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Sharing the bombdiggity
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On 8/11/2004 MissouriMatt
wrote in from
United States
(128.206.nnn.nnn)
NCL,
I’ve been rotating out on loan, a series of longboards to my daughters diving coach. I’d show up at practice and say, “Have you been riding that board I loaned you? Good, well, try this one.” That’s been going on since last January. He’s been riding, but we hadn’t hooked up until Sunday. We hit some of my favorite hills and carved it up good. He was totally stoked (and really has been since I loaned him the first board in January) and so was I to have someone that would get out and hit it hard. Walking up some hills gives you the chance to visit and I learned that he’d participated in the Winter X-games in snowboarding. After we hit the hills for a while we headed to the skate park where he went shortboard and I stayed long. It was fun to watch him work his modified snowboard stuff on the banks of the park. Kids got a kick cuz it wasn’t the usual shortboard rep. I’m looking forward to some more skating and possible road trips. The Lake of the Ozarks is about an hour and a half south of Columbia and is covered in steep black asphalt that sees only light traffic in the fall and winter. There are some killer hills in a couple of state parks that I’ve been eye-balling for a while.
Sharing the bombdiggity can pay dividends.
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Introducing Longboarder To The X Generation
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On 8/11/2004
North Carolina Longboarder
wrote in from
United States
(63.167.nnn.nnn)
Last night about 9 pm a Gen X age young man showed up on my door step toting a 54" locally made longboard w/Randall II's and Sector 9 wheels. He attends my church and had heard that I longboarded at night on Tuesdays and wanted me to come and ride with him. He is brand new to longboarding and wanted to show me his new board. I was tired from a long day, a training session of running stadium steps, and taking my daughter to soccer practice. My first thought was to just be cordial and politely send him on his way quickly. Then, it hit me that I needed to go ride. I ran down stairs grabbed my OTS Interurban Winged Wonder (Wicked Skateboards: Randall II's, 75 mm Wicked Wheels, green lighted front FLUX Riser (dorky I know!)) my pads and my helmet and headed out the door.
I took "the newbie" over to one of my favorite spots in the neighborhood, a light grade with several left and right hand turns, quicker speed sections mixed with semi-flat where you have to pump some, etc. On the first run down the hill it became very apparent quickly that he was a short board new school rider who was trying to ride a longboard the same way. He stood very upright, knees practically locked, leaning back with his shoulders rather than driving down through the board in turns,etc. He started asking questions and we started working together. I would skate near him and talk him through turns, carves, and slides. Within the hour he was able to make the run a third faster than our first run, was doing slides in the turns, and making good hard carves for speed control. It was awesome to be able to pass on what limited knowledge I have to new longboarder. I got a tremendous amount of pleasure out of encouraging him, motivating, and just skating it up. I am writing this post to challenge each of my 40+ skaters out there to take the time to go ride with a new rider and share with them what you know. It is a great feeling and it also helps close the gap between "new school" and "old". In addition it gives an opportunity to connect with the global skating community one rider at a time!
Roll On Brothers and Sisters! Roll on and Spread the News! Longboard Skating is the Bomb, the Dope, the coolest, the mac daddy, the stoke, the groove, the best, the bombdiggity!
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baku trucks
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On 8/6/2004
buddy rawls
wrote in from
United States
(205.188.nnn.nnn)
I went out tonight for quite while. On a good 15mph run, the board was as stable as it needed to be, yet could really carve hard and thrust well. I greased the mechanisms up with some chain wax, and they turn smoothly. I am happy with them. But in the truest sense, I am not a long boarder. I am a vert and roundwall skater, so my perspective may be a little different.
The new board is definitely a keeper.
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Baku torsion and MoMatt on speed
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On 8/6/2004 MissouriMatt
wrote in from
United States
(128.206.nnn.nnn)
I've never ridden the Baku trucks. So I can't really say about how they will handle speed. However, just this week I had the chance to get a better estimate of my own skating speed from a friend in a car. Most of my skating is going on in the 10 to 25 mph zone. I think the skating that I thought was 35 to 40 has really been around 30, with occational spots that I might hit upper 30's. I consider the exkate's stable in that range. They don't go into speed wobble and stay as steady as you keep them, basically. I can't help but ponder what a real state of the art speedboard feels like at 50 or 60???? My set up is for carving under 40, sweet spot in the teens and 20's. Weather's great...weekend skate. Riding on...
