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Cliff
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On 8/29/2006 F
wrote in from
Canada
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Anytime man. Anytime. Montreal is full of pure sliders that doesnt give a f#@! about the flags and sponsoring. You wil be amazed!!!
La Meque du slide.
-F
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F's pics
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On 8/24/2006
Cliff Coleman
wrote in from
United States
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Fabrice,
Nice pics! I have to make a trip one day to your area. I would love to meet your crew. Keep taking pics and shooting videos.
Cliff
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Montreal riders
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On 8/22/2006 F
wrote in from
Canada
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Some of the sliders are missing on this pic, but those are the regular ones.
Peace!
-F
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New pics
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On 8/22/2006 F
wrote in from
Canada
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Got it
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On 8/20/2006 Derik
wrote in from
Germany
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Hey Fat Boy - thats my problem, I guess. My knee is to far outside. But yesterday I did my first smooth 360s on a closed road. Thats a feeling - awesome!
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Rockin it Coleman style
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On 8/20/2006 Fat Boy
wrote in from
United States
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hey freak, try leaning forward slightly more, almost turning into the slide, and tuck your back knee closer to your board with your rear foot slanted on the tail. ROCK IT.
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Big Beast: no grabbing
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On 8/18/2006 Derik
wrote in from
Germany
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After a few hours training it works. All you need is a little more speed and chuzpe. I can do a Coleman on the flat.
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Big Beast: rail grabbing or not
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On 8/11/2006 Derik
wrote in from
Germany
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I ride a 57 Ed Economy since a few weeks now. Stopping this heavy beast with a slide gives me some problems. I can only slide the rear out when I grab the rail and throw all my weight into the carve.
(I can slide all my shorter boards without grabbing.)
The guys at Faltown and Silverfish stronly advise against grabbing the rail.
How do you guys do it? Any suggestions?
(I just want to slide it for an emergency stop - I run pink powerballs/Holeys)
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Freak can't pengulum
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On 8/11/2006 Derik
wrote in from
Germany
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I guess you are not fast enough. Above a certain speed it feels that my Wheels glide above the tarmac. As long as the board is fast, all movements are easy. And as soon as the board slows down it will grip again or come to a full stop. Look at google under "coleman_thrasher.jpg". You will find a good description. At the faltownskateboards website are a lot of nice litte videos in the slide skool section. Just practice, you will make it!
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Cliff sliding
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On 8/7/2006
Moe Jooney
wrote in from
United States
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Just picked up the new cliff coleman cliff slider board his design by pocket pistols this is the ultimate slide board, just got into sliding and I'm already doing colemans slides in my first week, you wanna slide like no other get this board!!!
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de-flatspot
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On 8/4/2006 Derik
wrote in from
Germany
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You can sometimes slide the flatspots away with a few controlled 180s.
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On 7/31/2006 Mark
wrote in from
United States
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I'd venture to guess that going to the harder duro like you did and keeping more of your weight on your hands would greatly decrease the flatspotting. The less weight on your wheels the less likely they're going to flatspot. It seems hard at first. But like anything else you'll find that it gets easier and you'll be able to pull off more moves.
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On 7/28/2006 longboard freak
wrote in from
United States
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i just got new 90a gravity streetsliders yesterday and they have already flatspotted! is there anything i can do to save my wheels? what can i do to prevent this in the future?
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can't pengulum
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On 7/27/2006 longboard freak
wrote in from
United States
(67.41.nnn.nnn)
so i have been trying to figure out sliding for a few monthes now and i have been doing colemans for about 3 weeks. i just upgraded from some 78a wheels to 90a wheels and that helps a little. i can get the board slidinging just fine but after i get the board parallel to the hill it just slides to a stop, no matter what i do i cant seem to get it to pegulum. can anybody offer me any tips?
p.s. i ride a 47" sector nine bomber with randall 180's if that is important
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Yuppie News
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On 7/27/2006
Rafael Ribeiro
wrote in from
Brazil
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Yuppie news. Photos and video:
http://www.qix.com.br/temp/pags/noticia03.asp?p_noticia=5874
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Your speed slides
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On 7/13/2006 Secret All Star
wrote in from
United States
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I was just woundering what are some of fastest slides stops any of have ever done?
