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| Q&A: Chris Yandall on Skogging (417 Posts)
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kitty kat y0
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On 7/26/2007
Chris Yandall
wrote in from
United States
(70.167.nnn.nnn)
Hi Kat
Seeing a chiro to get the alignment back. Let me tell ya, since I wrote that last post.. the serious pain has been subsiding.
i hope to be there but need to get my downhill head back on. right now, the skog has me rehabbing great. i've skogged long distances in the last few weeks for general training.
you've seen one cone, you've seen 'em all?
nationals in CO in one month. hmmm. that sounds great seeing that a good portion of my life was spent in CO. Maybe Gessmer can hire me to help him with the contest.
hugz 2 u
cYa
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Yandall
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On 7/25/2007
Cat
wrote in from
United States
(67.117.nnn.nnn)
Pain is not our friend. Don't make it any worse by not following the docs orders---- or did you see a doc? I can't remember-- it's the old age setting in again. Hood & the Buckeye were a kick! The Nationals in Co are 1 month away--- hope my road rash is better by then! Get yur ass signed up for La Costa dude! Check out the myspace page.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=213660093&MyToken=367d5cb9-f263-4dd0-a474-20ccb1fe6158.
Take care. Kitty Cat
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L5 pinched nerve
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On 7/15/2007 Chris Yandall
wrote in from
United States
(66.91.nnn.nnn)
Not bad :)
still lots of pain that I'm certainly not used to. i think my self diagnosis of my l5 pinch causing sciatica and pirnorforis pain is the problem. i've been able to skog but not much downhill.
the neat thing about it, it seems to be subsiding. careful balance of rest and exercise along with good posture and less stress is in order !
thanks for asking!
i plan to race when i can.
congrats to lynne and jason mitchell for mt hood repeats.
i think recreational sidewalk surfing is an area that needs my expertise. i skogged 20 miles 3 days in a row this weekend. time to step it up ...
wednesday night garage skating with erik's clan is a kick in the ass.
hugz to you kitty Cat.
cYa
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Hey Chris
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On 7/12/2007 Cat
wrote in from
United States
(67.117.nnn.nnn)
How are you healing, bro?
Are you back to the old routine?
Hope to see you soon at a Pump Station race!
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switchin it up!
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On 6/18/2007 Chris Yandall
wrote in from
United States
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zoning the exercise into a roll your own routine. it's getting crazier :)
the rollerskaters are checking the skog out. i wonder if they will come out of the closet first.
this stuff is beyond cooooool. and i'm just stroking the star making machinery.
cYa
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Mel
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On 6/11/2007
Chris Yandall
wrote in from
United States
(66.91.nnn.nnn)
y0. i'll be up in san clemente tomorrow but only for a brief spell near the pier on el cmaino real.
and hey, email me the URL for the site you all whipped up. i tried a bunch of variations with no luck :)
thanks!
cYa
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San Clemente Bound?
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On 6/7/2007
Mel
wrote in from
United States
(70.181.nnn.nnn)
If you are up in this area let us know! We'd love to have you over. :)
Also, I got up the 1st page of the dot com thing we spoke about...check it out! Not bad for an amatuer. :P
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Mel, Thanks!!!!
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On 6/7/2007 Chris Yandall
wrote in from
United States
(70.167.nnn.nnn)
bitchin! video!
it almost looks like I know what I'm doing. :P
I'm sure if I dialed in my equipment and went into some serious training, I could prolly give your old man a run for his money. :D He's quite a monster down the coned pavement!
That pump-house road separates the men from the boys and the gramps!
You guys rock. Look forward to zipping up to the san clemente area. I do a website for a guy up there. www.islandshadepalapas.com . I need to come up and work on his new site and perhaps kill a few birds with one stone.
cYa soon?
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Pumpstation video & pic
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On 6/6/2007 Mel
wrote in from
United States
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Hey Chris! This is Maysey's girlfriend Mel. Here's a pic and a link to the video I took of you from Pumpstation. Sorry about the quality, it was with my digi cam. I'm still going through all my videos from that day, so maybe i'll have more to post soon. I will send you the original photo, this one is sized down for message boards....Enjoy!
