I wonder how many people started skateboarding because of THPS games? My big brother tried to get me into skateboarding even since I could barely walk, but I didnt care about it at all untill I played THPS 2. If it wasnt for that, I wouldnt have discovered things like CKY and Jackass, all the different kinds of music and bands in THPS/THUG games, other extreme sports games and the whole lifestyle associated with skating. Come to think of it, that game had a very large impact on my life from 2000 to early 2005. Even though I quit skating a while back ago and I dont have any ties to the culture anymore, I still think about doing tricks that are impossible to do in real life when I walk around in a city. I often times see the modern architechture through the eyes of a skater as one big skate park and I think of all the different kinds of creative tricks and lines one could pull off in different ramps, rails, staircases etc.
TEKTORO wrote:One time I cut my AssBallConnector doing a frontside flip for some kid who wanted me to show him the trick.It was in a rocky parking lot and the board just popped all up in there,and there was a little bit of blood.
I recall a similiar situation, I was trying to practice a 180 hardflip or something like that and I landed with the skateboard in between my legs in a "pogo" position and the board hit the ground before my feet did...