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ANOTHER EX-SKATER!
Yup, I skated from ages 11-20, and they were some of the best years of my life. I have problems with my lower spine which has stopped me doing anything more physical than running for the bus!
OK, so I still mosh, but that’s it!Skating also got me into Dinosaur Jr – Again Freak Scene, but this time it was on Mike Vallely’s section (was that Public Domian?)
Then just kept hearing more and more, obviously Neil Blender always had Dino tunes on his sections etc.
But Skate Vids also got me into Operation Ivy – fantastic band.My mate burned me a copy of a CD he got off the internet (don’t know what site, sorry) which has got the entire soundtracks to the first 2 H-Street vids (Shackle Me Not & Hokus Pokus). It’s totally awesome – loads of Kirk & The Jerks and Odd Numbers tunes.
Skateboarding changed my life – it changed the way I saw the world (every time you walk past a building you see lines to skate, blocks to grind), it changed the way I saw society, it made me more conscious of my surroundings and how we interact with them. And most importantly it’s given me the best group of friends a man could ask for.
Most the kids I was skating with like 12 years ago are still good friends of mine, and my best friend I met through Skating.Birmingham council are pretty strict on skating so you always run the risk of on-the-spot fines from the police if you skate in the city-centre, which pretty much sucks. But sounds like the authorities in most town around the western world have a exceptionally dim view of skating.
Skatevideos music has also influenced my taste of music a lot. I heard built to spill in the reason and liked it. After that i have somehow found dinosaur.
jonfkennedy, the site was maybe http://www.skateboardingmusic.com and he downloaded those songs from kazaa or something…
By the way, strange that many old/ex skaters listen to dinosaur jr. I dont know anyone in my age who listen to dinosaur(or other indie) in Finland, but i guess there is.
Isn’t ‘The Plan’ in Marc Johnsons videopart in Modus Operandi? That is my favourite videopart ever. And not just because of the music. The way its produced with all the slow-motions perfectly matching with the music is absolutely amazing. And Johnson is one of the best skaters ever. (Only Penny, Koston and Rodrigo Tx. are better) Definetly underrated (as is the whole former A-Team).
I guess this is a good topic for this one: Has anyone seen ‘Dogtown and Z-boys’?
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