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Many yeras ago I built my first skateboard in the UK from a plank of wood and a flattened rollerskate, the type you clip to your shoe with an expandable plate and straps with buckles. Perfect!
originally posted by: Silcone Synapse
Also being older,it seems the skateboard has lost its "police magnet" capabilities,which is a bonus.
originally posted by: nerbot
I have to chuckle at the thought of what I just did.
I just bought a new skateboard for a bit of good value fun on the nice quiet smooth roads here in SW France. I am embracing opportunity and very fond memories because I can. It should be here in a week or so from eBay Germany.
Many yeras ago I built my first skateboard in the UK from a plank of wood and a flattened rollerskate, the type you clip to your shoe with an expandable plate and straps with buckles. Perfect!
I made one for a friend too because there was obviously a pair of skates. Oh boy did we have fun.
That was back in 1978 when skateboards were just kicking off in the USA and there was no such thing in the UK.
I was 13 then and must have seen one on tv.
I progressed to a nice fibreglass deck, white with red stripes and a kicktail, Independant trucks and some lovely bright yellow Yankee wheels.
It came from the first skateboard shop in the area where we hung out and eventually worked in building boards for customers. It was great being part of the growth in the UK and it's a special type of freedom I enjoyed that cost absolutely nothing but a few plasters and some missed dinners.
Fast forward 43 years, and it seems I'm still a crazy fearless little kid who accepts no limits and is absolutely prepared to bleed again just for fun.
I feel SWEET and can't wait!
originally posted by: FlyingFox
At 56, I can skate, but I can't do vert.
Olde School.
originally posted by: MapOfNowhere
I still kinda remember the basic idea of how an ollie is done, but i could not do it and frustration made me stop skateboarding, but i still admire skateboarding as an artform and as means to move around.