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You have mad skills man. I'd like to say I'm on par with you with your tricks except toeside standies. Those take a lot of practice. I personally won't buy otang wheels but I'd take a sponsorship from them anyday man. Props to you man, I hope I can ride as well as you in the future. Fuck I need to make my sponsor me video.
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What helmet would you guys reccomend?
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Just about any helmet would do.
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Thanks man.
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How do you guys maintain bearings? A lot of people tell me to just buy another set of bones reds and dont bother cleaning em because they are damn cheap.
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Open then, scrub them and lube them like a regular person.
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Well sure, there is of course this option... But what solvent and lube specifically?
You can't just be rinsing them under water and soakin them in wd-40...
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Acquire wire brush and rag
Scrub and wipe
Lube balls and bearing ring things with whatever bearing lube my friend has at the moment
Assemble
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okay
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Triple8 Multi-Impact sweatsaver. Its like $40 and comfy, plus it doesn't have eps foam so you can smash your head and still have a helmet.
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Learning toeside speed checks.
Where should I have my weight balanced out before and during the slide ?
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Hands down or stand up. I'm still working on my stand up. Hands down I've almost got down to a science. Now I'm just trying to work some courage to go faster that 25-30mph and do them. Sucks to highside with those especially since I do them without a hand on the rail. Generally for any slide you want most of your weight on the front foot in the beginning while you push out to 90 than even your weight out completely than from there its how you want to come out of the slide.
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Stand ups. Haha, I'll get them sooner or later.
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Stand ups are a bitch. I suggest just looking them up on youtube, I can do 180s all day toeside but holding them out is a whole other story. Thats some scary shit especially after you highside a few times.
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For those who don't like cleaning bearings too often, mix oil and lithium grease, it's awesome.
I have 4 sets of bearings lubed with this solution in my boards/friends boards and we've been riding the whole summer in rain, sand/gravel forest roads, dusty garages and shit like that, rolling smoothly and still no rattles :)
I love how quiet they are as well, goes nicely with soaped pivot cups and 75as for those ultimate ninja night rides.
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lookup numcups on silverfish. Basically the best pivot cups around.
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Hey, first time buyer here and I'm currently checking out the Arbor Fish Koa longboard. What do you think? on silverfish loads of people recommend the Earthwing Superglider but personally i think that the fish looks nicer. I'm planning to use it to get to/from college and hopefully uni and maybe some carving(?) not really into tricks or really fast downhill.
Thanks!
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Up to you mate. Earthwing makes some great boards, but so does Arbor.
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Fair enough, thanks.
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Depends on the arbor deck. The sym freeride deck they make seems to be the only one any of their team riders will touch. Kinda says something about their other decks......
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Anybody heard of Dregs? Just check thelongboardstore and they've got them listed, but I've never heard of the brand before.
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Yes. I believe back in early 2000s they had a really unbeatable team. Very reputable brand, personally none of their boards appeal to me but yeah they are really reputable so don't worry about quality when you buy from them because they're legit.
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I love longboarding. I have a special cruiser board that was signed by Bruce Walker. He is number one in the Longboarding Hall of Fame. It was an honor watching him skate.
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Never once heard of him.
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never heard his name once. Never seen a video about him. Cliff coleman is easily number one in the Hall of Fame. Everyone who shreds has massive respect for cliff.
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I've had stock bearings on my board and one of them got slightly bent outta shape. I ride regularly everyday and my friends were telling me I should be some reds or super reds. The super reds are slightly more expensive and I was wondering if the difference was worth the cost.
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Cliff, and Adam Colton.
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So many names I could name. AdamC is a alright guy but not a legend in my opinion, yet.
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you should get magic bearings. Reds are cool and all but any $10 bearing will do. Mini Logos, Magics, Speedy Lunatics, Shake Junt. So many to name.
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I'm partial to Abec11 Biltins myself, makes life much easier.
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I was thinking about picking up a pair but I'd rather drop $10 on precision bearing spacers. Apparently they're the tits plus I need some flat washers. Are they actually fast? I feel like its a gimmick.
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Me and some friends long board, check out our videos!
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and if your wondering i have the loaded tan tien, i wouldn't recommend it, after 3 months the board is warped, high concave on one side while the other side is completely flat
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They're pretty fast, and it makes putting your wheels back together a lot easier, seeing that you don't need to worry about loosing the spacers and speed rings.
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Here's a little video of me and my friends bailing. Some of the bails are pretty funny, if I do say so myself.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YieE0...w&feature=plcp
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Get a helmet.
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I'll have to try a pair sometime. Although I heard they're a bitch to clean.
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videos are not half bad. your riding just needs to progress if you really want to get people stoked. Also I suggest using songs that are not in every trick video out there aka the second video. Work on your tucks, they're terrible and keep working on slides. Also keep having fun! Also to clarify I'm not ripping on you guys, you look like you had a lot of fun making it. Just trying to give constructive criticism.
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They are a bit different to clean, but it's easy to get used to.
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Tell that to my friend. He's been longboarding for three years now and has always drank gallons of the Loaded and Orangatang kool-aid, and despite going through two dervishes, a dancer, and a tan tien, he still claims Loaded makes the best boards.
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[QUOTE=Takkun10;33416808]Get a helmet.
Yeah, we just don't have helmets for when we just started longboarding, last summer. We all have helmets and safety gear now, as you can see from a halfway into the video.
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Loaded is terrible, i don't understand all the hype towards them, i have 80a stims which are really durable but they don't excel in any area, but they're currently the only broken in wheels i have so they're easy to slide. The concave on the tan tien sucks ass too, its nothing compared to other boards
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I ride reds, its worth it if you've got 20, had mine since the summer, they still ride really nice.
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how the fuck can he fund a loaded habit like that, they're expensive as hell. The only reason my one was good value for money was because they accidentally sent me a dervish and a vanguard for the price of a dervish
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everyone new to the longboard scene always thinks loaded is the best, but after 3 years ? wow
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I don't mind my loaded, but knowing what I know now about longboarding I would definitely make a different choice next time.
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