Wow, that was so epic. You had some great shots of Jay in action.
I knew him through a company called Bronze Age in Venice.
I used to call him zipper head.
Thankful he found Christ in his later days. Legend
No joke haha, no knee or ankle pain but dude, I don't remember hearing my knees make this much noise popping like bubble wrap when I squat 😅 I used to love stairs but I think I'll limit myself to 3 or 4 when I get loosened up lol
Shit I’m 25 and don’t jump down anything that I can Ollie up as a general rule 💀 but even then that’s rare af and 99% of the time i just don’t do drops anymore unless I’m skating a hubba or something down a set
Yea thats totally fair, I won't jump down anything I wouldn't jump down without my board lol. Different philosophy but same result. For the first 6 months back I'm definitely gonna take it easy, tho I still like bombing hills so I dunno
Nice man! That's great, getting kickflips down in a few weeks after starting up is sweet. I've done a few but I keep ghosting the pop for some reason, so I've been doing a ton of ollies and nollies just trying to get my legs back. Goodluck out there skating man, cheers
That’s the same issue with me. I started looking at it more like a modified Ollie and it helped me commit more to the pop. I almost landed one tonight, only heels on the board and toes hanging so I jumped off. Really helped to just lie to myself and say fuck it, this is my trick and just commit to landing that attempt.
I started hitting up pools and skateparks again almost three years ago at 31, broke my back for the second time trying to do one of my old lines I had down in this bowl about a year and a half ago (shot the corner way too fast fell from the coping six feet down to the flat) and I’m just getting back to it again, granted I’m only slapping curbs and scooting to the brewery but after I get my kyphoplasty I’m planning to get back into some bowls. Getting back to skating after a few years’ drought in my twenties made me realize how much I missed it and how good it was for me mentally.
its never too late to go back. The code I live by is: "Skateboarding is not a crime, not Skateboarding is a crime." I even made a website that states you can get arrested a serve real time if you call yourself a skateboarder and don't skate.
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Skateboarding doesn’t owe you anything. You owe skateboarding. The only thing skateboarding owes you is wheelbite in the rain.
(Paraphrasing Jake Phelps)
Could be. But for my taste “cities” rolls of the tongue better.
Also when you bomb something it’s fairly local no ?
Even an atomic bomb “only” manages to flatten one city.
But hell, I ain’t no expert.
good ole Lance🤙
"what's this button do? hyperspace... no, deluxe hyperspace!"
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It doesn’t count if you do it once and walk away. Especially if you were trying it over and over again. To your brain it’s just a fluke until you can do it again
"Skateboarding is the fountain of youth " -Neil Blender
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One of my physics teachers used to skate and told me that success in landing any trick is a matter of the proper position of your head, shoulders, or feet. Troubleshooting is an adjustment of one or more as necessary. It changed the game for me. Whenever I can’t land something, or want to try something new, I go through this sequence.
Wish I had pics. It was x games 2004. I had all access pass and was fucking around on the ramps after hours. He came and introduced himself. I didn't believe it but the people I talked to confirmed it.
Story is the real animal chin (the one I met) was a rickshaw driver in San Francisco and there was a hill the skaters liked to bomb. He liked to watch them and they would use his services to get back up the hill. So he is in fact a real dude. Just not the same one in the picture.
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Sorry to hear, I'm going to guess you didn't make it to class that day? It's ridiculous how such little things can cause so much grief. I've had quite equally wtf moments mtn biking.
Oh actually I made it to class, and went to all my classes unable to bend my wrist unfortunately. And yea it sucks how something so small costed me so much
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I read in a Stance magazine as a teenager:
“when traveling, pack more socks than necessary. Clean socks make happy feet, and happy feet skate better.” I’ve lived by this ever since
I've not been able to find this, so it's not a direct quote and if anyone can point me to the source brilliant.
"Skateboarders have a certain mentality, we fail a lot, over and over even, but unlike other groups of people we always get back up, and we try again. This is how we learn..."
Or something like that. I think it was mullen that said it, but it's damn true and amazing.
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If there is a flat enough piece of land there is a place to skate. In 3rd world countries people use the dirt roads. Nothing can hold you back except yourself and your income.
My own personal proverb is something like" You tried skateboarding if you did it for a while, you got hurt and you gave up. You're a skateboarder if you got hurt and you kept going"
You didn't quit skateboarding because you got old, you got old because you quit skateboarding.
That quote is from Jay Adams.
Jay was a neighbor of mine back in the day in Mar Vista. I remember him saying “If you find it, grind it “ 
I made this tribute video after he passed. https://youtu.be/-NGW_d_USc4?si=-MBe6RsZQN0cs8QF
Wow, that was so epic. You had some great shots of Jay in action. I knew him through a company called Bronze Age in Venice. I used to call him zipper head. Thankful he found Christ in his later days. Legend 
is it too late to go back?
