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| Q&A: McKendry on Speed (1810 Posts)
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CC's fleet
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On 12/23/2004
Anthony
wrote in from
United States
(68.49.nnn.nnn)
Hey Chris, do you still have the bus? And most importantly, where do you park all this stuff?
Merry Christmas and good luck in the new year
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wheels
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On 12/23/2004 kamakazi
wrote in from
United States
(68.216.nnn.nnn)
OF COARSE!!!! I guess it was too obvious. It's gotta have orange hubs and green wheels. Then you can leave the desert camo and there will still be no doubt who owns it. The problem w/painting the whole truck is the canvas. It'll be hard to find any color that's gonna work with it. Thought about any accesories (sp) jerry cans and what not? probably havn't had time yet. I'll bet that old skinny steering wheel IS hell on your hands. It's good to know you saved it from the scrap heep. They're classic.
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I'm still waiting...
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On 12/22/2004
Chris Chaput
wrote in from
United States
(66.116.nnn.nnn)
I'm still waiting for someone to suggest green tires and orange hubs. I've got troop seats on the way. I have a cargo cover, end curtains and the cab cover. What it doesn't have is power steering. I get a total workout whenever I drive it. I have some leather gloves to avoid calluses.
The ramp is going to be a bit tricky. It really only needs to be strong on the motorcyle side (the sidecar is light by comparison). I have to figure out out how long to make it so it doesn't bottom out when I ride the bike up it into the bed.
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That green is looking dull!
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On 12/22/2004 Eric T.
wrote in from
United States
(63.93.nnn.nnn)
A Green Camo paint job with all the different durometer color shades would be the icing on the cake!
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duece and a half
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On 12/22/2004 kamakazi
wrote in from
United States
(68.216.nnn.nnn)
man, I had to ride in the back of one of those things for 6 yrs. (86 to 92) I guess it would have been alright if I would have had the option of DRIVING now and then! I kinda like the desert paint scheme...It kinda fits for california. I'm from the south and ours were all the woodland green pattern. ANYWAY, it would be too cool if it was done in zebra stripes w/your chartruse green and black! don't forget to stripe the rims too. solid sux. does it have the canvas cover for the back? It should run best on diesel but I'm not familiar w/all the ca. smog laws. You will NEVER get it stuck!!! HAVE FUN W/IT!!!!
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The truck
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On 12/22/2004 Shredder
wrote in from
Germany
(132.230.nnn.nnn)
Hey Chris- nice truck! Still needs a decent paint job :-)
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Combat Chris
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On 12/21/2004 Dave G
wrote in from
United States
(207.69.nnn.nnn)
Now Chris.. did you have to go and paint the fork lift green as well??? Geez! I like the sounds of the cargo
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Deuce and a half
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On 12/21/2004
Tom Blankley
wrote in from
United States
(198.81.nnn.nnn)
Chris, If that truck eats up to much fuel, but you gotta have that "old steel"
I've got a '48 Willys Jeep in my back yard.
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Getting Back on Track
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On 12/21/2004
Chris Chaput
wrote in from
United States
(66.116.nnn.nnn)
Santa's elves have been working very hard to make sure that everyone will get what he wants this season. My Christmas present came a little early this year, in the form of an M35A2 "Deuce and a Half" cargo truck. It takes gas, kerosene, diesel, whatever. It's a 13,500 pound 6X6 which eats hummers for breakfast. It's my first convertible!
It's uses include:
* Motorcycle and sidecar transport
* Skateboard wheel and deck pickup and delivery
* Base for ramps
* Taking my daughters soccer team to the pizza parlor
* Turning heads on Main Street, HB
Every skater should have one. I'm learning how to cook up my own bio-diesel for fuel so that I can be a "green" company in more ways than one.
In the photo above, I am picking up the first 66mm Strikers and 76mm Flywheels. All 11 wheels are available now in just about all of our duros.
The fog is lifting and I expect to back in the swing of things soon. Thank you for your patience and for your patronage.
Captain Chris - Sk8 Army 2005
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best weather
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On 12/21/2004 Graham
wrote in from
South Africa
(198.54.nnn.nnn)
South Africa still has the best weather for riding all year round!!!!!! :-)
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Oh yeah but
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On 12/20/2004
Jogger
wrote in from
Australia
(202.63.nnn.nnn)
But... we do get perfect skating days all through Winter so I guess it evens out
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Give the guy a break
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On 12/20/2004
Jogger
wrote in from
Australia
(202.63.nnn.nnn)
This time of year is allways a bitch. Chris might be caught up in the "festive" season stuff that can catch us all out. you guys are lucky that Xmas falls in winter, we lose a few days of good skating to all that stuff as well.
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sliding/speed
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On 12/17/2004 SF
wrote in from
United Kingdom
(82.68.nnn.nnn)
yeah. that it isn't a problem to slide safely on wet greasy winter roads.
What is the best helemt anyway?
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the other cc
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On 12/17/2004 herbn
wrote in from
United States
(152.163.nnn.nnn)
cliff colemann seems to be posting just fine, "sliding" has more potential than "speed" for chat anywaym,how many times can you ask about drafting and what's the best helmet?