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2034015819
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Smoooth as Cocoa Milk
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On 6/6/2007 Chris Yandall
wrote in from
United States
(66.91.nnn.nnn)
damn, i remembered the dance but i didnt remember to go :)
just got back from the michigan scene. my bro did a smooth jazz concert and my other brother's wife is in her last term of ALS, 5 years... :( poor baby. keep a prayer or two in your thoughts. we are blessed that we can stand and move. she's been bedridden for over several years. and now it's hard for her to breath. :~(
more power for me to skog up the storm .. which i have recently on the boardwalks. introduced some new onefooted moves doing the swoop low cranking turns with the headphones pumping out some celestial harmony for the cement flow.
work is bitch. today is my son's b'day. 17 years old! that makes me feel reeeeeeeeeeel gooooooooood :)
cheers mates
cYa iSkog
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SMOOTH-AS-SILK YANDALL!
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On 6/5/2007
Cat
wrote in from
United States
(67.117.nnn.nnn)
Hope to see ya at the Pump Station on the 23rd & dancing that night in Encinitas---- remember????
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2nd Shift Lunch @ 7:30 p.m.
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On 5/27/2007 PSR
wrote in from
United States
(75.69.nnn.nnn)
Just recently, I took my fave mid-sized 'longboard' a Bozi G.S., and took off the Racing Truck/Wheel combo (Proccer/RTS 129 G: - Gumballs, 81A,78A) and put Seismics on F/R(Silver@55*,Red@25* w/ big -wedge), with yellow Roadie Racers up front, red Roadies (trimmed at the lip) at the rear, and made it my 'lunch break' cruiser. I'm working in the foothills of N.H., where within 5 minutes of the shop, I'm hiking Up 600 vertical Ft. along the ridgeline, going back, well, farther than I can hike+skate in 40 minutes, but I get at least a decent 1/2 mile and 200+ Ft. up before turning back towards the shop. Luckily, I've also found a 'quick hike' footpath that gets me Uphill quicker while cutting an 1/8th Mi. off my up route. Nonetheless, this isn't all Downhill Bombing, as the ridgeline runs down, flat, Up, Down, etc. So pumpng is the main means of creating or dissolving momentum. The old Bozi was the board I ran at The Worlds Super-G back in '04, and it's still pretty crisp underfoot. I decreased the rear heel-lift/cant(look at Pocket Pistol's wedge Foam), and added more stiff foam at the front foot's 'horseshoe' to improve thrust on flats. The Seismics have that nifty spring-thrust that's effortless once you've got Your Timing suited to them, and the Roadies, while not quite as fast,big,resilient as the Gumballs were, do add to the Tracton quotient, and ain't even Slow, though they'll hunker down and let me bleed speed when needed without resorting to slides. I have to say I'm pretty happy with the results. I didn't think that a G.S. racer would be 'calm' enough to flow pumping turns over a few miles in varied pitches, but the Bozi is just as smooth and predictable as ever. I'm considering trying Avilas up front with softer Flashbacks at the rear, just to see how much grip I can use while rolling over the frostheaves (a N. New England road obstacle, present even after the ground thaws). Lunch is definately a better experience, now that I'm eatin' on the road!
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Miller :D
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On 5/27/2007 Chris Yandall
wrote in from
United States
(66.91.nnn.nnn)
thanks for the invite. the 23rd is possible. heading out to michigan to see my folks in a little family get together.
knee surgery :( hope you can hang in your 50's :P . get well.
i'm all ears.
cYa
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LEEPING LOOKS!
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On 5/27/2007 Chris Yandall
wrote in from
United States
(66.91.nnn.nnn)
Cat, thanks for the kind thoughts. You are a peach, y0.
ribs still aching a bit but full rehab is months away.
no pain, no gain?
OTH,
how's your skogging coming?
hugz 2 U
cYa
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skating as always
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On 5/23/2007
jonny(thriller)miller
wrote in from
United States
(75.211.nnn.nnn)
Chris,haven't forgotten ya bro,last week had knee surgery,will get back to you soon,also special invite to you and your family on june 23rd we are hosting a race/clinic,combined with a parade down our main street that 21st,see ya bro,
jonny
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Healing
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On 5/23/2007
Cat
wrote in from
United States
(67.117.nnn.nnn)
Chris--- I hope you are running at 100% again.
Moral of the story..... always look before you leap!
See ya soon at the Pump Station.
Tiger was talkin' about the weekend of the 23rd.
