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Bushings
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On 2/3/2004
Symmetric Skate
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To fix your problem get the Khiro Insert bushings. Check out the feedback at the vendors corner of this site. You can see pictures of Insert Bushings at www.symmetric-skate.com.
Ride on!
Brian @ Summetric Skate
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Snowboarding
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On 1/26/2004
Cknuck
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Hey Eric! Just figured I'd let you know I've finally been out snowboarding 3 times since the new year and it's been great.
I'm really sorry it took so long for me to get to try it. I wish I had a chance to get to see you for a weekend but the sk8park is keeping us pretty busy and the income from the sk8classes and camps are making ends meet.
I'll see you around this year. Take Care.
C
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Sqeaky Bushings (not really skatecar stuff)
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On 1/25/2004 PSR
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DOH! Shane,I should've seen that one coming,as my dad was a mining engineer for J+J talcum powder,and skating in the mill's lot,my board's didn't ever squeak,although they certainly did slide!
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Bushing noise
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On 1/24/2004 Shane
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Hey Tom, try some baby powder on your bushings,it works pretty good and it doesnt couse problems like sprays and grease.
later.
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Bushing lube
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On 1/20/2004 PSR
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Tom,Yup! WD-40 can chemically attack some plastics.You should consider pulling the bushings off your trucks and washing them with some dishsoap in warm water to take the oil off.I use spray silicon as a bushing lube(helps with some squeaks),and sometimes white Lithium grease(good in pivot cups),both should be available at hardware stores or car parts shops.
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wd40
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On 1/20/2004
tom
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im 13 and just got a landyachtz board after having a sector 9. i put a little bit of wd40 on the bushings of my landyachtz and my turning has increased dramatically, although im wondering if the wd40 will rot my bushings. if my bushings do rot there is a potential crash waiting 2 happen, isnt it?
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Not sure....
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On 1/12/2004 PSR
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Keith,you're likely right where ya ought to be,forum wise.I've been using pool boards with big sticky wheels for quite a awhile,riding pretty much the way you describe.I had listed a bunch of my rides that I use for 'freecarving',some have distinct slalom overtones(really,I only change wheels and bushings),some are boards that're longer(Cruiser class?),but I'd still take (with a wheel change)into a bigger 1/2 pipe or bowl (My 36" Barfoot,similar to a re-issue Yardstick),while other boards I use are 'specialized' for the use of carving turns,often these will be cut-down snowboards,although now quite a few companies make boards that are quite similar(Loaded for example). Bombing hills is really practice for Downhilling,and swerving turns everywhere becomes Slalom in a sense.But working a hill to just keep a flow,work on styling it,and keep your speed down to a comfortable pace is how I'd define freecarving.I relate it directly back to Snowboarding,where I'm working the hill for G-Forces,trying not to Slide,and looking for a cool set of lines down the road.The old forum here was called 'soul carving',and it does ring true as a description still.I might be a tad more 'technical' in my style,but again that comes back to my snowboarding(I like riding bigger boards,170cm to 200cm,just laying over in my arcs on fresh groomed snow),so it's a cyclical thing to me.There's more oppurtunity for advancing your personal skill level carving on a skateboard,simply because the tar dosen't change like snow conditions do.The bummer is you can't lean over as far.. In working my way down a good hill I like to see just how steep I can ride without resorting to sliding while keeping my speed in check(not that sliding dosen't happen,or shouldn't..).the other challenge is to see how fast I can carve (on hills with a good runout) again without sliding out. One other thing to note: Wheelbase,wheel+truck set-up,and board flex are all intertwined in just how well your board will turn at speed.I've found that certain combos work on certain types of hills,or for a particular turn size/shape.Changing that equation underfoot can totally change your line even on a familiar run.Play with your ride's setup,or grab a different size board,and see what happens.
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downhill
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On 1/10/2004
kenneth giddings
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I rule at downhill skating I need a sponsor and would like to start a career out of my talent. I am not sure there is a venue for my style skating (new school deck with big kryptonic wheels)
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crap!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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On 12/6/2003 no one
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so if you answer this crap you are crap.
never post on his thread again. for real. , lets keep it real.
