That MTV bit called SCARRED

[Lumberg]

Is it just me or is it mostly skateboarders?

I spent like 15 years skating, and I had probably one injury that could end up on that show, but damn, seeing all those clips makes me realize all the other shit that could have happened.

especially the face. holy god.

But you know what else? Fuck wearing a helmet. I'd rather quit than feel like I have to wear a helmet everywhere.

 

[binö]

back in your skating prime tic-tac/acid dropping/olli-ing off one stair was considered badass/hardcore.
now kids are jumping down 15 stair handrails and doing other sorts of crazy shit, drastically increasing the nature of their injuires

 

[nimbus]

somebody could have also stolen your wheels, god forbid

 

[binö]

modern day skating


lumberg style skating

 

[Lumberg]

Nah dude we were doing handrails and 360 flips and stuff when I was coming up.

Now back in the day if you could just do a caveman you were like the best on the block for sure, now as someone put it "kids are doing 360 flips just riding down the street with popsicles in their mouths."

I think that the actual difficulty of the tricks has pretty much come to a stop--I mean every trick imaginable has been done on a big, long, kinked handrail, tall ledge, or huge gap, both regular and switch by now. So now instead of just the top level pros doing it, the average kids are trying shit like switch flipping a 13-stair and shit. Nowadays it's style and combinations.

The most guesome one I saw, anyway, was a dude doing a fakie frontside 360 ollie off of a bank maybe 2' high at the most. Not a hard or particularly dangerous trick by any stretch. But his front foot slipped off, his head was down, and BAM sharpened skateboard nose to the eye. He almost went blind.

That could happen to anyone. The other stuff, yeah they were trying crazy ass shit and there's a certain expectation of severe trauma. I hurt myself doing a handrail down a bank at a skatepark. I guess I got hung up at the very highest point. I can't say it was totally unexpected, but at the same time, I never thought it would turn out like that.

The one thing that all the stories have in common though, is the skaters/bikers are all saying how they were super pumped, had successfully overcome their fear, and were 100% committed and confident that they were going to make it.

Crazy shit though. I must admit, fun to watch.

 

[binö]

Nah dude we were doing handrails and 360 flips and stuff when I was coming up.

Now back in the day if you could just do a caveman you were like the best on the block for sure, now as someone put it "kids are doing 360 flips just riding down the street with popsicles in their mouths."

I think that the actual difficulty of the tricks has pretty much come to a stop--I mean every trick imaginable has been done on a big, long, kinked handrail, tall ledge, or huge gap, both regular and switch by now. So now instead of just the top level pros doing it, the average kids are trying shit like switch flipping a 13-stair and shit. Nowadays it's style and combinations.

The most guesome one I saw, anyway, was a dude doing a fakie frontside 360 ollie off of a bank maybe 2' high at the most. Not a hard or particularly dangerous trick by any stretch. But his front foot slipped off, his head was down, and BAM sharpened skateboard nose to the eye. He almost went blind.

That could happen to anyone. The other stuff, yeah they were trying crazy ass shit and there's a certain expectation of severe trauma. I hurt myself doing a handrail down a bank at a skatepark. I guess I got hung up at the very highest point. I can't say it was totally unexpected, but at the same time, I never thought it would turn out like that.

The one thing that all the stories have in common though, is the skaters/bikers are all saying how they were super pumped, had successfully overcome their fear, and were 100% committed and confident that they were going to make it.

Crazy shit though. I must admit, fun to watch.

a few years ago i tried revitalizing my skate career
i was never that great but i still could do the basics like kickflips, heelflips, pop shove its, no-comply flips etc.
but being 25 and outta skateboard shape, my body took a beating...just trying to ollie down 3 stairs was fuggin hard.
the final straw was trying to grind on a small ledge...the board shot out from underneath me and i banged my head hard on the ledge.
left me dizzy and nauseous for a few minutes...and that was a minor stunt, no where near what kids half my age are capable of.
that was it for me, now i just watch skating on youtube
skating is a dangerous sport no doubt

 

[heatherrae]

My ex hubbie used to do promotions for extreme sports. All the kids would MOB us when we would go to those events because he knew people who could get them endorsments, etc if they were good enough. Holy hell, there are so many good kids out there anymore! I couldn't believe the crap these kids could do. He repped BMX, skateboarders and fruit-booters...lol. I saw this little bitty kid, like 5 or 6 on rollerblades who could do back flips in a bowl like he was just taking a stroll. He was so cute.

 

[chazk]

My right leg is still bigger then my left from all the skating i did as a kid.
I was never that great as far as tricks but really just skated as a way to get back and forth to my friends house.

 

[Lumberg]

My right leg is still bigger then my left from all the skating i did as a kid.
I was never that great as far as tricks but really just skated as a way to get back and forth to my friends house.

Yeah I learned how to push switch to try to even the load but I am sure one leg is still def. stronger.

 

[jnevin]

I can still skate halfpipes and bowls, but I'm not going for air or dropping in on vert. Shit hurts when you weigh 200 lbs.

 

[juiceddreadlocks]

i'd rather wear a helmet and not look cool than get a head injury and have to wear a helmet 24/7 due to brain damage. but i dont skate so thats neither here nor there

"I'd rather look like a mushroom than be a vegetable"

nice quote, but I've cycled a couple hundred miles in the last month without a helmet just because of how it looks.

 

[Arabian]

Those guys ramp and jump off of rails etc: without helmets or anything... crazy .. I watched an episode where a kid was in a coma for a couple of weeks..