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On 4/25/2002 Austin
wrote in from
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I've heard that before. How can the kingpin snap? That worries me...
That would definatally suck.
--Austin
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On 4/25/2002 ICE
wrote in from
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Not much of a story or a crash just a word of caution.
I was riding my RII's real loose practicing some slides when my king pin snaped could have been bad but no worries just watch out and change the bolt to a grade 8.
Good Luck
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On 4/21/2002
Pete Eats Street
wrote in from
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so i have a sector 9 skate.... sorry dont know the type.... but i know i did put torson trucks on it... and i was skating my hill outside my house REDONDO BEACH CALIFORNIA right next to the high school... and im carving back and forth... some real ass comes to the stop sign at the bottom of the little run... he spots me and i spot him... and i skate on... he drives at me.... i must move to the side of the road that im designated to... and i must go straight.... if any of you dont know the types of trucks i have www.exkate.com..... and i get to the bottom of the road and i hit a little biff in the pavement that they had worked on this last summer..... and my board drops that 1/2 inch difference.... and i get the most VIOLENT speed wobble known to any skater alive.... this all happened so quick that i just let my legs give out and i dropped like a sack of fruits.... i lost the most skin off of my left arm around the elbow.... i scraped to the bone on both hips... bruised all my rips cut some skin off of the left side.... and my hands had holes in them the size of half dollars... and my arms looked like "raw ham"..... needles to say the guy who got in my way, watched me fall and after parking walked by me and didnt even offer help to stand up... the next weekend i bought a new board and was clocked at 40 mph off in MANHATTAN BEACH CALIFORNIA... im trying to make the city noticable because if there are any skaters out and around here and want to cruise with a couple of young aspiring downhillers... email me at ltj16hb@yahoo.com
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On 4/14/2002 lbk
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Feeling good today. We practiced slalom and I didn't hit the blacktop once. Yesterday was more like every time out for I’d say the last month. Yesterday I even scored a nice roll off my shoulder going through the timing system. Thank goodness for my half ass helmet and pads (like there are any decent skateboard helmets and pads out there). I guess something is better than nothing. Lately I have started to have to use leather gloves. I’ve got black leather ones with the fingers cut off. They at one time had some sort of cheesy plastic wrist protectors in them. Any way when I fall slaloming and I can’t get a good knee slide in, I go for the roll. The roll looks more impressive and if you’re lucky, you can catch your board when it comes down the hill after you. BTW, I didn’t catch my Turner yesterday on my first fall but I had a Diamond Tip on it that saved the nose when it slammed into the curb. But, I did catch my Turner on my second fall.
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On 4/10/2002 David
wrote in from
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Last week a good friend of mine and I were Luging down a mountain road in the rain. We knew the road was slippery, and were being carefull, but every run down we took it a little faster each time. The last run down he passes me going crazy fast in a sharp left hander, and was going WAY to fast for the following right hander. He bit the guardrail almost straight on going over 55mph! I saw the whole thing, what a knarly crash. he spun 5 times, did a double back fip, then rolled 4 times, all with a broken feemer bone! He was wearing his leathers and helmet, if he hadnt, he would for shure be dead. Had to use the bent luge frame as a stretcher to put him in the back of the truck to take him to the emergency room. When the morphine kicked in, he said "Damn, i forgot about that last turn"... So i guess the moral is know the course you are on..and wear your helmet!!
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On 4/9/2002
Tiger
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Always wear your safety gear!I no sooner get off the phone with Bob Turner after a conversation about not pushing too hard before a contest,he said Tommy Ryan and Bobby Peircy were famous for hurting themselves before a contest ramp riding or such,I went out and was running gates without my gear on and went down.Not wanting to hit my head I tucked so hard that I half rolled before hitting the pavement and took the impact on my shoulder.It shattered my collar bone and scapula.Took pins,screws and wire to put me back together.I was just cruising the coarse trying out a set of siesmic trucks not paying attention to what I was doing.I truly believe that if I were wearing my gear this would not have happened and I would be racing in Catalina and not watching.I'm out untill next season.The moral of the story is always wear your safety gear....
