I want to be able to skate bowls like legends Chris Miller, Steve Caballero, Lance Mountain, Duane Peters when I grow up!
Too Old To Skate
City of Rats
Slam City Skates London Presents “City Of Rats” Trailer Number 2 - looking forward to seeing this film!
Campus skatepark session
Last week I took my son to Campus Skatepark in Bristol again, and we got the mini to ourselves for a bit. Noah was riding his two-wheeled Ripstik thing, not quite a skateboard, but at least it doesn't have handlebars, so a step in the right direction!
5BORO holiday '11 clip
Somebody sent me a link to this little clip a while back - some lovely filming - new york, skateboarding and a bit of jazz..
5BORO HOLIDAY '11 CLIP from 5BORO on Vimeo.
Lads n Dads skating
And there was me thinking I was doomed for skating again before 2012, but I managed to fit a couple of skates in with my son over the weekend - firstly over at the indoor campus skatepark, which has a great little mini ramp and then at a rather damp and cold dean lane. Proud dad moment is Noah pumping the new bowl bit at the end:-
Like skateboarding and Kate Bush?
Like skateboarding? Like Kate Bush? Like skateboarding *and* Kate Bush?
(via @bamblesquatch)
Too Old To Skate lives again
Sorry about the downtime, the old site had been hacked so I took the opportunity to rebuild it using better technology. It's a work in progress, so bear with me :)
Too Old To Skate Forever!
A few years ago I was contacted by a researcher looking for stories about how people travel in Bristol for the new MShed museum in Bristol, after they found this blog and an article I had written on the (now defunct) DFR Skate Zine site. I went to see them and donated my board and old Vans. I didn't think much would come of it, but got invited to the contributors breakfast this morning to see my board and vans mounted alongside some genuinely historical exhibits, along with some photo's and quotes from yours truly! I feel honoured that my skate commuting experiments have become part of Bristol history!
A quick roundup of 2010
This won't take long.. I can count the number of times I actually skated in 2010 on one hand, depending on what you count as "went skating".
In January I improvised a sledge from my old mini logo 8.0". I don't think that counts as going skating.
Also in January I braved a cold sunday morning Hengrove. My son took his scooter and I got all of 30 seconds skate before we moved onto the climbing frames.
In April we went to Ireland to visit Dublin Rog. I skated the excellent greystones, but don't have any photos to prove it. Instead here's a pic of a genuine Boggin Zine Rocker board.
In April I bizarrely donated my old board and old pair of vans to a Bristol Museum, and on the way home I treated myself to a new setup - this is actually the first whole new setup i've ever bought, I think.
In May I made it over to Cretesham and skated with Bob and Tone.
Also in May I skated in London with old wisbech skate buddy Matt, mostly at Kennington
Lastly (was that really September?!) I skated the new park in Midsomer Norton
So that might explain the lack of blog updates. I really plan to sort this out in 2011!
