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On 5/17/1999 Offie
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I've learnt how to ollie a long board 1 metre high, but I keep crashing when coming off a 3 metre ledge.
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On 5/16/1999
Steve
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Aw nuts. How about if I send the Spankster the ten dollars for getting second place in the beauty contest?
steve
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On 5/15/1999 Spanky Malone
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Not only is Tyler exactly right, but you gotta send ME $200!
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On 5/15/1999
Chis
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I took a fall today. I was goin about 20mph down a hill and had to croc another street. I would have slid but there was no time or room to so i decided to have some fun and roll sideways through through the grass and got an increadible deep gash in my left palm. blood dripped alovermy and i got 20 stiches.
Keep it rollin' -safely that is- Chis
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On 5/11/1999
tyler
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Sorry Steve, but you used "meathead" without the correct authorization of spanky malone. go to the /dev/null do not pass go or collect $200.
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On 5/11/1999
Steve
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You go John!! You're my hero, you meathead! I wish I could kill cars by smashing my head into them!
steve
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On 5/10/1999 John
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I was going down a hill and when i turned onto my street my old kryptos started sliding. I slid for like ten feet and then hit a car coming at me. i was fine but the car had a fat dent in the hood and the headlights were shattered. Looks like my ass is harder than a car.
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On 5/7/1999
j.a.g
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yesterday i was cruising down this not to fast road. I started to gain more speed, and in front of me it was heap of gravel. So i skated down from the sidewalk and my plan was to skate up again some way off. I got my front trucks over, but my rear trucks stopped and i skid ca. 3 meter away. When i looked on my arms, they were blood all over them. So i straddled all the way home.
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On 5/5/1999
Jimmy Flindt
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I got T-Boned by the truck that was filming me at 40 MPH. End of story. Thanks to "Dr. Go-Fast's" high speed gear I am alive today. Look for me this summer at the Gravity Games in Rhode Island with a fat smile on my face as I cross the finish line in the stand-up position.
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On 5/5/1999 gseL
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42"
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On 5/3/1999
Andrew
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If 38" is not a longboard, at what length do longboards start at?
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On 5/3/1999
tyler
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Good story. But 38" isn't a longboard
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On 5/3/1999
Andrew
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A 38" gravity board saved my butt today. My friends and I were bombing this hill back to campus and when we reached about 25 mph, the 3 of us got speed shakes and my friend Steve N. ate shit on his shortboard, bounced off the pavement and got road rash so bad you can see fat cells on his side. I would have done the same, but I was riding a longboard.
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On 4/29/1999
The Afro Assassain (now in spirit)
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I was riding today with my friend Jeremy...we were at this road that's pretty much a t-formation...I saw a car turning up the road toward me but knew that I had time to pass in front of him...however I didn't see the lip on the curb and took this tiny little shitter...but my board shot back into the road...just in time for the car to hit it...it's a flexdeck so I knew that it could take the abuse...the guy hit it dead center and popped it out from underneath the car and drove on...after sending him my best wishes with a few choice words I turned to Jeremy who was walking my board over to me with this huge smile on his face...all that was wrong with it was one of the front wheels was a little chewed...we looked at each other and just started laughing our asses off...Flexdex makes quality stuff...much props to them...keep rippin!...peace
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On 4/27/1999
Edgardo J. Munoz(Puerto Rico)
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I was ripping down a hill(with my Quest 42 in. longboard) by a friends house with some friends and we were hard to see, because it was night time. Well, during one of my rides down, a Nissan Pathfinder was coming in the opposite direction(upward), and the idiot turned to the side were I was not riding, but turned back before completely passing me. By doing this, a seashell bracelet I was wearing got caught on the thing that holds the extra wheel. Thank God I noticed on time and was able to slide a 180 and use the car as a ride going back up the hill by holding on. I don't wear that bracelet any more.
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On 4/27/1999 franz
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i had a friend that was bombing a hill and landed on his ass
creating his ass cheeks to separate one sticking on the
pavement and the other going with his momentum he ended up
needing 7 stiches in his ass hole area. imagine taking a shit
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On 4/25/1999 Spanky Malone
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I thought you meatheads would never get around to wondering where the Spankster scampered off to!
Now that it is finally getting nice I got my but to work on a quarter pipe to dress up my driveway with. Your ol' buddy Spanky has had a couple of beafers on that bad boy, but I'm starting to get my form down.
I have also been busy making up some more decks, you might see some pop up on ebay (on line auction site) from time to time until I get my own web page up. This will be a bit of a give away to the Spanksters true identity, but they will be called Watson Speedboards.
