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| Q&A: Cliff Coleman on Sliding and Safety (1159 Posts)
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David
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On 11/30/2005
Cliff Coleman
wrote in from
United States
(69.109.nnn.nnn)
David,
Phone me when you get to town. In the mean time, say hello to all of my Canadian friends and to Dan and those in Seattle also.
The Slide Fest is going to Rock!
Cliff Coleman
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Timeship Racing slide gloves
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On 11/29/2005
LYnn
wrote in from
United States
(66.27.nnn.nnn)
speedfiend,
check out the Timeship Racing Tracer gloves. They are cool (temp), not bulky, and they have kevlar knuckles just so you can be a coolguy. I've been wearing mine for a year and a half and still haven't worn them out. Just don't smell them...
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berkeley
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On 11/29/2005
david
wrote in from
United States
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gee cliff, life certainly sounds tough for you right now, SoCal for the slide contest, then Brazil, what can a skater do?
i'll be back in the bay in a few weeks, lets do some runs down euclid or hiller or whatever.
take it easy cliff
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Tushar,
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On 11/29/2005
Cliff Coleman
wrote in from
United States
(69.109.nnn.nnn)
Tushar,
I'm running clinics where and when there are sufficient students to cover expenses for travel, lodging, food, etc. At the moment, I'm busy getting ready for the Slide Fest in Oceanside, CA, December 3rd. Then if I can get my visa ready, I'll be flying to Brazil in the middle of January and staying for a month.
Currently, I'm disconnected from the net at home and am doing my correspondence from an internet cafe. I takes me a while sometimes to get back on questions here. I'm sorry and will get the connection up again as soon as possible.
If by chance you might be traveling to an area where I might be, like the contest or here in Berkeley, I'd be happy to help you out. Otherwise, you should try to get a crew of interested students together for a scheduled clinic in your area.
Thanks,
Cliff Coleman
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Sliding school
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On 11/28/2005
Tushar
wrote in from
United States
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Cliff, Just wanted to know if you had any plans to conduct more slide clinics. I live in the orange county, california area and am interested in registering for lessons. Thanks.
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flat decks
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On 11/27/2005 Darren
wrote in from
United States
(82.32.nnn.nnn)
you can slide any deck if you wanted...You could but ....Why would you want to? 36 or 40 inch double kick board is the way to go if you want to make it easy on yourself..
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flat decks
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On 11/27/2005
blaze
wrote in from
United States
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Are flat decks good for sliding? the insect decks have no tail or concave in them, can you slide a board like that?
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Slide Gloves
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On 11/26/2005
SpeedFiend
wrote in from
United States
(69.142.nnn.nnn)
I just made a pair of slide gloves with the kitchen cutting board and a pair of lincoln welders. I made single finger pucks and glued them with liquid nails. The gloves are good but nothing spectacular. I looked around on the net and was wondering if anyone had some designs they could post here. Everything I see like Bear Paws and all that is kind of bulky looking. I did see a picture from last years Top Challenge--I was not there-- that a speedboarder had that looked real stripped down. He had two gloves in one hand with a bottle of water and is standing with three other guys. They all have Big Red Xs. The gloves have the basic palm puck and then a finger bar. Looks like bicycle gloves. Anyone know about these gloves? Any help would be cool. Thanks
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Pictures,
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On 11/24/2005
Sergio Yuppie.
wrote in from
United States
(68.8.nnn.nnn)
Hi my friends from UK,
super good pictures, I miss the good times in UK,
I love the asphalt from shiner, I says hi for all the sliders,
peace.
Sergio Yuppie.
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just one more...
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On 11/24/2005
Darren
wrote in from
United States
(82.32.nnn.nnn)
 Dom Random... Picture perfect!!
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OLLIE BINSS!!!
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On 11/24/2005
Darren
wrote in from
United States
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 OLLIE BINNS!!!!
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Testing a gif
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On 11/24/2005
Darren
wrote in from
United States
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 Cheer to Jon Russel for the great pics..
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new glove material
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On 11/22/2005
curtis
wrote in from
United States
(24.121.nnn.nnn)
i just made some glove with Dupont's counter-top material 'corian' i uhh.... borrowed some from the local hardware store, its super high density and wears real slow it also seems to have minimal friction with the road. my favorite so far, has anyone tried something similar?
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Good Times!!
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On 11/19/2005
Art Fisher
wrote in from
United States
(66.245.nnn.nnn)
Hey Cliff,
Great hanging with you Thursday, reminiscing and catching up. Good to see you doing well and enjoying your lifestyle to the fullest. When you get regular online access hit my email art@baylaw.com
I ran into those guys you met, Charles & his brothers, (collectively the Hewlitts) and they're still stoked. Surf was excellent, 8' - 10' on the sets and some nice barrell sections. My shoulder held up pretty well through several poundings.
You left your sweatshirt in my car. I'll get it back to you next time we meet up. I'm interested a mission to Costa next summer when the southern hemi south swells are hitting. Also, what are the dates for the upcoming event in San Diego? I go down there and surf the reefs around La Jolla a couple times a year and it's getting to be time, money permitting. I've got buddies downn there I can crash with.
L8tr - Art
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gloves
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On 11/18/2005 AenGhooste
wrote in from
United Kingdom
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either that or ship from lush, you still get the prob of the velcro pucks comin off if you slide across dodgy surface but they have leather fingers now and kevlar knuckle things.
You can rivet or glue them on but then if they hang up on somthing at speed you can twist your hand off.
