This was such a good doco. They really got emotional towards the end talking about how it all came apart.

Oh and if you're interested in seeing the latest skate vid worth a mention it's pretty tough to go past "Pretty Sweet", a Chocolate/Girl collab.

Stoked trailer:


Waiting for Lightning:


The Man Who Souled the World:

Did they ever find Animal Chin?

Keen to see Waiting for Lightning, but is there much skating in it or more Interviews and such?

It's mostly interviews but def worth watching as it shows just how much of a badass D. Way is and what pushed him to end up building the 1st Megaramp and taking skating to a ridiculous level.

I was a bit put off when it first started cos I thought it was going to focus mainly on the Great Wall jump but it covers a fair bit more than that. I've never been that into very skating myself but it gave me a new found respect for what Danny has achieved and who he is as a person.

awesome thrad bros

i have a heap of skate boarding flix to watch

(couldnt see the yuotubes at work, just watched them then, was getting goose bumps)

While I'm here check out the youtube doco on Natas as well...actually just check out the "Skating" playlist on my Youtube channel to save me linking a bunch of shit...

YourMumsCuddly - youtoob

I mentioned this in the good movies thread. Glad to see it has its own well deserved thread :)

as a kid, this video had me hooked in the first 60 seconds that I saw it... and changed the way I looked at a lot of things from that day on.


I made my first skateboard out of some offcut piece of particle board that Dad had under house, cut up and bolted on the plates from one of my little bro's rollerskates and had me a board.

Mum was good enough to buy my older brother and I a dodgy-ass 'fishtail' skateboard from KMart the following XMas.

The one thing I loved about growing up in Mt Gravatt in the 80s was the hills.. so many nice runs :)

The stack @ 3:42 was one I watched over and over again. Shit hurts - then you get up and do it better next time

i have a board and am teaching spookr jnr to skate, but no, i dont skate anymore :(

Im in the middle of trying to skate, again. Last time I tried it I had grand hopes and plans but no motivation. I wish I could find a skater group and skate with them but a lot of them seem to be loners. I always felt like going to the local skate park but it was always filled with scooter kids. Here in Darwin it's fairly empty so I've been meaning to get back into it. No board but I do have decent trucks and wheels.

CHUB, if you want my advice buy a cruiser board and see how you go. If you really like it then think about buying a trick board. You don't have to buy a massive cruiser but something with big wheels. Also, it's hard. everything. Even a simple ollie or pushing is difficult. I think there's a steep learning curve but that only lasts for a limited time.

CHUB, if you want my advice buy a cruiser board and see how you go. If you really like it then think about buying a trick board. You don't have to buy a massive cruiser but something with big wheels. Also, it's hard. everything. Even a simple ollie or pushing is difficult. I think there's a steep learning curve but that only lasts for a limited time.

I did skate a TINY bit when I was around 10. I could ollie fine and was progressing nicely on kick flips.

It was always on my older brothers boards though and I didn't have any true interest. So I never really watched any videos, learnt about the equipment/brands or learnt mechanical skills. I had no skater friends or ventured anywhere besides the pavement outside the kitchen door (literally).

So I know what road I want to go down. I was hoping there was a "holy-grail" type skate store/brand like many industries have that would save me doing research and getting burnt.

Bummer you're in Darwin. I'm hoping the Redcliffe skatepark has cleaned up since I was a kid, that place was always a cesspool.