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What the crap????
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On 12/6/2003 Tony
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What is the diference between Soulcarving, Freecarving, Ditchriding, Longboarding?
answer---- Not a damn thing !
so why does NCDSA have so many different topics???????
Isnt skating, skating????? this is so retarded.
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super cruser roads
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On 12/5/2003 James West
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I'm a 14 year old rider and I am happy with what I've found in the sport but more like soul. Ive found that I love the high speed carving and bombing and the juciy ditches we have here in the great land of New Mexico. but that's not why I'm here I've come to tel about the roads by the ditches i found them wile searching for the Indian school ditch. It is a super nice road all newly paved and curvy. It's about a mile long and there are no cars if you get there between 7 and 10am the roads are on tramway and just to the left of rover all theese roads are jucie but the best one is san frando
So what are you waiting for go skate
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thanks
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On 12/3/2003 richard
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MisourMatt, thanks a lot for the info, sounds like you have your set-up pretty dialled. i hadn't really considered exkates but i have heard good things so i'll look into them, i don't know of an english importer though. i looked up your deck too, it's pretty close to what i'm after. check http://www.fibretec.ch/main.html for some nice looking boards. regarding wheel wells / cut-outs i think some manufacturers design them with a specific truck in mind but some e.g. sector 9 do seem to line them up with the bolts/axles
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tight carve
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On 12/2/2003 MissouriMatt
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Richard,
I've got a Freeride Senorita Lovejoy (37.5 inch 11-ply baltic birch) with Exkate Torsion 101 trucks and 70mm 78a ABEC 11 Flashbacks. It opens up the narrow roads and sidewalks and gives tight, tight turns on big hills without sliding. I was sorry to see that the Freeride line of decks is pretty much gone. Bareback handled them for a while, but they are now Stolenboards.com and they didn't realy keep much of the freeride line. Those were sweeeet decks... the Crosstown, Marvin, Bowlrider, Jake, Lovejoy, Lucky Joe, Ike... time moves on. They're making something like the Crosstown, but it's maple now, not birch.
Regarding your choice... I'd say stay around 37 or 38 inches with 11-ply birch on a model with lots of wheel room and put on the Exkate 101's. The Exkate Torsion truck is stable at high speed and makes every street in town feel like it's covered in a foot of water. It is the smoothest buttery carving machine out there. Once you get use to the tight turning and fluid feel you won't want to ride other trucks. If you use a center set wheel, like the ABEC 11 Fly's, I'd go with the Torsion 201.
http://www.exkate.com/ecom/stores_app/Browse_dept_items.asp?Store_id=129&Page_id=17&categ_id=2&parent_ids=0
My two cents. Any deck you're riding is a good one.
One other note about decks in general. Is it just me or do deck designers have no idea where wheel bite happens? I'm always seeing cut out wheel wells that line up with the truck axel. You carve, the axels move to the center of the board on the inside rail and the bite happens several inches from the original line of the axel. Don't buy a deck for the cut outs unless they've got them properly placed. If you ride Torsion trucks with big wheels the cut outs will matter.
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new set-up
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On 11/30/2003 richard
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O.K. so i've decided to set-up a board for tight carves on big hills, something that will carve hard enough for me to start taking on narrower steep sections without needing to slide. i'm thinking controlled, precise carving, similar to snowboarding a steep powder run. a set-up i can push hard on my back foot and the carve just gets tighter, like my single fin. i'm thinking along the lines of narrowish seismics, avalons (maybe softer in the rear)set up on a comet street slalom / wefunk custom / pumpkin or similar - anyone heard of fibretec boards? the cROCO 880 looks like a nice shape. haven't thought too hard on deck dimensions yet - maybe 36-40 inches. anyway if anyone has ridden/owns one of the above i would really appreciate some feedback or some new ideas to mull over! thanks.