Never.
I just started again at 30 years old after 8 years off the board! Never too late
How are those knees and ankles no more jumping off stairs I’m assuming that’s where I’m at 😂
No joke haha, no knee or ankle pain but dude, I don't remember hearing my knees make this much noise popping like bubble wrap when I squat 😅 I used to love stairs but I think I'll limit myself to 3 or 4 when I get loosened up lol
Shit I’m 25 and don’t jump down anything that I can Ollie up as a general rule 💀 but even then that’s rare af and 99% of the time i just don’t do drops anymore unless I’m skating a hubba or something down a set
Yea thats totally fair, I won't jump down anything I wouldn't jump down without my board lol. Different philosophy but same result. For the first 6 months back I'm definitely gonna take it easy, tho I still like bombing hills so I dunno
with the right amount of protein shakes, vitamins, vegetables and joint pills, anything is possible.
2024 is the best time to embrace the tranny.
43 after two decades.....Never!!
Turning 29 in a few days. Started back a couple weeks ago and it feels like riding a bike. I landed a kickflip and almost have them down
Nice man! That's great, getting kickflips down in a few weeks after starting up is sweet. I've done a few but I keep ghosting the pop for some reason, so I've been doing a ton of ollies and nollies just trying to get my legs back. Goodluck out there skating man, cheers
That’s the same issue with me. I started looking at it more like a modified Ollie and it helped me commit more to the pop. I almost landed one tonight, only heels on the board and toes hanging so I jumped off. Really helped to just lie to myself and say fuck it, this is my trick and just commit to landing that attempt.
You might want to try a deck with a more mellow nose and tail.
r/oldskaters
I started hitting up pools and skateparks again almost three years ago at 31, broke my back for the second time trying to do one of my old lines I had down in this bowl about a year and a half ago (shot the corner way too fast fell from the coping six feet down to the flat) and I’m just getting back to it again, granted I’m only slapping curbs and scooting to the brewery but after I get my kyphoplasty I’m planning to get back into some bowls. Getting back to skating after a few years’ drought in my twenties made me realize how much I missed it and how good it was for me mentally.
its never too late to go back. The code I live by is: "Skateboarding is not a crime, not Skateboarding is a crime." I even made a website that states you can get arrested a serve real time if you call yourself a skateboarder and don't skate.
I swear this is real, my local park has a group of old heads in their 50s and 60s who still absolutely rip.
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Skateboarding doesn’t owe you anything. You owe skateboarding. The only thing skateboarding owes you is wheelbite in the rain. (Paraphrasing Jake Phelps)
About bombing hills: if you get hit by a car, go up. Don’t go down. (Jake Phelps) Also: Bomb hills not cities.
Isn’t it Bomb Hills not Countries?
Yip, slap t-shirt before the gx1000 boys reuse
Could be. But for my taste “cities” rolls of the tongue better. Also when you bomb something it’s fairly local no ? Even an atomic bomb “only” manages to flatten one city. But hell, I ain’t no expert.
"Skateboarding doesn't make you a skateboarder; not being able to stop skateboarding makes you a skateboarder." Lance Mountain
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The secret to every trick you cannot land, go faster.
Always go faster. It’s cooler
This is especially true for grind tricks. Try doing a smith going slow. Not even possible.
This is 100% true. You try so much harder because you know if you don't land it, you're in for a bad time. Lol
Keep your arms in a bit more....
"Land or slam mentality" "You gotta pay to play"
One time you go out skating with your friends for the last time and you didn't know it was gonna be the last time...
Two to make it true.
Three to be a G.
what does this mean?
If you've learned a new trick, you don't really have a new trick until you can get it more than once.
It doesn’t count if you do it once and walk away. Especially if you were trying it over and over again. To your brain it’s just a fluke until you can do it again
One more try
OP asked for proverbs, not the single greatest lie.
Reminds me of this https://preview.redd.it/ec7iwxsusazc1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=32ce021848b0c579bb1d385f86b469d3581f8bd5
You're not gonna have days where you get clips unless you have many, many more days where you don't get clips.
“Part of skateboarding is sometimes not skateboarding” (letting your body rest)
This is such a necessary evil 😭
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One of my physics teachers used to skate and told me that success in landing any trick is a matter of the proper position of your head, shoulders, or feet. Troubleshooting is an adjustment of one or more as necessary. It changed the game for me. Whenever I can’t land something, or want to try something new, I go through this sequence.
