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Yo NCL
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On 12/13/2004 Lenny
wrote in from
United States
(68.252.nnn.nnn)
Good news bro, keep us posted!
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NCL Pop Update
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On 12/13/2004
North Carolina Longboarder
wrote in from
United States
(63.167.nnn.nnn)
Longboard Crew: To all of you who have said prayers and sent good vibes for my Dad I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart. He is doing well after the bypass and according to the doctors and great nursing staff at the hospital, he should have a very good recovery. Right now they are dealing with some kidney issues but they seem to be getting that under control. Dad just wants to go home now! (He is facing two weeks of transitional care though.)
Many of you have followed my posts and know that I returned to skating about 2 years ago. I am amazed at the friendship, support, and compassion that the participants in this forum/sport and the others show for one another. Though I have ever actually met very few of you I count you all in my greater circle of friends.
Marion The Dude Karr
North Carolina Longboarder
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NCL"s Dad
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On 12/12/2004
trish
wrote in from
United States
(65.100.nnn.nnn)
hey NCL,
Hope your father is doing well. keep us posted.
Utah Trish
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Re-read and revise
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On 12/11/2004 Lenny
wrote in from
United States
(68.252.nnn.nnn)
I think you took a tiny bit of what I said and blew it out of proportion. I never said all kids are sponsor hungry, but the fact is kids ask if I'm sponsored and ask how they can get sponsored, etc. When I mentioned to some kids that "someday" (after I finish my masters, etc.), I'd like to open a local shop, kids started asking me if I'd have a team and if they could be on it!! I tell them to skate for fun and relax. That's what skating should be, imho.
That's not saying that people often dream of achieving the status of best they can be. Heck, I want to be the best skater/husband/teacher/ all around good guy I can be and often work hard at it. If people don't want that (or something similar), there's something wrong. (I wish you could hear the lecture I gave my first pd. class two days ago. LOL)
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sponsorship lol
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On 12/11/2004
tommeakin
wrote in from
United Kingdom
(84.66.nnn.nnn)
Hey, i am 17 at the mment so see myself in a good enough place to argue this point about sponsorship. No-one i know really wants or thinks it is possible to be sponsored, even the gy who got offered sponsorship after ending in the top 5 (shortboard) of a contest at Epic skatepark in Birmingham, UK. He turned the sponsorship down as a matter of fact, not because he isnt into skating(he goes sating every single day), but bcause he didnt deem himself good enough to be sponsored. My main point here is that "kids" aren't as depicted by all as sponsor-grabbing shallow fools, only a very select few who are already on some type of sponsordhip deal are. I bet most of you used to (if not still do) dream of playing American(grr) football (don't steal the name! soccer is not football! :P ) or baseball professionally, does that mean you were constantly begging to get onto a pro team? I doubt(hope) not, and it is the same situation with my generation.
I hope i didnt waffle too much and lose you all in the process, replies on a postcard (lol)
tom
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Laid back, etc.
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On 12/11/2004 Lenny
wrote in from
United States
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If I'm understanding the discussion (it's still early) I'd like to comment.
I agree that longboarders, etc. are a little more laid back and that's a good thing. I think a lot of it comes with time. Though I've been skating for most of my life, most longboarders and slalomers I've met have been doing it a lot longer than me (I started skating in the mid-80s as a pt. of reference). We know that there's stress in life and skating is a great escape from it. My personal philosophy about skating, which I often tell my students who skate (they always are asking if I'm sponsored and how they can get sponsored, etc.), is "Why 'take it seriously' when if makes what a stress-reliever a source of stress?".
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NCL -A Serious Longboarder (whatever that means)
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On 12/8/2004
North Carolina Longboarder
wrote in from
United States
(63.167.nnn.nnn)
Dudes,
I think I got waht HerbN's saying...serious our not, it's all cool.
