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On 3/18/2004 Pauliwog
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Hey! 2 days ago I was out a-slalom'in on a tight hybrid course,my board went out and I went down. I learned previously that even at this comparitively low speed I can do some damage so I started wearing my downhill jacket (Joe Rocket brand - 3 layers of mesh for breathability with good padding in the shoulders, forearms, elbows, and upper arm, and along the entire lumbar and thoracic spine and they come in red,blue,silver,black)even on this relatively mild slope. I probably fell as hard as any other time at this spot and this was the first time with the jacket and wearing it was a hugely preferable improvement.Oh yeah, the kneepads were well used also and the wrist guards and helmet were welcome though not used. Later - Paul H.
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On 3/16/2004 Jason
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hey just so you know Mr. Shawn Az, randals are a take of of Gullwing trucks, and you should check out gullwing before you invest in your next randal purchase.(not that randals are bad, but if you ride the gullwings you won't go back)
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On 3/16/2004
Shawn Az
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I had exkates for a little while, but I finally sold them to my friend and bought the randals.
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On 3/16/2004
Shawn Az
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Why would you use exkates for downhill? Stick with the best, get some Randall Downhill's. Never worry about speed wobbles ever again. Or get some Randall R-II 180's.
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On 2/26/2004
kLUDY
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Its that time of the month and I have my popcorn and beer.If any of you have learned anything here is that most all injurys happen to your head and you arms in stand-up. Have a lid on and slide gloves.Why slide gloves? Because if you go down with the skateshop stuff you will get hurt.Just a pair of leather gloves and go to a moto shop and get and pair of pocs that they use for racing that go on the legs and glue it to you gloves.When you hit the road that will not only save skin iT will also save your ass and cloths.You see your hands are the 1st thing to come out and if your hands has great gear you can go faster with no worrys because you know if you come off its no big deal.Just slide to a stop. Never roll always slide!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
CLIFF KNOWS BEST!!!!!!1
i HAVE BURNED TRU 4 PAIRS AND HAVE CAME OFF AT 50MPH PLUS WITH NO WORRYS!
YOU CAN TOO!
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On 2/14/2004 Pauiwog
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ALL YOU SPEED WOBBLERS AND NO-HELMETERS,check my last 2 entries. Another piece of advice,learn to foot-brake and get some palm plates (those gloves/wristguards with the extra thick plate of plastic on the palm - see the safety section)and learn,learn,learn how to do Coleman slides to control your speed, it will be time and money well spent. Adios-Paul Howard
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On 2/14/2004 Pauliwog
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ERIC Hey, nothing cures speed wobbles like #1 having your back truck noticably tighter than the front truck, and #2 put wedge risers on both trucks so the small end points forward and the thick end points backward ON BOTH TRUCKS. This will make the front turn sharper and the back turn less which will carve a turn nicer and be much more stable as it eliminates the "fishtailing" of the back end. Later - Paul Howard
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On 2/14/2004 Pauliwog
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BOB, Hell yes I wear a helmet always on a hill. As an Xray tech of 10 years, one thing I've learned is that there's a term for people who don't wear helmets and do risky stuff around hard surfaces and that term is : neuro-ward patient. I'm also one of those dorks that wears wrist braces, knee pads and a synthetic motorcycle jacket with lots of shoulder padding as I get really cranky if an injury keeps me from skating, backpacking, snowshoeing or bowhunting. Those are my thoughts anyhow. Later- Paul Howard
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On 2/4/2004 Matt
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I had just started longboarding and i was using my friends board because i didnt have one of my own yet and after a few solid runs down the local hill my other friend and I decided to skitch up to the top after bumming a ride from this guy we knew. Going up the hill at about 30 mph, the guy driving made a slight inside turn and since i was hanging on the front passenger door and i hadnt had much experience with skitching, the board drifted under the car until the cars rear wheel grabbed it and i hit the pavement so fast. miraculously, i didnt break any bones but only scrapped up my plams a little. Ithink this is because I kind of bounced upon hitting the ground and curled up and landed on my back, because my clothes were entirely detroyed and ripped to shreds on my back. The board was broken in half and i had to buy my friend a new one but it taught me to stop mooching and buy my own board if im going to break them.
