I’m a surfer!
Albeit currently landlocked by illness. I have a 9’3” longboard and an 8’6” mini-mal made in the 70s, both hand shaped, beautiful boards. My partner takes out my longboard now so I’m always happy to know it’s been riding waves seeing as I cant take it out anymore. It was like a double sadness while it was mostly collecting dust. The 8’6” I haven’t ridden yet. I discovered it at a garage sale not long before I became unable to surf and it was being repaired. I’m not sure I’ll ever be able to ride it, but I just can’t let it go! Yet. It’s made by a pretty famous shaper from that era and is a real beauty.
I used to skate, had a tiny yellow skateboard shaped like a fish throught the 70s. One of my buddy’s was actually runner up Australian skate champion in the late 70s sometime... or 80s maybe. I didn’t know him then - but I’ve walked into skate shops with him in recent years and he got pretty royal treatment! He has great stories about busting into abandoned swimming pools and camping out there for days just skating and smoking weed and listening to music.
Hey Ala... All is coming along well eh! Had to follow that tangent... made me think of surfing
Wow! Thank you so much for sharing that!
Is that the skateboard you rode?
Close to it?
That’s too bad you can’t get out and feel the rush of that wave pushing you along anymore! There isn’t much now a days that makes a person feel “free” anymore, but that’s about as close as it gets! Being one with the natural wave, pushing you along, feeling the air between your hair, with the sun barreling down on your shoulders... damn I need to get to the coast and learn how to surf. Being in Alberta, I don’t see the ocean all that much. I’ve also tried surfing behind a wake boarding boat. As soon as I let go of the rope, I ended up falling. Just couldn’t get the feel of “riding that wave”. Maybe next time I’ll get it!!
The pool crashing phase was out by the time I was into skateboarding. Street skateboarding was big when I was young. I would bugger off in the morning to skateboard, by the end of the day, I was all over the entire city, skateboarding on ever single stair/rail/gap we could find. I got older and they built a skatepark in my city, then made a bylaw where it was illegal to skate anywhere but the skate park. I guess I ruined that for the generations after me lol.
You have a great story Amy! I would love to sit down and hear all the stories that lays within your wisdom.
Partial roller skater too, was hardly good at it but always went back to the skate board!
I’m not calling you this, but we used to always call roller bladers, fruit booters.
I’m not going to lie, roller blades have got me around from time to time, but I’m glad you always went back to a skateboard. Once they built the skate park in my city, it was practically my second home.
am in the market for new shoes but I walk a lot so need good soles
Check out vans walking shoe line. I’ve never tried them but vans are generally a really comfy shoe, the walking shoe, must be good!! I just googled it, and they look great!
Not sure I could skate or surf without killing myself somehow.
I have an acquaintance who is an old pro surfer and hangs out with the likes of Terry Pressley, Bernie Crouch, Jimmy Lane, and Bobby Owens. I didn't know who any of those people were before he mentioned them.
Thanks for sharing, guys!
Nah, you won’t kill your self. Maybe break an arm on the skate, and maybe get knocked out by the surf board. There’s always a chance of being bitten by a shark, but that chance isn’t very high
You named off some legends Al! That’s impressive!
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