Today has been a day of pressure and stress for me. My Father had a cardiac cath that showed he had multiple blockages and requires quintuple bipass tomorrow. I will be absent from the forum for a while but will check back when possible.
To all of you in Longboarding, Slalom, Sliding, and other forums, your posts have motivated me to get back into skating "seriously"! Thanks for the stoke dudes. Herbn, keep up the stoke dude.
Marion Karr
North Carolina Longboarder
Statesville, North Carolina
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The show
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On 12/8/2004 LUVaul
wrote in from
United States
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hey North Carolina Longboarder , the show u were watching is all in laguna beach so im sure thats where it was . The guys longboard alot on that show .
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suckage
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On 12/8/2004
Mark J
wrote in from
United States
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i'm glad your understanding what he's saying fatboy.
not really sure myself what would cause his confusion.
you click on slalom - you get slalom.
you click on banks & ditches - you get banks and ditches.
you click on longboarding - you get longboarding.
i don't see anywhere you can click that says "uptight".
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suckage
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On 12/8/2004
Fatboy
wrote in from
United States
(67.94.nnn.nnn)
So what you're saying is that longboarders are a little more tolerant of other longboarders if they post in a knowledgeable manner, yes?
We are generally more laid back about stuff.
I think that's a good thing.
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nah, you don't necessarily suck
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On 12/7/2004 herbn
wrote in from
United States
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i just was also a bit confused to what this page was supposed to be about,so reading back a bit i found a few thanksgiving posts and that kind of questionable post that seems to say go read other websites if you're serious about longboarding,basicly a kind of insulting plug, that says if you go to this website (instead of the others mentioned) you're not serious about longboarding.Well you gotta look at it from a serious yet not serious viewpoint.While alot of this website has to do with equipment,and not necessarily doing the latest greatest hippist tricks down the biggest gaps and handrails,a lot of the riding is still very deadly serious,but at the same time is really just rolling down a street,street skating (shortboards) COULD be taken exactly the same,but it usually isn't. You could still suck, but as long as you sem to make a point,be it about loose trucks vs tight trucks,or what are the fastest bearings or whatever,it matters less in longboarding whether you suck or not.
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Seriously
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On 12/7/2004 Lenny
wrote in from
United States
(69.211.nnn.nnn)
Whaddahuh?
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seriously
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On 12/7/2004
Fatboy
wrote in from
United States
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I'm sorry Herb, I don't understand your post. Do we suck?
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seriously
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On 12/7/2004 herbn
wrote in from
United States
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just checked this pagem,was wondering what the purpose/subject matter was supposed to be. examples of coverage on tv,eatting turkey while skating, then i saw the plugs for serious guys, it sound almost like ,what are you doing here?,put on a stern faceial expression and go to a "real" website.Just to spite you,nah ,i don't think so.
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MTV's Laguna Beach Reality Show
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On 12/1/2004
North Carolina Longboarder
wrote in from
United States
(63.167.nnn.nnn)
The other night I was walking through the basement on my way to the shop to work on some new slide gloves when my teenage daughter yells: Hey Dad, the boys on Laguna Beach are riding those old styled boards like you ride". It was some reality TV show on MTV and they were showing footage of the two of the "main characters" carving up a really sweet looking hill over looking the ocean. They appeared to be riding Sector 9 typed boards. It was cool to see that type of riding on TV. At least for the moment I was cool in the eyes of my 16 year old because "the hot guys " on that show were riding the "old styled boards" like I ride.
Of course that coolness disappeared immediately upon my telling her she needed to clean her room! Oh well, it's a moment I guess...ha ha.
Any of you California dudes know what road that was? It looked sweeeeeeeeeeeeet!
North Carolina Longboarder
Roll on Brothers and Sisters!
