Skateboarding - Who even cares?

[Enjoisk8r58]

For anybody that cares, who's yer favorite skater? I'ma have to go with Eric Koston or Mark Appleyard.

[Shave]

rodney mullen. i'm a fan of flatland tricks and some the stuff he does is phenomenal

[Nuclear Spoon]

Bob Burnquist. Or Chad Muska.

[PJ]

It has to be Bob Burnquist.

Mainly, because i completed Tony Hawks with him.

[Zero bass]

nah it has to be rowley or margera
rowley is just sick when he skates
and bam just rules

[Dude]

A guy I know called Darren Goldsworthy is by far the best skater ive ever seen! I have no idea why he turned down sponsership. I saw him do a switch 360 kickflip disaster to revert, i was in shock and awe.

[HappyJack]

The best skateboarder is PJ ladd, which you may not know of. But if you've ever seen PJ Ladd's "Wonderful Horrible Life" video, you'll know what i'm talking about

[Zero bass]

well actually the whole flip team rules
has any one seen the flip movies sorry and really sorry? cause they rule

[HappyJack]

definitely. Mark Appleyard is also amazing, and he comes from Toronto!

[Mittwoch]

bam margera cos hes completely mad... im not really into watching skating, it just makes me feel even crapper about how crap i am at skating...

[el_diablo5711]

how original from me Tony Hawk

but hes just so damn amazing

[EMiNoiR]

Rodney Mullen ams teh pwn

[Oli]

I Rule, im the best. I cant even do a trick. How good is That? AHA!!!!11onEss





No, Rodney Mullen does it for me, V good.

[Electroman]

the best is Tony Hawk. He's the richest

[LeoZ]

Mike Vallely - he's excellent, can do some really good flatland stuff (just watch his video on THUG)
Rodney Mullen is class, too. Tony Hawk is great at vert, as is Bob Burnquist. yus.

edit: how original from me Tony Hawk but hes just so damn amazing

There is a difference betwen being well known and 'damn amazing'. dont let those blasted X-games fool you. Tony Hawk deserves all the praise he gets, because he's excellent at what he does, vert, but there are other, less well known skaters, who kick serious arse.

the best is Tony Hawk. He's the richest

please tell me you're joking.

[dodo queen]

im going with rowley!!
i am trying to finish tony hawk 3 at the moment whilst my boyfriend is actually teaching me how to skateboard!!
if i live in your area, beware of the maniac on a skateboard coming to trash up your town!!!! (and falling of alot.......)

[Zero bass]

cool i (try) to skateboard an i can ollie
when i first tried to ollie i ripped mah trosers

[dodo queen]

i can nearly ollie and i didnt rip my trousers the first time i tryed!!
i learnt how to skatebord in one day!!! :)
i can now also manual!!! woo and yay!!

[cadex]

Tom Penny, no doubt about it.

The mans a legend

http://www.esfootwear.com/team/penny/media/


:rolleyes: @ people who only know THPS skaters

[ShortFuse]

Danny Wainwright. He has the world record for the highest ollie ever.

But I also like the way Rodney Mullen skates. Some of the moves he can pull off are amazing.

[Dr S]

well giving my knowlage of Skating (0) I'll say Bam Magera cos I like Viva La Bam

[renatzu]

Rodney Mullen. The first time I saw his video in THPS 3 I was so awed that I watched it about 10 times. I found some of his other videos and they're just as mind-numbingly awesome. The balancing act he does is unreal.

[Psychokilla]

No idea here but i hold skateboarders in high respects, i would love to be able to do it myself.

[itchy]

Mullen. he's my hero. hehe
or leo Romero. he's also quite good.

One day, me and my friends went on a really busy skater street.. (where all the punks and skaters hang out) and we asked everyone who passed us "hey, can you do the rodney mullen???" good times...

oh, and i can ollie, kickflip, heelflip, pop shove it, 180 ollie, manual, nosemanual, manual-pivot, boardslide, nosegrind... and if i'm really lucky, i can land a primo slide... tha shits hard... i just started skating... March... i can do some of these really well, and some really shittily... but i can do them, noless!woot. i'm getting better too... i plan to be good someday. and i have reason to beleive that cadex is (REALLY) good...

[Blue-Ryu]

geoff rowley is one of my faves i just like his style and think he rocks
and there was a 12 year old at the gravity games who was amazing and i think his name was ryan something but he was amazing .....

[Lewiji]

...

Eeerm...

Randy Spizer stepped on a skateboard once...

By accident...

Does he count?

[Moo Moo Cow]

Bam megeara, I think hes really great, Viva La Bam!

[itchy]

if you say "viva la Bam!", you should know his name is not Bam Megeara.

but Bam Margera

[RobW]

rodney mullen. i'm a fan of flatland tricks and some the stuff he does is phenomenal
That's a brilliant choice, he can do anything actually.
I also like Bam Magera but for Viva La Bam, where he is always kicking the ass out of Dan and his dad.