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US Shipping
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On 6/23/2006
Chris
wrote in from
United Kingdom
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Hey Mike,
If you wanna deck off us then you can email us with what you want and we'll sort you out with a decent shipping price. We will actually be in the states at proper US prices soon so we can be competetive with other US brands!!!! we are talking to thelongboardstore.com at the mo who are very keen on importing our decks to the US so they will be available but at quite a high price. But if you wait then you'll be able to get our decks at what you would expect to pay for a Gravity for example. We realise that despite our popularity we still wanna give you guys the best possible deal. Hence our efforts to get our prices down to more like US prices. You'll also be able to order directly from us too!
Keep Rollin,
Chris
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Slide Deck
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On 6/23/2006 Uk slider
wrote in from
United Kingdom
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The Faltown deck has been designed specifically for sliding. You can do all the stand up s#@! on it too. Its agile enough for speed checks and power slides but has enough length and wheel base to be really stable at speed. Ive taken their slide deck well into the mid 30's and is solid as a rock. If you wanna go any faster sliding then get their 3.3 Still nice and wide but 4" longer and super stable. Comes with holey trucks and Gravity Super G's.
If what u wanna do is slide and add to your quiver why just buy another 30"+ board?
Peace
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Faltown Slide deck
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On 6/15/2006 Philife ECS
wrote in from
United Kingdom
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I reckon if you give faltown a ring or mail them direct they could send a deck out to you - obviously they would charge shipping - but its worth a try!
Im thinking of buying the pool 3.1 it looks super sweet. My crew ride the 3.2
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Faltown Skateboard
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On 6/11/2006 Mike Easton
wrote in from
United States
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I was wondering if anyone knew where i could get the faltown slide board complete AND SHIPS TO THE US... with everything it says on the website
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new skool
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On 6/8/2006 BB
wrote in from
United Kingdom
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Check out this slide, coleman 540
SWEEEEEEEEEEET
http://www.faltownskateboards.com/faltownskateboards_slideskool_movie.asp?SkoolID=135
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On 6/8/2006 Philife ECS
wrote in from
United Kingdom
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I have never rode a lush globe - but i recommended a faltown slide or pool deck - check out www.faltownskateboards.com. They are cheaper than lush and 3 of us ride em! no complaints!
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P.S
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On 6/7/2006 RanDom
wrote in from
United Kingdom
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P.s Sergio is the best around look left at the gravity banner, there he is doing a sick nose-blunt, look at what he's riding!!!
Sergio rides a slighter shorter deck, about 33-34, cos he's only wee!
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Slide kit
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On 6/7/2006 RanDom
wrote in from
United Kingdom
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It is true that you can slide on any wheel and deck, but it is also true that you can race a rikshaw against a ferrari. There are wheels and decks out there that will make it eisier to slide and also aid your progression onto more technical slides.
Wheel size; ideal size is between 60 and 70mm so you can get good speed but not so big that they take ages to get up to speed.
Wheel Hardness; 90a to 100a is good. the softer it is the more suited it is to colemans and high speed stuff were you dont want it slipping out unexpectedly. If you want to do multi rotations and flatspins your gonna need to go harder as you want as little resistance as possible. Softer wheels are great for cornering. I started on the old Cliff sliders from gravity, i found that they were a little to big but at 94a they were a really good beginer wheel, as i've progressed i've moved down to 59mm bullets at 100a (vert wheels) there great for multi spins and stand up 360's, check Mark Short at faltownskateboards.com he rides em to.
Deck; Concave is your friend as there is a lot of sideways pressure proper grip aswell, as KYLE said not that other crap, it don't work.
Size; 36" X 8.5-9" seems to be the size of choice for all the top sliders. The shorter the wheel base the quicker it will snap round, the longer the wheel base the more stable it will be.
It's Horses for Courses etc; work out what is comfortable for you, as you get better you'll find that your choice of equipment will probably change, as I've started skatin more parks I feel more comfortable on a basic vert board (33 X 8)so i slide on that nowadays.
Go do It!!!! DOM
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dustin
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On 6/5/2006 kyle
wrote in from
United States
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dude, you don't need a special deck to slide. if it can grip your feet, if the wheels can slide, you don't need anything new. although that may be true, a concave deck with actual grip tape(not that see-through-comes-on-the-board crap)and some nice little curved hard wheels slides pretty well. but to be able to slide, you give up some other benefeits like cruising and wheel-grip. My board is a '77 Alva re-issue (non-concave)with some wide 85a(pretty soft) powell-peralta re-issues and i can slide just fine and still cruise like a longboard.
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