Curbball (1 Viewer)

[Peak]

Has this game all but disappeared? I was talking to my sons about it the other day and they thought I was crazy. I remember constantly playing it as a kid. We had neighborhood tournaments with brackets and bragging rights. Heaven forbid a neighbor drove their car down the street mid-game - this would result in a 10 point attempt by throwing the ball over the car and getting a rebound off the opposite curb! The bigger/taller the vehicle, the more points the attempt was worth.

We tried to play in our neighborhood last night, but all of the curbs are slanted/curved now - instead of the steep drops there were back in the day. You just don't get a good bounce back from these slanted/curved curbs anymore.

 

[AcerFC]

never heard of it

 

[zamboni]

Wow - haven't thought of curb ball in years. That and stoop ball were mainstays of my youth.

The good old days when kids went outside and we made our own fun. :shakescane:

 

[Jaysus]

Wallball was the structure-based game of choice where I grew up.

 

[(HULK)]

I was dominant at roofball

 

[sbonomo]

Never heard of this. Can someone explain?

 

[zamboni]

Never heard of this. Can someone explain?

Depends on which part of town you come from.

Either this or this.

 

[Insein]

Wallball was the structure-based game of choice where I grew up.

Yea we had two versions. Wall ball was tamer where you only had to hit the wall to eliminate a person. Suey is the same but you had to peg the person to get them out.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

We played porch ball. Aim was to hit the exact front edge of the steps to create a home run or at least a line drive.

 

[AcerFC]

Wallball was the structure-based game of choice where I grew up.

Yea we had two versions. Wall ball was tamer where you only had to hit the wall to eliminate a person. Suey is the same but you had to peg the person to get them out.

We called this Asses Up

 

[sbonomo]

Never heard of this. Can someone explain?

Depends on which part of town you come from.

Either this or this.

hmm..i grew up in a small town so we never played...looks interesting.

 

[DA RAIDERS]

we would play with a golf ball in an alley to sharpen up our reflexes. that #### came back fast.

and at my high school reunion last month, i proudly showed my daughter the wall where we played butts up. she thought i was crazy. 'course you can't play smear the queer anymore either.

 

[dickey moe]

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