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On 2/27/2006
jaybyrd
wrote in from
Mexico
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Chris,
I was at the slalom event Sunday, which was great. I truly enjoyed watching Chaput Skogging with his 6 wheeler. Seeing how smooth and gracful it could be I realized I have alot of work ahead of me. My boys and I were there to watch, but that parking lot has alot to offer even to longboarders. The closest thing we have to that here in Houston is our parking garages.
Anyway I will try to strengthen my other push leg and my balance so I won't look too much like a duck out of water when I try to skog.
Later,
John
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Criago
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On 2/24/2006
Chris Yandall
wrote in from
United States
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not knowing the full extent of your injury, i'd say you are a great candidate to switch to your other foot until you are fully healed? Sounds like this happened a year ago and you are still not fully recovered?
sounds like you need to go into skateboard arch rehab. i'm not totally into sports medicine but if your doctor recommends you to gently ease back into using your arches for anything, I would take the small-to-big approach. Everyday of week, get on your board after properly stretching your arches and gently push off gingerly over and over again until you rebuild your arch strength. If your doctor says NO stress on your arch then perhaps you need surgery?
Anyways, sorry to hear you lost one pushing leg but perhaps your can alternate to the other since many racers like yourself, use their opposite leg. God is great! He gave us pushing options, y0!
cheers mate
Chris Yandall
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Skog Strength
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On 2/23/2006
Craigo
wrote in from
United States
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Hello Chris! Last year I tore/sprained/damaged the ligament/tendon whatever in the arch of my foot. It turned many shades of purple with associated swelling and hurt for awhile. All I was doing was pushing off! Got any advice to help me strenghten my foot? I am trying to take up slalom, and it's hard if you can't push off!
Thanks, man!
Craigo
Kill City Racing
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Mollica Da Man - O HI O
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On 2/22/2006
Chris Yandall
wrote in from
United States
(70.95.nnn.nnn)
Hey Kenny,
My how time flies when so much fun is going down? Food is soo overrated and healthy exercise is so underrated. Messing with my board still and trying to get the million dollar feeling in the bank account along with the million buck feeling :D
I do feel dyno as life keeps raging on in leaps in bounds as the years go on.
I'm down to the Poway downhill thingy March 4. And after that, just down at the PB/MB boardwalks clowning around on my skogging deck. Tonight was a kick in the butt. Cool down at the ocean but at least a nice workout gym with joggers, bikers, bladers and skaters. I'm hitting it up a ton. You got my email.. just give me a hint when you're around and we'll hook up. You got my email address here and there is a website or two you could reach me through. google me :P
Let's hook up... y0
cYa
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skoggin
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On 2/22/2006
Betty
wrote in from
United States
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I am really excited to try this, I read through some threads and guess it's just a matter of trying it and figuring it out, foot positioning is going through my head, though. Will let you know how it goes.
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Lookin' Great Chris, you Skogger !!!
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On 2/22/2006 Kenny Mollica
wrote in from
United States
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Chris,
Skogg on Daddy. I have not seen you since La Costa 2002, and you look great. Nice to see you back in action. Keep up the good work. Its hard being fat. You must feel like a million bucks. Hopefully, we'll see you out in California this year.
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Skogging Stretches
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On 2/21/2006
Chris Yandall
wrote in from
United States
(68.224.nnn.nnn)
great exercise requires great stretches. these old bones don't go very far these days without exploring the pain prior to launch. Get the idear?
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Silver Surfer and Originals
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On 2/20/2006
Chris Yandall
wrote in from
United States
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Yep. Finally a tight little turning truck for some of us old geezerz that like very tight turns at very slow speeds. Think of it as a wheelchair turn :P
My boards are targeted for the spring market, so prototypes should be available soon.
Cheers
Chris Y.
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Carrasco Art
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On 2/20/2006
Chris Yandall
wrote in from
United States
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Dude, nice graphic! but I dont think bulking up is what I'm all about to do. I just want to be firm/tight and simulate more of a rock climber's body.
So maybe you can tone it down to something like this.
