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Message 11212 (23. Oct. 2009 23:25) (Tree)

claudine
Session with Tim at Round Rock
Oh Biff, if I could borrow your arm, I'd be doing handplant after handplant one handed, non stop, maybe I would need a 3rd sk8 as I would be grinding and sliding all over the freaking pool coping. Thanks! I wish........ That would be a blast of a lifetime.
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biffsk8er: Session with Tim at Round Rock (23. Oct. 2009 08:40)
 Not sure if I coded this right........let's see.


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Bernhard: Session with Tim at Round Rock (23. Oct. 2009 12:59)
 Gr8 Sk8ing!
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Robert: Session with Tim at Round Rock (23. Oct. 2009 17:43)
 That was so awesome.
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biffsk8er: Session with Tim at Round Rock (23. Oct. 2009 18:59)
 Thanks, it was a lot of fun! Weather is fantastic here, for now... :D
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biffsk8er: Session with Tim at Round Rock (23. Oct. 2009 19:07)
 Thanks! I appreciate the support. I noticed that Tim has gotten a lot better as well. I also liked his cool little pocket camcorder! The darn thing is small enough to fit into a shirt pocket!!

However, after watching, I realize several things :

1) I need to turn to the right more often - i.e. frontside side stance to the right / frontside parallel stance to the right, etc..

2) I need to do more airs, and higher airs. I've been working on grinds so much lately that I notice I'm hardly ever airing out anymore.

3) I need a bigger bag of tricks when it comes to foot grabs/stalls/spins. I'm going to see if I can get my 540 back. Haven't done that in ages.
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claudine: Session with Tim at Round Rock (23. Oct. 2009 22:17)
 Yeah Biff, you need lol...... Need to let me borrow ur arm! OK, nice job, awesome, damn jealous too! Oh heck, I'm skating my ass off recently. I shouldnt complain, rolling along pretty good. ;-P One day I'll fly again!
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biffsk8er: Session with Tim at Round Rock (23. Oct. 2009 22:47)
 *POP* (Biff's arm comes off)

Here you go, Claudine.
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claudine: Session with Tim at Round Rock (23. Oct. 2009 23:25)
 Oh Biff, if I could borrow your arm, I'd be doing handplant after handplant one handed, non stop, maybe I would need a 3rd sk8 as I would be grinding and sliding all over the freaking pool coping. Thanks! I wish........ That would be a blast of a lifetime.
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Beer Hunter: Session with Tim at Round Rock (24. Oct. 2009 00:55)
  A skate on your hand? That reminds me of a live performance I once saw years ago, I think at Sea World.

As I recall, it was on a covered stage and everything in the background was painted black. The performers were wearing colorful costumes with strange designs and everything was colored including all exposed skin. They were on roller skates and skating on ramps including a quarter pipe, and I cannot remember what else. It must have been 23 years ago. There must have been 5 or six of them skating all together. I had never seen anyone skate like this before, ever. The one thing that was really interesting was that they not only had quad skates on their feet, but some of them also had what looked a single large caster attached to each hand and were rolling on all four limbs! These casters were probably the size of one you would find on a shopping cart. The costumes and makeup, along with the black background (you could not see any ramps at all) made it seem like there were these alien creatures drifting around. It was spectacular.

The show was simply titled " Wheels ". My little sister and I were completely mesmerized by the performance. When I first found the local park here in San Antonio 4 years ago, I immediately had an urge to mound wheels on my hands and go rolling around the bowl looking like an alien dog the way I had seen these people do so many years ago.
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claudine: Session with Tim at Round Rock (24. Oct. 2009 03:03)
 Lol, that sounds great! Honestly, I knew nothing about vert rollerskating til I got my roller skates first time about 2 years ago. I saw a skatepark here and it looked like fun. Growing up, I knew nothing of this and there werent many rinks around. Better late then never!! This has been so much fun, its insane. Even with all the catastrophes, the fun is still worth it. I just thought it would be crazy to be sliding and grinding and rolling all over the freaking place! lol. My arm seems like its getting more solid, dont know, will have to check and see how its doing! I want to unicycle again soon too lol.
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biffsk8er: Session with Tim at Round Rock (24. Oct. 2009 09:35)
 Only Sea World "roller" skate video I could find :


Swcond best skate video I could find :


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biffsk8er: Session with Tim at Round Rock (24. Oct. 2009 09:44)
 Something like this??


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Bernhard: Session with Tim at Round Rock (24. Oct. 2009 10:53)
 Arghh! Why do always have to invent new ways to include videos into a message? This is already the third way to include YouTube! At least it was easy to add this to the video indexer.

BTW: The videos are coll!
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ireNe: Session with Tim at Round Rock (24. Oct. 2009 16:32)
 that sounds great! what fun, thx for the story
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biffsk8er: Session with Tim at Round Rock (24. Oct. 2009 19:27)
 Glad I found a new way to drive you crazy. :D :D :D

BTW, why are these videos coll??

coll-

1. collateral.
2. collect.
3. collection.
4. collective.
5. collector.
6. college.
7. collegiate.
8. colloquial.
9. (in prescriptions) an eyewash.
Origin:
L collȳrium
collo-

1. a combining form meaning “gelatinous, glutinous; glue,” used in the formation of compound words: colloblast.
2. a combining form representing colloid in compound words: collotype.
Also, especially before a vowel, coll-.

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Bernhard: Session with Tim at Round Rock (24. Oct. 2009 19:43)
 Collective, if coarse ... ;-)
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joe90: Session with Tim at Round Rock (25. Oct. 2009 04:47)
 Yea get some frontside happening Biff.You pull lines all over that bowl and ally oop over the hip is rad but frontside would be nice too.And bring on the 540's too,I've seen an old vid of you spinning one up and they are smooth as silk,the only way to fly.

cheers joe
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biffsk8er: Session with Tim at Round Rock (25. Oct. 2009 06:47)
 Alright, you got it mate!!
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