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| Q&A: Slalom Pro Mike Maysey (2489 Posts)
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OAK!!!!!
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On 11/11/2003
Steve Sherman-LaCosta Boys Racing
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Yo Arab,
Just to add fuel to the fire..I won my first race at LaCosta(Oct.77) on a 30 inch oak Brewer.I had been ridind my Turner Full nose on all these hair raisingG.S.
races and couldn't break the top 5.So I stared to ride my park /pool board as a experiment to see if the flex was slowing me down.On the down the line super G.S. it went insane!!! It didn't go well on the cranker offset cones,but on balls to the walls it flew.Tommy Ryan and Bobby Turner weren't too stoked,But the Oak felt fast as hell...
I was the youngest racer(14 years old) to win ever at the LaCosta races and it showed me "Stiffer IS faster"
SHERM TANK
I was the youngest guy(14 years old) to win a LaCosta Weekend race.Stiffer IS faster....
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Old School Tricks
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On 11/10/2003 msk
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Check out "Tony Hawk's Trick Tips Vol 3". The first half is old school street tricks with Mike Vallely. Other than that one, I can't think of any others...
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Old School Skating
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On 11/10/2003
mike maysey
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Anyone out there know of a good 'how-to' video of 80's style skating? I was at Berkeley skatepark today and there was this dude doing all these old school tricks that I kinda remember. I want to learn those tricks.
After all, Hack said it himself, "what we're doing is so old, it's new." I'd like to see a good 'how-to' video from the day or see someone produce one now...a sort of nastalgic skate 'how-to.'
Anyone have a similar experience?
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narrow front truck, wide rear truck
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On 11/8/2003
Michael Dong
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In Antibes, France I noticed that both Luca and Ugolini (he is the Italian Gary Cross - very powerful guy) both ran smaller wheels up front and larger in the rear and narrower fronts trucks and wider rear trucks. Ugolini's solid wood deck was the most outrageous thing I've ever seen. looks like he used bondo and wood pieces to completely shape the deck for both front and rear feet. Can't bondo a flex board without affecting the flex itself. Still, the unbelievably fast Maurus Stoebel (not the same guy you've seen at Morro before - he is way faster than he was there), used avalons front and rear for the special slalom.
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Height Street Skater Cross
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On 11/8/2003
Elvis
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Looser buys the first round at 8pm
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Solid Wood
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On 11/7/2003
mike maysey
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Factory 13 is making me a custom 8-ply stick...I can't wait to ride it. Flat with a single kick and ultra stiff. It's going to be a little wider than the MAHA I've been riding at 7.75 and little longer at 31". Who knows what all this means. All I know is it may or may not be the latest greatest slalom technology, I don't really care, I'm having fun. I'm not riding trucks that are any narrower than stock Tracker RT-S/X. I think the narrower board will accomidate. The wider boards work really well for me on wider, more open courses. The wood stick is slated for tighter slalom....at least that's the plan. Who knows what will actually happen.
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Radikal DSX
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On 11/7/2003
Keith Hollien
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George, Mark is remaking his 2nd Radikal truck called the DSX. I think they were originally made in 1978. They are the trucks I rode from 1979 until 1993, when I had to stop running cones because of a back injury. They were the basis for new front trucks. The DSX had a 45 degree base plate and was much higher than the new Radikal II Titanium trucks. The DSX was the same front and back. The width of the DSX was 4"(101mm). Mark had a tool made so he could trim the axles down. We rode a front truck of 3.5"(89mm) and the rear was 4"(101). The new DSX will have removeable axles just like the new Radikal trucks. I think(they better) the cost will be $50 or less a piece. They are suppose to made out of alum. and mag. like the originals. They hopefully will be done early 2004.
Later Keith, Teams Radikal & RoeRacing.
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Tight Shmight Shmaller Trucks
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On 11/7/2003
Arab
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Tight Shmight Shmaller Trucks
I rode custom indy 121's(no offset) on a 9.5x32" board that had a 20 3/8 wheelbase on sunday at MB, It actually felt to loose for that course, I practiced on 5' centers and it felt good at that and even ran some 4.5 with it with no problems.
My other board is 9.75x36" with a 24" wheelbase and custom Indy 131's, this board is my all around board, It goes through 6' with no worries, I rode it at the Bear, Kona and it has got me thru every course over the last almost 2 yrs, the only courses I have not run this board is Breck TS and MB TS.
So to each his own, I like bigger wider boards and trucks, they have performed just fine for me and my style of skateing.
Dont get caught up in the hype of what somebody else is riding, what works for them probably wont work for you, I have about 100 solid oak 70's kicktail skateboards in my garage, all NOS and waiting to be picked up as the newest lastest thing in slalom technology.
I guess I should have made up some story of how I'm 3 seconds faster on an 11 second course on a solid oak board, then these things would be flying off the shelf.
I guess you'll just never know how fast you can be on a solid oak board unless you try it.
Original Solid Oak 70's skateboards Mint NOS
$75.00
email me
free shipping
Arab
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Radikal
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On 11/6/2003 george g.
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Hi Keith thanks for answering. I heard that Radikal is going to come out with some aluminum trucks a little more affordable. I guesss these will be what was in the 80's? I don't know as I never saw them. What are they? I see a reasonably priced front truck for sure....
