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There are 76 comments about "skate"

JoeyD: Sticky: 4th Aug 2006 - 01:13 GMT UUummm, that's a skater kid, not a hippie, check out the "rainbow family" or all the kids that used to be on Phish tour type stuff for what modern......

in response to: Modern Hippie by JoeyD

jack: those look like my old army combat boots and the ice skates, lol good catch, you know we should have a citynoise conference at the spumoni gardens in brooklyn, or somewhere....

in response to: Blades Over Bushwick by upfromflames

zagg: skates! shoes! boots! something for everyone!...

in response to: Blades Over Bushwick by upfromflames

Al Pierro: Just came across this website in search of info on what has happened to St. Joseph's church where we used to play softball back in the 50's & 60's. I attended a grade school on......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Nick Aceto: I had to comment on this one, plus it was written on my B-day. Anyway, I, too am reaching that age, 27, where skateboarding just doesnt feel quite the same. Still, I've found that a......

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

RandomName: MAn I found this page searching for too old skateboarding like a lot of you. I hate this idea to pieces. in the time it takes you to turn 15 is the same time it......

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

jack: thanks mary anne yes my brother and our friends took old skates and boxes from the produce store and made scooters of them, the sound on the pavement was loud and screeching, fun in those......

in response to: Things Change by jack

antblack: Chinese Handball!!!! On the Bounce! Big Wheels, go carts made out of old metal roller skates, a 2 by 4 and a wooden milk crate, and chuck sticks using the chains off peoples garbage can......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

ryan: Hi regarding"image 24968 ""the new skate park behind the baths" can anyone tell me where they are located? and if its still there. if you can email me the info @ Ryan.r85@gmail.com thanks a lot .......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Anne, I knew your grandparents Wilfed (Wilf) Platt and his wife from as far back as 1936 when they had the radio repair shop in the old Twenty Row shops before they moved to......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

mary anne Massaro: wow makes me remember my brothers and I on the old scooters made of milk crates and rollerskate wheels....

in response to: Things Change by jack

Bill Foss: I went to PS 145, then JHS 111. I lived on Morgan Ave, but hung out on Jefferson st. between Wilson and Central Ave. It was the mid 60's , and we played stickball EVERYDAY!!!......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Freddy: I used to skate like every single day from when I was 10-17. Slowed down only a little and pretty much stopped at 20 when I left the country to travel. I'm 33 now, i......

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

paul: i am 44 and just bought a board today - about 30 years after my first. reason: i have to learn to ollie (maybe more) - that did not exist when I skated and I......

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): THANKYOU SO MUCH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So much has changed. Yes Rob, the old bandstand was at the bottom of where the old skateboard ramp is. Does anyone know whether the ivy covered *park keepers house* is occupied by......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Rob Tynan: The original bandstand, I think, used to be where the bottom of the old skateboard ramp exists today...

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Michelle: Thanks! I waited until the zamboni was going around so that the ice would be clear of skaters. ...

in response to: Calvacade of Lights by Michelle

Andrew Smith: ...and some more taken this morning. Not the best, but they include most of the things you mentioned! Vicarage Road [[img:24962]] Two Churches, Liverpool Road. [[img:24963]] The Band Stand [[img:24964]] The old skateboard ramp, which we used to ride our bikes down......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Thanks guys, how about a few pics ? :) :) Of anything in irlam. Is the large bus shelter at the top of Ferryhill road diagonal from *Culshaws* still there? What about the......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Jorge Tunswala: Jus check out the skaterz at FDR dude, lotta dem rippin over 30...

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

Cloned Prince: I wrote a Parkour Rap! Things just aint the same for todays traceurs, Cops and pigs want to see us in handcuffs Yamakasi and the Belle are aging, The old traceurs, well they're all changing, Making way for new......

in response to: Parkour Trip to Lisses by Ben Nuttall

From Newfoundland: I grew up in Sussex, and returned home this summer after several years away. I rather liked the murals, and think Sussex is demonstrating more energy and creativity than scores of other Maritime communities. There......

in response to: Downtown Murals by CE

Big Momma Becky: I am going to straddle the fence,so to speak,about my hometown,which happens to be Hutch. I am a middle aged woman,so someone younger might not have my same opinion,which is understandable. I have lived here......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Sandra (Savain)Fernandez: I lived on Eastern Parkway in the late60s-70s, 763 to be exact it was a beautiful building. I loved going to the Musuem , the Botanical Garden , the Brooklyn Library, Grand Army......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

christian biker: there is many ex 1%er christian bikers here in california. the biggest is phil augulars church in aniheim california there is about 1500 members from ha ,vagos,mongols,its called set free church.there is also......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

iman: man, i live in brooklyn, but i was supposed to move to asheville about a year ago. i looked it up, its a nice place, and i heard there's a really good skatepark over there......

in response to: Asheville Alleys by ea

Laura : a few more I didn't have time to format earlier: [[img:19444]] This bike belongs to a clown, who DJ's at the Rollerskate Association's weekend roller area. I took video but am not sure how to upload it.......

in response to: Central Park Before the Storm by Laura

Richard: Hey all! I just wanted to tell the late-starters I started skateboarding when I was 29 (almost 30). I just got 31 now, and I'm so happy I made that decision then. In the first......

