Longboards Take Over the Streets

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hi sacha k.

does anyone posting comments skate technically, or even atempt to dodge traffic on a peice of wood with plastic wheels, ultimatlely a skater who can ollie easil has any of these so called strreet surfers blown out of the water. Just try switching thier boards, you cant fly on a skate board unless you can fly on a skateboard, thompkins square is a mecca with an eclectic mix of skater from across the world

I'm an old curmudgeon who just bought a longboard.

I never could afford a real skateboard when I was a kid. All my friend's had G and S fibreflex decks with road rider wheels and tracker trucks. or, krytonics, OJ's and bennett trucks.

I got a cheap loose ball bearing, plastic board.

I actually like the stability of a longer board now that I'm older and bones break easier.

just my thoughts:

1. yeah it can be boring to just do the same trick over and over again, but it's another thing to practice a move over and over until you get really good at it. skiing and skateboarding are two different things. it's fun to ski different slopes even if you're not the greatest ever on skis, but it might not be fun to be a skater who keeps trying to do a ton of tricks but can't actually pull off a single one cleanly.

2. longboarding is different than the skating you typically see in union square or in the park. it's like surfing or snowboarding on concrete. part of the fun of it is that because of the moving obstacles in the street it's never the same thing twice. it's like skiing the trees, except the moguls and trees are cabs and buses moving all around you.

"as for you curmudgeons, different people do different things for fun."

nothing against skateboarding. my issue is with doing the same one trick over and over and over. when I go skiing I go to different mountains and try different trails. I don't do the same bump run 50 times in a row.

looks pretty fun to me!

here in toronto we call that the "board meeting"

as for you curmudgeons, different people do different things for fun.

don't you know people who watch tv?

i heard that most people traded skateboards for personalities when they got to high school

Someone has to explain the appeal of going to the same little park every afternoon and all day Saturday and Sunday and doing the same tame stunt over and over. These kids outside my apartment are there all the time. You would think they would find a skate park somewhere and vary their tricks.