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I was obsessed with pool skating vids growing up in the NE in the 70s/80s and the bowl/pool at the local park looks pretty legit. First time I saw it I’m all wtf is this doing here. It’s huge and I don’t think anyone rides it. At all.Don't listen to the haters. Get a board and go skating
The right knee pads. Custom built. Kevin only takes orders over the phone, he’ll tell you what measurements he needs and to include it with your check. With shipping gonna costs over $200. Worth every cent.
Get pads and learn how to fall
Uhhh sorry? Welcome to the club? Take your pick.
That pump track looks great - I wish there was something like that near me. My wife and I have Hamboards - she learned to skate on one (first time on a skateboard) at 56. Really fun where there's a big concrete boardwalk and there are some blacktop bike trails near us that we go to. And all those ADA compliant sidewalk ramps at intersections and how they've ground down the concrete edges of sidewalks for wheelchairs make for some fun riding through town. With the Street Sweeper pole you can really cruise and you can use your legs for propulsion by dropping your body while holding the pole on the ground, especially uphill or against the wind. Its more fun and you feel more control with bare feet so we got those Vibram toe shoes for protection and feel at the same time.I wouldn't consider myself a "skater" by any stretch of the imagination, but I spent some years at DMSR back in the day and haven't really been on a skateboard since the early 90's. My buddy took me to the Carmel Valley pump track a couple weeks ago, and I've never had so much fun on a skateboard. I've been back about 5 times in the past couple weeks. Ended up buying a nice little board to ride there. I totally suck, but it's so fun, and I'm hooked. Seems like the early morning crowds are all dads over 50 like me, just getting back on a board to re-live their youth
Here's a little clip of a leg burner this morning that my buddy shot of me.
Learned this the hard way.
Fully padded still slammed hard and fun as fuk.but you got to know your limit and stay within and be happy with fs and bs carve grinds and when you go 50/50 be prepared for hard slam when you push it. I stopped bowl skating because my limits and got bored same lines and wanted to save my skin for surf. Combo bowls are a blast and can feel like surfing from going to fs carve in bowl to flat wall bs is like a nice gutback with rebound off ww
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Another bad habit do not try and put your hands out to catch yourself when falling roll with it instead or even better go to knees.
Thanks for the pad advice.187 killer pads go pro
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Yes but when you get older bad habit of having hands out to break fall
When you do get pads and sk8 bowl good to practice sliding down wall on knees to get used to it and make it come natural
