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Slalom Cone Blues
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On 5/16/2006 Jackson
wrote in from
Australia
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Living in Australia is absolutely awsome, getting most slalom gear is quite easy but, when it comes to buying slalom cones it sucks bigtime buddy! No one stocks them here. Getting 50 cones shiped here from the states costs almost tripple with shipping.
Ive used plastic bottles cans, toy and sport cones you name it! Just nothing cuts it like the real deal.
Don't ya hate that?
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Pigmented UHMW
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On 5/1/2006
END
wrote in from
United States
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I've bought UHMW for grind rails from www.garlandmfg.com before. They have a bight yellow that works as good as or better than the green stuff I bought locally.
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Tight Slalom Set Up
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On 4/28/2006 Chuck Gill
wrote in from
United States
(192.249.nnn.nnn)
Generally speaking, most people prefer to wedge their front trucks for more turning (fat part of wedge toward the middle of the board) and de-wedge their back trucks for less turning (thin part of the wedge toward the middle of the board).
Getting a bit more specific, most folks need a little *less* turning in shorter boards (as would likely be used in tight slalom) and a little *more* turning in longer boards (as would be used for hybrid and giant) to have longer and shorter boards match in ride feel. This would lead to mild front wedging, and back dewedging in short boards and maybe more aggressive front wedging and less back dewedging, or even flat mounting, for longer boards.
These are generalities and offer advice for starting points, but what really matters is testing and riding your own set-ups to get the feel you like and the performance you need...
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tight slalom
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On 4/25/2006 Tai
wrote in from
United States
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Can someone tell me the best setup for tight slalom? As far as how to set up the angled risers.
thanks a bunch
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360
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On 4/17/2006 hc
wrote in from
United States
(71.139.nnn.nnn)
i think i know how it works,
here's some more stuff i found...
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The BALANCE360 BOARD® is not a board with a ball stuck in the center or one on a tube rolling back and forth. It's a revolutionary (and patent pending) ring and sphere system that creates a completely free flowing platform! I GUARANTEE YOU'VE NEVER RIDDEN ANYTHING LIKE IT!
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re: 360 balance board
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On 4/16/2006
peters
wrote in from
United States
(24.18.nnn.nnn)
hc, judging from the very short vid they provide it looks pretty simple, you could achieve 360 balance board feel with a hard rubber/medicine ball under a round or oval chunk of wood. that's my guess
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Risers
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On 4/16/2006 Michael
wrote in from
United Kingdom
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To my mind a hard riser will give a quicker, more direct response especially on a racing slalom deck. A softer riser will have a small amunt of 'give' possibly hardly detectable...and will give a smoother ride. perhaps its just the harsher feeling that makes you think your going faster...I dunno.
Khiro make two different hardness rubber type angled risers, and a hard angled riser too. Also the Risers in the riser pack are hard.
I use harder risers on my out and out racing boards, soft(er) risers on other boards.
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hard vs. soft riser
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On 4/16/2006 eddie
wrote in from
United States
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whats the difference in performance between hard and soft risers
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i joy board
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On 4/15/2006 hc
wrote in from
United States
(71.141.nnn.nnn)
http://www.interhealth.com/n/pages-b2c/other-massage-products/ijoy-board/tertiary-ijoy-board.html
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Skate Rails
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On 4/12/2006
Tyler Pyne
wrote in from
Canada
(67.70.nnn.nnn)
I am launching a new line of products for my company. Specifically designed rails for Skate & Snow Boards. They are different then the others on the market I cant believe how much they charge for a boring rail taht does nothing and the ones you can by at department stores are too thin and eventually break with extended use. MY rail works against that downward weight. It comes in two styles Round and Square, both 80" in length. The beginner rail can adjust from 8" - 14" and the more advanced rail can range from 14" - 25" in height. Anyone needs more information please call me at 416-752-9393.
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360 balance board
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On 4/2/2006 hc
wrote in from
United States
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multi direction balance board.
http://www.balance360.com/index.php?PID=43&PGID=487
anyone knows how this works, they don't really explain it.
