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Keep on keepin on with your own style
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On 12/31/2007
Rich Sayers
wrote in from
United States
(76.103.nnn.nnn)
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Claude Regnier wrote:
It is pretty typical to read some of the jabs at him by kids that just have not learnt respect for people honed skills and such. Some people learn to appreciate in time and other just never will.
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Some related things I have experienced: Several times after kids have made positive comments about my handstands, Berts or 360's -- an older teenager or guy in his twenties then 'educates' the kids that "those tricks are so old ( or lame or insert derogatory comment), they are not cool." Sometimes the kids buy into the hater's opinion, other times they disagree.
Also, there are older skaters influenced by the Del Mar contest scenes in the Dogtown and Z Boys video who are VERY judgemental about handstands. Especially some dudes on the BDS forum. Ironic that they waste so much energy hating freestyle, then complain about skaters who do not respect them because they cannot ollie or kick flip! Some of the older skaters are stoked to see long handstands (especially with hands pumping for distance) in person, but will not admit it in front of the opinionated dudes.
Videos of handstands are Berts are prominently featured on my 45 at 45 Tour site. I REFUSE TO BEND TO THE WILL OF THE HATERS!
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Now featuring old school style skate videos! The site is 70% updated: The 45 at 45 Tour
http://45at45.com
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Hey Aaron
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On 12/29/2007
Martin
wrote in from
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Hows it going? Do you still skate? There are a bunch of Brit skaters who still remember those Benjyboard days hanging out on the UK forum. One of the guys just had a slalom board made that is reminiscent of the old Sablosky bowlriding deck!
Once I skated with Jules Gayton and Marc Sinclair in London, said goodbye, went on holiday to Antwerp, Belgium, skated with my friends there only to be taken as a surprise to see a visiting British Skate Team demo....The Benjyboard Team!
We mostly skate slalom and bowls, one crew based around Hyde Park, one in Hove.
Feel free to join us...
Martin.
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benjy boards
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On 12/28/2007 aaron
wrote in from
United Kingdom
(90.192.nnn.nnn)
found this picture of myself skating for the benjy board team at olympia london, i think it was around 1975 not quite sure was only 5 at the time.
cheers
aaron
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Hamdstand Man!
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On 12/20/2007
Cknuck/claude Regnier
wrote in from
Canada
(216.58.nnn.nnn)
I've seen some of his runs on youtube. He has some pretty long and fast stuff going on. That run down that big hill didn't seem to end very well for him.
Wobbles at speed on your hands are a lot scarier then when your on your feet. Needless to say they are much harder to controland even getting off safely is a tough one. His fall sounds pretty harsh.
It is pretty typical to read some of the jabs at him by kids that just have not learnt respect for people honed skills and such. Some people learn to appreciate in time and other just never will.
You don't have to like it to apreciate it.
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handstand
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On 12/19/2007 hc
wrote in from
United States
(71.198.nnn.nnn)
some guy claiming to have handstand down signal hill !!
http://skateandannoy.com/2007/10/05/handstand-man/
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Pepsi Ramps .....Rad Ramps.....& Mariachi's !!!
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pepsi ramp in new jersey
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On 12/14/2007 herbn
wrote in from
United States
(71.127.nnn.nnn)
ever do any demo's in new jersey? i rode a plexiglass pepsi ramp sans flatbottom,some time in 78 or so,i was on moped at the time,wait it may have been earlier it could have been on bicycle, i remember hearing a rumour about the location of the ramp it was at a company picnic for subsidiary of pepsi maybe something like their legal department,or a company that did their ads,something like that. Anyway i found the ramp,told no go on riding it,the guys skating it will be here at 11,came back at 11, no skaters, went back home hung out for lunch, grabbed board and all safty gear back to ramp,still no skaters,hung out for a couple hours,no skaters. I think the picnic was clearing out ,and i got the go ahead and take a spin. Plexy took a bit of getting used to but i got near the top and the guys there were a bit surprized that a local jersey kid could even do this skateboard thing. I wonder who were the national names or east coast pepsi locals that were supposed to skate that day and blew it off. It's one of my many obscure skate spot memorys,like finding old school ramps when they were no longer ridable,bizarre tight backyard pools(one indoor)early dh no slider gloves ancient equipment, impending wobbles with no (easy) bailout,oh well todays seventies flashback
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Rene's UPsiDe~ DoWn 2- Board Thingy....
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On 12/13/2007
Rene CANNONBALL Carrasco
wrote in from
United States
(71.134.nnn.nnn)
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Rich Sayers -
If you look at my hands in the photo -
my left hand is just off to the front of that back truck,
and my right hand is a little off to the right of that front truck.
I was trying to get my hands as close together as I possibly could
to perform this trick.