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

.nanotech.: [[img:18501]] NAZI REGIME.911.REICHSTAG - parliament of Germany [[img:18502]] Even the location was a deliberate attempt to conceal it by constructing it in Denver Colorado's 1 mile high mountain area, knowing that planes flying at a maximum altitude will......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Brad: Cool man, keep it up. Not sure if you are or not, but it always helped me to be rolling a little to do ollies. Even at my prime, doing things stationary were hard. Basements......

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

Jason: Followup from: Jason: 10th Jan 2007 - 20:28 GMT Well, it's been a couple weeks since I got my board. It's been really cold and icy here in IA, so I've been stuck practicing in......

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

Tash: Your never to old to skate. Look at half the pro skaters out there. Some of them are in their thirties and most have families. Maybe you need to get back into......

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

Brad: I skated for about 3 solid years starting when I was 13 (I'm 20 now). I got half decent and used to have a blast, while it got us into a little bit of trouble,......

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

Jason: I'm 31. I'm married. I'm a programmer. I'm 15 lbs. overweight. I ordered a complete board last night on the web. I've never really skated before, but dammit, I'm going......

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

Brad: That place looks so rad! Too bad I don't skate anymore....

in response to: Skate Heaven by joey

EvilGentleman: The murder weapon, as posted on the weirdo's profile: [[img:15617]] He described it as a "CX4 Storm Semi-Automatic Carbine" Damn, this is so freaky, peeking into the mind of a sociopathic murderer. I feel ill. The curiosity as......

in response to: Murder at Dawson College by EvilGentleman

Sticky: UUummm, that's a skater kid, not a hippie, check out the "rainbow family" or all the kids that used to be on Phish tour type stuff for what modern hippies look like....

in response to: Modern Hippie by JoeyD

SPA ONE: yeps big foot does a lot of work for the i path skate shoe team... alot of work he is really good and mad creative with his work...

in response to: Graf Trux 1: San Francisco by moebius rex

BIG PEST ONE: yeah man it's been over a year since i posted here last and portland graff is STILL by the whole...WACK!!! there of course are a few exceptions but these kids now-a-days have no respect for......

in response to: PDX graffiti like ummm... by fuzzytank

joe: aê galera do le parkour de maceió me adiciona tô na fita dia e noite pra rolé parkour skate rock mulé entre outras coisas hehehe valeu estou aguardando MSN=joe_manson@hotmail.com...

in response to: Le Parkour by Luli

karine: my brother skates in there when its wet! it roxs!...

in response to: Kent Plastics by Jamie

BOC: 1st of all Gina I bet you know nothing about Bushwick. Your just being a stereotypical ignorant fool to think that every minority kid (because that all that in Bushwick) that lives in Bushwick does......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Brad: [[img:11531]] Found this old picture on the computer. Taken inside Skank Skates in October 2001, the right edge of the South Town theater is visible next to Madison Cleaners. That's yours truly pulling a smooth 50-50......

in response to: South Town by Brad

elaine: make this! make this! [[ http://www.jasonbradbury.com/jason_bradbury/jason_builds/index.html]] it's the second one down, february - a hoverboard! at least if you fell off you would have fallen off a hoverboard and not just a common or garden skateboard, no?...

in response to: How Old Am I? by JJ

jack: my fellow americans, as your next president i will end all taxation, i will open up the borders to mexico and make sure there is a chicken in every pot in every home, and blah,......

in response to: X Movie Theatre by jack

elaine: and me. i have a massive fear of motorbikes. and i am a total back seat driver in cars as well. i was explaining to the [[3333:rickshaw]] guy that i wasn't just picking on him,......

in response to: What a Waste by torontofreelance

EvilGentleman: I hope while you were lying on the sidewalk taking this shot, that these things did not happen: - Someone mistook you for a corpse and went through your pockets - Someone drew a chalk outline around......

in response to: Vanderbilt Avenue by Night by Peter

SuShI_hp: soler your badass ive been lookin at your shit everytimme i skate downtomn dallas or deepellum your an inspiration to me and probally alot of other writers outthere hopefully you dont get in to much trouble......

in response to: Goya & Pet Bird by Peter

SuShI_hp: optick one your in beyond mankind right i used to chill with acrobat its been a while im young he knows me from skateboarding he didnt know iwas a writer but the dudes from dsc......

in response to: Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint by Peter

colavitos ghost: this shit is absolute bullcrap. so lame. read a book. or buy a skateboard....

in response to: Run City by runcitycanada

What's Really Going On Here: Since this has become a cyclist vs motorist thing... Helmet Cams Just as Richard Nixon wouldn't have been nailed without the tapes, technology is available that cyclists can use to get motorists to behave. The technology......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Jono Cono: That's a great story, well written. I used to skateboard as well and I know the feeling of hitting a small pebble or your wheels locking up on your for some reason due to......

