JamesC
Member
Hard to believe but I've taken up skateboarding again after a 30 break. My 9 year old son brought a skateboard with his xmas money and so I dug out my old boards from the garage. I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed from before so have now treated myself to a new board. Things have come a long way from the 70's as they are now much lighter than what I knew before.
What I didn't realise is how popular skateboarding is becoming again with new skate parks springing up everywhere. I'm not into street skating, just bowls and ramps. There's a fairly decent half pipe just up the road from me and with a little practice I was getting up to vertical again. One thing that I have noticed is that falling off hurts loads more than when I was young.
1978 G&S Stacey Peralta Warptail 2 deck with ACS 580 trucks and OJ wheels
1979 Z-Ply deck with Tracker Ex-Tracks and green Kryptonics
And the new 2010 Rasa Libre Meinholz deck with Independent 149 trucks and Bones Chris Miller SPF wheels
James
What I didn't realise is how popular skateboarding is becoming again with new skate parks springing up everywhere. I'm not into street skating, just bowls and ramps. There's a fairly decent half pipe just up the road from me and with a little practice I was getting up to vertical again. One thing that I have noticed is that falling off hurts loads more than when I was young.
1978 G&S Stacey Peralta Warptail 2 deck with ACS 580 trucks and OJ wheels
1979 Z-Ply deck with Tracker Ex-Tracks and green Kryptonics
And the new 2010 Rasa Libre Meinholz deck with Independent 149 trucks and Bones Chris Miller SPF wheels
James