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ok kool i do street skating to never go to skate parks really
if you skate in groups then you progress alot quicker and its usualy more fun, weekdays i just skate in my garden just trying out new tricks but at weekends i always go out with the same group we skate all around and thats what pushes to get better quicker
Definetely mostly street, though we have a skate park that's just been built round our way so i go skate there whenever i can too!
yeah, groups are better, but i usually skate alone, as i do not know many other skaters except for at the skatepark
yea, the small banks everyone ollies down, make sure you don't get your kingpin stuck in the crack at the top though :p
word of warning to anyone who is not familiar with the flat banks at southbank and intends to skate them - make sure you inspect the top of them so you know where the holes and cracks are, trust me, it will benefit you. Ive got a fat scar on my hip from a when i bailed on them, over a year ago now 
Embarrassingly enough, about 2 years now!
what do u skate more like ramps (skateparks) or erm street just like stairs benchs etc
others cuz then its alot more fun cuz we f*ck around and act like assholes, lol.
QUOTE(YenSid @ Feb. 21 2004,11:07)
a 12 foot 50-50 along the banks at southbank, i also managed a 5-0 but only got about 6 foot with that
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where is this part in south bank ?? :rolleyes:
i prefere group skating becoz if u got mates like mine we like to push each otha as far as we can possibly go solos good for perfecting sh*t.
Have you been to kennington by the way, i was suprised to find no one there even though it's a huge concrete bowl, guess there's not that many oldschool skaters these days
Hmmmm, yea, actually that's an idea, might have to head down there one morning with some polyfiller!!!
I get bored skating on my own & if you skate in a group where a few people are better than you then you will learn tricks a lot faster.
You also push each other harder to do stuff I reckon & it ain't worth attempting anything big unless a few people are there to watch you fall off, so that at least they get something out of it.
You also push each other harder to do stuff I reckon & it ain't worth attempting anything big unless a few people are there to watch you fall off, so that at least they get something out of it.
I Used to skate alone a lot, but now i've met up with a group of skaters i hang out with, it's funny, when i skated on my own I progressed slowly but surely and didn;t injure myself that much, now i'm skating in a group, I learn faster but im almost crippled most days because of the crazy stuff they "inspire" me to try (damn peer pressure) 
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saying that im chuffed with something i've learnt lately on my own, a 12 foot 50-50 along the banks at southbank, i also managed a 5-0 but only got about 6 foot with that
;O)
Psaying that im chuffed with something i've learnt lately on my own, a 12 foot 50-50 along the banks at southbank, i also managed a 5-0 but only got about 6 foot with that
;O)
QUOTE(YenSid @ Feb. 22 2004,00:22)
Embarrassingly enough, about 2 years now!
Hey Yensid, don't put yourself down! you don't get to skate everyday like some of the younger ones!
Congrats on doing the 50-50 :)
nope never been there i bet you pick up loads of speed in a bowl
£6 if you go to the all day sessions, or £3 for the 2 hour begginners session
lol yer wat a good idea
is it in the underground bit ???
ah, I'll have to look out for that, i know they had a workmans hut in the way until a few days ago
QUOTE(zeroskater1 @ Jan. 14 2004,21:51)
QUOTE(Oli @ Jan. 14 2004,10:20)
I get bored skating on my own & if you skate in a group where a few people are better than you then you will learn tricks a lot faster.
You also push each other harder to do stuff I reckon & it ain't worth attempting anything big unless a few people are there to watch you fall off, so that at least they get something out of it.
You also push each other harder to do stuff I reckon & it ain't worth attempting anything big unless a few people are there to watch you fall off, so that at least they get something out of it.
plus you dont' wanna fall and get knocked unconscious, bleeding, and starting to go into a seizure by urself...
My mates would just leave me. But they don't skate.
Reminds me oddly of going out drinking, when some random bloke has just sold me a fivers...
QUOTE(Oli @ Jan. 14 2004,10:20)
I get bored skating on my own & if you skate in a group where a few people are better than you then you will learn tricks a lot faster.
You also push each other harder to do stuff I reckon & it ain't worth attempting anything big unless a few people are there to watch you fall off, so that at least they get something out of it.
You also push each other harder to do stuff I reckon & it ain't worth attempting anything big unless a few people are there to watch you fall off, so that at least they get something out of it.
plus you dont' wanna fall and get knocked unconscious, bleeding, and starting to go into a seizure by urself...
kool how much is playstation 6 pounds ??
Playstation is terrible unless you go on a weekday, holidays weekends etc. are all deathtraps with a bunch of three year olds, or the really good people, who just cut you up. 
We got some wierd emoticons since I left.
We got some wierd emoticons since I left.
i like skating in groups more, you attempt tricks that youd otherwise just give up on. and you see more lines by watching people. unfortunately most of the time i do it solo... :cry:
It's just the little banks either side of the wheelchair access ramp, you can fly up em and 50-50 along the top before going back in
might of gone now but when i was last there there was a sliver square pipe thing
yea, parks are ok, I do head to playstation every weekend for the beginners session, but there always crowded and theres just something special about landing a trick somewhere that wasn't built for it
I like to skate on my own, the group i hang around with skating are a pain in the arse, it all gets really competative in the end, so when someone ends up doing something better then someone else, the do-er usually sticks his middle fingers up and laughs at um.. Skating on your owns much more enjoyable, You can concentrate on skating rather then having to stop becuase someones trying to tell you about what bushings there gonna get next or what board there mate had before hand, Less talkin' more action as i say
Silver pipe bit? where's that?
hehe thats a plan! we could ask the friendly southbank bin man to help us in exchange for a packet of fags, he's a nice chap that guy 
yedsid :beer: well done mate how long u been skating ?
Do u prefer to skate in Groups or on your own???
I prefer to skate in small groups because you can push urself alot more
I prefer to skate in small groups because you can push urself alot more
its like a square thing stuck to the wall and its sliver if you ollie down the drop and turn left you will see it
they need to fill in them holes lol
if im trying to learn something new then i like to skate alone but normally i skate with friends coz u have a laugh and act like fools.
oh ok kool i was skating for awhile about 2 years but then i stopped and i just got in to skating again about 3 months ago and improving so much at the moment but its a shame that all my mates are starting to stop skating as much so im ending up on my own
and i feel like a larry travelin to london on my own so i just stick around in my area but i wanna do the 6 set up south bank
and i feel like a larry travelin to london on my own so i just stick around in my area but i wanna do the 6 set up south bank
yea, sh*te scary, though it's got a lot of flat unlike meanwhile 2, so it's not too bad to learn on, saying that, the snake run at harrow's still the best run i've ever tried
i like skatin in gruops i think it pushes me to be better because when they do sumthing i cant i push my self to the limit till i can 
yer lol have u seen the little holes at the bottom of the drop theres not many but theres a few and whats up with that new sliver pipe thing in the under ground bit ??
Yea, plus im not sure i'd want to stay longer than 2 hours anyway, im knackered by the end of it (saying that, i head to meanwhile and southbank afterwards usually)
ooo 3 pounds aint bad might come down there one day and see wat its like on the sessions :D
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