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Thin crowd?
Respect for the Blacktown boy.
Respect for the Blacktown boy.
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fairly thin crowd. good thing is the bowl is in greenhills, a few klms away from nearest train station, which i reckon has helped a lot in term of reduced vandalism, and hooligans etc. mostly all skaters, very few scooter kids etc.
lots of young (and older) surfer/skaters also. there's one dude that does these grinds, that are like a slash-grind. meaning, he doesn't wait til his trucks hit the coping, instead when he's about two feet below the lip he un-weights himself and hurls his back-foot straight at the coping in the steepest and tallest section of the bowl. pretty fking gnarly to watch. looks exactly like a big forehand snap. tried to get some pics but was way too blurry.
looked like this > https://youtu.be/JyTZB7CfAUA?t=54s
lots of young (and older) surfer/skaters also. there's one dude that does these grinds, that are like a slash-grind. meaning, he doesn't wait til his trucks hit the coping, instead when he's about two feet below the lip he un-weights himself and hurls his back-foot straight at the coping in the steepest and tallest section of the bowl. pretty fking gnarly to watch. looks exactly like a big forehand snap. tried to get some pics but was way too blurry.
looked like this > https://youtu.be/JyTZB7CfAUA?t=54s
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Sweet.
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Took my son to a skate park just after some light rain this morning. Add the moisture to polished concrete and a big slam for me.
Hobbling around like I'm 90 years old now, bruised hip and shoulder.
Hobbling around like I'm 90 years old now, bruised hip and shoulder.
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Yeah. Concrete is no joke. Week before last I slammed onto my tailbone. Am still feeling tender. Fell from the vert coping til nearly the bottom of the transition. I turned 180 degree but the board turned 270. Went for a grind but threw the tail out like it was a backhand snap. Hardest thing to adapt to is remembering that you're on concrete, not water - i.e.; you can't push through it.
Channels. Have you seen the mona vale park since it's been done up?
Channels. Have you seen the mona vale park since it's been done up?
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I've been a couple of times. My eldest is right into skating so I bought a board again and skate with him rather than sit on the side. Mainly cruising over the ramps etc. I need to get some pads before I hit the more vert stuff, had a few near misses treating the turns like surfing and forgetting there are no fins or rails to stop over rotation.
Mona is a great set up but it's just so crowded all of the time. Bato Bay park up near The Entrance is the best we have seen.
Mainly hit the small setup at Manly, today was a small setup at Cromer.
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I'm keen to hit up bato bay, it looks insane. cronulla is great because it's got lights til about 10.30pm
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Drive past mona park most days. Looks to be about 80% scooter riders. And packed.
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Yep, so many collisions and near misses.
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My 11 year old has got madly into skating. It's kinda nice because he's never really shown a passion for anything before. Now he constantly wants me to take him out to skate, and I'm starting to think about getting a little cruiser so I can go with him. I have a longboard/carver but I need something smaller I can turn more easily.
I took him to a little skate park at Gladesville on the weekend. He was a bit cautious on the ramps, so I grabbed the board and decided after 30 years I could show him how to do it! After a couple of falls I realised it might be best if I stick to carving
I took him to a little skate park at Gladesville on the weekend. He was a bit cautious on the ramps, so I grabbed the board and decided after 30 years I could show him how to do it! After a couple of falls I realised it might be best if I stick to carving
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Ricky gets my vote. I hate undercover tards.
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Presumably close to where you live there’s a snake run at north rocks. Your son (and you) would enjoy it. John Wearn Park, Cnr Balaka Drive & Farnell Avenue. Take a broom and a dustpan in case there’s sticks or junk in there.
Open run you can roll into that winds and turns with banked walls you can slingshot off. Feels a bit like tearing down the line on a twinny going rail to rail.
Open run you can roll into that winds and turns with banked walls you can slingshot off. Feels a bit like tearing down the line on a twinny going rail to rail.
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Great, thanks. That hadn't come up on my radarHatchnam wrote: ↑Tue Mar 13, 2018 8:51 amPresumably close to where you live there’s a snake run at north rocks. Your son (and you) would enjoy it. John Wearn Park, Cnr Balaka Drive & Farnell Avenue. Take a broom and a dustpan in case there’s sticks or junk in there.
Open run you can roll into that winds and turns with banked walls you can slingshot off. Feels a bit like tearing down the line on a twinny going rail to rail.
andy2476 wrote:
Ricky gets my vote. I hate undercover tards.
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