So, your wanting to become a skater? If you aren't one already, you should want to be. Once you learn a couple of tricks it's the most fun thing ever! So you ask, where do I get a skateboard? Well, if you live in California, it's virtually no problem at all. But if you live by a town like me, that has no skate shop, and the nearest is 3 hours away, you can always mailorder. Below, I'm compiling a List of 1-800 numbers (the call is FREE), and if you phone them, they'll send you a skate catalog. Yes, you can get catalogs from these guys if you live in Canada, I do. Most of these catalogs are free too. The ones that aren't free, I'll make sure you know that they aren't. Thanks.
1-800-759-6425 Ccs, (Central Coast Surfboards) Free Catalog
1-800-447-8989 Cali4niaSKATExpress Free catalog
1-888-sk8-ctlg Sartorius Free call, Free catalog
1-888-485-8259 Lucky Lucy's Free call, Free catalog
1-800-663-7540 SSBS (Surf Shop Board Shop) Free catalog
More numbers will be up soon! Also, The Internet sites for some of these Skate catalogs will be up soon!
Es, Etnes, Sheep, and Emerica are all made by the same company- Sole Technology. (I dare anyone to argue with me on that)
Danny Way Broke the world record for doing the biggest air off a vert ramp. Something like 16.5 feet! Oh yeah, he also did a big air (don't know how high) from a helicopter! But you can Read all about it here!
Andy Macdonald now rides for Powell Skateboards.
A while back Adrenalin closed its doors, but now it's back!
Pat Duffy now rides for RECS shoes instead of duffs. Thanks to MacCurdy
Powell is not going to sell pro deck models Thanks to Adam M.
Thunder truckes are the strogest trucks to bend Thanks to Adam M.
Platimun skate boards are the hardest to break Thanks to Adam M.
Next 3 courtesey of Jeslow
K2 Inc. has purchised Planet Earth, rythm, and mercury trucks from Chris Miller who now runs the companies, just for K2 now.
Vinne Ponte (pro for zoo york) opened a shop in Cambridge called Concept.
Element is working on a new video with Dan Wolf filming
To all surfers who might skate: Sun-Cure ding repair is great for
filling in
chipped tails. You probably have it, just fill it in. It dries in the
sun in
about 2 min. Then go skate!
Zach
Kleenix put in the Pivot Cups helps them from squeaking! The Kleenix wears out fast though.
Also, my friend said that if your nose or tail is chipping, Shoe Goo ll works good in keeping it together. I myself have never tried it, so it might not work.
sk8 tip, the more concave your board has, the less likely it is to break, but too much concave will be unstable, from eli
One of the coolest tricks I ever saw was of Jamie Thomas doing a Backside Lipslide into a pool. The pool was full of water at the time.
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