nice,never new this thread existed ...stopped skating about 2 years ago,spent quite alotta money on it as well...but it's great fun!!..skated for about a year,all i managed to do in that time was kickflips,shove it and f/s boardslide..i can't even b/s boardslide ....got a couple of memorable scars too,i sometimes still think of skating..but sold my skateboard last year