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Cool. I just bought a new Sector 9 longboard to coast around the neighborhood with my kid while she rides her razor. We rode for a few hours today; I actually wore my six-year-old out which I thought was impossible. I think it's called a Gremmie; I bought it new (or very much like new) off Craigslist for $130. If the price is high I don't care, but I don't think it is. But it has uhm 65mm 78a wheels, Gullwing trucks (dunno what kind), 40" solid wood (birch is what the guy told me) deck. Already wiped out pretty hard when my back foot was over the tailend and for some reason I lifted my front foot off. Thankfully my kid saw it, because when she wiped out pretty hard on her razor (shut up she's six) she remembered daddy walked it off and got back on the board. I'm pretty enthusiastic. It was a really great day for us. I used to dread when she would ask me to go on scooter rides because it was boring as gently caress walking behind her. Now I run her rear end in the dirt.
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I am the most obnoxious longboarding old person ever. I ride it literally everywhere.* I noticed that the tip of my board's tail is starting to splinter. How do I fix this, or do I? Also, holy gently caress my feet get loving tired from steering back and forth. Is there a good shoe that combats this? I'm glad I was in pretty good shape before I started skateboarding, otherwise I would totally quit. It's definitely a workout steering that little fucker around, plus having good core strength is key for actually making those tight turns. Finally, I spend like $25 on a pro-tec helmet. Hope it doesn't suck. *I am 30 years old
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Feb 16, 2010 05:32
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Shania Twain posted:RobotEmpire Yeah I'm wearing my Vibram FiveFingers now. Board's a lot more steerable when I don't have an inch of shoe material between me and the board.
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Feb 16, 2010 21:41
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donJonSwan posted:Go out and get a pair of skate shoes. Dude, I'm a 30-year-old guy riding around a long board in a low-income neighborhood with a six-year-old riding a Razor scooter. Hideous and embarrassing shoes are the least of my worries.
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Feb 17, 2010 02:12
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Mincher posted:So my leg is feeling better and i'm taking up the task of getting comfortable rolling switch. They're not really any better than wearing a thin-soled shoe like my Onitsuka Tigers. Having very, very little between your foot and the thing you're standing on makes a huge difference on your ability to balance. I'm talking in general, not just skating. Running, weight lifting, and yeah longboarding too. In other news, where in general is a good place to cruise? I don't mean like in my town, but what kind of places are good to go to? My kid and I are pretty tired of tooling around the neighborhood, and I don't want to just drive to a different neighborhood.
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Feb 19, 2010 05:56
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Sirkus posted:Get some pads for your kid and find some hills to bomb, one of the best feelings on a skateboard. She has a full set of pads for her scooter, including gloves. I have nothing. Helmet's supposed to come in today.
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Feb 19, 2010 21:00
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A couple years ago the people who run the ASA High School Tour gave me a deck signed by some skating/bmx pros. I don't really care about the signatures but what i do care about is maybe putting some grip tape trucks and wheels on it and letting my daughter roll around on it. Does the type of deck it is matter? If so, how can I tell brandname/materials/etc.?
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Feb 20, 2010 01:36
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DJ Tanuki posted:I've always wanted to learn and this thread inspired me to get out there! As a fellow beginner let me give you some things I've had to learn (very painfully) over the last week. 1. Just stand on the loving thing inside on your carpet, or outside on the grass. Feel how loose or tight the trucks are. Watch how the board moves when you lean your body. 2. Learn what it feels like to keep your center of gravity low and, what it feels like to me, over the center of the trucks. 3. Have a helmet you can use. Beyond the obvious head protection, it's also a psychological safety net. I worried less about totally going tits-up wiping out once I got a brain bucket. 4. Once you feel like you can balance on the thing standing still, go out and ride. Feel comfortable going over slight unevenness in the pavement without feeling like you have to bail. Get to where you can really build speed with good, hard kicks so you can coast. 5. Your feet are going to hurt. That's one thing I REALLY didn't anticipate: how much a foot workout riding around would be. I say this as someone who runs and lifts weights in Vibram FiveFingers, so my feet and calves are pretty strong. Even still... I've really gotten a lot of pleasure out of just riding around this week, and don't really feel like it's something I'll lose interest in. I just like it. *shrug* It's also a nice way to get to some of the closer places around my apartment without getting in my car.
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Feb 21, 2010 10:15
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How much do "real" skateboarders bother keeping their decks clean? My grip tape is getting kind of grimy but it still grips so I'm meh about it. Also, wheel & truck maintenance, do I need to do much if they're still moving? Finally, it feels like my trucks have gotten looser/more agile since I first bought the board (when it was new). Is this normal or do I need to make sure my board isn't just going to fall apart one day?