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peggy oki with baku's
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On 8/6/2004
buddy rawls
wrote in from
United States
(128.158.nnn.nnn)
I finally got my Barfoot Oki board in. The big question was going to be about the Baku trucks. They are pretty odd. They turn smooth and predictably when really cranking hard in the turns. However just off center, they seem kind of unstable. Thats has be a lack of torsional resistance at dead center that the torsion design may suffer from. not really sure.
How do these things run when you get on up around 25mph, are stable or sqirrely?
As far as the board and the workmanship are concerned, IT looks great. I am really happy with it.
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Ain't nothing wrong w/concrete waves!
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On 8/6/2004
John Dillon, Team Fun
wrote in from
United States
(151.200.nnn.nnn)
Catch 'em when u can, and vote for concrete waves roundwall skateboard parks...not the cookie-cutter modular bull crap! Skate a round wall!!
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Alex and Country Club
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On 8/4/2004 MissouriMatt
wrote in from
United States
(128.206.nnn.nnn)
If I'd known my buddy was walking into head high swells, I'd of sent him with the Victoria handboard to go with the Churchills. Ever bodysurf big waves with good fins and a handboard? Really fun. There are surfers (I've done very little), bodyboarders (done lots o that, including 15 to 20 foot faces and hollow, top to bottom headhigh tubes with sick thick lip) and then there are bodysurfers. s#@!, I hate to throw myself in with a crowd that wears swim caps and speedos (not my style), but damn if bodysurfing isnt the best. You do feel the power of the wave. I love to ride both on and under a wave. What a rush to feel the surge from below... enough of that.
Glad you're taking longboard to the Country Club! You need to skate up to the Breeze Way on Fried Chicken night!
Surf report from Columbia, Missouri...
No ocean expected this afternoon and into the evening.
All waves will be concrete, asphalt or dirt for the next several days.
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Hurricane Alex
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On 8/4/2004
North Carolina Longboarder
wrote in from
United States
(63.167.nnn.nnn)
Mo Matt: I wasn't able to get down to the coast in time for the waves. I live about 6 hours from the Outer Banks. A friend of mine called to rub in the fact that he just finished surfing 10 to 12 foot swells in huge sets....bastard....They didn't have any forced evacuations or anything so all of the local surfers were completed stoked. They were on the freakin weather channel rubbing in all of our faces....the bastards! (just joking...thats why they live there...they deserve to be available for the swell)
I am trying to get some work situations figured out so I can haul ass to the coast as soon as we see the next tropical heading that way.
Regarding the 65 year old...I rode with him Saturday local on his carving board...we tied a ropes to the back of his mini van and pulled people back up the hill we were on out in the country club after each run..taking turns driving so that everyone got a lot of runs in. I rode one of his Carve Boards and was freaking everyone out by doing slides off roading up in the country clubbers lawns!
Roll on Bro's and Sis's! roll on roll on!
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WheelBite
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On 8/3/2004 PSR
wrote in from
United States
(24.53.nnn.nnn)
Ryan,first off,play with tightening your truck bushings.You'll need a 9/16" wrench for the kingpin nut.Secondly,look into some Riser Pads to add wheel clearance.To check out 'how much' is needed,loosen your trucks,and By Hand,push the trucks into a deep lean.Note the lean angle.Now,remove one wheel(this takes a 1/2" socket wrench;Hmm,maybe time to get a Skatewrench?)and repeat the push+lean test.If the axle end still hits,you'll be needing a fairly big amount of riser,more than 3/4".However,you'll likely find that your truck axles don't quite touch.Factor in your wheel width,and overall size,but usually 1/2" is enough added lift,and the difference between the lean you get,wheel-less,and with-wheel on the axle will be apparent to you.If you go for Risers,also get longer mounting hardware to fit.Remember that Standing on the board,you can put a bit more lean into the truck than you can by pushing by hand.That's important to recall when tightening the truck's bushings.Boards with wheel-well cut-outs allow a lower ride height.(A good example of this is Tahoelongboard's Fusion model)However,with full-width boards,it's better to add lift risers,and carefully pick trucks that have a higher axle placement.With truck Bushings,you can play with the 'tension' of the steering by picking a hardness that 'squishes' just enough for your weight/power.Along with having a wrench on hand,you can dial in the amount of 'lean' for the turns,or speed,you want to ride.A last resort is to pick a smaller wheel.Big wheels go faster,and often have better traction,so they Fit the style of a Longboard.Still,you can shed a few millimeters to get the wheelbite issue under control,just don't lose the ability to Cruise by going too small(I consider anything under 65mm to be too small,but then,I hate SK8ing SLOW).The only other thing ya can do to eliminate wheel bite is Turn Less...
