Who Skates?

[natehate]

[twin]

Forever young age is just a number. Never to old for anything.

[derivative666]

I saw this video on Monday and broke out my board Monday night. I had not been on a board in almost 20 years. When you fall at 39 it's definitely not the same as falling at 20. Woke up sore as fuck on Tuesday but, can't wait to get out again.

[Aetas]

@twin; derivative666
I am with you! 
Not only sticks and stones will break our bones!
Only a few old ones can skate like this.

[natehate]

http://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/videos/firing-line-jordan-hoffart-082014/

[Aetas]

https://vimeo.com/user6867623

DC Drain and Clean - a group of skateboarders from the Washington, DC area who have made it their mission to seek out backyard pools to drain and skate - making unique friendships along the way.

[Aetas]

IH girls denim needed??

[organisys]

I skated from the age of about 14 'till I was around 20.

Just the idea of it now makes me wince with pain!

Fantastic times though and much missed.

[EastWest]

Potentially midlife-sad-but-truly a crisis that I've just bought an SC Jeff Kendal reissue custom, same deck I had in the 80's, it's going to hurt but not as much as sports car and teeth whitening!

[den1mhead]

I was a skater from the late 70's riding a plastic board with Gullwing trucks and Kryptonic wheels 'till the mid 80's riding a Zorlac Craig Johnson board with Independent trucks and Powell Peralta Bones wheels, street skating and riding ramps.

A great resource is available on Vice TV in the section called Epicly Later'd;

http://www.vice.com/series/epicly-later-d

[Aetas]

X post IHxB01sbgII - Beatle Buster 21oz Selvedge Denim Super Black Fades to Grey

@KrisB:

Some footy

Thanks @KrisB

[JCMx800]

P&P deck, G-Bones, Indy 159 INBOUND!!!
15 minutes away:

[riffblaster general]

@JCMx800:

P&P deck, G-Bones, Indy 159 INBOUND!!!
15 minutes away:

You gotta bring me here!!!

[JCMx800]

@riffblaster:

You gotta bring me here!!!

Next time you play Hannover
Just let me know, could set up a show. The park has a pa and enough space for a huge gig…

Or I'll do it in a local club just like the last time.

[Max Power]

Now that would be awesome.

[riffblaster general]

I skated with Jason Jessee yesterday.  That was cool.  Still the best frontside Ollie.

[Aetas]

X- Post

My first wash.

Dry Phase

Definitely no tumble dryer!

Taking fit pics is like diving in a bathysphere for me.
For that reason, this pic is more like a homage to a good old friend  ;).

IHJ-24 Jacket from @neph93
Bandana from @Chris in my pocket
IH T, 634od, Banglu, pin
Brütting shoes
My back pack is not seen: Patagonia Black Hole 25

But the focus is on the board.
Bought in 1992 as a hand built deck from a long time friend I started skating with in 1983.
It has still a tremendous rebound in the flex, so it is still used as a city cruiser, built with Gunmetal axes and Tunnel wheels.

History:
I was hooked by the story of 'Sims' 1980 and my first admired skater was Lester Kasai!
My friend  bought his deck and an intensive friendship over the decades started.
When he opened his own business with Wefunk, I bought the fourth deck he built.
We are both skating till today!

[dave28]

I must have been a skater between about 1995 and 1998.

I had the movie that this vid is from on VHS.

Buggers charged £20 for a skating VHS back then.
In todays money that would be like £30+ or $40 or something crazy.

[Aetas]

Last scene  :D…...............is far away from cruising!  :D.. Great!

[Steffen]

The Skateboard talk got me to a point where I seriously consider buying a Skateboard again, not for Tricks but for cruising, these Old School Cruiser Decks from e.g. Powell look fun.