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funny chaput pics
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On 11/22/2004 herbn
wrote in from
United States
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smooching with the lion kitten, is the best one.
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Sooner or Later
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On 11/19/2004 Gerhard
wrote in from
United States
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Or when you least expect it............
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Have you seen him?
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On 11/19/2004
-JC-
wrote in from
United States
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Heh-heh...
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RICK KLUDY ON SPEED
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On 11/18/2004 kLUDY
wrote in from
United States
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GO REAL FAST,HAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
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Stimulator Bushings
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On 11/18/2004
silversurfer
wrote in from
United States
(24.62.nnn.nnn)
I'm with NCL.
I think that an Abec 11 (or Liquid) truck bushing is a natural product idea
for you.
Many of the skaters who buy Abec 11 wheels are also looking to buy Tracker
Stimulator truck bushings. I guess stims are out of production now and very
hard to find. Apparently green (and maybe yellow) stims had the perfect combo
of great urethane, great shape and just the right durometer.
Everyone knows that Abec 11 has the best urethane, so it would be great if
you made truck bushings. Heck you need to make or buy them for the up coming
Liquid trucks anyway, right?
There is a fair amount of competition in the bushing market but no one seems to
have quite matched the original Tracker Stimulator.
Apparently Tracker can't or won't reproduce and reintroduce them.
Chris what do you think?
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Almabtrieb 2005
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On 11/11/2004 Yorck
wrote in from
Germany
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Hi Chris!
Stephan, Red Bull and me are starting to work on the new season already.We like to know if you are interested in co-sponsoring our event.Since everybody is riding your wheels anyway i don´t know if it´s interesting for you.
You and all the other riders will get this years movie and pictures around chrismas on DVD.It´s really nice,you will see lot´s of green.Good luck with your sidecar,take care Yorck.
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South Africa
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On 11/9/2004 mikez
wrote in from
South Africa
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Signup is open for all three of the races happening in SA this year on
www.sagra.co.za
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ABEC 11 Stimulator Simulation?
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On 11/9/2004
North Carolina Longboarder
wrote in from
United States
(63.167.nnn.nnn)
Chris,
Check out hte Truck Review Forum regarding Tracker Stimulators....any hope you could give it a shot with your product?
North Carolina Longboarder
In Search of Yellow Tracker Stimulators
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preorder?
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On 11/7/2004
chewy
wrote in from
United States
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how much and where and how
the 66mm strikers....are coming
with flat AND radiused inside, right?
I'm in it for the sliding
the 77's are fast and smooth
get some
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Strikers...
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On 11/6/2004 Bilzo
wrote in from
United States
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I can't wait for the 66mm strikers for my Mini-carve...
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South Africa
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On 11/6/2004 mikez
wrote in from
South Africa
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So chris,
Are you gonna come race SA this year?
Mikez(remember me? I'm that young'n that you beat to the finish line at one of the bigger races 0f your life)
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76mm Flywheels and 66mm Strikers
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On 11/5/2004
Chris Chaput
wrote in from
United States
(66.116.nnn.nnn)
Hey Guys, Sorry I've been away for so long. The tooling is done for both the 76mm Flywheels and the 66mm Strikers. As a matter of fact, I have some of the 76mm Flywheel prototypes on a 45" MasterCarve deck with R-IIB trucks and it's a pretty sweet combo. That's the good news.
The bad news is that it is already November and sales tend to drop as fast as the temperature in many parts of the world. It's hard to stock every wheel in every durometer and right now, I don't have any of the 66mm Strikers just yet. I'm doing the best that I can to get everything out there, but it takes lots of green to make lots of green, if you catch my drift. I hope to have at least small quantities of everything before the year end. Preorders anyone?
On a different subject, my parents just brought out the sidecar from Colorado and I got the leading-link front forks from the UK earlier this week. I've removed the sidecar from the chassis, where I'll be mounting a platform and fender for camera work. I'm also adding heavy-duty suspension, a low CG tire and steering dampening for better performance. It should be ready to rock and roll by next week. Weather permitting, I'd like to try to video some downhillers who are drafting a cameraman positioned over the tire and fender. Nothing to fast and no turns at first. We'll get more daring as the skill and trust level increase over time. Should be fun.
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Kludy's Injury
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On 11/5/2004
North Carolina Longboarder
wrote in from
United States
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Kludy: How's your back/neck/injury?
Roll on brother.
North Carolina Longboarder
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hOW To SloW DOwN AT SPEED
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On 11/2/2004 KLUDY
wrote in from
United States
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I would like to share. If you are going to fast to stop and a luger or car does something you where not ready for, this is what you do.! always look way ahead and look at what the movements ahead of you are doing.That luger that put his feet down and the skater had to hit the rail.I did do that alot with waldo, not hit the rail or anything but because I knew him I always looked for him to do something out of the norm so I always as roofing would be looking for a way out at all times.If you skate a hill alot you should know it well and can slit hairs to get by a rider, car or luger.If riding with others you will see a foot move or a hand get tight or his or her head move.You can pull your arms out alittle or alot to slow to react with out losing to much speed, dont stand-up. The lower you are to the ground the easyer it is to move or even jump off the board befoure you get close to hiting something.I know I have to much time on my hands now but it sure is fun typing it.Draft and pass next time unless chris beats me to it, see we are still racing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
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66mm Strikers and 76mm Flys?
