Is Skateboarding America's Real #1 Pastime?
batmon
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In my hood i see every demographic participating in skateboarding.
I did it as a kid in the early 80s and grew out of it. It wasnt "Hip"in The Bronx then, despite Cali already goin hard.
They built some ramps near the Stadium back in the early 90s and after a minute it was kinda milk carton around here for a minute.
Now Ive seen crazy amounts of local kids and kids from other areas come around and rock this shit.
It seems like it has never died and the only kids I dont see doin it are young White girls....around here. But ive seen a handfull here and there, along with the occasional girlfriend recording her buddies with a cam.
It also seems like its sustained its somewhat counter-cultural vibe while still be embraced by all levels of culture/media/demographics.
The shit hasnt slowed down. I think its amazing how it hasnt lost its grip.
I dont see that mix of goofy nerds and cool kids mix in any other "sport".
Whats The Deele?
I did it as a kid in the early 80s and grew out of it. It wasnt "Hip"in The Bronx then, despite Cali already goin hard.
They built some ramps near the Stadium back in the early 90s and after a minute it was kinda milk carton around here for a minute.
Now Ive seen crazy amounts of local kids and kids from other areas come around and rock this shit.
It seems like it has never died and the only kids I dont see doin it are young White girls....around here. But ive seen a handfull here and there, along with the occasional girlfriend recording her buddies with a cam.
It also seems like its sustained its somewhat counter-cultural vibe while still be embraced by all levels of culture/media/demographics.
The shit hasnt slowed down. I think its amazing how it hasnt lost its grip.
I dont see that mix of goofy nerds and cool kids mix in any other "sport".
Whats The Deele?
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no asshole coach
no team
no uniform
no rules
moving art
who can say no to that?
[other than the fat nazi pigs]
its cracking in uganda
I skated almost everyday from about age 9 until 19-20. It's great exercise, tons of fun, and you do your own thing. I played baseball, soccer, and basketball as a kid and all of them had that team sports mentality that I didn't like. Some middle aged coach yelling at you because you aren't fulfilling his dream. It's great being part of a team, but it can also suck and feel kind of shitty. Skateboarding definitely has it's shitty interactions, immaturity, nonsense, but it's a great individual sport that you can do with friends.
It also seems a lot more fun and positive these days compared to my prime of 92-95. It might also be my changed point of view, but it just seems less cliquey and more just an even appreciation for people of different skills and styles.
No separate faction huddled in the corner smoking weed and shit.
don't kid yourself dude
guys will be blunted b4 during and after a session
maybe not in front of you but its going on
weed and skateboards are like pb and j
Skateboarding is for kids who want to hurt themselves but haven't graduated to cutting or heroin yet.
Their boards are hella long bro.
All attempted tricks I've seen are lame, although lazy skateboarder was the innovator of my favorite overheard expression to what happened to him the other day:
"I brozed off"
I gotta hand it to you: you're a troll of the highest order. I am so angry with you that I want to take the bait and bleed for skateboarding--the greatest thing upon this planet--but I will check in at drunk thread instead okay peace
PS yes skateboarding is huge and better than ever BATMON!
Skateboarding has never fully gone away as far back as I can remember, and I don't think it ever will. But skateboarding today is especially ubiquitous. Just like beards, it's tied to being hip imo.
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Haven't skated since I was 14, but boards are so ubiquitous here that I've been considering it for transport. The city is very pedestrian friendly, and it's on a gentle slope so 50% of my journeys would be effortless. Metro back uphill doe.
These dudes practice forever up against some 6" step, and never seem to land a flip.
So lame.
Back in my day, it was all and only about ramps, rims and lips (no ayo)
x-games took over texas this summer
the branding the kid prodigies...everyone is including from hiphop,punk,goth,straightedge and are all stoked
some of the 90s dudes started clothing lines and are now millionaires
you see the pics and videos you can follow your guys its so close for a kid to try to be like his idol
you buy a lebron jersey and are consious you will never dunk
you by a ryan schekler board, shoes, poster, his tshirt company his cap, his backpack, stickers trucks wheels
and then you watch him win xgames at 12 years old and say i want to be like him
Whoa, slow down with the skater slang, bro. Not all of us here are hip to your insider code words but don't leave us out of the conversation.
Thank You - Have a wonderful day.
Sidewalk surfing.
ENTER MATTY MAC:
If that sort of thing makes you mad you're a road rage incident waiting to happen.
Meanwhile ESPN has two pieces up about the death of playground basketball, including one by Rick Telander, who wrote a great book called "Heaven Is A Playground" back in the 70s.
Apparently kids these days don't like to play outside... except for the ones who collect multiple fractures.
Ha! Of course that photo exists.
In my hood the only folks playing Football are late teen through early 20s Africans, West Indians, and Central/South Americans.
Mostly Dudes w/ a sprinkle of Girls from 12 through 20+ Black, Latin, Asian, and Caucasoid are Skating.
The Soccer field is usually being used on the weekend, and the Baseball fields are mostly Dominican.
You dont see Grown Hipsters w/ boards rollin' thru the hood. If so, they are filming the other kids skate at the hotspots and arent living here.
Are there even hipsters in the Bronx? I thought they were still scared to go that far uptown.
Thank God for that!!
Reality: :puto:
Perception: :dead:
Hello!!!!
Point Rasta-Far Rye!!!
When I moved back to California in 1999 skateboarding was everywhere. Here is San Diego it seems like it never died.
For my birthday I finally decided to give it a second shot and I bought a skateboard from sports authority. It's harder than I remember it. And I just wanted to ride around on the sidewalk, no do any tricks or anything.
I noticed that all the people that skateboard around the neighborhood kick with their back foot and leave their front foot on the board. But when I was a kid I left my back foot on the board and pushed forward with my front foot and that is somehow still ingrained in my muscle memory. So I feel like I should probably train myself to do it the way I see everybody else do it but it's really hard!
Skateboarding is hard. I just wanted to ride around the block dammit.