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| Q&A: Slalom Pro Mike Maysey (2489 Posts)
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On 5/6/2003
mike maysey
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Hamm, I think Paul knows about it.
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Yeah Miko The HORROR!
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On 5/5/2003
Miko
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The runout was nuts... I had completely lost my legs after 2 steps and was falling right at the curb looking at that damn 6"x6" fence post.
My left hand, right elbow (pd pad saved the elbow), mild left shoulder wrench and a token head tap straight into the pole. I feel pretty good today, but a finger got jammed.
After seeing Jamie Hart, and John Airey's beefs, then almost smashing *my* face on that post, I'm going full-face... I'm getting a Giro Mad Max asap. (I'll try to get a different color than you, so I'm only copying your pads).
I brought my motorcycle full-face I use for downhilling, but realized I don't like wearing it due to it's bulk, so it was in the car... time for a lighter, better ventilated full-face.
Hamm - That big stick Mike was riding had a Turner sticker on it I believe, and looked sorta like the yellow thing Paul was riding. It also wasn't made by a competing vendor... Mike???
I practiced with white Avalons, but decided to give the Avila/Avalon front/rear setup a try, after hemming and hawing around with Clayton Scott about it we both went for it... It worked great on my ICK Carerra. I actually got a better pump on the tighter cones at the top with slightly tighter trucks, it held well in the offsets and allowed me to brake a bit better, and it was also more stable and faster through the streaker section at the bottom. Richy, Mike, Sully (and a few others?) were running them.
I'm going to have to try that rear steering tweak you mentioned Mike... I could use a *tiny* bit more steering and a tighter rear truck. Could some kind vendor *please* make a few more angles for us please?????
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the HORROR
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On 5/5/2003 Hamm
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you podiumed and you weren't riding a Turner, does Paul know?
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Yeah Miko
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On 5/5/2003
mike maysey
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Miko you wear those elbow pads well. Good show yesterday. I wasn't sure if you were gonna be racing after seeing you hit the fence like that.
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The Race through my Eyes
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On 5/5/2003
mike maysey
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what did you skate and why?
I skated a custom board that a close friend of mine made for me. It had a good long wheelbase, 24" on the inner bolts, that I was able to take full advantage of on the open, fast course. I rode Avilas in the front on RTX with Avalons on the rear and a TTC. The big wheels in the front helped keep things rolling fast while the smaller wheels in the rear helped to hold everything closer to the ground. I also changed some riser configurations the night before the race after some well taken advice. I still have the front truck wedged forward with an extra 1/8" riser additionally. I changed the rear wedge set up...I just piled up a couple 1/8" flat risers. I know I always say to dewedge the back truck along with the front but in cases like this with an open course and long wheelbase board, I think the extra turning I was taking away with the dewedged rear was hurting my turning capability as well as traction due to being able to run the back truck tighter and get the same turn as if it were wedged forward and loosened up.
any special tactics, strategies etc? any surprises? pleasant or otherwise? Tactics, Strategies...what are you crazy? I can't tell you that. The only real strategy I used was practice. I try to practice a variety of slalom on a variety of surfaces and pitches.
Were you controlling speed or actually generating it on that hill? I was trying to go as fast as I could and still hold onto my turns. It was sketchy, but in the end was a helluva lotta fun. I was trying to generate and gain speed with every turn I made.
Anything you could have done better? Besides beaten Richy, I don't think so. Maybe another beer before my final run would have helped, the one I had just didn't quite take the edge off.
Did you use the 3 cone DQ no time penalty rule in any
special way? As a matter of fact I did. On my first run, I had a couple cones picked out that I was going to take down. Then during the run, I was so intent on running a fast race I missed every cone. That was alright though because I knew I had a time to work with. So on my next two runs, I hit the cones I wanted. I think it was on my third run that I took 2nd back from Olson. He sneaked it away from my by a few tenths...on my next run was when I got a good line and hit the two cones I wanted and bested Olson's time...barely. My final run, I tried the same 'pick and hit' tactic which sort of backfired when I hit one of the last cones on the course and DQed the run...I saw the time and it wouldn't have beaten Richy.
congrats on your performance, looks like you are in the
thick of it either qualifying or placing each time.
just a matter of time before a #1. Thanks for that, and I hope you're right.
Good Racing.
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your new job
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On 5/5/2003 Gary H.
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Mike, congratulations on your new Job! So how was the 1st day?
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how'd it look through maysey's eyes?
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On 5/5/2003
Miko
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I know I'm NOT Mike (but was previously named the same), but I will say I think the secret to Mike's speed...............
Snakeskin PD Pads! I'm usually very slow, then bought a set just like his... next thing you know... First Place Baby!
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how'd it look through maysey's eyes?
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On 5/5/2003
john airey
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mike, if you have the time, these after race reports by
yourself are fun to read.
some possible questions:
what did you skate and why? any special tactics, strategies
etc? any surprises? pleasant or otherwise? Were you
controlling speed or actually generating it on that hill?
Anything you could have done better?
Did you use the 3 cone DQ no time penalty rule in any
special way?
congrats on your performance, looks like you are in the
thick of it either qualifying or placing each time.
just a matter of time before a #1.
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racing...