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Feb 25, 2010 16:22
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donJonSwan posted:Don't loosen your trucks too much. If your hanger falls off while you're riding it'll get messy real quick. I didn't deliberately loosen them. Maybe I'm just getting more comfortable on the board and can lean farther/harder on the longboard so it feels like it's more agile.
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Feb 26, 2010 04:07
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Thanks, that's a grip of good information.
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Mar 5, 2010 19:31
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lol, wow, was looking at some skating websites today and I just realized I skate goofy-footed. Am I the Chosen One? Anyway, what are the benefits of diff longboard shapes? I've got the uhm.. I dunno what the style is called but it's a Sector 9 Gremlin deck. No tail or anything, just grooves lathed into the wood for wheel clearance. Pretty narrow. What's up with the ones that are shaped like the one on the right:  The reason I ask is because my loving feet hurt so god drat bad after about 10 or so minutes of riding. Someone mentioned a wider board would help but I just wanted to get some kind of confirmation.
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Mar 7, 2010 23:50
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donJonSwan posted:Echo'ing the Kracked Skull recommendation, and reiterating what was said on the last page.... I realize this may make me sound like a huge rear end in a top hat, and I don't intend to be, but I guess I don't understand what makes "skate shoes" so special. Is there a kind of insole or something they've got?
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Mar 8, 2010 22:01
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soggybagel posted:Do your feet start hurting in response to you pushing off or just from the act of your feet riding on the board? Feet riding the board. Like, intolerably bad. I'm riding in adidas and old-style running shoes (super flat and thin soles. onitsuka tigers). Either way it's like god drat this poo poo hurts so much it's really unpleasant. I don't mean to sound arrogant about it, I just know a little about foot anatomy and shoes, and not sure how skating shoes would alleviate the problem. I'm all about doing away with the foot pain, believe me. edit: Wow, I do sound like a smug gently caress about the shoes. Sorry. I know you know what you're talking about. RobotEmpire fucked around with this message at 23:23 on Mar 8, 2010 |
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Mar 8, 2010 23:20
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Whalley posted:How the gently caress do you powerslide There are a bunch of awesome tutorials on YouTube and Vimeo. edit: vvv wow I can't read. Sorry Whalley. RobotEmpire fucked around with this message at 08:55 on Mar 11, 2010 |
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Mar 11, 2010 05:03
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God I can go down tiny little hills all day long. So fun. I want to find something substantial, though. Unfortunately I'm very lazy.
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Mar 19, 2010 05:28
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I went to my first skateshop yesterday  Is $60 to totally fit out a plain wooden deck pretty reasonable? Trucks, wheels, everything.
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Mar 20, 2010 20:03
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Finally found a nice park here in the South Bay that is really nice for longboard carving. If there are any other longboarding goons around here, check out Cuesta Park in Mountain View. There are a couple of short but steep hills back-to-back with each other and a really nice "half-pipe" (paved path about 10" deep between two edges of a little gully. Hard to describe but just imagine a half-pipe made out of buckling pavement surrounded by a grassy knoll) that is a lot of fun to shoot down. The whole park kind of sits on an incline so I spend ~half my time pushing slightly uphill and the entire rest of the time is zooming down. It's fun, but the more I skate it the smaller it seems to get. If you see me riding around on my longboard say hi 
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Mar 24, 2010 07:55
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I'm flying to San Diego on Sunday evening, and I'd love to take my longboard. I already have two checked bags, a carry-on and a personal item, however. I'm willing to pay a fee, but I want to make sure it doesn't get broken or lost. What's the best way to do this? I won't be able to get back down there for years so I'd like to do a little skating along the ocean and stuff. What's the best way to get it on and off the plane? Strap it to my luggage or what? If it's not possible I would be disappointed. 
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Mar 27, 2010 06:37
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DELETED posted:http://www.silverfishlongboarding.com/forum/longboarding-resources-q/107303-all-those-traveling-longboards.html Brilliant, thanks. I might disassemble and pack wheels/trucks and carryon the deck.
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Mar 27, 2010 20:42
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I had kind of a bummer day today. I woke up late and got caught up with some work-related poo poo, and didn't wind up able to get my deck taped and kitted out like I'd intended. I was looking forward to having a longboard AND a... wait, what do you call the normal boards?
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Mar 28, 2010 02:58
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I wound up taking my 36" sector 9 on my United flight to San Diego. No one even blinked at it and it stowed very comfortably in the overhead bin. Totally worth it, and absolutely hassle free.
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Apr 1, 2010 02:04
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mugsyRocko posted:because it is pertinent to the thread title i am posting to say that skateboarding rules and i broke both of my wrists at the skatepark yesterday. drat homey edit: in other news, United was total shitcock bringing my board back. bitch made me check it, then another dude walked up and was like, 'oh, you're not carrying your board on?' I go, 'she's making me check it.' He rolled his eyes but bagged/tagged it anyway. Dumb whore.
