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15 thoughts on “Hopeless Old Men On Skateboards”

  1. Fitz on July 10, 2013 - Reply

    Good comic!

    In all honesty, I’d like to see a good curb in a park. Not on a bank, or a tranny, just out where it could be skated and slathered in all manner of wax, until it resembled Creston ledges or the curb-wall at Burnside.

    A good, slippery and beaten-to-fuck curb is always fun.

  2. Welsh Pete on July 10, 2013 - Reply

    Digging the No Comply frame. Curbtastic.

    1. Fitz on July 15, 2013 - Reply

      That’s the one I liked, too.

  3. Tim on July 10, 2013 - Reply

    I was also stoked by that contest. And I vote flat top parking blocks.

  4. wesCHAOS on July 11, 2013 - Reply

    I remember times when we would spend hours skating curbs. We had our faves around town. Liberty Plaza, Washington St curbs, the “Shuttle Landing”. Wax is for wussies. I have to earn that shit.

  5. spurr on July 11, 2013 - Reply

    The long red curb next to shakeys in burien . How many parking spaces could we boardslide , axle stall at the top of dennys bank . Good times

  6. juggalo picnic on July 11, 2013 - Reply

    granite curbs in Philly! Right in front of Spike Skates..Been there since forever. No wax or paint needed.

  7. grover on July 11, 2013 - Reply

    Aint nothing better than locked in slappy biatch.

  8. roszco on July 15, 2013 - Reply

    For real, how hard is it to put in a curb? I always suggest them at skatepark meetings I go to and people giggle like I’m joking. I’M NOT JOKING! I’M OLD AND NOT JOKING!

  9. Fitz on July 15, 2013 - Reply

    All good curbs get a coat of wax from time to time. Stop pretending you are so damn core you don’t notice the shit mixing with the aluminum flakes and just be hyped on the fact a good curb spot is still a damn good time. Nobody says you have to wax it yourself, but you can bet some kid did (just like you did back in the day), and you can bet that’s usually why it’s a go.

    1. kilwag on July 15, 2013 - Reply

      I must be a little bit older. Never waxed, always just looked for curbs with a heavier paint job. Not saying that’s any better, just a half a generational difference. Imagine all the curbs I missed out on because wax hadn’t caught on yet.

    2. houseofneil on July 16, 2013 - Reply

      “back in the day” is a subjective term in this case, because “back in our day” (mid 80s) waxing curbs didn’t exist. We looked for painted curbs and that was it. yellow was rad, red was even radder. Looked good on the trucks afterwards.

      1. Fitz on July 16, 2013 - Reply

        Well, here in Oregon, we were enjoying many a waxed curb in the mid ‘eighties.

        I too, loved the mix of red/yellow and blue (handicap curbs!) that would accumulate. Still love it.

        1. Heath on July 16, 2013 - Reply

          In Wisconsin, we set the yellow ones up with milk crates on both ends so you had to ollie into it. We’d put escalators on them, make them three blocks long… super fun.

          While house shopping, I told my wife I preferred houses that have curbs in front. Like twiddling thumbs; walk out to the street, ollie your bottle recycle bin, and hit some slappies on the curb!

  10. Mike on August 10, 2013 - Reply

    Grew up on red curbs. Fun fun fun

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