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On 1/29/2004 woodfish
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On 1/27/2004 bob
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Do everyone wear a helmet when down hill riding? Ive seen pictures in the slalom fourm here and they'r not
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On 1/14/2004 Sketchmaster
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So I hooked up on a fakie rock'n'roll at the park and landed on my hip/ass. I had just installed new trucks so I had my Grind King tool in my back pocket to make any necessary adjustments. When folded it is a fairly benign tool, being pretty much a half inch diameter four inch long rod with no protrusions. The impact of the tool into my ass has ended with a bruise that has apparently stopped growing after three days at three inches by six inches. The section of my ass that is injured is swollen approximately one inch in height. The moral: Be careful about carrying tools while skating.
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On 1/8/2004 MissouriMatt
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I love the Exkates. I know I've hit 30 maybe even 40+ (I've gotta confirm speed on a few of my favorite hills one of these days). You must keep your weight forward and your body solid. I've experienced some minor drifting at high speed, even with a straight line, but never what I would call wobbles. Body solid, steer with the head seems to work for me.
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On 1/5/2004
sir doufus styles
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for some strange reason the more horror stories i read the more i like sk8n. just had a strange wipeout which wasn't really a wipeout but still managed to pop my knee out. iwas bombing what looked like a mellow path here in cardiff UK when everything went pear shapes, 30 mph and i felt like jimmy on witchy poohs boat.thought i'd ride it out which i did but i was riding a new dreggs tanker randall ii and abec flys 85mm 75a and had yet to even try a few slides. well the wheels decided to fall in love with the path and deny me any slide, that with a tight cliff coleman style grind all my weight closed in on my left knee causing a loud pop!!!!! should be back out in a week or so!
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On 1/1/2004
Eric
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My and my bud were longboardin one day and i had exkates on a 40" board and he had some shortboard trucks (crapy trucks) and i got speed wobbles and got road rash. Is this normal!?! I have good trucks and a fell! Let me know if this is usuall for exkates. Thanks
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On 12/28/2003
longboarder666
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A few months ago I got my first longboard. My father also decided to get a longboard and get back into skating after 20 years and 60lbs ago. We bombed a hill by our house and got going about thirty miles an our when my dads new exkates began to speed wobble. When he fell we were side by side and his arm hit me and i flew into the grass and rocks to the side of the road. I didn't have a scratch on me but my knee had hit a rock head on and was twice as big. Always were knee pads.
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On 12/19/2003
Graham Malyon
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hey i am from England and i live on a big hill. I got into longbordin about a year ago and made my own deck coz all the bords and hardware iz really expensive in the uk after a few months ridein my bord round town i decided that more speed was required so while carveing the top of the hill (where it isnt so steep) i decided to go all the way it was a split second decision and the fealin was amazeing untill i rounded the bend at the bottom of the hill and saw the road stretch out in front of me this split second of loss of concentration and i lost my nerve by now i can only estimate my speed and i began to wobble as it got worce i decided not to fight it and i bailed really really badly catchin my running foot on the swerveing bord and falling headlong in the tarmac tearing holes in both my hands removeing the skin of my left hand side as i fell and slideing on down the hill ripping up my shirt and exposing my hip and takeing all the skin off it. The adreneline was rushiing and i got up really stoked and ran up the hill to my house where i realised that the shock was settin in and laid myself in the recovery position then fell unconsious. I repaired my board and still enjoy carvein up the hills where i live.
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On 12/17/2003
joseph
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gee sucks to be him.
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On 12/17/2003
Olin Applegate
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My Friend Erik was skating late at night and a car with a bunch of drunk and high kids thought it would be funny to hit him off his board. He got knocked off his board and was luckily not injured but his board got run over by the car and was cracked in half. About two weeks later we went up to tunnel road, Erik had no board so one we lent him a janky sector nine board with loose everything. On the third or fourth turn he got the wobbles and fell off while going about 25 mph. Road rash covered his right arm and most of his side. He also broke his wrist and had to be rushed to the emergency room for surgery the next day. A month or two after that he became completely healed and bought a new board. So last weekend we were skating on tunnel and half way through the run it started to poor. Eriks board slipped out from under him and he landed on his back and somehow broke his other wrist.
