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On 2/17/2000 Herbn
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Oh yeah, every football....jock thinks they'll be good at any sport(thing)they try,so they try skateboarding and get planted;hard,so from then on they hate skaterboards and skateboarders, even when they grow up and become cops and mall security. there are exeptions
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On 2/17/2000
KAHUNA FUZZ
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CALLING ALL UK LONGSKATERS!
That Sky Sports thing that entropy is on about...It's on!
Give him a shout with UK location suggestions.
Plus we should organise a get together kinda thang...maybe Easter?
Anyone in Newquay, Cornwall area this weekend, check out the surf contest on at Fistral or Towan - The big, ginger, fuzz will be there...Or failing that in the RED LION or the SAILORS ARMS on Friday/Saturday + REEF BRAZIL party (gag, gag, pant, hubba, hubba!)
Also down in pastyland around March 3rd will take quiver of road/sea boards...all footage filmed - video/stills of Cornwall and hopefully Easter get-together for future website project.
Give me a shout...
Yours cutbackly
FUZZ
xxx
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On 2/16/2000 Pre-School rider
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OF Course It was planned,SoCalSoul,only by the higher power,not you!As the saying goes,"The Lord works in mysterious ways",but this time,He/She was playing YOU for the giggle factor!!
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On 2/16/2000 eggman
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Geeze, I think Herbn is right... people only read the first couple of posts... SPACER, dude, check out the search feature on this site. It is very usefull. Search "gloves" and see what you come up with. This topic has been covered over and over and over and over and over and over again.
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On 2/16/2000
SoCalSoul
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I had a rare day of sun yesterday so I finally got to go out and skate (YAY!!) Anyway, I hit a crack while crossing the street and almost crashed but ended up doing the best trick of my life. My leg was in the air for a push when the front wheels hit. I knew I didn't want to fall into the intersection so I somehow muscled the board over the crack with my one foot. This caused that foot to slide foreward so I was hangin' 5. Then the back wheels hit the crack and popped my board up. I totally freaked until I realized I wasn't falling, but riding out a one-footed nose wheelie! I just hope everyone stopped at the red light thought I did it on purpose!
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On 2/15/2000
SoulSkool
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Microedger,
The downhill world record holder said he was using older metallic abec 3's when he beat out people with ceramics.
Ceramics actually range from $50-$200. I thought $40 was ridiculous when it came to the Swiss Bones Bearings(metallic)I got on my board. Maybe ceramics will be down to $40 one day.
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On 2/15/2000
Microedger
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Any thoughts on bearings? Metal or ceramic? Is there a big difference?
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On 2/15/2000
SoulSkool
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If you want sliding gloves cut out 1/2" thick plywood into about a 7" wide circle. Glue a 'U' shaped hook(preferably a smooth sanded wooden 'U')on top of the round plywood to put your hands through. It will never wear out like gloves. This was shown not only in 70's movies like 'Downhill Motion', but 80's videos like Powell-Peralta's 'Bones Brigade' video and 'Future Primative'. Don't sell your FiberFlex 44" Kicktail Space, it's a work of art. If you want a cool wooden longboard order the Fluid Red V 42" with Randal 2's and whatever your preference of wheel and your hooked up! Just my opinion though.It's always good to have a couple different skates anyway. Sk8Hrd!
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On 2/15/2000
Spacer
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Well, I might be able to sell my deck for a fair price. Do pintail shapes eliminate wheel bite? The Sector 9's don't look cambered, are they? What's the advantage to an uncambered downhill board?
Ok, so in one day I've gone from my first slide to some pretty big ones. The RollerBlade wrist guards I've been using are wearing down pretty steadily. The worst of it is, the velcro straps are poorly positioned for this type of use and are getting lots of wear...they'll be all done in a few more slides.
What do you use for sliding gloves? Where do you get em? How do you make em?
I'm all jazzed up after getting some big slides today and want answers answers answers. Any help is WAY appreciated. Feel free to email me. Thanks a lot. Without this site I'd be in the dark.
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On 2/15/2000 Herbn
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If its as thick as my Plush I wouldn't worry about a little wheelwell grinding,I'm gonna do it soon to the plush. You may want to epoxy, or even epoxy/glass the wheelwell after your done.
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On 2/15/2000
Chris
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So you have a Fibreflex, that's a horse of a different color. I probably would not sand wheel wells into a Fibreflex. If you did, you'd probably want to at least want to use some resin where you have sanded the fiberglass. I don't think it would be a problem structurally, but damaged fiberglass is real itchy. I would just play around with risers. They're cheap and you might be able to get away with a quarter or eight of an inch and not even notice the difference. Good luck,
Chris
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On 2/15/2000 eggman
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I bet he had a mullet too. Yeah, a jock with a mullet!
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On 2/15/2000
Spacer
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I'm riding a fibreflex kicktail. It's 44", cambered. Does that change anyone's mind about sanding wheel wells into it? Then again, how much more carve do you get from shaving 1/8 inch out of your deck?
P.S. I'm sorry to be like a little kid running home to mommy with my news, but I've done my first slides today. 180's and then some longer, more graceful ones too. What a blast.
