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On 7/26/2001
Waseem
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Im one of four guys in orlando who actually longboard (not to surprising considering floridas as flat as hell).Any way me and my brother were out bombing one of the biggest hils we got down here by a park.we made the run a couple times hitting speeds of up 40mph. And on the last run of the day i decide im goin try to break 50, i guess at the same time one of the snotty little kids decides hes gonna make me fall and throws a huge branch in the road. So im crouching down on my flex dex goin like 45 when i see this this in the middle of the freakin road and i start carving to try and slow down but being the the dumbass iam, i noticed way to late. so i bale i try try the "i might be able to run as fast as i was going than i could try to slow down" tecnique and try as i might it didnt work so i then tryed the "tuck and roll" tecnique nope that didnt work either. So im now left with a (kool looking) 4inch long scar on my elbow that looks like 3rd degree burn also a big round scar on my knee that has little round silloets in it that if you look hard enough look like irregular peebles and knowledge that the latter tecniques do NOT work and that pads could hve save me from a lot of pain and whining
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On 7/20/2001
Lithium
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well, here is one more beginner story so the rest of us newbies don't feel so bad. (I) was crashing at a friends house (not the one with the cast) when he decided we needed to bomb his hill at night! trust me this isn't a good idea. well it turns out that i have never done this hill before. but being cocky as i am i do it anyway. half way down, my right front wheel finds a 2 inch hole in the road. i try to run it off left foot first but i end up hopping sideways down the hill since the front of the board turned right.(running side ways + 25mph. = falling on ass looking up hill) i lay back sliding on my shirt and pull my knees up to my chest and roll backwards 2x. then look up to see headlights staring me in the face. i get up and wave hello hobble to my board and lay down, my buddy (gimpy)... another story, runs up the hill to see me pulling 3 rocks out of my left palm, looking like i had sat down on a belt sander. well, i guess gloves are in order.
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On 7/20/2001
Lithium
wrote in from
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well, here it goes, this is true. First off, i am a beginner longboarder. i live in portland,oregon where it seems that no one longboards, so i don't get showed up much. anyway my 2 friends and i decided to hit this local hill from our high school "head-rush hill" it is a 1/2 mile dip with a two lane steep hill after. anyway at the bottom of the first hill my friend sobe wobbles out and trys to run it out at 25-30, which is fast for us newbies. well he finds the ground with the side of his ankle and then his hip. we walk 5 miles home (no joke). he goes to the hospital the next day and the doc says he is fine. so he skates to summer school (5 miles each way) for 3 Weeks! he goes back to the hospital still hurtin' and they x-ray his leg and he had broken it in two places (smaller bone) so a piece 3 inches long was floating around. he is layed up for 4 more weeks (no skating) while im enjoying the hills in california, poor guy was gonna come with me...
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On 7/18/2001 Matt
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Hey whats up, this is like the 3rd time within 2 weeks i have posted here.. Its getting old!!!!!
Anyway, I was doing about 45-50 and decided I wanted to slide my new wheels and board.. well my foot was way front so about 10 feet through it my foot fell off, I did a front summer sault, then rolled about 15 more feet.. Now my helmet is F*cked, along with my ego..
So now that I have destroyed my helmet, Im really happy I did.. It could've been my head.. Dont screw yourself, wear one...
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On 7/17/2001
Marcus Richter
wrote in from
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Me and a friend where riding down this hill we werent verry smart had no pads or helmets i was getting bored of carving so i straiten the board out and shoot past my friend the hill curved at the bottom so when my head dissapeared from sight he thought i made it i didt i got a huge speed wobble so i started heading for some grass i didt make it i flew threw the air landed on my knee rolled to my back did a backflip and landed on my feet then started rolling backwards down the hill my friend rode by thinking i made it but i was tumbbling down the hill when passed he sorta turned back to see if i was all right just as he was going aroun a turn filled with watter i didnt see him past that i got up i asked my other friend if he made it he said yes but when i looked over josh was running around a bush his arm was completely covered in blood his thigh wasnt any better he walked up and we are both bloody from about are elbows to are shins we still have scars hes still limping
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On 7/16/2001 kook
wrote in from
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most embarrassing kook story challenge: top this and you're a bigger kook than I...
