The Skating Thread

[4nik8]

stop picking on beans...

didja know that beans, when mixed with rice, form a complete protein?

[turnbull gbr]

stop picking on beans...

didja know that beans, when mixed with rice, form a complete protein?

What do you mean?

[4nik8]

Without getting into too much potentially boring detail, a "complete" protein is one that is comprised of 8 so-called essential amino acids

They are rightly named “essential”, in that humans can't produce them; they must be consumed

All animal-based foods have all 8 of these amino acids

Beans (and its related families) have 4
Rice (and its relatives) has the other 4!

So, "rice and beans" are a great occasional alternative to an entire roast pig (just don't get yer beans from a can, and make sure the rice is long grain brown rice!)

[triscender]

is the brown rice that i get at the chinese restaurant "long-grain"?

[4nik8]

is the brown rice that i get at the chinese restaurant "long-grain"?

possibly, but it could also be white rice treated in sauce and junk

[chrismasonic]

i love canned beans...
the low sugar & salt are my elixir

but back to riding and skating...

anyone ever learned tricks into a foam pit before busting them out for real?

i love them things...i learned backflips that way but don't think i'll ever do one in real life now,as i said earlier a friend of mine was hurt doing a double backflip and i think thats put paid to me transferring a foam flip to a real one...

[union_jack]

just got the dvd of lords of dogtown (though i prefer dogtown and zboys) about half way through i had to go out and bomb some hills xD

[chrismasonic]

i like that movie...if it wasn't snowing outside i'd do the same

[union_jack]

yeah its pretty good.. they paid so much attention to detail.. the original zboys schooled them and stunt doubled their on screen counter parts at times!! when they recreated the dogbowl they invited all the zboys back for a reunion 

on another note.. anyone know the story behind those Warriors decks that ive seen in peoples collections? were they zoo york?

[triscender]

yes zoo york - very hard to find

[4nik8]

just got the dvd of lords of dogtown (though i prefer dogtown and zboys)...

i've just added both to my queue - based on a suggestion on that site, i've put Dogtown and Z-Boys first

do you concur, doctors?

[union_jack]

yes... dogtown and z-boys blew me away its not only my favourite documentary but one of my favourite films. its so inspiringly and brilliantly well made, it deserves all the awards it got.

lords has definitely grown on me, there are great performances by ledger RIP and emile hirsch and it does a good job of dramatising the lives of the zboys as well as being accurate and truthful

...and all that from catherine hardwicke... Twilight director 

[chrismasonic]

if you like Dogtown and Z boys you might also like
Stoked...the rise and fall of Gator...

[union_jack]

havnt heard of that but i would also suggest Chlorine.. a documentary about pool skating. features tony alva braking into pools in the present day. its not a work of art like dogtown but its worth checking out even if a lot of the skaters in it are real dicks lol

[chrismasonic]

cheers...i'll check out chlorine...sounds good

gator is a dick too...kills a burd