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pintail
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On 10/20/2005 Ghooste
wrote in from
United Kingdom
(193.113.nnn.nnn)
I'd love to say I agree but to quote a great man: "take a perfectly good functional gravity hypercarve and a hacksaw, apply hacksaw to tail. Destroy perfectly good functional board to create a lesser pintail in the persute of somthing that is trendy or looks nice."
O.k. its not a quote but its the rough messege. The riding isnt improved by not having a tail, its degraded. I admit I have a pintail but I use it for speed boardin and really you need no tail for that so....
First board has gotta be the hypercarve classic or mini carve, or carve series. They all rockin a surfstyle way but they is functional, beautiful and very well made. Good attention to wood and a great design.
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1st board
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On 10/13/2005
the don
wrote in from
United States
(64.12.nnn.nnn)
the Krown pintail is great for beginners because pintails are the easiest to manuvere. The 43 inch length is my favorite. Gearguys has
a great selection of cheap but productive boards
Go to link below
http://www.gearguys.com/900181.html
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exkate
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On 10/11/2005 MissouriMatt
wrote in from
United States
(128.206.nnn.nnn)
Exkates are pure liquid. Put a foot of water on every road in town. As good as they are on the reeeeally long decks, the sweet spot is 40" to 48". I've got 5 sets on decks from 36" to 58". I can still remember the night ride I had when my first set arrived on my 44" Freeride Crosstown. I was smiling and laughing to myself for a couple of hours while I cruised my favorite spots. Put on some soft 70's flashbacks and let yourself fly into the mystic. I feel so strong about the good vibe that I've given away 6 sets.
Ride on...
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my first longboard
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On 10/9/2005
russ
wrote in from
United States
(69.154.nnn.nnn)
hey dude if your looking for a sweet ride I tell you what made my day I got hooked up with a 56 inch dregs awesome board makes you really feel like your surfing the concreate wave it has exkate trucks which I highly recomend and if your looking for a sweet deal check out www.soulboards.com If you can find a number to call them they might even hook you up with a used board for a discounted price have fun man
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looking to purchase forst longboard
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On 10/8/2005 Chicago boarder
wrote in from
United States
(69.208.nnn.nnn)
ANy suggestions on purchasing a longboard? What should I look for, and how about length?
Any help would be great.
Thanks
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Chicago hills to ride
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On 10/7/2005
weston
wrote in from
United States
(66.158.nnn.nnn)
There is a sweet paved bike trail along running perpendicular to Foster Ave, 1/3 mi. East of Kedzie ave. The bike trail is buttery smooth and dips down beneath Foster, Bryn Mawr and Peterson ave. (a mile North of Foster ave.) Both are great places to pick up speed and carve on. Another awsome place in Chicago for getting some great downhill speed is on a paved bike/running path starting at Milwaukee and Devon ave. The start of the bike path is steep and runs about 70 meters but is super fast. Also if you ride a bicycle, you will find for yourself a bridge about 4 miles into the bike trail that is so steep and great for skating down. I believe it passes over Howard ave. but thats getting out of Chicago territory and more into Niles or so. I know of several more places, so if you wanna know, email me. Peace out and play safe.
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San Francisco skating scene
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On 10/6/2005 Nor Cal newbie
wrote in from
United States
(130.212.nnn.nnn)
I'm new to the San Francisco area and i was wondering if there were any locals that wanted to share some of their insight to a SoCal native in a strange land.
All the hills that i've seen are WAAAAAAAAAAYYYY too gnarly to attempt. I'm looking for something fairly mellow to just cruise on for a while.
Help me please, i've found a hill around the SFSU area (were i'm going to school) but it's starting to get a little stale and I'm very desperate so help me out
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chicago boarding
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On 9/24/2005
thedon
wrote in from
United States
(71.57.nnn.nnn)
after the ridge towar the lake hill there is a main to the lake hill if you take washington and then kedzie you can link them together
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chicago
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On 9/24/2005 shapeshifter
wrote in from
United States
(24.148.nnn.nnn)
are you talking about the bank at belmont and ashland six corners? hit the seawall that surrounds the aquarium if you want some serious vert or check out a couple of the skateparks, and if you're looking for small hills it's just around the corner from there when you're at the museum campus. any street coming off of ridge avenue towards the lake is all downhill. garages are killer too. watcha gotta loose?
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chicago
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On 9/22/2005
cfav
wrote in from
United States
(216.21.nnn.nnn)
yea,hit grant park,its a total playground.you should get out and do some riding with the freak bros.i am in wilmette but ride all over the city.cf
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chicago boarding
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On 9/22/2005
thedon
wrote in from
United States
(205.188.nnn.nnn)
anybody from chicago or Evanston know of any good spots. i'm geting sik of the bank slope....that and the bank threatend to call the cops next time i go there. if you know of a good spot pleeze tell me
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Sidewalk Surfing
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On 9/6/2005
Chris
wrote in from
Canada
(24.71.nnn.nnn)
FYI: I posted the CarveBoard review here (below) because it's a surfing cross-trainer, and as far as I know, it simulates surfing better than anything else on the market.
