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Yeah bombing huge hills are not a good thing to do when you start longboarding. I had to learn that the wrong way. You will become more comfortable with your center of gravity. And become more confident as time goes on.
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Fuck durians. I hate mine so much, so glad I replaced those. Go with abec11 freerides and your set.
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Jet doppler. Abec11 zigzags 81a. Caliber Trucks 50 degrees.
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Just trust yourself, you'll get used to it.
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What's bad about Durians? How about Stims?
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I was scared to go down hills when I first started too, but as I got better I went down bigger hills. If you don't think you can go down a hill, don't. You'll most likely fall. And when you're going down hills you need to have most of your weight on your front foot or you WILL get speed wobbles. Eventually if you like bombing hills enough, get a drop deck. They're made for downhill and since the boards are lower you have more balance since you're closer to the ground.
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The Apex 37 is garbage like the rest of Originals boards.
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longboards are the wrongboards!
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90% of peeps on longboards cant even ride em properly too haha. They usually for people who are not fit enough to actually skateboard
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or you know, people who want a completely different experience. I've seen some real fat fucks who can skateboard well so I don't know what this 'fitness' you're bragging about is. great statistic to pull out of your ass there too, I trust you've actually got some citable evidence to back that up?
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Woman with a longboard is always hot sight.
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Join date: Oct 2011
Posts: 7
Dickish attitude
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Personally I haven't ridden anything but 86a durians. Didn't care for them. Went Abec 11, never looked back.
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I've seen 300+ pound guys who are killer at slalom.
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Freerides or Flashbacks?
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The only reason I said apex 37 is because I am building a board with a similar shape and flex.
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Finally got the blank cut out on my lb from a friend. Everything else is ready.
In the end I went with randal 180, sector 9 nineballs very soft can't remember the duro, and bones reds. The grip tape design is undecided though. I think I'm gonna do a mix of strips and solid.
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i just rode my first longboard saturday night
holy shit that was fun i want one
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OK, so if I'm just looking for a board to get around, and maybe do some slides and whatnot later on, I should probably get like a 40" board, and higher diameter harder wheels? What about trucks? Or do they really matter that much? (I know they matter but is there huge differences between brands/styles etc.)
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Both are equally nice. I'd suggest the 81a formula. It all depends on how much cash you got in your pocket. Personally I'd go with freerides. Essentially their what I ride now which is pink powerballs which is just a abec 11 freeride in pink abec 11 classic thane.
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budget?
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http://www.amazon.com/Moose-Through-...dp/B002R7HUC0/
i figure you guys would know best, should i get this
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$250 would be my max, but I'd prefer not to spend that much.
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I'd like to get started with longboarding as my birthday nears. What are some good starter boards? I use to skate years and years ago.
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Cannot comment on quality. But I always hold to the get what you pay for. Spend $80 more and you can get a quality setup.
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I always reccomend a more freeride/downhill board to anyone buying their first board. A pintail although seems fun at first will not meet the needs of anyone who wants to increase their level of riding. Checkout motionboardshop muirskate longboardskater and just look around and ask us questions in the thread.
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$250 will get you a quality setup. Style of preferred riding? Whats the area you live in like? Hilly? Flat?
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Really just transportation with a possibility of getting into some sliding and bigger hills later on. And it's pretty hilly here, not san francisco hilly but decently hilly, but the roads are pretty shit (don't know if that would affect my wheel choice)
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more money =/= better
anyways it's got awesome reviews
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what are some good trucks for crusing/long distance/shallow hill
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I'll probably start longboarding next summer, I'll have to do short distances between my house and where I work.
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i just wish there was anywhere flat near me so i could learn to ride it properly
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I plan on using mine for transportation, so turning is key, i live in a flat area. so i plan on using a land paddle, my budget is under >80 but its my first longboard so
Any suggestions?
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Paris, Randal, Caliber, Gunmetal, Basically any RKP truck on the market.
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That is true as shown through Abec 11 wheels. As I said, can't comment on quality but I can comment on boards sold in board shops and not on amazon.
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I've been longboarding for over a year now which is good and all, but lately I've been feeling a bit depressed and that doesn't go well when going down steep hills.
There's this one hill I skate down a lot when going to work, and I must hit 30-40 km/s on it, like I am going really fast. I never wear a helmet so I always think if I hit a rock and fell, or a car hit me, I would definitely die or at least fuck up my life some how. I get a huge adrenaline rush from it but I always wonder if I should just fuck up on purpose.
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My dad long boards a lot; it's actually really fun (until you fall off)
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Going to practice some sliding in Central Park this weekend on my Robot, anybody have any tips? I've never been quite able to master slides. Particularly Coleman.
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Don't use a hand on the board. I find it way easier to do colemans without my hand on the rail. For toeside predrifts I like a hand but I'm working on getting comfy without it.
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dumb idea. you'll likely survive, just get crippled, which I assume would further your depression...
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solution: wear a helmet
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I feel better now, I made a new friend who I'm going ice skating with tomorrow night <3. Emo stage is over. It was weird.
I know I should wear a helmet, but I've been going down steep hills for so long now (and my board is pretty stable, 46 inches long) and it just all feels so natural to me like walking or riding a bike casually around the street, which I also don't wear a helmet for. I definitely should wear one though.
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Yeah thats what everyone thinks including myself till you make that one fatal mistake and end up with a head injury. So glad mine was only a concussion, i couldn't skate for two weeks. It was terrible, shit I'm buying a fullface helmet now since I've been pushing my speeds and slides so much and when I leave for college next year in mountains I'm gonna need that extra protection.
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Finally had a friend cut out my board. Sanded everything down and got it all fitted. Randall trucks are a bitch to mount if youre going for a drop-through. I spent a good hour filing the area down.
Hopefully tomorrow or on the weekend I can countersink the trucks, stain/finish the board, and finalize the design of my grip tape.
I'll post pics soon.
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Pics:
Still thinking about my grip tape design I like the top one the most.
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Sorry if the pics are a little big and fuzzy, all I have right now is my ipt.
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i like the second design
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Here's an edit of some winter skating from where i live.
[url]What do you guys think?
Dumb x 2
Agree x 4
Friendly x 1
Winner x 1
Artistic x 1
Optimistic x 1