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Grip Tape
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On 8/2/2003
mike maysey
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GH, I'll tell her. That was just a number she threw out at me the other day......I think they're worth more than $10/hr, of course. She'll have to negotiate each board individually...I'm just the business manager!
Yeah, the board PD made is pretty damn nice. It's something like 31" long with 21" inner hole to inner hole measurement. I rode it at WLAC a couple weeks ago and took a 3rd on it behind Chicken and Richy in the TS/Hybrid race, btw, that was MY FIRST SESSION ON THE BOARD. Those few runs in that race were the first runs through cones I had ever had on that board...that reminds me Mark, I'm not impressed by that excuse. Keith looked great against PD on that board, you think maybe I just had him scared??? heheheheheheheh
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$10 an hour...that's cheap.
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On 7/31/2003 gary h.
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Mike, tell Sirie it should be around $100/hour for that kind of work....except when she does some tape for my board.
We are shooting for the Midtown Cyber Slalom event to be held on August the 17....I think that's a Sunday. Are you in?
A new PD Proto in the hybrid size...sounds promising.
later,
-g-
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grip tape
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On 7/31/2003
mike maysey
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yeah julius, you can get one of those grip tape jobs. Just get me a piece of tape and an outline of your board. Sirie is more than happy to do it for the modest price of $10/hour. The tape job on my fullnose took her roughly 3 hours to do and the job on my 34" GS board took her about 2 hours.....still interested?
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2nd place?
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On 7/31/2003
mike maysey
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I think your going to be in for a surprise in the next one as I have yet another PD PROTO under my feet in the 'hybrid' size range.
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Starter Questions
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On 7/31/2003
mike maysey
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Gary in VA, my best advice for you would be to check out the offerings from Bahne. They have a great starter setup very similar to the board I started on. Get the stiffest one you can find...based on your weight. Also, get some fairly soft wheels to start out with...in the range of 78a-82a...something that you can make grip and not worry about sliding out. Small diameter wheels, like La Costas/Stingers or Cambrias will be best for starting out because of their speeding up and slowing down ease. Go to www.bahneskateboards.com for the board and tell Jack I sent you.
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Starter questions
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On 7/31/2003
Gary in VA
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My local skateshop owner and I have gotten interested in slalom but there isn't anybody in town who does it so we've got some questions for you. First is there a website that explains the different classes (types) of slalom? How to set up a proper course? What kind of courses the different style of boards are made for? I'm looking at buying my first slalom board and am wondering what style to buy to start out and considering my size (215 lbs) I'm looking at buying a good board to start out on. Any suggestions?
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Ouch
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On 7/31/2003 john Kim
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Ouch... Mike you gonna take that from him? Show up and prove him wrong. The Midtown crew is sick and tired of losing to him. Need help keeping Gary's ego in check.
see ya around.
John
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Midtown
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On 7/31/2003 gh
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I'll run the next event, because it most likely will be the "cyber slalom challenge"I think everyone is going to have to chip in and make it work.
I'm looking for a good location so if you have any suggestions that would be great.
John, I'll take you up on your offer to help...Julius you too.
And, since this is the Ask Mike a question forum...
Mike, are you going to ride in this event so I can put you down for 2nd place? : )
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Midtowm race series
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On 7/31/2003 Julius
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Yo mike, can I get one of those cool grip tape jobs
just like on your fullnose?
August looks like there will be another Midtown race.
Something about 25 cones,174 feet and a timer.
Braggin rights, BBQ and Animal Chin are in the works
for this one!
Julio.
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5th Midtown Race
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On 7/31/2003
John Kim
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Hi,
I wouldn't mind organizing a fifth Midtown race as long as we get enough volunteers to help out so that Julius and I can race also. I'm figuring we'd need at least three more volunteers. That would make five total including Julius and I. Anyway, it would be cool if we could get something together for August. Let me know if you'd like to volunteer and also, let me know if there are any locations we should consider.
See ya,
John
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Midtown, races and bros...
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On 7/30/2003
Miko
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You're right Gary. It's always about who's there and stoke. Competition is a byproduct of us all getting out there to ride. Fun, friends and exhilaration are what it's really all about. Thanks everyone for keeping the stoke stong!
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Midtown
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On 7/29/2003 gh
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Miko, we won't be at Shoreline on Thursday because of a concert at Shoreline. The truth is everyone makes a race what it is...and everyone that has raced in any of the races that we've had has contributed to the success.
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Midtown!
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On 7/29/2003
Miko
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Sure we have a pretty large crew of folks up here from Santa Cruz, to SF, San Jose, Oakland and beyond, but truthfully, Gary Holl and his Midtown boyz have brought incredibly reliable regularity to our slalom scene. Without that, I would probably be a lot more lonely wiggling around on roads mostly alone.
Thanks Gary, Julius and John Kim for keeping the stoke alive and burning. I'm so damned tired I'm not going to make it up this week. Dangitall!
