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| Q&A: The Gong Show with Kenny 'Nature Boy' Mollica (6869 Posts)
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Kid's helmets
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On 3/11/2003
G7enn
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The problem is that our local park is full of 'street' skaters who never wear helmets, even the young ones who show up with their parents. If I wasn't there to make my kids wear helmets, they wouldn't, though to be fair, they never argue or try to remove them. Yet.
Does Nathan ever skate with kids his age who don't wear helmets?
I'm not going to try to argue that i'm right not to enforce helmets in the driveway but I think it'd be counterproductive to try and enforce it now.
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Wheels
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On 3/11/2003
Binky
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And what in your "humble" opinion would be the right wheels ?
BC
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lover
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On 3/11/2003
oOllLsSSSoooOOOnnNNNNN
wrote in from
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Who Cares?
All this babbling
over skateboarding
Fl.
Cali
Virg.
N.Y.
Uk
Swiss
It's #%$$%&* BoRINg
Great Skater
TEam?
Again
Who Cares?
All of you
and ME TOO,
NOt...........
To
INTERESTING
GET it
Stick it
Split.............
OLson
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Slalom Stuff
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On 3/11/2003
Arab
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G7enn-Hows those statistics go, most accidents happen within 1 mile of your home, Helmets rules for kids make for a responsiable parent.
HJ-Not sure what I'm doin friday?, Drop me a line thurs night.
Binky-I didnt ride an offset, I dont think anybody did? Wheels are key! I totally had the wrong wheels last year!
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off sets
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On 3/11/2003
Binky
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Arab
Not to give away all your secrets but did you run indy off sets in the rear last year at Kona ?
Binky "Banked Slalom" Conklin
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LA
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On 3/11/2003
Henry J
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Yo Arab-
I will be free all day friday... I'll be at the Howell's house taking photos of ICKs and stuff but if we can slalom then that would be awesome. I don't have a ride to drive anywhere and as a new driver, I'm not about to start cruising around LA. But anyways, if we ca figure out transportation then we can slalom friday. Not sure what Rick's doing... I'll ask him. What did ya have in mind?
Henry
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Kids and Helmets
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On 3/11/2003
G7enn
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They do wear helmets all the time they are skating with me at parks or on hills or whatever, to be honest i'm amazed I get away with it because they (or we if vert or steep hills are involved) are often the ones wearing helmets. I don't enforce the helmet rule for messing about in our driveway though, it'd be very difficult with friends who can't even stand on a board getting away without wearing them.
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Kids
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On 3/10/2003
Arab
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hey Ben-I remember back when you and MSK were talking about running slalom at the park, thats great you guys got a couple teenagers goin? try and bring them to JPL next time. Also you killed me at JPL when you rode Shermans board and increased your time by 3 seconds. See what a good board will do for ya! Ben you have to come to the first FCR race of 2003, it is at Elsinore skatepark, there will be Slalom, Vert, and Street. Crowning of the greatest skateboarder in the world, I think you stand a chance to do well over all.
G7enn-I hope you make yer kids wear helmets, the single most important thing when teaching kids to skate. Nathan has never skated without a helmet in his 8 of 9 years skating. not even just out front when he is messing around!
Its so cool to see kids get out an charge, did you read Fluitts post the other day about his kids? go back and find it if not. its pretty funny.
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MNV Gang
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On 3/10/2003 bjs
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Hey yall - Arab to. that photo of the two kids wigglin is in the parking lot of the Monrovia park - a few months back we would bust out some cones & boards (with the help of MSK) after the SKATEPARK GATES WERE LOCKED at five oclock. Still can't get them to keep it open longer or even turn on the lights. Pisses me off after workin w/ the city for years to get the park built. Thats Jose and Joey - 13-14yrs old. I'll tell Joey to check this site.
Ben
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SSSuper Pool Party
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On 3/10/2003 WAHL
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Thanks Jamie, Chicken and Family for hosting the SSS party Saturday. Great food, friends and session with the bros. I feel very fortuniate to live in O.C and have so many different places to skate and so many days of perfect weather.
