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Whalley posted:The only problem would be if he had a real person's income. If you've got enough money to afford a new deck each time you don't land absolutely perfectly, you're fine. Yeah, he would have to learn to land bolts real fast or buy multiple decks at a time.
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That's kind of a bummer...I didn't want anything major, just to be able to tool around, and maybe work up to ollies....maybe an incentive to lose weight. 
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Just went to the Real video premiere, Busenitz has an AMAZING part.
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JPrime posted:That's kind of a bummer...I didn't want anything major, just to be able to tool around, and maybe work up to ollies....maybe an incentive to lose weight. I wouldn't worry about breaking boards. It could happen but I doubt it if you are just starting out. I would get a deck at least 8.5 inches wide and trucks that match that width. If you have a decent local skate shop around they should be able to take care of you. Just explain your situation. Don't be discouraged. Yes you would break a deck if you are jumping down a tall set of stairs but I doubt you will be doing that. I weight about 200 pounds and I haven't broken a deck in recent memory. I don't jump down tall things.
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Are any of these new "hi-tech-decks" worth the extra 10-20 bucks? I have giant wheels so if I could have a lighter board that'd be pretty nice, but I just wanted to hear from people who've used fancy boards. I bought a darkstar hi tech board back in the day with kelvar and that board actually snapped hella fast for me.
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Any type of gimmick claiming to make a board lighter, stronger or just all around better is almost always bullshit. At best you'll be paying more for something that performs like a regular deck, at worst it'll be weaker or just plain lovely. Any kind of 'innovative' deck is basically aimed at little kids. They'll argue about what abec their bearings are and how their helium infused board is waaay better than their friend's fibreglass-toughened setup. A board that's a wee bit lighter or a wee bit stronger won't really help much.
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If you aren't buying a standard streetdeck made of 7-ply real canadian rock maple (none of this fake chinese maple bullshit) you are wasting your time and money. Longboards are fun to build and design because you can actually make practical use of composites and creative layups but don't bother with a little street deck.
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I sold my slalom deck a little while back and now I'm dieing to set up another. I have a front and rear truck and wheels already, but I hate the front truck and need a new deck. Odd you guys mention fancy composite boards... I'd really love a composite slalom deck. Composites and all that fancy stuff are a complete gimmick in street decks, but for high-end downhill and slalom they're a big improvement. Takes off a lot of weight and adds a lot of strength. Carbon fiber is rather common in longboards these days
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Tenterhooks posted:Any type of gimmick claiming to make a board lighter, stronger or just all around better is almost always bullshit. At best you'll be paying more for something that performs like a regular deck, at worst it'll be weaker or just plain lovely. I'm trying to find the ad now, because twelve year old me was begging my parents for one. I didn't even skate back then 
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Here's the blog for the private bowl I'm involved with: http://thrashville.blogspot.com/ On the off chance that any wealthy goons would like to donate to the project there's a donation link at the top of the blog. I got my first taste of cutting plywood to fit into corners/pockets. It's time consuming but not as difficult as I thought it would be.
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I thought I would share this. Ridiculous vert/transition skating by Alex Perelson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohoT5TwecTY&feature=player_embedded edit: oh well it's down now. I believe it was his part in the new Real Video? UFOTacoMan fucked around with this message at 02:04 on Apr 14, 2011 |
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Man, I'm disappointed I missed the link while it was up. I really gotta watch that video.
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Well, I turn 30 in a little over a month. I loved skating. I say loved because every doctor I've been to have checked out my kness and back, and both are shot. I had to start physical therapy on my back. God, talk about feeling old. But this is a hard one to let go of  I don't live near a beach, so can anyone recommend a near replacement for the price and fun levels that skating has brought me these years? Adult hockey is all I can think of (low contact league), but that is quite expensive.
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Vapid 27 posted:Well, I turn 30 in a little over a month. I loved skating. I say loved because every doctor I've been to have checked out my kness and back, and both are shot. I had to start physical therapy on my back. sorry to hear that man.Have you had a lot of injuries over the years? Your post makes me worried because I turn 26 this year, have been skating for 13 years, but I feel fine and the only major injury I've had was a broken ankle maybe about 3-4 years ago. But on the other hand, I've skated with a guy here in Austin who is in his early 60s and he's still killing it so there is still hope!