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10 mph
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On 3/31/2006 hc
wrote in from
United States
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGqr240iW4I
segway across usa
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railz
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On 3/29/2006 hc
wrote in from
United States
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http://www.railzusa.com/id169.htm
saw this on silverfish
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the wave
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On 3/16/2006 hc
wrote in from
United States
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http://www.streetsurfing.com/videos.html
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GRIP TAPE CLEANER
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On 3/13/2006 ERIK
wrote in from
United States
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I AM LOOKING FOR A PLACE ONLINE THAT SELLS GRIP TAPE CLEANER IF YOU KNOW A PLACE PLEASE E-MAIL THE WEB SITE TO ME AT ERIK_JOHNSON76@HOMAIL.COM
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garman 201
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On 3/9/2006 kanufi
wrote in from
Australia
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Yeah i just got a garman gps the ski version ,works well with speed skating but it doesnt have an audible speed beeper.It tracks max speed distance and altitude,really handy to measure the height of the drop your going down.Also super small size.
Cheers Kanufi
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padding
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On 3/3/2006 dprice
wrote in from
United States
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well, currently, NONE! just blue vintage leather.., but i'm planning on buying some padded shorts for hip and tailbone protection....then when i get some more money get a back protector/elbow/shoulder unit. those are about 100-300 bucks depending on brands....the padded shorts i've seen are around 30-50 bucks.
a good place to check out padding is www.beyondbikes.com look under the body armor section.
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tool?
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On 3/3/2006 dan@csu
wrote in from
United States
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if i understand your question correctly you're having trouble getting the bearings in/out of your wheels. sometimes it's a tight fit for sure, but you can pretty much use whatever you want to jam them in there as long as you !!!avoid putting pressure on the shields!!! i've used anything from a bic pen (put the pointed side in the bearing hole, hold the wheel in your hand, and hit the other side of the pen on the floor) to god knows what. and considering the barbaric nature of my advice, be careful.
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Tools for longboard
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On 3/1/2006 chris
wrote in from
Spain
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Hello ,
i don t know the name of the longboard and the trucks..and now I would like to know if there is a tool that can help me to put the bearing on my wheel, kryto 70/78a..bearing abec 5...
i heard that there is different tools for differents longboards ????
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re: dprice
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On 2/24/2006 dan@csu
wrote in from
United States
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what kind of padding do you wear under your leathers?
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fuzion asphalt
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On 2/24/2006 hc
wrote in from
United States
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http://www.qcstore.com/
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GPS garmin 201
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On 2/23/2006 peters
wrote in from
United States
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The Garmin's doing everything I wanted it to! Under a $100 off ebay and in my hands in a week. Posted some data/maps from it on the 'Pumping' forum, if you commute and want to keep track of or increase your mph and distances, highly recommended! Slight differences in altitude are not very accurately tracked, I think you'd need "differential" GPS if you really want topographic-map accuracy. I may get a heart rate monitor later, with a separate device. Personally the USB is not that big an upgrade since I only download data 1x per week, its probably a difference of 10 seconds USB download rather than 50 seconds serial port download. The aerial maps are a kick!
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leathers
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On 2/23/2006
dprice
wrote in from
United States
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i got my first set about 3 years back when i started racing from this website called www.newenough.com very good site, got my package quickly...paid 250 for a one-piece with full armour. ebay is always a good place to start to. if you have any motorcycle shops around you go check those out and see what size you are in different brands as they vary alot between them.
i think for your first set built in padding is good, but now i like it better getting a suit with no padding at all then buy the padding seperatly and wear it under the leather, more comfortable.
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beyboards
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On 2/15/2006 hc
wrote in from
United States
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http://www.bey-tech.com/beyboards.html
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padded leathers
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On 2/12/2006
dan@csu
wrote in from
United States
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i'm looking for leathers with built in crash pads (tops and or bottoms)for downhilling of course. if anyone has some for sale, or has reccomendations on what/where to buy i'd really appreciate it. not looking for super nice/expensive, just someting that will do the job well. thanks!
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