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On 7/20/1999
Neil Gendzwill
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On 7/17/99 RUSSELL KRUEGER wrote in from 207.173.223.110:
>I'M WONDERING ON HOW TO POP(OR GO FASTER WITHOUT PUSHING)ON
>MY SECTOR 9 COSMIC 2!
Do you mean "pump"? Pumping is a technique for generating speed out of turns. Best to practice on a slight incline. You need to pressure, or weight, the first part of the turn, then unweight the second part of the turn. It feels like you're pushing the board to accelerate outward (away from the line you're moving in ) and then sucking it back in (across the line you're moving in).
You might start by tick-tacking. In a tick-tack, you do a little wheelie and swing the nose over to one side and push off, then swing it to the other side and push off. Pumping is a little like that, except you keep the wheels on the ground and weight/unweight.
Not sure how clear that was, it would be easier if I could show it to you. Also, you might try practicing this on a short board with loose trucks before trying to pump a long board.
Neil
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On 7/17/1999
RUSSELL KRUEGER
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HEY,
I'M WONDERING ON HOW TO POP(OR GO FASTER WITHOUT PUSHING)ON
MY SECTOR 9 COSMIC 2!Somebody PLEASE tell me!
RIDE WITH PRIDE
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On 7/11/1999 rob
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Hey Mat I bought rollin and i would definately buy that over red 9. Rollin is really chillin to sit back after a hard day and relax to. Red 9 was just a big scam to longboarders which is crap if you want your moneys worth. oi if any one reads this then tell me what the new updated cruiser is like. I think it's called a super cruiser. It's almost the same but with a kick which would solve my ollie-up-stuff problems which you can't do on a cruiser. also where can i find some kick arse pics of longboarding whether it's tricks or just solid c.
cat cha later
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On 7/10/1999
Zac Heise
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I personally think that when skating mongo or normal neither has an advantage over the other, but when it comes to snowboarding and mountainboarding regular is better, In snowboarding its really hard to get enough torque on your back foot to get the nose of the board over the hump before you unload off the ramp. When mountainboarding its worse because instead of just a twist of the foot you have to take you're entire foot off the board and kick it into the binding, while normal pushers just twist there front foot, This isn't much of a handicap J Lee on of the worlds best mountainboarders skates mongo style just fine but for your average joe its better to skate a mountainboard normal. Later
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On 7/9/1999 Jake
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some input on the front/back foot issue:
I have been pushing with both feet for years, although I still lean towards pushing with the front, cus thats how I started. I decided to teach myself within the first year I started skating, so it was still fairly easy to learn. I feel like I can throw more power into the front foot push, because I can really kick my leg out and throw my weight into it. I also found that putting my front foot back on the board a little bit really helped my balance learning to push with my back foot. It is a way better workout, and you can continue riding uphill long after your friends have picked up their boards to walk. I don't really know what it looks like, cus I don't have any friends that can do it, but when it feels natural it's really fun. I'd suggest that anyone intrested learn how, it's easier than you might think.
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On 7/9/1999 Rich
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360 carve
On exkates the trick is to start your carve fairly mellow (for exkates anyway) then as you lose the speed (normally as you are just about pointing 45 degree up the hill) really really crank the trucks over and you will finish the 360 carve at a ridiculous radius. Look at the looks that people are now giving you and carry on.
You need grippy wheels to stop sliding out (Powerpaws are the best IMHO) the commitment to really crank the trucks. But they can be done fairly slowly and in one lane of a standard road. Best thing is any shortboarders see you do it and they think you just pulled a super clean 360 cess slide !
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On 7/9/1999 eggman
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Steve.
Yeah, I have tried that move. It is wierd, but you loose lots of speed and it is hard to make it all the way around and get pointed back down the hill. When it works, it is pretty cool. You just need a nice and wide road to do it in even with exkates. Or at least I do.... Cool.
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On 7/8/1999
Steve
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To scrub a whole lot of speed, would it be possible to pull a huge carve so that you go uphill but then hold the turn until you did a full circle and were pointed downhill? I think it would look pretty smooth, but then a lot of things that I think would look cool turn out looking goofy. Is it feasible?
steve
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On 7/8/1999 The Sh**
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Hey Zak I already do your move. It's really hard and a lot of times you have a major possibility of falling but it works reall y great for stopping. The only thing bad about doing this is that if you are going really fast like me on my Randals it might take you too far up the hill.
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On 7/7/1999 Zak
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I find riding switch stance a must for long distances, otherwise
your legs will be very imbalanced. Another thing I am trying to perfect to help stopping when going down hills is to pull a huge carve and end up going up the hill.
