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Monster boards
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On 2/21/2003 Goose
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HEy Brian,
I cant remember any company's of hand but its easy to make a larger board. You can ignore ply, or get creative cos with almost an inch thickness to the deck its pretty much elementry. For poppin an surf style the more rigid the better so I advise gettin a sander, a jigsaw and a big plank of nice wood.
hope its all good,
Goose
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large decks
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On 2/17/2003 G. Mark
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I have a 62" and 57" decks that are about 10.5" wide, and both of these are used to practice surfing pop ups. The best practice is in downhill driveways: lay on your belly, give a few quick 'paddle' strokes, and see if you can pop up to your feet while accelerating through the drop and negotiating the transition to the street, then step back and crank that bottom turn! Your neighbors will be convinced you're insane, but you'll be glad you worked on it when you get back in the water. I only wish the waves in Texas had faces as big and steep as some of the driveways!
-Mark Colden
Dallas, TX
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robc in hawaii
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On 2/16/2003
brian
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go get 'em robc, let us know how it goes.
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really big longboards
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On 2/16/2003 brian
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as long as we're talking about specifically surf-related topics, i got a question for you all. i know of at least two outfits that make longboard skateboards upwards of six feet long and supposedly wide enough to practice popping up from. anybody tried one? have any comments?
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surfing
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On 2/16/2003 robc
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Thanks brian, that's great! I thinks I'll print that out and stick it on the fridge... and as for staying out of people's way, I tend to hate having an audience when I'm working out a learning curve, so yeah, I'll be staying out of the locals way...
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surfing Hawaii
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On 2/14/2003 G. Mark
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robc,
Take special notice of these words from brian:
"don't get in the way"
The majority of waves and reef in Hawaii are not for beginning surfers, so be careful where you try to paddle out. If the locals give you the stink-eye, you might want to go elsewhere. Some of what is taken as "localism" is them keeping you from hurting yourself or others in the lineup.
Just a thought from someone who's been there.
-Mark Colden
Dallas, TX
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all terrain surfing
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On 2/14/2003 Goose
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On the surfing side, I started surfing in Porth Cothan Cornwall at what, um 15-16 but now due to living in London and owning a motorbike my Longboard an wetsuit are in drydock. Consequentionally I only really skate/surf the streets and off road when I go back home (real home)in Somerset/Devon.
I havnt tried snowboarding yet but this is the thing, to me all the things I do where I'm flowing down a hill, flying across a marble floor or skimming the ocean swell are all surfing.
Skating to me is techdawg stuff pretty much but basically encompasses a compleatly different approach to that which I percieve mine to be.
Off Road I've got my own board thats big an bad an on that a smooth golfing green hill or lawn of hestercomb house is all I need (It has no bindings).
When I Snowboard in future I'll go for the Alpine board as far as I can tell, and work towards off pist.
And Finally God willing I will be flying on a Aero-board before I'm to decreped to enjoy it.
For me its all one and the same thing just with slighty different apperatus.
Yours,
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surfing skaters
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On 2/13/2003 brian
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robc,
don't expect to use your skating skills for a long time.
don't expect it to feel anything like skating.
don't expect to feel fresh the morning after your first session.
don't forget your sunscreen.
don't worry when it seems a thousand times harder than you expected.
don't worry about sharks.
don't get in the way.
don't leave the whitewater until you can stand up every time you want to.
don't quit.
rent a longboard, the foam beezees are perfect for your first couple of times out (you'll have fewer bruises and it's practically impossible to break or damage 'em). drink plenty of water and eat a banana or two for breakfast 'cuz you want to give yourself the best possible chance of avoiding muscle cramps.
don't bounce around on your tip-toes for too long or else your calves will cramp up no matter how hydrated you are.
don't swallow too much water but don't worry when you do--you'll naturally get over that soon.
don't practice popping up on your board on the beach (practice at home or in the hotel is ok, but never on your board unless it's foam).
don't say things like 'surf's up' or 'i'm just waitin for my set' or 'outside! outside!'
don't ever forget the feeling of standing up and riding a real wave.
