The New Generation

i only ride street really

That's weird. I'm seeing the opposite. Most younger riders around here are like "streeeeet, yeahhhhh. Park, gayyyy" I don't get it, why hate on riding park? I ride mostly street and it's awesome but I still love riding park.

Maybe because it's what they enjoy? Every so called 'park rat' I know doesn't hate street and street riders so I don't see why you feel the need to hate park and park riders. Isn't your profile picture on here a skatepark picture? Didn't you post a thread about how you didn't want your local park to close down a few days ago? Just ride what you want to ride and let other people ride what they want to ride.

I don't care at all for the hype. "ERMAHGERDD 10 YEAR OLD DOING BARS AND WHIPS!". okay. cool. Good for him. So he learned a trick at a younger age than most people? That doesn't make it insanely special in my eyes & call for everyone on the planet to metaphorically suck that kids dick just cause he can do them.

I made a confession bear meme similar to what I just said & sent that to bmxmemes & got tons of hate for it so I'm gonna expect the same here. I don't care. I stand by what I said. When a 10 year old starts flair whipping quarters & trucking 10 stairs, then come get me because that'd impress me cause that in my opinion takes WAY more balls than learning how to do a simple barspin on a bix jump.


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sundaybmxRR wrote:

I don't care at all for the hype. "ERMAHGERDD 10 YEAR OLD DOING BARS AND WHIPS!". okay. cool. Good for him. So he learned a ...more

sundaybmxRR wrote:

I don't care at all for the hype. "ERMAHGERDD 10 YEAR OLD DOING BARS AND WHIPS!". okay. cool. Good for him. So he learned a trick at a younger age than most people? That doesn't make it insanely special in my eyes & call for everyone on the planet to metaphorically suck that kids dick just cause he can do them.

I made a confession bear meme similar to what I just said & sent that to bmxmemes & got tons of hate for it so I'm gonna expect the same here. I don't care. I stand by what I said. When a 10 year old starts flair whipping quarters & trucking 10 stairs, then come get me because that'd impress me cause that in my opinion takes WAY more balls than learning how to do a simple barspin on a bix jump.


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can i see the meme?

I agree with you.

one try kid wrote:

can i see the meme?

I agree with you.

one try kid wrote:

can i see the meme?

I agree with you.

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I've sent too many memes in to them so idk if I can find it. But it was like "I don't care at all for these 10 year olds doing bars & whips in every line. It's just the same repetitive shit being done by pros now, only younger."

I then got a bunch of hate comments saying I'm stupid or "Ur just jelus u cant do tehm" which I can, and am not jealous at all actually haha.







For the record, I'm not knocking kids who can do them; that is to say I'm not gonna talk down to a kid doing that stuff and be like "You're a fag, that's gay." I just personally don't find it that special

http://bmx.transworld.net/1000192705/videos/15-year-old-paul-shariff-crazy/

I ride almost all street. I love riding good parks, but there aren't any close.,

I prefer to ride street over anything an rarely ride park an theres no trails around here.

99% of the edits I see in general are NOTHING but street.

The younger crowd probably starts with park because ramps throw you up higher than hopping, which makes tricks a tad easier to do. (Think flyout VS hop tricks).

Plus park is fun.

tr1x wrote:

That's weird. I'm seeing the opposite. Most younger riders around here are like "streeeeet, yeahhhhh. Park, gayyyy" I don't ...more

tr1x wrote:

That's weird. I'm seeing the opposite. Most younger riders around here are like "streeeeet, yeahhhhh. Park, gayyyy" I don't get it, why hate on riding park? I ride mostly street and it's awesome but I still love riding park.

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I mean the riders that are getting sponsored, getting put on flow teams, or even becoming pro that you see in videos or in contests and stuff like that.

BMX_Forever wrote:

Maybe because it's what they enjoy? Every so called 'park rat' I know doesn't hate street and street riders so I don't see why ...more

BMX_Forever wrote:

Maybe because it's what they enjoy? Every so called 'park rat' I know doesn't hate street and street riders so I don't see why you feel the need to hate park and park riders. Isn't your profile picture on here a skatepark picture? Didn't you post a thread about how you didn't want your local park to close down a few days ago? Just ride what you want to ride and let other people ride what they want to ride.

