What skating did you do today? and how was it?

Buddy and I went skating downtown..totally crowded..hit up a few hills,parking garages,sidewalk surfing..just stying...found a few banks..did some berts..some oldschool 1 1/2's on slight transitions..slaom through the crowds..just basically street skating 70's style..no rules..no problems..no one fell badly..everyone home w/out injury..thats a fantastic day of skating for me.Great idea Andrew..5+ Stars & 2 Thumbs Up ! Me-Gravity 30" BL,Trackers,Gravity Street G's..My Friend-39" Longboard,Tracker Fastracks,62mm LAX 78's.

Then I came home and looked at skate stuff on my computer...and obsessed about the new complete I ordered from Socialskateboarding..Palisades Hurricane Hurley 33.5", Gullwing Missions,60mm 78 softies...got rails & tailskid for fun & something new.

thanks mark. oh yeah. I forgot to add the part to my how was it?

Well, I got a bid of road rash, but I washed it off and right now have some ointment on it. 

My ride was awesome, such a fun day and my shoes are worn down a lot from footbreaking. :( 

Anyways, I was riding a BC MORAY, Randal 180 50*, and S9 Race Formula 70mm 82a offset

Awesome..heal quickly !

So today was fun too. I worked a lot on my tuck and again, practiced my toeside pendys on the same setup. On these, it's easy to break traction, but it's hard to control during the slide. Maybe it's just because I'm still breaking in the mold release on the offset Sector 9 Race Formula 82a. Anyways I didn't want the place where I got road rash to open up anymore so I wrapped my entire right arm in medical wrap. That stuff where you wrap ice around your arm, but I just wrapped that plain. Anyways, on my pendies I just ended up with one knee off my board and it was frustrating. haha but I'm gonna keep practicing so once I get it down I'll post a video on Social.

How was your day? mine was amazing. Got a lot of stuff done and had a lot of fun. Hope your weekend went well!

Unfortunately..no skating yesterday...but glad to hear someone DID ! Yeah Andrew..send in some vids please...my buddy has one of those phones w/ a 20 sec vid thingy on it..but we are always having too much fun to stop & film ! Gotta catch some action.

Went skating yesterday at a church w/ my buddy..nice couple of fast drop-offs..like triple decker parking lots..outside..smooth,fast..broke out an old 36" cruiser deck..mounted up some Gravity Burners,white..77 durometer..on Tracker Darts..wedged.I like my trucks loosey-goosey..anyway..you know ahats comming...the Dreaded softie WHEELBITE! Stopped me dead in the middle of a deep carve.I had forgotten how those soft wheels will stop you completely..on my butt & elbows & knees I went. A few scrapes..nothing major.But lessons were learned.More risers,smaller wheels,(these were 66mm)..tighter trucks,..and perhaps the biggest lesson...wear my safety equipment ! I've got it all..pride,rushing,etc,..gets in the way sometimes of common sense..this includes my helmet.More stories guy/gals !

My Friend Will Charging some Cones Today on His Longboard.

Mark Surfing Cones on 36" Element Travel Well Longboard.We found this nice shady hill..great for the hot days we've been getting in the East.Good Times for sure!

I skated today and recieved a $50 ticket for exercising. It's not legal to skate on the beaches here but it is legal to skate on the street where vehicles go 40 mph. Not to mention, they don't understsand the difference between a skateboard and a longboard, you can't grind on concrete with a 47 inch longboard. Welcome to Florida.

Sucks Dude..take a video of all the other activities that go on at the beach..rollerblading..etc..go to court..show to judge..be polite..explain..might help..might not..cant hurt..worked for my son..got out of ticket..stern warning..no fine..dont let it get ya down Bro !

ahh, it's okay I just paid the ticket, the officer was a real a-hole at the start because he assumed I was a "skater-punk", however, we had an intellegent conversation in the end. He agreed, it's a waste of man power to be chasing kids on skateboards when it's the same activity as riding a bicycle, rollerblade, etc.

I won't fight the ticket but I'm formulating a letter to the city, it's not fair for people who are legitimately using time to partake in longboarding as a physical activity which promotes health.

I never quit.

in my experience, if you are polite and have a good argument the judge will reduce the fine if not eliminate it.  This goes for driving citations as well.

Yeah, you're absolutely right, but with 2 college majors- double full time, 2 bands, a family, and job, its hard to find time to deal with it. So I just paid it when I got home, I'll write the letter and maybe something will come of it. Nothing nasty, just as you said, they listen to polite people.

ya, I hear you, finding the time to go down to court over a $50 ticket is hard.  I got two bogus parking tickets last year and talked to a parking enforcement guy on the street that I ran into and he confirmed that they were bullshit and also confirmed that I basically had no options other then paying them or going to court 3 times to probably still loose.  Parking tickets and the people who write them are evil

i skated up some hills in northern bellingham today. great sunny day!!

i raced bonelli this weekend which was some hardcore skating!