Make my gut less prominent and that will become my goal pic!
cool?
thanks bro. I hear you racers will be down here for 3-4-2006, eh?
sounds great. i should show up after my powayskate.com workout. look forward to seeing you dudes. I'm getting in better shape and who knows how I'll be feeling... to jump in.
cheers
cYa
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chefd has broken internet?
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On 2/20/2006
Chris Yandall
wrote in from
United States
(68.224.nnn.nnn)
www.chrisyandall.com www.skogging.com all works.
perhaps your ISP doesnt like them.
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yandalls site
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On 2/19/2006
Chefd
wrote in from
United States
(152.163.nnn.nnn)
I am really interested in the skogging/pumping but, your website is not responding. Any other places I can get info on it at? In WI give me a shout looking for people to ride with.
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Randal's and Seismic's
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On 2/18/2006 silversurfer
wrote in from
United States
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Chris if you like the turnyness of the Original's I don't think you'll care for seismics and/or randal's. Neither turns or pumps as well as the Originals.
You might want to try a Carver CX on the front.
I have a set up with a carver front and original back truck on a 36" Roe deck.
You can see pics by scrolling down in the pumping forum.
It's great for skogging and pumping.
And as for your deck, I have a set of S8 trucks waiting patiently for that deck
to arrive so that they can get some exercise.
Chaput has some new Reflex formula Gumballs coming out that are going to be perfect for that set up. Now I just have to choose between 80a and 83a.
And I agree with Rene, skogging and what ever else is getting you into amazing
condition.
Congrats on loosing weight, building muscle and being in great shape.
Now get that deck to market, please!
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Chris......Mr. America ?
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On 2/17/2006
Rene CANNONBALL Carrasco
wrote in from
United States
(69.239.nnn.nnn)
Chris -
-saw yer photo you posted - - -
-that SKOGGING looks like it's cuttin' you up -
& buildin' you up !
By Summertime.....yer gonna look like this :
-hope ya like the cartoon.....
Take care,
.............-Rene CANNONBALL Carrasco.
WWW.RENECARRASCO.COM
==============================================
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Tight Rope Ride on Wheels
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On 2/17/2006
Chris Yandall
wrote in from
United States
(68.224.nnn.nnn)
Yep. I just wish they were a little smoother after they plane from the absolute horizontal position. But nothing a little ankle movement can't override.
Yea, everyone that sees me trucking down the sidewalk thinks:
1. The trucks are broken
2. They make too much noise(dude, going on 2 years now same set)
3. What the hell do you call that!?!
I'd love to get some randalls and seismics to try on. They seem to be looking similar in the arch but I wont know for sure until I get on them.
And dang it that boards gonna come out soon if it kills me. :D
cYa
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Loose trucks
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On 2/17/2006 silversurfer
wrote in from
United States
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Damn Chris, you do run your originals SUPER loose, don't you?
I like the shape and size of that deck!
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Down Near Hamels
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On 2/15/2006
Chris Yandall
wrote in from
United States
(68.224.nnn.nnn)
Sweatin' up a storm down at the beach showing the joggers, bikers andc fruit booters that there's a new sidewalk dance in town.
And my shirt is on it's way to being totally wet by the time I get to S. Mission and then all the way back to Crystal Pier.
The beauty of this discipline really doesnt need me to fire it up. It's a collective effort of other sidewalk surfers feeling the stride and skate gait harmony of shifting weight between two seperate hemispheres of weight that will make it common place. There's a learning curve in everything and skogging is no exception. Of all the things I've done, it rivals dropping in on a 10' wave or jumping off a 30" cliff cornice with skiis or snowboard or grinding some nasty coping on a nice backyard pool. Once you get going, it reminds me of bump skiiing when you start cranking skogging turns on one foot.
I know one thing, I'm far from being as comfortable with it but as you can see here, you can get a break a good sweat from a smoking skogging session.
cheers everyone
cYa
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BACK BACK BACK
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On 2/14/2006
Chris Yandall
wrote in from
United States
(68.224.nnn.nnn)
The visit to michigan was something to behold.
