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Happy Thanksgiving all
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On 11/24/2004 Lenny
wrote in from
United States
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Have a tryptophantastic turkey day all!!!!
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NoCar Longboarder
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On 11/24/2004
Fatboy
wrote in from
United States
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You're welcome for ALL of it! Happy Turkey back at ya'!
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Happy Thanksgiving Longboarders
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On 11/24/2004
North Carolina Longboarder
wrote in from
United States
(63.167.nnn.nnn)
During this time of Thanksgiving and the approach of that most Special Birthday I am thankful for my family, my God, my health, my co-workers, my local skate crew (that is growing by the week), and all of you out there in skateland who have helped me reconnect into the sport that I loved so much in the 70's and early 80's and have returned to in the last two years. NCDSA, Concrete Wave, and all of you have made it possible for me to quickly emerse myself back into to the stoke full tilt.
Thank you all!
I wish for all of you and your families a blessed and special Holiday Season!
NCL
Fatboy: That is TOO FUNNY! Dude, my side hurt reading that! Rock on!
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Cali Rockz
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On 11/24/2004 West Coast Canadian BC
wrote in from
United States
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Hey all whatz new here any good hillz
and I hear it NCDSA.COM's Birthday happy birth to this site
and where are all the narly hillz to bomb in Cali.
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too much
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On 11/23/2004 bean-a-reano
wrote in from
United States
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Fatboy no laughed my a$$ off har
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serious longboarders
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On 11/23/2004
Fatboy
wrote in from
United States
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is that like serious jugglers
serious balloon animal technicians
serious pudding mixers
serious sock monkey philanthropists
serious shoe salesmen
serious parking meter polishers
serious towel folders
serious doily manufacturers
serious pancake syrup
serious wallet refurbishers
serious cheese carvers
serious animal impersonators
serious glockenspiel players
serious jelly donut fillers
serious toaster repairmen
serious birdhouse mechanics
serious shoe re-lacers
serious lobster bib designers
serious ventriloquists
serious mimes
serious Senators
serious whittlers
serious tiddly winkists
serious roller disco enthusiasts
serious poodle groomers
serious Bay City Roller fans
serious Spam recipe creators
serious Hawaiian shirt designers
serious paper cupcake cup engineers
serious fluffers
serious squeegee re-rubberers
serious waffle photographer
serious camel inseminator
serious otter polisher
serious egg roll stuffer
serious.....................have I gone too far?
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Serious Longboarders?
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On 11/23/2004
North Carolina Longboarder
wrote in from
United States
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Just curious: Are you implying that if you post on this forum you are not a serious longboarder?
Heck, and speaking of which, what is the definition of a "serious longboarder"?
Not trying to stir the pot just trying to figure out what you mean. Don't get me wrong, coastlongboarding.com is a great site with a great deal of info. Because I ride multiple disciplines in this sport, NCDSA is a great all around resource as well. I think that longboarders can benefit from both sites.
Roll on Brothers and Sisters.
North Carolina Longboarder
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alot better site
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On 11/23/2004
Randy Broady
wrote in from
United States
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Why don't the serious longboarders go to coastlongboarding.com and while your at it check out these decks at landyachtz.com
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illinois
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On 11/16/2004 bean-a-reano
wrote in from
United States
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I studied Recording Arts I have a degree and work at a radio station cluster doing production overnight dubs and cutting commercials. I would definantly like to hook up. This job gives me ample time to skate and enough money to fuel the habit. Take care till then
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Illini Hills
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On 11/15/2004
G-flash
wrote in from
United States
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Hey Cool Beans, Beano Next time I'm up I'll post so we can hook up. Did you study Music Biz Or Recording Engineer or Video game programmer? I here their are offering film studies.
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illionois terrain
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On 11/12/2004 bean-a-reano
wrote in from
United States
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G-flash
I live in Springfield. And consulting with the map Princeton is in the Peru/La salle area. about 3 hours north of me. We might be able to meet for a skate session. let me know. I check here almost everyday. I went to Full Sail in Winter Park. Down the road from University of Central Florida.
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Not quite dawn patrol, but...
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On 11/12/2004 Lenny
wrote in from
United States
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I'm a huge fan of early morning sessions!! This summer I would wake up when my wife did and when she left for work, I'd head off to Athens for an early morning session. It was great! Most of the time I was among 4 or 5 people there and I'd have a great session and be home by the time she was home for lunch!!
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MissouriMatt posts again
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On 11/12/2004 MissouriMatt
wrote in from
United States
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Oh, yea.
the 201's are more stable than the 101's. 201's and 101's with different bushings on 6 different decks with different wheels... it gets hard to make an apples to apples comparison on the bushings. Plus, when I ride, I'm not really thinking that much about the gear. Just digging the breeeeeeze. I need some now.
