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On 7/16/1998 JEFF the Speedy Jew
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Sup all, I've learned from experience, how to make tight turns at high speeds. (the black hole at the X games) What you do is when you're about to hit the turn, bend your knees as much as you can and squat, this makes the turns sharper and smoother. OUT.
-Jeff
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On 7/16/1998 Kboy
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Kil:
Hey I appreciate the tips. Yeah, not rolling helps, I've been practicing on
carpeting or short grass (make sure its dry!) to avoid that and soften falling on
my ass! I think my problem is timing, because you're doing 4 or 5
things simultaneously. I assume you're doing it on a new school deck too,
which I am for now until I figure this out. Ollieing on a longboard
would be cool, but first things first! Tightening trucks is a good thought,
come to think of it they are pretty loose right now.
Skate on my brother!
Kboy
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On 7/15/1998
Kilimanjaro
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Hey Kboy,
I'm just starting to ollie and I find it helps you alot
to hold onto a fence or a hand rail or something instead
of doing it while roling. Once you can do that move on
to doing it without the fence.
Also tightening your trucks makes it easier to
keep balance.
And then last but not least here's something that took me
a while to find out: Even though you unweigh your front
foot while kicking the tail try to keep it in loose contact
to the board while you move it forward. This keeps the board
from rotating and gives you hight.
C YA on the road.............
Kilimanjaro
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On 7/14/1998 Spanky Malone
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Where would the medical industry be if it weren't for us skaters? Think of the advances in ortopedic surgery due to doctors patching twisted, busted skaters back together. I wonder if we can get some compensation for all we have given to medical science? (I'm wounded right now too, Kboy, just a thought...!)
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On 7/14/1998 Kboy
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Eggman:
Thanks! I'll keep tryin'. You're a good "egg"! Although, I might get some wrist guards
or something, I'm sporting a nice bruise on my palm when I ate shit practicing manuals the
other day!
Kboy
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On 7/13/1998 eggman
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Yo Kboy!
The only tip I have is to get your front foot as far back on the board as possible. Then get up on your toes on your back foot. Kick it down and jump up at the same time. I am really not the best guy to ask, since I am just learning myself. But you know what "they" say....practice makes perfect. Keep the vibe! Later late.
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On 7/13/1998 Kboy
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eggman,
That's cool shit. Wish I could do that, I've always been a kook at tricks,
I'm must be missing a gene or something, just can't pull 'em. I've tried, in fact just yesterday was practicing
and have the bruises to prove it! Any tips?
Kboy
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On 7/10/1998 eggman
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Hey kiddies,
Just to let you know, I have been practicing my ollies on my sector 9. They are pretty fun. Since I did not skate in the 80's, I never learned. Now that I am back on a board, I want to learn. Don't bag on ollies, they are hard, but once you can do them, it is fun. It also gains a little respect when you ollie your long board right after a shortboarder says that "that is too big to ollie". But longboarding is about soul carving first and formost. Remember, you can do shortboard tricks on a longboard, but you can't cruze a shortboard like a longboard. Later late.
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On 7/9/1998
Scheckey
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Damn, after three briliant posts like that, theres nothing left for me to say! I gotta say your right about "Skate and let Skate" but shouldnt we give the same feeling to inliners? How about skiers? How about everyone? Im tellin ya' the world would be a better place if every one did two things; 1, listened to ska, and 2, let everyone enjoy their own trip.
(sending me gobs of money, so I could retire now, wouldent hurt either :-) )
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On 7/9/1998 Kboy
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Yeah, I'm down with you two! I've noticed Gravity's ads as well are all showing tricks too, in an effort, previously and
correctly stated, to convert new school boarders and most likely younger people to try longboards. The main thing is to respect everyone's
ability, have fun, and remember, we're all riding a board with wheels, so no need to segregrate.
Kboy
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On 7/8/1998
Tan-Dog
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Chris, well said! So many great things are ruined when people try to hammer them into to thier own perceived nirvana! Why can't we let whatever, just "be". If you want to ollie your Sector 9 off the gym roof, then fine, let me cruise a mellow hill doing surf style crossovers and such. The more we politicize longboard skating the closer we get to ruining it. Lets just skate, thats what this is all about!
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On 7/8/1998
Chris
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So who's to say what's a good trick to do on a longboard and what's not. It's that type of logic that perpetuates the myth that short boards are only good for ollieing onto concrete benches. Admittedly, you are probably going to be able to do new school tricks better on a new school deck, but that doesn't mean that you can't or shouldn't try them on a longboard.
I suspect that the ad in question is not aimed at longboarders. Sector 9 already has a helluva foothold among longboarders. I'm sure that if you took a poll of people who frequent this site, I'd guess that 75% of them (and that's a conservative estimate) own at least one Sector 9 board already. I'm sure the ad is aimed at new school skaters, and what's wrong with that. All they're saying is, "Hey guys, check out this sic new school trick you can do our longboard." As far as I'm concerned, that type of thing might bring more talented skaters into longboarding. They start out doing ollies, and end up learning to Colman slide and walk the nose and all of those other tricks we hold so dear.
All I'm saying is don't try to limit how people ride. I say you can pull it off, do it. It doesn't matter if it's a 360 pop and shove it or a mean 15-foot Colman slide. Just skate hard. Skate well. And don't limit yourself or others.