Edit: PLus Shaun White, he is good and he puts my surname high up there! :notworthy

[Zero bass]

dan????? oh you mean don vito
i like all skaters that can do stuff cause it amazes me how they can do all that stuff whilsyt i can only ollie

[Turtle-waxer]

chicken..........

[fledermaus]

Man, I wish I could skateboard... :( But my damn knee is a bit screwed up... But when it's all okidoki again, I'm gonna learn to skate! Even if it's the last thing I do ^_^

[itchy]

way to be, man....
on the other hand, i just sprained/fractured my wrist a couple days ago... so i havent been out for a.... couple days....

the story of the spracture. (sprain/fracture) (i dont know which it is..)

...I was on a really empty street, the street i usually practice on... i popped into a manual, i was going for about... i dunno... 30 seconds... (remarkably, for me, because i've only been able to do manuals for no more that 10 or 20 seconds...), so i decide to do a nice pivot around... (i can do this... don't worry. i'm not dumb.) I pivot around, and about 3 quarters of the way finished, i get cought in a pothole... the board flys out from under me, and i land straight, smack on my left wrist....(i would have been ok if i didnt put my writs out... darn my cat like reflexes...)

and thats that... thats why i have so many typing errors... (if there are, i dont know..) have fun, all! but dont do manual-pivot's around potholes.

[Dude]

Try a 540 nose pivot on grass :p

I busted my wrist and dislocated my elbow 2months ago, i was doing 360 flips when my board whipped out. I didn't know i broke my wrist til i got to the hospital!

[dodo queen]

i havent been that adventurous yet so i havent broken anything.
ive only been skating for 3 weeks!!

[itchy]

i remember when i just started...
my 'rents got me one of those Zellers Boards... (Dukes probably... hehe) and i tried to skate on it, and like just ride around. it went soo slow. one pump got me like half a cement block.... it was so horrible... but then i went and got a good blank deck from a skate shop... just green, they gave me an alien workshop sticker for it... (yay). i could ride around... but i couldnt do anything... i didnt know how... so a few years later, here i am, still using that board, and doing stuff! yay! but i want a new board... i want an alien workshop board soo much... they're beauties.

[cadex]

Ive been skating for about 4 years now.
latest trick Ive learnt is the inward kickflip which is like a frontside flip but without turning your body the 180 degrees.
as for grinds, Ive been getting into frontside-flip > fakie nosegrinds.

[itchy]

...see what i mean? cadex is good.
i dont even know what those tricks are! hehe.

cadex, what exactly Is a fakie??

[kebab?]

Danny Way, because he's so well rounded, he skates everything (and i mean everything). Handrails, Stairs, Gaps, Manual pads, Miniramp, Vert, it's all the same for him, i mean, for any of you who have seen the DC video, you'll understand. The super ramp is mad, b/s 360 across a 60ft(ish) gap? f/s 360? b/s 540? f/s rodeo anyone? And then to put a rail across he gap and heelflip 5-0 it, switch crooks, kickflip nosegrind it?

Only Danny Way could do that.

Apples, PJ Ladd, well, anyone who makes it to 'pro' status deserves recognition. Danny Gonzales is great though, all the freaky little tricks he does rule.


I skate, a few of you might remember a picture i posted quite a while ago, i'll admit that i've lost a lot of tricks lately though (injuries suck). eh...

[itchy]

yes, they do... my wrist is (almost) better

[Whatdoyouwant?]

Itchy, a fakie is when you ride the board with your feet further forward on the board then usual. Kinda like riding backwards. And thats a move I use alot when I'm out skating. yes, the fat boy does skate. And damm good too.

As for my favorite skater, I'd have to say either Bam Margera or Arto Sarri. They are both crazy.

[itchy]

thank you... i thought it was that, but i wasnt sure... thanks.

[kebab?]

Fakie IS riding backwards...

say if someone switch/fakie ollied down some stairs, that would be like running down stairs backwards.

[SWE]

Bastien salabanzi is crazy mad!

Actually the whole Flip team rules.

[qbkidd]

i have to go with tony hawk he is an acrobat in the air.

[fishymcfish]

...

Eeerm...

Randy Spizer stepped on a skateboard once...

By accident...

Does he count?

along similar lines...

Carlos Pianowski, in fruitbooter, he skateboards a bit,

not to take the piss

:ninja:

[Decidedly fishy]

rodney mullen. i'm a fan of flatland tricks and some the stuff he does is phenomenal


:notworthy Rodney Mullen :notworthy is the god of open place. Give him a board and a bit of tarmac and he will amaze anyone and everyone.

Anyone who has got Tony Hawks 3 needs to watch the video of Rodney. He may have been around for years but he invented many of todays flat tricks and is still going strong.