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Hey guys. You won't know this, but i'm a Skateboarder. I'm on holiday and we've skated like crazy and taken some very cool photo's.

I was wondering if antone would be interested in seeing them. I know it's got NOTHING to do with computers, but neither do Chelsea OR Arsenal.

Should i post?

go ahead ! -just put a BIG PICs warning in the title header-

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Okay, i'll be posting the pics one by one so that i can give a description. All photos are taken by Marc van Heerden UNLESS i state otherwise.

I recently learned Forontside Feeble grinds. Here's a pic of the second one i ever landed. It's at a skatepark in Plett called Messiah's Park.

By the way, i've scaled all these pictures down to 800*600. Is that an okay size?

Okay, here's a shot of a Backsidde Feeble i did down a Pyramid at the same Skatepark. (I love Feebles)

Looking good - more, more

Awesome - whot thrall said...

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Sorry i'm taking so long. I'm doing this on my PDA through GPRS, 115kbps. I've got quite a lot to post, so keep an eye on this thread.

The next 3 are some of my favourites. 2 days ago we were out searching for spots to skate and we found this gap, so i ollied it first:

After the Ollie, i kickflipped it. You'll see that it's not the same kickflip in both photos because i did it about six times to get good photos. Here's the first one:



And here's the second one. I REALLY like this one:

About a week ago, we drove out to P.E. for the day, we went to a skatepark at Kings Beach. It's not such a nice park, but it's still worth skating.

They've got a HUGE bowl there. For those who don't know, in skating, a bowl is basically a swimming pool. But this "Pool" is made to be skated, so it's huge. All i had the guts to do was a backside 50-50.



What do you guys think? Of got some other really good photos, should i keep posting my pics?

the big Q is - how was the landings ??? but great pic's mann !!

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What do you mean? Did i land all these tricks? Yeah, i landed every one of them. If i ever post a pic that i didn't land, i'll tell you guys . Should i keep posting?

by my rats bottom if you ask to continue to post im gona flip a whopper on the pavement. just click the post button and stop asking whallie q's.

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okay, i'll post some more a little bit later. thanks for the replies.

shouldnt this be in the chill out section?

DAE_JA_VOO wrote:I know it's got NOTHING to do with computers, but neither do Chelsea OR Arsenal.

If you look at the topics under Forums, you'll notice that there's quite a bit more to the site than computers.

rabb1 wrote:shouldnt this be in the chill out section?

I'd think more along the lines of "The Locker Room".

And lastly... Nice pics! I also used to skate a little when I was younger.

man - that looks like great fun - but im sure if i try it id break my back or something

great pics - and yep we'd like to see more - have fun and please dont hurt yourself

Yeah, i should've posted these in the Locker room thread. Sorry about that. I won't be posting pics for about 2 days, we're leaving plett tomorrow, going back to PTA. I will post more on the 30th.

Thanks for all the replies, i really appreciate it.

ryanrich wrote:

rabb1 wrote:shouldnt this be in the chill out section?

I'd think more along the lines of "The Locker Room".

Ja..or there. It It should be anywhere but the techie forums...lol

Dude! Excellent! I didn't know you skated!

Really good pics and awesome riding, well done man! Like naughty says, be careful out there! BTW, I have moved it to The Locker Room. Keep posting!

Here's another pic. It's not such a crazy one, but it's big.
If you look closely, you'll see a dark line across my landing. I kickflipped from the box on the right out to OVER that line. It was quite a big gap.



On friday i'll post more.

DAE, care to MSN?

I c Grafiti in some of those pics...

is it allowed on the halfpipes?

And great pics how long did it take you to actually get use to it? (meaning getting the fear of falling out of youre mind)

@ Rubberducky: Well i've been skating for over six years, so i'm used to falling. Not really scared of it anymore, because from falling alot, you learn how to fall without hurting yourself. Besides, breaking bones is over-rated (LOL) I've broken lots of stuff.

And yeah, about the graffitti: At skateparks graffitti is generally allowed. You might not see it, but there are bible verses and stuff graffitti on the bowl.

now I just need to find the nearest Skatepark to me