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On 4/4/2004 mikey cruiser
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you guys ever get the little daydreams, at work on days where you've had a really good session recently? where walls become wallrides and you analyze every corner to see if you could take it at speed?
anyway
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On 4/2/2004 Ethan
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Dialed in. I finally got my Ed Economy setup perfectly - completely dialed in.I have it set up for the flats where I work near SFO, but it works pretty good on the hills in the Presidio, too (a couple spots get up to maybe 25mph-30max, but mostly the ride is 20mph if you are carving hard).
The Seismic 180's are a dream on the Economy. I had no idea a board that long could be so pumpable and manueverable. Also, the 30 degree base with Medium spring combined with a nice tailguard make tail grinds super easy. I have it set up with 80mm Blue Krypto Classics with 18/8 inch risers. The kryptos are great. The are soft enough for the rough pagement in SF Presidio, they have GREAT roll, and their contact patch is narrow enough that you can slide when you need to even tho they are soft. No problem with wheelbite with this setup, the cutouts work perfectly with these trucks/risers and wheels. I started with Randal180's and Flashbacks (84), but that setup doesn't some close to the new seismic180/kryptoClassicK80mm setup.
I'm a happy man. What a fun board. I was sooo bored skating on the flats where I work before I got the Ed Economy. Now I'm having a blast learning to walk the board, trying nosewheelies and generally having a great time skating every day on my lunch hour.
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On 3/30/2004 Sandragon
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Skating to Church
I gave up skateboarding for a time because I thought the active flexing and twisting was making my back hurt. Eventually I tried riding again and learned that skating by itself is OK, and doing sand sculpture by itself is OK, but doing both (as in skating to the beach to sculpt) causes problems. Too bad. I like skating and sculpting.
So, shortly after discovering this I blew some more dust off the Rolls Rolls Classic, loaded my sound recording gear into a backpack, and headed for church. I do the recording, and help set up the audio system.
It's uphill all the way to the bus stop. Steady pushing. The Rolls Rolls makes the most of this situation, gliding smoothly; the only thing that kills me is the headwind.
I get off the bus at Century City and skate the rest of the way. Concrete sidewalks, then bricks with planters to carve around. The morning is cool and breezy, and skating is relaxed. It's my last chance of that until after the celebration. I roll up the driveway.
Now, these people are used to me doing unusual things, but the skateboard is, um, out there. I get even more attention after the celebration is over and we've put all the equipment away. I just put my pack on, hop on the board and carve around the speed bumps. It isn't often you see a kilted skateboarder in a church. It's way better than driving.
We have lunch at Century City and then I walk with some friends to their car. Then I skate back and see the bus just pulling out. I catch it and bang on the door. He stops.
I bail at Barrington and skate south. Now the wind's at my back and I just glide a mile or so to a friend's house. Very nice.
I wish someone could tell me why skating is such a nice way to get around. It feels good. Graceful, elegant, even beautiful.
A couple of weeks later I loaned my Bulldog 40-inch board to a friend. He didn't get a chance to ride it, so one Saturday I skated to his place, passing the beach and Friday's sand scuplture, which was still standing. We went to a small parking lot for some practice. He's a sometime snowboarder, and rapidly figured out the skateboard technnique. The first time he tried a turn he ran into a curb, the next time he got most of the way around, and on his third attempt went all the way around the circle. After an hour and a half, we went off to find some lunch.
So, it's nice to be back on the board. You'd think that a bicycle would be much more efficient than a skateboard, but the actual difference in time, over my usual three-mile commute to work, is only about 7 minutes: 15 on the bike, 22 or so skating. I like skating the quiet streets in the morning.
--Larry
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On 3/29/2004
Anthony
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I rode with the Jam guys the other day and really enjoyed their boards
I can say:
they're ply
they're really heavy
and they're really thick
and when you get a head of steam going, they ride like an out-of-control Cadillac
Super smooth and faaaasssst.
Get one for your quiver
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On 3/18/2004 Roboto PDX
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I wish the Jam website had some real specs. I would love to know how much they weigh, how thick they are, Wood, Ply. But then again I am a bit of a equip geek. They do look nice....
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On 3/13/2004
Luke
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DelawareJim: Where are you? I'm in Philly right now, but I frequent, and am soon moving back to, the 'burbs (Media, Aldan, somewhere around there)
New to ridin, would love to hear where the good spots are. Drop me an email or something.
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On 3/2/2004 Abe
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FLX
I'm sure you'll be very happy with the 70" JAM, its bassicly a smaller version of the 80" board I have so it will probably ride just as nice but with maybe a little less glide and a little more turning.
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On 3/2/2004 FLX
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Abe Simon & Doug
Hang in there guys, the sun is coming. I've been looking into the Jam 70 inch
board myself - I think I'm gonna buy it. I've been riding a 48 inch Fluid deck
with Randall's and Kryptonic classics. Even though I'm in the desert there's some good hills in my neighborhood.
There's a great hill behind Holyoke Community College - It's cool because the school's pretty deserted on the weekends and you can ride without cars around.
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On 3/1/2004 Abe
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-DelawareJim
I got the JAM silver back and it unbeleavable. I got it befor they switched the trucks to trakers so I got gullwing super pro III, they are about 12 inches wide. I also got the board before when they were selling the board with 101's, now they have the 92's. I love the board a lot. It cruses really nice, fast, smooth. I am very hapy with this board. I wedged the trucks and keep them really loose for better turning. If you want a board that isn't quite as long you might want their 70" board. Pay no attention to the spacifications that are on the website because they are wrong but I would highly sugest this board.
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On 3/1/2004 DelawareJim
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Abe;
Who's 80" you got?