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wheel bite solutins
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On 8/3/2004 need 4 speed boarder
wrote in from
United States
(68.227.nnn.nnn)
ok wheel bite sucks and there are many ways to fix it. you can have a 65mm wheel or a 101mm and still get wheel bite u can either put larger riser pads on the board or tighten the trucks. another solution that i like to use is get trucks that are wider than the board like the randall 180mm trucks. if u really know what u are doing then u can sand down the cut outs on the board or cut out a chunk so the wheel can have more turning room. but i suggest tightening the trucks but dont overtighten them and if it still bites get larger risers.
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New to Longboarding
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On 8/3/2004
G-Flash
wrote in from
United States
(149.174.nnn.nnn)
You are suffering from what could be a severe case of wheel -BITE! This could be very dangerous at high speeds! You probably have 70mm wheels which are the standard for the longboard industry. I would recommend to tighten your trucks to where they don't rub the deck anymore or get wider trucks that stick out from under the wheel wells for a wider stance and better stability at speeds over 30 mph! Check out the older posts on this page for all kinds of helpfull info and welcome to the longboard community!ROCK-N-ROLL!
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Newbie
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On 8/3/2004 Ryan
wrote in from
Canada
(142.177.nnn.nnn)
excellent. i'm disgustingly new at the sport, and its goin' good so far, but one problem i'm having is turning correctly. the trucks are preety loose, which might be the problem, so when i turn, i can only turn so far before the wheel hits the board, and thunk, stops me dead. The wheels are beasts of things, not sure of the mm, but i'd venture preety huge. anyways, if there's any info ppl can give about it, i'd appreciate it. thanks.
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Skating at 65
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On 8/3/2004 MissouriMatt
wrote in from
United States
(128.206.nnn.nnn)
NCL,
I love the story of the guy that's hitting Hwy 421 at age 65. You're only as old as your health. I hope I've got 25 more good years of skating. I know that doesn't happen by accident. Attention to health and a bit of good luck are required.
So Alex is bringing some waves?? Are you close enough to the coast to take advantage? A friend of mine's family is in North Carolina right now. He'd planned on renting some surfboards and I sent him with my bodysurf fins just in case there were waves. Looks like there should be some waves!
ride on...
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port townsend
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On 8/3/2004 d
wrote in from
United States
(66.235.nnn.nnn)
do you mean Port Townsend Washington?
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Sunday Longboard session: Sayreville,NJ skate park!
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On 8/3/2004
John Dillon, Team Fun
wrote in from
United States
(151.200.nnn.nnn)
Providing The Farm Slalom Race in Bethel,Connecticut, is not rained out on saturday, then a bunch of us will be skating our longboards at Sayreville on sunday. Come on out and join us!! Skate for Fun!
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longboarding
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On 8/1/2004
scott
wrote in from
United States
(67.136.nnn.nnn)
Is there any good longboarding in the Port Townsend area? I will be there Mon 9- Fri 13. Thanks.
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Quiver
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On 7/31/2004
G-Flash
wrote in from
United States
(152.163.nnn.nnn)
I hope these images show up! Please copy & paste the following link:
http://photobucket.com/albums/v444/G-Flash/
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want a skatepark
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On 7/31/2004 warrick
wrote in from
United States
(216.249.nnn.nnn)
if u want a skatepark in your area, log onto
http://www.tonyhawkfoundation.org
its a good start
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Neil & Lukes Birhtday Wattly Jam
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On 7/31/2004 hippyneil
wrote in from
United Kingdom
(81.155.nnn.nnn)
Sunday August 15th, Watlington, Oxon UK - Mellow get together for anyone who wants to come... longboards, shortboards, freestyle, bmx, whatever u like just come along. The more the merrier - kids of all ages & families welcome.
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Democratic National Convention
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On 7/30/2004
North Carolina Longboarder
wrote in from
United States
(63.167.nnn.nnn)
Can you believe it? Can you believe it? There was not one word in Kerry's speech about putting a skateboard in every house and a skate park in every city! GeeZ! What do we have to do to get a President elected who will support an ever growing group of Americans- Skaters For Freedom? A bet ol Bush won't say a damn thing about it either when it's his turn to blab!
Roll on Brothers and Sisters! Roll on! Roll on! (and seriously, don't forget to skate by the polling place and vote. Regardless of your beliefs, it is extremely important that we all vote our conscious, vote our mind, vote our beliefs,whatever, but by all means VOTE!)
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So who's doing some longboarding this weekend...shout it out!!
