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On 4/27/1999 eggman
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Stand up slides...
Hey, you might want to try some new wheels. Try some Bones Bombers. They are hard enough that you can do power slides while standing up. The other wheels can be too sticky for such a manuver.
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On 4/27/1999 frankie
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could someone tell me how you do a slide without putting your hand down (ie. no gloves) like when doing them in the street or something. is it just putting loads of effort into pushing the tail around or just technique or practice? thanks
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On 4/22/1999 tc
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teh forward/backward thing had to do with leaning toward your toes or heels, not front or back of board,. Believe me, at speed you want to be on the front of your board. It offers about 10 times the control and helps kill wobbles.
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On 4/21/1999
Manu
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Romain de France,
we tried to answer you, but your e-mail is wrong or
not available, if you want a precise help answer me by
clicking my name.If you're french i will answer u in french!
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On 4/19/1999
Gabe
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Someone said something about whether riding more towards the front or back of your board was better. Well I played around with it and found that when I am just carving down a not too steep hill I get more controll and better feel for my board riding up front, when going faster I find the back a little more comfretable. And at really high speeds the middle suits me best. However when riding on the back, even at slower speeds as well as higher end I went into speed wobbles more often than when riding more to the front. Is this about the same as for everyone else?
Peace
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On 4/17/1999
romain de france
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hello,i'm not able to do a simple slide .canyou explain me what is the technique for do that? thank you very much .
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On 4/16/1999 Drew
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I think I'll call it the tweak or revert slide......yeah.
Keep on bombin'
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On 4/16/1999 Tyler
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Eggman- What are you talking about? Go ahead and throw my post and eggman's in the dev/null
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On 4/16/1999 eggman.
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Don't you hate it when you lend a shortboarder your board to try and then they say: "I have never been on a board like this, this is cool!"? And then they proceede to rip it up more than you can, and go higher on the banks and stuff.
I hate when that happens!
Later late.
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On 4/15/1999 Tom
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Can you give a little bit more detailed description of how
to do a 360 slide? I've never seen a description of this
anywhere before and it sounds like a really cool move
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On 4/15/1999
john schroeder
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Standing coleman slides are essentialy stand up slides...
Sliding w/ gloves is very versitle, and if you can imagine
it you can do it...360's (combined over-the-front hands down
w/'lay-back' coleman slide)...turn-slides (carving the apex of
a turn in one sliding motion) and infinite variations...
one of the best down-hill videos is the powell II (?) video
(bones brigade??) it has a 5-10 min downhill section of doubles
skating that is very well shot...
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On 4/13/1999 Tom
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Gabe
I assume you mean a Coleman slide here, not grind.
I don't think that it's even possible to do a standing
Coleman slide. It's certainly possible to do a standing
180 tailslide (see the Gravity website for some videos of
those). In this kind of slide, the board goes all the way
around 180 degrees and you keep going. For a coleman, get
into a hard drop-knee turn and use your gloved hand to
support you. Your glove should be on your left hand if you
ride regular, or right hand if you ride switchstance.
Don't use your other hand to pull the board up, you need
it to stop your rotation by swinging it around. There's a
much better description of this on Soul Carve by Coleman
himself.
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On 4/13/1999
Gabe
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Frontside turns and Coleman slides. First about this turning leaning toward the front. I also find it more comfretable turing with most of the power going to my back and lifting one of the front wheels up a little, it feels smoother, and if you hit a little bump or something and you are leaning foward your chances of getting hurt are much greater. But I've been looking at some pics and even a few videos and it does look like you may be able to get greater control and agility when turning more on the front. It's finally sunny and warm here so I'm gonna go try a bunch of this stuff out.
Now about that Coleman grind. Dang, I can't get it to happen. I either look goofy trying to get my back end to slide and never really succeed or I lose my balence and eat pavement. What am I doing wrong? Do I need a shorter board (I have a 47") or do I need harder wheels (I have Kryptonic Interstate softies)? I know I need gloves but does that mean I need to like lean back and put my right hand on the ground while going fast? Then with my left grab my board while shifting waight to the front and slide my back around? If so this sounds like a lot of trouble. But someone mentioned something about a standing slide where you don't have to put your hand on the ground? What's that about?
Peace
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On 4/13/1999
Sandy M
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Could somebody explain this "ideal" frontside carving position again? I've never seen snowboard racing, so the analogy doesn't help much...
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On 4/13/1999 tc
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Yeah the ankles are probably the difference. I saw those shotsthat you mention and they looked weird to me too. The classic frontside is more like what you'll find at carveusa site or I thik there's a goof shot on the exkate site. Either way, the difference is something to be aware of, and adjust for, when really going for it.
