Ryan is still alive and kicking! He has moved out of state and we lost touch some time ago - I don’t think he’s on social media. I’ll track him down eventually and share the video with him 🤙🏻
Sick riding man that all I do anymore also is transition can still do flip tricks but have no desire at 40 years old. Thank god I’m in good shape and can still do all this
Totally agreed! In my 30s, I never would have expected to be doing this now in my mid 40s. I have never landed a kickflip, even as a kid, so I’m happy to be skating transition. It’s kind of a rad feeling to be okay with performing at whatever level we can and just enjoying it. Where are you from?
@@priestskorge Oh, nice! I've spent quite a bit of time at Roslyn as well as Lansdale and Quakertown. Jersey side too with Pennsauken and Maple Shade. Lots of great spots. What type of transition are you into -- bowls, mini ramps, etc?
I just got the mike McGill this deck with 169s and cubics on it 60 mm with none Swiss bearing been riding reds. Man the Swiss are so much better. This is my favorite deck I love it. Have about 8 old school setups this is my fav
I completely understand the drive to accomplish a long desired goal “midlife crisis” style. For me, it was riding Magnum at Cedar Point, which I also had wanted to ride also since 1989.
That was a big one for me too! I remember seeing it in the Guinness Book that year. The drop looked terrifying! By the time I rode it, it wasn’t even anywhere close to a record breaker. When did you first ride it?
@@robbeaton2178 yes, you’re the Guinness book of world records guy! I finally got to it 2 years ago exactly. I told these kids I remembered when it was new and had wanted to go on it ever since. It looks so old now, they couldn’t believe it.
@@dougronald561 That’s awesome! How did you know about it back then? I remember thinking there was no way I’d ever get up the nerve to go on it. Like you said, it was satisfying riding it for exactly that reason - like checking off a box that had been unchecked for far too long.
@@robbeaton2178 I remember the conversation. I was talking about scream machine, and this other kid, Sean, said that there’s a park in Sandusky Ohio with a bigger version of it.
@@dougronald561 Actually kind of similar to how we found out. My cousin and I were amped up about the Scream Machine breaking several world records so we opened the Guinness Book to see it listed - Viper had already overtaken it but that’s when we saw the picture of Magnum under construction 🤯
No way! I remember those commercials growing up, they played approximately 50 times a day. I can still seeing the whole theme song. (No relation to this WWC, believe it or not.) Have you ever been there?
Great story Rob. We had a overflow ditch (Caldecotte lake, map coordinates: 52°00'54.4"N 0°42'26.1"W) that we tried to cement coping onto back in the early 80's. It didn't last but we skated the ditch as a local spot over the years even though a wipe out could mean your board going into the lake.
Nice!!! That looks fun. Was the whole thing ever clean/dry enough to be able to snake run the whole thing? And how many boards did you lose in the lake? 😆
@@robbeaton2178 Yes, it looks rough now but it was clean end to end back then. Some sections were smoother than others so we typically skated a 40ft section that we maintained. I only had my board go in once but I was lucky as a guy we knew who was watching us skate jumped in and got it!
@@cakebabyman5090 40 feet sounds great - I would imagine it would be a daunting task to sweep out and maintain the whole stretch. Great save by your friend!!!
Give you a cookie if you can tell me what sitcom this board was on and where it was located? I'll give you a hint.......it never moved and was always in the same spot!
you went and got the least respected poser board of that era to the tune of poser music. behold the king of the posers!!! seriously though that was the board to get during that time if you were a posing mommas boy that was going to buy 2 of every comic so one could stay in a bag, mint lmao
Yep - I haven’t talked to him in a few decades but he’s alive and well living somewhere out of state. I’ll have to track him down and send him this. He’d get a kick out of the tribute setup.
I gotta admit that grip looks so awesome. I love riding 80s boards now a days as a aging skater. The McGill graphic is an all time favorite of mine along with the ripper.
Thanks! A ripper is on my want list for sure. I feel the same - I’ve got some more modern performance-ish boards but there’s a certain lo-fi enjoyment that I get from riding 80s boards. Almost like no pressure, just go out and cruise and have fun.
i have a mcgill skull/snake reissue from 2012ish, the background is black/purple. i'm not sure what year the shape is from, it's 10" wide and has a short, upturned nose. it has stage 5(or 6?) indy 149s with grindking kingpins and santa cruz oj2 60mm 97a wheels, original from '80s. one of my favorite ones to skate.
@@robbeaton2178 they feel fine. i have kept most of my gear that wasn't thrashed through the years, so i have several sets of trucks and wheels from '90s-'00s. nothing seems to have been negatively affected by age, other than some bushings/pivot cups. some of the wheels have the usual browning, but they all skate fine.
