back on my board

[jdthomas 0]

Tonight my girlfriend Christina took me to the skatepark.. Wow it's been along time since I have been on my board.
It's funny because I had always made a little fun of the old guys that would come to the park and ride.. now it's 20 years later and I am that old guy that the kids are making fun of.. ahh it's fair play I guess.
Christina took a few pics of me.. enjoy
Joe

www.greenboxphotography.com

[dqpacker 7]

Nice. Did you beat up any fruitbooters. Nice Rock and Roll there.

[jdthomas 0]

No fruitbooters where at the park.. bummer! My other rocks where with my foot straight up and thumbs up for a keep on trucking old school style.. missed a pic on those though.hahahhaa
I am sore right now and I hurt so much!

Joe

www.greenboxphotography.com

[Amazon 7]

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It's funny because I had always made a little fun of the old guys that would come to the park and ride.. now it's 20 years later and I am that old guy that the kids are making fun of.. ahh it's fair play I guess.

That is the penalty of surviving. ONly the young can claim the latest extreme.. I mean who would ever believe anyone older than they are could ever have done anything like they are doing.

[dqpacker 7]

You want to be old skool get a Powel Hawk Air.

[gofast_ER 0]

i tried to get back on my board a few months ago. I just don't have the knees i used to. I used to be able to *attempt* a 10 stair kickflip do a really nice plf and get back up like i had just fallen out of bed. Now i need a few hours to recover when i really do just fall out of bed. Really sad too, im not even that old.

I may not agree with what you have to say but i'll defend to the death your right to say it.

[jdthomas 0]

I have icy hot on my knees right now.. I blew both of them back in 1988.. I had one "fixed" then but not the other one.. it's gets me from time to time.

i used to love the hand rails, did them all the time and looked for the next biggest set.. now I use them to walk up and down stairs with.. it's a new concept for older skaters but that rail thing was a good idea for a walking aid.

Joe

www.greenboxphotography.com

[SkydiveStMarys 0]

I took my son and four of his friends to Kona Skate Park in Jacksonville, Fla on sauturday...there were quite a few people my age...not that I'm old, but still...old enough to know better! He had a blast, I had a blast...there were some old school guys there that really knew how to tear it up!

Bobbi

A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

[dqpacker 7]

Kona is nice. I have only riden it on tonyhawk pro skater. I haven't short skated in a while, just been riding my longboard down hills and a few snake runs.

[hookitt 1]

NICE!!!

I just went to the local skate park for the first time in .. .well, it's been a long time. The bowl was fairly decent and there is even some vertical.

Let's just say I'm not quite ready to bust out a rock-n-roll slides and front side air just yet.

The kids were pretty cool but probably made fun of me behind my back. 2 kids told me about a couple other parks and since I'm old enough to drive ... I'll probably go check them out pretty soon.

My grammar sometimes resembles that of magnetic refrigerator poetry... Ghetto

[jdthomas 0]

Wow nice park.. KC is poping up with cement parks like crazy... there is a new capsula bowl thing here.. I will try to go by and get a pic of it.. the thing is nuts!

And Kona, that park is a legend! I am trying to think back how long it's been since I was at Kona and I would have to say it was like 91? when I went on tour.. hell I am not sure now.. oh well the place was great.
that year we went to Milwaukee and hit the Turf skate park.. it had just got refurbed from Bell E buttons and was ready for skateboarding once more.. that place was the sickest park we hit that year!

Joe

www.greenboxphotography.com

[gordy 0]

I am slowly but surely building my way up to going to the skatepark........I have discovered on this travel that I don't bounce quite as well as I used to!