SEDS

Doc Sk8 · December 23rd, 2008, 09:20 PM

Stage 1 SEDS Skate Equipment Deficiency Syndrome......

A sk8r realizes they do not have a particular piece of necessary rare, expensive and /or obsolete sk8 equipment...... This commonly occurs to returning sk8rs that want to re-create their old sk8s or the sk8s they always dreamed of...Their sk8ing pleasure is now deficient...and they are on a quest to get the sk8 item they need to be happy.

Stage 2 SEDS Skate Equipment Dependency Syndrome......

The sk8r has successfully searched high and low and SCORED their needed item...but in the process they pick up a few other items...then a few more and soon the sk8r (now a SEDS victim) is constantly on the prowl for more.... In other words dependent on getting more and better cool sk8ing stuff....

Sk8rs will jump back and forth between Stage 1 and 2. It is a never ending cycle...with NO known cure.....

BEWARE Full blown SEDS can be dangerous to wallets, friendships and sanity in general.....but it sure is fun.......
5/9/2011 Hazards newly noted: SEDS is hazardous to current intimate relationships and may prevent new ones from forming..

9/4/2011 Stage 3 SEDS? Identified by Big Nick and may be exacerbated by too much Vegemite ....

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I think I might be developing some horrible mutant third stage of SEDS where I buy things that I think other people need as well as still buying the stuff I know I don't need!

Hopefully this is isolated to kangaroo land... We may require an international quarantine..

The Notorious DGD · December 24th, 2008, 03:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Doc Sk8

Stage 1 SEDS Skate Equipment Deficiency Syndrome......

A sk8r realizes they do not have a particular piece of necessary rare, expensive and /or obsolete sk8 equipment...... This commonly occurs to returning sk8rs that want to re-create their old sk8s or the sk8s they always dreamed of...Their sk8ing pleasure is now deficient...and they are on a quest to get the sk8 item they need to be happy.

Stage 2 SEDS Skate Equipment Dependency Syndrome......

The sk8r has successfully searched high and low and SCORED their needed item...but in the process they pick up a few other items...then a few more and soon the sk8r (now a SEDS victim) is constantly on the prowl for more.... In other words dependent on getting more and better cool sk8ing stuff....

Sk8rs will jump back and forth between Stage 1 and 2. It is a never ending cycle...with NO known cure.....

BEWARE Full blown SEDS can be dangerous to wallets, friendships and sanity in general.....but it sure is fun.......

An important thing to note about the diagnostic criteria for SEDS is that the "necessity" of the gear sought out in Stage 1 is in the eye of the beholder. For instance, I own several fully functioning pairs of skates. One has Roll-Line Variants, and one has Snyder Advantages -- both pretty respectable setups. My apartment is not currently up in flames, with all my "babies" trapped and doomed to die a horrible fiery death. One might argue that I consequently did not need the size-6 Targas I picked up on eBay earlier this month, and that I certainly did not need TWO pairs. One would be wrong.

Doc's diagnosis
NOT wrong...but maybe in denial......Early stage 2....

Iggy · January 8th, 2009, 02:17 AM

I think SEDS is kinda like a shoe fetish.......with wheels

Doc sez: Just wheels?? No bearings or plates??

Iggy · January 8th, 2009, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Iggy

I think SEDS is kinda like a shoe fetish.......with wheels

Doc sez: Just wheels?? No bearings or plates??

Fresh Eddie Fresh · January 8th, 2009, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Iggy

I think SEDS is kinda like a shoe fetish.......with wheels

I got both SEDS and a shoe fetish... it's not easy being Fresh Eddie.

aunapsk8 · February 6th, 2009, 08:32 PM

I think I have the potential to have SEDS really bad. If I hit the lottery, look out, it might get ugly!!!

SKATERNVA · March 19th, 2009, 06:06 PM

man i thank i got it crap guess i need to work over time.

ncsk8rgirl · March 19th, 2009, 06:12 PM

My once controlled and dormant strain of SEDS has reared its UGLY head and is back with a VENGANCE!

njrinkrat · April 6th, 2009, 07:55 PM

i guess i'm stage two . i lost my old skates they were riedell boots on laser nycon plates fafnir brgs i think the wheels were huggers , so now i'm starting out i picked up a pair of carreras already changed the wheels and bearings and now i'm looking at changing the plates

tat2mike · August 10th, 2009, 08:27 PM

I think doc should start seds ananamous meetings! The first step is admitting your an addict lol

ajchien · August 13th, 2009, 05:29 PM

Oh great, I start skating again and I find out SEDS exists. Seems like every one of my hobbies has an addiction ....

