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Message 2393 (6. Mar. 2007 21:07) (Tree)

Bernhard
bernhard@adinfinitum.de
alley oop
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What's become of Friedel and Reto Matter?

BTW: Very nice picture! Great composition, perspective and timing.
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thomas kalak: mail@kalak.de (6. Mar. 2007 19:02)
 hi there,
alley oop was my magazine in 87-89. it was really small (about 50copys each issue) but it was the only mag covering 8-wheel this time. you can find more of it at rollergirl`s in CA soon.

cheers
thomas
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thomas kalak: alley oop (6. Mar. 2007 19:05)
 alley oop was featured in thrasher in 87.
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Bernhard: alley oop (6. Mar. 2007 19:28)
 : alley oop was featured in thrasher in 87.

That's cool. Do you still have contact to the guys mentioned in this Thrasher article?
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thomas kalak: alley oop (6. Mar. 2007 19:59)
 yes
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Bernhard: alley oop (6. Mar. 2007 21:07)
 : yes

What's become of Friedel and Reto Matter?

BTW: Very nice picture! Great composition, perspective and timing.
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Robert Chase: alley oop (10. Mar. 2007 17:22)
 This is so interesting. Because all of us live in different parts of the world, I am sure we grew up skating with a totally different perception. When I was about 12 years old, we all competed along side the skateboarders in a competition called ASPO. I was very young so never really got into the scene. I wonder, if I am like most of you. I rarely ever had a quad skater to skate with. I always skated with skateboarders and I was just something different. It was always cool and they always treated me well, but I never really got to hang out with quad skaters. I did the inline thing for a few years and met many of them, but it was not the same. It would be so cool if we could all piece together our past and put it into some sort of history book. I have skated with legends and at one time might have been one from where I stand. When you are doing tricks that have never been seen, then you are sort of an innovator. Now I look at these amazing skaters that would have tought me so much. I was never that good. I don't know the timeline and where I stand, but I skated in 1978 and was doing pretty darn good. I now see guys and gals that were and are amazing. The internet makes the world smaller. lol I never really was involved in the skate scene, but have skated with the best. I am wondering if I was part of history and never knew it. I have some awesome memories and nobody I know will ever understand. It is hard being part of something you can't share with your friends, but now this site gives me those years of frustration. lol


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: What's become of Friedel and Reto Matter?
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: BTW: Very nice picture! Great composition, perspective and timing.
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Bernhard: alley oop (10. Mar. 2007 22:05)
 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.

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!

: I skated in 1978 and was doing pretty darn good.

Wow. That's at least six years earlier than me.

I think the book idea is a great one. I surely involves a lot of work, though!
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Robert Chase: alley oop (11. Mar. 2007 17:06)
 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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