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Glove fabrication
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On 7/20/2005
2old2sk8
wrote in from
New Zealand
(218.101.nnn.nnn)
that sounds like the way forward SC - im gonna try that method today !
- a mate of mine uses Aluminium pipe rivets (they come with a washer)
Whats hes done is countersunk the rivet holes and then riveted them through his Glove (Welders glove)
His Pucks will NOT come off.
PAUL
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don't use glue
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On 7/20/2005
sc
wrote in from
United States
(64.60.nnn.nnn)
I don't use glue. I put a nail in the side of the puck and hold it with pliers over a gas stove. The plastic melts about 1/8" to 1/4" deep into the puck. Put the glove on your hand. Place the puck, melted side up, onto a board and press the gloved hand down onto it hard, just long enough so you don't get burned. The melted part of the puck will bond with the glove. Repeat with all yer puck parts. Wait a few hours before using. It's not as perfect as some methods but definitely works. Some types of plastic and some types of leather bond better than others.
P.S. I never use gloves that cost more than $8. My cutting boards cost $3 or $4. You don't need UHMW unless you want it to wear forever or want it to slide ultra smooth.
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sliding glove adhesive
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On 7/20/2005
bpizzle
wrote in from
United States
(67.163.nnn.nnn)
all these goddamned pairs of gloves are going to waste... i can't take it anymore. i need to know, from those who stay true to manufactoring their own sliding gloves, what glue do i use to attach UHMW to work gloves? i've tried all the ones i could find at home depot, shoe goo, etc, but as soon as i take my gloves out and rage a hill one of my pucks will fall off. i usually do a long piece across my 4 fingers, a big square palm piece, and a little one on my thumb. i rough up 1 side of my UHMW with a screwdriver before i glue it, but i've still yet to make a pair of gloves that remain in tact.
i spent $15 on a pair of synthetic leather work gloves at home depot, i used amazing goop brand glue to attach the pucks to the gloves. i made another pair out of extra UHMW and a spare pair of work gloves. i was out skating with the work gloves and one of my thumb pieces fell off. now i feel like when i go skate with the leather ones, the "amazing" (hah!) goop will fail and leave me $15 short without any sliding gloves.
if you've gone through as much trouble and money as i, but finally found a soultion, please enlighten me. what is the absolute best glue to use to attach UHMW polyethylene to some work gloves?
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Bristol and faltown
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On 7/20/2005 Andy
wrote in from
United Kingdom
(62.171.nnn.nnn)
After 2 great weeks of skateboarding may i thank all involed..
Hope to you all next year..
The photos i took start here, the faltown ones will be up tomorrow..
Copy and paste....
http://groups.msn.com/SkateSnapsAndyBinns/otherphotos.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=1711
Andy
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F to Matt about the slide name
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On 7/20/2005 F
wrote in from
Canada
(69.157.nnn.nnn)
..yeah man...its called SICK!!!! This brasilian kid is crazy good. Cant wait to learn from him...
This is not even a 2 wheeled slide, no wheels are touching the ground!!!
Sick.
MORE!! MORE PICS!!! Tanx man, theyre great.
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Flat spots - why oh why?
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On 7/19/2005
2old2sk8
wrote in from
New Zealand
(218.101.nnn.nnn)
Can anyone tell me why Im flat spotting my 97a 64mm wheels? Im constantly doing it and its getting tiring having to sand em down again on the drillpress.
Is it a combination of bad form, too much weight on the inside rear wheels or just bad setup? - Roads are all very smooth around here.
Ive got wheels as per above - Bones methinks, R2 180 trucks and a 46' board with a medium wheelbase.
Any help would be appreciated.
Ta
Paul
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2 wheeled 180
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On 7/19/2005 Matt
wrote in from
United States
(68.44.nnn.nnn)
so F does it have a name
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Cliff n Sergio in the UK
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On 7/19/2005
Darren
wrote in from
United Kingdom
(82.33.nnn.nnn)
 
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Yuppie!
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On 7/19/2005 Will
wrote in from
United Kingdom
(195.92.nnn.nnn)
here ya go. one to start you off. the one and only Sergio Yuppie during one of his insane high speed spin fests...
