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salad
climber
Escondido
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 4, 2009 - 11:50am PT
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be proud of your cones! i just rotate the wheels regularly to get even wear.
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The Wedge
Boulder climber
Bishop, CA
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83a abec 11 flywheels. Just rotated them and moved the L front wheel to the R back wheels and flipped the wheel so the "white sidewall is on the inside. Will give a good slide or two. Maybe I should just move them front to back and run it that way?
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wildone
climber
GHOST TOWN
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OH MY GOD!!!
Finally, the project I'm supposed to not talk about has had the teaser relesed by sector 9.
Basically all the gnarly roads in Cali. Whitney Portal, White Mountain, West side of Sonora, Tioga, Monitor, Ebbetts, etc.
This is just the teaser. I've seen the whole movie, and it's super rad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wJlkErzEgE&feature=related
Edit: Underwater footy from "Rainbow Falls" on the Tuolumne.
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salad
climber
Escondido
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 4, 2009 - 03:57pm PT
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damn cant watch youtube from work and for some reason my blackberry wont play that vid. ill watch it tonight.
slidefest this saturday! might miss it though, my daughter has a soccer game right smack dab in the middle of slidefest. feel guilty missing it.
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salad
climber
Escondido
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 7, 2009 - 06:41pm PT
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slide fest was siiick! its still going but i had to leave early to catch my kids soccer game. heading back down to see i watch a few more runs..
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beef supreme
climber
the west
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Man, the longboard is such a good way to get hurt. It's a helluva lot of fun (especially at 2 in the morning doing the all downhill course from the hospital at 2 or 3 am wasted out of your mind)
Eating it on a board was, by far, the worst I've ever been injured: broken bone in hand, kneecap swelled to ultra grapefruit/ small melon status- I thought it was cracked for sure, shoulder got super tweaked from fall and turned into some tendinitis for a few years; oh yea, and the 'raspberry' (as they are affectionately called) running halfway down the outside of my ass check. That made it painful to take my pants off with the fiber mesh of my jeans friction burned into my skin... with the little pieces of gravel, not to mention working with my newly procured ground beef mittens.
Honestly though, I got off pretty lucky- almost rammed my head into the side of the curb. The reason I ate this huge piece of sh#t was because a car had pulled out in front of me and I curbed it instead of playing chicken with the car. Well this is mostly true, chances are that I would have biffed it hardcore within about 5 to 10 seconds from when I started down that hill regardless of the car being there or not.
You know how when you party super hard and get pretty randy you may find yourself waking up in a bit of pain? (and therefore getting drunk as soon as possible), well it was like that for a good month or so.
If I were to do it all over again, I'd definitely be wearing some hand guards and a helmet; actually I'd just wear a whole hockey outfit or one of those man-bear suits that will keep you alive and well after being ran over at 30 mph; or, as the name implies, being mauled by a bear.
Good luck!
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Zander
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Beef,
That sounds bad. glad you are back in one piece.
I don't ride anymore, as in the last thirty years. I did take my board down to the local skate park a couple of years ago and ride it for a few minutes just for grins. Unfortunately the truck is cracked. Otherwise its still OK.
Gordon Smith Fibreflex board
Bennett trucks
Roadrider four wheels
The board cost me $75 in 1976 or early 1977, can't quite remember. I was making $3 an hour so it was a big investment. Even then the longboards were coming in. My buddies were swapping out the Bennett axles for longer bolts to get more width. Spacing them out with a bunch of washers. They were using long wood boards too. Sadly real life got in the way and I stopped riding. It was good times though.
Zander
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The Wedge
Boulder climber
Bishop, CA
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Nov 10, 2009 - 02:10am PT
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That sector 9 vid....gotta be the bomb.
Wheels are starting to even out. I sure does sound different. Got to ride a bit down in the VALLEY. The Valley pine neddles make for some interestion sliding.
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salad
climber
Escondido
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 19, 2009 - 09:39pm PT
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yeah! got a crew of 7 coming over tonight. gonna mob the hell outta the hood. this one will go well past midnight.
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salad
climber
Escondido
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 20, 2009 - 11:49am PT
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offa. sucks to hit asphalt at 40 years of age. glad i was wearing pads, they got goood and scuffed up. small shoulder road rash and soar right hand.
breakfast burrito calls.
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4damages
climber
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Nov 20, 2009 - 12:41pm PT
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If it's a terrorist threat a criminal charge could preclude a civil action.
I'll have to watch it again to see the other arrest.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
sorry, just posting out loud.
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Nov 23, 2009 - 09:30pm PT
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yowza! I've seen way more professionalism from SFPD than that officer's example.
would be good to see what happened before and after the vid and with the alleged 'kicking'
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Klimmer
Mountain climber
San Diego
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Nov 23, 2009 - 10:33pm PT
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Some people behind a badge just go bad. No wonder so many people don't trust cops.
Never heard him read them their Miranda Rights.
Painful to watch. Brings back vivid memories of Bluff Utah and my friend and I and my truck illegally searched for made-up probable cause just because we had long hair and were from California.
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steelmnkey
climber
Vision man...ya gotta have vision...
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Nov 29, 2009 - 10:11pm PT
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"Just for Salad: SteelMonkey and me a while back....."
Damn... I need a motor...
Kick Asssssss™™™™™™™™™
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salad
climber
Escondido
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 4, 2009 - 02:27am PT
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stoked! at last i broked 30! gps cloked at 31.4. didnt really start all that much higher on the hill but zero wind and i really focused on a tight tuck and got super low. almost plowed two rabbits that were snarffin around in my line.
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The Wedge
Boulder climber
Bishop, CA
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Took a study break before finals and went to rent The Eiger Sanction at the local store, turns out they didnt have it...so I got Dogtown and watched it again.....Cool, still photos! It was even better with pizza and beer in hand!
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