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On 4/9/2002 philthy phil
wrote in from
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my wife is a noob skateboarder who professed desire 2 join my friend darrin and i for skateboarding forays into local parking structures.well she made itdown 3 ramps before tiring of darrin and i constant advice .telling us to shut up and leave her alone......well we did offering some last words of advice and encouragement...after 1 run vdarrin and i took elevator back up,and discovered my wife lying on conrete having made it 50 yards down the ramp when i last spoke to her;my poor honey broke her arm;now she wants 2 sell her board constantly tells me 2 be careful.so...if u want to take ur wife ,girlfriend sk8boarding gear up!
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On 4/6/2002 Cody
wrote in from
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Whats up?
Recently my friend Andrew and I went longboarding down this road called Randolph. The road starts with a pretty flat stretch with a mild steepness, then turns sharply into a pretty steep very long hill. We call this steep hill Big Gulp.
Well the sun was shining the breeze was light, perfect day for some hard skating. Andrew and I reached the turn and headed for Big Gulp. Andrews boards trucks are farther apart than mine, which I assume makes him go faster. So he was beatng me as always, but I decided to race him. He followed my lead and we began bombing the hill. Like two jets.....swoooosh. The both of us were hitting thirty, maybe thirty five. Near end of the hill there is a 90 degree turn we usually turn into (Andrew went straight), probably as a result of being stoned I tried to make this turn at my high speed. I swerved to miss one pothole and swerved to miss he other and realized I was going straight for the curb. I was going to fast to make the turn and rather than bail into the soft grass I tried to complete it.
BAM! I hit the curb did a front flip, landed on the curb then slid into the street gutter and messed up my arm with like seven nine inch cuts in my right arm, some scratches near my right eye, I banged my shoulder which ripped my shirt, had scratches on my stomach, scrapped my right knee which ripped my pants, and messed up two of my toes cause I longboard in sandals. After crashing I picked myself up, surveyed my wounds and pulled out my crushed cigarettes. I lit one up got my board and check it for damage, it was fine, so I sat on the curb and enjoyed my cig. It took Andrew only about two minutes to get to me but when he did he looked shocked and said, "Are you alright?" and I just looked up and said, "That...Was...Awesome!" He laughed and said, "Only you would say that." Then Andrew walked and I limped home, it was a good day, I walked away with one more crash and my baby suffered no damage.
Liquidine420
Cody
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On 4/2/2002 Mitch
wrote in from
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To Reply to Mikey
I think longboarding when it is windy could be a very good idea. Just a couple of days ago it became extreemly windy around my house so me and 2 of my friends went up to the top of the hill that we usualy do. The hill is not very steep or very long and at the end it has a slite up hill and then another downhill which on a non-windy day we could never make it up the short uphill. So we started by pushing as hard as we could. We started to gain speed when a gust of wind hit us from our backs. By the time we got to the bottom of the hill we were going soo fast if we had not have turned of wee would have launched over the next drop. I think it gives and added rush.
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On 3/31/2002 the last Eskimo
wrote in from
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when i was first getting into downhill i had a 25in. 80s board with all Wal-Mart hardware. ( WD-40 on the bearings) and tackled the biggest hill in the neighborhood. got horrible speed wobble on the second try. i tried to jump off and just run down the rest of the hill. big mistake. first step i trip and try to tuck-and-roll. i get up and walk home only to find that I RIPPED MY UNDERWEAR! next time i'll wear Kevlar undies.
