Originally published at: Wild video from 1997 shows skater Jeremy Wray doing an ollie from one water tower to another | Boing Boing
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When I was a tween, I tried and tried and tried and tried to get into skateboarding and was trying to do an ollie and no matter how hard or how much I practiced, I could never do it. It’s weird seeing people just going all over the place doing insane skateboard tricks.
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My parents got me a skateboard for my 9th birthday in 1977. The first “trick” I attempted was to push the board in front of me and then try to run and jump on it. I caught the back end of the board, fell awkwardly, and broke my femur. It turned out I had a then undiagnosed bone disorder. That was simultaneously the beginning and the end of my skateboarding career.
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I got fairly good at riding; I could ride ramps, rock-n-roll to fakie, 50-50 grind the coping, basic stuff like that. but I was terrible at street skating because, despite my certain strengths, my ollie was hit-or-miss. couldn’t rely on it. most of skating is based off of using it, so I never got especially good : (
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For those of you who can’t or won’t watch instagram
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I was wondering why there is a big empty spot in the article. I must have blocked that company.
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Instagram is facebook/meta. I also don’t see tiktok.
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Thank you internet stranger 
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