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salad
climber
Escondido
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Topic Author's Original Post - Jan 18, 2009 - 05:16pm PT
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ive seen a few posts of some rad dads folling their kids doing insane speeds on skateboards here...
borrowed the neighbor kid's yesterday and had my first crash.
i have beautiful hills in my hood, super wide, some super steep, some not, new asphalt, very smooth, long gradual decents, some up and downs, its a cool hood for skateboarding!
was with my wife and kids and got cocky on a narrow fireroad with a big gate at the bottom. thought i could do a bunch of small hard turns and just bail a little before the gate.
wrong. face f*#kin first into the asphalt. luckily i rolled and skidded most of the way on my back. minor knee, hip, and elbow road rash.
f-d up my blackberry and my gps (wanted to see how fast i was going...20mph)
worst is i re-inured my long standing shoulder tendonitis.
had a bottle of beer in my pocket, but it didnt break. kids thought i was dead. super funny.
gonna get back after it at 3 today!!!!
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Captain...or Skully
Social climber
North of the Owyhees
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Jan 18, 2009 - 05:34pm PT
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Good luck with that shizz, Salad.
You got medical?
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Klimmer
Mountain climber
San Diego
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Jan 18, 2009 - 07:54pm PT
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Salad,
Hey, got my #1 gift on my list from Santa this Christmas.
Wife and Kids got me one from Hangar 94, with a little cosmetic defect so it was a little cheaper.
Way cool loads of fun. I will be continueing to do Sierra Eastside descents on lonely roads, as well as in the White Mountains and Inyos.
Almost as fun as sex.
http://www.carveusa.com/index.php
PS Wear a helmet and pads. Be an example to your kids.
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rockermike
Mountain climber
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Jan 18, 2009 - 09:09pm PT
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My longboard is a 9'6". Went out today north of Santa Cruz. Occasional double overhead sets. I got caught inside for a few sets and was so wasted I could barely get back to shore. ha I never should have been out there truth be told.
We don't get hurt when we fall - but drowning is always a possibility.
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bubble boy
Big Wall climber
T100
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Jan 18, 2009 - 09:10pm PT
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And who's gonna help you get back home after that big crash.....? ha ha ha.
I've been dreaming of getting one of those, but am way too sick of being injured!
peace, brotha!
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bluNgoldhornet6
Big Wall climber
Tampa, Fl
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Jan 18, 2009 - 09:12pm PT
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speed wobble sucks!
yo longboarding is way fun and they come in handy on flat days.
it's good to hear you did the ol' tuck and roll manuever. damn it could really jack a face up
Enjoy your shred sessions
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P.Kingsbury
Trad climber
the jeep
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Jan 18, 2009 - 09:39pm PT
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downhillin' is fun for sure
gotta realize the situation your getting into though....
watched a good buddy get ko'd; lose most of the skin off of his face (maybe 35+)....and had another good buddy hit his head so hard that it killed him....super sad for sure.
pretty much havn't bombed a hill since.
i've got some super scary footage of my older brother i should post up some time....
good luck on the hills
cheers,
patrick
edit: better to buy em' and ride em', rather than most the kids at college carrying them around like a suitcase
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salad
climber
Escondido
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Topic Author's Reply - Jan 18, 2009 - 11:16pm PT
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good stuff. had fun and was very conservative this evening. even just 100 or so feet with a few turns and bailing into a driveway is fun...
my buddy bombed the hill twice, seemed like he was going so slow when watching the video afterwards...
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Nudge Nudge
Trad climber
WI, now CA
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Jan 18, 2009 - 11:45pm PT
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Carving Lundy Canyon just after new pavement.
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wildone
climber
GHOST TOWN
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Jan 19, 2009 - 07:19am PT
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I ride a comet voodoo with randall trucks and abec 11 gumballs.
Don't bail. Learn how to slide, learn how to footbrake. Bailing is NEVER an option. It just leads to really bad sh#t like hyperextended knees and patella-femoral displacements (yuck).
As for speedwobble, stay on the gas and it won't happen. That means more of your weight on your front foot, lean forward.
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Ricardo Cabeza
climber
Warner, NH
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Jan 19, 2009 - 07:58am PT
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I used to longboard. The Alpine Meadows access road is super fun.
That said, I switched to a street deck with big/soft wheels (bear bellies) and cranked the trucks down.
In 2001, I was living in Sierra Meadows (Truckee) and decided to head out for some downhilling. I had my roommate in a car behind me, swapping driving time for skating time.