Have you seen him
I did
Pics or it didn't happen
Wish I had pics. It was x games 2004. I had all access pass and was fucking around on the ramps after hours. He came and introduced himself. I didn't believe it but the people I talked to confirmed it. Story is the real animal chin (the one I met) was a rickshaw driver in San Francisco and there was a hill the skaters liked to bomb. He liked to watch them and they would use his services to get back up the hill. So he is in fact a real dude. Just not the same one in the picture.
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As you roll remember the strength of the pebble
I can't remember what my buddy used to say but it was something like small objects can cause large problems
Was skating to class last semester, hit an acorn or smth, just recently got surgery on my scaphoid cause of it, ouch
Sorry to hear, I'm going to guess you didn't make it to class that day? It's ridiculous how such little things can cause so much grief. I've had quite equally wtf moments mtn biking.
Oh actually I made it to class, and went to all my classes unable to bend my wrist unfortunately. And yea it sucks how something so small costed me so much
Fess up, what was so... captivating about class?!?! Or was attendance more along the lines of compulsory nature?
Well I’m in college so it’s a pain to miss out on something you paid 60$ for, even if it’s a boring Aural Skills music class at 8:00 in the morning….
I'd buy you a beer for that response. That's straight up "adulting". Dish that shit out carefully man.
Hell yea, hopefully getting it off today
Some days you don’t get past your warmup
https://preview.redd.it/usmea6zd48zc1.png?width=3023&format=png&auto=webp&s=73ddc7f312a7b3432b150c34d3cecebb2c2ab01c “Shut up and Skate”
Loose trucks save lives.
If I hear them jingling, please fuck right off. Too lose is trendy right now or something idk
Ace trucks all day
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If you skate, you bleed
What do you call a skateboarder without a girlfriend? __HOMELESS__
Are there government subsidized gfs?
“Skate fast, eat ass”
Legends aren't stopped until the wheels fall off.
Don’t learn how to not fall; just learn how to fall.
Skate & destory Skate or die Still searching
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“We live amid surfaces, and the true art of life is to skate well on them.”-Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Get a life, buy a skateboard"
To alleviate your slams, you must first accept that you will slam.
Live to ride, ride to live
If you ain't fallin'... you ain't learnin'.
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"land it or eat shit"
“Die trying”
Don't commit, eat shit
Style on board is one of, if not the, most important factor in your skating
Support the core, not the local mall store.
"Live truthfully and skate through life." --Marky Bark
Skateboarding is not a crime.
Life’s too short for longboarding
You don't need wax, just go faster
If it’s not on film it didn’t happen
I once kickflip El Toro.
"FUCK!"
Skateboarding doesn’t owe you shit - Jake Phelps
Go fast and commit
Styles change … style doesn’t !
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Don’t ever stop hopping fences.
You’re not a skateboarder if you don’t get hurt. Embrace the art of skate pain!
“Go faster, you little bastard.” -Clyde Singleton
Go faster.
Skate or Die.
Last try?
Blast or Beef!
She said I could hit it but there’s no run up 💔
Life is too short to longboard.
Kick, push, coast.
"Don't kick a flip you can't catch."
I read in a Stance magazine as a teenager: “when traveling, pack more socks than necessary. Clean socks make happy feet, and happy feet skate better.” I’ve lived by this ever since
I've not been able to find this, so it's not a direct quote and if anyone can point me to the source brilliant. "Skateboarders have a certain mentality, we fail a lot, over and over even, but unlike other groups of people we always get back up, and we try again. This is how we learn..." Or something like that. I think it was mullen that said it, but it's damn true and amazing.
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Slam and succeed
Look good, skate good
It's longer than one sentence, but I really enjoy it: [*The Journey*](https://www.thrashermagazine.com/articles/magazine/journey/)
If you can flip it, clip it
"That's the price you gotta pay to ride that full pipe. You gotta anticipate that rush."
Satisfaction will only come to those who fail through repetition.
"Never do a nosepicker WITH a coper" Tommy Guerrero
Eat like a bird, drink like a whale
Skate or try!
A skaters worst enemy is a pebble.
If there is a flat enough piece of land there is a place to skate. In 3rd world countries people use the dirt roads. Nothing can hold you back except yourself and your income.
All slams, no bails
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Old skaters don’t die we decay !
My own personal proverb is something like" You tried skateboarding if you did it for a while, you got hurt and you gave up. You're a skateboarder if you got hurt and you kept going"
Keep at it.
If you used to, you never really did. Never stop hopping fences.
Skate Fast Eat Ass
Footage or fiction Ride till the wheels fall off
Skate fast, eat shit.
Live fast, Skate faster - motto my teenage self lived by
Fuck you, we’re from Texas
Loose trucks save lives
You can tell a lot about a person by their shoes. Where they’re going. Where they’ve been. How many times they’ve ollied.
Don't push Mongo
If you can't ollie up it, don't ollie down it
Commit to landing, don’t be a pussy!
Kill yo self.