don't even try to wipe the sh..-eating grin off your face as you sit on your board in the lineup, rising and falling with the swell.
don't worry about what you look like, but watch surfers who are catching waves and study their technique and wave selection.
don't drown. when you wipe out, grab your leash and pull that big honkin' board back to you as fast as you can: it'll give you something to float on and you'll keep your budies or other surfers from getting really pissed.
have fun. it's really the name of the game. getting good will happen later. fun can happen now, regardless of your skill level if you stay low-key and keep a good attitude.
oh yeah, don't start telling everybody that 'surfing's the source, it'll change your life i swear to god' (although it actually is and probably will).
don't forget to charge!
brian
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skaters who surf
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On 2/13/2003 robc
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Like G. Mark sez, it's funny how things work out- surfing was barely on my radar until a year or so ago- about the time I started longboarding, my sister suggested that I read Caught Inside, which I eventually did, and suddenly it started to seem possible. I'm actally a bit obsessed, in fact. In a week I'm off to Hawaii, with pretty much one thing on my mind. I'm completely stoked, especially since this winter has been pretty consistently icy, and I haven't skated for ages. Hopefully I won't drown or anything...
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Downhill Motion
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On 2/13/2003
doug
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does anyone know where I can get the movie downhill motion?
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Weaver
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On 2/11/2003 Glen D.
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John O.
Weaver was one of my favorite skaters of all time. He got put down by some of the other skaters of that time because he was about flow and while he was doing the same things the others weere doing, he made it look easy. The board walking footage in downhill motion is one of my favorite skateboarding video clips ever. Total flow and style.
Other skaters who I've seen that flow like him, are Stacy Peralta, Eddie Elguera, Brad Edwards and a new school street skater Matt Beach.
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hills
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On 2/10/2003 snoball
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Chuck, look around the Lake Wales area ( careful though ).then there's Clermont...but all this is relative you see as we live in a flat state, so any rise 50' above sea level to us is a hill ha ha.....the highest point in the state is in north florida and that's only something like 300 ft above sea level..easily laughable compared to hills out west..i don't think anyone here would claim 'big hills', but yeah, there's hills...the closest one to me's in st.pete which is why garages are an easy choice ;-)
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skaters who surf, surfers who skate
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On 2/10/2003 G. Mark
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It's funny how these things work out sometimes. I live in Dallas, TX, which is five hours from the nearest beach and (small) waves. I started skateboarding because my older brothers were into it in the mid-1960's. When they got old enough to start driving cars, I got their boards. Skateboarding then was a by-product of the surf-culture boom, so it was all about "surf style", and that's how I learned it.
I always loved to watch surfing when it came on Wide World Of Sports, and I loved the music of the Beach Boys (didn't know any other 'surf music' at the time), so even as a kid growing up in Texas I was into this stuff. I'm not really sure why, but it appealed to me.
So then, after I'm older, I start thinking to myself: why don't you get a surfboard and start going to the beach a few times a year? Why don't you - after years of skating 'surf style' - actually learn to surf and start doing it? Well, I did, and it's one of the best feelings in the world. Being in the ocean, tasting the salty water, feeling the power of the waves (even little ones), and the triumphant feel of standing and gliding down the line on a huge longboard, trimming for speed. It's second only to making love in my book. It's also more of a workout than you would ever imagine, but a thoroughly enjoyable one.
I'd much rather surf than skate, and I think I felt that way before I ever tried surfing, but, you make the most of whatever environment you're in. 'Surf style' rules, because surfing rules. The Z-Boys knew it, and they were right.
-Mark Colden
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Sidewalk Surfers Who Have Never Surfed
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On 2/7/2003 lbk
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I don't think you have to know how to surf to be a "Sidewalk Surfer". Some of the most stylish skateboarders I know are not surfers. It is all in the ability to flow while skateboarding.
Guess I'm just lucky to be a surfer. Everytime I ride a skateboard, I have it in the back of the mind that I'm surfing my skateboard. Same thing if not more so with snowboarding.
