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I've been riding this section9 board i borrowed from a friend to get lunch and back at work. Are these things generally designed for cruising? How do you stop on a dime? I rip a lot of skin off my body when it gets really wobbly in traffic and I fall off. How do you ride them fast on steep, corrugated hills while maintaining the same speed in narrow zones?

1. Foot brake: put your back foot on the ground and slide it along until you stop.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LloIFi4Qb8

2. Power Slide: if you are going fast enough and are wearing special gloves, you can break the back wheels free and put a hand down on the ground.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipODDPoJi3o

You can make the gloves with some work gloves and cut up a plastic cutting board, or get some fancy ones pre-made. They are pretty awesome palm and wrist protection as well.

my friend the terr-bear teaches skateboard lessons.

He used to be a pro and shit...

its the 'and shit' that is immeasurable when learning lessons.

I tried bombing a hill on a 48 on my ass lol.. here in the city (SF). Wore out my shoe in 1 mile.

fiend, i can get you deals on gravity and randal stuff.

What's up stone? Healed up enough to ride a skateboard, shouldn't you be in the mountains enjoying the the snow?

cheapest glove at home depot and then grab some corian samples (free). glue or velcro. not sure if the corian melts well, but if you use a cutting board, you can heat up the board with a camping stove and then set it to the glove. super easy.

corian with glue:

just sold my hypercarve for rent money. bummer.

dang that sucks. lemme know when/if you want another ill have one shipped out on the cheap.

Do you own a skateshop now?

no stone, i wish... my buddy owns gravity and randal. i can most of their stuff shipped out to peeps at their wholesale cost.

I never had a guide book but i tried this on everything. With today's hacks one could make that puppy wireless... etc. might be nice for you hills!

salad wrote:no stone, i wish... my buddy owns gravity and randal. i can most of their stuff shipped out to peeps at their wholesale cost.

35 Imperial Pool, Randal 150s, Sergio Sliders. For the park.

PLZKTHXBAI.

lol.

yeah i actually rode through a pile of puke monday night. bottom of a hill, street lights were out. didnt see it. rained all day so i thought it was a puddle. was in a full tuck head down. was pretty stoked to not wipe out, kind of cool to have all that 'water' splash on my face without notice.

walking back up i discovered what it really was.

wtf? pure suckage.

Not many people would admit this and/or take photos. Thank you sir, for the hearty laugh at your expense.

when i first read this, i neglected the thread & thought you were on a bike. this became much more hilarious when i realized you were on a board.

HA! YOU SKATED THROUGH PUKE!

ralph!

here's the long skate on my list:



34.5" x 10.25"

16.5" wheelbase

Crazy local kids longing for the snows

http://www.famousinternetskiers.com/trip-reports/10-11/route-10sk8/