Yesterday I held a outlaw race and then skated some fast corners with some freinds. Check out the video my buddy made of the corners.

pretty fun day of skating, i did some sliding, and i perfected toeside standees, there so much fun but a little scary becuase you cant see what your doing, but i will keep practicing them so i can get faster and faster while i do them

I'm scared of toeside standies. I always feel like I'll get highsided. 

Its been raining the past 48 hours and I am not going to ride my normal deck in the rain tell I fix the delam issues. Might skate today and try to get predrifting the the rain back. Today I plan on working on predrifting in the wet.

bradley just use your corchia

Originally posted by: nwlongboarder94

bradley just use your corchia

How did you know what I was gonna do? 

Damn, I got into my first actual crash today. Can you guys offer any tips as to how to fix the problem? So I was going around 30 and there was a right sweeper about 90 degrees, I felt confident enough to just take the line. I'm regular footed so I pushed my backfoot on the rail of the board. I don't know if this is how you take a corner or not. Anyways, it was all good until I came back up to the normal tuck and got launched off my board to the left. Inertia got the best of me and my elbow is scraped and my back is completely bruised. So what did I do wrong? maybe I should have kept pushing off on the rail to counter the inertia? I was using a freeride shaped wheel, is that it? I know how to take left hand corners, but not right. I'm not exactly sure if I'm doing the right thing. Anyways, I'm not that great on my toeide one handed pre-drifts so that's out of the question. How do I take this corner better?

You don't want to kick the board out if you are trying to grip the corner. Do you have knee pads? Investing in some good pads makes falling alot safer and not as painful.You may have to slide to take the corner. Slide before the corner and gripup at the midpoint (or apex) of the corner and grip the rest of the way. This might sound really confusing, I will post a video up today.

Thank you. Yeah I didn't mean like kicking out the back into a drift, but more like applying pressure on the back. Anyways I'm sure the video will do wonders. Thank you

i did some pretty ill ksating today, i was just riding around with my friends, just cruising and slidign around, the usual, but all in all iits wicked fu to be with the bros and do what i love, skate.

there might be sun in seattle this week!

so ya ill for sure be skating on friday!

i wish bellinghams rainy weather would stop and just be nice for like a month!!!

totally going to skate today except i hurt my knee at bonelli so we will see

it better stay sunny here

Sunny as fack right now. So glad its try. Gonna skate with my buddy lluc and skate some bike path corners.

Its sunny here and I will be driving to my friends local area to skate with him. It is supposed to be nice all week so I am super excited! Gonna skate a straight today with very high grade, in short its an amazing freeride hill and everyone who lives by it is totally chill with skating there!

its pouring where i live today but yesterday i was out in the nown next to mine seshing this downhill corner near my friends house. i learned how to slide corners heel and toe side. my friend is getting a new board today too so im helping him put it together 

It is pouring here, but my new skateboard is coming today ill be skating tommrow

did some pretty fun skating today, kinda cloudy though, and i got rained on, but who cares, slide in the rain!

screw seattle. i got great skating in yesterday but today its wet...

I'm going to be up in Seattle June 23-25 ish!!!!!!

Originally posted by: nwlongboarder94

screw seattle. i got great skating in yesterday but today its wet...

Renton. screw renton. It was dry up north as always. seems like you guys get the bad side of thing down there weather wise

Andrew: hit me up. skatedivona and nwbongloader94 are in the seattle area too, that is like 9 months away though haha.

yeah I know it is, but I'm stoked. can't wait to visit locals and hopefully skate with you guys.

Yeah im almost always down to skate when not at school or working. Private message me your info or ill reply mine or something like that. Mr. Yuk has a ton of good spots by his house. I really only have one.

sick I sent messaged you my number. text me, not too sure about flight dates, but I know I'll be there for at least a day. then I'm going to vancouver

Seattle area is pretty legit.

did some nasty skating today!

i went longboarding today and it was nasty, does anyone live near mass and know 7 sisters hill? its so nice and the pavement is perfect. the hill is huge too. 

oh, i forgot to mention, i leanred toe sides a while ago, but i was just practicing them and they are coming along so nice, the wheels break and slide and i spin and it just feels so nice and then i switch back to regular and do a huge standy to shed speed, then rinse and repeat!

almost learned to kickflip last night and this morning! ya thats all the skating ive been doing haha unfortunately

skated garages last night for the first time in a while and realized how much fun and relaxing they are

i did some good skating today. me and my friends went to this hill that is so turny and nice, excellent for sliding but its someones driveway so theres barely ever a car becuase they are like rich and never home, and they like it when we skate there!