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surfing vs skating
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On 2/7/2003 erik
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Brian I totally agre with you. I started surfing late in life, mid 20's but I was hooked the first wave that I caught and slid down the face, even though I didnt stand up. After that day all I could think about and do was surf, until I moved away from the ocean to go to school. So I started longboarding, and I have found something that comes as close to surfing as you can find on dry land. Like you say, when you are close to the ocean you will surf, if it is good, otherwise you can longboard....carve it up.
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surfing?
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On 2/7/2003 brian
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i admit that i wouldn't skate nearly as much if i lived close to waves: my skating is in large part a vicarious exercise. however i've noticed lately that my appreciation for skating, to a growing degree, transcends the similarity of the skate/surf phyisical sensations. big downhill fronside slides have nothing much to do with surfing. the feeling of pulling a pendulum is not analagous to a particular surfing maneuver as carving or pumping might be. the irony is that good sessions or good rides, surfing or skating, all 'feel' basically the same. the individual movements feel more or less different from one wave to another or from surfing to skating but the overall outcome does not change (different means, same end). that is to say that the 'skating high' and 'surfing high' are essentially identical, at least in kind, if not in degree and the variation of the degree of the 'high' has perhaps more to do with the particulars of the situation or maneuver than it does with a distinction between disciplines except in as much as an individual skater/surfer is turned off by the distinction itself as a sign. that said, i s'pose i'll surf if the waves are good and close and skate otherwise.
brian
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surfing?
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On 2/7/2003 crowley
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sidewalk surfing rules, but do most people who do this actually surf or they just wishing, or maybe can't even really skate at all?
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Newby
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On 2/6/2003
Speedy
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Hey,
I highly recomend the Lush Longboards Kisiwa, if you're in Britain (And into the long(surf)board thing).
-Speedy
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On 2/6/2003
Aaron
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Hi all i'm a newbe when it comes to longboards and i'm looking for a good first time board that i could cruse, carve and do the old surf skate tricks like walking the nose and berts. I would appreciate any input thanks
Email: aberentson@hotmail.com
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Weave
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On 2/5/2003
JO
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I saw Weaver skate at the origonal Carlsbad park when I was a kid and he was by far the most stylish skater I've ever seen. Total surf cool and skill, way better then many skaters who gained later recognition. Weaver is one of the most underrated skate icons of all time. Check out his boardwalking in Downhill Motion.
JO
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cruising when I should be working
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On 2/4/2003 Goose
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Hey, just been reading the posts chilling coz its too wet outside, 'sept for sliding an I dont feel like that today. I have 3 decks now, a 47" hypercarve for fun an flow, a lush legend 48 with randalls for the speed need in me and my pride and joy, finally, theres my homegrown board a 5 an a half footer of solid mahogony (sp?) which just got set up fpr riding.
I'm a happy man =) Its all come together and I havnt got a care in the world.... I even have a spare set of new bearings!!!
wish you all beautiful carving and freedom to let your soul fly.
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Snoball...Bozi...hills...
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On 2/2/2003
Chuck
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But...but...snoball, you're in Florida....what hills? Where? Huh, huh, where? I wanna get a Mad Bomber one of these days....now if I could only find a hill...LOL.
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cement surfing a Bozi
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On 1/31/2003 snoball
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Ah Geezer, you have a Bozi! Good story. Shweeeeeet board, no?
I get such stoke from riding mine just about anywhere...
sidewalks, garages, hills etc...
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flow
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On 1/24/2003
Geezer-X
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I race slalom, but I love skateboarding. And skateboards. I really like the mood in this forum; it's a refreshing change from the acrimonious shouting one finds in other places on this board. While I enjoy dialing in a slalom board so it works perfectly on the days course, practicing my pump, my lines, my attack, my starts...I still love just skateboarding around my neighborhood. A plank, 2 trucks, 4 wheels, limitless possibilities. Flow.
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flow
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On 1/22/2003
eric
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read the story 2 posts down, this is such a true post, while reading this post i was riding along with in my head, imagining carving with speed and feeling free and not thinking of anything else in life, what an awsome feeling it is, and to try to tell the wife you got a new deck without a grin on your face! excellent story
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