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Slide clinic
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On 7/19/2005 F
wrote in from
Canada
(69.157.nnn.nnn)
So cool you had a blast like that!!! Post some pics so we can appreciate it more!!!!
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Randomrides slide clinic
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On 7/19/2005 RanDom
wrote in from
United Kingdom
(213.122.nnn.nnn)
Just a big thanks to everyone who came down to Falmouth for the slide clinic last weekend.
The weekend was great fun and went reletively smoothely, we didn't get kicked of any hills!!
Hope all people doing clinic learned something and enjoyed themselves, to those who paid and didn't make it, you should be kicking yourself right now!!
Thanks to Cliff and Sergio firstly, Cliff was informative and helpful as ever, Cheers old man hands of my woman!! Sergio was a gentleman who said little, smiled alot and blew everyone away, no footage on earth does him justice, careful of the snakes sergio!!
Thanks to Chris at Lush, Darren at Shiner and jonnyX at Porthoustock without you guys none of this tour would have happened, thank you for that!
Thanks to Faltown for helping out over the weekend, also Mark, Tom, Cripple Andy, Nurse suzie, Andy and Oli Binns, Will, Peit, Ben, Shawn for almost decapitating my lady!, filmer Andy, Bennie, Lucy and Molly, wez and Mike and anyone else i forgot! thanks for your continued enthusiasm and support!! thank you Ray (darkslider.com) for going to more events than anyone! well done on the slide skills mate, you deserve it!!
We had a comp on saturday these are the results;
Newbies;
1st = Neil
2nd = Andy (nice 3's chap!)
3rd = Pat (mate send me your address i've got prizes for you!)
Old-hands;
1st = Mark
2nd = Faltown Alex
3rd = Darren
well done to all participants!!
Sunday was great, The Ferryboat took a beating and nobody was sick from my ghetto bbq skills the night b4!!
there will be more events this year, so hope to see you all again!
As I said on Saturday at the prize giving, we're very lucky, our comunity has what skating had twenty five years ago with the 'we're all in it together' sort of attitude which has long since disapeered in the skateboard industry!
grassroots skating is what it's all about!!
Nobody made a profit from this event, we all lost finantially (apart from JonnyX's pharmacist!) but gained massively from new friendships, fun times and new scabs!
RanDom
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shoes for foot braking
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On 7/18/2005
brad
wrote in from
United States
(216.233.nnn.nnn)
Any thoughts on the best shoes for foot braking?
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Trick name
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On 7/18/2005 F
wrote in from
Canada
(69.157.nnn.nnn)
A two weeled 180 slide. Frontside or backside. Simple as this. If it has a name, better not be somethin like "smokin camel" or "Budha on grass". Simplier to understand! HAH!
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2 wheeled 180
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On 7/18/2005 Matt
wrote in from
United States
(68.44.nnn.nnn)
wats a two-wheeled 180 slide called??
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Yoga slide
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On 7/18/2005 F
wrote in from
Canada
(69.157.nnn.nnn)
What the...where did my message went??? Nothing was offending??? Any way. What i was sayin is: PUT A VIDEO. I cant understand without seeing, sounds like a yoga thing.
Tanx.
Where did my message went???
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fury slide
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On 7/17/2005
habib
wrote in from
Canada
(216.13.nnn.nnn)
this is one of the new one's that ive been doing. dont know if anyone else does em. it's not as tech as the 'pig in a blanket' but i't still fun.
first, get going as fast as you can. with your font hand, grab the back rail(method?). then drop your back knee and hand just befor you drop your other knee. you should have both feet on the board still. tweak it out for some style. then while you still have some momentum left, bring the board back under you and ride away clean. or swing it into a heel 3 or something.
fury slide.
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woot 4 me
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On 7/17/2005
bpizzle
wrote in from
United States
(67.163.nnn.nnn)
sounds good, that's pretty much what I was expecting. after i posted i searched around the forums and did some reading on the wheels. since i had some more money laying around i decided to spoil myself and then ordered a set of the 73mm Gravity Super G Cliff Sliders with a durometer of 94. i guess these are specifically made for sliding unlike the No Skoolz... i figure i'll put the No Skoolz on a shortboard deck i have to ride aggressive/street/pools/parks/etc, but put the Sliders on my pool board, for an exclusive sliding set up. i'll let you guys know how both sets of wheels ride once i get them.