Secret tip for installing rails: drill pilot holes first! Use a smaller bit than the screws’ width. Mark the bit with a small piece of tape, paint or nail polish so that you don’t drill through. Halfway is perfect. The wood screws will drop right in and will never come out.
I am located in NJ (Jersey Shore area) but venture out to PA once in while. I took a ride out to Philly one night to check out the Foundry’s open skate night and buy some stuff from their shop. If you’ve never been. 8 highly recommend it - they’ve got a really fun mini bowl, a street section, and a fairly big half pipe in the back. Right around the corner from the Philly Zoo. The address is 888 N 40th St, Philadelphia, PA 19104.
That’s North Wildwood. The scene with the abandoned warehouse shortly after that coincidentally has a very vintage looking closed Acme across the street as well (Egg Harbor City)
@@robbeaton2178 oh man, there's a blog I used to follow where he actually went into the ruins of the abandoned Egg Harbor City location. That makes sense that it's N. Wildwood.
Oh, and I went to Busch Gardens - Williamsburg last weekend, which brought back band trip memories. Loch Ness Monster has been rehabbed, if you didn't already hear. They reprofiled the loops and drops.
@@robbeaton2178 It's definitely held up well, regardless. The drops were profiled to have lots of airtime, and it really surprised me to get flung out of my seat. I even hit my knee on the bucket car rim. It demonstrates that the park will continue to invest in that coaster.
@@dougronald561 I think the takeaway is that they’re willing to keep and renovate it instead of just removing and replacing. And for that I am thankful!
Ha ha - that’s it! I find that a lot of non-skateboard themed coasters actually mimic the feeling of cruising around skate bowls. Nitro and Jersey Devil Coaster especially. Getting up on the wall where your body is horizontal, pulling some pretty high Gs, it’s a very similar sensation
@@robbeaton2178 Hence, that's why you like both. Pipeline, the Surf Coaster, at Seaworld Orlando, is meant to mimic surfing. Did we talk about that already? You'd like it.
Nah, I wish. Get this though: a friend of mine has a backyard mini ramp right across the street. Standing on the deck of his ramp, you can actually see that patch of woods where the big ramp used to be. I get the weirdest/coolest full circle feeling anytime I skate there
@@robbeaton2178 I get you. I am from the UK and managed 3 trips to SoCAL as an older skater in the 2000's. It was like a pilgrimage for me visiting the towns that had been in the mags back in the day. I even got to skate Baldy pipe, many famous parks, spot for pools in a plane, drain and skate one as well as a few other pools. That was also like completing the circle for me. Having a taste of the life I had dreamed about from those glossy pics. Good times.
@@cakebabyman5090 That is awesome! I’m jealous!!! I have a similar list of spots that I’d hit if I were in California. Baldy pipe is on the top of the list as a lifelong skate dream. I recently managed to find my first two pools to skate here in New Jersey over the past year - skateable ones are exceedingly rare here - and now that I have a taste for it hope to fly out there sometime soon and see if I can make it happen.
@@robbeaton2178 Don't give up on that dream, you can make it happen. I'm living in Indiana now and back on my board at 62 after 11 yrs, pretty sketchy but it's coming back. Skater for life! lol
@@cakebabyman5090 Sweet! I’ve got a couple of skate buddies in their 60s. Having just turned 46, it gives me hope that there’s a long skate journey still ahead of me! By the way, how was Baldy?
That board is the ultimate poser board. The graphics were so colourful. You could mall grab it and show off the graphics. I know because I had one. lol 😂
Haaaaa! You’re so right. When I first got back into skating as an adult, I wanted to get a Psycho Stick but wasn’t sure if I was going to look like a kooky old guy poser. My wife got me one about 2 years in and I absolutely love it, kind of glad I waited though. I am now at the stage where I can appreciate it more and also can happily embrace any and all poser accusations that might come with it. 🤣
Thanks! Yes to Stage 4 - I ended up with 166s with the Rat Bones. When I was running the Mini Cubics, they are such wide offset wheels so I had to bump down to 151s to keep it from looking like a monster truck. Great trucks!
@@robbeaton2178 thanks very helpful so with 151 stage 4 plus mini cubic how wide the truck is in total ? I mean truck + wheels total length In inches 🤪 it could be very helpful Thanks 🙏🏼
Oh hell yeah, I had three of these back in the 80's. They tended to warp after some time but the classic look and shape kept me coming back. Shout out to the Bowview Pool crew!
How did you do it? By the way, awesome videos of Monster Bowl and especially Cherry Hill. That sent me down the rabbit hole of researching that park - such a shame it was so short lived.
