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On 8/15/2002
Chuck
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Splurge? Roe Bonita...
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On 8/15/2002
snoball
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only speaking for myself now, but if i could pick an early b-day present, i'd grab a bozi board.
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On 8/15/2002
Skateboard Mom
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Please help me choose a "splurge" board (for my 40th birthday):
I'm dying to try a Carve board or, if I win the Lotto, that BMW skateboard. But I'm wondering if a Carve would be overwhelming for me--I'm just 5-feet tall and 100 pounds. I'm strong for my size, but still...
Wondering if there is a "petite" version of something like the Carve board. I saw a board yesterday--name of the brand had the word "pickle" in it--that intrigued me. I already have a long and a mid-size Sector 9, but I'm really interested in trying one of these carving machines.
Anyone? Thanks!
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On 8/14/2002 C-Money
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besides, being a guy i of course took "pounding" in the wrong sense all together. . .
carl
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On 8/14/2002
C-Money
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Betty: I "got it" that time. . .thanks ;})
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On 8/13/2002 h0dad
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h0dad has two words to say about the whole tension thing from the hard dudes over wahine shredders; ugly insecurity. h0dad also feels a certain jealosy of (some of) those people who express themselves in the face of any kind of cultural resistance, it's a character building opportunity (when it aint soul destroying), you can always see a certain quality in people who are into that, regardless of the particular issue. Shred on and take no sh*t
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On 8/13/2002 mat
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hope the travelling is going well Speedy!
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On 8/13/2002 66.
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who stole the soul?
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On 8/13/2002
ERIC 31
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Does anyone know where LAURA THORNHILL is these days? Back when I started in '77, she was the first girl I ever saw skating in Skateboarder magazine. Pro model on Logan Earth Ski at the time. She was rad.
Anyone with any info?
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On 8/13/2002
Betty
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Oops, of course I'm joking about the pounding...
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On 8/13/2002
Betty
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Carl,
Don't apologize to me...And the post where you used your "phrase" it did'nt appear to be a joke. Perhaps you need some more pounding? heh, heh, heh....
Betty
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On 8/13/2002
C-Money
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of course i don't get it, i've had it pounded into my brain by my mother, wife, and other women in my life that we men can't get such things. . .heh heh heh.
i used a sexist and inappropriate phrase in a joke, i'm sorry. . .but again, as a white male it's kind of expected behavior every now and again. keeps the stereotype alive.
carl
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On 8/13/2002
Betty
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Wow! That was a quick responce to my post. Mr. Money, thanks for the board info I will look it up. But in re-reading the post's on this matter I will say that the one time a guy told me I was getiing "my panties in a wad" I was extremely offended. My question to you is, Do you get it?
Sincerely Betty
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On 8/13/2002
rick
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What can I say? When did longboarding become an extremesport? Bum that! It is all soul!!
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On 8/13/2002
C-Money
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great post, Betty. thanks for sharing the story.
let me state that i have the same level of respect for kim (and ellen, and robin and the other women who kicked butt in a truly male-dominated sport-and culture for that matter!) that i had for them back in the day. likewise for all the guys. i still get a rush reading about them, watching them meeting them, etc. etc.
that said, i stand by my points as one of the "customers" and "fans" that are necessary to ensure the long-term success of the slalom resurgence. we're not kids any more. i'm fine with the attitude and ego as long as it doesn't attempt to build itself at my expense. i was responding to a misinterpretation of a stupid joke of mine that was also followed by a completely inappropriate slam directed at me personally. i wanted to give a sense of "perspective," from my perspective. as i said in my post "let me have it if you think i'm wrong..." i still think i'm right (but i'm a white male, so maybe that's obvious. . .heh heh heh)
that said, best of luck getting a new board. if you want a carver, check out a fibreflex pintail, or if you want a hybrid or all-around board, there are lots of choices. check out some of the e-tailers that support this website like solidskate.com, longskate.com, or poolskater.com
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On 8/13/2002
Betty
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This is in responce to the recent post's concerning Kim C. Sorry to drag this back to the shallow end of the pool, I don't normally post on forums but I could'nt help myself as Kim had a strong impact on me when I was a young girl.