Got a great opportunity to meet former Alva and BBC skate pro Bill Danforth recently, what a great skater, so smooth, and he's 33 years young! He's riding for Stink now, and is a great guy, very approachable and humble about his tremendous ability.
Been bombing a few hills, searching for new places to skate and generally living the skate life!
So what about all you meatheads? Been creaming yourselves lately? Come on, tell Spanky all about it!
Spanky's longboarding on outahere!
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On 4/25/1999
Steve
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Where's Spanky Malone?? All us meatheads miss the big man!!! We need you, Spanky!!! Who else will make fun of us and ask us how much week we were smoking before we went riding??
steve
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On 4/23/1999
Vlad Jones
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I live in south NJ near Philly so the hills and places to skate here suck, but there are a few places...there's a truckramp at the local mall that is insanely steep and a few hundred feet long...I went down it at about 35mph and even though my trucks were tight as hell I started to fishtail and wobble so I did the worst thing possible...I tried to jump off the board and start running...
needless to say it didn't work because last time I checked, ordinary people can't run 35mph. It sucked because I flipped twice in the air and landed on my back. Strangely I wasn't expecting it so I was all loose and it didn't hurt. I got back up and skated the ramp successfully about 2 mins. later. Sweet.
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On 4/20/1999 Mike
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Man, you guys don't know crashes, I could tell you about some of the most evil accidents and grotesque horror stories that have left the streets red up here in Canada. But i don't have time, maybe when i hear something remotely gruesome from you dudes.
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On 4/17/1999
Gabe
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There is this big butte in my town that has lots of roads going up and down it. Well I was up there today and I decided I might as well do it. So I start going down this hill, carving really big to keep my speed down, but I started going faster, and faster, and faster, until I couldn't even carve because it kept throwing me into speed wobbles. Well the hill didn't end for about another half mile which was even steeper so I make one big carve and steer into the entrence to this golf course up there and bail into the plants and stuff and go rolling and sliding on the grass. It hurt.
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On 4/16/1999
Joose
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Hey
I'v only been longboarding for maybe 6 months but me and my bro managed to find a sick little car parch with some knarly step bits on, so we start playin chase the ball on our boards (try it its fun), well i was coming up yo the edge of the car park (a big nasty 6" curb) with grass on the other side. I was clocking 20 ish and my only escape was to bail, so like a fool I crouched down and jumped which proptly snapped my board (a bare back dominator) BTW I'm not slim. I ended up landing flat on my face in a pool of mud and stuff, £150 worse off and noo board to skate home on!!!
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On 4/8/1999
The Afro Assassin
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I remember the worst crash I had was the first day that I got my new longboard...I had just gotten out of class and figured that I'd truck around campus just to get the feel for the roads and stuff that I was so used to on my shortboard...well I was feeling pretty confident after about a half and hour and decided to bomb this little hill between the new chem building and the infirmary (this is the UConn campus is anyone knows what I'm talking about)...I tuck down to get under one of those movable barriers that allow cars in and out of parking areas...I stand up and look DOWN the hill...I instantly start picking up speed and realize that right on the seam of the road and sidewalk (about 30') away is this spot of sand...now I had been hitting sandy spots all day and hadn't had a problem yet so I figured that I'd have enough speed to plow though it even if it slowed me down consideralby....so I hit the sand going pretty damn fast...I get the front wheels about halfway through it and figure that I'll make it now problem...then Murphy's Law kicks in, sinks my front wheels about 5" into the sand and the board stops dead...if we all take a moment to remember the physics of a moving object you'll know that while the board stopped I didn't...I caught air and flew for approximately 5', landed in a heap while doing a somersault and landing on my ass in a sitting position...it wouold have been quite graceful except for the flailing of my arms and the blood running from my elbow and knee....the funniest part is that these two guys who were standing just to the right of where I fell shot me a dirty look because I guess I interrupted their conversation to almost die...needless to say that whenever I decide that I'm gonna ride hard (and not just travel from class to class) I wear pads...I was wearing my wrist guards (Harbingers) thought...they are probably the best investment that I have ever made (next to my helmet)....being and art major these things have saved the flesh of my palm that I have become so attached to...Keep Carvin!
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On 4/7/1999 NELL
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Bombin down Fairy Hill I lost my balance on a pebble, unfortunately a car had decided to park exactly where I was going to crash. I hit it BALLS first on the wingmirror. My balls have now swelled up to the size of two snooker balls. Just thought you'd like to know.
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On 4/4/1999 Steve
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Your mom knows where I live, gay shortboarders in a blue van.
steve
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