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Gone again....
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On 12/15/2004 Bilzo
wrote in from
United States
(24.167.nnn.nnn)
Looks like he is off again. It's been 11 days at my count. I don't care, whatever it takes to make great wheels and great boards. Feel better, Mr. Chaput.
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Hey Chris
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On 12/14/2004 Rooney
wrote in from
United States
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Good to see you have a column its been a bad winter Hughs mia Roger broke his leg big time every ones in a funk hope all is well with youre family hang in there spring is on the way .
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Our off season
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On 12/7/2004 Kludy
wrote in from
United States
(209.242.nnn.nnn)
This is the time of year for us americans to heal,to be with family and just to not ride as much.Yes you can too bro. its O.K.Trust me it will kick in again in a month or so, NO WORRYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 I am getting better every day now and looking to race a young buck or two in 2005.Cant let little kludy beat pops any time soon!
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Chaput Chill dude, Come on down an Skog !
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On 12/6/2004
Chris Yandall
wrote in from
United States
(168.253.nnn.nnn)
Hey Chris, you big wheel boy you :D
Come on down and hang out with this Chris in Sun Diego :D
Some headstands down the Mission Beach boardwalk ought to cheer you up.
Don't hesitate do give me a ring dude! Bring the bus down and we'll get 20 kids to bounce around the skateparks and stuff !
Chris Yandall
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All Funked Up!
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On 12/6/2004
North Carolina Longboarder
wrote in from
United States
(63.167.nnn.nnn)
Chris: Welcome back! Believe me, I am the poster child for Obsessive Compulsive Manic Depressive Disorder...needless to say I am all funked up!
Go ride your board...it always makes me feel better. I am still a wacked out depressed dude but at least I'm smiling while I'm skating!
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You think that is bad?
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On 12/5/2004 Bilzo
wrote in from
United States
(24.167.nnn.nnn)
You think that is bad? I have a condition which makes it so I can never shave my sideburns evenly.. : (
Glad to hear from you again, Chris.
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funk
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On 12/5/2004 herbn
wrote in from
United States
(152.163.nnn.nnn)
don't have to tell me about funks, my own personal funk might be a bit different,involving a reoccuring back injury that's taken a turn for the worse. So instead of burning off energy biking,skating,ect, i find myself in front of this computer at all hours(check my post times)with some bouts of insomnia,possibly due to anti inflamitories, and other stuff. Hopefully writing provacative posts is the only addiction i have,it'll be an easy habit to kick once the back gets better. I'm hoping for "only" disc reduction surgury,which has been discribed to me as relatively simple orthoscopic surgury for the back, where they grind a bit of clearence between a blown out disc and the nerve it touches when it gets compressed.
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The reports of my death
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On 12/4/2004
Chris Chaput
wrote in from
United States
(66.116.nnn.nnn)
As Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain) once penned "The reports of my death have been greatly exagerated...". I'm not dead. Not missing. Not banned. Not trapped under under a heavy object. I've been in a highly uncharacteristic funk for about a month now, and I haven't even looked at this website for a long, long, time. My sincere apologies to anyone to has felt ignored or abandoned. I feel bad about dropping the ball and hope that Adam will forgive me and give me a chance to catch up and come back with a vengence.
I'll read all of the posts here and do my best to respond to them all. There are a lot of really cool and exciting things ahead for me and for longboarding in general. I think that 2005 is going to be a kick-ass year for the whole industry. More soon
Chris Chhaput, MIA
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Banned
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On 12/4/2004
Adam
wrote in from
United States
(66.121.nnn.nnn)
Chaput is not banned, I don't know where he's been keeping his cyber self.
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Banned?
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On 12/4/2004 silversurfer
wrote in from
United States
(24.62.nnn.nnn)
What did he do to get banned?
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actually
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On 12/4/2004 herbn
wrote in from
United States
(205.188.nnn.nnn)
there's three fairly funny scenes with this big dolly, that definitely looks like a long board. One , it's rolled at him from off cameram,he does a stationary ollie(on a regular short board) to nosewheelie on the dolly,technically he's riding a(on) longboard. Two, he rides a nosewheelie on said dolly,and lastly the closing scene is a handstand across the field of vision with "bye" written upsidedown on his t shirt.i'm glad someone else actually reads this page despite cc being bannedm, i just find it funny that he was "dumb enough" to be banned,maybe he just didn't feel like writting it anymore. While he may say he respects rodney, rodney probabely knows who cc is ,and on some level the might even get along BUT chris chaput quit pro skating after coming in third to rodney mullen and steve rocco,after a long string of firsts. He might say alcohol problems were the real cause, he might deny that ol skate tale entirely,it might not even be true. But he can't do that ,,,because he's banned, that idea is humourous to me. So i guess i'm making the banning more severe,or just giving him easy subject to cover when he's unbanned. I just happen to feel that getting/letting himself get banned was dumb, i think he's a good source of infom, and generally writes good posts maybe he won't let himself get banned again. Though his "antiollie" posts sounded fairly moronic ,to me.
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