How many of you can still ollie?

[BrothaBill]

bb forgot to add that is fuckin' cool you were apart of the early days at burnside. def. a legendary place

Yeah, I know what nollie and riding switch is and nollie kf and switch. I usually ride goofy but doesnt matter. I wasnt that great of a skater though, my best friend from Traverse City was, he was amazing, the dude could ollie higher than anyone Ive ever seen. We used to go to places all around Portland and shit. The guys from Jackass went to and shot stuff at places we used to hang out at. When I worked in San Luis Obispo I worked with a cardiologist Dr. Pontius, you guessed it was Pontius's dad from Jackass, the guy that was rollerblading with his ass sticking out and on the Wild Boys.
Yeah, its just amazing look back at all that stuff that happened there at the park, it seems like only yesterday we were in my friends VW bus or my Karmann Ghia heading down under the Burnside Bridge or we'd go jump off bridges and shit. Fun ass time of my life, then waiting for winter and go snowboarding almost every day on Mt Hood, its like just over an hour to drive to Ski Bowl from Portland. Fun time!!!

 

[KillahBee]

Anyone who boardslides/grinds handrails is fucking ballsy.
the technique involved is huge.

definitely. I used to be good at grinding and boardsliding on curbs and high walls, but never quite had the cojones to hit the rails

 

[Gambino]

CKY, the pre-jackass flicks, had quite a few segments shot at burnside.
between what years did you hang in TC? I used to know a few older skaters from there

 

[BrothaBill]

CKY, the pre-jackass flicks, had quite a few segments shot at burnside.
between what years did you hang in TC? I used to know a few older skaters from there

No, my best friend that I was in school with moved the same time from Traverse and the same time as me. We met up as new students and hung out and shit and explored the area together. His name was Neil Whiting, doubt youd know him. Yeah, he got me into skating, he was leaps and bounds better and I got him into snowboarding and shit. We used to hang out in Portland at all those places. We knew everyone in the skate scene of Portland and they had some pics of Neil in Thrasher magazine of local Portland skaters (I think I said Shredder before lol) and stuff. Dude I spent my teenage years all around that scene. We used to sit in my car and drink beer like every night under the burnside bridge b/c it was so desolate, just industrial warehouses right there and no one around at all, no cops, it was a perfect location for underage drinking and then they started to build like little simple things to skate on. Then Red started talking to the city b/c there was no skate parks around and the city freaking approved it, I was amazed. Red is the guy that started the Park.

 

[Raina]

I can barely stand on one but my husband has a row of high ollie trophies in the basement. When we first me he skated a few times a week. Then he started missing a lot of work because of ankle injuries. Now he only skates a few times a month. One of his best friends is a pro though and whenever he's in town I know they'll be at skate parks all week.

 

[Gambino]

I can barely stand on one but my husband has a row of high ollie trophies in the basement. When we first me he skated a few times a week. Then he started missing a lot of work because of ankle injuries. Now he only skates a few times a month. One of his best friends is a pro though and whenever he's in town I know they'll be at skate parks all week.

if you did an ollie it is sufficent to say their would be a lot of boob swingage

 

[CFZB]

360-flip was my last trick learned....a long time ago.

 

[Gambino]

ollie on niggahs

 

[jnevin]

I can still do kickflips and ollie one-foots, but only if I'm not moving. I can drop in on a 6' halfpipe and do grinds and rock & rolls, but can't do any airs. Not even a disaster anymore. Fuggin' hurts when you're 200+ lbs and eat shit as opposed to 150 like I was when I was young.

 

[jack sparrow]

I'm glad your back nugga.........keep it real....



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