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On 11/1/2004 Bilzo
wrote in from
United States
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I was just wondering when you are going to put out the 76mm Flys and the 66mm Strikers... I heard that it was going to be the end of the year for the flys but havent heard a thing about the 66mm strikers.
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info for mollica
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On 10/30/2004
david
wrote in from
United States
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kenny, dont forget a full-face helmet and some leathers bro! i know you were rippin it at vail considering that was your first dh ever, but that course was very tame, spandex and pads wont do much at 55+ mph.
i know www.beyondbikes.com had some nice aero full-face helmets for cheap. as for leathers, ebay works but it takes some searchin, i got mine off of www.newenough.com, make sure they are nice and tight, just like spandex. if you want to go all out contact the guys at njk leathers, they make the custom suits that many of the pros use, they start around 800 bones.
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Thanks for the info !!!
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On 10/30/2004 Kenny Mollica
wrote in from
United States
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Thanks for the tips.
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randall II and risers
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On 10/30/2004
panda
wrote in from
France
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Hi kenny,
Try and not use risers with your randalls whenever possible.
Don't use any on the john caften.
A set of gumballs 78a would be a nice all around wheel for your john caften model.
You might consider buying a longer kingpin and a set of blue/black randall bushings, they will fit your weight better, since you're riding radikal trucks, you might also consider putting radikal bushings with a longer kingpin, that would work well too.
If you come to paris for the slalom cup, be sure to bring your board along and come see me, we'll take you out on some of our hills.
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randal upgrades
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On 10/29/2004
rustyburrito55
wrote in from
United States
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for the randals get a 2.75" grade 8 kingpin. for downhill bushings you want something low rebound (this i swhat ive haerd) i use a green stim on the bottom and red stim on the top when i do downhill but if this is an all race baord im sure there are much better combonations. im sure your going to be told to ride abec 11 wheels sence chris chaput makes them. for the caften you dont need any risers if you dont want. a thin riser will smooth out the ride a little. all the bushings and stuff are available from milehighskates.com
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Mounting Randall Trucks
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On 10/29/2004 Mollica
wrote in from
United States
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Hey Chris-
I was the only guy in Vail riding Indy's in the downhill, so I bought some Randall 180's. Here are my questions.
Should I use the thinnest riser possible on a regular (not drop) board?
Should I use risers at all on Kebbek board. Its the Jon Caften model. The front little drop down deal is at an angle. Word? Is that so I dont need to use an angle riser?
Should I replace the Kingpin before using these? Do the stock ones suck?
Are the stock bushings any good? If not what do you replace them with?
Finally, any suggestions on what brand of wheels to use? I know there is a ton of really good stuff out there? All the downhill wheels are pretty much the same aren't they? Seriously, I would like your imput on these questions and I will be calling Elizabeth soon to outfit my two new downhill boards. Thanks.
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SNAKE-RUN
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On 10/29/2004
DIEGO KASPER
wrote in from
Brazil
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HEY CHRIS,
HOW IS IT GOING? WE MET IN LAST RED BULL CAPE TOWN! DO YOU SNAKE-RUN? I'M DOING A RESEARCH ON SNAKE-RUN PARKS AROUND THE WORLD, COULD YOU BE OF ANY HELP? WHAT IF WE HAD A BIG SNAKE-RUN EVENT WOULD YOU COME?, THE PARK IS KILLER " 150 METERS LONG WITH WALLS UP TO 3 1/2 METER HIGH. RIDER LIKE KAKO MAX, DA LUA AND MANY OTHERS ARE LOCALS.
HOW MANY SNAKE-RUN RIDERS FROM US COULD COME TO THIS EVENT. NICE CASH PRIZE!
AWAITING FOR YOUR SOONEST REPLY.
DIEGO
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South Africa
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On 10/29/2004 mikez
wrote in from
South Africa
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Hey hey hey Mr CC,
I figure that this is a Q&A forum so I'll put this into a question?
Are you aware of the large amount of races happening in South Africa from early december to november?
Are we going to be blessed with your presence?
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What about a Podcasting from Mr Chris?!
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On 10/28/2004
Rodrigo Stulzer
wrote in from
Brazil
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Hi Chris!
Did you hear about the new Internet trend called Podcasting? Please, look at the article from NYTIMES (Click here for link)
to get the details. It's a really cool new technology. In short it's radio (.mp3) directly downloaded to your computer (or mp3player).
I'd really appreciate if I got a weekly show from you. And I think almost every skateboard in the world would like to hear your thoughs and advices.
To get a feeling download the "Daily Source Code" show from Adam Curry at Click here for link.
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Green
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On 10/26/2004
Adam
wrote in from
United States
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The green is back.. victim of sloppy version control here.
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Green
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On 10/26/2004 Ben
wrote in from
United Kingdom
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Chris, where's the green gone?
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