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Message 2437 (11. Mar. 2007 17:06) (All previous)

Robert Chase (videos by Robert Chase) (pictures by Robert Chase)
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This forum is great because it allows us to meet skaters from all around the world. I am sure everyone has some really interesting stories about how they started and how things were back in the day. I wonder how many vert quad skaters are out there? I am guessing the number is pretty small. I can't wait to get on my skates.



: It's quite similar with me. No other roller skaters around when I started, only it wasn't called quad skating but just roller skating. Or vertical roller skating when a half pipe was involved. However, at times there have been some young folk in Emmendingen near Freiburg who have been roller skating. Then in Buchheim. In both places there isn't a ramp any more. :-( And most of those guys aren't skating any more. Well some skateboarders are. And one roller skater, too, when I let him use my skates. I'm still hoping that he throws together a pair of skates. He talks about it since many years.
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: So yes, most of the time I have been hanging with the skateboarders and also with the local BMX riders. I never connected as closely with the inline skater, though I tried. They often seem to feel superior to roller skaters, having the newer device. I had a pair of inlines when most of them didn't even know that something like that even existed!
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: : I skated in 1978 and was doing pretty darn good.
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: Wow. That's at least six years earlier than me.
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: I think the book idea is a great one. I surely involves a lot of work, though!
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  • thomas kalak: mail@kalak.de (6. Mar. 2007 19:02)
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