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12-10-15, 11:59 AM
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12-10-15, 12:11 PM
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I have a couple of teammates who grew up racing BMX and they can bunnyhop like mad. I can barely clear an expansion joint.
12-10-15, 12:17 PM
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12-10-15, 12:28 PM
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyn_Ashton
12-10-15, 01:24 PM
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Skateboarding is hard though; 98% of the time you don't land the trick.. kind of like racing I guess.
12-10-15, 01:26 PM
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12-10-15, 01:35 PM
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12-11-15, 08:11 AM
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I remember crashing while trying to land a trick on a halfpipe once. When I fell, I hit the middle of my back hard on the coping. It completely knocked the wind out of me and left me stunned. I just slid down the ramp and laid there in the middle of the half pipe gasping for breath and unable to move. All my friends just gathered round wondering what to do. We were probably 12 or 13. No one dared call for help for fear that we would be banned from riding any more.
12-11-15, 10:59 AM
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And depending on where you are trying this, missing the landing can hurt like hell.
I remember crashing while trying to land a trick on a halfpipe once. When I fell, I hit the middle of my back hard on the coping. It completely knocked the wind out of me and left me stunned. I just slid down the ramp and laid there in the middle of the half pipe gasping for breath and unable to move. All my friends just gathered round wondering what to do. We were probably 12 or 13. No one dared call for help for fear that we would be banned from riding any more.
I remember crashing while trying to land a trick on a halfpipe once. When I fell, I hit the middle of my back hard on the coping. It completely knocked the wind out of me and left me stunned. I just slid down the ramp and laid there in the middle of the half pipe gasping for breath and unable to move. All my friends just gathered round wondering what to do. We were probably 12 or 13. No one dared call for help for fear that we would be banned from riding any more.
The first/last time I rode a half pipe (just a 3' mini ramp!), I tried to do a rock n' roll, board shot out from under me, and everyone within a 20 foot radius heard my arm snap as I planted it when I fell.
Not fun.. especially not the 15 minute car drive to the emergency room!!
What's funny is that I continued to skate with a cast on my arm that went above my elbow.. dumb stuff. But what else is youth good for if not dumb stuff?
12-11-15, 11:20 AM
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12-11-15, 11:39 AM
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Anybody need a job as desktop support ?? I've about had enough of the guy here. 
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12-11-15, 11:40 AM
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Can I play videogames and ****** (really? I can't reference a website?)? Are you cool with the solution always being turn it off and back on?
12-11-15, 11:57 AM
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Sounds like an improvement, Hired
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12-11-15, 12:42 PM
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Go old school. Reinstall Windows.
Speaking of old school, I'm going to put boards on my feet and slide down a mountain now.
Speaking of old school, I'm going to put boards on my feet and slide down a mountain now.
12-11-15, 05:06 PM
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Funny how that works.
12-11-15, 05:24 PM
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I can't bunny hop for **** but I did once clear an 18" wide gap at the bottom of an overflow where the concrete had separated or whatever filler there had been washed out.
12-13-15, 01:39 PM
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Thought they were lost and gone forever, but I just got the trainer parts from Saris in the mail.
Let the good times roll.
Let the good times roll.
12-13-15, 08:42 PM
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Saw the whole of Handel's Messiah today. **** is dope, son! Highly recommend live classical, go be snooty!
12-13-15, 09:15 PM
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sweet.
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12-14-15, 07:15 AM
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I'd love to see that. I've got it in the Christmas playlist on my iPod, but when I plug it into the speaker system at the LBS where I work, I get those "Doood, WTF?" looks from the guys I work with. All but one of us is a college grad; you'd think they'd be more receptive. 
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12-14-15, 12:29 PM
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This week in ridiculous kickstarters: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...nd-burning-man
12-14-15, 12:33 PM
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12-14-15, 01:12 PM
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Rode my bike Saturday. I feel like that means I can check in. It had cobwebs on it. Between the spokes, in the brake levers. It may have been a while since I rode. Felt nice though, to get out and relax for a bit.
Hope everyone is doing well. Wife and I are expecting our first child. Things are busy here. Baby girl is due in like 6 weeks, somehow. Not sure where the time went. Freaking out a bit, but it'll work out. We have a carseat to get her home in, the rest will work out.
Hope everyone is doing well. Wife and I are expecting our first child. Things are busy here. Baby girl is due in like 6 weeks, somehow. Not sure where the time went. Freaking out a bit, but it'll work out. We have a carseat to get her home in, the rest will work out.
12-14-15, 01:14 PM
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Congrats