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Soulriding (2099 Posts)
Topic Soulspeak
On 9/27/2002 Speedy wrote in from (169.237.nnn.nnn)

Going out cruising with a friend that you infected with the longboarding bug: Soul
Him calling all HIS friends that HE infected: Very soul
EVERYONE coming: Soulest
Not seeing the curb end and taking a dive in the road: seperated outer joint in the collar bone and no hard work on the right arm for 4-6 weeks. Bah.

-Speedy

 
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On 9/26/2002 SPoKe wrote in from (65.59.nnn.nnn)

...waist deep powder, 168cm
...clean swell, 9'6"
...7 degree pitch, 48"
...so much soul

-SPoKe

 
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On 9/25/2002 Brian wrote in from (149.151.nnn.nnn)

Hey man, I'm not extactly in the New Brunswick area, but im pretty close. Do you just carve, or do you race too? Drop me an email.

Brian

 
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On 9/24/2002 Dan wrote in from (165.230.nnn.nnn)

Soul is carving to your first period class down a bike path sloped like a stairwell and powersliding to a stop right in front of three deer that jumped out into your path. I must have stood there for two or three minutes just looking at those deer watching me before they wandered off, needless to say I wasn’t so concerned with being on time to my class anymore. Anyone in the New Brunswick area, NJ, that wants to go out and carve, drop me an email.

 
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On 9/24/2002 Brain wrote in from (152.163.nnn.nnn)

I had a shortboarder say to me, "Whats the point of those longboards?" "They're just long, and all you can do is ride them."

Figure it out for yourself.....

Brain

 
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On 9/24/2002 snoball wrote in from (65.32.nnn.nnn)

'yeah, but the problem with them is that you've got to walk all the way up a hill before you can do anything.'

yeah, and if you snowboard you have to take a lift...
and if you surf you have to paddle out...

wah wah wah...
are they saying all 'shortboarders' are
soft, delicate little babies?

 
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On 9/24/2002 Ben wrote in from (202.150.nnn.nnn)

JONESING!

I moved to Jakarta, Indonesia four months ago and had to leave my boards back into the states. Baggage limitations - I had to!

Plus, Jakarta is generally flat, polluted and unrideable. Not to say I haven't seen beautiful new slopes in the suburbs - some things never change...

Now, thoughts of riding are creeping into my dreams, daydreams, and waking life.

I need help - this is self-therapy - bear with me.

The feather weight, streamlined shape, and laminated blond beauty of a Fibreflex 44" with RII 180s. In preparation for being set to rest after a cooperative journey the board is given a fond, slow spin on its sharply pointed tail.

The nose spins and nuzzles into the palm in such a nice way. The lightweight prize is carefully leaned up against the underside of the bar.

The smooth underside is exposed; an appreciated encounter between the gripped and varnished nose of the deck and the fingertips of the index and middle fingers takes place as this ride is precisely laid to rest.

There, its glow-in-the dark Exkate Turbos gently glow on the laminated underside, its four widely set luminous paws radiating a soft light green in the gloom...

The exquisite hiss of a Freebord with 76mm soft, clear urethane wheels as it slowly pivots into and out of a full slide at speed; the easy swing of the hips tossing it into another gradual, delectably lengthy, correctable hissing downhill slip...

The prolonged quivering of the 48" Pumpkin Superbow, the arched back shivering tail to tip for long moment after moment after being ever so slightly dropped at the top of the slope. The massive leverage applied to the tail required to exactly reposition the faraway nose before mounting...the renewed shivering as the nose is again dropped...

The elastic, compliant reception of the Pumpkin to the rider's foot and mounting weight. Submitting to and shouldering the load of the rider, sinking a full three inches into an almost level riding posture; a more perfectly aimed projectile coiled against the terrain to be covered...

