DAE's Skate Thread

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 28 Dec 2005, 22:39

Why? You wanna skate? Where about are you? In JHB right? There are a few parks in jozi.

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 28 Dec 2005, 22:41

I think he wants to TAG!!

J2theT · Post by **J2theT** » 28 Dec 2005, 22:43

WiKiD wrote:I think he wants to TAG!!

You speak my language

indeed i just wanna tag...

Leave some pieces

and i cant skate even though i wished my knee is to buggered to even run with,

Post by **neon_chameleon** » 28 Dec 2005, 23:31

DAE_JA_VOO, great thread.

I also wasn't aware of your skating, some nice pics. Keep 'em coming please.

dammod · Post by **dammod** » 28 Dec 2005, 23:43

Awasome pics DAE!

I also use to skate. I skated for about 2-3 years...was not too good. I was mainly scared of falling. Sum how, I am way more comfortable on my bike, I do stuff on my mtb bike. But im too scared with a skateboard.

Sojourn · Post by **Sojourn** » 29 Dec 2005, 07:51

Maybe I'll jump outa plane wif a skateboard one day... oh, wait- thats like skysurfin.

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DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 29 Dec 2005, 08:34

Well Danny Way jumped out of a chopper in to a 20 foot half pipe.

Sojourn · Post by **Sojourn** » 29 Dec 2005, 08:37

DAE_JA_VOO wrote:Well Danny Way jumped out of a chopper in to a 20 foot half pipe.

And I thought I'm suicidal sometimes... 8O

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DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 29 Dec 2005, 09:52

The beauty about it is that Danny actually broke his neck trying. The first time he went for it, he broke his neck. He obviously couldn't skate until it healed, but after it healed and he was able to skate, he went for it again and got it. Crazy huh?

Website · Post by **hamin_aus** » 29 Dec 2005, 10:24

Danny Way you say....

I am sure we will be hearing more about him during a near-future Darwin Award ceremony.

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 29 Dec 2005, 10:39

@jamin_za:

I dunno what that is, please explain!

Website · Post by **hamin_aus** » 29 Dec 2005, 10:42

The Darwin Awards are awards given out to people who find uniquely stupid ways to accidentally kill themselves - thereby removing themselves from the gene-pool and helping to prevent the human race from devolving.

lordsnake · Post by **lordsnake** » 29 Dec 2005, 11:58

DAE_JA_VOO wrote:Well Danny Way jumped out of a chopper in to a 20 foot half pipe.

but you now 20 feet is very high man

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 31 Dec 2005, 01:29

This is only a small update, i'm gathering some other pics to post, but here's a cool story. I was messing around at the local skate park one day, so marc (my buddy and photographer) took a photo of a frontside tailslide to fakie down a little ledge. I struggled, but i got it. He sent it to an american site called thrasher magazine. Thrasher is a magazine in the states and on their site, they take photos that were sent in and change them to look as if they're on the cover of the mag. Check it out:
Here's the original:

Here's what Thrasher did to it.

Cool huh?

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 31 Dec 2005, 01:32

HAHAHA! Look at the pointy fingers!!!

HAHAHA!!!

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 31 Dec 2005, 01:34

And if I am not mistaken that photo was taken at Thrashers Skate Park in Pretoria

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 31 Dec 2005, 01:38

It's like:

DAE: (Pointing with left hand) You, get back there.

LOL!!

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 31 Dec 2005, 01:49

LOL @ Wikid!!! Yeah, that's at thrashers. I'm one of the local boys at that park. (I'm so sick of it)

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 31 Dec 2005, 01:52

DAE_JA_VOO wrote:LOL @ Wikid!!! Yeah, that's at thrashers. I'm one of the local boys at that park. (I'm so sick of it)

Thats cool! So you must be real good then!

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 31 Dec 2005, 01:56

Well, i can't say so. In the eyes of someone who doesn't skate, i could be a pro. In the eyes of a pro, i could be someone who doesn't skate!! LOL!!

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 31 Dec 2005, 02:04

Do you go a lot to WonderPark??

\\you have mail btw

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 31 Dec 2005, 02:08

No, not at all. Myself and marc went there on a wednesday and found out that there was gonna be a competition on that saturday, so we went and i won myself 750 bucks. I haven't been there since. It's a nice park though.

WiK1d · Post by **WiK1d** » 31 Dec 2005, 02:10

Thats cool, me and my cousin should go there then!

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 31 Dec 2005, 02:12

Yeah, it's a really nice park. The skateshop is a good one too.

DAE_JA_VOO · Post by **DAE_JA_VOO** » 20 Jan 2006, 23:31

Okay, i've been hunting for some more pics, but i don't have any, Marc has them all. But last week we skated at our local park (skatepark) and I got a backside feeble grind down this nice rail off a drop.
Okay, the first one i DIDN'T land, but i really like it:

The next one was a scary one. As soon as i locked on, the back wheel that holds the grind in place slipped off the rail! I almost got raped by a handrail!! I missed it by about 5cm!!

And here are two shots of Feebles that i landed:

What do you guys think?