So, I head down this short steep hill (I had the power slides worked out, no big deal) when some A-Hole in a Jeep comes up the hill. He's honking his horn and swerving to my side of the road, forcing me to straightline the rest of the run.
100 yards from the bottom, the wobbles caught up with me and I was tossed onto the road on the first impact, then bounced into someones yard.
I woke up with Josh standing over me, looking worried. Once we got home and I got bandaged up I assessed the damage.
Concussion, a chunk of scalp down to my skull missing, a palm skinned to the muscle, lacerations from shoulder to hip on my right side (still have scars), a skinned face, a broken ankle and a dislocated shoulder.
Regardless, I still get out on a longboard occasionally, but with much more caution.
Have fun and be careful!
I may have already told this story on another post but can't remember...concussions ...
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Jan 19, 2009 - 11:16am PT
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I'm 42 and still ride my longboard. I actually started riding again when my dad who started making street luges several years ago after watching one of the first X Games at the fire station he worked at. My dad and one of the other firemen said "we can make a better luge than that". Within a year my dad who was 58, was racing luges around the country and started his own street luge business. Part of the business was making trucks for luges. His luge trucks were wide to fit the luge which was perfect for a longboard. He retired from racing Luges but still makes trucks for those who want them. They are very nice billet aluminium trucks with independent axles for each wheel that are changeable. His changeable axle design made it more affordable for lugers, instead of buying a whole new truck if the wheel axle bent due to a crash, they could now just switch out the axle in seconds for just a few $$.
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Jefe'
Boulder climber
Bishop
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Jan 19, 2009 - 07:32pm PT
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We used to build our own longboards and ride the top of Archibald in Alta Loma. Have made many decents in the Bishop area over the last 25 years.
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alpinerockfiend
Trad climber
Jackson, WY
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Jan 19, 2009 - 07:54pm PT
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I still ride really long snowboards, despite the current trend.
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Bart Fay
Social climber
Redlands, CA
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Jan 19, 2009 - 08:04pm PT
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O.K. What's wrong with this pic ?
Oh, dang. Its not a SkateBoard LongBoard. My bad.
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Jaybro
Social climber
wuz real!
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Jan 19, 2009 - 08:14pm PT
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I can think of at least two over forty dads, who ride street longboards both for accomapnying their kids, and for their own, unwindment. One of them, who might read this and post details, in an unrelated accident got T-boned by a street Longboarder in the avenues, in SLC. Anyone who knows the area in question can imaginae the potential mayhem. Boarder went to the hospital, but his Mri's cost less than the bodyshop costs to fix my friend's VW. I think...
i always kinda wanted one...
Bart, I wouldn't call the contrary orientation, or really anything else, wrong...
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salad
climber
Escondido
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 2, 2009 - 04:41pm PT
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Got my setup last Friday. Picked up a Gravity 47 inch Hyper Carve, Randal 150mm trucks and the 76mm high grade wheels. Got lots of freebies too. Cool shop.
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bluering
Trad climber
Santa Clara, Ca.
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Awesome ride, Salad. Hey at least your beer made it out o.k.!
I don't skateboard anymore or surf, but...when I was in 4th grade living in Italy, me and best friend Ritchie Watson decided to shoot one of the out of commission ski slopes in a plastic sled! I was in front, he in back. My Mom and another mother spoteed us just before we went and knew what was coming...trouble.
They started running over screaming, we couldn't hear 'em and set out. We came damn close to ski-lift poles a couple of times slaloming through them.
Them, at the bottom, at maximum speed there was a stone formation that resembled a stone telephone booth. Well, the brakes didn't work at that speed and we SLAMMED into the corner of it.
I cartwheeled like a rag doll around it, Rich wasn't as lucky, he smacked right into it. When I regained consciosness I looked over and he had blood running all over his face. I got a huge bruised thigh. Rich got a skull fracture, teeth through his lower lip, and a shattered leg.
He recovered pretty well too, some scars, but same 'ole Richie.
Have fun and be careful, Salad!
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Double D
climber
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Who needs long boards? Just dial in some good technique and let the short boards rip.
From way BITD:
Skateboarding high probably not such a good idea:
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Michael D
Big Wall climber
Napoli, Italy
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Gravity Streetboard, signed the the team in '97.
My bro gave it to me for a b-day present. Tried it out in the local shopping mall at 1am..police spotlighted me, called me over and paused as he shined the light in my face. He asked "how old are you?", "36, it's for my birthday today", the cop shook his head and said "you should know better, ride it in the street"
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