I felt my sister-in-laws future in my heart and embrace. Not often I cry my eye's out but is was this feeling of impending doom that ALS instills in a perfectly normal mind that has a body with less and less control each day.
Don't hesistate to drop by www.yandall.com and see the youth of an incredibly brilliant person succumbing to something beyond our professional medical arena. I tossed in pics of the other families here and there and I recommend if you have a digital camera and access to webspace, that you share your families with others. The yandalll site I started back in 1995, has changed thru the years highlighting holiday events and so on ... but this is the first where our family is faced with a potential trajedy inlcuding praying for miracles and seeking whatever solution that can be found.
It makes you think that the god given talents you have should be on top of, need to fired up to the best of one's ability.
So with this in mind, I'm motivated to do bigger and better things and write about it.
Love to all!
Hope this note finds everyone in great health and cheers to our snowboard olympic champs! Excellence Baby! Excellence!
chris yandall
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On 1/31/2006 Eric
wrote in from
United States
(71.192.nnn.nnn)
Chris I'm sorry to hear about your sister in law. I hope she makes a miraculous recovery.
As for skogging, have you considered working with Scott Imbrie from Original on a skogging specific deck? His deck shapes are quite similar to the ones that S9 made for you. Or maybe you've already found a deck manufacturer to make your new signature skogging deck?
Anyway it's just a thought, since you are already in contact with Scott and are also using his trucks on one of your boards.
Or since you use Trackers on your other board, and Tracker produced your last signature model maybe you could work with Tracker on the new one?
And of course there is always the option of teaming up with Chris Chaput on the skogging deck project.
Any way I'm looking forward to your new decks, regardless of who manufactures them.
And I'm looking forward to your new skogging article as well. Please let us know when and where we can find it, when it's ready.
Thanks!
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New Original Baseplates
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On 1/31/2006
Sean C.
wrote in from
United States
(167.206.nnn.nnn)
Hey Chris, have you heard from Scott about the new angled baseplates that he wants to come out with? Currently the baseplates are 45* and obvisously are very turny... I have heard that he wants to come out with some 35* plates and possibly 25* plates to make originals usable for DH or speedcarving or whatever one desires. By placing two 35* plates on the board, I'm guessing it would be a much more suitable skogger... Or even having a 35* plate rear with a 45* front the trucks would be be turny, yet stable for pushing...
I'll try to contact Scott for more information... For some reason he hasn't really replied to any emails lately. And when he has replied to my emails, I haven't received them...
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Skogging Set-ups
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On 1/31/2006
Chris Yandall
wrote in from
United States
(68.224.nnn.nnn)
To restate my skogging setups, there are 2 of them that keep me happy.
One is a 38" deck/Trackers with tight trucks for long stable fast trips. Full on extended alternating leg pumps hitting speeds of nearly 14mph on average for miles and miles and smiles. The trucks are cranked with heavy urethane bushings with very little turning other than just enough to keep the board going relatively straight. Got the harder gumballs 76mm's with stock bearings, sixtracks and a simple 38" cambered/concave deck.
My other deck is my favorite for clowning around. It turns on a dime and even allows some wheel bite to use as skate brakes similar to coming to a stop on skiis when you turn very quickly. Same 76mm, 80ish duroms, stock bearings, cambered/concave 38" and Scott's trucks. Excellent for 5-10 mile skumping outtings.
It's basically the same as the other but it's using Scott Imbrie's Original trucks. A recent email with Scott:
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"Hey Chris,
Going to get you a set of each of the trucks for skogging purposes,
I think we have a lot in common in terms of how we are applying the sport of skateboarding to what we love, And that is pushing the skateboard industry to expand to new customer demographics which is a good thing for everyone.
We will fully support skogging and will certainly link to you from our site"
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So I'm hoping to get more product for my decks to test. Dunno what will shake out but those who support me will definitely get some feedback. I'm out in the CEMENT fields sweating up a storm displaying to many the viablility of skogging, THE "ROLL YOUR OWN " exercise.
Our industry rocks!