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On 4/13/1999 Tom
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tc:
I think that the frontside turning difficulty is more than
just mental. It's probably easier to do backside turns
because of where your ankles (and therefore all of your
weight) is --the back of your foot! If you want to try
new techniques for doing frontside carves, check out the
pics of frontside drop-knee turns at Soul Carve. Very weird
and it looked like a sorta unstable stance to me, but
I've never tried it.
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On 4/12/1999 Adam
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tc,
That "forward-backward" movement your describe is very familiar to anyone who has taken up alpine carving on their snowboard. It's exactly the way you should be turning. Check out the better snowboarders in hardboots next time you're on the slopes -- you'll see many similarities to longboard skatboarding. In fact, each is great cross-training for the other in the off season.
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On 4/12/1999
tc
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slalom - or carving
have you noticed that with frontside carves, it is hard to get the same comfort level as with backside carves? Is is just mental? Do we fear fallin on our faces more than falling on our asses? Anyway, I've noticed a major difference in technique on the two form of turns. Whereas on the back side turn, everything feels cool -- you are on your heels with your weight carving away from the centerline, you will find yourself leaning backwards from a vertical position (your body is angled toward the tail). Whereas on a frontside turn, your weight needs to shift toward the nose - and may need a front foot reposition to accomodate - as well as toward your toes. This is especially true on a hard turn. This rearward/frontward (and back again) shift makes your balance forward/back balance as important as your left/right balance. The ideal position is directy above your board's center of gravity, withfor goofy footers a forward body/toe/ball, rearward body/heel combination being best. What do you think?
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On 4/12/1999
Gabe
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Well, if nobody knows what the heck this grind is called why don't we just call it the longboard grind. And Eggman, about this frontside grind on the curb. How do you do it? You hook your front truck on the curb with your back one still on the sidewalk and grind it? Then what? Pop it back on the sidewalk or jump off?
Carve on
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On 4/12/1999
Gabe
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About the bike and the roap thing. I was just about to write the exact same thing. I have my sister pull me on her bike with a rope and I can get some pretty good speed and you are able to carve and once I was able to pull myself ahead of the bike and around it without stopping. Kinda fun.
Peace
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On 4/10/1999
Uncle Drew
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I guess this is sorta like getting a dog to pull you...
me and a friend of mine have a long stretch of flat road in our neighborhood. we will pull each other with a bike and a rope, or sometimes a car. anyway, it's a buttload of fun, although it's a bit more akin to wakeboarding than surfing, if that's what your going for.
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On 4/10/1999 Tom
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Mike,
If you don't have a glove, get one. If you do, try putting
more of your weight on the glove when you slide. This
lets the board come around faster and you put less weight
on the wheels, so you burn less energy in friction between
the wheels and the ground. Also, pull up harder on your
board's edge when you start your turn. Make sure not to
stick your ass out too far or the board will shoot out from
under you.
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On 4/9/1999 Mike
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Hey,
When ever i try to power slide i come to a complete stop.
I go about 90 degrees around and stop. Can anyone help me on how to bring my ass end back around to
how to get my ass end around and keep going? Thanks
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On 4/9/1999 Drew
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Recently i have been able to powerslide from about 25-30 mph (with the help of leather gloves). Weird thing is the board goes past 90 degrees and almost to a 180 and comes back to the stance I started with.Is there a name for that???
keep on bombin"
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On 4/7/1999
KC
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HALF OF SKATEBOARDING IS ABOUT CRASHING. READ THIS AND LEARN
HOW TO OVER COME YOUR FEARS AND CRASH WITH A LOT LESS PAIN.
1.OVERCOMEING THE FEAR
One important part about skateing is pushing yourself to do things dangerous that may have consequences if you screw up. The first thing is NEVER BAIL!!! You may sum times think that your saveing yourself by baling but sum times your just inviteing a worse injury or the lack of learning and you'll suck for the rest of your life!!! Also, just do it. You'll probably land it and once you do you will never fear it agian. And crashing wont't hirt much at all if you read below.
2.CRASHING
CRASHING IS NO BIG DEAL AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW SOME DON'T
RULZ
First of all, you always want to roll on the ground with the momentem of the crash rather then slideing. Roll on the side of your shoulder and TUCK YOUR HEAD. Always keep your head away from the ground no matter what!!!!!!!! Never go hand first. This can cause broken rists. Just roll on the side of your shoulder and protect your head and thats all.
Your crashes wont hirt at all. If you crash and use these pointers you'll see crashing doesnt hirt much and you'll find your self doing alot of stuph you normally wouldn't.
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