Ride on..
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Exkate Bushings
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On 11/12/2004 MissouriMatt
wrote in from
United States
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G-Flash,
I've got all four bushing sets, black, green, blue, red. That is how you "adjust" the exkate ride, but I'm not convienced it makes that much difference. I'll be interested in what your buddy, Cuz thinks. A nice long wheel base will help more than the bushing change. I've got a 58" that's almost all wheel base, with 92mm 78a Flywheels. I use the black bushings (softest) on that ride and it's very, very stable.
Well now I've spent more time on NCDSA this week than on my board! I'd shut up and ride, but I'm at work!
later
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Exkate wobbles
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On 11/12/2004
G-flash
wrote in from
United States
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Hello Matt , Thanks for the tips to aid the wobbles. I spoke to Jim the GURU at Exkate and he told me to get a set of the green bushings as to match our weight catagory for best performance on downhill runs where not to much carving to scrub speed can take place. I will Let my Bud know none the less to keep his lead foot on the front truck and his weight forward!
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my board
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On 11/12/2004 Tom Meakin
wrote in from
United Kingdom
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I'm getting a bigbug from steve at insect, complete with *cough* 83mill flywheels :) and 185 seismics. I know these wheels seem a little huge, but i really need them, all of you people complaining about florida... come to sunny birmingham, and try to ride the council standard paving slabs. I have to ollie some of the cracks on my kickflipper they are so huge. Oh, and on the subject of birmingham, check this flash animation, you'll laugh you ass off :)
http://www2.b3ta.com/birmingham/
and no.. most of our accents aren't that strong :P
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Exkate
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On 11/12/2004 MissouriMatt
wrote in from
United States
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G-Flash,
I’ve posted my opinion on Exkate trucks many times. I love them. I think all agree they give a very fluid ride, but some folks think the return to center is to much and some think they don’t handle speed well. I know they handle speed of 30mph+ just fine. Above 40mph they start to get a little iffy – but not traditional “wobble” so much as it is a matter of being hyper reactive. I’ve probably never taken them over 45mph. Your friend should not have any problems with the Exkate trucks if he keeps his weight forward. At speed it takes very little lean to turn these trucks. When your weight is back at speed they can feel very loose. Carving hard with 20 to 30mph speed (as apposed to bombing), I'll really lean down the hill and reach as far forward as I can.
Another thing that some don’t like about the Exkate is that you cannot adjust the ride without changing bushings. The tightness of the kingpin has nothing to do with the looseness of the trucks. Compression does not play into the equation. Exkate trucks “twist” the bushing when turning rather than compressing the bushing, like any torsion truck.
It seems to be a bit of a love ‘em or hate ‘em deal. I think part of that is just that they ride differently and you need to get adjusted. I’ve seen people adjust in 5 minutes and have them dialed in, and I’ve seen others that never adjust. Most people I’ve turned on to them have really dug the ride unless they were under 140 pounds or so. You need some weight to take full advantage of the truck. The weight issue is more important at low speed, but that’s how most people first experience a new truck.
Happy carving on whatever gets you flying. Tell your buddy to keep his weight forward, body steady and center of gravity low as he hits new top speeds. No hurry getting to new top speeds. You can scrub a lot of speed with nice tight turns and he should start there anyway.
Ride on…
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Princeton
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On 11/11/2004
G-Flash
wrote in from
United States
(64.12.nnn.nnn)
Hey Bill, On yor way to the anteque mall you would have past the chevy dealership named Fabers I think they changed their name just recent. Well anyway I test drove a SS silverado with all of the goodies and the tast drive they sent me on was a road that went behind the dealership and intersected a country road. Now you know Bill any road of the stip meets this "country road" critera well if you make a left and go down about half a "country" mile you will see the road drop off to what may seem to be a 1000ft drop and how far whidh seemed like 5 miles into the horizon. Boy did I lite up those hills on that silverado! Good braking distance to! My father in law was with me and he was also interested in the SS model just not that one after The car&driver test run. There is also some hills near Seatonville which is about 10 miles away. Also the starve rock area has some fantastic hills which used to be a minning town. So next time I'm up I will take some pictures because anything beats the Florida flatzone.
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Hills in Illinois
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On 11/11/2004 Bill
wrote in from
United States
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Hey G Flash:
I lived in Chicago for 6 years, and used to go to Princeton a couple of times a year to attend an antique gun show there. If my memory serves me correctly, it's pretty darned flat out there for most of the 130 mile drive from Chicago.
But hey, if you find some hills, then go for it!
Princeton is a nice little town; very down-home, with a couple of nice antique markets, but not much in the way of skate activity, kind of like the little town in Ohio where I grew up.
