+1 for everything Mark said. Learn...the...basics...
And ask yourself what type of skating you want to do. Do you want to skate for transportation, i.e. to simply get from point A to point B? Do you want to do tricks (either on the street or in a s…
Thanks for the info, Pat. I like the random start tone, at least for "real" racing--and it won't be too hard to adapt to it for HS/TS qualifying as well. Good stuff.
Comet/Indy/Invertz Park Plus (vert/tranny), homemade foamcores/Radikals/Retro or Seismic wheels (slalom), Curve Swift/8mm axle Randals/various wheels (speedboard), homemade freestyle board with Thunders and Bones Freestyle wheels
Where do you live?
St. Louis, MO
Sex:
Male
What was your first skateboard?
Clay-wheeled hand-me-down from a grade-school friend
What skate mags do you read?
Concrete Wave, Juice, Thrasher, whatever else crosses my path
Do you use safety gear when you skate?
Always
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hey dawg i found an old sk-8 at the thrift store and im trying to put a company name on it. i wanted to ask some of you pioneers to help me if you can. the deck is about 2 feet 2 inchs made of fiberglass. on top is a purple, blue, red, pink, to yellow fade to the center.it also has, i want to say ducks, or, geese in the yellow center of the board. five of them.tiny tiny little truck that only say s.f.i. on them.wheels are a metaflex surfer.get at me if you can help me out
good lookin out
fuct-one
Harms I just saw all your photos on webshots. They are awesome! I don't know if they are downloadable for free, but hopefully, you can just leave them up there.
LYnn
JBH,
Great to get to see you in morro and hood.....thanks for all you did at hood with the race stuff...always great to watch you sk8....thanks for being willing to look over my gear and questions etc....see you at the next one? peace WR4
JBH - thanks for the tips in Morro. Great to watch you ride at Toyland after racing all day and then racing in the stick race. you and the Thriller have the energy of 14 year olds!
Hi JBH , is nice to meet you here .
I´m wanna like ride with you and all slalom family.
may be as soon this possible .
If you like came to Brasil in the final 2008 for ride a Brazilian Grand Prix tell me.
keep in touch
Brazilian Hugs.