I was downstairs looking for some stuff and happened across my old skateboard, in fact, the very last one that I bought before I gave it up. I hit up Youtube and watched some of the very skaters (that are my age) I idolized growing up... it's weird to see them middle aged.

Anyways... who else was a skaterpunk and what did you ride?
I always had a favoritism for Santa Cruz and SMA boards.
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Jesus christ, Sam! what the hell is up with those mutant legs? Did you do 700lb
leg lifts or something? I'm still a skater punk, and also surf, of course I now ride fat old fart long boards!

I used to ride an SMA Natas back in the proverbial day. Wish I could still do it.

Posted by cr400 Jesus christ, Sam! what the hell is up with those mutant legs? Did you do 700lb leg lifts or something? I'm still a skater punk, and also surf, of course I now ride fat old fart long boards!

i could and still can lift the whole leg rack.
the bearings are seized in my skate... might take it apart on my vacation and replace them... go for a skate. I've got medical insurance :p

Sam: You look like a young Lou Ferrigno in that shot! Your board is after my time, but here's some shots of my old stuff.

Fibreflex for freestyle, Sims Meter Board for downhill, Peralta (G&S)
kicktail for effen around. Yes, those are 70mm wheels on the Sims. Man, this shit must look ancient to you guys. Broke some bones, had a ball, then the wife talked some sense into me. She's not home now so I'm going out back and see if I can still cut a multiple 360. (yea, yea, I'll wear my pads). Thanx for bringing me back guys

Kurtz, Your old stuff looks like what I used to ride! I made the transition from steel to rock to urethane, I guess thats what they are still made of?

It sure has been interesting to see the evolution of board, length, width, wheel diameter. I now see boards 4 foot in length, large diameter wheels for high speed, mid length boards with pneumatic tires for off road. The boards with little tiny wheels I assume are for tricks?

I'm Now riding Bauer ice boots equiped with 4 wheels, 2 of them smaller in front for turning, These things are awesome, but I can only pull a 30 second shift, then I'm gasping for breath.

If You guys are ever out this way, I'll take you out to Bluff Cove on the Palos verdes peninsula, surfing started out here in the 30's at this location. I've got extra boards and wet suits, we might all look like pregnant seals, but all the locals are used to seeing me, so it shouldnt shock them to much.

Sam how much does a whole leg rack weigh?

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my first skateboard was in 1985, a California FreeFormer I swiped from my grandma's neighbor... After that, i inherited a Grentec GT Spoiler II banana board, little plastic board, but damn would it haul ass downhill. My first real skate was a Powell-Peralta Per Welinder... it was ok, but later that summer, I had an SMA Natas Kaupas.. that board was the shit. I loved it. I was heartbroken when I ollied on to a bench and snapped it in half. I think it was a Powell-Peralta Steve Caballero 'Mechanical Dragon", I snapped that doing a slappy and then my last one was the Jason Jesse.

i miss doing that... i should start it again.

Posted by cr400 Sam how much does a whole leg rack weigh?

about 400-450lbs. give or take.

Posted by Samurai about 400-450lbs. give or take.

I knew that you'd been doing some type of power lifting, Imagine if you'd been doing roids or HGH?

There was a skate movie out a few years back, Dogtown? Something dogs?
It was based on Peralta's life in Santa Monica, it was a better movie than I thought it was gonna be, I recommend it if you haven't already seen it?

I grew up just a few miles from those boys, they might have been just a few years older? I never new any of them, but we all sure knew of them. The surf and skate culture out here at the time was very prevalent, probably like Ice Hockey is out your direction. Just that surf / skate was not organized or anything till the big sponsors got involved. Some say that was the downfall of both.

Posted by Samurai Anyways... who else was a skaterpunk and what did you ride? I always had a favoritism for Santa Cruz and SMA boards.

I was never good at it. I gave up and rode the skaterpunks.

I skated for many years my last board was a Tony Hawk. I kinda want to get on a board again. Did a kickflip on my sons board the other day.

