Thrashing through the ages."CAN YOU DARKSLIDE?" AGE 8-12 Board: Wet Willy Idols: Bam, Tony Hawk, Harry Potter Role model: "Tony Hawk!" Video: Tony Hawk's Trick Tips/Veggie Tales Tricks: Dropping in, fatty to flatty Just discovered: Viva La Bam Viva La Bam was a reality television series that starred Bam Margera and his crew. The show was a spin-off from MTV's Jackass, in which Margera and most of the main cast had appeared. Accessory: Kool-Aid mustache Hair: Bowl cut Clothes: Red shorts, T-shirt from Sears that says "Radical!" on it Shoes: Andy Macs from Payless Mecca: The X-Games Big question: "Can you darkslide?" Minor concern: Bed-wetting Major distraction: Nap time, little sister Reason to quit: X-Box, left board out in the rain Maxim: "Hey! Look at me!" "ARE YOU SPONSORED?" AGE 13-17 Board: Bam Idols: Bam, Andrew Reynolds, Jamie Thomas Role model: Bam Video: Misled Youth, Jackass jackass: see ass. The Movie Just discovered: Girls, how to pop kickflips, beer tastes better after three of 'em Tricks: 360 flips, back lip the park bar Accessory: Heart-o-gram belt buckle, video camera Hair: Shaved Clothes: Baggy jeans, Deca T-shirt from bargain bin Shoes: Shoe-goo'ed Rowley 1's Mecca: Beverly Hills High Big question: "Are you sponsored?" Minor concern: "Should I be sponsored?" Major distraction: Girls, butts, girls, boobs Reason to quit: "My dad bought me a fuckin' car!" Maxim: "Skate or die!" "WHY AREN'T I SPONSORED?" AGE 18-22 Board: Shop blank Idols: Geoff Rowley, Heath Kirchart, Mark Appleyard Role model: Jim Greco Video: Really Sorry Just discovered: Weed, beer, "Music is awesome!" Tricks: 360 flip down eight, klckflip back lip the park bar Accessory: Cell phone, iPod, video camera with death lens, fake ID Hair: Emo Emo Emotion(s) EMO Emotional (music genre) EMO Emergency Measures Organization (Canada) EMO Evolutionary Multi-Objective Optimization EMO Emotional Rock mop Clothes: Snug black jeans, white T with "Black Sabbath" written on it in magic marker Shoes: Reynolds 2's Mecca: Hollywood 16 Big question: "Why aren't I sponsored?" Minor concern: "Should I just start being a filmer?" Major distraction: Work, girlfriend, trying to get a girlfriend Reason to quit: Torn ACL See access control list. 1. ACL - Access Control List. 2. ACL - Association for Computational Linguistics. 3. ACL - A Coroutine Language. A Pascal-based implementation of coroutines. ["Coroutines", C.D. , starting a band Maxim: "Skate and destroy!" AGE 23-27 Board: Whatever's free Idol: Cardiel Role model: Templeton Video: Super-8 pool documentary made by friend in art school Just discovered: You're never getting sponsored, pools are fun Tricks: Smith grind the big bowl, front board the park bar Accessory: Cooler of Coors, Anti-Hero anti-hero, principal character of a modern literary or dramatic work who lacks the attributes of the traditional protagonist or hero. The anti-hero's lack of courage, honesty, or grace, his weaknesses and confusion, often reflect modern man's ambivalence toward can wrap, Holga camera Hair: Emo mop/ironic mullet mullet: see silversides. mullet Any of fewer than 100 species (family Mugilidae) of abundant, commercially valuable schooling fishes found in brackish or fresh waters throughout tropical and temperate regions. or mohawk Clothes: Dickies, Thin Lizzy shirt size small Shoes: Vans slip-ons Mecca: San Francisco, NYC NYC abbr. New York City NYC New York City Big question(s): "Any cold ones left in there?" "Are you coming to my art show?" Minor concern(s): "Fuck. Am I getting fat?" "How old are those young lookin' chicks?" Major distraction: Work, girlfriend, fecalface.com Reason to quit: Torn ACL, concentrating on band/art, you live in the South Maxim: "Skating has always been more to me than just skating. You know?" AGE 28-32 Idol: Blender Role model: Hewitt Video: Beer, Bowls and Barneys Just discovered: Girlfriend doesn't want to be just a girlfriend forever Tricks: Frontside scratch grind the big bowl, fatty to flatty Accessory: Wife Hair: Closely cropped to mask balding Clothes: Pegged jeans, Pabst Blue Ribbon shirt size large Shoes: White Cab 5's with choked laces Mecca: Oregon Big question: "Am I getting too old for this?" Minor concern: "Are those kids on the street course making fun of me?" Major distraction: Mortage, back fat Reason to quit: Torn ACL, low-carb diet makes you tired all the time Maxim: "Fuck it. dude!" AGE 33 + Board: Deathbox Mike Folmer Idol: Alva Role model: Salba Video: Gullwing gull·wing adj. Hinged at the top so as to swing upward. Used of a type of automobile door. Inside Out Tricks: Carve the light, pump the bumps Accessory: Toddler, video camera, scrap book, JFA JFA Justice for All (criminal justice reform group) JFA Japan Football Association JFA Journal of Field Archaeology JFA Jazz Foundation of America JFA Jodie Foster's Army (band) cassette tape, hip pads Hair: Covered with Flyaway fly·a·way adj. 1. Made or worn loose or draped, as to allow or suggest fluttering in the wind: a flyaway coat; long, flyaway hair. 2. a. helmet Clothes: Jean shorts, stretch-necked Santa Cruz shirt from 1988 Shoes: Chuck Taylors with duct-taped toes Big question: "Why aren't I a legend?" Minor concern: "Really, why? I've been skating as long as Salba." Major distraction: Mortgage, alimony alimony, in law, allowance for support that an individual pays to his or her former spouse, usually as part of a divorce settlement. It is based on the common law right of a wife to be supported by her husband, but in the United States, the Supreme Court in 1979 , eBay Reason to quit: Dislocated dis·lo·cate tr.v. dis·lo·cat·ed, dis·lo·cat·ing, dis·lo·cates 1. To put out of usual or proper place, position, or relationship. 2. hip, heart attack Maxim: "You seen Dogtown and Z-Boys? Yeah, that was me." |
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