IF YOU ARE OVER 30 AND SKATE READ THIS
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NATE SHERWOOD
Posted: 11/15/09
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Random Rob sent this in today. I just had to share it. Hands down one of the most funny emails I ever have read. Thanks Rob.
Nate.
10 Signs you can tell that you are an over 30 skateboarder
1. You have a 1281 tattoo.
2. You go to the local skateshop and spend 10 minutes yelling at the kid behind the counter because they don't have any H-Street boards.
3. You spend a lot of time thinking about backside tailslides but don't have the slightest idea how to do one.
4. PBR.
5. You go to Washington Street and no one even notices you.
6. Everyone at the skatepark looks like they are 11.
7. You not only know what a Z-Roller is, but half the guys you went to high school with had them.
8. You have wanted to fight Chris Branaugh for 15 years.
9. You momentarily lose your ability to think when you talk to Hensley in person.
10. You wake up and realize that you have money, a nicer car, a house, a few kids, but half the fun.
1. You have a 1281 tattoo.
2. You go to the local skateshop and spend 10 minutes yelling at the kid behind the counter because they don't have any H-Street boards.
3. You spend a lot of time thinking about backside tailslides but don't have the slightest idea how to do one.
4. PBR.
5. You go to Washington Street and no one even notices you.
6. Everyone at the skatepark looks like they are 11.
7. You not only know what a Z-Roller is, but half the guys you went to high school with had them.
8. You have wanted to fight Chris Branaugh for 15 years.
9. You momentarily lose your ability to think when you talk to Hensley in person.
10. You wake up and realize that you have money, a nicer car, a house, a few kids, but half the fun.
Comments (6)
Skautism
Posted on April 15, 2009 01:23 PM
That's right, whenever I say Mozart I mean the classical composer, as I don't know any others by that name. What my locals said was hardcore of me was that I could still go out and skate in the rain!
NATE SHERWOOD
Posted on April 15, 2009 12:27 PM
mike jackson was dope . back then before he went all gnar on kids and crap. mozart damn that is hardcore brother. dude u mean the classical dude not the jedi mind trick guy right?
slambuddy
Posted on April 15, 2009 06:30 AM
Most skaters especially the older ones are just really nice people who remember who they were before they blew up not pricks. There are exceptions like Rob Dear Dick but most I have met in person are happy you still remember them
Skautism
Posted on April 15, 2009 04:30 AM
That's quite funny, Rob thinking about what I'd be doing today had I started skateboarding at 11! As I'm the oldest member of my crew, I like to impress my fellas by recalling lots of things they might be too young to have an idea about. For example, Alex wasn't even born when the Kentucky Fried Chicken sign changed to read just KFC, so for him it has always been called KFC, but in my family we still call it Kentucky. Recently some friends asked me when did I graduate, and I properly said 1995, and they replied with how old they were then - one of them was justly born that year! I got my first CD (which was by Mozart) on November 7, 1992, which is very close to the day Mitchel was born; one of the songs on my "Breakthrough" album dates from 1985; and my only tattoo is my own design from October 1983, when I was 7 (though I only got it inked in 2005). And I also remember that the first pop/rock record to ever enter my home was Michael Jackson's Thriller which my brother bought in early 1983; both my parents hated rock, and my brother was the only member of my family who would eventually get really into hard rock and metal, as I so naturally inherited my mom's taste for classical.
NATE SHERWOOD
Posted on April 14, 2009 08:25 AM
First Time I met him It was my 21 b day. I went to see him nd flogging molly play at kells irsh pub in west side portland. I got there about an hour before the show to just hunt him down with my hoku pokus poster with him on it. he was eating duck with the rest of the band and drinking a pint of dark beer. maybe a stout. anyway I turned into a 10 year old on the spot. asked for his ato graffer and he was fully cool as hell. he saw my vision ad from that months thraher and he recognized me. I was freaked out to think my life long hero knew who I was. I sat down and we nded up talking for about an hour. it was rad. now that I shoot pool with him whenever he is in town it is still funny to me to re think how wild it was to meet him back then. the dude is so humble and so rad, and he did so much for skating....
invasionskates
Posted on April 14, 2009 08:15 AM
When I saw Hensley in person I almost pooped my pants.
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