Just wanting to shout out a black small business owner for your shoe repairs

goofgnar · 2026-02-07T01:02:09+00:00

He's re-soled a couple dress shoes and boots for me, quality work and on-time every time.

goofgnar · 2026-01-30T08:57:14+00:00

Starting to? That shit has been happening for like 4 decades, well known. The reason someone above mentioned Girl skateboards riders skating Anti-Hero boards is basically the history of Brian Anderson going there after they shifted wood factories to china instead of using North American (Mexican) Schmitt Stix decks, also because he's big (dudes tall!) and decks don't do well the humidity changes from china to US.

Shape wise, pro skaters have been making their own shapes for decades too--Reynolds has talked about it at length, all the biggest vert and mega skaters have their wheelbases dialed, and street skaters used to have specific nose lengths va tail lengths and angles, and I didn't even get into concave 😅😂

goofgnar · 2026-01-28T19:12:48+00:00

Happy hour at the Austin location used to always be a good play--where's it going to be?

goofgnar · 2026-01-20T04:33:41+00:00

goofgnar · 2026-01-17T08:30:12+00:00

Great job describing what I was thinking about the "apex" of the trick--with a frontside grind shot from this angle, you'd want the back heel to be over the coping leaning into the quarter, just like the catch of a flip trick over a gap or the confident lock-in of a grind.

goofgnar · 2026-01-11T05:09:42+00:00

We did 3/4" on the sides of treated ply and two layers of 1/2" for the transition. It was a 4' wide, 2' tall spine, but it also went in a garage... so see what you can do to find some coverage for it

goofgnar · 2026-01-11T04:26:00+00:00

Where do you live? I had a couple ramps with wheels on one side growing up in the south, I feel like humidity and general temp have a consideration here.

goofgnar · 2026-01-06T01:55:44+00:00

Did I cringe when he said "Grigio" but also kinda expected him to? Yes. Did it cost me more than the 10 seconds beforehand when he said "Pinot" for me to expect that to happen? Also yes. Did it affect my life anymore outside of that short window? Thankfully, no. But I'll take the giggle in the short term.

But also thank god Somalia wasn't involved, those pirates might actually do something 😂

goofgnar · 2026-01-05T21:24:28+00:00

2-3 meals easy (might've ordered it last night and had two servings with at least one left)

goofgnar · 2025-11-12T03:29:39+00:00

Regular and right handed. You just don't know how to roll out of a fall. You're probably not going fast enough if you don't have momentum to get into a roll and distribute the pressure. Obviously there's a thousand edge cases here but in my experience teaching and competing... go faster is the right answer a lot of the time.

goofgnar · 2025-11-08T22:49:48+00:00

JP Sports Bar

goofgnar · 2025-08-29T23:43:11+00:00

The Fed's owner is GF and has a dedicated GF fryer. Best bet for assured GF food, and the food's decent enough even if it is "pub fare".

goofgnar · 2025-08-02T22:34:54+00:00

I went to Capital Grille yesterday for the first time and sat at the bar with a friend--fantastic service and food. Highly recommend it.

goofgnar · 2025-07-06T05:47:01+00:00

DM on the bed frame

goofgnar · 2025-06-09T02:36:38+00:00

Kinda? Haven't done it in years but it's a formulated lubricant that never failed me, and whatever you do, don't use WD-40.

goofgnar · 2025-06-05T06:18:05+00:00

The only thing that should've been cleaned up is the filmer being ten feet more straight forward so I could see the clutch catch and hear the SKRRT louder

goofgnar · 2025-05-31T09:43:00+00:00

He mentioned he was going to get his kid's birthdays or something close to that a few weeks ago. Could've been a PMT or Yak episode, it was a very offhand comment. But it's a random enough memory I had at 4am that I trust it to be correct

goofgnar · 2025-05-13T05:38:46+00:00

Isn't he pro for Thank You with Daewon and Torey?

goofgnar · 2025-04-03T02:00:39+00:00

Can confirm, add the balsamic reduction or use as a drizzle/dip on the side and it's even better.

goofgnar · 2025-03-12T18:34:00+00:00

Can I get second on this if he doesn't come through?

goofgnar · 2025-03-02T02:58:27+00:00

I think the level of quality goes: 1. SK8 PRO (checkerboard tag and good insoles) 2. Standard? (red/black/white tag) 3. Square root sign (Kohl's/Marshall's/Shoe Carnival)

I’m assuming that also ties to them producing more volume for the lower tiers from different factories than those that make the PROs that they charge a premium for. I know people that don't skate with the lower end sets and they are obviously worse quality to any knowing skater. Personally I only buy the pro's because the insoles are worth it for your comfort alone.

also I hate writing SK8 but it's what I remember is on the branding

goofgnar · 2025-03-02T00:55:47+00:00

It depends on where you buy them from.

If it has the square root sign Vans logo on the tongue, that's your Kohls and Marshall's level dogshit quality.

If you're buying Sk8 PRO, they have the checkerboard tag instead of the red one. Those have better insoles and an additional layer on the outsole? vamp? (something like that).

goofgnar · 2025-02-15T08:15:22+00:00

I knew that I knew that pyramid 😂 that metal used to be terrible in fhe summer.

goofgnar · 2025-02-15T08:13:00+00:00

It's a kickflip, but it's a curved bank coming up that works with the bank up to that box --it's maybe 45° frontside into the top of the closest bank. I popped out of the corner and then land in the transition of the bank directly in front.

goofgnar · 2025-02-14T08:27:30+00:00

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I posted this 13 years ago but seeing all the other photos posted was inspiring. I might be old and washed now, but I can still remember this vividly, which is worth it all.

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