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I wasn't trying to hate on park at all! When I say the words 'park rat' I mean someone who rides park a lot or nothing but park, I don't mean for it to have a negative connotation. I wasn't trying to say that riding park isn't cool or anything but I do not see many young riders that can barspin or tailwhip and stuff like that doing tailwhips in the streets! They're all in bowls or over box jumps which is cool in it's own way but there has to be at least ONE really really young rider who is sponsored or on a flow team or even pro that loves to ride street. I have yet to see that!

http://thecomeup.com/videos/10-years-old-josh-dove-video/

BMX_Forever wrote:

Maybe because it's what they enjoy? Every so called 'park rat' I know doesn't hate street and street riders so I don't see why ...more

BMX_Forever wrote:

Maybe because it's what they enjoy? Every so called 'park rat' I know doesn't hate street and street riders so I don't see why you feel the need to hate park and park riders. Isn't your profile picture on here a skatepark picture? Didn't you post a thread about how you didn't want your local park to close down a few days ago? Just ride what you want to ride and let other people ride what they want to ride.

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Stocksy wrote:

I wasn't trying to hate on park at all! When I say the words 'park rat' I mean someone who rides park a lot or nothing but ...more

Stocksy wrote:

I wasn't trying to hate on park at all! When I say the words 'park rat' I mean someone who rides park a lot or nothing but park, I don't mean for it to have a negative connotation. I wasn't trying to say that riding park isn't cool or anything but I do not see many young riders that can barspin or tailwhip and stuff like that doing tailwhips in the streets! They're all in bowls or over box jumps which is cool in it's own way but there has to be at least ONE really really young rider who is sponsored or on a flow team or even pro that loves to ride street. I have yet to see that!

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I see what you mean now. I can think of two reasons:
Like Dave said, it's easier to start of learning tricks flyout etc.
Think of them as similar to young BMX racers. Young racers' parents will transport them all over the place to ride various races. It's the same with a lot off younger freestyle BMX riders. Their parents take them to different parks, and push them to learn new tricks.

I just fucking get tired of shitty ass rap songs with little bitch ass wannabe thugs riding street thinking they're hood but actually only can hit the box jump at their local park

Brayden_Buckingham wrote:

I just fucking get tired of shitty ass rap songs with little bitch ass wannabe thugs riding street thinking they're hood but ...more

Brayden_Buckingham wrote:

I just fucking get tired of shitty ass rap songs with little bitch ass wannabe thugs riding street thinking they're hood but actually only can hit the box jump at their local park

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I don't think I'm a thug but I like riding street. I also can't hit box jumps well at all! The parkest thing that I can do is 270 hips like in my profile picture and do tricks out of fly outs like tire grabs and baby tuck no handers and stuff. Other than that, I spend most of my time around the rails and ledges at skateparks.

Man fuck kids, little bastards...

I'm not really a fan of park either . I'd rather see a whip down a set than really a foot plant or so on a quarter

BMX_Forever wrote:

Maybe because it's what they enjoy? Every so called 'park rat' I know doesn't hate street and street riders so I don't see why ...more

BMX_Forever wrote:

Maybe because it's what they enjoy? Every so called 'park rat' I know doesn't hate street and street riders so I don't see why you feel the need to hate park and park riders. Isn't your profile picture on here a skatepark picture? Didn't you post a thread about how you didn't want your local park to close down a few days ago? Just ride what you want to ride and let other people ride what they want to ride.

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Stocksy wrote:

I wasn't trying to hate on park at all! When I say the words 'park rat' I mean someone who rides park a lot or nothing but ...more

Stocksy wrote:

I wasn't trying to hate on park at all! When I say the words 'park rat' I mean someone who rides park a lot or nothing but park, I don't mean for it to have a negative connotation. I wasn't trying to say that riding park isn't cool or anything but I do not see many young riders that can barspin or tailwhip and stuff like that doing tailwhips in the streets! They're all in bowls or over box jumps which is cool in it's own way but there has to be at least ONE really really young rider who is sponsored or on a flow team or even pro that loves to ride street. I have yet to see that!

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BMX_Forever wrote:

I see what you mean now. I can think of two reasons:
Like Dave said, it's easier to start of learning tricks flyout etc.
Think ...more

BMX_Forever wrote:

I see what you mean now. I can think of two reasons:
Like Dave said, it's easier to start of learning tricks flyout etc.
Think of them as similar to young BMX racers. Young racers' parents will transport them all over the place to ride various races. It's the same with a lot off younger freestyle BMX riders. Their parents take them to different parks, and push them to learn new tricks.

