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 Jun 7 2006, 10:52 PM
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Italian. Yes. Group: Members Posts: 767 Joined: 22-February 06 From: - Member No.: 18  |
Looking for a way to travel relatively short distances, especially in a place where parking is a nightmare and bike theft, even when locked up, is a fairly common occurrence. How easy/difficult is it to skateboard anyway? Think that option might fit all the parameters, seeing as how they can be taken virtually anywhere easily. Anybody have any experience with this sort of thing?
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Jun 7 2006, 11:34 PM
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 Group: Moderators Posts: 2,499 Joined: 23-February 06 From: El Paso Texas Member No.: 32 |
rollerblades
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Jun 7 2006, 11:35 PM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
QUOTE (woody @ Jun 7 2006, 11:34 PM) rollerblades Faster to pick up a skateboard than it is to take off rollerblades and change into regular shoes. -------------------- |
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Jun 8 2006, 02:08 AM
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CHEE CHEE Group: Members Posts: 5,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: trapped in the hoezone layer Member No.: 39 |
plus rollerblading, youd have to go through the whole ordeal of telling your family and friends you're gay
-------------------- Little monkeys making money
Naked monkey looking funny Mighty males are strong and free Female monkey, not so lucky Rocking monkeys, funky monkeys Monkeys sticking other monkeys Monkeys wrong or monkeys right Mostly flexing monkey might |
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Jun 8 2006, 02:10 AM
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 GORILLA FLUFFER  Group: Agents Posts: 7,711 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lubbock Member No.: 50 |
QUOTE (Testm0nkey @ Jun 8 2006, 02:08 AM) plus rollerblading, youd have to go through the whole ordeal of telling your family and friends you're gay hey, i rollerblade.... --------------------  QUOTE (Jessica @ May 7 2007, 01:15 PM)  but yeehaw dammit. YEEHAW QUOTE (Dogmeat @ Jun 26 2008, 07:51 PM) ok once upon a time I jacked myself off retarded. Licking anuses, one kindergarten class at a time!! |
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Jun 8 2006, 02:10 AM
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I was raised on the dairy, BITCH! Group: Members Posts: 3,080 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Cedar Park Member No.: 49 |
QUOTE (Testm0nkey @ Jun 8 2006, 02:08 AM) plus rollerblading, youd have to go through the whole ordeal of telling your family and friends you're gay 
-------------------- "Ah, y'know it's funny, these people they go to sleep, they think everything's fine, everything's good. They wake up the next day and they're on fire."
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Jun 8 2006, 02:17 AM
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CHEE CHEE Group: Members Posts: 5,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: trapped in the hoezone layer Member No.: 39 |
QUOTE (FORSAKENR320 @ Jun 8 2006, 02:10 AM) hey, i rollerblade.... i can always count on you to prove my point. you're like a good little side kick monkey -------------------- Little monkeys making money
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Jun 8 2006, 02:17 AM
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 Group: Agents Posts: 4,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lu-bok Member No.: 41 |
roller blades and 2 electric drills with modified triggers so you can use them on remote/cord.
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Jun 8 2006, 02:18 AM
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GORILLA FLUFFER Group: Agents Posts: 7,711 Joined: 23-February 06 From: lubbock Member No.: 50 |
QUOTE (Testm0nkey @ Jun 8 2006, 02:17 AM) i can always count on you to prove my point. you're like a good little side kick monkey now gimmie my cookie bitch 
-------------------- QUOTE (Jessica @ May 7 2007, 01:15 PM) but yeehaw dammit. YEEHAW QUOTE (Dogmeat @ Jun 26 2008, 07:51 PM) ok once upon a time I jacked myself off retarded. Licking anuses, one kindergarten class at a time!! |
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Jun 8 2006, 08:18 AM
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QUOTE (Testm0nkey @ Jun 8 2006, 02:08 AM) plus rollerblading, youd have to go through the whole ordeal of telling your family and friends you're gay awesome Timbo, for someone starting to skate this late in life (read: not rubber anymore), I would suggest a longboard. I mean you're using it for transpo, not tricks. they're fun, and easy. |
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Jun 8 2006, 08:34 AM
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 The Transient Aggie Group: Members Posts: 546 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 21 |
QUOTE (CANNONBALL @ Jun 8 2006, 08:18 AM) awesome Timbo, for someone starting to skate this late in life (read: not rubber anymore), I would suggest a longboard. I mean you're using it for transpo, not tricks. they're fun, and easy. QFT went rollin' around after about 4 or 5 years and ended up destroying my body...in about 25 minutes time. --------------------  A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have. |
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Jun 8 2006, 11:46 AM
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Group: Admin Posts: 6,906 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Austin Member No.: 9 |
I see kids on campus all the time trying to learn tricks... and sucking... without even kneepads/elbowpads. Sorry, but if I'm learning a trick that could leave me sprawled on the pavement with the slightest error, I'm gonna invest in some protection first.
