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On 12/7/1998 Spanky Malone
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I rest my case!
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On 12/5/1998
Fil
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All I can remember is grabbing my board from the car and stepping onto it at the local sk8 bowl/snakerun.
Then I woke up in emergency at the hospital without a clue of the previous 20 min or half hour.
Very hard to say exactly what happened as no one saw me come off, but as far as we can tell I went too high on the wall and landed totaly on my face and shoulders. Some friends found me in a me lying in the bottom of the snakerun in a mess and took me off to hospital.
Thankfully there were no bad after effects from the incident, could have been worse! Be carefull with your brain, you've only got one!
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On 12/4/1998 snow
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this hurts!
i tried longboarding once and im caut.
the only bad thig is that I got a broken vrist for trying
to grab my friends motorbike.
We were going down this hill that is´t to steep
and I said that it was to slow so ym friend pulled
upp beside me so I could grab the passenger
handel off the bike, I did grab it alrigth and we speed
upp to like 30. The problem was the board had real hard
wheels and we went over a crack I the road and a wheel
loocked upp and i was thrown off and started slide on my back.the only protection I had was a pair of gloves so i was thinking to myself, I´m wearing gloves I should be sliding on my hands.So I manage to turn around but i´m
still going pretty fast so my vrist just snaps of whith a nice
sound.so now i´m sitting here all banged upp waiting
my hand to heal so I can go crusing,carving and bombing
agian cos I just bougth a board, a sector nine pinntail.
Is that a good board for carving?
se ya out there!
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On 12/2/1998
Sieg Kapu
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My name is Sieg, that's right, that's my real name. I've been bombing hills for 12 years. I bomb coffin style at speeds consistantly nearing and exceeding 70 mph. So what's up then? I have had numerous high speed wipeouts and have scars all over my ass, legs, arms and torso. I bomb solely for myself, not for monetary gain, although I can be seen in the 'Sublime' documentary and on the 'Sublime' video 'What I got" doing my thing. No I did not get payed. 6 months ago I was bombing a 350 ft in elevation hill called Okanagan Ave. in a place called Salmon Arm, B.C. It's an ausome hill except for the intersection on the bottom is hellacious. I was approaching this intersection at about 110 kph (69mph) when a truck pulled out from the side of the road and directly into my path. When this happened I had maybe 1/10 th of a second to react. All I remember is bailing out hard right with-out even thinking about it. Nead-less to say my board collided with this truck while I went sliding diagonally down the pavement and onto someones yard, across their pebbled driveway, thru the next yard, thru a rock garden, across the next driveway (paved), thru another yard before coming to a rest imbedded several yards into a entanglement of thick bushes. I don't go to hospitals, but probably should have, if for no other reason, than just for pain-killers. Anyhow that is my latest in a long line of extreme hill-bombing wipe-outs from Signal hill, Ca to Austin, Tx to Salmon Arm, BC.
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On 12/1/1998 BRET HOWARD/SAN DIEGO
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ON FEBRUARY 17,1998, MY FRIENDS AND I WERE BOMBING SOME LOCAL HILL IN OUR NEIGHBOR; UNIVERSITY CITY,SAN DIEGO. MY FRIENDS AND I HAVE A SYSTEM THAT WE ALWAYS DO. SEEING THAT THERE ARE LOTS OF HILLS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WE ALWAYS HAVE ONE PERSON FOLLOW IN A CAR, WHILE ONE OR TWO OF US BOMB THE HILLS. AT THE BOTTOM, THE DRIVER PICKS US UP AND WE GO BACK TO THE TOP. NO ENERGY WASTED. ON THIS NIGHT, CAMERON WAS DRIVING WHILE GREG AND I SKATED. WE PREFER THE SECTOR 9 PINTAIL FOR OUR SESSIONS. ON THE SECOND RUN, GREG AND I WERE CARVING BACK & FORTH. ABOUT HALF WAY DOWN THE HILL WE WERE HITTING BETWEEN 40-45 MPH. JUST AS I KNEELED DOWN ON THE FRONT OF THE BOARD, GREG CAME CARVING INTO THE FRONT OF MY BOARD. WITH MY HANDS BEHIND MY BACK, I SLAMMED HEAD FIRST INTO THE PAVEMENT, KNOCKING ME UNCONSCIOUS. MY FRIENDS SAID I WASN'T MOVING AND THEY INITAILLY THOUGHT I WAS DEAD ON IMPACT. AS GREG PICKED ME UP UNDER MY ARMS I WENT INTO A 30 SECOND SEIZURE. HE PUT ME DOWN AND A FEW MOMENTS LATER I WENT INTO ANOTHER 30 SECOND SEIZURE. AS I LAYED IN THE STREET UNCONSCIOUS MY FRIENDS WERE SCREAMING FOR HELP. SOON