How tall are you?

[TripletDaddy]

Originally Posted by surfah33

I was never able to dunk. I could hang on the rim with ease in high school. I can still grab the rim. Kind of pathetic for a volleyball player. One of the few on my team that couldn't dunk.

I can ollie still. I can also still do a kickflip and pop shove it. I was close on a varial flip last time I tried. Never could 360 flip. I bust my board out every now and then.

My goal is to keep at it long enough so one day when my kids start skating I can be the cool dad and borrow a board from one of them and bust a few tricks on it and then walk into the house without looking back while they're in awe and their friends are telling my kids how cool their dad is.

I still skate, although not as often as I would like. The YM in our ward enjoy surfing and skating, so that makes it easier to do some of the acitvities with them.

We have gone to Etnies in Lake Forest a few times for YM activity. in fact, we are going to the San Clemente park in 2 weeks as a ward YM. there are also 2 large Vans parks that are amazing. It costs about $20 to session, but very worth it. Lots of public parks for free, too.

If you can regularly do kickflips, then you are better than me, no doubt. My ollie comes and goes. A shuv-it is pretty easy. A pop shuv it.....that's another story. I can do basic stuff like manuals, ollies, etc..

I dont know why I cant land a kickflip (other than that I suck). Everytime I try, I kick the board out too far and it just goes flying away. I have never been able to get the feel of it. I will blame it on my being goofy, even though that is not really relevant.

I ollied over a paint can in our garage last weekend. I felt pretty cool.

[RC Vikings]

6' 2 1/2" and the only dunking I do any more are donuts.

[Spaz]

I could touch rim until post-marriage, but no dunking for me.

I'm 5'10.

[Flystripper]

Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

I still skate, although not as often as I would like. The YM in our ward enjoy surfing and skating, so that makes it easier to do some of the acitvities with them.

We have gone to Etnies in Lake Forest a few times for YM activity. in fact, we are going to the San Clemente park in 2 weeks as a ward YM. there are also 2 large Vans parks that are amazing. It costs about $20 to session, but very worth it. Lots of public parks for free, too.

If you can regularly do kickflips, then you are better than me, no doubt. My ollie comes and goes. A shuv-it is pretty easy. A pop shuv it.....that's another story. I can do basic stuff like manuals, ollies, etc..

I dont know why I cant land a kickflip (other than that I suck). Everytime I try, I kick the board out too far and it just goes flying away. I have never been able to get the feel of it. I will blame it on my being goofy, even though that is not really relevant.

I ollied over a paint can in our garage last weekend. I felt pretty cool.

I still skate a bit as well. No kickflips for me but I can nolly heel flip and toe flip. For some reason I can flip off the nose but not the tail. Ollies and varials are still doable. I can also still wax a curb and do tail slides and nose slides as well as crooked grinds. My 7 year old is finally asking me to teach him to ollie. I am not really a good skater, nor a good teacher but we are working on the mechanics of an ollie. :-)

Oh and I am 6'2" and can't dunk anymore (too out of shape), but I did dunk in several HS games :-).

[TripletDaddy]

Originally Posted by Flystripper

I still skate a bit as well. No kickflips for me but I can nolly heel flip and toe flip. For some reason I can flip off the nose but not the tail. Ollies and varials are still doable. I can also still wax a curb and do tail slides and nose slides as well as crooked grinds. My 7 year old is finally asking me to teach him to ollie. I am not really a good skater, nor a good teacher but we are working on the mechanics of an ollie. :-)

Oh and I am 6'2" and can't dunk anymore (too out of shape), but I did dunk in several HS games :-).

I learned to ollie on the carpet. I did not hurt when I fell. Some say that it is best to learn on the street so you can also get the feel of the board rolling under you.

One thing for sure...you teach your 7 year old how to ollie...that kid is going to rock by the time he hits his teens. Little kids have no fear.

wax is awesome. I use Sticky Bumps (for board, not skate).

[Surfah]

Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

I learned to ollie on the carpet. I did not hurt when I fell. Some say that it is best to learn on the street so you can also get the feel of the board rolling under you.

One thing for sure...you teach your 7 year old how to ollie...that kid is going to rock by the time he hits his teens. Little kids have no fear.

wax is awesome. I use Sticky Bumps (for board, not skate).

This is true. I think it's best to learn on the street. It's also true that kids have no fear. I've turned into a pussy in my old age of 29.