So for dependding on the application of skogging, a variety of setups are required. I serioulsy doubt there will be one skogging deck that fits all but that's why this forum exists. To discuss the latest and greatest of what floats your "ROLL YOUR OWN EXERCISE".
I have 48 skogging t-shirts being shipped from PA., XL and LG. a white t-shirt with the official skogging logo . On the site links soon. This might be necessary skogging attire :D
and the next week whilst on planes will give me a moment to pause and reflect a new skogging article. i have so many ideas that it is time for a brain dump.
if anyone has product that needs an honest examination from my perspective, don't hesitate to email me.
I'll be message boarding from Michigan starting tomorrow. Sister-in-law is dieing from ALS. yuk! what a terrible disease. Gonna pay some respect.
cheers
Chris [ Yandall ]
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Skogging set up...
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On 1/31/2006
silversurfer
wrote in from
United States
(71.192.nnn.nnn)
Sean I responded about LDP set ups on the pumping forum. I think it's best to have two set ups, one for skogging/pushing and one for pumping/LDP.
For pushing and skogging I think you want the lowest and lightest set up that you can put together. A dropped or drop through deck is great for pushing because you don't have to bend your support leg much to reach the ground. In pumping it's just the opposite, you want more height to provide turning/pumping leverage.
If you had to have one board for both, I think the best bet would be something like Chris Yandall's set up that is pictured somewhere previously on this forum. Scroll down or page back to see it. It's probably the best skog/skump hybrid around.
Good luck and please let us know what you decide to get!
Rob - what was the duro of the avilla's that you raced at central park? About 80a maybe? Would you go harder or softer than that for the next race?
Or do you feel that that is ideal for long distance pushing?
I'd also like to hear what others think about skogging decks, wheel durometers and other equipment suggestions/ideas. Thanks!
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72A = sloooow
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On 1/31/2006 Rob H.
wrote in from
United States
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Just so you know, 72a Availas are some slow wheels, espically if you got some weight on ya. I got them for my Wife's board since she isn't comfortable with alot of speed yet. My fat butt tried riding them down a hill that I normally get a fair amount of speed, and i was so much slower it was very noticable.
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LDP/Skogger
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On 1/30/2006
Sean C.
wrote in from
United States
(167.206.nnn.nnn)
Hey guys... I have a setup in mind for long distance pumping and skogging and I wanted to hear your opinions on it...
I'm thinking:
42" Scramjet (not sure on the flex/camber/concave of the board, any help?)
RTR Trucks
72a avilas rear, 76a up front...
or
76a avilas rear, 77a front
Any comments? Suggestions?
Thanks.
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quote of the day
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On 1/28/2006 herbn
wrote in from
United States
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Jay Adams said," i think that's what i just did". The steep effective geometry makes them pump really well at slowest speeds,from a stand still. effective geometry is the ratio of how much the axles vary from straight,for every degree that the board varys from horizontal. 45 degree seismics are the easiest to explain for every degree you lein the board the trucks steer one degree, if you positive wedge them they steer at a little more than the one to one ratio and if negative wedge them they steer less than a one to one ratio.At steep ratios regular trucks do weird things there's a lot of tension, and they don't work to well or just flex out of their normal axle path. A stroker type truck has ball joint links and things can work a lot smoother, but steep geometrys give you less traction, a sudden change of direction breaks the grip of urithane to pavement. My stroker actually steered quicker than the originals and with longer springs they can be liened farther too. They were expensive then,and with the quality that would have to be built into them today the price would be truely huge. I made my pair for similar reasons to your feelings about them. I also bought a set of originals later, mine are much better.
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Strokers..
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On 1/28/2006
SS
wrote in from
United States
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herb I've seen your strokers on hughr's site. They are very impressive looking. As are all your trucks. So, it seems you are saying that your strokers are the best you've tried for pumping?
Do they vary much from the original 1970's strokers?
Would ever consider selling or manufacturing (or licensing the design) them?
I'd really love to try (or buy) them. They look so cool. I always wanted the original ones, but they are almost non existant as far as I know. And they would be too old and expensive any way.
If you don't want to sell them, maybe you could just give us some more info about what makes them so good for pumping?
Thanks!
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