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On 3/29/2002
Vanessa
wrote in from
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this is probably lame compared to the rest of the stories, and definitely stupid, but Had to share. I am just getting back into boarding after several years, and a couple years of snowboarding and blading. yeeeeeaaars ago, I was a little kid, who thought I was evil kanevil sp?, and I was fearless. I think I was around 8 or 9, and I had an okay, 80's fat board. I'd been riding for a couple of months, and lived in a flat area, so never really gone too fast. Seen "back to the future" and wanted to always skate behind bikes and cars, dogs, anything for speed and a rush. anyway, went to visit grandma in another state, and soon remembered all of the hills near her house. Immediately jump on my board, no pads, no helmet, shorts, cut off t-shirt and plastic sandals, started hauling ass and got a bad wobble. fell....... rad rash bfrom forehead to knees, all doen stomach. bad
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On 3/25/2002
Stack Stack Binks
wrote in from
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Yeah, accidents suck. I will not go into details other than to say that everyone must (not should) wear a helmet. I binned hard and now the iris in my left eye will never work to open or close ever again.
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On 3/24/2002
CryptoManiac
wrote in from
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Aight some of you folks may have never even seen snow but that white stuff saved my ass today. I was boarding down a pretty steep little section of hill thinking I would cut into a side street. As I round a realtively blind corner I see a car sitting on the wrongside of the road and I'm too far into the turn to get out but I cannot get around the damn car. I freeze up and hit the curb right on...Slid in the snow about 10 feet and continued to roll across the sidewalk. Not a scratch thanks to the curse of my longboarding...snow. :-) Not a very exciting story but I thought this board neeeded a little maine flavor.
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On 3/23/2002 mike cividino
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ok, split my forehead open today, just about 10 min ago, im about to take myself to the hospital. Just had to leave a little word of advice......wait for the street cleaners. that is all.
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On 3/22/2002 kevin
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god that is not gos
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On 3/22/2002 kevin
wrote in from
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would have been worse if i had gotten injured but gos does not teach us all through painfull mistakes some are lucky enough to learn through stupid mistakes
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On 3/21/2002 h0dad
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Thats an outstandingly tragic crash story Kevin, h0dad's impressed man
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On 3/21/2002
kevin
wrote in from
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> yeah my worst crash was lying down on my 31 inch trick
> deck (don't ask?) i was cruising down a two lane
> highway at about 40mph and a semi went by in the other
> lane i didn't think anything about it. but all that
> wind blew my shirt over my face and i went off my
> board into the other lane i heard squiling tires and
> then i squiled like a girl(still not sure wich was
> louder) then while sliding at about 15 my shoulder
> thumped a car bumper that was moving at about 20 still
> next thing i know i am under the front of a car
> wondering
> a: what happened
> b: why doesn't this hurt more
> c: man heaven sucks
> some how i got no major injuries had helmet knee and elbow
> with shingaurd for soccer on my forearms. never rode
> on a road with so much traffic again.
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On 3/10/2002
Tom
wrote in from
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A friend and I were cruising the local subs and came across an awesome hill. It was steep enough for us to hit about 35-40 after the chicane. We scoped it out for about 10 minutes in my car and decided to take a run. We got out and I put on my pads and helmet. When we started we were a little nervous, but we went at it anyway. My friend made the hill fine, only picking up some wobble at the bottom. I was on my Gravity with Randals. No wobbles, it was the ride of my life(only been riding for a month or so.) It was all fine and dandy until I got to the end of the "up-hill" that was supposed to stop us. My friend slowed enough to put his foot down and stop. But I had my PT Abec 7's in, he had only Abec 3's that came with his Sector 9. I got to the top of the hill and quickly realized that I was unable to stop, and the uphill was quickly becoming a huge downhill. my only other option was to cut a corner onto another side street. I was unable to make the corner and headed straight into a snowbank. I live in Michigan so this time of year the streets are clear but there is always a huge snowbank at the end of the road. I hit the bank going about 25mph still. When I hit the bank my board dug in about half the way, and I flew about 15 feet and did a flip and a half. landing on my neck and shoulders. luckily i had my helmety and elbow pads on, and i did not get hurt. but man what a rush. I would recomend that everybody crash at least twice. this was my 2nd time. it takes alot of fear out of riding big hills. plus the rush afterwards is great. next time I plan on filming the whole thing so i can watch and laugh. thanks