I'm looking for a new cruising board and was checkin out Jam longboards. I just moved from the flats of southern Delaware to some easy rollers in Southeast PA and I'd like something for street surfing or just easy cruising.
Cheers.
--Jim
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On 2/26/2004
Abe+Simon+Doug
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FLX
I'm answering on behalf of Abe, our buddy, Doug and myself. We live in northampton, and are anxiously waiting the appearance of streetsweepers in the area, but we have a little while to go. Luckily the warm whether has been setting in and snow is melting. If you are ever in the area, email me (simonetothemax@hotmail.com), we'd love to skate with you.
Simon
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On 2/25/2004 d
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and the GLIDE
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On 2/25/2004 MissouriMatt
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To everyone sharing the stoke lately, ride on. So good to see the soul returning to the soul board. I'd of thought is was due to spring, but then the cat from Autral ia reminded me it's just a wave of soul. like waiting fro waves in the ocean, the soulboard comes to life. I haven't ridden since blowing a knee last June. Rehab is coming around, and the knee is starting to show signs of hope. I'm goofey, and I blew the left (blew right in 1987). The front foot work is so good for knee rehab, I've decided to start my riding rehab switch. Can't wait for the learnign curve again. And the glide.
Abe, 80 inches with the 101's. Yeah baby. I'll be hitting it with the homemeade 11-ply birch 58 inch, exkate and fly 92 or 3 or whatever.
I'll use the 37.5 freeride birch lovejoy with exkate adn flashback 70 74a at the park, when I catch a bit of the spring buz soon.
I will post stoke soon. Now the stoke is doing the squats and knee work on my board in the living room.
Ride on soulriders.....
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On 2/24/2004 lovin it
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Ssssssssooooooooooooouuuuuuuuuuullllllllll!!!!!! On my board I transcend everything negative going on in the world. I become a free-floating manifestation of my soul dancing with gravity and flirting with the reaper yet never giving it to him. Even if I lose some of my flesh to the cause, my soul only grows stronger for my body is a mere tool to free my soul!!!!
I'm Lovin it and free when I'm layin down my hand and slidin on urethane....
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On 2/24/2004
Christian Stepien
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Hey guys,
I haven't posted in a little while (being winter in Toronto, not much to tell in the ways of longboarding). I'm in the process of brainstorming hills to ride for a new longboarding movie I will be making this summer. The basic premise is that I'll be travelling throughout Ontario (and possibly parts of Quebec), and riding hills with my buddies on a road trip. If anyone has any suggestions of good places to ride in Ontario or Quebec, please email me (dude@christianstepien.com)! I've only really skated the hills in and around the GTA, so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks everyone,
Christian
www.egotriplongboarding.cjb.net
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On 2/24/2004 FLX
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Abe - where are you in Western Mass? I'm a South Hadley transplant living
in Vegas. There's alot of great hills in the Pioneer Valley.
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On 2/23/2004 Abe
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Today I had one of the best expieriences of my life (okay maybe not but it was pretty nice). I live western massachusets and its been negative degree weather and the roads have been wet and icy here for a loooooong time. As a result I have not been on a board outside for a looooong time. So today I looked out my window and saw that the roads in my neighborhood were fairly dry and un-icy so I wedged my 80 incher and loosened it up like crazy and took it for a spin. What a nice feeling to get on a board after months of not skating and to glide down those streets. The 101's make every road like silk so I just glided along with no cars to bother me, I don't get many cars in my neighborhood. It was some good times
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On 2/22/2004
sam
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If you all love longboarding you will love Australia, the roads are the best, and if your like us and dont give a s#@! about the traffic it makes for a great day, im from brisbane on the east coast of australia and were we ride there are brand new subdervisions with no houses and lots of quality ass phault, we ride every chance we get, there are lots of sweeping down hills, it goes off like a frog in a sock. See you all down here soon
P.S there are a gaurentee 365 days of sunshine a year so theres plenty to go round
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On 1/24/2004 phil
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I'm planning a longboard trip to the canary islands with riders of various standards we like chilling, and mixing he fast with the slow - which island is 'best'?
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On 1/23/2004 Pim
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I just had to say that I did some nice downhilling on Gran Canaria for the last days.
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On 1/20/2004
tom
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here in la, i found a .5 mile long hill, where there are never any cars and the ass phault is freshly assphaulted, man i carve that thing up like a roast beef
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On 1/19/2004 dennis
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Sic so sic, How the security situation?
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On 1/16/2004
Ryan
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http://www.vabeachtowncenter.com/progress_november_2003.stm
to the right is your 9 story garage, fully equipped with 'easy-access' elevators...haha. if you look allll the way at the top, there is a tenth floor above the garage and usually the doors are unlocked and you can walk out there and check out the view. well there is two ways in, and two ways down...well you have your choice of going down each seperate floor...but if that's not good enough for you, you got your ramps to the right that go down two floors at a time. lets just say i've skated this more than a handful of times...if you're in the area, check this spot out. i've skated it plenty of times during lunch rush, which i really dont reccomend. be safe, dont smoke crack. love peace and axle grease.
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On 1/4/2004 h0dad
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..and they still havent fixed the parking structure lights..sweet
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On 1/4/2004 h0dad
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Yeah dude, what a new year's. h0dad and friends lived on a vast rugged beach for a couple of days, dropping in on big dunes with an old body board by day, riding glassy warm surf by moonlight. The dunes ruled. We were fully learning the ways of the dune, how to connect, how to commit, weight forward, no fear. h0dad spent much time lying down waiting for the pain to subside for the next run however. Think walking up a hill sucks? Try walking up a big soft dune!
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