Longing for warmer days and totally missing the Summer months, I bought a gently used skateboard at an auction for $5 Canadian dollars.
(Not much money. “How bad could it be?”, I thought.)
See What I See. Here’s what it looked like:
Notice the wheels, trucks and snake with skulls in the graphics ...
Here’s what the top of the deck looked like:
Stripped down.
Sanded.
Sanded some more.
Stained.
Trucks polished.
New orange wheels.
New (special order) grip tape.
All together:
A sophisticated ride. Ready to roll?
(I know. I’m stacking stereotypes. I’m a masseuse who is almost Vegetarian, grows cannabis, loves concentrate, throws axes and knives, is heavily into crypto and now skating.)
~ Rebecca
The snake teeth and venom fluid with the skull graphics and top is very plain. Some vegetables and leaf like cannabis are also there. My nephew buy a skate board few days ago, on board name ninja!
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Hi @shiekh27! I wish your nephew good luck when he rides his ninja board. ;)
Very good looking deck!
Hahaha! That was worth $5 any day of the week!
I love it! It remains me of my very first...and only board. I can't remember exactly how old I was, maybe 12? I think my trucks were higher than yours which affects everything in general as I'm sure you know.
I had practiced regularly on my parents carport which was a very smooth concrete surface. After a week of practice, I went to a friend's house to skate in his neighborhood. Come to find out, his neighborhood consisted of a steep, downhill country road made from asphalt. Needless to say that I was scared shitless. But I wasn't going to puss out.
My friend takes off first and he makes it look easy. I couldn't believe how fast he was going. I finally get the courage up and take off. I started out bad and things just got worse. As I was picking up speed, the front wheels started to wobble. I don't think that I have to tell you what happened next.
That was the end of my skateboard career.
This is a new hobby for me. My parents would never let me skateboard because they had spent a small fortune on my teeth and they were convinced I would really hurt myself. So it wasn’t until I was in my late 30’s that I took up snowboarding (which is similar) and then in my early 40’s I bought a Fire Wheel but that thing was super dangerous and I sold it.
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By the way, deck looks solid and for only 5$?Wuuut?
Love the MOB 420 griptape.
Can't wait to see you riding that baby.
Going to try not to bang myself up too badly on my “new to me” board. Lol! No worries, I‘ve got some potent medicine at the ready, if I do. ;)Thanks so much for the vote of confidence @steemskate!
welcom my dear