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| gogomouse1 |
 Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 6:20 pm |
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| why is it that as a lot of us get older (30's & 40's) , our boards get longer??? Although I've always had one longboard or another in my quiver since 78', as I've gotten older, I (and others, I noticed) ride longer boards more and more. Why? obviously, we can't get down like we used to....we're fatter, slower, and eventually our knee joints go... for me, I guess I'd rather skate slow and mellow rather than not skate at all.Anybody else have an opinion? Remeber..." You don't stop skating because you get old, You get old because you stop skating" True Dat. |
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| cerdo |
| Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 3:04 pm |
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gogomouse1 wrote: why is it that as a lot of us get older (30's & 40's) , our boards get longer??? ... for me, I guess I'd rather skate slow and mellow rather than not skate at all.
My sentiments exactly. Broken bones heal much slower as you age. |
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| MileHighSkates |
| Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 3:07 pm |
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| Over the last few years, my boards have become progressively longer. Most of my skating nowadays is on a longboard of one form or another, but I'm not skating slower per-se. |
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| cerdo |
| Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 3:13 pm |
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| true true... I like fast, I'm just not trying to hop, grind, flip and all that jazz anymore... haven't for a while... |
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| msk |
| Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 11:50 pm |
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| Its not that my boards got longer, its that everyone else's got shorter. When I was in my late teens ('70s), my 30"-32" boards had 16"-18" wheelbases, and I also rode a longboard about 50% of the time. To get that same 18" wheelbase I rode as a kid, I'd have to buy a 36"-38" deck now. I only needed 2"-4" of nose back then, not 7"... |
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| Homer80 |
| Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 4:59 am |
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| There are a lot of things to take into consideration. Todays "Standard" skateboard is designed for kick flips and ollies, tearing up the stairs at the library and then picking up your board and running away. Groms only see what the "grom" magazines cover so to many of them a longboard is merely an urban legend. The Older folks tend to see outside the box when it comes to what to do on a skateboard. That doesn't mean that a 40+ year old that wants to session a handrail wont do it because he is old, he will, but how many older guys want to do that as opposed to hitting the bowl at the park or carving that big hill? Look at it this way, do you think that grom skating on 54mm wheels has a clue as to why you would want a 70mm wheel instead? Most don't even know wheels that big exist! |
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| theshralpster |
| Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 3:28 pm |
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| how can you make sweeping generalizations like that? Popsicle decks only made for skating street. Pick up a poolskating magazine and what will you see? Popsicle stick decks and sub 60mm wheels. dont bag on it cuz you dont skate it. |
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| Homer80 |
| Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 5:10 pm |
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theshralpster wrote: how can you make sweeping generalizations like that? Popsicle decks only made for skating street. Pick up a poolskating magazine and what will you see? Popsicle stick decks and sub 60mm wheels. dont bag on it cuz you dont skate it.
Wait, read the title of the tread, I'm the one making generalizations? I'm sorry if my observation of the stereotypical skateboarder upsets you but buy a Thrasher magazine and count the amount of photos of skaters boardsliding hand rails vs. the amount of skaters in pools. If the shoe fits.
And just to keep the record straight just about everyone I know that skates pools and bowls rides a Popsicle deck and they are all a lot better than I am. I have been told time and time again how functional a popsicle deck is esp. on vert. But I'm not just going to kiss everyones ass that rides a popsicle thats their problem not mine. I dont bag on it. I sack on it!  |
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| Kehraus |
| Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 5:13 pm |
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| I thought you were talking about scrotums. |
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| that guy |
| Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 5:45 pm |
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Kehraus wrote: I thought you were talking about scrotums.
I was wondering where all the scrotum talk took place around here. |
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