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<p>[QUOTE="Tiquer, post: 9816562, member: 85332"]Not sure if I'm specializing in them or not, more like going back to the hobby.</p><p><br /></p><p>Kids in the neighborhood were fellow skaters, and gave me my PP board so that I could be a part of it all. I loved it. Dressed up the board with Tracker trucks, and wheels with [fast] german bearings. I rode that thing like crazy.</p><p><br /></p><p>The kids up the street were in a cul-de-sac, and that cul-de-sac was on a decline- they'd put a quarter pipe at the bottom, so you'd pick up speed to hit the pipe. This was during the time when everyone was a hardass, and none of us wore pads or helmets. A close friend of mine decided he was going to JUMP the quarter... He headed for the quarter, went up the ramp, lost his balance, and the board went one way and he went the other He hit the asphalt, head first (back of his head). Upon impact, started convulsing and vomiting. I ran like a 3 year old to get his parents, who rushed him to the hospital. Sadly, the impact forced his brain to hit the front of his skull, and he required brain surgery. They ended up removing a portion of his brain :O</p><p><br /></p><p>Long story short, none of us in the crew continued skating- my deck either went in the trash or out at a yard sale. Here I am , 40 years later, missing it badly and attempting to score another one. I swear I won't be jumping any pipes with it if I get another one!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Tiquer, post: 9816562, member: 85332"]Not sure if I'm specializing in them or not, more like going back to the hobby. Kids in the neighborhood were fellow skaters, and gave me my PP board so that I could be a part of it all. I loved it. Dressed up the board with Tracker trucks, and wheels with [fast] german bearings. I rode that thing like crazy. The kids up the street were in a cul-de-sac, and that cul-de-sac was on a decline- they'd put a quarter pipe at the bottom, so you'd pick up speed to hit the pipe. This was during the time when everyone was a hardass, and none of us wore pads or helmets. A close friend of mine decided he was going to JUMP the quarter... He headed for the quarter, went up the ramp, lost his balance, and the board went one way and he went the other He hit the asphalt, head first (back of his head). Upon impact, started convulsing and vomiting. I ran like a 3 year old to get his parents, who rushed him to the hospital. Sadly, the impact forced his brain to hit the front of his skull, and he required brain surgery. They ended up removing a portion of his brain :O Long story short, none of us in the crew continued skating- my deck either went in the trash or out at a yard sale. Here I am , 40 years later, missing it badly and attempting to score another one. I swear I won't be jumping any pipes with it if I get another one!![/QUOTE]
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