I was a bit of a tomboy in my youth and found myself attracted to skating "back in the day" when my brother brought home an issue of Skateboarder Magazine. I begged my parents to buy me a board and let me try it but they did'nt think it was a sport that a girl should participate in, I was thourghly bummed. Then one day my Dad, my brother and I were driving around La Costa and we saw a bunch of people skating down a hill there, my brother and I begged my Dad to stop so we could watch, he relented so we parked and walked over to the bottom of the hill to watch. It was mostly all guys and they were racing slalom and racing very fast, something my Dad was quick to point out to me. We were about to leave when I noticed a girl with long black hair take off through the cones, I was amazed, I could'nt take my eye's off of her as not only was she going fast but she rode with such a beautiful style. There was one other person at the bottom of the hill watching, he was a man with a dark complexion and some of the skaters would come over and chat with him before heading back up the hill. I remember as I watched Kim come flying down I grabbed my Dad's arm and said "Dad look at that girl!" the man standing there looked over at me and gave me the biggest s***eating grin ever.... I was hooked... Unfortunately my Dad was not.
It was'nt till some time later and some pressure from my brother that Dad took us over to the Del Mar skatepark, he had heard that they gave skateboard lesson's there so he wanted to check it out for my brother. When we walked into the park there was a heavy session going on in the big pool bowl with some well known male skaters (one of which is very well known today) they were doing some incredible stuff but they were also kinda rude & obnoxious. While this was going on I noticed that girl I had seen in La Costa, she was warming up in the reservoir after awhile she came over to the pool and dropped in, yeah she was'nt getting the kinda air that the guys were (although she did pull a backside air & was grinding frontside & backside) but her style was so aesthetically pleasing, now I noticed that while she was riding these guy's did'nt seem to appreciate her disrupting thier session smirking and shaking their heads as she rode and when she locked up on a backside grind and beefed pretty hard some of them openly laughed. Kim just picked up her board and left, not one of them asked if she was o.k. My Dad saw this and signed both my brother & I up for a lesson but only if Kim was going to teach the lesson (something in the way she fell impressed my Dad). Kim taught both my brother and I the fundamentals of skating, how to fall correctly, about balance, how to use your legs as both a gas pedal and a brake, it was great. I found Kim to be funny, warm, very down to earth & void of any ego or attitude unlike some of "pro" males that skated there. So you see I too had poster's of Kim up on my wall but for entirely different reason's. I hope that this does'nt appear that I've got my "panties in a twist" but I think if anybody has a right to flash a little ego or attitude it's Kim. What was it that David Hacket & Steve Olson (two legendary male skaters held in high regard on this site) say in the Dogtown movie about Tony Alva's legendary ego? Hmmmmmm for a guy it's o.k. to have an ego even necssary as long as they can back it up. Well in my book Kim could back it up & had to endure alot more crap back in the "glory days" as a women participating in a male dominated sport. I just want to say "thanks" Kim for making it possible for me to skate!
I've reconnected with skating through my daughter (who wants to skate) and have been thinking about getting a setup but I don't like the new boards, I'd like something wider & more stable, anyone have any suggestions?
Thanks for listening to my rant
Betty
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On 8/12/2002
Johnny B
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Continuing on with the Grom/Soul/Longboard theme...
8 year old on his 43" Mini-Carve.
http://users.rcn.com/babiarz/020810/Joey.mpg
-John
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On 8/11/2002 h0dad
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yeah h0dad's had a few chuckles letting the groms loose on his boards. You think you're hot for doing berts etc., then you give it to some 14yr old newschooler who just fully commits and shreds...like you thought you had the wildness going then it's like "whoah don't break my deck grom!"