I play table tennis and there are the EJs (Equipment Junkies, folks easily spending over $2000/year on ping pong paddles alone ...),

and I also like doing basic car maintenence where folks have their own Strategic Oil Reserve (folks hoarding some 200 quarts of motor oil in their garage ... lol thats enough oil to last me 5 years ...)

So I think I might be developing *pre*-SEDS ... the constant checking on the internet for skating related accessories that I might want ...

Is there a self help group that needs to be formed?

Doc Sk8 · August 13th, 2009, 09:01 PM

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Originally Posted by ajchien

Oh great, I start skating again and I find out SEDS exists. Seems like every one of my hobbies has an addiction ....

Me too....

I play table tennis and there are the EJs (Equipment Junkies, folks easily spending over $2000/year on ping pong paddles alone ...),

I used to play ping pong but was never that into it.... Lemme guess, custom built CF paddles??

and I also like doing basic car maintenence where folks have their own Strategic Oil Reserve (folks hoarding some 200 quarts of motor oil in their garage ... lol thats enough oil to last me 5 years ...)

That one is new to me...

So I think I might be developing *pre*-SEDS ... the constant checking on the internet for skating related accessories that I might want ...

Yeah you are cranking up for sure!!

Is there a self help group that needs to be formed?

Help?? I don't think so...... More like: Abandon ALL HOPE ye who enter here!!!! Bwaa HAHAHAHA!!!

jberryiii · September 10th, 2009, 09:15 PM

Just started skating after a 10 year hiatus about 2 weeks ago...now brand news skates from a-town (395 skunk, driver, shamans, bones), and 4 sets of various lips......I really need to stop looking at this forum! lol unless you have some really sweet wicked lips you want to part with!

cojaco61 · October 24th, 2009, 04:14 AM

Thanks for posting that description. I have been seeing the SEDS on here for ages, and was too afraid to ask what it stood for.

Hmmm, going by my recent actions I may be coming down with it.

Oh oh!!

sc8tt · November 1st, 2009, 07:31 PM

guilty. stage one was getting my skates... then my girlfriend skates... then my kid skates.

definately stage 2 now. i got new wheels... then her new boots and plates (getting better plates this week)hehe... then him new wheels... and his boots painted

now my second pair is on the way. it got me quick.

btw, i have the shoe thing too. over 100 pairs. 50+ are nike sb.

ncsk8rgirl · November 2nd, 2009, 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by sc8tt

guilty. stage one was getting my skates... then my girlfriend skates... then my kid skates.

definately stage 2 now. i got new wheels... then her new boots and plates (getting better plates this week)hehe... then him new wheels... and his boots painted

now my second pair is on the way. it got me quick.

btw, i have the shoe thing too. over 100 pairs. 50+ are nike sb.

welcome to the SEDS club.....

You are on the right path and have been officially inducted by the SEDS queen herself. lol

sc8tt · November 2nd, 2009, 12:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ncsk8rgirl

welcome to the SEDS club.....

You are on the right path and have been officially inducted by the SEDS queen herself. lol

im honored

Art G · November 2nd, 2009, 03:03 PM

I think that in much the same way that Cyclothymia relates to bipolar disorder as BPIII, there is room for another type of SEDS.

Rather than a need to acquire only rare, expensive and /or obsolete sk8 equipment, the patient may feel an overpowering urge to possess the latest, fastest, lightest skate equipment as well.

For example, I already own my Oberhamer/Ultimate III quad setup, but then I did buy them when Roy was still alive, and Mike was still making the plates.
I presently have no desire to part with them.
But see my signature. And now I'm already trying to raise the money to try to get a second pair. Just because they are so freaking killer.

ncsk8rgirl · November 2nd, 2009, 03:44 PM

yeah... I like the light stuff too

I am quiet sure that there is a separate category of SEDS that encompasses all of my skating related afflictions. It might be SEDS-X

The Dan · February 2nd, 2010, 12:18 AM

SEDs=overtime=Happy Dan...

January 8th, 2009, 02:17 AM	#3
Iggy DGS Racing Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: PITTSBURGH, PA Posts: 3,223	I think SEDS is kinda like a shoe fetish.......with wheels Doc sez: Just wheels?? No bearings or plates?? __________________ Skate Drama Free "Ultimate V - Like a skate mullet." -dvw Last edited by Doc Sk8; January 8th, 2009 at 03:54 AM.

February 6th, 2009, 08:32 PM	#6
aunapsk8 Afro Girl Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: South Bend, IN Posts: 80	Potential SEDS I think I have the potential to have SEDS really bad. If I hit the lottery, look out, it might get ugly!!!