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On 12/10/2003
Kludy
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I look here every 30 days or so after a real hard day and I must say this site never lets me down. As a kid we would look at a hill and think, No WORRYS lets do it. About 50feet into the run the fear of god came over us.O" NO , I AM GOING TO DIE! Never do but this site if you look at it, you will see lots of repect for what I do today.Downhill standing on a skateboard at 60 to 70mph there is no room for mistakes! Learn young and learn fast because there is a BIG hill just calling your name.I know some of you are getting worked skating down some hills and you should know people like myself that has been there have a big smile reading you crashes, why????????????????
STAND-UP RULES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
nO HARD crashes for me as of late, knock on wood!
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On 12/1/2003 ArborChick29
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After 2 weeks on my longboard I was getting a lil antsy and wanted more speed so I took my brand new Arbor cruser 41 out and went aroud my hood lookin for a nice steep hill to fly down I finally find one that is over a mile away and so with no pads in pants a t-shirt and a longsleved shirt under it I fly down this hill goin 35-40 mph and at the hill there was 80 degree turn i try to bail cause i new that i was gonna hit one of the brand new cars down there I end up flyin in mid air and skiddin 30 feet tore up both my shirts bashed my knee broke my pelvic bone my elbow doesnt have full rotation in it anymore a concssion skinned up my elbows and stomach really bad i was pickin out gravel for a week plus lost some memory. If you go out lookin for some speed you might wanna wear some pads or you might get a lil banged up.
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On 11/29/2003
Anthony
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A few years ago at X-mas, I flew up to NY with Doug Dupin to hit this rad party at a recording studio. The plan was to stay out all night, then catch the 7:00am shuttle flight back home. At 5:00am I was done and wanted to go to the airport and lay down for a minute. But no, Doug insists on filming me longboarding down 5th avenue. I was too tired to be inspired so I just carved back and forth. I was pretty sure I had the road to myself for a few moments and didn't realize a taxi had quickly gained on me, though two lanes over. I banked a hard frontside gouge across the lanes (I'm regular foot) and pulled dead in front of the cab who was doing 25-30mph. I looked then cringed as he slammed into me and sent me flying. I landed hard and my knee was a bloody mess. I retrieved my board and started walking away, pissed but stoked, knowing it could have been worse. He at least slammed on his brakes. I realized I didn't check with a head-turn to see if my line was clear, something I do everyday skating in DC. I was tired and a bit buzzed. The worst part is that Doug had me in frame perfectly then dropped the camera in horror at the collosion. Didn't even get it on tape. Moral of the story? Skate straight and awake! (or find a good cameraman)
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On 11/27/2003
Colin Olson
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This summer while carving down one of my favorite local hills at a boat launch on my Sector 9 Bomb Hills took the spill of my life. Not good. Carving down the brand new black as night pavement, the stuff sticks like no other in the summer heat. Beautiful sweeping carves in the tuck position, look up to see a boat being pulled out of the water and across the road, leaving with it a ton of water on the road. Oh crap, I though, going way to fast to bail, going to go for it. Hydroplaning is a interesting concept in that the laws of physics make it so that any longboarder who hits water will instantly fall. Bit it hard, was not wearing anything but shorts. Ouch. Road rash was quite impressive across my back. Went to the Fire Station so that I could borrow a needle to dig the rocks out of my elbows, they were cool about it, mad props to them for that. On the board the next day, with a smile from corner to corner of my mouth.
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On 11/11/2003
Sketchmaster
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This event happened on the Spyglass Hill run in Corona Del Mar: I was cooking down about 25 or 30 mph and go the speed wobbles and panicked. I tried to carve it out but was spooked pretty bad because I almost came off. I was real stiff while I was trying to carve out the wobble so the carving didn't help much. I decided to carve in towards the grass that lines the upper section of Spyglass, I gave it a gentle hop, totally cleared the sidewalk with ease and landed on my feet on the grass. Skimming across the grass at 25 mph I remember thinking how much fun it was surfing the grass at high speed. Just as I became comfortable with doing a standup grass surf as my means of decelation I hooked up and inverted and completed most of the rest of the slide on my head, neck and shoulder. This second part was not nearly as much fun.
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On 11/10/2003 blueassedfly
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Hauling down a paved english footpath, and carving hard to loose speed before shooting a 12 inch gap between a bus shelter and the local pub. Anyways, carved too deep, couldnt get into a vertical stance in time and BUTT-SLAMMED the bus shelter at 30mph. Managed to stay on my board and the noise of my ass hitting the steel bus shelter was so loud every punter in the pub turned and watched me finish the run.
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