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On 8/11/2002
stevep
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finally! 5 weeks to the day after my "crash-boom-pow" fall/broken collarbone - i got back on the pintail today for a spin around the block. damn, i missed that. forgot that i had the softie yellow bushings in and almost winged into a parked mini-van when i tried to push off...LOL! looking forward to a longer session tonight when it's cooler and traffic is lighter. once again, it's nice to be back.
just had to share,
steve
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On 8/10/2002
swooper
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What a gas! I've been riding parks on a 35 in. Sector9 "Deep End" and a Lib Tech 44 in. "Surfer Longboard" and love them both. I'll tell you, though, it's almost more fun to turn the grommets loose on them! Here's some pretty small dudes ripping the park on the 35 incher which is truly a longboard for them!
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On 8/10/2002 dang
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OK then....I'll take this back to the shallow end of the pool....
DDDD, The carveboard can pump on flats, but it really excels on a steep hill. It is significantly slower than my regular longboard because of the tires. I can take it down steeps I would not try on my other boards. It's made to go rail to rail. If you need to stop, you can do a hard sharp turn and do a 360. The wheels have no tread and carveboard does not recommend taking it offroad.
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On 8/9/2002 C-Money
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you are correct, sir. i'm sure i got the distances wrong, but the general drift is captured in my pseudo-quote.
it goes on to say:
"the world, and you and me, and everything that we can see keeps on EXPANDING AND EXPANDING AND EXPANDING."
very funny.
very true.
carl
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On 8/9/2002 h0dad
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Carl - "The Meaning of Life", by Monty Python?
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On 8/9/2002 C-money
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maybe not soulful enough for this forum, but means something to me,here's my continuation/response to ed from the slalom forum:
i know it was a big mistake getting rid of them. so many of us who re-connected through ncdsa with the longboard/skate/slalom scene we were all (to varying degrees) a part of in the 70's got rid of so many treasures! i can't believe the high i get when i am able to score some beautiful piece of skateboarding history.
i will never have what you've been able to collect, and you have been so cool to share with everyone via your site and all that.
this whole thing with kim has been funny to me, but hurt a little too because she was one of those many awesome skaters i read about and idolized-again like so many others who participate on this forum. i've pushed back because i stand by my statements in my own little pissy tirade below, which i am about to continue now. please forgive me, friends!
respect the old school legends? heck yes! love to watch them ride? heck yes. love to hear them talk about the glory days and what they're doing now, heck yes. love the priviledge of getting a bit of coaching or equipment advice from them? heck yes.
love to get shot at verbally by them when they are totally wrong, don't understand what they're responding to, and think because they had their picture in a magazine 20 years ago and are a "legend" they can do that? heck no.
and i'm sure she's still very cool today, soulful, a good mother with a great son. I've got 3 great living kids, 2 kids who died, a wife, a job, blah blah, blah. yeah, i'm just a nobody in the midwest who never was in a magazine, but we all have our stories. and we all matter.
if we want the new slalom wave to continue we'd better be willing to treat us with some respect, too. the old school greats and us little people are all getting older. this is an escape. an opportunity to be a part of the flow. it's beautiful.
". . .just remember that we're living on a planet that's evolving and revolving at 900 miles per hour. living in a galaxy 3 million light-years thick, 200 million light years side-to-side. . ." sort of makes you feel insignificant, doesn't it?
name the movie.
carl kincaid
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On 8/9/2002 Mark
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A month or so back, I took my son (age 12) and one of his buddies (also 12) to see
the Dogtown movie. I told them all about who these guys were and how they shaped so
much of what skaters do today. Well, last week I was gliding down my street on my
57" cruiser, and Andrew (my son's friend) is out skating, too. He sees me coming
and gets all excited, "watch this!" he says. He then proceeded to throw down a wheel-
screaming backside Bertleman, flowing both into and out of the move. I was so proud
of him, not only for thinking it was a cool enough move to work on, but for being so
stoked about it. That Dogtown movie could not have come out at a better time, as it
is bringing some much-needed soul and surf-style power into shortboard riding.
Long live the old school!
-Mark Colden
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