Posted by shellyl I was never good at it. I gave up and rode the skaterpunks.

Now that's what I'm talkin' about, YEAH!

I was such a nice little skaterpunk, the parents always loved Me, God, if they only knew!!!

I still have a Bart simpson Vehicle of destruction board, What a thrasher, I ride it around and people say I should take better care of it. Would Bart take care of it, I don't think so!!!

no roids or anything... it's just when I was younger, I walked or skated everywhere. Port Henry is nothing but a village built on a mountainside on the shore of a lake. Ever hear the old ha-ha about walking to school uphill both ways? That was no joke. My legs were strong enough that I could drop a foot going 40-50mph and bring myself to a stop in just a couple of drops, and not fall off. When we rode bikes, we were always going uphill on at least half the journey... i was a scrappy guy. In high school, the coaches begged me to play football, but i wanted none of it. If I could be half as in shape as I was then, I would be sexy motherfucka!

But alas...

I did get out my skate when i got home from work...

I just want my ankles back in their pre damaged condition, the hell with the skateboard.

I never really got into that, I never had the patience to really learn how to ride the stupid thing. I probably could back then, but instead, snowboarded a little in college. About the time when Burton boards started to really take off and when the ski areas started allowing them on the trails. Part of why my ankles are in such horrible shape. I had to quit before I really got to the fun stuff though.

Shael

You wern't kidding about that place being built on a hill, looks like a 400 foot elevation change in just a few miles. 40 miles an hour on a skateboard would be commonplace I'm sure.

Look's like a big ass mill down near the water, Weird named street goes into it,
starts with a B? I think?... I'll guess that's where you work.

Looks like a pretty cool place to live, lots of hilly country and winding roads, winter must mean, lots of drifting thru the snowy corners, long downhill's have gotta be scarry as shit!!!!

We've got a 1300 foot elevation change in just a couple of miles, but it's just a large hump on the coast. The roads up over and around it are great for motorcycles. And the ocean side of the Palos Verdes peninsula is a really bitchin coastal range, with views out to 4 or 5 Islands 30 to 70 miles out.

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400: I know the grass is always greener on the other side, but man from where I sit you live in paradise. SoCal. I was there in 66' before I shipped out. Tried surfboarding but couldn't get the hang of it (pun). Kept pearling and going under. Then I tried just body surfing and oh man was that great. I'm sure you know this place down around S.D. The "Wedge"




Wonder if I could still hold my breath for as long as it takes if you get buried

Posted by WEKurtz The "Wedge"

Hey, isn't that one of the places mentioned in The Endless Summer?

On topic: I never did have a skateboard.

Meta, it's been a few years since i've seen Endless Summer, but I don't recall the Wedge being mentioned, Maybe in Endless Summer II.

Kurtz, is that you at the wedge? (Big ball's I gotta say)

That place is not for fat old guys like me on their 9' boards, to tell the truth that place scares the crap outta me, I've learned my lessons regarding hydrodynamics.

Here is some frightening photos of the wedge trying to kill a few people!!

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This all happens in 3 to 4 feet of water.

Posted by cr400 Meta, it's been a few years since i've seen Endless Summer, but I don't recall the Wedge being mentioned, Maybe in Endless Summer II.

Well, I'm just going to have to watch it again, then

Posted by metawaffle Well, I'm just going to have to watch it again, then

I own both of them, maybe my subconscious erased all images of the wedge due to the fear of that nasty ass wave. It is actually man made, due to the building of that rock jetty,

the waves come in at an angle, hit the jetty, bounce to the beach, then back out where they meet with the new incoming wave, right where they meet, the wave suddenly doubles in size, it does this in 3 or 4 feet of water.

Young, strong, and healthy surfers get the crap kicked out of them, broken necks and backs are very common, sometimes fishermen get pulled off the rocks by the waves, they seldom survive the thrashing the get.

Sam, thanks, I now have dug out my old skateboards, like I didn't have enough to work on, now I'm gonna die in my own driveway.