The slicing "whup-whup" of the M-80s on the asphalt combined with the keening whistle of wind in the ears, tears streaming backward from the eyes. The tail is violently torqued from side to side by the straining left leg, pumping at speed. Watching the landscape rise from the horizon as it is ingested and excreted by this propelled conveyance.

The frightening whiplash of the Exkate Powerboard. The venomous high-pitched whine of its 24-volt motor, the greedy flow of power issuing from the suede-gloved index finger as it clenches in reflex to peg the trigger on the red pistol-grip remote.

The bipedal frame struggles to keep the front foot on the deck; the body uncontrollably yaws to the rear. The neck muscles strain to keep the pilot's head in a level navigational attitude as long as the ride speeds into traffic.

The motor shrieks in crescendo as it its drive wheel audibly rips against the ground. Rollerbladers and ten-speeds are sucked to the rear.

Watching the beige Berber carpet blacken and liquefy under the rotational fury of the massive, sprocketed drive wheel. Seeing smoke roil from from the burnout area, filling the brightly-lit room with rising plumes of acrid stink...

Seeing the heavy, gravel-gripped black weapon lay a filthy trail as it squeals through acceleration and slams into the wall. Its jutting, rounded nose and 60 pound payload instantly ram through through plaster, drywall, and reinforcing steel mesh. The drive wheel is a blur, sinking into a final smoking depression in the carpet in its final effort.

It has penetrated to the hilt; the jumbo baseplates of the torsion trucks strain against the plaster.

Wrested free of the wall, the gravel grip is of the nose is powdered with a crust of drywall; motes of white dust dance like smoke in the light pouring through the hole from the punctured room.

Yeah, I miss that stuff...Malaysian Air will be handling a lot of my "Golf Clubs" on my return trip from Thanksgiving...

 
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On 9/24/2002 gavin wrote in from (195.194.nnn.nnn)

did'nt know where to post this one, but wanted to share it...

have been asked some great things, and have heard funny comments, over the last few years since i re-discovered skateboards (i.e. 'can you ollie', 'what abec are your bearings' and 'there goes that man who STILL skateboards' BUT last night, when taking off my pads by the front gate after a little session carving away the day's stress on the hill i live on, two kids walked by. one said he wanted to get a longboard, to which his mate replied..'yeah, but the problem with them is that you've got to walk all the way up a hill before you can do anything.'

?

 
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On 9/23/2002 kiki st.claire wrote in from (216.192.nnn.nnn)

i'm a chick and that fact doesn't even register when i'm on my board - that's my soul and escape . . .

 
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On 9/22/2002 swooper wrote in from (208.141.nnn.nnn)

What a gas, I've been writing about the excellent Targhee Ski Hill Road, and yesterday Tony Tingey came up from SLC with his son Spencer and their friend James, and even with a sports car event going on we were able to get some great rides and enjoy meeting each other. Tony's a 46 yr-old skier and longboard newbie with a tall, smoothly flowing style. James blew me away, he's a stone Old Schooler and 14 yrs old! He's laminating and pressing deeply concaved longboards that are gorgeous and rip! Imagine a 46 x 12 with sharply pointed nose, a wide waist right behind the front truck, tapering back to a narrow swallowtail. 180 R-2's and 70mm blue Krypto Hawaii's. His boards glue themselves to both your feet and the asphalt.
It's so great to see young guys so stoked on the old downhill carving thing! It's also great to see a 46 yr-old learn to ride the longboard and get stoked enough to drive 5 hours one way to check out a new hill. It's super great to see said father, son, and friend riding together in true friendship. It was a day I won't forget. Oh, also I tried out my first slide gloves, OH MY GAWD.

 
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On 9/20/2002 snoball wrote in from (65.32.nnn.nnn)

ahhhh...

Bozi board now in hand...

 
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On 9/20/2002 G Mitchell wrote in from (205.188.nnn.nnn)

Riding to school with one hand on some guy's flatbed and the other caressing the asphalt.

Q:Are you a longboarder or what?

