Just got my new summer toy

bummer dude, sorry to hear that. but you gotta be carefull on these things, know what your getting into, and learn how to foot brake, it saves lives.

pure inexperience... learned my lesson that's for sure

yea man, you get the speed wobbles once and you NEVER forget it.

arnt those bad boys pretty expensive? how much does a good one go for?

after seeing that vid i borrowed my friends longboard. its pretty tight. i was barefooting in the huge rain storm last night, it was fun as hell.

just another vid, take care of yourself kids.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWVSb0vqXLU

i did what the second guy did.... cept onto my shoulder

and by "i" i mean CrazyBignate..... damn fuckin aaron's computer

dude. that sucks. sorry to hear.

i just got one too, but i'm stickin to small hills and stuff 'till i feel more confident and get better. (i almost lost it last time i went out).

anyway, hope you heal up fast.

also, i totally agree with supporting local places, but this website has some pretty sick graphics on their boards, not sure about quality, but i've heard good things...

www.bustinboards.com

surgery tomorrow down at mayo :0 i get to stay over night! woo!

actually he couldnt care less its his old board. genius....

yea, take that you big genius you!

^ i agree...genius is something pretty stupid to say...if u read back in the thread ud see that was what he called me

^^ yea, take that you big genius you! stupid buck490

for those of you at all interested in how collar bones are done these days, i'll give a brief overview of what i went through cus i just feel like it.

for athletes now they find for best functionality in the long run (for particularly bad breaks) that plates with screws show much better results than natural healing which was prior method for most every type of collar bone break. so i've got two plates and eight screws holding the bone perfectly back together and letting it heal, which were installed in open surgery. recovery time is faster than natural re-growth. in two weeks i'll be out of my sling and gently exercising it and within two months should be back to full activity. because this method is so new, there are still there are many doctors who would say no to surgery, which two doctors i saw did so. this really led me off in the wrong direction and could have resulted in waiting two months and then finding out i would need surgery (happened to a snowboarder friend of mine). so i left those doctors and the ones who were for surgery and headed down to mayo clinic for the final word. both the sports medicine and regular orthopedic doctors were completely up to date with the new studies from canada and were both completely for surgery.

so anyways that's my story for anyone who cares, the wound isn't bad, so far i can't feel the plate (prolly cus of swelling) and oxycondine is fun haha. the worst part is going to goddamn grad parties and having to explain what happened over and over and over and over again and of course every other parent is a doctor and has their opinion on the whole deal and gets really annoying.

still glad i bought the long board, earlier this week before surgery i was cruising down my slightly sloped drive in my sling doing some turns and it was really relaxing, helped calm me down. so just in time for college i'll be good again.

phew.. done

good to here. also I complety agree there really isn't anything more relaxing than making a few mellow carves to relieve some stress.

I feel the same way too when I long board. Its a way good stress reliever. TOIGHT!

i got a new summer toy too...

http://www.specialized.com/bc/SBCBkModel.jsp?spid=22159

i think im buying a 5-foot deck for my longboard this summer too, really schmoze around on it

you would mike. you would.