Could you imagine trying to do this trick - if your hands were
in the middle of each board - HoW WiDE ThaT WouLD Be ? .....Ouch.
-It would be an upside down spread-eagle. Yikes.
Ya know, back then, I had a jillion companies always giving me all
kinds of equipment to try out - because I was performing skate
demos 7 days a week for about 5 years & competing too !
( -Pepsi, and other skate teams... )
So.....I've studied this photo, -regarding THAT WHEEL -
and figured I was probably using
a different bushing set-up - maybe kind of snug -
where by tilting the front of the board -for ADJUSTING BALANCE -
it could bring up the back wheel momentarily.
When I used mouse boards -
I could actually pump the boards - kinda like slalom -
and get those things haulin'....to keep moving.
What ever way you lean - those boards were SO SMALL -
you could make them turn instantly - into where you're going.
Below: 1976 -
Here I am on 'Mouse' Boards - Pepsi demo -
-I think this one was in Norwalk, Ca.
I can still gyrate the back board - mouse board,
to make both boards keep moving -when the first board
is a regular skateboard too.
Below - 1999 -
Here I am using 1 regular skateboard,
and 1 mouse board.
Photo: By Maria C.
A lot of people came up to me after my skate demos and
told me that they thought 'elbow stands'
looked harder to do.
Below: 1976 or 1977 -
Here I am doing a 2-board stacked elbow stand -
-I think this Pepsi demo was in San Bernardino, Ca.
I'm surprised I didn't have a Pepsi tattoo -
I've got the Pepsi logo on my helmet, on my shirt,
on my elbow pads, and on my Tracker Trucks too ! -Ha !
This photo got a FULL PAGE in Michael Brookes'
1999 skateboard history book - "The Concrete Wave "
Man, we used all kinds of boards and tricks in those
skateboard demo's - to keep it always interesting
for the crowds !
Below: 1977 -
Rene Carrasco and Brett Bowden - Pepsi Demo -Laguna Beach, Ca.
Take care,
..........-Rene Carrasco.
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Rene's 2-Board Handstand / Mrs. Carrasco
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On 12/12/2007
Rich Sayers
wrote in from
United States
(76.103.nnn.nnn)
Rene -- with your hand position on the rear deck, and the right rear wheel being off the ground, it looks like it could go into a "wheelie" and shoot the board out! Did that happen to you much?
Bailing onto my hands or scraping my fist after popping a wheelie from handstand to fakies has messed up my knuckles!
Wow- Mrs. Carrasco had 15 children? Great that she went back to college! Some people might need to visit a psychologist after raising that many kids. :-))
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Torsten-Hallman.....Dear Mom Delia.....Pepsi.....and more Handstands.....
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On 12/12/2007
Rene CANNONBALL Carrasco
wrote in from
United States
(71.134.nnn.nnn)
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Buddy Rawls -
Here's another pic with those 'Torsten Hallman' safety gear.
Below: 1978 - Here I am doing another 2-Board Handstand
during a Pepsi Team demo @ Golden West College, in H.B.
( -That Beautiful Lady in the black dress cheering me on
in this photo - is my very own Mother - Mom Delia -
who was GOING TO SCHOOL THERE - FULL TIME -
STRAIGHT 'A' STUDENT - & PRESIDENT OF THE HONOR SOCIETY !
After having 15 children - she went back to college and
got a degree in Psychology ! )
Take care,
...............-Rene Carrasco.
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high jump
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On 12/11/2007 hc
wrote in from
United States
(71.198.nnn.nnn)
claude, I saw a pic in a mag of a guy hippie jumping this yoga dude bending backward.
http://www.yogajournal.com/poses/473
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handstand plus high jump
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On 12/11/2007
Cknuck/claude Regnier
wrote in from
Canada
(216.58.nnn.nnn)
HC, yes they do :) That would be pretty fun to try. I don't know though. I'd have to trust someones ability and timing to do it while rolling. I would also have to decide how I would want them to take me out if they missed, EH! Might be worth looking into next season.
We used to do a few things like that but I was usually parallel with a board under my hands and one under my feet.
The guys would be lined up coming towards me and jumping over me as I was rolling towards them.
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greer park, round lip
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On 12/11/2007
Buddy Rawls
wrote in from
United States
(205.188.nnn.nnn)
I skated greer once back on 02 or so. Lots of fun, and it was quite first generation-like, even though it was built much later. I was on super hard modern wheels which made it a little sketchy, and it was pretty slick because of all the paint. But it was great fun. I skated Derby on that same trip. My board was way wrong for that place. I needed an old solid board and super turny trucks and softer wheels for that park, to really feel its old style possibilities. the Pickneyville skatepark (atlanta) has an awesome first generation style bowl and very short snake run entry into the bowl. But they mess it up with grind rails placed right at the top that get in the way.
