Skateboards of Choice is skater owned and skater run to deliver 100% Skater Satisfaction - guaranteed! The site was set up in 2004 by Ed Slateford, an oldschool skateboarder who refuses to grow old gracefully...
Ed's 5-Day Ollie Challenge - Day 1
added 19th July 2010
Hello, my name is Ed Slateford, I'm 42 years old and cannot ollie.
This may sound like a terrible confession from someone who claims to run a "skater owned" skateboard shop, but please let me try to explain:
I first started skateboarding in the mid-1970s and continued into the early 80s. the ollie was invented in 1976 but didn't really become a part of mainstream skateboarding in the States until the late 1970s, and it didn't really make it over… Read More
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