• squashkin@exploding-heads.comM
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    1 year ago

    skateboard culture is kinda toxic

    yeah too many antifa-ish types (me formerly kinda)

    lmao I’d like to see some conservative / independent culture in skating, some is there but we need like a company or group or crew to point to

    kind of off topic but would be cool for us to organize IRL, wolfballs skatepark with some IT room for coding… a kind of dream complex for us to combine our diverse shared interests LOL

    like exploding heads meets the berrics

    It really helped me through hard times

    I won’t claim to have had hard times in my life, besides emotionally I was just sad and angry as a kid and still am in some ways, and I could let out my emotions on the skateboard. I could be mad like “hockey temper” kerry getz and kind of beat myself up in a “productive” way that felt like “self-harm” but I could get new skate tricks down so it was kind of healthy. reminded me of those “extreme” pro wrestling where they would fall on thumb tacks and get bloody and beat up.

    Right now with skating I have been trying to figure out what to do, trying to find “less dangerous” things because I don’t crave getting hurt. so more flatground tricks maybe? Not gonna be throwing myself down handrails and big stairs… if I had access to a vert or mini ramp maybe I’d skate that more (limited skatepark options nearby but some people have private ones if I can meet up with old or new friends, or maybe I could build something).

    I think wearing a helmet is fine, like andy anderson does even on street stuff

    I like fancy lad’s team and tricks; their vids have some stuff I won’t endorse but otherwise they’re really creative and to me keep that spirit of keeping skating fun alive

    @Fisuxcel@exploding-heads.com

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      I’m in my mid thirties I just pump up and down on the bowl. My body would still let me jump down stairs I just have to much responsibility with kids to limp around with a rolled ankle or hurt back for 3 days. Thats 3 days my wife would have to carry the baby all by herself.

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        1 year ago

        uncommon

        idk I would think it to be somewhat common

        rodney mullen likes math and physics… I see some crossover of the two

        there are different kinds of skaters analoguous to musical tasks, like punk or maybe more street skaters, to me flatground (like Rodney Mullen) reminds me of like classical music on a skateboard