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On 7/30/2004
John Dillon, Team Fun
wrote in from
United States
(151.200.nnn.nnn)
I will for sure, EdEconomy,Randall 180's, No Skoolz and Bozi 36"w/Randall 150(front) Tracker on rear, Avalons; and NoKaOi Randall 150(front) and Indy (rear), Bones Park Formulah's or BDS Shogo 92a's.
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Workouts
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On 7/29/2004
North Carolina Longboarder
wrote in from
United States
(63.167.nnn.nnn)
MoMatt: Great post and even better advise to all. I do the track work as well and I also run stadium steps. I go to the local high school once a week and do a series of runs to the top of the steps, walking back down the same flight, and then to the next flight and repeat. I usually set a time in either 30 minutes, 45 minutes, or 60 minutes (when I totally want to kill myself). It builds calf, quad, and hamstring muscles which all are used in skating. I also spend time in the gym and have gone from using heavy weight to focusing on lighter weights, high reps, and stretching. Of course, the bicycle still calls my name as often as I have time to do so but that has been sporadic lately.
One of the guys that rides the big hills with us on a CarveBoard (www.carveboard.com) is actually 65 years old and is more fit than most adult men I know. He snowboards, carve boards, windsurfs, and just took up kite boarding at freaking age 65! That dude is my hero! Even with a family, a very demanding job for many years, community activities and church, he always made sure to take the time for fitness. Now, here is still having the energy, strength, and stamina, to do all that he does. He is one of the 421 runners. It took him about 45 minutes to make it down the mountain this last time and I know he must have made at least a 3rd more carves and pivots than I did on that big ass Carve Board. he is the MAN!
Mo Matt! Thanks for the inspiration.
Roll on Brother and Sisters...Roll on....but stop by the gym or go run or ride a bike too!
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workout
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On 7/29/2004 MisssouriMatt
wrote in from
United States
(128.206.nnn.nnn)
I've skipped my last two chances at skating to go to the track and run - 100's, 200's and 400's. I've enjoyed the skates I've had in the last six months as I've been recovering from knee surgery, but they've lacked the edge that getting in great shape can give a ride. NCL - I know you know what I'm talking about. Pushing your skating in a very physical way and having the gas in the tank to push more. Going hard down the hill drifting and sliding in turn after turn, bouncing out of one and in to the other, sucking up all the adreniline a hill has to offer, then jogging back up it, kicking out your board in front of you and attacking again. I've dropped about 10 pounds since my post surgery high of 192 and can see a day ahead where I'm not olny in as a good a shape as I was pre-surgery, but better. Only thing is... I can't get there on skating alone. Gotta cross train. For me, it's a stop watch and track. That's some gut buster way to get there for sure. That and some swimming, light weights, ab work and lots of stretching. I recomend it to all the aging skaters that don't want to see the day come when they regularly pass on a skate to drink a beer and watch TV.
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Test-e-poo
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On 7/28/2004
Jesus Christ
wrote in from
United States
(66.108.nnn.nnn)
Mmmk, I just wanna see if this'll work. It's a pic I took boarding:
http://us.f3.yahoofs.com/msgr/thinkovaltine/.tmp/Photo%2b10%2bof%2b19.jpg?msikCCBBsPwQ5k0m
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NCL
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On 7/27/2004 MissouriMatt
wrote in from
United States
(128.206.nnn.nnn)
Going good. Thanks for asking. Thursday will be one year out on the ACL/MCL surgery. I've been jogging and doing a variety of other exercises and stretching to get the skate flow going again. Two days ago I was feeling a bit of the bounce returning to my carve. Had some stand up slides working... just feeling it better. I love that feeling of bouncing out of one carve into the next and reaching down the hill to keep the back end from sliding out, then into the tuck and prepare for the turn at the bottom... ahhhh. Weather's been real mild in Missouri this summer. felt almost like fall when I rode on Sunday. Starting to play around with different setups again. Sure sign that riding time is on the increase. I wasn't riding enough to get bored with my set up for the last 6 months. Jogging and ab work have helped. It's amaizing how a little age effects the healing process. I've had muscle craps and strains, sore tendons, bursitis on my heal, popping back... just lots of little nagging stuff that comes with putting on 15 pounds and getting out of shape at 40. I've dropped back 5 pounds and think I'm within a month or so of really getting the groove back. When I loose another 5 to 10 pounds, I'll starting hitting the park some. Late summer and early fall are my favorite time for night riding.
I've been checkign the NCDSA board. Just laying low. Torsion trucks always push my button, so I had to chime in. Ride on, NCL.
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