A:I am a water-drinker. That is, one who drinks water.

 
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On 9/19/2002 Brain wrote in from (64.12.nnn.nnn)

Soul is taking your buddy skating on his brand new longboard and he is at the top of the nose and cruising down the street hangin 10 before you can step on your board.

Brain

 
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On 9/19/2002 Chuck wrote in from (63.25.nnn.nnn)

Soul is....knowing how to ollie, but NEVER DOING AN OLLIE.

 
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On 9/19/2002 longy wrote in from (194.117.nnn.nnn)

hodad should skate fast but take a broom handle and tape a glove on the end with finger in a pointy position so you can gently move along errant bikies in lycra shorts....or an air horn :)

 
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On 9/18/2002 Scabs wrote in from (66.21.nnn.nnn)

Soul is not...
Sitting at the bottom of a half pipe, attempting to ollie a 44" Powell No Ka Oi and upon the landing, board shoots out, hands go down, feet go up, feet come down. big toe slams perfect perpendicularly to surface, big toe gets fractured.

Soul is....
Smiling through the pain knowing I should`ve been out for an easy night cruise instead.

 
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On 9/18/2002 lexx wrote in from (195.92.nnn.nnn)

www.skateboardmom.com

This my friends is soul. I wish my mom were a memeber

 
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On 9/18/2002 h0dad wrote in from (132.181.nnn.nnn)

Duane, your last sentence tips the scales with h0dad. Setup: 43" shuvit deck, r2's, mundos..rockin good news.

 
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On 9/18/2002 Duane wrote in from (68.15.nnn.nnn)

hodad, it is incumbent upon you to be there early, state your intentions clearly with a crazed look upon your face, start in front, and stay in front. Only the better cyclists would be able to keep up, and they will give you your space. Wait around and start in the back with the nutters, and you're in real trouble. Use the mundos on the randals, good enough for a world speed record, good enough for that tunnel

 
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On 9/18/2002 longy wrote in from (194.117.nnn.nnn)

big ups speedy...arm ok not brilliant but running small hills ok gentle inclines and rebuilding my loogy...

 
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On 9/18/2002 mathew wrote in from (65.174.nnn.nnn)

Yah, go big. Show them the soul of the longboard.
(The Bikies will stay clear too.)

 
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On 9/18/2002 Brain wrote in from (149.151.nnn.nnn)

why not try the randalls with some big wheels, like fly-wheels or cherrybombs. The randalls would definately give you a stable ride, and the big wheels should keep your speed going. I would pack some major safety equipment, it would look really good to the people holding the event, if the skateboarders were more concerned with safety than the cyclists. Leathers would be the best bet on that.

Keep it smooth, and stylish.

Brain

 
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On 9/17/2002 h0dad wrote in from (132.181.nnn.nnn)

There's a tunnel in h0dad's city that goes straight through the hills to the sea, it's several kilometers long and on a downhill gradient all the way. Anyone seen the movie THX1138? Bladerunner? It's one of those tunnels with two lanes and shimmering white tiles on the walls.

On Oct 6, at 10.30 AM sharp, it's open to cyclists..well it's open to h0dad and his supertanker as well..trouble is, the gradient is significant, yet real hard to judge..what setup to take? Short or long? Randalls and small soft wheels? Or the indies with mundos...this is part of the fun. Dont see much opportunity for big carves though, with all the cylists, looks like it will be a straight bomb with plenty of foot dragging with skid lid on, yes sir, pretty amped.

 
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On 9/17/2002 Speedy wrote in from (169.237.nnn.nnn)

Coolies! I got picked! You know, it's a pitty I never could work out a way to meet you, Longy. Mebbe next time... How's the arm?

-Speedy

 
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On 9/17/2002 longboardbuddha wrote in from (194.117.nnn.nnn)

okey dokey speedy soul carving it is...let me tidy it a bit and i'll flow you the first chapters

 
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