skateboarding ...

[bobjs]

The skate crews actively meet up and skate together at different locales. It can be kind a jam. So different to surfing.

[steve shearer]

You reckon?

Kids here get together all the time to surf together.

My son is doing it right now.

As they do in most coastal towns.

[bobjs]

Yeah, groms do do that. But adults try to find the gaps in the crowds, not seek them out.

[steve shearer]

How many adults skating?

it's a kid thing.

That is where it is definitely different to surfing.

Most surfers now are over 30, hardly any skaters are.

[Pants]

Concrete harder than water.

And yet Skateboarding is commercially valued higher than surfing.

However, I don’t see much difference between the sports for under 20 year olds. They all congregate to connect.

[Hatchnam]

went for a roll today at St Clair bowl, western Sydney. didn't take any pics but found some on the interwebs. pretty decent set-up, good for flow and mixing up lines. if I lived close by I'd hit it up regularly





then out of morbid curiosity went for short drive further to Bidwill. man, what a dire and sorry place that is. it'd suck being born into that.

[swvic]

First shot; Cletus Vortex green shirt
Second; Arse-beaked mucus traps for the unwary

[Grooter]

I assembled a 41" longboard a little while ago. Bamboo Drop Through deck (no pivot) and some huge 90mm super soft 78A wheels on Caliber trucks

I wanted something I could do when the surf is flat that keeps me moving but is more enjoyable than running on a treadmill. I was never into skating as a kid but I really enjoy this thing, it's super comfortable to ride, easily absorbs pavement cracks, sticks, stones etc.. There is a great bike trail where I live that runs for a few kms along a creek. Mostly quite flat too so while this thing can go pretty quick it's never too fast for me.

[alakaboo]

Yeah, it's pretty fun. Gotta get mine back out there.

[Trev]

I've got this little beauty.
Actually my daughter's but she hasn't used it for years. My grandson had a lot of fun on it last visit just before COVID hit.

I'm so accident prone I'm too wary to use it anywhere but the driveway. ‍

[Grooter]

Well while we're sharing!

[The Mighty Sunbird]

No grip?

[alakaboo]

Sugar or sand in the resin for grip, normally.

[alakaboo]

Took the longboard skateboard out this morning on a rail trail, was rolling down a moderate slope, went round a bend and there was a wooden bridge!
Tried to run out of it but ended up sliding on my wrist guards, lost a decent bit of bark on the elbows and got some friction burns on my knees and stomach through my clothes.

Stings a bit, and the worst part is I tore some holes in my vest. Without a Patagonia puffy vest I can't really consider myself a Bay Area local!

[Yuke Hunt]

Took the longboard skateboard out this morning on a rail trail, was rolling down a moderate slope, went round a bend and there was a wooden bridge!
Tried to run out of it but ended up sliding on my wrist guards, lost a decent bit of bark on the elbows and got some friction burns on my knees and stomach through my clothes.

Stings a bit, and the worst part is I tore some holes in my vest. Without a Patagonia puffy vest I can't really consider myself a Bay Area local!

[Grooter]

Stings a bit, and the worst part is I tore some holes in my vest. Without a Patagonia puffy vest I can't really consider myself a Bay Area local!

[RickyG]

Reading this makes me want to get my longboard skateboard out for a ride again. It's been ages. There's no obvious places to ride near me unfortunately

[alakaboo]

Do it.