Posted on 08/14/2014 1:37:41 AM PDT by lee martell
Maybe they are being subsidized by the orthopedic surgery industry.
We had our Snowball fights back in Detroit. The agreement among us kids was not to throw any snowballs at old people. or definitely not at anybody’s cars. The people with three personal cars parked on our street were always watching behind their curtains when we played in the streets. I recall a Mr. Jones running outside in t-shirt and long johns ‘brandishing’ a folded umbrella, because somebody’s child was sitting on the hood of his car eating a candy bar. He about lost it for a moment, till Mrs. Jones called him back into the house.
I had a neat, lime green “California somethingorother” board in the mid 70’s. It was molded plastic with neoprene (?) wheels, shaped like a fish - pointed on front, wide in the middle, and slender at back with a kicked-up tail. It was NOT a long board, but I used it like one - long hills, no tricks.
I was riding down a big hill with my friend timing me for speed when I began the familiar ever-expanding uncontrolled weave back and forth, after missing a big rock. I hung on past the timing line and ditched.
I took three or four GIANT steps and then went into a roll. Very badly sprained wrist, and a big bump on my unprotected head (asphalt), as I somersaulted to a stop in his yard.
The stopwatch said I was doing 19.5 mph. And yes, I tried again, on a better hill. 21 mph with no mishap, according to my friends dirt bike speedometer. That was the last time I did a speed trial... Lotsa fun as a teenager.
Is Tony Hawk still the King of Boards? He’s getting old by now. Surely, their must be a few good contenders for that crown, both boys and girls. I was less that happy to hear that Obama allowed Tony to film himself skateboarding through the White House corridors. Pandering for future voters, are we?
“Get off my lawn—er, car!”
Well to tell the truth my dad was highly irate when I joined the Corps. He said to join anything but. In my four years he only wrote me one letter and that was when his mom died. He retired from the Air Force in ‘71.
I’m guessing that since I joined during the Beirut stuff he didn’t want to lose his youngest son.
John Eldredge. If you haven’t read his books, check your library.
You're right, it wasn't stone......
This is the best picture of my skateboard that I could find as well as a link to one for sale on Ebay........Evidently the wheels were made of clay, which didn't really matter when your only surface was hills.....LOL!
“nonstop baseball/tackle-football/basketball/track-and-field/boxing/rockfights. “
Those were the days!
Generally, we’d burn out on a sport before the major leagues had held their championships and switch to the next in turn a month or so early.
I think they are sponsored by the FAIL video guys. Otherwise where would their material come from?
I mean half those videos start with some guy approaching an inclined handrail on a skateboard, and inevitably Mr Gravity and his cousin Mr Physics provide the remaining entertainment. I’m surprised any skateboarder still has his family jewels intact.
That is an interesting observation about the attraction of skateboarding to kids in divorce. In my limited experience, that seems true, now that you mention it.
Tony Geezer by nwow
Thank you!
You’re welcome!
I can't believe I found pictures of one just like it...
A lot of fun was had on that thing. Accompanied with many bumps, scrapes and bruises.
I haven’t seen a board like that in years. I never did have enough balance to ride one properly.
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