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Wow! I can't believe Thrasher (and Jake Phelps) made the front page of HN. I first met Jake Phelps at Tampa Pro in 2006 when I was in middle school. He was givi
by travjones 11y ago
Wow! I can't believe Thrasher (and Jake Phelps) made the front page of HN. I first met Jake Phelps at Tampa Pro in 2006 when I was in middle school. He was giving away free wheels and I thought he was just some random dude. Later I found out his position at Thrasher.
Thanks for upvoting this, fellow HNers. If you don't skateboard and you've thought about it, I recommend you try it out. Or if you "used to skate," get back on the board! I find software dev and skateboarding very similar. There's a certain resilience that comes from both endeavors, at least for me.
If you've got a little bit of time to burn, check out the Thrasher YouTube channel [0].
[0]: https://www.youtube.com/user/ThrasherMagazine/videos https://www.youtube.com/user/ThrasherMagazine/videos
- JonnieCache 11y agoI'm a big fan of the skateline videos, despite being unable to skate.
- travjones 11y agoYou aren't alone. Gary Rogers is pretty funny.
- _neil 11y agoAlong the same lines, Rodney Mullens' TED talk[0], where he discusses hackers and open source, is really fun to watch. [0] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uEm-wjPkegE https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uEm-wjPkegE
- nefitty 11y agoOn it! I've been thinking of grabbing a board again. This article showing up on HN just lit the fire. Now, to decide, a blank deck or something arty...
- travjones 11y agoKeep the fire lit! Get something cool--It's worth the extra $20. I just bought a couple of Quasi boards and I like them a lot. I'm also fond of Habitat.
- solipsism 11y agoResilience from software dev? Do tell.
- callmeed 11y agoWell said. I just started skating again now that all my kids started picking it up. We have quite a lot of fun skating together.