Longshot filter: Sometime in the mid-90s, Big Brother magazine ran a photo of a male skateboarder sitting on a bench or concrete wall, skateboard in hand, and a female next to him, kissing him on his cheek. Is this photo online? [more inside]
posted by nitsuj on May 23, 2009 - 3 answers

How old is too old to learn to ride a skateboard? [more inside]
posted by M.C. Lo-Carb! on Mar 13, 2009 - 46 answers

Are there any indoor skate spots or parks in San Francisco or the immediate vicinity?
posted by paulyballs on Mar 3, 2009 - 2 answers

Good skateboarding parks in or around Cambridge MA, or less than a 20-minute drive therefrom? Whadda they have? Any good public places where skateboarding isn't frowned upon, with stairs, rails, curbs? For a 13-year-old who is at the basic level and wants a challenge. [more inside]
posted by not_on_display on Jun 18, 2008 - 3 answers

Help me pick an unusual transportation method for a short commute. [more inside]
posted by topynate on Aug 23, 2007 - 44 answers

What song samples this line: "Dude, I’ll give you a hundred bucks and I’ll take you out to Benihanas if you slide that 75ft handrail…I’ll give you 600 tries, I’ll be back next week!" which a young Jason Lee says at the beginning of Spike Jonze's "Video Days?" [more inside]
posted by nitsuj on Nov 21, 2006 - 4 answers

I need some gory pro-skateboard-helmet propaganda. [more inside]
posted by flabdablet on Sep 16, 2006 - 31 answers

Old school vert skateboards for fat old nerds. Any adult riders out there? [more inside]
posted by loquacious on Nov 11, 2005 - 7 answers

So my 27 year old wife has suddenly decided she wants to become a skate boarder. She wanted to learn in 3rd grade, but got a bike instead. She now wants to make up for lost time. I know nothing about skate boards. How much will it set me back for a decent skateboard? [more inside]
posted by justgary on Jan 11, 2004 - 11 answers