March 19th, 2009, 06:12 PM	#8
ncsk8rgirl Discovered SEDS on 1/1/08 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 4,144	SEDS..... out of remission.. My once controlled and dormant strain of SEDS has reared its UGLY head and is back with a VENGANCE! __________________ WOO HOO! GRAFIK IS GONNA SK8!!!

September 10th, 2009, 09:15 PM	#13
jberryiii ontherollagain Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Lafayette Posts: 12	seds complex w Just started skating after a 10 year hiatus about 2 weeks ago...now brand news skates from a-town (395 skunk, driver, shamans, bones), and 4 sets of various lips......I really need to stop looking at this forum! lol unless you have some really sweet wicked lips you want to part with! __________________ Acadiana Good Times Rollers-ref aka Inspectre Closely Riedell 395's, Roll-line Driver, Bones Swiss labs

October 24th, 2009, 04:14 AM	#14
cojaco61 Locutus of QUORG! Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Wollongong, NSW, Australia Posts: 2,290	Thanks Thanks for posting that description. I have been seeing the SEDS on here for ages, and was too afraid to ask what it stood for. Hmmm, going by my recent actions I may be coming down with it. Oh oh!! __________________ We are the QUORG! You will be assimiskated. Skating Inlines is Futile! Colin Coakes, Wollongong, NSW, Australia

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March 19th, 2009, 06:06 PM	#7
SKATERNVA seds is hell Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Lanexa VA Posts: 62	man i thank i got it crap guess i need to work over time.

April 6th, 2009, 07:55 PM	#9
njrinkrat Old Skool Shuffler Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Sparta NJ Posts: 215	i guess i'm stage two . i lost my old skates they were riedell boots on laser nycon plates fafnir brgs i think the wheels were huggers , so now i'm starting out i picked up a pair of carreras already changed the wheels and bearings and now i'm looking at changing the plates

August 10th, 2009, 08:27 PM	#10
tat2mike 808 Addiction! Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Tampa Fl Posts: 188	I think doc should start seds ananamous meetings! The first step is admitting your an addict lol

August 13th, 2009, 05:29 PM	#11
ajchien Trail seeker Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 36	Oh great, I start skating again and I find out SEDS exists. Seems like every one of my hobbies has an addiction .... I play table tennis and there are the EJs (Equipment Junkies, folks easily spending over $2000/year on ping pong paddles alone ...), and I also like doing basic car maintenence where folks have their own Strategic Oil Reserve (folks hoarding some 200 quarts of motor oil in their garage ... lol thats enough oil to last me 5 years ...) So I think I might be developing pre-SEDS ... the constant checking on the internet for skating related accessories that I might want ... Is there a self help group that needs to be formed?

November 1st, 2009, 07:31 PM	#15
sc8tt SHORT PLATE CREW Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: smith mountain lake virginia Posts: 146	guilty. stage one was getting my skates... then my girlfriend skates... then my kid skates. definately stage 2 now. i got new wheels... then her new boots and plates (getting better plates this week)hehe... then him new wheels... and his boots painted now my second pair is on the way. it got me quick. btw, i have the shoe thing too. over 100 pairs. 50+ are nike sb. __________________ been twenty years and now im addicted to skating again like i was 16

November 2nd, 2009, 03:03 PM	#18
Art G Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: G-Town, Texas Posts: 222	I think that in much the same way that Cyclothymia relates to bipolar disorder as BPIII, there is room for another type of SEDS. Rather than a need to acquire only rare, expensive and /or obsolete sk8 equipment, the patient may feel an overpowering urge to possess the latest, fastest, lightest skate equipment as well. For example, I already own my Oberhamer/Ultimate III quad setup, but then I did buy them when Roy was still alive, and Mike was still making the plates. I presently have no desire to part with them. But see my signature. And now I'm already trying to raise the money to try to get a second pair. Just because they are so freaking killer. __________________ Bont 2-point Magnesium Frames, Various Bont Wheels , Bont Swiss Bearings, Old Schankel/Simmons boots. Last edited by Art G; November 2nd, 2009 at 09:44 PM. Reason: typo

November 2nd, 2009, 03:44 PM	#19
ncsk8rgirl Discovered SEDS on 1/1/08 Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 4,144	yeah... I like the light stuff too I am quiet sure that there is a separate category of SEDS that encompasses all of my skating related afflictions. It might be SEDS-X __________________ WOO HOO! GRAFIK IS GONNA SK8!!!

February 2nd, 2010, 12:18 AM	#20
The Dan SEDS Free for 5 days Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Oregon City Posts: 3	SEDS SEDs=overtime=Happy Dan... __________________ 911/reactor/Rush Ceramics/White Shamans

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