Ouch! Just fell off my new....

[Fab Foodie]

Skateboard,

I don't bounce as well as I once did....

 

[Crackle]

A chap like you needs a longboard and a paddle, surely.

 

[PeteXXX]

Could you get stabilisers for it?

 

[Fab Foodie]

Could you have another go, and get someone to video it, FF?

I need some cheering up.

I should have got my lad to do it .... it was at the skatepark with his mates, I fared quite well! It's a Carver pumpboard so no pushing required, I managed to carve a few slopes and was quite please with myself .... I baled-out inelegantly rather then fell I guess .... bits are starting to hurt ....

 

[Crackle]

Tony Fab Foodie Hawks

 

[ufkacbln]

Rule 1.... you an an old person, your body cannot do young person things
Rule 2 ....your mind will not understand these limitations
Rule 3 .... don't let your mind cash cheques that your body cannot pay

 

[Hill Wimp]

How does a pumpboard differ from a skateboard?

 

[Crackle]

How does a pumpboard differ from a skateboard?

It's more rad.

 

[TVC]

I should have got my lad to do it .... it was at the skatepark with his mates, I fared quite well! It's a Carver pumpboard so no pushing required, I managed to carve a few slopes and was quite please with myself .... I baled-out inelegantly rather then fell I guess .... bits are starting to hurt ....

How many of those words do you understand?

 

[cosmicbike]

Tony Fab Foodie Hawks

I was thinking more Steve Caballero, starting to show my age now...

 

[cosmicbike]

It's more rad.

I believe it's now 'gnarly'

 

[Crackle]

I believe it's now 'gnarly'

So your role models are older but you're bang up to date on the lingo!

 

[Fab Foodie]

How does a pumpboard differ from a skateboard?

Not greatly, It's a ' except for a wider wheelbase and a special front truck that articulates in two planes giving much tighter turning, by getting a wiggle-on you can pump it along the flat or slight uphills either slowly or at quite a lick! It's really called a 'Surfskate' because it behaves much more like a Surfboard than a skateboard .... it's highly manoeverable!
https://player.vimeo.com/video/47953879?autoplay=1

 

[cosmicbike]

So your role models are older but you're bang up to date on the lingo!

Yep, though from memory Rad was one of the sk8 mags from back in the day.

I still recall starting with 'tic tac', then moving onto things like 'ollies', 'kick-flips' and various grabs and grinds. Never did quite get to full vert ramps myself, had a quick go on the Southsea Skate Park 12 ft transition and that was scary..

 

[Hill Wimp]

Not greatly, It's a ' except for a wider wheelbase and a special front truck that articulates in two planes giving much tighter turning, by getting a wiggle-on you can pump it along the flat or slight uphills either slowly or at quite a lick! It's really called a 'Surfskate' because it behaves much more like a Surfboard than a skateboard .... it's highly manoeverable!
https://player.vimeo.com/video/47953879?autoplay=1

I have to say it looks no different to any other skateboard to me. TBF when skateboards first hit it passed me by so my knowledge is non existent.

Cheaper than a sports car mid life crisis