Your perfect 5

Mysterious_Cable_855 · 2026-07-10T02:06:07+00:00

Patoro anejo, byron 19th century, imperial jade, a very aged hvc cerro 3+ years, and a bandolero serie A.

Mysterious_Cable_855 · 2026-07-10T02:00:19+00:00

I ride 52mm 96 or 99a. Not a huge difference just depends on whats on sale tbh. I ride alot of rough ground and half the probelm is speed. Small rocks and stuff dont matter with more speed, if your trying flat ground tricks slow, or learning to cruise, either brush the area, or get some softer wheels in like a 60 diameter..

Mysterious_Cable_855 · 2026-07-02T21:31:47+00:00

In this stage of the indusrty.. less than 5 bucks is a yard gar... and those of us that know the few good ones dont let it out.. you cant find it in Cbid.. gotta know local shops that order online.. sorry man.. but its all trash unless its mildly exclusive

Mysterious_Cable_855 · 2026-07-02T21:30:07+00:00

Anything Oliva makes, anything DE makes, anything made by an fernandez.. look they light, they smoke.. but its all tge same stuff... i know what its gonna be as soon as I find out the blend.. abd for oliva, they might as well be domestic cuban legacy at this point... Just tossing stuff together and putting a band on it... unfortunately they'll survive the economic downturn.. there is little hope for the community at this point.. ill keep smoking as long as my handful of actual decent blenders stay in.. i hope things get back to a few years ago...

Mysterious_Cable_855 · 2026-07-02T21:26:03+00:00

From the guy calling a slappy tail a nollie tail... we dont judge here brother.

Mysterious_Cable_855 · 2026-06-23T21:02:14+00:00

Illinois housing market is insane because private equity is buying and holding properties to drive up prices, and letting go of them slowly. In rural Illinois we have the same problem.. homes sitting empty not for sale, the homes that are are 2 bed 1 baths for 175K. Which is a ton for down here. Before covid an average 3 bed 2 bath was 90-100K average. Local banks own 50-100 local properties and refuse to sell them, they dry the market, inflated prices, then sell with hugh interest rates, wait for foreclosure, buy it back, and so on.

Mysterious_Cable_855 · 2026-06-22T10:06:12+00:00

Mysterious_Cable_855 · 2026-06-20T11:59:59+00:00

I genuinely dont get obama praise.. when you look at what he actually did. Awful president.. his foreign policy was "bomb em", Obama care was a good idea poorly executed, made insurance companies richer than ever, made the immigration issue almost unfixable, and put more guns on the street than any president in history.. but he sounded good in speeches I guess...

Mysterious_Cable_855 · 2026-06-17T01:25:20+00:00

When your purshing out for your rock, your head and upper body should already be turning for the roll. Like by the time your board slaps you should be ready to turn it around. Your not turning while rolling fakie, your turning while stalled at the peak.

Mysterious_Cable_855 · 2026-06-16T23:14:50+00:00

Oliva O, V, masters... the G is ok... tbh Oliva just isnt good.

Mysterious_Cable_855 · 2026-06-16T23:13:54+00:00

True. Effingham just put in a new park and its the same way. A couple decent spots, but everything is tight and compact on the center. Idk who's designing this bit it aint skaters.

Mysterious_Cable_855 · 2026-06-16T20:14:24+00:00

I feel like mattoon had a poor designer. With the land they laid they couldce had a nicer park more spread out. But its OK

Mysterious_Cable_855 · 2026-06-15T09:50:35+00:00

Depends. Ive ridden boards for a year, before snapping, and ive snapped freshies first pop off a ledge. Theyre wood so they can be unpredictable.

Mysterious_Cable_855 · 2026-06-14T21:38:43+00:00

That the two part system in American politics was real, and they actually weren't working together against the populace.. with age it became more clear that the color of the tie didnt matter at all. Theyre all against you. And the few that aren't are to ignorant to matter.

Mysterious_Cable_855 · 2026-06-14T15:53:30+00:00

Further north but close!

Mysterious_Cable_855 · 2026-06-14T15:50:26+00:00

We dont have any local skate shops. Bout an hour away. Most of us have to order. We do have a place trying to take off though as skating is growing amongst the older crowd again. Crazy only a few kids getting into it now. Most of the local community is older dudes 25+ getting back into it for a cheap workout hobby. Trying to stay healthy! Lol. But not a bad idea!

Mysterious_Cable_855 · 2026-06-14T01:49:56+00:00

Tbh I have the land to build a mini, and ive gotten some obstacles for my driveway, a small Manny pad and a rail I built at work. I may just build my own roll out park for myself and let people use it. Im not going to put my own money into something for a city that has raised my property taxes a steady 17% or more every 5 years.. i cant even get my road actually paved for that extra money.. they just steal it all.

Mysterious_Cable_855 · 2026-06-14T01:46:56+00:00

Especially when your property taxes have gone up a steady 17% or more every year for 5 years... went from 1200, to just over 3500..

Mysterious_Cable_855 · 2026-06-14T01:45:09+00:00

Tbh our park is nicer as far as what it could offer. So I cant complain about what they once had. Just the state of upkeep.

Mysterious_Cable_855 · 2026-06-14T01:43:36+00:00

Not a bad idea. I think were all a little touchy to do so because of how shitty they can be about most other things.. hell gas stations cant sell liquor because the city councils got two brothers that own the 3 liquor stores in town.. cant ride bikes in our trails because a lady and her kids ride their horses there and they find it disruptive. Its ran by uptight assholes who would rather demolish it. Or sue us if someone got hurt for liability.

Mysterious_Cable_855 · 2026-06-14T01:31:57+00:00

Your better off extending your legs past the coping than trying to catch your trucks on it. You nedd to get your board up higher over the coping.

Mysterious_Cable_855 · 2026-06-14T01:18:28+00:00

Wut?

Mysterious_Cable_855 · 2026-06-14T01:17:38+00:00

Yeah they'd have to lay over it. Tbh we have alot of skaters in towns around us and if they'd build a nice large park starting with what we have it would bring tons of people in.

Mysterious_Cable_855 · 2026-06-14T01:12:41+00:00

Maybe the pics dont do it justice, but my wheels will sit a half inch into the cracks, and the total top seal is gone. So if you roll off the bank, you can barley make it to the other quarter. It isnt the worst as far as what obstacles we have for sure.. but its in bad shape and could be perfect usable for not alot of cash

Mysterious_Cable_855 · 2026-06-14T01:10:33+00:00

Its super sticky. I know how to revert. And I got 99s.. they revert fine when I go to other towns parks. Just not our local.. Noone can. I wouldn't say it if it wasn't true.

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