How many years on a board?

Faux wrote:

Man! you both have better memories than me.....

You are making me jealeous :evil: Tim, I just don't get the time to session much any more. I will make the time>>>

It's easy not to find the time... but worth it when you do make the efort i've found

Egotrippin' wrote:

My first board is long gone. I remember it had pink trackers :shock: and some OJII's.
Digging the Jay Adams graphics Tim. Are they pretty recent?
It took looking at that website to jog my memory on some of the boards. I'm on a mission now to find the rest...

The black Jay Adams i bought in Venice beach 3 years ago, it was a limited edition and i will never skate it. definately one for the wall, i love the graphics... the blue one i bought over here on ebay cos it was fairly cheap, it's a old school pool board style and i don't know if i'll ever skate it or not.

the one on the right is a blank that a artist named Shad in America gold leafed and pin striped, Derrick bought it over here last year to sell but it didn't so he left it here. i was going to keep it but i needed a new deck so i just grip taped it and bolted my trucks on. haven't riden in yet but i'll be leaving gold on coping somewhere this week for sure :bounce:

I went over to Leicester again last night, i'm really getting back into it, just can't to go again now

Did any of you get the book 'Dysfunctional' that came out in 99. Probably the best skate book I've seen.



I think its out of print now but I'll bring mine to the next show. Its a great collection of 80's and 90's skate ads, photos, artwork and all that good stuff. If you got skate mags throughout the 90's, you'll recognize loads of stuff in it.
The front cover above is well cool - Ed Templeton post slam.

dude that pic reminds me of exactly what happens when i try and get on a board :lol!:

It happened to me enough over the years. I've got an extensive portfolio of injuries

Egotrippin' wrote:

It happened to me enough over the years. I've got an extensive portfolio of injuries

:shock: I know, I still find sitting on long journey's a problem after breaking my coxis in 99.

Any claims to fame?

I did manage to get a photo in Rad, it was 93 at the Prestigne Comp, I was doing a backside 180s over a bench. A bit crap really but thought it might bring out some cool stories!

I never got in any mags at all. I'm still trying to find some old photos though.
Walked past the local skateshop this weekend and noticed a Joel Curtis pro model deck hanging in the window - I grew up skating with him in Sheffield

No claims of fame for me... just an average skater enjoying myself i guess...

I just found the Leicester Skatepark on myspace...

http://www.myspace.com/theboardroomskatepark

just thought i'd tell you

They dont make em like this anymore :shock:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QZtywRfgN4

Just had a root around in the loft and found these.....


My last 4 boards - L to R - 2x Alien Workshop Jason Dill's, Alien Workshop team board, and a Habitat team board. The 2nd Jason Dill is probably the best board I've ever had.
The Jason Dill that's set up has Indies, Blueprint wheels and Powell bearings. Just busted a kickflip in the lounge - still feels good!

Also found these. I can't believe I still had them!



These events were amazing - it used to be the only time loads of US pro's came over. The weekends were absolute carnage. I remember a mini-riot in the hotel all the pro's were staying in one year. The old bill turned up at Radlands on the Sunday when the comp was on to arrest some of the pro's :shock:

So tempted to take that complete setup out on the street?

you live in a flat right? assuming it's not on the ground floor a bet the people in flat below wondered what the fuck was going on when you kick flipped it on living room floor

I am tempted to take it down the Level or the seafront .I've got the week off so I reckon I'll get down there once I've bought a wristguard and done the door seals on the bus.

The girl in the flat below is away at the minute so its cool to do a few tricks in the lounge.

The Jason Dill board that wasn't set up is now on the lounge wall

I reckon you should be posting some pics of that there retro furnishings you got going on in your living room

Yeah I've got a few tasty bits of 60's and 70's furniture

I used to be big into my aggressive blading, but retired them upto the loft a few years back. After a bit of sno wblading in Italy I thought, right lets dust them off and have another pop, what a mistake, 1 sprained wrist, a big damaged ego, ripped t shirt and a smashed watch later...... wish I hadnt bothered.... lol. Getting big into my surfing now, having been a bodyboarder for a long time. Anyone else go down croyde area regular?

Some photographic evidence!


Somewhere in Weymouth, probably 1989.


Boardslide in Weymouth, 1989.


Holywell Bay Skatepark, Cornwall circa 1991. Rollin' with broken wrist and tipex griptape art.
This park was filled in shortly after so a go-kart track could be built on it :shock:


ollie out of the bank, Holywell Bay, 1991.


nice ollie, Chatham 1996. I did level it out, honest

Egotrippin' wrote:

Some photographic evidence!

ollie out of the bank, Holywell Bay, 1991.

Evidence of what, that once you like me did have hair?

was the pic above to fakie or did you land on the grass? if it was fakie then mochos respect to you sir!

That was on to grass Tim - the bank wasnt steep enough to go to fakie without it looking pony

Yeah it is evidence I once had a full barnet. Sadly I have no other choice these days

Egotrippin' wrote:

That was on to grass Tim - the bank wasnt steep enough to go to fakie without it looking pony

Yeah it is evidence I once had a full barnet. Sadly I have no other choice these days

I did think it would have been hard to get back in on that one...

yeah it's come to the point i have no choice either dude, never mind aye

got any pics of that dude shredding it up on the lilo?

I've skated since i was 4....so 14 years !

My current set up's a Bam him 2 with destructo bam signiture trucks, Featherlight oddballs with Word grenade bearing.....It goes everywhere with me......But my real love is trials riding XD

Anyone else ride trials ?

Jarrod

Lucky13 wrote:

Anyone else ride trials ?

Jarrod

on a skateboard? :shock:

HAHAHA !

Has anyone on here had any success skating ?

My trials bike....



And my Orange 5 Se....



All i can say is theres a solid splitty there (if there is such a thing as a SOLID split !)

what do you mean solid splitty?

I had success last week skating, i managed a whole 2 hours with out a really hard slam

I always stack when i skate, i tried to clear all 48 steps at the front of basingstoke college once.....the first bit of blood was on the twelth step up from the bottom.....From then on i decided i'd just do Berts' and Footplants and be cool :face:

Jarrod