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My parents going out of their way to take me to a decent set of trails or a skate park? Bitch please. Those little guys are manufactured basically. My parents never told me to do crap.

Parents tell them to ride the quarter or they're gonna eat the quarter!

the under 15 crowd prefers to ride parks because that is their version of the bar scene. They go there to meet up with their homies, and there is always a couple girls hanging around too. they do more chilling than riding sometimes

armageddon wrote:

the under 15 crowd prefers to ride parks because that is their version of the bar scene. They go there to meet up with their ...more

armageddon wrote:

the under 15 crowd prefers to ride parks because that is their version of the bar scene. They go there to meet up with their homies, and there is always a couple girls hanging around too. they do more chilling than riding sometimes

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Funny, i'm 14 and whenever i go to a park, i'm just there to ride.

Grimaldo Duran's 14 year old son. Actually rides "street" and not "street skateparks" unlike 80% of people on this forum who say they ride street.

George Duran Edit #3 from George Duran on Vimeo.

adamnmexican wrote:

Man fuck kids, little bastards...

adamnmexican wrote:

Man fuck kids, little bastards...

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Well hopefully no one takes this the wrong way...

and fortunately you didn't put a hyphen between man and fuck...

haha

But yea, kids ride park cause mom and dad bring them there, parks are easier to learn tricks on too. Think of it this way, foot tall rail on a bank, or 3 foot tall handrail down hard stairs. For a new rider, which sounds safer/easier?

That's kinda how I look at it. Plus with my old age (haha) park hurts less to do things on.

adamnmexican wrote:

Man fuck kids, little bastards...

adamnmexican wrote:

Man fuck kids, little bastards...

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dave lawrence wrote:

Well hopefully no one takes this the wrong way...

and fortunately you didn't put a hyphen between man and fuck...

haha

But ...more

dave lawrence wrote:

Well hopefully no one takes this the wrong way...

and fortunately you didn't put a hyphen between man and fuck...

haha

But yea, kids ride park cause mom and dad bring them there, parks are easier to learn tricks on too. Think of it this way, foot tall rail on a bank, or 3 foot tall handrail down hard stairs. For a new rider, which sounds safer/easier?

That's kinda how I look at it. Plus with my old age (haha) park hurts less to do things on.

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this. I always enjoyed park because it was easy to get to, easy to meet at, and easy to learn stuff on. plus sometimes street is just too far away, especially when you live in bodunk burbs and shit, stuff tends to be way too big or way too small in those settings outta the city

Street riding is more physically demanding than park riding, kids are not thats strong, riding park allows them to focus on technique rather than brute force.

For example compare the amount of physical energy you put in a fly out bar compared to the one you would put for a hop bar or a bar down something. Most kids don't have that sort of strength yet because well.. they're kids.

Still I've seen some edits where 14-15 year olds were completely destroying street and nowadays edits are mostly street anyways.

andyferly wrote:

Street riding is more physically demanding than park riding, kids are not thats strong, riding park allows them to focus on ...more

andyferly wrote:

Street riding is more physically demanding than park riding, kids are not thats strong, riding park allows them to focus on technique rather than brute force.

For example compare the amount of physical energy you put in a fly out bar compared to the one you would put for a hop bar or a bar down something. Most kids don't have that sort of strength yet because well.. they're kids.

Still I've seen some edits where 14-15 year olds were completely destroying street and nowadays edits are mostly street anyways.

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This. Plus every kid on here complains about having nothing to ride. I bet that factors in.

dave lawrence wrote:

This. Plus every kid on here complains about having nothing to ride. I bet that factors in.

dave lawrence wrote:

This. Plus every kid on here complains about having nothing to ride. I bet that factors in.

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I'm young and I just don't have any concrete parks close to me. I like a lot of the street spots that are near me though.

The old generation of riders in the old days had it right , ride everything and not just stick to one discipline

As a part of the "New generation" I don't get why the older riders always embrace the stereotype of a the parkrat kid that complains he has nothing to ride. If you look and find there's a lot more kids that do ride street and make the best of street spots all around.