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William Munny posted:
Nothing too bad from skating. Beyond the ankle pop and swell gently caress me moments at the skatepark, I've never broken anything but skin and my ego. I think it had more to with the 20 years straight of soccer I played year round, but the impacts I was taking at skating sure quickened the process if anything because I only got back into it after a long layoff four years ago.
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http://vimeo.com/21504557 I loving hate dogboarders who don't clean the drool off rails
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Spring did it again - had to visit a skateshop and renew my complete. After 24 years on board, sometimes more, sometimes less, I guess it'll keep happening every spring until I lose a leg...
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Local stuff... Kept my old Thunder trucks and Bones Swiss bearings, bought a Seven Inch Skateboards 7.75 team deck and some Bones 54 wheels. Feels light, smooth and good!
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Why isn't there a thread about tech-decks? They're not as fun as skateboard, but they sure as hell keep time going.  I've got magic hands!  Living on student budget, so have to resort to fingerboarding until I can buy a new one in summer.
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Bucket Joneses posted:http://i55.tinypic.com/2vsln53.jpg Got back into it today at Woodland Park in Seattle. Huge three flips up the bank and some solid backside nose slides on a 2' ledge. Ankle is feeling fine too.
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Speaking of Seattle, who's all going to street league next weekend? I've been skating for over 15 years and I've never seen a 360 flip in person. This makes me giddy like a schoolgirl.
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I just picked up a set of Bones Super Reds Bearings and Oragantang 4President Wheels, and holy crap what a massive improvement. I can't wait to learn how to slide on this thing now.
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Mugmoor posted:I just picked up a set of Bones Super Reds Bearings and Oragantang 4President Wheels, and holy crap what a massive improvement. I can't wait to learn how to slide on this thing now. Nice! We just had a race yesterday at Jane & Eglington down a set of three switchbacks at 35kph. It was the perfect weather and the perfect place to perfect my pre-drifts! 7 hours of sliding was heaven. I got myself that Ceviche board I posted a few pages back. Bluntslides are the most amazing feeling slide ever. It's been super fun learning how to ollie (e: and shuvits!) and tic tac around town on it and I'm getting close to being able to spacewalk. It makes me want a street deck so I can learn on something easier and show off later on the longboard All in all, it's so good to finally have nice weather in Canada again. Zigmidge fucked around with this message at 19:16 on May 1, 2011 |
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Zigmidge posted:Nice! We just had a race yesterday at Jane & Eglington down a set of three switchbacks at 35kph. It was the perfect weather and the perfect place to perfect my pre-drifts! 7 hours of sliding was heaven. God yes, I'm so happy to be able to ride around town without a coat on again.
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Now THIS is skating. So loving gnarly, seriously http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7qYxj5pOw8 Mugmoor, whats your full setup? I'm not a huge fan of Otangs myself... (also you may not have noticed but we're friends on steam, because of dankbutts) Zigmidge, kicktails are fun as hell! I've been riding around on the Earthwing Crewzer and the short wheelbase and kicktail is helping me learn. The only problem to me is that I ride street decks goofy-mongo cause I need my left foot on the tail, but I ride hills and slide regular. It makes things difficult for me... I've been trying to learn 360-shuv's and bigspins off the nose, more in the longboard style. I can do 180 shuvs off the nose easy, but I can't get anything else down yet. Getting closer though. Also been trying to learn regular 180 pop-shuv-its off the tail, but I'm having trouble with that. Its probably the soft wheels and wide as hell deck. I can pop and flick kickflips PERFECTLY. Like, the board just lands flat every time, but I CAN'T LAND ON THE DECK. Its kind of frustrating. I have such an awesome setup and I can't ride it to potential =( Heres my Crewzer and its rad as gently caress setup:  In other news I got some 44* Caliber trucks. Fantastic trucks. I threw them on my tiny custom, on the 26" wheelbase and the first time really riding them was bombing some narrow local bike paths I'd never ridden before. The largest hill on the paths is about 25mph and ends in turn into a parking lot, and its hard as hell to make the turn unless you can grip hard on a turny board, or predrift. Taking a setup I wasn't yet comfortable on to a decent speed was a huge confidence boost. Gonna have to find a good bushing setup and throw these on my larger topmount for hills and fun. I have some new wheels on the way too - 80a Metro Motions. I've heard a lot of good things and a friend of mine suggested them because of the wheels I'm currently running (Venom Sidewinders) so we'll see how those are soon. 