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On 3/7/2002 mikez
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It's one of those things that everyone really fears... going down at 50mph plus, Myself and stuart where practising during the practise seshion, I was up against the first place qualifier and it was a complete psyche out sesh, I followed him through the top of the course and I knew that he was invincible through the shicane but If I wanted to catch him in this race I would need to go in almost full tuck through those bends, I basicly copied his whole stance and watched in horror as he wiped just ahead of me and I literally got myself stuck in the hay, my front outside wheel nicked the hay and I slammed... note not fell... SLAMMED, I went straight into the tar from my back and then moving onto my shoulder and then my head, A very hard slam on the noggin proved my helmet to be sufficient but man It felt like the worst dead leg of my life when I tried to stand up and My board was a good hundred meters up the road.... damn I fell hard, I can't even begin to stress how much pain my safety equipment saved me. People watching the opti screen said it was one of the more hectic wipes of the day, apparantly I fell and bounced a couple times and then slid a good hundred meters, It was a definate shocker for race day, it really sucks when you slam that hard, It was cool 5 minutes later adrenaline had blotted all pain away, till monday morning when I woke up with a shoulder that was as stiff as a board and an ass that hurt to sit on,
unfortunatly they put the speedo in the wrong place(apparantly it was 50 meters after the S bend) but we have clocked(into the shicane) speeds up 59mph by car so dude I'm hurting still three days later, whenever the pain kicks in again I think of the pass I made on chaput in the quarters and I can taste the red bull again. what a race!
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On 3/7/2002
skatemaster
wrote in from
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I was skateboarding in my town of Ceadar Grove and me and some friends had a ramp at the end of this big hill. Me and my friends went down and we hit the jump going 10-15 mph. On my last time i wish i would not have gone down because i hit the jump and went flying forward iwasen't able to get my board back under me from a varial and hit the groung hard. I broke my left arm and right leg. i had road rash on my back and you can see my jaw bone. I was rushed to the hospital and had a succefull plastic surgery. Now i where leather and a helmet. it was a valuable lesson learned.
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On 3/7/2002
skatemaster
wrote in from
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I was skateboarding in my town and me and some friends had a ramp at the end of this big hill. Me and my friends went down and we hit the jump going 10-15 mph. On my last time i wish i would not have gone down because i hit the jump and went flying forward iwasen't able to get my board back under me from a varial and hit the groung hard. I broke my left arm and right leg. i had road rash on my back and you can see my jaw bone. I was rushed to the hospital and had a succefull plastic surgery. Now i where leather and a helmet. it was a valuable lesson learned.
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On 3/6/2002
luke
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as for the mt. trashmore skatepark, nothin left of it. they took out the small halfpipe, which was the only thing left a few months ago. most times they had a chain on the flat of it anyhow. the transition was crazy, and the whole pipe was pretty beat up. not one of my favorite rides, and i've definitely lost some skin there. the snake run was probably gone before i was even born. i wish i could have ridden that.
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On 3/1/2002 Patio
wrote in from
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Hey Mikey!
By using the jacket you were wearing for a sail, the wind was pushing you UPhill at 30mph? dang, that's a STRONG wind!
and Luke,
Mt. Trashmore used to have an asphalt snake run/skatepark. any remains of that there?
I had a nice tumble down my hill the other day. a true 25mph roll. my black leather jacket saved my back.
and I ALWAYS wear a helmet...
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On 2/28/2002
mikey
wrote in from
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ok, first off longboarding when it's really windy can be a very bad idea. i'm riding a sector 9 super cruiser completely stock right now, but soon to be getting some randals because of some speed wobbles i got the other day when going up a hill actually!! it was a really windy day and i thought it'd be a great idea to use my coat as a sail, and well i got up to about 30mph give or take when my board started to wobble and by then it was to late to jump off so i was hoping to ride it out, but to no avail. a big gust of wind came and blew my off my board! i hit pretty hard and rolled a few times but luckily the jacket that made me wreck saved me from getting too scraped up. my board went about a quarter mile down the road and i came out with three small scrapes on my right side. let's just say i'll think twice before boarding when it's windy again.
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