Enjoy the review. Review hyperlink: Click here for link
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The Carve Board
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On 9/6/2005
Chris
wrote in from
Canada
(24.71.nnn.nnn)
Hey dudes,
After a full summer of riding, I've got my review up for the Carve Board:
Go to Review: www.longboarddirectory.com/reviews_carve_board_carveboard.html
Also, we made a quick riding video:
Download here: www.longboarddirectory.com/carveboard_review.avi
Enjoy!
Cheers,
-Chris
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45mph
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On 8/19/2005 ethan
wrote in from
United States
(65.60.nnn.nnn)
dude thats so funny id love to be stoped by a cop for breaking the speeed limit on a skateboard.
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longboarding in Chicago
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On 7/28/2005
Kermit
wrote in from
United States
(67.175.nnn.nnn)
The lakefront is cool and all but little hills and not much for excitement other than women. I know the parking lot under milenium park is pretty nice with a couple wide levels. The garage 322 East Illinois Street, which is the AMC movie theater is pretty nice too. Let me know if there is anybody else in chicago looking to garage surf.
Lates
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sidewalk surfin
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On 7/26/2005 CaliforniaCruiser
wrote in from
United States
(65.43.nnn.nnn)
Visiting Cleveland OH for the summer.Some kid just stole my
longboard a while ago so I just bought a 38" coffin cruiser.The trucks and wheels were too small,but when i bought bigger wheels ther wers too much
wheel bite.I made me self a 24" mini pintail cruiser out of hardwood pine.
theres no wheel bite wen i put the big wheels on it.It looks awsome just like
one of those old skool mini's.I recently tried skating under the interstate
bridge, but i dunno if its illegal or not.
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forty-five mph
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On 7/21/2005 mad hatter c/o I.N.S.
wrote in from
United States
(69.182.nnn.nnn)
first time hittin forty-five down a hill. passin cars, most insane feeling in the world. blind run on a road less traveled, a cop stops, "license please. you know i ought to give you a ticket." "im not skateboarding im longboarding" "i clocked you @45 kid, the speed limit is 25" $158 fine for riding in the street
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CX + risers
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On 7/7/2005
peters
wrote in from
United States
(24.18.nnn.nnn)
Big honkers. For the CX setup, it takes two 1/2" flat risers to accomodate 75mm Avilas on one deck, and a combo Original riser plus a couple 1/8" risers on the other. About 1" riser on both. Just stuck a few more pics of them up on pavedwave.org (gear page) Experimenting with Bones Hardcores and Khiro reds, but note that after hard carving the bushings can creep over the lip and get chewed up, so you gotta keep 'em tightened up. The other setup is a little surfer I give to kids to let them try it out, a Carver C7 with angled 1/4"--1/2" soft riser and 60mm NoSkools on a flippy Tony Hawk deck.
Carvers turn deep toward the middle of the deck where they can wheelbite, so I'm planning to burn a couple custom wheel wells next and shave off 1/4" of riser...
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carver cx
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On 6/29/2005 vaitus
wrote in from
United States
(24.225.nnn.nnn)
Peters, I'm curious how many risers and what wheels and bushings do you use with your cx7 set up. Thanks
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carver & smoothstar
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On 6/29/2005
peters
wrote in from
United States
(64.236.nnn.nnn)
hey malte, i've posted some riding opinions on Carvers' C7 and CX models, up on:
http://home.comcast.net/~jampet99/rides/gear01.html
Drop a line if you have any specific question!
Smoothstar replied a week ago and said they'll contact again once they've decided on a U.S. distributor. -jp
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carver / smoothstar trucks
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On 6/29/2005
Malte
wrote in from
Germany
(129.13.nnn.nnn)
I'm searching informations about the carver trucks.
Does anybody have some experiences with those trucks (carver, smoothstar)
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sidewalk surfing...
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On 6/19/2005 vaitus
wrote in from
United States
(24.225.nnn.nnn)
...Australian style:
http://www.smoothstar.com.au/index.htm
they look very similar to the Carver trucks, nice videos on the website.
Has anybody in here seen this in person?
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What Board to buy?
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On 6/8/2005
Antonio
wrote in from
United States
(68.56.nnn.nnn)
I am interested in getting back into sidewalk surfing and need some tips on what kind of board to get. My primary use will be sidewalk travel to and from work a couple days per week. I need something that is going to handle the rough streets and some uneven sidewalk travel in between. Occassionally I would like to take it to the skate park in the pool. Any suggestions will be appreciated.
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surfin on land
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On 6/4/2005 nicktheripper
wrote in from
United States
(68.189.nnn.nnn)
alley surfin has been my favorite pastime, i grew up in point loma and if you know were thats at, you know what i'm talkin about. just take venice to santa monica and bomb all the way to to the pier. shaka bra
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banana
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On 5/30/2005 brock
wrote in from
Canada
(24.64.nnn.nnn)
what are banana boards. are the mini trucks on landyachtz similar to the what the z-boys would have used for their early boards. is the dingy and banan boarding fun. whats it like
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