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I don't have anything really worth showing off. It's a Madrid Deck, with Gullwing (I think Alpine, have to double-check) trucks, and my fancy new Otang Wheels and Reds. I plan to get some new trucks and a deck for my birthday.
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So I've been borrowing my roommate's longboard a whole lot lately now that the weather's getting nice, and it's a blast. I'm looking to get one of my own so I can stop stealing his all the time, but I'm kind of overwhelmed with all the choices and I'm wondering if I could get a few recommendations. I've tried a couple of friends' boards that are different styles, so I've got a bit of a feel for what I like. I think I like a dropped platform, freeride-style board with a bit of concavity to it. I'm a really bad skateboarder, but I'm a pretty decent snowboarder and that style of longboard feels a lot easier to control to me. After a bit of research, I've got my eye on this deck right now: http://www.landyachtz.com/D25.cfm?PID=295 I also don't really know the first thing about trucks and wheels and bearings, either. I wouldn't really be using the board for any crazy downhilling or anything like that--it would be mostly just for commuting and riding around for fun. Oh, and I'm something like 5'11" and 140 lbs.
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Hey Portfolio, with a low board like that it will be VERY easy to push, and to slide (if you want to learn). The Switch is a well-liked deck, there are a few local riders here on them who use them for much more than commuting. As for trucks and wheels, look at trucks like Randal, Paris, Gunmetal, and Caliber. You'd want something 50* so you get a lot of turn, and around 180mm (10") wide. Wheels, look for anything with a durometer from 78a if you want them soft, up to 84a or so for harder; square, sharp lips = grip, and round lips = drift. Take a look around https://www.longboardskater.com for parts, anything on there will be quality. Let me know what you like the looks of and I could tell you more =)
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Portfolio posted:I wouldn't really be using the board for any crazy downhilling or anything like that It doesn't matter what you get then. A double drop (dropped deck with drop through truck mounts) and some big soft wheels are all you need for that kind of riding.
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On the more sports-side of skateboarding, I just found out there's a $10k prize for picking a fantasy Street League team for the upcoming Street League competition over on the official site. http://fantasy.streetleague.com/lineup I'm going to make an effort to watch this when it airs because I always miss competitions and feel poo poo later when it turns out I miss something rad as hell, like Nyjah Huston destroying the bank to hubba at Maloof last year. (For what it matters, my picks are Nyjah, Sean Malto, Koston, Mike Mo and Lutzka with David Gonzalez as my tiebreaker.)
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Horizontal Tree posted:Hey Portfolio, with a low board like that it will be VERY easy to push, and to slide (if you want to learn). The Switch is a well-liked deck, there are a few local riders here on them who use them for much more than commuting. As for trucks and wheels, look at trucks like Randal, Paris, Gunmetal, and Caliber. You'd want something 50* so you get a lot of turn, and around 180mm (10") wide. Wheels, look for anything with a durometer from 78a if you want them soft, up to 84a or so for harder; square, sharp lips = grip, and round lips = drift. Okay, thanks. What's the main effect of the hardness of the wheels? And this might be a bit of a dumb question, but what are risers and why do some sites want to sell me them with certain trucks? Also, I've heard that Bones Reds are really good bearings in terms of bang for your buck. Confirm/deny?