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On 5/3/2003
mike maysey
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Arab, yes and no.
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racing
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On 5/3/2003
Arab
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Is it gonna be some lame wide open GS?
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ageless
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On 5/3/2003
mike maysey
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Arab, you gonna race up here tomorrow?
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Ageless
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On 5/3/2003
Arab
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"On 5/1/2003 mike maysey wrote in from 65.234.xxx.xxx:
me...31 going on 13"
Mike I'm 1 year older then you.
I'm 41 1/2 going on 14!
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Well rested, but out of practice racer
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On 5/2/2003
Hamm
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Naps are like tattoo's, you can't get just one. In my youth, it was physically impossible for me to sleep during the day. Then I hit 30. One minute I was on the couch watching football, next minute I was sawing logs. Now at 37, give me 30 or more minutes and I can crash anywhere.
Miko, 2 to 8 am sounds right, I don't know anyone who actually sleeps more than 6hrs a night.
Hey guys, have a BLAST at the Gravityfest this weekend. I'll have my fingers crossed for you about the weather.
Mike, bring it home for Turner!!!!!
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hills...
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On 5/2/2003
mike maysey
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Hey Gary, can we go to the hill tomorrow and run some cones? The weather says it'll be nice by early afternoon. Thanks
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hills
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On 5/2/2003
mike maysey
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John, come on out and skate.
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hills
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On 5/2/2003
john airey
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shoot. I was gonna learn to ride a hill on saturday so
I could race on sunday. rain. what to do now?
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Napping
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On 5/2/2003
Brian "THeBrain" Morris
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Henry J - Just wait till college dude. You will learn to sleep at anytime and anywhere. I sleep all over school, inside, outside, on the floor, tables, couches, chairs. I even take naps on my days off just to pass time. But i'm 21 going on 61. I think I am the only 21 year old guy who enjoys reading philosophy while smoking a pipe in my robe and slippers while sitting in my own archie bunker chair.
Brian
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miko music
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On 5/2/2003
david
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hey miko, can you bring some copies of your new cd to SF on sunday?
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Naps?!*$&%~!
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On 5/2/2003
Miko
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Henry...
Me??? 49 going on 13... No naps here either... I stay up til 1-2am every night and get up at 8am. I'm a little tired, but a quick skate energizes me. Now if I get a day job, I'm sure I'll have to keep a little different schedule.
As a guitar teacher I get referrals from a few music stores, and they have me pegged as the wild rock guy. (or experimental and effects laden guy, depending) So as a musician, I'm sorta in the teen zone as well. Have a new student, a singer into "Butt Rock" as he puts it, and we're working on GNR (Guns and Roses) and Poison tunes right now. (wannabe rock rythym player).
It's friday, drizzling... and I'm *dying* to ride. It was all I could do to not drive up to S.F. for downhilling practice for the Gravity Fest. SUNDAY... BIG GS BABY!!! ICK all the way...
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Getting some afternoon Zs
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On 5/1/2003 Wesley Tucker
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Naps are great. An hour or two in the afternoon is the difference between making it to the 11:00 news and going all the way to sunrise.
I've never figured out how two hours in the afternoon can compensate for missing six or seven hours of sleep after midnight.
One of those weird things. By the way, Henry, you don't know about naps now, but wait til your second semester at CMU. You'll be all over 'em like a dog on a new soup bone.
Trust me.
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Naps
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On 5/1/2003
mike maysey
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me...31 going on 13
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Naps?
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On 5/1/2003 Henry
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NAPS?
How old are you guys?
;-)
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Resting
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On 5/1/2003
mike maysey
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Hamm, I don't take naps however my beer drinking sometimes gets in the way of practicing.
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Resting
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On 4/30/2003
Hamm
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Mike,
Do you take naps?
I'm finding that my naps are getting in the way of my practice time.
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Sliding vs. Sticking...
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On 4/28/2003
Miko
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It's usually best to maintain as clean a line as possible and avoid sliding.
I would make a distinction between wasteful sliding (more sideways), and speedy-drifting-floating-down-the-line. At higher speeds, there's a very smooth feeling when drifting and you can feel the energy or momentum still moving forward, with no loss of speed. Get on edge quickly, make the cut, and get back off so you maintain the highest speed and straightest line between cones (or corners for us downhillers).
Wheel contact patch factors in pretty high here as well. I'm finding that I scrub more speed with Avilas than with Avalons given the same arc. I have to get *on* then *off* the Avilas quicker to avoid scrubbing. If those big suckers slide, it's all over... you lose a LOT of speed. I felt this happen on Tunnel Road last week, as well as in my last couple slalom sessions. They're way fast on the roll, but you've gotta keep it really clean.
Trimming them a lot might improve the scrub factor, and I feel they're probably still going to be quite grippy. You should have seen how much Richy Carrasco has his cut down! I'm really interested in trimming them down to about the same contact patch as a Flywheel, then doing some timed downhilling to see if they'll be a competitive option for speedboarding. I LOVE the way my Avalons wear for fast free-riding and sliding.
Anyway... there's definitely a trade off between width, wheel height, flexible lip... The Avalon somehow really hit a magic happy medium between all these variables and became the definitive smokin' slalom wheel (this year).
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