tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972748909341489743.post6083030148026973099..comments2024-02-29T00:17:34.584-08:00Comments on Concrete Existence: The Lunatic Fringe: An Open Letter to Anyone Who Sucks at SkateboardingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972748909341489743.post-77353055569311253142020-11-23T18:43:47.592-08:002020-11-23T18:43:47.592-08:00Thank you for the kind words. Keep rolling!Thank you for the kind words. Keep rolling!seditionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06763337633185199934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972748909341489743.post-34906224303180374632020-11-23T18:43:06.791-08:002020-11-23T18:43:06.791-08:00Thank you for the kind words! Thank you for the kind words! seditionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06763337633185199934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972748909341489743.post-17797086631186487292020-11-23T10:51:51.727-08:002020-11-23T10:51:51.727-08:00As an almost fifty year old skateboarder who has n...As an almost fifty year old skateboarder who has never felt anything but absolute stoke.Regardless of my ability compared to my peers, or my declining ability due to physical restrictions I have had a lifelong love affair with skateboarding. This piece speaks the truth. We are all on our own journey and no one is less. We are all just doing what makes us happy and feel alive. <br />ThanksBert Slides Matterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09006108723339508123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972748909341489743.post-84193126837125505732020-11-22T14:42:41.673-08:002020-11-22T14:42:41.673-08:00Holy shit. Spot on. Best thing I think I've re...Holy shit. Spot on. Best thing I think I've read about skating. It is strange that some of the people wearing vans and thrasher gear now were probably the same ones who called me names and threw things from their cars as I was skating on the side of the road as a kid. I am so glad I got back into it at 40 and to all the totally rad people I've met who are doing the same. As the article states, love finding my stoke with you.R M. Silverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02619982648621644424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972748909341489743.post-11535967947267578652020-11-22T08:05:30.979-08:002020-11-22T08:05:30.979-08:00Anyone who disagrees with this should 100% go fuck...Anyone who disagrees with this should 100% go fuck themselves. bloftin2https://www.blogger.com/profile/15844041793216503114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972748909341489743.post-5388116914656084232020-05-08T10:53:04.595-07:002020-05-08T10:53:04.595-07:00Thank you! Thank you! seditionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06763337633185199934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972748909341489743.post-2148955566084928402020-05-08T10:52:41.774-07:002020-05-08T10:52:41.774-07:00Thank you for the kind words!
Thank you for the kind words!<br />seditionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06763337633185199934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972748909341489743.post-2877443674824893182018-12-17T23:57:10.506-08:002018-12-17T23:57:10.506-08:00Thank you for the kind words. I am humbled. Thank you for the kind words. I am humbled. seditionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06763337633185199934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972748909341489743.post-4404557035540284902018-12-17T21:33:36.635-08:002018-12-17T21:33:36.635-08:00This is one of the best thing written on the WHOLE...This is one of the best thing written on the WHOLE internet. I salute you. I was shown this by someone who has been skating since the mid '80's and is ripping and sponsored by more than one company, and this has been shared through many different skateboarders, and EVERYONE agrees, this is the kind of science that should be told to all. Skate and Enjoy. Skate and Relate. Thank You once again for one of the best fucking things written on the whole internet!Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584727211450404001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972748909341489743.post-66152099590032101592018-12-09T15:35:03.173-08:002018-12-09T15:35:03.173-08:00I've always sucked but I've also always ha...I've always sucked but I've also always had fun. I see a lot of clips around where it seems like folks make a point of not showing the least bit of excitement about the crazy tricks they pull off. I'd rather land my shaky once-in-thirty-tries kickflips with a big smile on my face.woodenbrainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04451495322324679551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972748909341489743.post-16880699322006514692018-12-08T01:44:59.598-08:002018-12-08T01:44:59.598-08:00Fifty five and still rollin'.... Skating for m...Fifty five and still rollin'.... Skating for me, and me only - there is absolutely NOTHING left to prove. Your article articulated what I've always felt about our art/sport in a much more coherent manner than I could ever express. Thank you!The Fallen Sainthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09292453447931274450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972748909341489743.post-60712489904536043012018-12-07T13:44:56.147-08:002018-12-07T13:44:56.147-08:00Been skating since 1977, dipped in and out over th...Been skating since 1977, dipped in and out over the years and am still rolling at close on 54. Never been particularly good and getting worse as I get older. I do it because I love it, yes I have filmed myself getting 3 out on the coping on a 4 foot bank and my first drop in after 32 years since my last one. Doesn't matter about the hype and the hipsters attracted to our lifestyle, I will still be me the 'skater' middle aged or old aged. I have skated with ex pros from the 70s and 