Sunday, July 28, 2024

The Wire Spot and How Old Is Too Old To Skate Street. July 28, 2024. Mostly Skateboarding Podcast.

This week, Patrick Kigongo, Mike Munzenrider, and Jason From Frozen in Carbonite talk about Jason's Oral History of The Wire Spot for Quartersnacks and ponder how old is too old for street skating. Listen here and subscribe on iTunes or Spotify.

Patrick is stoked on Spitfire Wheels, France 3-0 win over the USA, Quartersnack’s recap of The Bunt Jam, Elissa’s BLOCK at the Bunt Jam, and Marbelista.
Jason is stoked on Venture Trucks, bmoreskate blog, Areth Footwear’s video Presence, Magnus Bordewick “Shimmy” edit
Mike is stoked on the cast of “Twister,” just watched that movie for the first time.

1 comment:

Justin said...

I'm still amazed East Coast Urethane had interns.

Nobody cares. Littering, tagging, using turn signals, whatever. That's how the world is today.

Night Court was such a good show. I also believe they discovered the spot from the show.

Kinetic and Nocturnal are partnered. Kinetic helps with their online store and stuff.

I don't think there is an actual cutoff for real street skating, but it depends on the individual's situation, location, and mental state. If you live in a city with a variety of easy access street spots, it wouldn't matter much. A smaller town without much going on, then it's probably not worth it. Although that might work out for the best with some hassle free vacant spots.

I can't skate unless I'm comfortable so hitting the streets isn't a great option. It's easier to forgo street skating when you live in a small town, too. Also with getting older, time is a huge concern. I don't want to waste on board time on driving around when I've only got a morning or an evening to skate. My friend in Rochester, NY has so many parks around his house that it is ridiculous. I get keeping it real in the streets, but his options are better than a lot of spots out there in a general sense.

NYC is an anomaly in all of this. I imagine several European cities are also anomalies.

I've got a bunch of ledges for the driveway and the local park is a couple minutes away so I've always got time to fit in an hour or so every day.

I do think it is useful to compare yourself to older pros. You can say that dude is still skating at 50 and that makes it OK for you to go skate some curbs or whatever.