WetWilly: Skateboarding 2.0

[HotGalaxy3000]

Hey m8, you've talked about skateboarding to me, and of course, "Cheese Pies!??" - any info on where i can get about this.. it may be a good sport for me to do while im not at the slope.

thanks, HG

[wetwilly1717]

Info about cheese pies or skateboarding?

[HotGalaxy3000]

ROFLMAO :laugh: Skateboarding!!

[wetwilly1717]

Info on skating.

Right ill tell you evrything you need to know mate.
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HISTORY.
Skateboarding started in the late 50's early 60's by surfers who were pissed off coz there werent any good waves. The got somewheels, and their surf board, and bang, skating was invented. It went all uphill then becuase of the skate movie "skater dater" that was put out and introduced skating to the world.
Around the early seventies, The populartiy of skating went downhill. No one really knows why but it just did. Then in the early 80s it picked up again when people started to drain out pools and skate them as bowls. Skating was alive again.
In thelate 80s skating got a lot more technical (Not ramp or bowl, grind bars and street things) and that got it going a lot.
Up to now, skating has been a kind of popular sport around the world and has grown a considerable amount since tony hawks pro skater came out.It is an American dominated sport but that doesnt mean to say that its not popular around the world.
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TYPES OF SKATING
There are two main ones
VERT: a ramp (up and down, up and down). bowls are based around them. you can get mini and full sized

STREET: Things like grind poles, handrails, kicker ramps, stairs, ledges and anthing you would find on a normal street.
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BASIC SET UP:
The set up of a skateboard contains a few things>
A deck (a pro one around 50 quid)
Wheels (about 20-25 quid)
Trucks (about 15 quid)
Bearings (about 10 quid)
Grip tape (around 3-5 quid)
bolts (varies)
and risers (if you need them)

You know what a skateboard looks like so i wont explain that.

As you can see a pro skateboard is rather expensive (costing around 120 quid for a full pro deck, but the things are designed to last a long time)
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GOOD MAKES
(of the main things of a skateboard)

DECKS: santa cruz, world industries, flip, alien workshop, blueprint, toy machine and others (cant name 'em all)

WHEELS: spitfire, CCS, darkstar, ghetto child, ricta and others.

TRUCKS: Indipendant, fury, destructo venture and others.
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VIDEOS

skate videos are popular in the skatw world, costing about 15 quid.
Here are some good ones

The storm- osiris- American
Waiting for the world- blueprint- british
Fulfil the dream-shortys- american
411 magazine (one issue out every 2 months)- 411- american
Photosythisis- alien workshop- american

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ANYTHING ELSE

Some people wear pads when they start out and thats a good idea.


The whole idea of skating is just to have fun. You can turn pro and make a lot of money, but its all for fun and dont forget that.
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:)