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Never knew we had a skateboard thread. Neat. I've been riding my Arbor Hybrid for a while now. Really fun board. When I skate, it's mostly concrete-surf style. I try to replicate stuff I'd do on my surf board. Makes for good practice, and it's fun. I probably look like a dipshit in the process since 99% of skaters around here are just into the modern flippy stuff, but I don't really care. I've been riding the embankments along the LA River a lot lately. Not the big fuckoff embankment that leads down to the water, the one on the other side of the bike trail that you see under some of the bridges. It feels a lot like surfing a nice mellow point break. Only bad side is that there's only a 10~ foot wide bike path between the good embankment and the embankment that leads to LA's smelliest water. I've only lost my board to the river once, luckily. Had to skate home barefoot though because I soaked my shoes getting it out. There's also plenty of broken glass around from the dumbasses that toss their empty 40s over the bridge, so I always try to bring a broom. Do we have any other surfers around here? Looked around for a surf thread, but didn't see one (Point me in the right direction if I missed it...). Any interest in a surfing thread? Edit: Oh yeah, anybody have experience with the Carver skateboards? Seems like they just have a modified front truck. Are they as fun as they seem? I'd love to take my surf-skate to the next level, but I don't want to drop the cash on one without hearing plenty of feedback. GhostGuy fucked around with this message at 04:53 on Sep 19, 2010 |
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Zigmidge posted:That's a very flexy board. Great for pumping and dancing, bad for free riding and downhill. Mostly carving and power turns, embankment riding, maybe a little light downhill (Haven't done high speed downhill since I separated my shoulder. Kept me out of the water for weeks :-/). I'd like it if it had a little bit of length because I tend to move around on the board a lot, and my stance is on the wider side even though I'm a shorty. I've been playing around with cross stepping and other forms of fancy footwork lately, so the length would be nice there too.
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Well son of a bitch. I was practicing my turns on an embankment and slid out on a big one. Went down hard, split my eyebrow open. I don't think it's as bad as it looks. Deciding if I need a stitch or two now. My mom says I might, I don't think do. We'll see. Shoulder hurts and wrist hurts, but it doesn't feel as bad as when I separated it a while back, so hopefully it'll be okay.
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Sep 22, 2010 01:28
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Still have a pretty good bump where I bonked my noggin a while back. I'll give it a week and then talk to a doc. On the plus side, it seems to have healed pretty well aside from that. And my shoulder is feeling better. Still haven't ridden my board for anything other than transportation since though 
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Oct 4, 2010 06:35
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Anyone have any tips for riding switch? I'm regular foot, and I'd really like to learn to ride goofy too. I'm slowly slowly getting better at it. I can ride straight and do slight leaning turns, but I can't push for poo poo. I can "kind of" push mongo, but if I try to push the right way, my body just can't figure out how to balance. I'd eventually like to be able to surf goofy so I can get some frontside lefts, but that'll probably take a while...
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Oct 5, 2010 21:20
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I don't see too many people doing it, but I could just have poor observational skills. It'd definitely be a nice skill to have though. I go on long skateboard rides sometimes just for the hell of it, and my right leg hurts like a bitch the next day after a really long one.
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