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Turkeyday skate
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On 11/25/2004
G-Flash
wrote in from
United States
(64.12.nnn.nnn)
Happy Thanksgiving to all the sk8ers out there who took time today to reflect and think how lucky we are to be sk8ing inside the greatest country in the world where freedom let us develop this love we have for our sk8 games,however SERIOUS they are. GOD BLESS all my sk8 Bro's & Sistas. Have a safe sk8 holliday
season!
G-Flash (Futer CW cover star)
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you guys our having thanksgiving dinner now!
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On 11/24/2004 Be like Canadianz have it two months before December
wrote in from
United States
(66.119.nnn.nnn)
everyone knows Canada has therez in October why can't you be like us
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Rock on Longboarderz
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On 11/24/2004
Mike McLean
wrote in from
United States
(170.224.nnn.nnn)
Hey all Longboarderz whatz the low down on So. Cal. any rippin hillz?
I try Northren Cali. sweet hillz our all the Hillz like that? in all of California?
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Happy Thanksgiving all
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On 11/24/2004 Lenny
wrote in from
United States
(68.252.nnn.nnn)
Have a tryptophantastic turkey day all!!!!
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NoCar Longboarder
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On 11/24/2004
Fatboy
wrote in from
United States
(67.94.nnn.nnn)
You're welcome for ALL of it! Happy Turkey back at ya'!
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Happy Thanksgiving Longboarders
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On 11/24/2004
North Carolina Longboarder
wrote in from
United States
(63.167.nnn.nnn)
During this time of Thanksgiving and the approach of that most Special Birthday I am thankful for my family, my God, my health, my co-workers, my local skate crew (that is growing by the week), and all of you out there in skateland who have helped me reconnect into the sport that I loved so much in the 70's and early 80's and have returned to in the last two years. NCDSA, Concrete Wave, and all of you have made it possible for me to quickly emerse myself back into to the stoke full tilt.
Thank you all!
I wish for all of you and your families a blessed and special Holiday Season!
NCL
Fatboy: That is TOO FUNNY! Dude, my side hurt reading that! Rock on!
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Cali Rockz
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On 11/24/2004 West Coast Canadian BC
wrote in from
United States
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Hey all whatz new here any good hillz
and I hear it NCDSA.COM's Birthday happy birth to this site
and where are all the narly hillz to bomb in Cali.
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too much
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On 11/23/2004 bean-a-reano
wrote in from
United States
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Fatboy no laughed my a$$ off har
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serious longboarders
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On 11/23/2004
Fatboy
wrote in from
United States
(67.94.nnn.nnn)
is that like serious jugglers
serious balloon animal technicians
serious pudding mixers
serious sock monkey philanthropists
serious shoe salesmen
serious parking meter polishers
serious towel folders
serious doily manufacturers
serious pancake syrup
serious wallet refurbishers
serious cheese carvers
serious animal impersonators
serious glockenspiel players
serious jelly donut fillers
serious toaster repairmen
serious birdhouse mechanics
serious shoe re-lacers
serious lobster bib designers
serious ventriloquists
serious mimes
serious Senators
serious whittlers
serious tiddly winkists
serious roller disco enthusiasts
serious poodle groomers
serious Bay City Roller fans
serious Spam recipe creators
serious Hawaiian shirt designers
serious paper cupcake cup engineers
serious fluffers
serious squeegee re-rubberers
serious waffle photographer
serious camel inseminator
serious otter polisher
serious egg roll stuffer
serious.....................have I gone too far?
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Serious Longboarders?
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On 11/23/2004
North Carolina Longboarder
wrote in from
United States
(63.167.nnn.nnn)
Just curious: Are you implying that if you post on this forum you are not a serious longboarder?
Heck, and speaking of which, what is the definition of a "serious longboarder"?
Not trying to stir the pot just trying to figure out what you mean. Don't get me wrong, coastlongboarding.com is a great site with a great deal of info. Because I ride multiple disciplines in this sport, NCDSA is a great all around resource as well. I think that longboarders can benefit from both sites.
Roll on Brothers and Sisters.
North Carolina Longboarder
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