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92a for sliding (No-Skools)
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On 7/17/2005 PSR
wrote in from
United States
(69.161.nnn.nnn)
Bpizzle, I often ride the old Kryptonic Pro II , which has very similar sizing to the the smaller (60mm) No-Skool on one of my fave old-school decks, a Vision Vex-Cave. That duro grips a good deal, and you gotta think in terms of 'creating' the slide by a bit of extra twist down at the feet, oh, and being a bit lighter on your feet when sliding thru. The 'hookup' isn't severe, but can catch when you'd might rather be still be sliding. Smoother tar, newer tar, banks, and obviously Parking Garages are the better surfaces for drifting along on. Wear will be more noticable than on a harder formula, but flatspotting (where the wheel quits spinning in a longer slide) won't be as likely. Speed is something you'll need to judge for yourself, but these will prefer more speed prior to being set into slide mode. Still, if you want to have a decent blend of slidiness,grip,and smooth-enough for urban surfaces ride, 92a works out pretty well. On Ramps or Bowls, you'll have more grip, and maybe a bit less speed than you want, but that can work in your favor, as edgier lines or carved approaches can be fast and let you pull tricks other's can't. Another 'soft' slider wheel out there is Powell's Bombers, which at 85a, seems to break into slides like a 96a, but has the smoothness of a softer compound. So, hardness isn't as important as the wheel's shape IMHO. Try your wheels on all kinds of terrain, as it's a very versatile wheel shape, but in your case is also using a very versatile hardness that will let you romp in all kinds of skateable spots. There will be a few times when you'll want either a softer or harder feel, but 92a will let you explore.
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pig in the blanket
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On 7/16/2005 matt
wrote in from
United States
(68.44.nnn.nnn)
so has any one found a video of the pig in the blanket move i want to see this thing
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sliding gloves
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On 7/16/2005 Matt
wrote in from
United States
(68.44.nnn.nnn)
i think i sloved my sliding glove problem. i looked at the spots where holes formed in my old slide gloves and made new ones with plastic on those parts, these gloves seem like there gonna last for at least a few months
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Slide gloves
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On 7/15/2005 brad
wrote in from
United States
(216.233.nnn.nnn)
Timeshipracing has slide gloves
http://www.timeshipracing.com/
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Abec 11 No Skoolz
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On 7/15/2005
bpizzle
wrote in from
United States
(67.163.nnn.nnn)
just ordered a set of 65mm Abec 11 No Skoolz...92a was all the shop had. i was opting for 94a, but i figured there couldn't be that much of a difference. the wheels i have on my board now are unkown make, size, and/or durometer...but i feel like they're too soft for sliding. hopefully this will be a nice upgrade. anyone ride these wheels? anyone ride 92a wheels for sliding? let me know how they work for you. thanks.
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Slide Gloves
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On 7/15/2005
Justin
wrote in from
United States
(208.197.nnn.nnn)
Matt, I think 2 weeks may be about the standard lifespan for a pair well loved slide gloves. I have gone through two pairs of the gravity gloves in as little as a month and a half. They are nice and I think the plastic on them is pretty good, but the gloves just get shredded. I think its just the nature of the beast. I could be wrong. On a side note, I just ordered Gravity's 3 in 1 DVD, had to, as I have essentially worn out my Flow DVD. If the 3 in 1 is half as good I'll be stoked.
Shout out to the Faltown Crew, Im ripping it on my slider here in Maryland. Thanks for the great site.
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sorry
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On 7/15/2005 Matt
wrote in from
United States
(68.44.nnn.nnn)
sry i didnt kno i posted that twice
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slide gloves
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On 7/15/2005
Matt
wrote in from
United States
(68.44.nnn.nnn)
i made slide gloves but there just not heavy duty enough soo i need to by them but gravity's full slide glove is always out of stock and lush longboards is in UK and im in the US so shipping is ridcuolous...if any one knows a place where i can buy them online email me or post back thanks!
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