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Kids and skating
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On 3/10/2003
G7enn
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I Spent a large part of this weekend skating with my kids. On saturday morning we visited an indoor park (in Telford UK) with the smallest vert ramp i've seen since the '70s, only about 8.5' high. I took the opportunity to get back on vert (just kickturns...) for the first time in 23 years and was pleasently surprised when Jack (8), who's spent most of the last few months working on newschool tricks, got in the pipe and pumped himself up to the vert. At one point we were actually competing to see who could get highest.
Yesterday evening we were messing about in a car-park. Mikey (5), who's been trying to skate for six months or so but has only recently got to the tic-tac stage, took a break from trying to copy his brother's ollies and started turning the very loose slalom board i've set up for the kids, from side to side. This, and encouragement from Jack, took him through a confidence barrier and I was amazed to see him ride down a ramp between two floors and skate beyond his own running speed. He was incredibly pround of himself.
The loose trucks illustrate a point that I try to make to every parent I see with a kid who can't master the basics. Loosen the trucks, you can't learn to ride a board with trucks that don't turn. The big problem is of course when the board is very cheap and the bushings turn out to be made from the same plastic as the rest of the truck. Some parents don't like being told that bushings that will make the board ridable by a small kid cost almost as much as they paid for the whole setup...
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Kids and Ladies
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On 3/9/2003
Arab
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Sascha- No dispespect to Terri and Judy, but competing against older women like you do in street contest is one thing, but those older women could still be Terri and Judys daughters! And Terri and Judy could kick those womens butts in slalom!!!!!
Glad you and Bruce made it down to ride with the Bay Area crew, thats a great group of racers! Fish is one of the best all around skaters I know. I hope he comes to Elsinore to do all 3 events, he will do good, as would Chicken, Hackett, Olson, Holl. I'll bet Patch is comin!!!
he could win the Street and Vert, and probably do good in slalom.
I want to thank you Ladies for dropping in this weekend, I guess the rest of the kids were out playin!
How refreshing to see 2 days of clean fun here.
please feel free to drop in anytime, but its all yours and the Kids on weekends.
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Slalom
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On 3/9/2003 Sasha
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Where are all the kiddos today????? I would love to hear what you've all been up to this weekend. I practiced at GGPark today with Fish, the Comet Crew, MM, Norski, etc...JAMMIN"
We were takin that hill down!!!!!!! So much fun. Can't wait till next time.
Terry thanks for all the info. I'll check out the course when I get there and then decide what to do. Hills don't really bother me, so I guess I'd better get on practicing those fast turns....Also, I do have to compete against women a lot older than me all the time. I'm sure I could do it again if I had to. But I thought it would be nice to finally be with girls around my age for a change. Oh well, Guess I will just have to step it up again.
Best of wishes for a smooth operatin at Paso. I think you have a good idea and it's nice to see you encouraging others to skate. I have been trying to talk every guy I skate with into getting into slalom, but it's always the same. No money and their parents don't think it's important to support them. Sad. But- I do try to encourage them all the time.
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Reply to Judi
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On 3/9/2003
Terry (Brown)Benko
wrote in from
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Judi, not a problem. After all it's ladies and kids weekend on the Gong Show. I will always post my e-mail so you can reach me directly. Get ready for a fast course at Paso!
Terry
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Women's/Kids Slalom
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On 3/9/2003 Judi
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Terry,
Thanks for the post. I don't have your email at home so sorry for the world wide broadcast. Thanks for organizing a race for the women and kids. I'll help you if I don't have both my kids to worry about that day.
By the way I like the pic's of those kids. I'd like them even better if they wore helmets of any kind.