Later,
Chris
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On 7/8/1998 i
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I SAW AN ADD WITH SOMBODY DOING A 360
POP SHOVE-IT ON A SECTOR 9
I THOUGHT LONGBOARDING WAS TO GET AWAY FROM THE NEW SCHOOL TRICKS.
SOMBODY EXPLANE THIS TO ME
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On 7/1/1998
DMC
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Yo - I love riding my longboard! But how the hell do I advance from the jump and run stop to a power slide or something. My board almost got run over by a car today - I jumped and it went the other way! My nieghbor says I should drag my foot . .
Any thoughts - or is this an impossibility?
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On 7/1/1998 Spanky Malone
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Yeah dudes, stick with the big dogs! The Spankster tried his multiple small dog theory...not a pretty picture! 2 were killed instantly, one lost a leg and 2 are completely missing...ASPCA has Spanky on thier 10 most wanted list...the law suits are starting to roll in...the guilt is over whelming. What ever you do stick with the big dogs, if you can't ride with them...stay on the porch! Woof! Woof!
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On 7/1/1998 Kboy
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"Skatedog" is cool! My friend's German Shephard loves pulling. She even carves with me!
Yep, I carve down the slope and hold a retractable leash in my hand, varying
the length depending how far I'm from her. She stands there while I carve around her, than
trots to catch up, over and over, until we're at the bottom of the hill. I even use her to control my speed a bit.
She's about a 100lbs and I'm only 130lbs, so she's got enough weight and strength to pull me back.
Of course, I go on a pretty easy hill but it's fun and she digs it. This is also on a closed hill, which is the entrance
to my friends condo complex, so there's little traffic.(Old people that never go anywhere). It's got speed bumps too, which
are interesting to ride. You still have to be pretty careful, naturally, to avoid colliding w/each other,
but she watches me pretty close and I coax her along.
Wouldn't want to hurt that puppy! If you ever try it, just make sure you're in a no or extremely
low traffic situation!
Kboy
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On 6/28/1998 Joe Shredmeister
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Simple physics will cure all that aills you and your board. Wobbles(speed induced) are caused by too much response. To decrease response: use a longer wheelbase, wider track(trucks), decreased truck angle(angled risers), higher durometer bushings, etc.
E-mail the shredmeister at Vschm01 with any further questions or comments. By the way, one of my current rides is: Powell Sword and Spear, Indy 215's w/hard bushings and axle anti-slip kit, and Karma 72mm/78a wheels with Powell Swiss Gold Bearings. Stress-tested at over 40mph down Humboldt Hill!!!!!!!!!!!!! Rip on!!!!!
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On 6/23/1998
Anthony Torrez
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I just got a powell hot rod flames with extreme dirt wheelz and independant 215's. These wheels go damn fast!!! I got the wobbles and ate shit several times. Anybody have advice for eliminating wobbles? My friends have said that the bushing rating will help tremedously...should i get harder bushings or softer bushings, my friends have different opinions about this, some say that harder is better for wobbles, some say that softer is better for wobbles...CAN ANYONE HELP?
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On 6/19/1998 Spanky Malone
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You got way too much time on your hands Schecky, to dream stuff like that up! Heres a peice of advice, spend more time longboarding and less time sitting around fantasizing about little dogs in hamster balls! You get an A plus for imagination, though! Spanky out!
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On 6/19/1998
Scheckey
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On a diffrent note, well kinda diffrent. All this talk about little dogs running around reminded me of an idea my mom had a few years back. What if we, as a people, put all the stray dogs in balls? You know, like the kind we have for hampsters. Imagine, a pack of wild dogs running down the street, in hampster balls, chasing cars.
Well thats totaly unskate related, and I promise not to do it again. But its a cool idea anyway.
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On 6/18/1998 Spanky Malone
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Thanx for the advice boyz, I will weigh it all very carefully before making any rash decisions...lots of little dogs, keep the woman....dump the woman, get a big mutt, and a new woman...hummmm, decisions, decisions....get a big mutt, new longboard,and a new woman...now theres a thought...
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On 6/18/1998
Scheckey
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Spanky having ,like, a dozen little dogs tow you would be freaking awsome dude!! Only problem I see is how could you keep from laughing so hard you bail. Two things about little dogs, they are a lot more hyper than big lazy dogs and they yap a lot.
Do what I did when my old lady said I couldent get a big dog. Get a new old lady!!!
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On 6/17/1998 Spanky Malone
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Hey, eggman, you gave me an idea, how 'bout gettin' the dog on the board with you, and have the woman pull you full speed...now theres a thought.....
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On 6/17/1998 eggman
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As the all knowing Beavis once said "Yeah! Yeah!, that would be cool". A pack of little mutts all working in perfect unison would be killer. Dog poo factor has not been a problem, I have yet to meet a dog that could crap while running full speed. (if it did, it would give a new meaning to "eating shit"). I think the dogs would have to be trained not to scatter all over the place. I am wondering if it is like the theroy of having enough baloons to make you fly (translation: it will not work) Good luck with the woman, they are hard to train too! Late!
Oh yeah, you could find a neighbor that had a dog and use it, problem solved!
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On 6/16/1998 Spanky Malone
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Scheck, eggman, heres another thought, what about a scoop on the front the board to scoop up all the doggy doo? Kind of like a cow catcher on a locomotive. The thought just occured to me, what do you think boyz?!? Spanky is outta here!
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