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Portfolio posted:Okay, thanks. What's the main effect of the hardness of the wheels? And this might be a bit of a dumb question, but what are risers and why do some sites want to sell me them with certain trucks? Wheel hardness affects roll speed and traction, mainly. Softer wheels deform more with a load on them (your weight), so they aren't perfectly round, but they will roll over rough terrain better since they conform to the surface better than hard wheels. If you have a smooth surface and identical setups with different wheel durometers, the one with hard wheels will roll longer. If you switch to a rough surface, the softer wheels will outperform harder wheels. For cruising you'll want something in the 78a-84a range (the higher the number, the harder the wheel). Another thing that affects wheels is the hub size. The hub is the hard plastic core of the wheel where the bearings seat. The larger the hub, the more the wheel will behave like a harder wheel. For example, my 75mm 80a Orangatangs ride a lot smoother than 76mm 78a Flywheels because Flywheels have a huge bearing hub. Risers absorb a little bit of shock, and give you more clearance between the wheels and deck on a topmount board. Some trucks, like Independent, are really low so risers are generally required to prevent wheelbite with larger wheels. Bones Reds are great bearings and some of the best for the money. Clean them periodically, and invest in some bearing spacers. Spacers help keep the inner races of the bearings stay concentric to the axle when used with speed rings. This allows your wheels to roll more efficiently. They'll also help prevent flatspotting if you get into sliding.
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Bearings and risers are something I left out of my last post... If you wind up getting that Landy Switch, buy a bunch of risers of various sizes and play with them. More risers = more response, but a higher ride height, of course. As for bearings, get whatever is cheap, and get STEEL bearing spacers. Bones Reds are great. As for wheels, DELETED covered that well. Just wanted to say that 75mm 80a Orangatang In Heats actually have freakin' huge cores and its pretty annoying because they don't last very long. I also personally just don't like Otangs. If you have questions about any specific gear or anything, ask away. I'm like a gear encyclopedia
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Horizontal Tree posted:Bearings and risers are something I left out of my last post... If you wind up getting that Landy Switch, buy a bunch of risers of various sizes and play with them. More risers = more response, but a higher ride height, of course. As for bearings, get whatever is cheap, and get STEEL bearing spacers. Bones Reds are great. Orangtangs definitely have big cores, but still have more urethane depth than flywheels. I've seen photos of someone coring a set of 76mm flyhweels after a few runs down a hairpin-filled run. though I've never tried them, I've heard that Abec11 Gumballs have the most urethane depth on the market but I haven't checked in a while. Abec11 Strikers also have fairly small cores, I think I knocked mine down from 76mm to ~66mm before I gave them away. I haven't skated in forever, and I'm gonna be on the shelf for quite some time so I could sperg about this poo poo forever.
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I'm just getting back into it after a long winter. Abec 11 Freerides (formerly Strikers) have medium-sized cores. Flywheels have some of the largest obviously. Gumballs and Flashbacks have tiny cores. Phat Deanz wheels have the smallest cores they could get when making the wheels. Core size only really matters if you'll be sliding a lot and want a ton of life in your wheels. I know people who can shred through just about any of the wheels I've mentioned in a matter of days, but I only weigh about 135lbs and don't wear my wheels quickly at all, so other factors are more important to me. I just bought some used Earthwing Slide A wheels. Now I have two sets of wheels on the way... one soft and slidey, the other is hard as diamonds and slides for days. Gonna be a lot of fun and injuries in my future. Maybe the hard wheels will be some more motivation to learn tricks
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I bought my first longboard ever today, I am pretty excited for it to get here! I got a Gravity 46" Carve Thundering Surf. My roommates have been longboarding for a long time and have been hassling me for what seems like forever to get a board to skate with them. I have been putting them off forever until today, so I think this should be a lot of fun cruising with them.
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It will definitely be a lot of fun! I got my new wheels (both sets) and am loving them. I put the Slide-A's on my Crewzer (giant double kick) but haven't really tried much sliding on it yet. Motions are on my custom toppy with Caliber 44* (amazing trucks) and they're awesome. So controlled, and can hold a line really well for how much they slide. I talked to a friend and I'm almost definitely going to be trading my Clutch Lamb Chop for a slalom deck and a prototype 37" Comet Ethos Ethos looks like this"  I am embracing kicktails. They are rad.
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Those Crewzers look great. Weather has been amazing recently, which is unusual up here. Fancied a new deck and went for a Heroin shredder because the shape on them is well nice. It's got a touch of the 90's about it, all asymmetrical and cut away at the back. Graphic is a bit pedestrian for a Heroin though.  Clear gripped up top. It looks thinner than the other one here but it's actually 8.25 and the same length.  I'll swap over the trucks and put my fat soft kryptos back on. Been skating a lot of park and the kryps are just too slow. I liked that deck so much I ordered the ltd edt Osaka Daggers version as well! I'll be keeping that one for the wall.
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