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ILLINOIS Terrain
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On 11/11/2004
G-Flash
wrote in from
United States
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Hey Bean, My wife is from up there. Ever heard of Bureau county? Her town is Princton. Next time I go I will take my board because I do remember seeing some hills in that area. How far are you from there? Next time i go up I leave you a thread so we can skate. What school did you go to down here in O-town?
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Florida
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On 11/11/2004 bean-a-reano
wrote in from
United States
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Hey G-flash where were you a year ago when I was in school down in Orlando? Very few to skate with and even with less hills. Oh well now I'm back in Illinois where there are even less hills.
roll on
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Hey G-Flash
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On 11/10/2004 Bill
wrote in from
United States
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Hey G-Flash,
I know exactly the area of which you speak, having travelled through there many times over the past four years. I presently live in the Ft. Lauderdale area, where the only place any sort of grade exists is near a landfill or a bridge. Right now the only terrain I have is an office park near the house, but only at night after the workers have left for the day.
You should ride your Alva every day for a while, to break it in. If I get a chance I'm going to ride my vintage Z Flex for a bit tomorrow during lunch.
Regards, Bill
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G Flash!
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On 11/10/2004
North Carolina Longboarder
wrote in from
United States
(63.167.nnn.nnn)
G-Flash: Dawn Patrol Rocks! I was tick tacking the other day down the sidewalk on my way to the office and I got the same strange looks from the kids...Ha ha.
Happy Early Birthday Dude! Mine is two weeks...big 42!
I have never ridden a pair of the Exscate Trucks so I am not sure I can be alot of help but if you go on the Trucks Review Forum and post a question those boys will bury you with info. I will also asks some of the gurus I know for the 411.
Dude, glad you got out and ride. Ride with pride. Hold your head high! You are a product of the birth of skating! Roll on Bro.
Have a great Birthday.
North Carolina Longboarder
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skate or die!
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On 11/10/2004
G-flash
wrote in from
United States
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Yo NCL Bro! You would have been proud of me today. My neihbor who talked himself into getting a longboard after he rode mine a month back, woke me up today at 6am to skate down to our clubhouse and back. It's about a 3mile sesion round trip. I felt great with just a little soreness on my ankle. I have only taken out the ALVA once for a spin down the street and was surreal! For just a moment I was 12 again as I ticked-tacked down the side walk.All the young kids on their bikes just stared. I looked like such a goof! They for sure never saw those moves before.Anyway back to me ramblin about my neihbor.Did I spell neihbor correctly? He starts to tell me about his loose trucks and how he tightned them up to no avail so I hop off mine, he hops off his and we trade.Sure enough upon inspection I see he has bottomed out his nut on the king pin so I lay it down and push off and began to do some side to side and BINGO! You guest it! I won't even say the dreaded word . Well I turn 38 manyana and my reflexes are still there so I hop off and offer up to neihbor who I call "Cuz" an explanation to him about his trucks being that of the "Exscate" brand being one of the more turnier brands out on the market with nothing but good reviews only to have the bushings so tight that you can actually see the compression but still loosey-goosey on the setup! Go figure! Any thoughts or insight to this would really help because I promised to take him out on his first hill this Sunday and we can not have the wobbles at 30+ . By the way any longboarder Bro's in the Orlando / Kissimmee area are welcomed to join us, the hill is located on Neptune rd. in Kissimmee and it goes over the Florida Turnpike. Nice bike/jog/skate asphalt butter smooth.I should be there around 2pm and I park near the park On the St.Cloud end of the hill.Get me some 411 NCL Bro so I can pass it on to my Cuz across the street and improve our ranks in the down south chapter. Hey one more thing, I would like to thank you and Bill for checkin in on me. It means a great deal to me and I felt the love. As the great Robert Plant says " It's been a long time since I ROCKED and ROLLED" You know BRO!
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TomMeakin!
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On 11/10/2004
North Carolina Longboarder
wrote in from
United States
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TomMeakin: Dude, good to hear from you. Things are pretty stale down here at the moment. A couple of the crew did go up to Highway 421 the day Daylight Savings Time changed and got ytopped halfway down by a local Sherriff's deputy...who basically said "You guys are crazy" but let them finish the run. I had to take one of my daughters to a soccer tournament and was not with them. The boys were glad I wasn't there because they think I would have smarted off. To be honest, I am the one that always goes out of my way to make the relationship between the riders and law enforcement a good one. I work out in a gym with many of the local guys and they all know I ride late at night downtown.
We are planning on filming the entire run down the mountain in the spring. I have secured a couple of people who are willing to help and we are going to film it out the back of my truck. I will let you know when it's finished.
Keep up the writing yourself. What kind of board is coming in 9 days?
North Carolina Longboarder and Slalom Dork
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