80s and I have skated with kids and old guys and girls doing it for the first time, as Mr Sampson said above it's the smile that makes it worthwhile. Keep on rolling.....Bazza5070https://www.blogger.com/profile/11466831990060680029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972748909341489743.post-45101098793984360152018-12-07T11:07:13.368-08:002018-12-07T11:07:13.368-08:00"Every “non-banger” clip and photo is a chink..."Every “non-banger” clip and photo is a chink in Olympic armor" -- the my videos are on the front line of the war on the Olympics! yaaaaaay!bloftin2https://www.blogger.com/profile/15844041793216503114noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972748909341489743.post-45519622834836563662018-12-07T04:39:46.673-08:002018-12-07T04:39:46.673-08:00Come to Boise, brother, and we’ll skate for the jo...Come to Boise, brother, and we’ll skate for the joy of it. Nisien Cundyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01728468717228572847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972748909341489743.post-61604994083731419052018-12-07T00:09:05.873-08:002018-12-07T00:09:05.873-08:00Thanks for putting that into words. Keep kickturni...Thanks for putting that into words. Keep kickturning micros folks!The Intention Gaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07226206229490867703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972748909341489743.post-26824256191601174662018-12-06T23:49:40.479-08:002018-12-06T23:49:40.479-08:00My scars are not injuries.They are my Trophies.Bec...My scars are not injuries.They are my Trophies.Because I am,and I always will be a skaterat.<br /> Jaymie Marriott 7/12/2018.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13998551045606260628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972748909341489743.post-87593196013465915442018-12-06T23:38:18.547-08:002018-12-06T23:38:18.547-08:00I have been skating for about 42ys, never followed...I have been skating for about 42ys, never followed the trend in skating, including the whole skate punk thing, I collect boards dating back to the steel wheels period and ride all kinds of boards (have about 20 different riders), including longboards. I have never been that special (pretty crap to be honest lol), but I get more stoke from knowing that as a 46yo, I am fit enough to skate 30km (even though my legs hate me for it lol), when most my peers are unhealthy and inactive, plus nothing better than helping someone land a trick, even though I have never pulled it off myself. I often go to the skatepark just to sit and kill time, even if nobody else is there.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08083805137957356607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972748909341489743.post-76762600765033028232018-12-06T23:17:32.202-08:002018-12-06T23:17:32.202-08:00
I agree 100% percent, you rarely see it in person...<br />I agree 100% percent, you rarely see it in person. Occasionally there are show-boaters, or people who throw some attitude around, but it’s not the regular. However, I do see a lot of it on social media, which is where the seed for this entire post first began to grow (as mentioned in the first paragraph), and mostly what the text is directed towards.seditionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06763337633185199934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972748909341489743.post-86085997747531975712018-12-06T22:48:34.369-08:002018-12-06T22:48:34.369-08:00I'm either naive or I have the luck of skating...I'm either naive or I have the luck of skating places where an old man at 54 can still skate the parks and spots and do my thing, or what is left of it and feel nothing more than a session with skaters. Even when I travel to skate I can't say I have experienced anything close to negative. Hey, they could all be sneering behind my back I suppose but I never notice. I'll post my clips of my skating that don't amount to much more than you describe, kickturns. It never occurs to me do do otherwise. All skateboarding is valid. Skate Louishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03296039217415041738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972748909341489743.post-48289587945116253072018-12-06T22:38:26.865-08:002018-12-06T22:38:26.865-08:00Thank you for the kind words! I am humbled!Thank you for the kind words! I am humbled!seditionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06763337633185199934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972748909341489743.post-79534627864078179002018-12-06T22:19:57.725-08:002018-12-06T22:19:57.725-08:00The reason that Under Par Skateboarding and Teamgo...The reason that Under Par Skateboarding and Teamgoslow are around. Great article. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02096260800768059129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972748909341489743.post-7024273443677991922018-12-06T22:14:18.237-08:002018-12-06T22:14:18.237-08:00Thank you for the kind words, and I love that mott...Thank you for the kind words, and I love that motto!seditionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06763337633185199934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972748909341489743.post-27320660212583784272018-12-06T22:06:34.475-08:002018-12-06T22:06:34.475-08:00We have a facebook group called Middle Age Shred. ...We have a facebook group called Middle Age Shred. Our motto has always been, 'the best skater at any session is the one with the biggest smile'. Thanks for this. Sharing.Paul Sampsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11552037018691514556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4972748909341489743.post-74314486018919479552018-12-06T20:22:25.156-08:002018-12-06T20:22:25.156-08:00Thanks. Skating at 43 cause I have and always will...Thanks. Skating at 43 cause I have and always will.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630184102722426543noreply@blogger.com