatest board ever, ALVA - Fred Smith Punk Size.... damn to bad they dont ship to Australia

Manowar · 08-25-2006, 03:03 AM

hell yeah man

crockett · 08-25-2006, 03:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by justinsain

Here's another pic which I took and I'd say this is around 1980. It's at a skate park that was in Melbourne FL. As you can see from my first pic things have been progressing. Riders have protection and the bowls now all have edges built for grinding.

A lot of riders wore gloves as the big moves then were low sweeping slide turns and you used your hand to pivot. Up until then everyone was just doing kick turns off the banks and stuff and then somebody decided to take to the air.

This picture here is of some rider pushing the limits and taking to the air when most people were just seeing how high they could kick turn on the ramp. Getting air was just beginning then and NOBODY even dreamed that some day a skater would jump the great wall of China. I used to have slide show parties back then and this pic always got a big hoot. Now it's just a little piece of history.

Holy crap man.. where were all these parks when I was growing up in that area? Damn we got jipped because there was nothing around in the mid to late 80's.I would have killed to have a place like that to skate at when I was a kid.

Bladewire · 08-25-2006, 03:07 AM

Yeah good memories buddy!

Tight jeans, fat cocks, and lots of pot to numb the feeling of me sucking skater cock.

Ah the good old days

mattyboy · 08-25-2006, 03:26 AM

Great thread and brings back some good memories of being a kid.
Here's a couple of me and my pal and the mini ramp we built out of crappy wood

Sure makes me feel old now

montel · 08-25-2006, 03:47 AM

ghey thread

CheeseFrog · 08-25-2006, 03:49 AM

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Originally Posted by DukeSkywalker

Rockin! I had a Hasoi "hammer head"

Duke

Same here. Got mine at this small shop on Santa Monica Blvd. Man, I can't remember if it's still there or not, but it was around SM & 26th IIRC. I only used the board once and I think it's still at my moms house.

Violetta · 08-25-2006, 05:27 AM

I was a skater in the end of the 90's

LaurieX · 08-25-2006, 06:21 AM

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Originally Posted by crockett

Hey man where was that at in Cocoa? I grew up in Melbourne.

I grew up in Cocoa Beach.

DWB · 08-25-2006, 06:25 AM

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Originally Posted by DrinkingHARDEST

Here's my old board

I sucked at skateboarding but love to watch it

DH

OH SHIT.... that is the JINX board, for Marty Jiminez. His parents lived down the street from me (Ohio) and when he would come home to visit (from Cali) I would skate with him almost every day.

He is the guy who taught me how to ollie. I went from hardly being able to ollie over another skateboard to oillieing over park benches. He would always bring decks, shirts and stickers for all of us kids every time he came. What a cool fucking guy he was.

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DWB Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Encrypted. Access denied. Posts: 31,779	BTW... last year I went out back with the board when I heard some tail pops from some kids in the parking lot behind me house. I had not been on my board in YEARS. Rolled up, the kids gave me "that look" like I did not belong. A few kickflips later along with some old school smooth as butter slappy smith grinds on a curb, I had their respect. The took me to some spots, I think just to see what this old timer had in him. Frontside and backside wall rides. Nailed them. Several kick flip tricks, airwalk, tail slides... perfect. Then I saw one of the kids ollie up and do some sort of a shove-it nose slide down a hand rail about 5 steps long. No problem I though, I used to slide down handrails in my sleep. I rolled up to it, POP... bailed. Try #2... rolled up, POP... bailed. I was thinking for sure I was never going to feel this incredible rush again. Roll up, POP... smooth as butter. Now I'm one of the kids. Still with some old school tricks, and some were a bit sketchy, but I was able to hang onto most. After an hour or so I was feeling good, almost like old times but a little more winded and my shins were starting to hurt. I thought I would nail a frontside rail slide and call it a day. Rolled up, POP... onto the rail... by board just stopped. I feel backwards and BUSTED MY FUCKING ASS harder than I have ever busted my ass before. I don't remember the pavement being so hard. It really fucking hurt. It knocked the wind out of me and I was on the groud for about 20 minutes while the kids were sure I broke something. Nothing was broken but my pride. I limped home, in too much pain to even skate. That was the last time I got on a skateboard.

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justinsain Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,374	Man you guys had it made. I was riding back in the 70s and back then you didn't have the equipment choices you did in the 80s and beyond. You know where we got our boards, we made them ourselves in shop class. Urethane wheels and tracker trucks came along and changed everything. I think cadillac wheels were the first to come out. All that new grip changed the way we could ride. Then came the skate parks. I can remember going to the " Paved Wave " in Cocoa Fl. and riding the place in bare feet, no pads or helmet. It's come a looooong way since then but it was still fun back in the day. I've got some pics I just need to dig them up first.

