Saturday, April 28, 2007

Skateboarding...

the feeling of freedom as you push a 7.75" wide x 32" long peice of compressed canadian maple plywood down the street, or the feeling of acceptence when you throw some banger down the stairset near your house and you hear the banging of tails smacking the ground from the rest of your boys.

Skateboarding...

Clears the mind after a long day at work or school, takes all the bad things in your life and simply puts them aside for those few hours that you are out of the house just pushing along.

Skateboarding...

The rush you get when you learn a new trick on accident, your just skating, trying varial heels... when you overcompinsate a little and the board spins a bit to much, sure you didnt land the trick but it opened your eyes and mind to the thought of "well maybe i can get it to get the fully roatation?" and you get super stoaked on what could be in the near future.

Skateboarding...

Now its not always the most enjoyable experience... Most kids these days are to worried about " whats that kid throwing down that set?" or "i need to get footy and get sponsored" GET OVER IT! Skateboarding should never be a maticulous act in which you hate doing but feel the need to prove to others that you are better than someone else.

Skateboarding...

Worse then those who do anything for the fame and glory are those who go into solitary confinement when they skate... No friends, no fun, no nothing... Just them and an iPOD against the world... I mean, dont get me wrong I have had mine before you even knew what an iPOD was... But i dont go to the park blaring music to loud to pay attention to others skating... They give NO recognition to anyone who lands anything and often find themselves being ran into because they cant focus on whats at hand...

Skateboarding...

This double-edged sword leaves some bruised and broken, but its the price they are willing to pay to feel the freedom and acceptance that goes along with it. Others outside the skateboard world will never understand why we spend hours upon hours perfecting our craft... to them they see angry teens breaking the law and pushing around some 2x4's straped to some skates... they will never realize the impact skateboarding has had on so many peoples lives.

Skateboarding...

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Tags:skateboardingexplained Published by 941_JErEMY: 8:53 AM

Friday, June 23, 2006

Go Skateboarding Day '06.... More like GO GET ARRESTED (for no reason) DAY '06. Here in Tampa, FL we all planed on meeting up at the famous Bro Bowl at 11:00 am... skate then head through downtown Tampa to the also famous Big 4 for a Best Trick Contest. so from the Bro Bowl, through the contest at the 4 block was good.  Just imagine 150 skaters deep skating through the streets of downtown Tampa (it has been illegal to skateboard in downtown tampa for ages so it was a pretty good rush) once we got to the 4 block, we had the please of watching about 10 kids hurling themselves down the thing trying to earn around $250... Scott was pulling the no ollie needed death dive down it. No one is sure why. This sick ass kid Matt kept sticking the hardflip buttttt couldn't come away from it. Mike however came away with a front side flip from hell after about 20 tries to come away with $230. At the end of the sesh a security gaurd came and tried to shut us down, you can just imagine how well that worked... Trying to tell 150 skaters to leave, we immediatley boo'd him out of the place and we were off to the turtle ditches.... which was our downfall. When we got there, Rob Meronek and Ryan Clements were pretty much in charge (they are the owners/operators of the INFAMOUS Skatepark Of Tampa ... home of the Tampa AM and the Tampa PRO) we heard some kid saying "DUDE THE COPS FOLLOWED US HERE!" and as soon as we hear that... its followed by 2 patrol cars pulling up... so we all deside to run like crazy people... Ryan and Rob and like 2 others we still standing there... they ended up goin to jail.. but it was all a big joke... like 30 kids got taken to Juvinielle Detention Center. and I headed back down to Bradenton... We decided to hit up some of our favorite spots like palmetto park and Blackburn Elementary with the 2 block manny pad. Threw some steez there. Nollie flip nose manny 180 out, kicky up hardflip nollie backside flip off. and we built an amazing bank wall out of some ply and other scrap material there. after skating for hours on end it was time to head back home. to shower and head to a "Taco Party"... yeah... we just ate taco's at some girls house.. but it was a blast alright... we partied late into the night. I don't think there could have been a better go skateboarding day.


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Monday, June 12, 2006

well... i've been super busy doin shirt designs for some bands here in the bay area.. so i havent been skating as much in the past week.. but i just got some new decks from stay vocal... rad.

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