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Apr 6, 2010 02:09
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bullshit-rear end spring weather keeping me inside in NorCal
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I guess I'm going to go get this deck I got as a gift from a vendor at work fixed up today. Local skateshop has like a 20% or 40% off sale on the last weekend of the month. edit: Yeah, so did this. The guy said the bushings would "be a little loose" and "need some breaking in." He wasn't kidding. Wiped out a couple times just going down the street because the side-to-side action goes so deep that it actually hits the wheels and stops the board cold. How do I break these fuckers in faster? RobotEmpire fucked around with this message at 20:39 on Apr 24, 2010 |
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Whew. Riding a short board is a hell of a lot more of a workout than riding a longboard. Also, getting on my 36" flat deck feels weird as gently caress after riding on this curved deck for a couple hours. edit: Also, they need to make popping ollies much easier. 
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Apr 24, 2010 22:58
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DELETED posted:Basically you would assemble it as normal, but you would just put 2 washers against the baseplate before you put the first bushing on. Dunno man, the turning definitely got tighter the more I rode it today, I can really bear down on either side of the board and it no longer touches the wheels. Not sure. So, any tips on how to ollie? I watched a lot of videos, got the pop-jump-slide idea but actually feeling how to do it is another thing. trying it on grass for now so I don't wipe out every single time and break my wrists.
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Apr 25, 2010 01:14
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Merauder posted:For me, and I imagine for most people even if you aren't able to swallow it when you're new... ollies are much easier when I have a decent amount of speed to help keep your balance. When you're standing still you tend to wabble back and forth a bit, whereas when you're moving you are forced into that sweet spot. I think. Makes sense to me, anyway. oh yeah I bet a million bucks it's easier moving but right now on this normal board (as opposed to my longboard which I first started skating on) I can barely keep my balance just riding around the block lol.
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Apr 25, 2010 06:20
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Whalley posted:Ollie into grass. Man, I've got the motion for ollies down perfectly now, rolling down a hill and popping up over the curb and into the grass on the other side. Yeah I can get a couple inches off the ground if I ollie on a patch of grass. I tried popping an ollie on concrete yesterday evening and about went teeth-first into the sidewalk.
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Apr 25, 2010 17:19
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Yeah I know how you feel man, I almost got my back wheels off the deck earlier.
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Mincher posted:I ate poo poo on a hill today. pics or it didn't happen.
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Apr 27, 2010 01:06
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donJonSwan posted:Kinda hard to admit it with stereotypes and such, but Skating and Yoga go together incredibly well. agree 100%. If I hadn't been working out for two solid years doing CrossFit and building up my core and poo poo, I never would have stuck with skateboarding. So much balancing and core flexing to stay upright.
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Took the 45-minute drive down to Santa Cruz last weekend and went cruising around on my longboard. So awesome having a city full of bike lanes. I thought I was literally going to die though going down one hill and not being able to stop without bailing into traffic. Finally my momentum carried me onto a wooden bridge that stopped me. Scary, but fun.
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The Extrapolator posted:Thank you for posting this. I need to read something like this over losing it going around an alley corner and face planting into a tree. My entire face is hosed up but can't wait to get back out. drat that's a really nice-looking deck
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I think I'm going to sell my skateboard and stick to longboarding. Trying to ollie is crushing my loving spirit
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May 30, 2010 22:50
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Mincher posted:Don't do it! What's causing you the most grief with ollies? Is it the pop, slide or landing? Are you doing them stationary or moving? Honestly I've tried stationary a few times and I was millimeters from breaking every bone from my fingertips to my shoulders. The board just flies out from under me when I try to pop. When I try to ollie on a grassy surface I do the motion alright but I'm kind of nervous about trying a rolling ollie.
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Jun 1, 2010 17:52
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Bucket Joneses posted:I'd be more nervous about doing an ollie standing still because of what you've already experienced: with no forward momentum the board is just going to skate backwards when you try to kick it. You're right. Me being this retarded about physics is extra ironic because I Just taught my daughter to ride a bicycle yesterday. I had to repeatedly assure her that the faster she went the easier it would be to balance.
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UFOTofuTacoCat posted:I agree with previous posters that it's best to learn while rolling forward but I think sometimes it is easy to forget how challenging learning the movements of the ollie can be. Learning how it works while rolling might be a tall order at first... Yeah I try mostly on grass just to get the motion but without someone to watch and critique it's kind of hard to troubleshoot my technique. I'm gonna keep the short deck but it'll be a weekend thing. Longboard gets a daily workout.
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Jun 2, 2010 00:42
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Wow, the bouncing the tail off the ground thing I just got from that dude's video is pretty illuminating actually. Also, Bucket, I feel pretty loving pro for having two skateboards.
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Where's a good reliable cheap online place to get a decent pair of skate shoes? I'm burning through my stock of adidas pretty quickly.
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