(Now if we could just get Gary and co. excited about a little downhilling... )
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GGP
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On 7/29/2003 gh
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Sully helped too...he was so unselfish with his time he cone headed for another two hours of grudge matches after the race was over. Sully you rock.
My point is... very few people have run the races but it takes everyone to make it work.
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GGP.....MIDTOWN Racing
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On 7/29/2003 gh
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please don't take that last post the wrong way.
It takes some planning to pull off contest. John and Julius decided they would not race and put 100% into running the event...that is why it was such a great event.
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GGP.....MIDTOWN Racing
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On 7/29/2003 gary h.
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Dylan, Mike didn't run GGP...let's give credit where credit is due...
that last race was run by John K and Julius with my support. They did a great job and we had a great turn out. In fact all the local racing up here this year has been part of the Midtown Racing Summer Series. So far we've had four events (Shoreline, SFgravity, 100Cone and GGP) and we are planning a 5th....stay tuned.
-g-
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UFO's
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On 7/28/2003
MARK MCCREE
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Mike, next time you see PD, ask him about his flying object launch at Breck and see what he says. (He was not a happy puppy)
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UFOs
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On 7/28/2003
mike maysey
wrote in from
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Dylan, I don't know buddy, but I'll keep you updated.
Mark, I don't recall any black object. Can you enlighten us? Was it planet Floridia?
Hamm, glad you got some help........
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UFO'S
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On 7/28/2003
MARK MCCREE
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Mike, That reminds me, I remember seeing a black object flying into space from the finish line at Breck. It seems not too much has been said about it at this webb site address.
Since you did mention Keith's win over PD I thought other eye witness accounts might come forward and tell us what planet the object was from!!
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It's--- ok-ok-ok
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On 7/28/2003
mark(petche)Mccree
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Hamm, Chris Calabria from Krypto did send me more prototypes today and I will have them at DA FARM. OH NO MR BILL, I'm not in the vendor forum. Sorry Mike.
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questions
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On 7/28/2003
dylan
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hey mike
do you know when you guys are going to do a ggp again the last one was great
see ya
dylan
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Stay Low-Leg Extension
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On 7/28/2003
Hamm
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Thanks Mike, put in work on Sat getting ready for the Loretta St race and was able to stick the offsets that were giving me trouble there. Lynn Krammer & I were spotting for each other and she noticed that I would relax and stand up again after completing a hard section(thanks Lynn!).Thanks to her hollering at me to "stay low/stay early" I was able to get a course that had been driving me nuts. The extra leg extension for sure helped, as well as the low COG aiding w/traction.
McCreep, got the kingpins Sat, screwed them in today. Now how about those bushings, and those polished risers, and those baseplates with the steel inserts, oh,oh,oh, thats right this is Mikes forum. You know how to reach me and where the Vendors Forum is. I really hope you & Keith shake things up at DaFarm this weekend!!!!
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Mark and John.........
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On 7/28/2003
mike maysey
wrote in from
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Mark,
I look forward to racing Keith again also...if memory serves, he and I didn't even really race. I have to say, I was scared after seeing him put PD away and then learning I had to face him in the next round.
John,
As much as I'd love to, I won't be able to make it. The pager biz is not doing so hot for me and I'm back job hunting. Anyone want to help find me a job? heheh. I have experience in sales and....oh skateboarding and surfing.
Sorry I missed the SLO Grassroots race on Saturday. I was hanging out next to...can't remember the name of the creek, in the Santa Cruz mountains drinking beer and catching native trout. Next time.......
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Maysey goes East
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On 7/27/2003 John Gilmour
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Also during his toeside turn McCree was almost touching his toes a la Olson. Those new rear trucks do grip like crazy. I was wondering how McCree pulled it off until I took a few runs on his trucks - after I lowered the axle even more I was having real difficulty trying to make them slide at any speed.
It is definitely a performance truck that especially lends itself to courses with a mixture of TS and GS gates on medium slopes.
Mike- why don't you hop a plane to 'da Farm 3.0? I always say..... nothing motivates the home team like a defeat in their backyard. Besides after all the crazy stuff you've been through in the past year....we'd welcome you and you'd have breath of fresh air. Besides...its for charity.
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Ok-Ok-Ok
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On 7/27/2003
MARK MCCREE
wrote in from
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Mike,
Not to sound like Joe Petche(ok-ok-ok), but you mentioned GS and low center of gravity. John Gimour was amazed in Boston when I rounded two off-set gates with a full on "chatter float" that dropped jaws. I had the lower setting on the rear trucks with Avalons that allowed the hanger to clear the the asphalt by about 1/4". The lower center of gravity,in conjunction with controlled off-weighting, allowed this amazing line to be cut.
I say this because lowering the center of gravity can add so much more controll to high speed line shifting.
Now if I was not this 48 year old (now not so fat) man, I might have done better than 4th.
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