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Jun 8 2006, 12:07 PM
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after doing it for 20 years I too use kneepads or a helmet pretty consistently. but I learned the hard way that my brain needs protecting.
a couple of thoughts... one is it's better to learn your basics while you are still young...like 11-15 or so... but if you chose to learn now...then two...most of the guys who try to learn at the older age (18+) don't take baby steps. they just hop on...push and ride, then think "hey the next progression is to ollie off these steps". when they don't even know how to control their ollie consistently. it's mind boggling...you basically want a skate to feel as an extension of your body before trying anything. and that does not happen in week one. |
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Jun 8 2006, 01:06 PM
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 From Atlantis to Interzone Group: Global Moderators Posts: 2,512 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Somewhere in space and time Member No.: 65 |
QUOTE (CANNONBALL @ Jun 8 2006, 01:07 PM) after doing it for 20 years I too use kneepads Not even going to make a joke about this. WAY too easy. -------------------- QUOTE (Spectatrix @ Oct 13 2006, 09:51 PM) Holy shit, pebkac, you're awesome! "Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." - Theodor Seuss Geisel (AKA Dr. Seuss) "An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all." - Oscar Wilde |
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Jun 8 2006, 01:10 PM
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yeah...
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Jun 8 2006, 02:30 PM
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 POTATO OLES Group: Members Posts: 1,602 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Newark, NJ Member No.: 17 |
I'd agree with Cannoball and say get a longboard if you're just going to use it as transport. The smaller boards can be kind of awkward if you've just stated and are riding around with a backpack with a bunch of crap in it. Plus there are many different size longboards so you choose whatever is most comfortable but still compact enough.
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Jun 8 2006, 02:34 PM
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 Oh baby bring me down Group: Agents Posts: 4,115 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Way out yonder Member No.: 68 |
Cannonball is probably right with his choice. I like the snakeboards, but you have to put your weight forward. Different than cruising on a skaeboard
-------------------- Southern Rock, beer and bears!
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Jun 8 2006, 02:36 PM
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POTATO OLES Group: Members Posts: 1,602 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Newark, NJ Member No.: 17 |
Do you have a snakeboard? In the spring I used to always see a guy on campus with one and it looked it would be fun to use.
-------------------- death to false dudes
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Jun 8 2006, 02:38 PM
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Oh baby bring me down Group: Agents Posts: 4,115 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Way out yonder Member No.: 68 |
QUOTE (ratm @ Jun 8 2006, 02:36 PM) Do you have a snakeboard? In the spring I used to always see a guy on campus with one and it looked it would be fun to use. That was Bryce my coworker, I rode it around the basement of the EE building and sometimes outside. I like it but suck on a hard surface -------------------- Southern Rock, beer and bears!
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| Guest_CANNONBALL_* |
Jun 8 2006, 02:53 PM
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those things are hard. I look like a monkey trying to fuck a football on one...my brain and body wont accept it.
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Jun 8 2006, 03:08 PM
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Oh baby bring me down Group: Agents Posts: 4,115 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Way out yonder Member No.: 68 |
QUOTE (CANNONBALL @ Jun 8 2006, 02:53 PM) those things are hard. I look like a monkey trying to fuck a football on one...my brain and body wont accept it. I think the longer you have skateboarded, the harder it is to convert -------------------- Southern Rock, beer and bears!
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Jun 8 2006, 03:19 PM
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CHEE CHEE Group: Members Posts: 5,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: trapped in the hoezone layer Member No.: 39 |
skateboardeded
-------------------- Little monkeys making money
Naked monkey looking funny Mighty males are strong and free Female monkey, not so lucky Rocking monkeys, funky monkeys Monkeys sticking other monkeys Monkeys wrong or monkeys right Mostly flexing monkey might |
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Jun 8 2006, 05:29 PM
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The Transient Aggie Group: Members Posts: 546 Joined: 22-February 06 Member No.: 21 |
ONCE I HAD A BONER, FELL OFF A SKATEBOARD, AND NOW I CANT HAVE KIDS ANYMORE.
LOL! -------------------- A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have. |
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Jun 8 2006, 05:34 PM
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CHEE CHEE Group: Members Posts: 5,026 Joined: 23-February 06 From: trapped in the hoezone layer Member No.: 39 |
we dont want to hear what kind of troubles you have with your mother
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Jun 8 2006, 05:41 PM
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POTATO OLES Group: Members Posts: 1,602 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Newark, NJ Member No.: 17 |
QUOTE (Testm0nkey @ Jun 8 2006, 05:34 PM) we dont want to hear what kind of troubles you have with your mother OH SNAP -------------------- death to false dudes
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Jun 8 2006, 05:47 PM
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 DEATH TO ....something? Group: Members Posts: 5,618 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Parker, CO Member No.: 55 |
You're in Texas. You need a Ford F-350 long bed crew cab truck with chrome all over and 44" bogger tires....and that's just for getting groceries.
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