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kebbek slider glover
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On 5/24/2002
shmizer
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I've got the kebbek slider gloves and the are really good. The fingers some kind of coating that is thin so I can pick my board up easy. My only complaint is maybe the thumb could use a pad of the same material as the block on the palm.
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Travelbags ???
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On 5/23/2002
Robin NYC
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Does anyone know about a company that produces travel bags for longboards? I'm travelling over to Europe and really need to come up with a solution for my 5ft and 41inch boards.
lemme know,
peace - Robin
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coat rack
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On 5/22/2002 hc
wrote in from
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from skate trucks!
http://www.rafelandia.com/temp/skaterack/skatersracks.html
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Skyhooks
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On 5/21/2002
Ti m Oates
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HEy PSR, I have a box of the plastic skyhooks from xt. There is also the aluminum ones that break off when doing flips and such (not me) You can't beat a strap in the front and an aluminum in the rear, witha small plastic one assisting. Let me know what you want to see. I am working out new shapes for hooks. It is the natural progression toward straps, and it is the route I took too, so I have done it almost every way with everything available. How about some new wheel to make the commitment of clips safer?
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Sliding gloves
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On 5/21/2002
Matt P.
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I made my own pair of sliding gloves that work just great. You just take a pair of regular leather work gloves and cut out some pieces of plastic cutting board. I shoe gooed a piece of cutting board on the palms and a piece to go across all of the fingers and a little piece for the thumb just so it doesn't wear a whole in it. I have found that shoe goo holds really well and that plastic cutting board slides nicely and facilitates all kinds of slides. Make sure you leave enough space between the finger and palm pads so go can do grabs if you want to.
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stickers
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On 5/20/2002
chris 01
wrote in from
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where can i find seismic, abec 11, and pleasure tool stickers?
thanks,
chris
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Skyhooks
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On 5/18/2002
Michael
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last time I was at the offices of Urbanboards in the UK, importers of Swiss brand Airflow, they had a big box of hooks, not 'Skyhooks' if thats a brand, but 'skyhookytypethingymejigs'. I think they were made in the UK, but might be what your looking for. They are light, so I dont reckon shipping would be a problem.
Try: http://www.urbanboards.co.uk/ or contact Lee at:
lee@urbanboards.co.uk
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Skyhooks (well almost)
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On 5/16/2002
psYch0Lloyd
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PSR: Try Ozzie over at oldschoolskates.com and tell him that you know that he's got something like the old skyhooks but these are in a harder black plastic. They may be a re-issue for the dirtboard market. If you have any problems I might be able to snag a set for you. I do have a set of the originals still in its plastic, I know that I'll never use them but certain things don't leave my side.
Alan Sidlo
Knucklehead Racing Team
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Skyhooks wanted
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On 5/16/2002 PSR
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Help. I can't find Skyhooks in my area. Anyone know of a reputable store in the Albany area(or W.Mass?) that got 'em?
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Glue bearings
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On 5/14/2002 Duane
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I did it that way for years, then one day had an idea: why glue the bearings at all ? Now, I just mount the wheel with old (but rolling) bearings, mount it on an old truck hanger (RII hanger is good, easy to clamp), clamp it, and use the belt sander at a 45 degree angle to do the work. Spins the wheel while material is removed, giving an absolute first-rate result. This method is much faster and more flat-spot proof than the drill method. A small, cheap belt sander is best as you will get tired of holding up a heavy one. 80 or 120 grit will work sometimes one, sometimes the other, no rule there just try them both. Ice block for cooling if the wheel heats up.
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bearing stopper
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On 5/13/2002
andy smith
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hey, i was just following hugh's guide to sanding wheels on a drill, and had a better idea about stopping bearings than glueing them. get a screwdriver, put it on the shield bit, get something really heavy and beat the living daylights out of it!! its much quicker than drying glue!
at first it seemed like i was killing 2 old friends. but you can give those bearings some payback for all the trouble they give you!
well, i better go sand some wheels
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slider glove
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On 5/10/2002 hc
wrote in from
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steve, cliff no longer make those.
those eloura gloves blows, very disappointing product, especially from a safety stand point.
the best is to make your own,
see www.geocities.com/sk8sanjose
(follow the links to hughr and chaput)
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Cliffslider Gloves
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On 5/10/2002
steve flusche
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Have been searching for these. Where can you get em? What are they built like? Are they like these? http://www.deep-in.com/egloves.htm
I thought pvc can get kinda hot with friction and wears quickly. Am I wrong?