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

Jerry: As this city used to be called "Hogtown" I thing "Pigtown" would be more apropo. Why? 1) The rectitude laced moron courier (and as a pedestrian I have only contempt for the arrogant, spoilt, disrespectfull cyclists,......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Christine: I just read through most of the posts. Scary how there are so many sickos out there... Why do half the "people" on this site keep comparing motorists to cyclists? What the hell does this......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Looks like she's skateboarding. or Parkour. ...

in response to: close-up of the escaped angel by joey

Allio: I tried every fing from dancing to bungie jumpung and skateboarding is atmost..my best ..~~../...

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

anon (bmly-cache-10.server.ntli.net): "I decided long ago" . . ."never to ##walk## in anyone's shadow" . . . Go see the film "Chlorine": Steve Alba is still ripping at 40. Skate or Spin Dry! 10¥ - [[http://tenyen.net]]...

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

Hector: Here I am with 30 years and 3 skateboards, a short one a carver and a pintail. I just can't imagine miself without a skateboard. A word of advice for you all, get a longboard......

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

team slow: yo my crew does better then that we go tagg and skate but mostly skate make somthing funny like put um.......oh one of my friends has the napolione dynamite its so flippin sweet...

in response to: graffiti stencil making a statement... by Skulz

Peter: or maybe you should just get a smaller skateboard, jack......

in response to: GO Skateboarding by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

jack: how can you skateboard on top of that refuse can. its too small. perhaps there are tiny people around who skate around the top of it but ive never seen them....

in response to: GO Skateboarding by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Jamie: heh, you might sympathise with JJ. **Read: [[2517:I'm Too Old For Skateboarding]]** :-)...

in response to: Le Parkour: An Introduction by 3flow

haj: I've been thinking about taking up skateboarding. I'm 33 (but active and in good shape). Am I crazy? ...

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

JJ: Catherine: I may give it another go. But next time I'll drink fewer beers beforehand. GGP: You're very kind. Peter: Sounds awful. I've never destroyed a board thankfully. Jack: Reminds me of......

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

jack: ha ha ha ha very funny and very sad. you are reaching an age where you see the years doing things to your strength. i must applaude you for doing what you did.......

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

Peter caine: Xaostcia- Wow I been acused of writting crazed diotribes (spelled Phoneticly like a Grafti artest) but Wow! your nuts. Are you the real neck face? Im not attacking you, you just seem like the real......

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by sine

Peter Lame: Hey Peter Caine, neckface might be toy but you sir are a tonka-built corn-dog card-carrying duck. After seeing your picture, all I can think is, "Who's the little dog making all that big noise?" Be careful,......

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by sine

Peter Caine: Boston Butt hole- the only thing is, You have no balls. Thats why you run around on you skate board at night. OOOH what a bad boy you are! I could only wish some one would......

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by sine

Peter Caine: One last thing- Peter is a punk and so is jeef. Angery D is just a Neck face wanta- bee. You 3 are just as retarded and the king of defaceing buildings. just as sophmoric,......

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by sine

Peter Caine: The differnce between duchamp and this idiot is not even close. Duchamp was doing something new. He is not pushing anything New,its old and every kid with a spray can can do it. You most......

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by sine

Peter Caine: One other thing- His gallery stuff is OK, just OK, nothing new. And It dont push anything. Ive seen the same shit on the bottom of skate boards. He will never be known for anything......

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by sine

Selig: goodness allround! love the stomping skater with tonka truck kit. suited skeg is also grand!...

in response to: toronto longboard meet 2005 by hool

fuzzytank: yes i have seen the rest of his work, and after reading the interviews... i hope he can skate better than he can paint if not hes gonna have a LOT of broken bones my annoyance: the......

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by sine

joey: cool link found on sticker in photo # 4 - http://www.bomit.com/enter.htm Welcome to Bomit.com. Bomit is a Distribution Network combining concepts from the Street Art World and the Skateboard Industry. We focus on Stickers as an Art......

in response to: Assorted Graffiti on one box by Michael-Ann

patrick p: i see that muther fucker every weekend at fells when i go skate,he is a kool guy...

in response to: Ninjas Killed My Family - Need Money for Kung-Fu Lessons by Jayson

Peter: WTF!!! that shit is insane. yeah, totally post-apocalypse. what i wouldnt give to skate in one of em, though :)...

in response to: Leffrinckoucke Beach by Jamie

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