not close and definitely no cigar!

In my search for new and interestingly designed site I came across this winner by way of Design Melt Down. I like drips and grunge and it has plenty of it, but unfortunately it has one major flaw...what the hell is Streetboarding? [ed.note-extremely one sided diatribe to follow!]

I will first off say that I know that doing tricks/moves/whatever and participating in any type of x-treme sport involves skill and the potential for maim and dismemberment. They all take dedication and courage. That's where I end it.

Everything (aside from the existance of skiing) is a conceptual derivitive of skateboarding. We were the first idiots. We started and you coined it x-treme sports. 99.9% of all trick names are born from skateboarding. The major difference between them and skating, THE BOARD IS NOT ATTACHED! Any skate trick involves making sure the board is attached to your feet. This is not accomplished by straps, bindings, glue or magic. You have to ollie into nearly every trick. You have to do a trick to get into a trick. Want to hit a handrail, you have to ollie. Want to clear a gap, you have to ollie. Want to do a 900, you have to ollie (although it's a little different). Let's try this w/ everything else. Want to hit a rail w/: snowboards, streetboards, skis, fruitboots (rollieblades), etc. just jump into the air and aim. Want to do an air, just jump and flail. You start to get the point.

The worst out of all of these is the booters. Nothing is more idiotic looking is some aggressive inliner grabbing their feet and calling it a grab! This is ridiculous. I will admit that I truly enjoyed blocking them on ramps at skateparks. The skates go backwards and the booter hits the coping. Fantastic source of entertainment. The next best was when they wanted to fight you all you had to do was push their feet. Once again, down goes booter.

I can go on w/ the examples of how much more complex a skate trick is vs. everything else; but I'll give you just one: flip tricks. Trick into trick, game over. Think of this: kickflip into crooked grind to varial heelflip out. I'm done.

Nice website though.

Photo courtesy of Transworld Skateboarding and Atiba Jefferson.