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Gravity speedo ?'s
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On 5/6/2002
Nicky
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Would the gravity speedometer work on an r4??? You can still order it off the hardwood section at gravity.
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lappers
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On 5/1/2002
psYch0Lloyd
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If anyone is interested in lappers, give Ozzie a call at oldschoolskates.com and ask him if he has any of the original Tracker ones around otherwise I know for a fact that he has other versions called the Bird and the Bird II's (I think because it looks like someone's middle finger). Now, if you really want to make my old friend laugh, just ask for a Toad Curbhopper... (he'll know who sent you).
Alan Sidlo
Knucklehead Racing Team
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lapper
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On 5/1/2002
psYch0Lloyd
wrote in from
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I do remember having a huge metal thing, I think it was called...
...the Wedge.
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lapper
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On 4/30/2002 hc
wrote in from
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they are also for preventing hang ups on copings. These were popular in the 80's, but no one seems to use them anymore.
There was also those 70's wedges thing, (forgot what they were called)
I want to try them for getting up curbs, still trying to learn the 'no comply' trick.
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lappers??
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On 4/30/2002
jason
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huh?
i take it you put those on the bottom of your board to lift the board up onto curbs when you come up to them???
im clueless here.
let me know what lappers are and what they do
thanks
jason
email it or respond here
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risers
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On 4/29/2002
hc
wrote in from
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chris, check
http://www.oldschoolskates.com/info1.htm
(for those 1/2" urethane 80's risers)
cool lappers, never used one, would like to try some.
Alan, I'll buy one if you decide to make a bunch.
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Curbhopper
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On 4/29/2002
psYch0Lloyd
wrote in from
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Thanks Mark! Yeah, I called it the TOAD. Found this one while digging through the pile of old memories. They attached to the deck w/o having to drill additional holes using the principal of tensigrity to hold it securely in place. The tube was flexible enough that it wouldn't crack and the "fold" at the arm was more like a bend as I had a technique to "release" the area that had the most tension so that cracks wouldn't develop at that spot. After extended use one of them might stretch out a bit then cracks would develop at the arm as it slapped around on impact. Seeing this one again made me think about try my hand at making a few more when I have a little time on my hands.
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lappers
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On 4/29/2002 65.83
wrote in from
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these good folks actually still manufacture and sell lappers!
www.energyskates.com
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curbhopper
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On 4/29/2002 Mark
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psYchOLloyd,
Speaking as a former "lapper" user, that thing looks awesome!
Is it "high-density polyethylene" tubing? And you can bend out
the little tabs and bolt it down and it doesn't crack? Sure
seems like it would crack when you bent it like that.
Slicker than sh*t, I'd have to say.
There might be a market for that again, seeing as longboards
can't be ollied up curbs. Might be nice to have on those 'short
beer run / commuter setups'.
Any of you reading this who are saying "I can ollie my longboard"
are not riding really long boards. There is an article in the new
Surfer magazine about "what is longboarding", and they make the
point that you can "go longboarding" (soul, style, etc.), or you
can "go surfing on a longboard" (doing shortboard moves - cutbacks,
floaters, aerials, etc. - on a longer board). These same principles
apply to skateboards as well. The first thing I tell the younger kids
before letting them try my boards: "No ollies or kickflip attempts
on this one, or forget it". Just .02 extra there.
Mark Colden
Dallas, TX
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Curbhopper (more like 1982)
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On 4/29/2002
psYch0Lloyd
wrote in from
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...now that I really think about it, I believe that that was actually 20 years ago (yikes)!!!
Hand made from 1.5" HDPE tubing and cut out and "folded" like origami, it was a lesson in the economy of design. This thing was sturdy enough to put a nice dent in your deck after some heavy use. I even had it packaged w/nuts, bots and a sticker. Used to make a few as I traveled around and sell them people on the beach or to shops. Remembering back now, it sure made a pretty nice income for a kid at the time.
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Curbhopper circa 1986
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On 4/28/2002
psYch0Lloyd
wrote in from
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Check this out: Here's something I used to make fifteen years ago when lappers were still popular...
...the first proto was cut out of the cardboard core of a roll of toilet paper. Let's just say I was preoccupied at the time!
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risers
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On 4/28/2002
chris 01
wrote in from
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where can i find quality flat urethane risers? (clear or colored)
thanks
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