ENOUGH AN AMBULANCE CAME AND PICKED UP MY LIMP, LIFELESS BODY. I WAS THEN TAKEN TO THE E.R. WERE I WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING NOT KNOWING WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO ME. FORTUNATELY ENOUGH, I WAS ABLE TO GO HOME THAT DAY. FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKS I SUFFERED FROM MEMORY LOSS AND HAD TO WITHDRAW FROM THE COLLEGE SEMESTER. I'M LUCKY TO BE HERE RIGHT NOW. THIS ACCIDENT WASN'T A RESULT FROM A LACK OF ABILITY, IT WAS JUST ONE OF THOSE RANDOM THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN. LOOKING BACK, I WISH I WAS WEARING HELMET. SO KEEP THIS IN MIND THE NEXT TIME YOUR BOMBING SOME HILLS. THE FEELING YOU GET DOWNHILLING DOESN'T COMPARE WITH ANYTHING ELSE. IT'S THE SHIT. I THINK WEARING A HELMET COULD ONLY KEEP THAT FEEELING ALIVE FOR A LOT LONGER. YOU CAN DO IT WHEN YOU HAVE BRAIN DAMAGE OR YOU'RE DEAD.
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On 12/1/1998
goerge house
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I was in ohio on the terniment run when a punk kid pushed me
I wen't off road and fell off a clif about 30 feet high.Thankfully
I lived But unfortunitly I was perillized from the waste down.
I really do not feel like talking about it.
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On 12/1/1998 Ryan Sk8
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Well, I had just supergreased my bearings (For major speed)
anyway I knew ther was a small hill in front of me so I start bombing it. I get to the hill. I am at a sick rate of speed right now I thought to myself. When got to the freeekin' flat rough end (I hate flat rough ends) anyway I did a major carve that wiped me out I was so bloody
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On 11/30/1998
tyler
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This isn't really a crash story but it had to do with skating so here it is. I didn't like the bearings in my 75mm 78a Invisibles so I went and got my screwdriver and started to pop them out. On about the third wheel one of the bearings was stuck and I got mad after messing around for a few minutes. So I put the wheel in my left hand and pushed on the bearing with the screwdriver as hard as I could and the bearing popped out but the screwdriver slipped and got me in the hand. It put this cut in my palm and it started bleeding. It was nasty, but once I cleaned it up it was allright.
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On 11/30/1998 Shaggy
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Come sit on my lap and let me tell you a little story of
blazing stupidity and a sector 9. I was out skating in the
Greensboro area of North Carolina, and I found a long and
scary hill with pretty black pavement.
"This hill sure looks innocent enough," I said to myself,
"I'm sure I don't need to scout it out before I bomb it."
Moments later, the wheels on my pintail are humming quite
nicely. I got up to about 40 mph on this happy little hill,
and I'm beginning to wonder when, and where, it's gonna end.
Just about the time I'm thinking I've found a truly world class
hill; the road turns into a gravel fire road! I probably got
about 5 feet on the gravel before it got the best of my tired
old wheels and I flew off my board and straight into a low orbit
of the earth that lasted about 4 seconds. I know your wondering
now "What reward could this man get for such a marvelous deed?"
Stitches, and a crapload of them, is what I got for my ignorance.
I guess I was lucky though; as I almost proved Darwin's theory
of natural selection.
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On 11/28/1998 Spanky Malone
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Chris, the Spankster just can't carry the burden of these guys meatheadedness anymore. I've tried to show them the error of their longboarding debauchery, but they just don't seem to learn! So...I guess we will just have to let the "Natural selection" process take it's course, and accept the fact that some of our brother longboarders will go down in the name ....well...in the name of whatever it is they excercise this rediculous behavior in! The Spankster will continue to monitor this site, hopefully the stories themselves will show the longboarding world what happens when you don't think and bomb a hill without checking things out first. Spanky is runnin' wild and fillin' frisky!
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On 11/26/1998 chris
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spanky, what do you mean it wore you out too much???
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On 11/25/1998 Spanky Malone
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Chris, you need a good spanking...but your story wore Spanky out too much...