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2007 May Skogging On
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On 5/10/2007
Chris Yandall
wrote in from
United States
(70.167.nnn.nnn)
After cracking 2 ribs dirt biking at superstition mountain from a surprise jump(little too much speed over a dune peak and not realizing the other side being steep) and almost eating handle bars but instead a chest bounce, healing damn good with the skog. doctor recommended movement with a rib brace that lightly encourages the rib cage to mend. Skogging with slight arm movement has sped up my recovery. still avoiding the parks in fear of needing to put hands out to brace any fall could lead to extended injury but the skog .... yummee.
down at the beach this summer preaching the movement to all movements. bikers, inliners and joggers can see there's something special about this movement.
and i'm getting closer and closer to "bump skiing" moves on the cement flats from self generated speeds. this is a major p[art] of the skogging world.
cheers from sun diego
cYa
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Memorabilia 70's & 80's
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On 4/24/2007
Mary
wrote in from
United States
(205.188.nnn.nnn)
Mary Doeffinger here, I writing you to see if I can pique you interest in Skateboarding Memorabilia from the late 70's & early 80's most of it from Apple, but also from Marina Del Rey, The Ranch and Skateboard USA.
Over 100 photo's Super 8 films (120+ mins), slides and more Negs.
pardon my spelling ...
Alan Losh
stevie Cabolera
Dwayne Peters
Steve Hershle
El Gato
Tony Alva
Chris Yandell
Stacy perenta
Skateboards
prototype deck
G&S pine design...with many pro sigs on board
Apple
t shirts
keychains
stickers
We are interested in possible sale of these items, other ideas we have are, a book, & or a film.
If you share any interest, we look forward to chatting with you.
Mahalo
Mary Doeffinger
808 383 0883
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skogging is part of skumping
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On 4/12/2007 Chris Yandall
wrote in from
United States
(70.167.nnn.nnn)
skumping is pumping your board and mixing it with a skog from the original skumping site that has now changed.
dont get lost in the words. get lost in doing it. you go for a run on your skateboard using both legs to push for a 100 yards or so.. then you switch to a pump. to me, that is "skumping" a mixture of skogging and pumping while skogging is a mixture of skateboarding and jogging.
please take notes. there will be a quiz later!
skogging was around way before skumping came around!
cYa
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skogging=skumping?
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On 4/11/2007 nic
wrote in from
United States
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isnt skumping another word for skogging
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A skateboard as an exercise gym?
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On 4/6/2007 Chris Yandall
wrote in from
United States
(70.167.nnn.nnn)
Adam, fitness and style :) they work together in many ways but ease of access to fun exercise is a challenge. like riding a unicycle can be fun but repetitious if you keep doing the same thing. the moment you can stay in one spot for long periods of time on one, the more apt you'll be able to hop from rock to rock. like skogging, you'll be able to switch stance way easier for starters. lead pushing foot is a preference from a decision made way back when starting to skate. like a bad habit, you become stuck with it. Skogging can help get over it.
Thanks for the kudos bro. And thanks for being behind the scenes like the guy behind the curtain of the wizard of oz!
Thank You Mr. Wizard!
cYa
p.s. please don't tell me you hung your board up!
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iSkog
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On 4/6/2007
Adam
wrote in from
United States
(198.144.nnn.nnn)
Given the choice of style or fitness I'd choose fitness. Sadly, I have neither these days; but I do have a great respect for Chris Yandall and his ongoing commitment to fitness and Skogging. Go Sam-ao!
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iSkog
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On 4/6/2007
Chris Yandall
wrote in from
United States
(70.167.nnn.nnn)
if any of you guys are up for learning how to switch, let me know! the upcoming generation will be surfing, snowboarding and skateboarding switch more. yuo don't have to be goofy or regular or mongo .. Change your thinking and you may stumble on a physcial pot of gold.
As dumb sounding and perhaps awkward looking skogging may look, I have found it to be a new way to exercise and would love to share. And best of all, it keeps you in shape over and above being a cool skateboarder.
and yes... the magazine misplleded my name. YANDALL IS RIGHT. YANDELL IS SOMEONE ELSE
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yandall =! yandell :)
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On 4/5/2007 Chris Yandall
wrote in from
United States
(70.167.nnn.nnn)
update the email address please :)
Hi Cat,
We're practicing 12pm Saturday this weekend.
Join us?
cYa
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Chris
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On 4/3/2007
Cat
wrote in from
United States
(67.117.nnn.nnn)
Chris--- I just tried to send you an E-mail @ chris@yandell.com & it was returned as undeliverable.
Do you have a new E-mail address?
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