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Girls skate race
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On 3/9/2003
T.Brown/Benko
wrote in from
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Sasha, Do you have an e-mail? Think of the female divisions this way. One is for advanced (Pro)and the other is for the not so advanced (Amatuer). There are not enough females yet to have more age divisions in the amatuer division. My first race was when I was 15 and I raced against women of all ages. There is a huge advantage to skating at 15 physically. Take advantage of that. Remember the goal is to gain experience, to have fun, get more girls and kids to skate. The class of Amateur Women could be Amateur Female. No you are not a "Woman" at 15 in our society, but your a Woman skateboarder. You can skate Pro or you can skate Amateur, the choice is yours.
If you have more questions, e-mail me if you can.
Best regards,
Terry
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Kids and Cones
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On 3/8/2003
Arab
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Those look like big kids to me(16-17?), What are their names, glad to see the photo!!!!!
Ravitch-Thanx for the heads up for Sascha, She Rips!!
Terry thanx for all the info today.
Lets see more Kid photos!!!!!!!!
If you need help let me know.
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GGP
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On 3/8/2003
Ravitch
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Sasha,
GGP is on - 11AM. See you and hopefully others there...
John
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slalom practice
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On 3/8/2003 Sasha
wrote in from
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I had a great day practicing slalom with Gary Holl, HC, Julius, Norski, John, the lovely Judi, and more at the Shoreline. It was a blast!! Thanks to all of you for making it a great day. On to GGPark tommorrow. Any takers?
Terry-thank you for the clarification. Still seems a bit wierd to me. I mean, I'm in 9th grade, can't drive yet, can't vote, can't drink, but I'm a woman. Interesting....So for further clarification, does that the no age limit you posted mean that the girls could therefore compete in the amature women's group as well as the girls group?
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Woman and Kids Race
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On 3/8/2003
Terry
wrote in from
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Sasha,
Sorry I was not clear, but you would could race in the "Amateur Women's" division which has no age limit. You will not be racing the experienced Women as they will be in the Pro Women division. You will rock in the Amateur Women's division. This will give you more experience so soon you can charge the Pro Division. Hope to see you in the event and bring your girlfriends.
To summarize. The new divisions are 1)Kids 14 and under either sex. 2) Amateur Women (Girls, Ladies,Skatechicks, whatever)any age. 3) Pro Women any age. Catagories 1 and 2 race single lane, lower on the hill. Catagory 3 races on the Pro/Open Course.
We can add catagories as we get more kids/women signing up. Judi, Sharon, Isabelle, Sandy will be Pro. New racers like Paul Dunn's wife Michelle will be in the Amateur division. Molly, what about you? I've got two newbies here that are dying to race, but are not ready for the big courses. They are 19 and 21. It's for fun and it should be a blast!
Terry
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Kids
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On 3/8/2003
OlsoN
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"What about the kids"
That is the name of my first
song off of my soon to be released
Solo Record............
THey say you grow up?
sometimes it seems
you just have to deal with
more responsibility,
So Kids
your the Future
always have been
always will bee......
Don't get stung
You ROCK...........
And that's the TRUTH
I know it's Kids day
or weekend
but you know what
they say
If the Kids
all United
We would never
be Divided
Olson
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kids
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On 3/8/2003
skate nate
wrote in from
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Hi Everybody
I just got home from my baseball game, we won 11-1, dylan are you going to elsinore, I can only go on sunday but I'm going to the slalomcross race to. Tont T is one of my fav skaters.
skatenate
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kids race
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On 3/8/2003 Sasha
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As an afterthought, I was wondering where I actually fit in all this. I mean in reality since when is it fair to have a 15 year old who has only done one slalom contest to have to compete against you ladies who have been doing this for decades? Since I appear to be the only in between girl, Does that mean you will be willing to make a seperate category just for me or do you plan to reconside the girl age limit?
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Kids race
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On 3/8/2003
Sasha
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Terry-This race is a wonderful idea!!
Glad to see someone as dedicatd to slalom as you are in charge or it :)
But I've got a question for you. Since when is age 15 considerd a woman? Thank you for the clarification.
Sasha
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