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Radikal's Width
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On 11/6/2003
Keith Hollien
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George, it depends on which axle you put in the wing. The axles screws in and out. The axles come in 1/4", 1/2", 3/4" and 1". There will be 1/8" Titanium washers to go on the inside of the axle(were it screws into the wing) soon. That way you will be able to increase by 1/4" incremnets. The front wing with no axles is 3" and the rear wing with swing arm is 3.75"(no axles). The front truck can go from 3.5"(88.9mm)with 1/4" axles to 5"(127mm) with the 1" axles. The rear swing arm truck can go from 4.25"(107.9mm) to 5.75"(146mm). The rear swing arm wing can be trimmed down by 1/4", so it starts at 4"(101.6mm). I am using 1" = 25.4mm for conversions. If anybody has any questions about Radikal trucks(or my Roe Signature Series) feel free to e-mail me with your phone # and I will call.
Later Keith, Teams Radikal & RoeRacing.
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Logan Earth Ski
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On 11/6/2003 george g.
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Hi Mike, amazing that Luca had us look outside the box and now we are going back to a Logan Earth Ski. Experimenting with solid oak 16 inch wheelbases. Tight trucks. I looked all over to figure out the Radikal width in mm and haven't found it. 88 mm seems to be a choice on the Pocket Pistol website. stock Trackers appear to be sold out (mids?) After Sun at the Worlds everyone is scrambling to figure out how to go even tighter. Thank you for looking into it.
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Toronado
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On 11/5/2003 Brown Bomber
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SLALOM SYMPOSIUM : TORONADO SAT NIGHT 8 ISH!
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skinny trucks
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On 11/5/2003
mike maysey
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Thanks for the input guys...
I've been up to some interesting experimentation lately with an oak deck and a tall ass foot stop. This board has none, zero, zilch, nada flex and no twist...yes, yes it's like a Luca style board only mine isn't flat with a kicktail, it's rockered and man oh man, I think I found something that might just work for me and my style. I think Luca could be onto something with that...duh, obviously. Maybe so, maybe no...anyway, I took it on a good hill that I occasionally skate in my neighborhood yesterday and the first thing I noticed is...it seems to not carry speed as well as the longer board I usually ride. But when I'm pumping, it turns so quick that I can turn hard and slow down (if I start to outrun myself and my padless knees) a lot easier than on the longer board...a kind of board slide check, if you can imagine that...
Did I just rant something that doesn't make any sense? You decide...heheheheheh....late, I'm going to work
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Narrow Trucks
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On 11/4/2003
Keith Hollien
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TK, I agree with you.
I have said before that I ride a narrower truck in the front than in the back. This is a little different than narrow in front and back, but similar idea. One other thing to remmember is a narrow truck is relative to deck width.
Later Keith, Teams Radikal & RoeRacing.
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skinny
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On 11/3/2003 TK
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Narrow trucks get the turn off quicker I think. More of a Z turn than an S turn. Traction may be sacrificed if you go too narrow. TK
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Narrow Trucks
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On 10/30/2003
mike maysey
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I've known of this phenomenon for a little while. Evans and I talk often on the phone. He often tells me of his new ideas for narrow tricks, I mean...trucks...I also know that Mollica rides some pretty narrow trucks at times. I'm not sure what the big idea is with the narrow trucks...maybe I'm missing something??? Anyone want to chime in on this one...please? Fill me in as well...thanks
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Narrowness
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On 10/30/2003 Henry
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George- narrow trucks? Say what? explain. Who, What, Where, When.
h dogg
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Tippets
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On 10/29/2003 george g.
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So Mike, what is your favorite recipe for trout? do you ever blacken and cajun style or are you a more genteel chef/fisherman. Can you sushi trout? as for tippets how light do you go? do you prefer a floating or sinking line, WAIT A DARN MINUTE!!!! there are still a few races left this year, WLAC, JPL and a Colorado COSS. So much for fishing and no new posts since the 23. I found some truly new pavement and no cars, one hill undulates for almost a half mile. What a great G/S spot. So I am pretty stoked. Hey Mike what is with the current move by some of the big dog pros to 88mm trucks? I mean half tracks and fulls are sold out and those G-trucks are 100mm being chopped down, heck Bennets with metal bases are unatainable, probably cause Olson ran em at the worlds. Chicken is narrowing the 101. Can you tell us what is going on?
Thank you, George
good luck fishing.
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Eye of the Tiger
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On 10/23/2003
Evans
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Focus is everything!!
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photo op
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On 10/22/2003
David
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Sunnyvale Sesh...
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On 10/22/2003
Miko
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Word up! Sunnyvale bowl session - 9:45am - Noon this friday. HC! Get on over there and show me your moves! What's your schedule these days?
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Cars and Hummers
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On 10/20/2003
mike maysey
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Hey Michael,
Be careful mixing cars and Hummers!! You might find yourself a little 'short.'
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Cars
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On 10/20/2003 Michael (UK)
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3 UK slalomers I know drive these, and I want one badly:
Having driven one nothing goes round corners faster, and they do 0-60 in 4.9 seconds. Mind you I'd like a Hummer too.
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Keith
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On 10/19/2003
mike maysey
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Keith
I look forward to racing against you again. Next time we'll both be a proper equipment! heheh
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Heavy Boards
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On 10/19/2003
mike maysey
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Sounds to me like light boards are the way to go...but I would rather be in a Mercedes at 100 mph than a VW bug. Is our speed to weight ratio even relative to this statement I just made? I'd rather be in a car that was heavier and is going to stick to the road if I have to go around a turn or avoid something in the road. A lighter car would certainly slight out at that speed. Right??
Dave, I have some cones. But you gotta drop by my house and get them!!
I'm meeting Jonathan at Berkeley skatepark tomorrow morning. This place is LINES galore.
Come and skate if you have time.
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