a year after i started skating, the Gravity Games had a qualifying contest for skate and luge in my hometown. the hill is over a mile long, with speeds topping 50 mph. so of course i decide to go down on my longboard, wearing shorts, a t-shirt and sandals. on the sidewalk. i hit about 25 and got speed wobbs. thinking i was a world-class sprinter, i thought i'd run it out. right after my foot hit the cement, my head did too. i slid about 15 feet, losing skin all over my body. i didn't think i was hurt so i jumped up and tried to act cool. i had blood gushing from a broken nose and from the roadrash ... pretty nasty. the bloodiest wipeout of the games wasn't even a competetor. i won't even bother to list the injuries because all of you know what happens. anyone with a more embarrassing story, please share. i'd like to know i'm not the only one...
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On 7/16/2001 niels
wrote in from
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i was going down hill into a brand new vw beetle, it was real fun,, but i have got one broken arm,and the owner of the car is fary engrie
(i know my englisch is farry farry bad im from halland, thats the reason)
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On 7/13/2001
Matt
wrote in from
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Acouple of friends and I decided to go bomb some hills today..
we picked out a nice long stretch of downhill backroad.. about half way down I decided I was going a little too fast for really loose trucks..I had my rII's super loose.. ok but anyway I start to go into a coleman slide when all the sudden I get some wheel bite and go superman into the pavement, now it looks like I got drug behind a a truck attatched to a rope..
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On 7/13/2001
Ryan M
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miniramps are fun, the kind of fun you can still feel the next day!! I was skating the mini at the new skate spot in Santa Cruz, fun spot, late last night and became one of the first few people to do a faceplant there. There were three other dudes there, one even let me borrow kneepads so at least I was sorta using my head. I was using an old santa cruz jeff grosso with indys and 60mm slimeballs, and trying to do a smooth rock n roll because my ramp skills are not happening. After a few tries I thought I had it down, then some dude was trying to do it frontside, then I did the same. I don't remember what happened except for trying to roll fakie and getting launched , I rolled then slid on the knees, but still had to absorb some wood with my face. Fat lip that's all stiff, I chipped two teeth, not bad but gnarly feeling, and the tip of my nose got burgered. What can I do about the tooth thing? Any skate-dentists out there?!
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On 7/8/2001 Nic
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I was bombing down a hill, got near the bottom, goin at about 30mph, heard a noise like dropping money. Little did i know the nut, plate, and bushing had just fallen off my front truck! MAJOR SPEED WOBBLE! got thrown off and cracked my skull open. Gonna wear a helmet from now on!
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On 7/7/2001 anthony
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hey david at least you have a skateboard. it has been 2 weeks + since i last set foot on a borad. well i'm a coming baby, i get home on monday. woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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On 7/5/2001 david
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i let my cousin ride my fairly new greenbrew slalom board with some just purchased 150mm R-2s. he was coming down this side street and a MUNI train car was coming, my cousin bailed and ended up with only a bruised elbow. but my board, my poor board. it got caught in the wheel of the train and dragged about 3 blocks before it fell out. one of the truck's axels are bent, 2 wheels are chewed up and the deck has loads of scraches on it.
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On 7/3/2001 stevem
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Real simple folks;
Don't ever ever ever mistake the vision protons you are riding to be S/C road weapons.
especially in the city.
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On 7/3/2001
roxy
wrote in from
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one day last month a guy was like hey i be u i can land a 6 stair and he said and u cant.i was like yeh i can.so i go and starts clearing a 6 stair and the guy was like ok mu turn.and he goes and trys it and he falls and breaks his leg and while at it smashing his head into te ground
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On 7/3/2001
roxy
wrote in from
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there was this one time i was sayin hey u guys.and they were seein a skateboard in my hand.they were like u sk8.and i was like yeh.and he said u are no good.i said i bet u i am.and he said ok 10 bucks whoever wins in sk8.and we started playin sk8.and i beet him.his guy friends were like ohh u gt beat by a 11 year ld girl.i was like see girls can do just as good as guys.rox
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On 7/3/2001 curleyweirdo
wrote in from
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Sydney Australia New years eve 2000
A bita drinking AND IN A FEW BEERS when i decided to ride a hill on my mini skateboard [ 50 cm wiht rollar skate wheels for trucks and wheels] Half way down got major speedwobbles and decided to abandon my expedition.