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On 11/22/1998
Chris
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Well here's the story. Like two weeks ago me and my friends were cruising around in my friends jeep. I being as dumb as could be ask him to take me to the steepest hill he knows of. so we drive up to this curvy hill. The hill had like four big turns on it. So because of the way this hill was i could not see what was at the bottom. Of courswe i told my friends that i wasnt to sure about it. So they said "where are those balls of yours." so i was like ok what ever ill go down. so he"s like ill clock you in the jeep. so,i bombing down this hill and im half way down and he puts three fingers out the window to tell me in going thirty mph. so i was like ok thats good. about 5 sec onds later he puts 4 out. so at this point i was going about 45. then i finally see the end of the road. what my friends faied to warn me was that there was a majior intersection at the end so i thought quick and i started to carve. Which is not very easy going around 50mph. So then i had no way to stop before the intersection.So i go to plan X (if I only had known how to do the coleman slide at the time) i had do jump. so i looked for a nice soft grassy landing spot and i found one. It was about 15 feet from the intersection. so i take the board and steer it into the curb. I flew no joke 10 feet in the air i did a full front flip then hit the ground and did another one than landed on my feet. i got through that with out a scratch. It was the most skillful crash i ever accomplished. my friends were amazed that i was alive. My board on the other hand was ..... (you can guess for your self what 1 48"gravity going 45 mph + one cement curb =.)
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On 11/15/1998
J.P. Poe Poe
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Suicide is no anwser to a cattle guard. And why the hell
are you calling me Rudy you jibbers. My name is longo
Calrisian and why the hell don't you ollie going 40.
Do you guys snowboard at all? If you see yourself eat shit
you are going down no matter. So why not try, at least you
didn't lie down and suffer too soon. If you want to see a
vide oh my brothers E-mail this address and I will send you
a copy for 5 bucks. May the force be with you....
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On 11/8/1998 Spanky Malone
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Dexter, I can't believe you killed Milo! And on a mountain bike no less, you could have at least taken him out on a Sector 9! Oh, the angst Spanky's feeling now!
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On 11/6/1998
dex
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Shane, that's rough. I have to say that it sounds like a clip from the upcoming Steve Martin film. But you know what they say....If you can't run with the big dogs, then stay on the porch! I feel for you though. I was bombing some steeps once, but on a Mtn Bike. I was pushing 50 when a little Jack Russel Terrier ran right in front of me. Needless to say, I ate %#&^, and that poor dog met his maker. I feel your pain.
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On 11/6/1998 shane greer
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I was going down the biggest hill I have ever seen
and out of no wear a dog jumped out at me and severd
out of the way and got hit by a car Ibroke 3 ribs
and broke my right femur but I am OK now
shane greer
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On 11/3/1998
dexter
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About Rudy's remark to the cattle guards. they aren't little, but they could be cleared. But in his defense think about this. Who in their right mind is going to risk going airborne at 40+. Rudy isn't isn't really all together so it surprises me that he didn't attempt it. I mean it really is pretty suicidal to elevate at that speed. Every entry is about some crazy bastard that thought they could do something out of this world. Great stories, but stories of pain. I think Rudy just took the fastest track to the pain. He nose dived right inot a culvert full of bowling ball size boulders. Fist up Rudy! I hope you live long enough to ride the fantastic Tony Grove swell with me once again. Oh by the way...If anyone wants to join us we will be floating throught the crisp Utah air just as soon as the snow is gone. Let us know.
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On 11/2/1998 Rudy
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Cattle Guards in Utah are not "little"!
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On 10/26/1998 Spanky Malone
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Chris, you are a total hazard to your self and society.
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On 10/26/1998
Chris Rathburn
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A few months ago I really started getting into skitching
one day I went out, I was on the side of my friends car and
I started picking up speed. My friend yelled out the window
that we were going 40mph, as soon as he said that my trucks
started shaking really bad and I wiped out, when I fell my
feet got sucked under the wheel and he slammed on the brakes
trapping my feet under the wheel. Let's just say road rash
at 40mph doesen't feel that swell!! SKATE OR DIE!!!!
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On 10/25/1998 Spanky Malone
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Sick Nutt Head what the hell are you talking about?
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On 10/25/1998
Sick Nutt Head
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Spanky,
why the hell would Jon wanna meet a gurl and then get dumped 2 days later?? it happened to me and it really sux. especially if u have a really great sex. Im the New Guy
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On 10/18/1998 surfergirl
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thanks eggman.....ren..the board was split in two...ever heard shut up! It think someone does. I meant to say walk home.
anyway thanks eggman
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On 10/17/1998
concerned about sideways
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Okay this is just a reply to spanky malones'story of
the cattle guard incedent. If you are going 40+ why
not just unweight and do a little float ollie. You
could easily pop over a little cattle guard. I'm not
critiquing you man because I did like the story but I
have ollied cattle guards, it's inevitable if you live
in the sticks.
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