To be brutally honest, any glove you buy will tear if you dont use it as its designed, ie if you dont slide on the pucks at all times or if you slide over somthing that will rip off the pads. I got welding gloves and they're pretty robust but even them have holes in and are now held together by spit and dreams... Thank God its Friday!
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Yup there crap
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On 11/18/2005 Jared
wrote in from
United States
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Yup i had a pair i acctually gave away, they get torn up very easy, if you just starting go to homedepot get welders gloves and industrial velco, also if you want i found plexi glass works good, or you could always get time ship gloves i got a pair of those there great. alot more thnan gravitys but you pay for what you get.
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Gravity gloves
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On 11/17/2005
jaybyrd
wrote in from
Mexico
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I found out the hard way that the Gravity slide gloves are not as good as I had hoped they would be. I was tring out a new bike trail that runs thru a park. First lesson I learned was to know your run, it was alot steeper than it appeared and has some serious doglegs. I was tring for a hard turn, threw out my hand and had two of the velcroed pucks ripped right off, this left the fingers without pucks and this tore up the velcro and opened up the index finger.I had just bought them that morning needless to say I was very disapointed. I think I'll go back to tring to make my own.
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harms
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On 11/16/2005 ethan
wrote in from
United States
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nice one harms. they look like my hands in cali. see you soon on the derby, peace
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Chris/Slide Fest
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On 11/15/2005
Cliff Coleman
wrote in from
United States
(69.109.nnn.nnn)
Chris,
Come on down to the Slide Fest and bring as many friends as you want! Seriously, you don't have to ask for permission to watch. The following day, Sunday, will be a great Jam Session also.
Later,
Cliff Coleman
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Global Travels and Sliders in remote places
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On 11/14/2005 Cliff Coleman
wrote in from
United States
(67.126.nnn.nnn)
Barton and Jestah,
I love to travel! My next trip is to San Diego, CA for the Gravity Slide Fest. Then in January, I plan to go to Brazil for about a month. Later I will probably return to the UK for another visit.
I have been to Australia, twice. Tazmania, Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Darwin and both the Sunshine and Gold Coasts. I have also been to Okinawa.
I hope to someday make it to New Zealand! It takes more cash than I have at the moment :(
Regarding skate specs for sliding, I'm 6'1". I like a 36" deck with 150 trucks and a deck width to match the truck width with wheels mounted. A twin kick is nice, but a single kick is a must for me at the minimum. If I can get the double kick, then I do. I like hard rock maple for my decks and no flex or camber. When sliding, the deck will flex if not stiff and I don't want that! I like to be the factor determining how much my deck slides and how it reacts when I'm exiting a slide. I would say to try wheels in the 90 t0 100 durometer range for tricks and softer wheels if you plan to skate for longer distances.
Good Luck,
Cliff Coleman
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Gloves for start ramps
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On 11/14/2005
Cliff Coleman
wrote in from
United States
(67.126.nnn.nnn)
For all of you who wish to race from start ramps and still want slider gloves, make your own pucks or modify the ones that come with the gloves of your choice. Test them and then size them to fit, the pucks that is. I don't use finger pucks when I race from ramps. Be carefull if you choose not to use the finger pucks. If your gloves have Velcro to attach the pucks, and you don't use the finger pucks, then you can, and might slide on the unprotected surface of the Velcro and it won't work well after it becomes worn.
Slider Gloves still have a ways to go before the perfert gloves are introduced. At the moment, and also the choice for me is Timeship gloves. Yes Joe, I did recieve the new gloves. Thank you very much!
Cliff Coleman
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Andy Binns
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On 11/14/2005
Cliff Coleman
wrote in from
United States
(67.126.nnn.nnn)
Andy,
I'm disconnected from the internet for a short while. I'm deciding whether to switch providers. I will call Darren Rathbone to get your phone number and then I will give you a call. Oter than that, you can go to Cliffslider.com and look at the bottom of the home page for my contact information. If you call me, make it in the evening West Coast time. Then we can hang up and I'll then call you on my dime.
Cliff Coleman
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TimeShip Gloves and start ramps
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On 11/14/2005
Joe Lehm
wrote in from
United States
(65.19.nnn.nnn)
The finger pucks on Timeship gloves work very well with a start ramp pull. I feel they even give me an extra bit of grip cause they hook around the handles nicely. I've never had them hang up, Will Brunson and I use them for every run. Look in the new Concrete Wave for our ad in which the Girls National TS Champion is pictured ready to pull out off the ramp in her TimeShip gloves.
Jonathan, you know we will hook you up with the best! The choice of more racers than all other slide gloves combined.
Cliff, have your new ones arrived?
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gloves
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On 11/14/2005 cfav
wrote in from
United States
(216.21.nnn.nnn)
www.slidegear.com.i have raced with thee often and never had a problem.getting sidlo to make a pair is another thing.....cf
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Slider Gloves And Start Ramps
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On 11/14/2005
North Carolina Longboarder-Downhillbillies
wrote in from
United States
(166.82.nnn.nnn)
Harms, funny you should mention just this very subject. I have been using slider gloves for along time now (from my downhilling and sliding background) and at the Dixie Cup I found it hard to pull off the start ramps because my pucks were too big to get a good grip. I am working on a pair of gloves now using impact tool gloves from Lowe's (or Home Depot) and smaller palm pucks. I will let you know how that turns out. My gloves are simple glue ons but Cliff may have a better solution with gloves that are already on the market.
What do you say Cliff? Got any suggestions.
Marion Karr
PTBDHB
www.downhillbillies.org
"Fueling The Stoke One Hillbilly At A Time!"
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