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handstand plus high jump
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On 12/11/2007 hc
wrote in from
United States
(71.198.nnn.nnn)
claude, they just need a second skateboard!!
http://www.break.com/index/awesome_skateboard_stunt.html
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sunnyvale
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On 12/11/2007 hc
wrote in from
United States
(71.198.nnn.nnn)
buddy, that was taken at Sunnyvale skatepark in CA
yah, part of the street course.
there is Greer park in Palo Alto that is round lipped everywhere no coping, built in '90 I believe, but super slippery due to graffiti.
http://www.caliskatz.com/v4/skateparks/palo_alto_skatepark.asp
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rich sayers' handstand photo
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On 12/10/2007
buddy rawls
wrote in from
United States
(128.158.nnn.nnn)
boy howdee that round lipped terrain really looks awfully good. I still love to skate round lipped roundwall, but it is very rare now days. If there is some, its mixed in a street course that prevents any sort of real usage exceept as starting ramp for the street guys.
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Whirlin Wheels skatepark pictures
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On 12/8/2007 Dan
wrote in from
United States
(66.57.nnn.nnn)
Here are some pictures of the whirlin wheels skateboard park in escondido ca in the 1970's. There are also some pictures of the carlsbad skatepark a great reservoir we use to ride up in Ramona. Enjoy.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/61541137@N00/2086326176/in/set-72157601533399693/
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HandStands !
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On 12/6/2007
Rene CANNONBALL Carrasco
wrote in from
United States
(69.239.nnn.nnn)
This was @ the 2004 SK8KINGS SK8JAM in H.B.
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Handstands!
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On 12/4/2007
Cknuck/claude Regnier
wrote in from
Canada
(216.58.nnn.nnn)
claude, can you do handstand to fakie? Yes!
handstand pumping on a mini ramp? Pumping is hard on your hands. It a little harder to thrust your hips into it from that position.
I got a trick in mind that involves a V-stand and a hippie jump! ;-) It's works but I could only jump narrow objets :)
Handstand kickflip on a flatbank to fakie. It took a while to get it on a bank but it was a lot of fun trying and several good tumbles.
What I really like the most is a snake run run with good transitions and be able to flow frontsie and ackside up the face of the walls on my hands. Very few sk8parks offer that anymore.
The sk8park we went to after the Athens race a couple of years ago had a nice teardrop that lead to a couple of different areas and one nice corner that was good to carve. Sorry no vids or pics of most of my stuff.
I'm looking forward to being in better shape next year and riding a lot more upside down. I will fix up my handstand slalom board and put that to work more often as well.
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On 12/4/2007 hc
wrote in from
United States
(71.198.nnn.nnn)
claude, can you do handstand to fakie?
anyone else?
handstand pumping on a mini ramp?
I got a trick in mind that involves a V-stand and a hippie jump! ;-)
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On 12/4/2007 hc
wrote in from
United States
(71.198.nnn.nnn)
never seen this trick before...
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handy stuff
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On 12/4/2007 PSR
wrote in from
United States
(75.68.nnn.nnn)
Claude, Ben does those 'just to get the chicks' !! Gotta love teenager's with their priorities in order.
I had Howell's 6-board, three-under-each-hand, photo up on my wall for, lordy, many, many years.
That always was a good reminder of just what one could do on a skateboard with practice and perseverance. Can't imagine what the 'wipeouts' in practice were like!
The Carrasco Brothers continue to amaze!! Double on one board?!? Nuts! :-D
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Handstand to fakie on a quarter pipe
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On 12/4/2007
Rich Sayers
wrote in from
United States
(66.117.nnn.nnn)
Will try to get a picture showing me higher up on the wall -- as soon as my dislocated finger heals more!
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Handstands!
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On 12/4/2007
Cknuck/claude Regnier
wrote in from
Canada
(216.58.nnn.nnn)
HC, that is some pretty sick stuff. Never tried any of that. I used to walk on two hands until I learned to roll everywhere.
Yeah, Rene I still do most of the same stuff on my hands. I haven't done a handstand kickflip since 2004. When we got back from Paris I was doing a demo/fundraiser with the team and while doing a 3 board Handstand Kickflip I landed perfect (on the wrong deck -too small no nose) and as I squared up my front foot caought the ground and started to rip my anle up.
I ended up dropping into a knee slide to try to stop it from breaking. I still carve wall, banks and do multiple stacked stuff (my PB is 7) 5 with the kickflip part. I still have a few thigs that I want to do on my hands while riding but we will see. I sure can no longer ride an perform the presses to headstand to what you call "chin scraper" and back up again. Nor can I do the Handstand to l-sit-v-sit and back up either :)
Maybe next year, EH!
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