where my skaters at?

[rodder]

hey guys, just joined the site. I gave a little intro in the welcome section here.

So who skates out here? I moved to PA from jersey last year and have only met a couple guys over at penn skate on mcarther rd. I just finished building a mini in my garage and it's lonely. All my friends from jersey got old, got married and had kids and all I still want to do is get my grind on. In the summer I take pretty regular trips to concrete parks like FDR, owl's head in brooklyn and sayreville in jersey. In the winter I ride at Blue Mtn (down the road from my new place) and skate the indoor mini, which has a wood burning stove next to it so it's always nice and toasty.

oh yeah, I also like to work on cars and drink beer. .

[doug]

I used to skate a lot when I was younger. I still have a board, but I haven't skated in at least a year and a half.. I'm looking to pick it up again.

[Gorilla Unit 33]

hey man! by skate you mean skate board right? i dont know anyone that rollerblades anymore lol Anyway if so i work at a skate/bmx/print shop called synergy (stop by sometime, im sure you'll like it), we have 2 sponsored skaters. Anyway is your mini in your garage bike friendly? if so im down for a session lol im sure i have other friends and skateboards that would be down also. Im always looking to meet new riders plus i have 0 experience on mini's and anything close to vert so id like to try without taking a spill infront of the world.

[doug]

Originally Posted by Gorilla Unit 33

hey man! by skate you mean skate board right? i dont know anyone that rollerblades anymore lol Anyway if so i work at a skate/bmx/print shop called synergy (stop by sometime, im sure you'll like it), we have 2 sponsored skaters. Anyway is your mini in your garage bike friendly? if so im down for a session lol im sure i have other friends and skateboards that would be down also. Im always looking to meet new riders plus i have 0 experience on mini's and anything close to vert so id like to try without taking a spill infront of the world.

lol stfu LJ you biker fegs always ruin my FDR experiences.

[Gorilla Unit 33]

well doug if you didnt have a peg leg maybe you would have road a bike instead of skateboarding, sorry bikes take two legs to peddle rather then one to skate board.

[doug]

you use both legs to pick up speed ya dope... its called bending your knee and weight transfer to get more speed :P

I need to get back down to FDR really badly.. I mean it's only like 20 minutes away.

[Willdue]

I use to board and BMX, but my body had enough abuse. I only know penn skate, thats it, mainly cause its like 2 secs from my house. West Chester has a few good spots.

[Honduh]

I ride bmx, and I can kinda skate a tiny bit.

I'll be down for bmx sessions in the summer.

[amit]

I have not skated in awhile. Last time I tried to "start again" I made a little video of all switch and nollie tricks.

Check it out if you like...I'm really bad though...

http://vimeo.com/273673


Justinlansdale has a mean back crook from what i remember.

[abrok99]

i longboard and skate a little i havent in forever but i love it

[rodder]

Originally Posted by Gorilla Unit 33

hey man! by skate you mean skate board right? i dont know anyone that rollerblades anymore lol Anyway if so i work at a skate/bmx/print shop called synergy (stop by sometime, im sure you'll like it), we have 2 sponsored skaters. Anyway is your mini in your garage bike friendly? if so im down for a session lol im sure i have other friends and skateboards that would be down also. Im always looking to meet new riders plus i have 0 experience on mini's and anything close to vert so id like to try without taking a spill infront of the world.

Yes, yes, skateBOARD.

Sweet. So where's synergy?

As for the mini being bike-friendly... sorry bro, but I'm gonna have to say no. It flexes pretty good when some of my "larger" friends skate it, so I have a feeling a bmx would beat it up pretty good.

[Erik]

I used to BMXDirt, Im trying out flatland now. its a lot ****ing harder than it looks lol

[rodder]

Originally Posted by amit

I have not skated in awhile. Last time I tried to "start again" I made a little video of all switch and nollie tricks.

Check it out if you like...I'm really bad though...

http://vimeo.com/273673


Justinlansdale has a mean back crook from what i remember.

lol awesome!!

here's a little vid I put together from the first few sessions on the new mini.

http://www.andywdesign.com/miniramp.mov

The file is kinda big so it might take a little while to start playing. (btw, andywdesign.com is my online portfolio - I'm a graphic/web designer and illustrator)

[bmatyeah]

Originally Posted by amit

I have not skated in awhile. Last time I tried to "start again" I made a little video of all switch and nollie tricks.

Check it out if you like...I'm really bad though...

http://vimeo.com/273673


Justinlansdale has a mean back crook from what i remember.

wow. i saw a video from wedgewood up on your site. used to skate there alot.

and yeah justinlansdale can skate (he can do all these weird tricks that only he can do). i know he has not for a while tho. hopefully he post some of his old vids

[Gorilla Unit 33]

Originally Posted by rodder

Yes, yes, skateBOARD.

Sweet. So where's synergy?

As for the mini being bike-friendly... sorry bro, but I'm gonna have to say no. It flexes pretty good when some of my "larger" friends skate it, so I have a feeling a bmx would beat it up pretty good.

boo to not being bike friendly, oh well maybe you'll be up to hosting a board session we can get our sponsored guys in on someday. Anyways synergy is located at 1015 lincoln Ave. in prospect park, pa. I cant list any deals but i can say come check us out or pm me for more info! im going to check out your video though!

Update: Nice video! deffinately looks like a fun ramp heres some vids of our skaters, we need new footage but this weather is killing us.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AtbrNPndwVc

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Sfs4lX-KVYA

http://youtube.com/watch?v=5VYifxmSU3Q

[TurboTagTeam]

I've skated pretty much my whole life. Not to much mini ramps or vert. I'm a street skater. I used to skate Love park/Downtown Philly all the time.

[Gorilla Unit 33]

Originally Posted by TurboTagTeam

I've skated pretty much my whole life. Not to much mini ramps or vert. I'm a street skater. I used to skate Love park/Downtown Philly all the time.

hey pal i forgot about you and your significant other lol. Ive never seen you skate but i have a feeling your pretty on top of your game! when you planning on coming back to philly, check your PM's!

[justinlansdale]

this thread FTW!

backside crooks @ franklin mills park
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgFSRx_RKkM

halfcab casper flip (or something idk, just came up with it one day)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lMDZ...eature=related

another back crooks at a decent spot we made years ago
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3y8zxgBFBmA

i haven't skated in a really long time but i'll probably get back on that when it gets warmer out.

[martang]

I used to skate like everyday but that was before I got into cars, now it's every once in awhile I really wanna get back into skating thou I liked it a lot but I never really got into miniramps I was more of into street

[05Accent]

Originally Posted by doug

lol stfu LJ you biker fegs always ruin my FDR experiences.

that is true.. i hate bikers at parks
oh and welcome to tst.. used to skateboard hardcore.. now its just driveway stuff.