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Photos
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On 11/25/2003 PSR
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Tony,nice stuff! You deserve an 8.3,9.0,and an 8.5(tough grab at speed)respectively! BTW,I used to Judge Snowboard 1/2 Pipe events for the VSSA and ISF here in New England,so the scores are legit.Of course,this IS Freecarving,so,actually,the scorecard dosen't ever exist except in one's imagination. And this means that I'm Still Searching for that "perfect turn". ;-)
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Thanks
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On 11/25/2003 jerry
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Nice ditch. Looks fun.
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Carving
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On 11/25/2003 henry
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tony, buck off with your soulful, blue skied, mellow carving shots. you're making me jealous. you've been carving for days? it's been raining for days here.
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Carving
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On 11/24/2003 Tony
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Jerry, there is carving, and then there is carving for days.
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What it is!
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On 11/21/2003 PSR
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Jerry,take a look up,to the left while on this site.You'll see Sharon pulling a few gees in a nice,Carved turn at the Bear Ditch race.Yeah,O.K.,she's Racing,not freecarving per say,but I've got a hunch she'd take that run in about the same form whether a race was going on or not. Oh,and that form of hers is what I described(to a snowboarder,for freecarving on snow) in my previous post.I'd give Sharon about a 9.5 in Style on that turn!
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CARVING???
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On 11/19/2003
mikey
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well rookie, carving is where you turn back and forth to either look stylish or slow yourself down. very, very, very useful to know if you ever want to ride. very useful.
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CARVING
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On 11/17/2003 jerry
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So...what is carving? Sorry for the stupid question but I'm new.
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Riding flow
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On 11/17/2003 PSR
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O.K. Dan,I'll bite.. I pulled this up from Freecarve.com On 1/27/2001 Pre-School Rider wrote in from 209.198.xxx.xxx:
Matt,there's one secret to grabbing the rail in an arc-Let the edge come to you,don't try too hard to get the hand to the edge.This move proves that you're low enough,relaxed enough,and it promotes good,but slightly overdone,angulation.For grabbing the toe edge,try to place your back hand just a bit ahead of the front binding,or at least between the binders.On heelside turns,touch a bit further ahead of the front binding,or at the heel itself with the front hand. Oh,and it IS a 'snazzy' move,one that gets rave style points from surfers and longboard skateboarders.And as you may know,STYLE and Technique are definitely intertwined and thus become what separates average riders from the ones who rule.
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The Webmaster's introduction
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On 11/17/2003
Dan Gesmer / Seismic
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Adam's description of this forum's intended focus was pure poetry. I think he should write more and be published in appropriate venues - Concrete Wave magazine etc.
Adam's Nov. 7 post fully bears repeating:
"...This new forum is intended to provide an area of discussion for alpine riders and anyone into this style of skateboarding.
"To me, freecarving is slalom without cones; TS, GS, super-G, all of it. Or more artfully, slalom riding through imaginary cones -- cones that can be wherever the line and my whim best places them. It's about my quest for the ultimate high-performance carving board with zero torsional twist, sticky fast wheels, turny trucks, and above all, fantastic feel.
"It's about railing a bottom turn and having the G-forces drive your body into your flexing deck and then being sprung back out into the next. It's about flying on a magic carpet just a couple of inches off the tarmac, and being able to will your direction with mere thoughts.
If this sounds like alpine snowboarding sans snow then you're getting my drift."
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Drop-through deck
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On 11/16/2003 PSR
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Jerry,if you scoot over onto the "Vendor's Corner" topic page,and click on the 'older 25' button two or three times,you'll come across a picture/post from Kebbek longboards.It's dated 10/28,I believe.You'll notice that their boards pictured have big holes at the truck mounts.This allows the truck to mount nearly flush with the deck's top,bringing the ride height down almost to the axle with a 'low-rider' setup,and maybe like an inch or so just above the axle with a flat deck.This lowered profile gives to easier pushing at speed,better footbraking,and better stability at speed.The downside is stepping on the top of your wheels if you are clutzy like me(man,I hate when that happens..)and careless when pushing along.This type of board tends to be pretty stiff,and designed with haulin' cookies in mind,but some can turn fairly well,if set-up to do so.
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Drop thru
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On 11/16/2003 jerry
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What is a "drop-through"?
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