Ride always
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On 7/7/1999 Rich
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Mongo .... The only real downside is that on a shortboard you have to reposition your feet for ollies, riding 'normal' menas you just plant your back foot. On a long board this is not such a problem as you probably aren't going to pop straight into an ollie. With small hard wheels you have to push so much just to keep the speed up, on a longboard you normally are just pushing at more of an interval and have time to set up. I tend to put my front foot midway down a 60" board to push so you can go straight into a cross step to nose ride. For long journeys get used to pushing with either foot with the resting foot about a quarter of the way down the board, note you don't push mongo it's more like a switch push.
Another thing people always ask me is what's the difference between fakie and switch .. well fakie is when you are riding with the tail of the board going forward with your wrong foot forward and switch is when you are riding with the nose going forward with your wrong foot at the front.
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On 7/7/1999
Bob
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1 footed nose wheelie -- Jason, if you are interested, I have a trick tip for this move on my page, at:
http://www.onr.com/user/bloftin/skatesite/skatetips.html
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On 7/7/1999
Chris
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Mongo:
I ride mongo too, and have been doing it since the pre-urethane days. You do have to reposition your nonpushing foot, but if you're used to it, it comes real naturally. It's not a bad idea to learn to switch legs as Eggman says. I've tried it a bit, and it still feels awkward, but probably worth learning. One thing found about it is that it does seem to make it easier to learn switch stance. You just push as you normally would, but get back on the board with your pushing foot in back. Then again, I guess it would be the same thing if you rode normal and learned switch stance by pushing mongo.
Wheelies vs Manuals
Rich, all I know is that when I riding down at the beach, the kids on short boards keep asking me to do the nose manual again. That'll teach me to listen to short boarders. Later, Chris
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On 7/7/1999 eggman
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Hey you mongos.
Yeah, I read the same stuff Steve did. However, I remember back in the day reading a Skateboard Magazine. They suggested to "switch it up". What that means is to push with the back foot, then push with the front foot. Then the back, and then the front again. Get the picture? They said that it is a better workout, since both your legs get the same amount of exercise. I always though that it would be cool to learn, but mongo is beyond me. Personally, I think mongo riding looks kinda cool, but what do I know?
Later late.
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On 7/7/1999 Adam
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Right on, Bob! Mongo footers unite!
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On 7/7/1999 JD
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Thanx Chris.
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On 7/7/1999
Bob
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Front foot kicking, in my experience, is not a handicap. I've been doing it that way for 23 years, and its never caused any problems.
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On 7/6/1999
Steve
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It's just that with your back foot kicking, you don't have to reposition your front foot every time you decide to stop or start kicking. When you kick with your back foot, you've got to turn it to kick and to coast. It's just a second of instability that you may or may not want to get rid of. For me, the back foot kicking is natural.
steve
PS: front-foot kickers are called "Mongs." I read that somewhere, I think on the australian guy's page. (I forgot your name!!! I know I'll remember as soon as I post! Sorry, man! I'm talking about the "Toes Over" guy)
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On 7/6/1999
G Lobster
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I ride with my stationary foot on the back of the board rather than in the front. I have always done this from the beginning, and switching would be equivalant to starting over. Is there any down side to riding in this way? I can usually go on 12 mile cuises through the city with no problem, but if there are benifits to having your standing foot in front I might try and learn. Just name anything.
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On 7/6/1999 Rich
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Wheelie v. manual
When did a wheelie become a manual, well never really, people started calling them manual when they started landing straight into them from an ollie. This way it distinguished them from a wheelie which was done from having all 4 wheels on the ground. Somewhere along the line kooks started calling all wheelies manuals and there we have it.
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On 7/6/1999
Chris
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JD,
To get more torque to spin 360s, you need to set it up by turning the upper part of your body the opposite direction to the way you are going to spin. Then as you start the spin turn the upper part of your body back the direction you want to spin. As your upper body gets to be about where your feet are, lift the nose of the board and with practice you should be able to go all of the way around. There are some finer points like bending your knees and and straightening them out as you go into a spin that will help you do multiple revolutions. But when you are just learning it is probably enough to just wind up to set up the 360.
Jason,
I guess you weren't around in the 70s; that trick is a one-footed nose wheelie. I guess now you would call it a one-footed nose manual, since the term wheelie seems to not be used very much anymore, except by skategeezers like me. Later,
Chris
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On 7/5/1999
juha sila
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yes it is possible, just ride....
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On 7/5/1999
capela
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i want to know if is posible do the 180 degrees and after continue riding with the back foot in de front of the super cruiser desk.
please write me and tell me if is posible, how?
thank you.
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On 7/5/1999 jason
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i saw this one trick in a longboard surf mag awhile ago. some guy was on an envyclassic57 and he had one foot on the nose and he was doing a manual and his other foot was straight out in front of him, what is that called? the trick was tight
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On 7/4/1999 Dan
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This is manly an old school longboard site as far as skateboards go. if you are looking for tricks like kickflips and heelflips you should check out a newschool short board site.
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