Should I live with limited turning radius, try and sell my deck and get a pintail or something that won't bind up, or sand in some wheel wells?
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On 2/15/2000 Lono
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Any update on how Marvin and Doc are doing? I wish them a speedy recovery.
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On 2/15/2000 Lono
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wheel wells
I agree w/ Herb. I use a 'hand' rasp. Cheap, acurate. Just keep checking the clearance as you go.
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On 2/15/2000 Herbn
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nah 50-50 odds on football/wrestling jock
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On 2/15/2000 Herbn
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Don't use risers,they raise center of gravity,=less stability makes your board tippier =less traction wheelwells have never made a board delaminate ,its just a way out for the company that made the board, don't worry about it,use a disk sander or a drum sander.
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On 2/15/2000
SoulSkool
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Space,
Don't carve wheel wells into your deck,(ruins warranty and botches up deck)just buy/order extra riser pads for your board. Wheel bite is a mutha but can be controled with extra 1/8" riser pads. Stack them up to maybe a 1/4"-1/2" depending on how heavy you are and you're good to go.
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On 2/14/2000 DT
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Z rollers?
keep them on the luge and buy some real trucks, like Randals.
just joking, .... i think. how do you like them on your stand up boards? everyone i know, whos tried them on theres hate them.
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On 2/14/2000
SpaceCase
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Hey, does anyone know what's up with the Sector9 site. It says something about a "Flash" plug-in...I dunno, but the whole screen seems to flash and not let me do anything...not even the "enter the site without Flash". I'm on a Mac, ibook. I read here that there's a cool video to be downloaded from their site. What's the deal?
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On 2/14/2000
Spacer
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SoulSkool,
Now I know what all that crouching is about. It's slushy and rainy today in Massachusetts, so I tried out some tight turns in the gym of my college. I got some speed, got low, grabbed a rail and yarded up on it...I got space-warped through turns. I'm psyched to pull some G's on the pavement soon.
I had some wheel bite a couple times. I could control it when it was on the rear wheel, but the front bit and pitched me off. Is there any structural reason NOT to round out the bottom of the deck where the wheels bite on a deck that doesn't have this already? I guess I'm lookin for any tips or advice on doing a home job of carving out some wheel wells without going all the way through the deck. Any tips about avoiding/responding to wheel bite in general?
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On 2/14/2000 Bug
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And I bet the Cop was a dopehead in high school.
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On 2/14/2000
Michael
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RE:
Linkpath for International Longboarder
Hello Everyone-
Linkpath is a new site that we are working on. In the next few weeks, it will contain more editorial info-right now it is just a basic site with links to advertisers and some companies that are mentioned in the 3rd issue. Very soon, you will see editorial. Please excuse our delays-it will all come together.
By the way, we are still very anxious to receive scene reports-email me something today-200 words maximum
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On 2/14/2000
SoulSkool
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Spacer,
As for wheels, I actually don't know what the 'A' means, except that like you already know a urethane measurment of hardness. After years of skating, though I'm not from California, I'll tell you that it's easier to slide with a harder wheel on a longboard or a shortboard. The softest wheel I ever used prior to skating a longboard was 85a. They were very soft and very clingy to any turf. I quit using them on my shortboard early on because they didn't slide so great, instead they clung and chunks of it(85a wheel) actually broke off in the slide depending on what compound formula the company used.The same applies for a shortboard and longboard.If you want your wheel to grip buy softies.(for downhill slalom/casual cruising)If you want to slide your longboard more,(ie flatland, skateparks, even downhill) buy a wheel between 85a-97a, 65mm durometer.
The low crouching that you're seeing in some of the longboard sites is not always sliding, but turning.If the guy that you saw doing a low crouched turn had any harder wheels, that would end up being a slide, but instead the wheel grips and the quick turn is made. Alot of what your seeing like low crouched moves, be it the hand on or off are just based on the style of the 1970's. It all was about smooth fluid,flowing,style.
If you want to slide more, change them out for harder wheels. Spitfire makes a good 65mm, 92a wheel. check 'em out! Ride on!
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On 2/13/2000
Spacer
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What does the A stand for in reference to wheel hardness?
How does a scardy-cat like me learn to slide a longboard with 78 A wheels after being used to an 80's Shmidt Stix with 95's? Will I get the 78's to slide by weighting my front foot and shooshing the rear truck out to initiate a full slide like I can on my short board?
What's with all the pics I see of guys in full crouch pulling up on the toe-edge rail and looking like they're trying to pinch out an eggplant? What's with all the crouching? Are they sliding?
Any comments on leg/hip positioning? I'm still getting used to riding a longboard and fool with different stances when I transition through turns. Sometimes my feet/hips are perpendicular to the nose/tail line of the board and sometimes they're turned forward slightly. Slower speeds make for more balancey turns and I generally am turned forward a bit with my back knee coming even more forward. I'm trying to dial in true carves at higher speeds instead of turns that feel frictiony on the wheels...sort of like the difference between a snow-plowing turn and an edgeing turn on a snowboard. Any pointers? I'm in Western Mass and don't ever see anyone else out on the hills, so I'm lookin to all you Cali boys for a little input.
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