when you first started skating what were some stupid things you did

[drew.]

i wish i could find a picture of me wearing size 11 psirus.
i skate size 9 razors now.

[niceawaymessage]

I used to think similarly about Mike Radebaugh which probably had something to do with that old SWS ad in something like VG12? where he hits tru-spin misfit on a stair rail (so nuts at that time) and they make him out to be some kind of robot, along with all of the Sendokon coverage right at the moment I starting getting into blading media.

that and his vg17 profile, if you remember the song, it went "i....am the magnificent" . and our little crew thought "this guy is the best of all time". also he was the best at switch ups, and those were like the most impressive thing ever back in the day.

[Robert1]

my skates were at least one or two sizes too big for waaaaaay too long,

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[Charlie Hustles]

Hahaha, Gatsby. I too tried to make wax one day with crayons and Vaseline and all kinds of crazy shit. It somehow exploded in my face and burned the shit out of me and my boy.

[Charlie Hustles]

I used to wear a 10 and now I wear a 6-7.

[Matthew Shannon]

first pair of skates were size ten when i was thirteen... second size eleven... now i wear 9 USD Carbons.

[th_remedy086]

How did you guys fail at something as easy as making wax? Use a double boiler system and use candles a small amount of veggie or olive oil (solid deodorant works well to) Melt together. Add crayons for color and let cool. BOOM wax.

[r.s.]

I used to wear a 10 and now I wear a 6-7.

me too haha.


I only skated p rails and little foot high curbs for about 2 years when i first started.
I loved soaps and grinded everything in my middle school with them.
We used to puff our skates out with socks and shoe tongues.
I thought aaron fienberg was god, still do.
I used to do an acid then sit down really low and grab my acid foot and do rocket makio.
Jumping off my roof sessions.
We skated a wheel chair ramp for someones house that one of my neighbors gave me, it was only about 6 inches tall but my friend tried to backflip off it hahaha. That was probably the funniest thing I ever witnessed.

[nlausch]

riding on top of the ledge while doing any sole tricks were "old school"

making ramps out in the street with a piece of wood and some bricks without any sheet metal between the asphalt and wood. sadly i remember doing it more than once.

being pissed off at razors when my cream sole plates wore down. i thought everything was indestructable

interchanging cuffs between different skates to b.unique

cutting out pictures from daily breads and posting them on my wall thinking it must be so sweet to be a pro blader for a living

listening to bad rap and dressing like an idiot in large sweats and tshirts

multi-laces and puffy tongues

taking my buckles off because that's how omar wysong skated

[jakeness13]

i would do switchups such as soul to acid and porn to mizou.... one time i was even brave enough to do a soul to acid to porn to mizou. I AM GOD

[Robert1]

I used to wear a 10 and now I wear a 6-7.

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[jonathan]

riding on top of the ledge while doing any sole tricks were "old school"

making ramps out in the street with a piece of wood and some bricks without any sheet metal between the asphalt and wood. sadly i remember doing it more than once.

being pissed off at razors when my cream sole plates wore down. i thought everything was indestructable

interchanging cuffs between different skates to b.unique

cutting out pictures from daily breads and posting them on my wall thinking it must be so sweet to be a pro blader for a living

listening to bad rap and dressing like an idiot in large sweats and tshirts

multi-laces and puffy tongues

taking my buckles off because that's how omar wysong skated

This

and

size 12 1/2 k2 250cc when I was a size 8.

gangster.

[niceawaymessage]

did omar really skate without buckles? never knew.

[bander_saleh]

i would do switchups such as soul to acid and porn to mizou.... one time i was even brave enough to do a soul to acid to porn to mizou. I AM GOD

haha me too

[r.s.]

did omar really skate without buckles? never knew.

no but he put his tongues funny and in front of his buckle.

[Brant]

I did a front flip off the side of a 8 stair into a huge bush. COme to think about It, that was stupid and awesome at the same time. Wish I would have filmed that shit

[Brant]

i wish i could find a picture of me wearing size 11 psirus.
i skate size 9 razors now.

HA Ya I used to wear size 12 psirus, now I wear size 7 thrones

[Cadbury]

Soul to frontside
Wallet chains
Doing grabs off obstacles or switch ups while on foot
A cuff bolt on my left fatty pro skate broke so I fixed it with some laces
Mispronouncing the names of skaters: Jon JEWLIO, Brian SHIMMER a few others I can't remember
Watching Hoax 5 over and over and over again because it was the only video I had.

[Mudhut Jollyrancher]

I used to be real big on stalls. Like I didn't even try to grind for a very long time into skating. I would just always do stalls. Most of the time doing the super awesome 1 footed stall where I would just step on to the edge of a bench or whatever and just stand up there on one foot until I felt like jumping back down.

yes

[th_remedy086]

Rob, I feel you on the soap shoe thing. Used to grind everything I could. Including this huge rail that went from our gym down to this road. Almost got knocked out when the gummy part of my sole stuck mid way though it. Good times.