Got off alright but i thihnk the cooler filled weith half a case of beer in my right hand and teh half drunk in other slowed me down..and lost my feet and landed on my shouldnt and rolled...
Lucky as i was then nearlly hit by a car coming down teh supposidly blocked off road and i only sustained a few grazes on hands, knee, shoulder...cept fucken sore side!
Soo lucky thatni didnt roll into the glass of my smashed beer and lucky the my other cold gold did not break [ god bless foamy cooler bags]
That was it..lets jsut say its is always brought up at parties when the question what is a stoopid thing u have done? comes up.
Just chill and dont drink and skate
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On 7/3/2001 curleyweirdo
wrote in from
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Sydney Australia New years eve 2000
A bita drinking AND IN A FEW BEERS
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On 7/1/2001 girl
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i haven´t met many guys who won´t try to out-do me when they find out i downhill skate. i once knew a guy who took one of my boards to a big hill to show me that it was no big deal to go down. the guy couldn´t skate really well, had no clue what to do when he had speed wobbles. he did a 20 mph faceplant and skidded about 15 feet on his side. the guy was messed up for a month, huge abrasions in his side and elbow... but he still talks big about it, and how he downhill skates. what´s up with the ego that many guys feel the need to challenge a girl?
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On 6/30/2001 Deke
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I think that there isnt really an endeavor 1 story is real at all, I mean seriously, razor scooterer, daughter named butch, two fathers...
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On 6/30/2001 DT
wrote in from
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Cliff,
i dont think that post is real. i mean really, endeavor has 2 fathers???? that must have sucked growing up.
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On 6/30/2001
Cliff Coleman
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I was saddened to hear about the passing of Endeavor 1. Everytime we step on our skateboards we take a risk. Is it worth it? Yes. To all of Endeavor's friends and to his family, may he rest in peace.
Endeavor 1, my next skate is dedicated to you and memories of you.
Sincerely,
Cliff Coleman
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On 6/28/2001 Rest in Peace Endeavor
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Bad news for the entire world of Speedboarding. One of the greatest pioneers of the sport has passed on to a better place, where the hills are all newly paved and there are no cars. Except for when you want to go someplace far, in which case you use a flying car, above the speedboarders and out of their way. Endeavor 1 was bombing a very long driveway and on his way out into the street he hesitated on using his hand signals, unfortunate because an oncoming razor scooterer had no idea which way he was turning and decided it would be best to bust a DDT on him at 2.3+ mph. Well needless to say, his phat ollie double faked into the ground and took Endeavors life with it. Endeavor 1 is survived by his son Challenger, daughter Butch, and his two fathers. Peace out my nigger, heaven style. From all your homies in the heezzee down at the A&E Liquor/Carwash in East L.A.
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On 6/21/2001 Deke
wrote in from
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Theres only 7 people where I live that I know longboard, I live in eastern PA. About a week ago we were doing our normal bombing routine, the second to last mountain we were hitting is called Peters Mtn. About half way down we are doing about 50mph when all of the sudden a car came flying up the stretch pushing Cambell off the side of the road, he managed to get back on but couldnt gain his control back. Right now he is home, the extent of his injuries are real bad. broken arm, compuond fracture in his wrist, and he hit his head hard enough it looks like he has a softball in it, thats how he got his severe concussion.
Nomatter what anyone says, even if you think you are a pro rider or that you can be the odds and it could never happen to you, always were a helmet. You'll never know what is going to happen and if it does are you going to be ok. You doint have to listen to me but read the stories on this page, hopefully they get better than head injuries and deaths....LLL-(Long Live Longboarding)
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On 6/19/2001 lindsay
wrote in from
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I've been studying pretty hard for these comp sci. exams which have
been an up-hill incremental battle to aquire understanding, one
layer at a time. I dream of inventing an algorithm or two one
day, with my name stamped in some text book, like my mentors.
Skating a windy course the other day, it occurred to me that one good
f**k up and a head injury means this whole career is over. It
doesnt take much to screw it. So of course I too have a helmet.
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On 6/19/2001
Leo
wrote in from
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Hey DT, i am sorry to hear that story, its really a bath of chill water, we are here for a reason and we can leave without our consent and knowledge, so we must be prepared for everything and always wear our protective equipments, even if we are going to the corner no matter what pll says, its a good thing that you have paramedic knowledge and maybe its a good idea that serios ridrs make this kind of courses.
leo
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