08-24-2006, 06:14 PM	#73
justinsain Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,374	Here is a pic of me at the " Paved Wave " skate park in Cocoa Fl. I'd say this was about 1977. I made the board myself and it's got cadillac wheels. Around this time the new thing were those plastic boards that could flex which later led to the stronger laminate boards. Paved wave was one of if not the first skate park in Florida and people came from all over to skate there. It had a high concrete ramp that you used to drop into a big bowl which I'm at here. Then it turned into a series of left and right banks and then a flat area which ended at the foot of the stairs to go up to the ramp again. You can see by the pictures that no protection was required and I don't think they made much for skating back then anyways. Also notice there is no coping on the top of the bowl as nobody has even thought about using the lip yet. That came about later when everyone started skating in empty swimming pools and discovered the use of the coping. It's pretty amazing to think back to those times and how we thought we were on the cutting edge and then to watch the recent Xgames and see just how far it's come. All I can say now is I'm really starting to feel old

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justinsain Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,374	I Think the paved wave was on SR520 in Cocoa or maybe merritt island. If I remember it was only open a few years and then closed because of fear of lawsuits and back then nobody would insure something like that. I could be wrong though. It's been a long time.

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08-24-2006, 06:54 PM	#84
DWB Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Encrypted. Access denied. Posts: 31,779	Skateboarding Is Not A Crime!

08-24-2006, 07:15 PM	#85
justinsain Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,374	Here's another pic which I took and I'd say this is around 1980. It's at a skate park that was in Melbourne FL. As you can see from my first pic things have been progressing. Riders have protection and the bowls now all have edges built for grinding. A lot of riders wore gloves as the big moves then were low sweeping slide turns and you used your hand to pivot. Up until then everyone was just doing kick turns off the banks and stuff and then somebody decided to take to the air. This picture here is of some rider pushing the limits and taking to the air when most people were just seeing how high they could kick turn on the ramp. Getting air was just beginning then and NOBODY even dreamed that some day a skater would jump the great wall of China. I used to have slide show parties back then and this pic always got a big hoot. Now it's just a little piece of history.

08-24-2006, 08:01 PM	#86
PornAddict Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: New Jersey Posts: 1,401	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

08-24-2006, 08:09 PM	#87
GTS Mark Vrume Mark Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 20,912	Here's my old board I sucked at skateboarding but love to watch it DH

08-24-2006, 08:11 PM	#88
justinsain Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 3,374	I've got some video I took of Rodney Mullen doing an exibition back in 83 or 84. I remember how he blew the crowd away with what he was doing. He is a perfect example of someone who is way, way ahead of his time. I guess I'm going to have to start digging out all this stuff

08-24-2006, 08:13 PM	#89
JD Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 22,651	Skate Or Die was the shiznit I rocked at the pool joust

08-24-2006, 09:21 PM	#90
NaughtyJulie Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Viva Las Vegas, Baby! Posts: 232	Ahhh this is taking me back! My 2 boyfriends in high school were skaters, when they outlawed it in the town I grew up in (no joke) we spent the entire summer running from cops and sliding under cars to hide. Living a life of crime for skating, ridiculous! The yuppies said they were pissed off at the "marks they leave on the curbs and railings" It's great to see all the kids in the skate parks they have in Vegas! Actually I got an Independent tee shirt as a gift a few years back, but I have a feeling that was more for the "Built to Grind" logo on the back Thanks for the memory jog Boneprone! __________________

08-24-2006, 10:36 PM	#91
hoxton Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: australia Posts: 348	http://cgi.ebay.com/ALVA-Fred-Smith-...QQcmdZViewItem greatest board ever, ALVA - Fred Smith Punk Size.... damn to bad they dont ship to Australia __________________ icq: 191296517 / [email protected] / [email protected]

08-25-2006, 03:03 AM	#92
Manowar jellyfish Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 71,528	hell yeah man

08-25-2006, 03:07 AM	#94
Bladewire StraightBro Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Monarch Beach, CA USA Posts: 56,229	Yeah good memories buddy! Tight jeans, fat cocks, and lots of pot to numb the feeling of me sucking skater cock. Ah the good old days

08-25-2006, 03:26 AM	#95
mattyboy Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,070	Great thread and brings back some good memories of being a kid. Here's a couple of me and my pal and the mini ramp we built out of crappy wood Sure makes me feel old now

08-25-2006, 03:47 AM	#96
montel Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: See sig! Posts: 2,606	ghey thread __________________ Barefootsies

08-25-2006, 05:27 AM	#98
Violetta Affiliate Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 28,735	I was a skater in the end of the 90's __________________ M&A Queen