The Earthwing Skateboard Army

[Daniel M.]

yellow pwnz

[Brain Smoothie]

i've got a corchia with the yellow slide-a's coming in this week, guess i'm officially joining the army now, so stoked

[jetkin]

This one would work too, adwise....



Photo by Nick Harris. Poached from Facebook.

i think that should be a CW wave ad ^^^^^^^^^ 8===D

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yeah, and check out that guys face. That's one for the game face thread.

really great shot. should be an ad. but i'd call it kong's steez-face

[BUboarder]

brian, i would absolutely buy a set of 70mm cruising/freeride wheels in that day-glo yello if you made them...they look so rad!

[Kenny_Ledesma]

I want 70mm wheels in the slide a formula! The would last FOREVER!!!!!!!

[endzone_bob]

brian, i would absolutely buy a set of 70mm cruising/freeride wheels in that day-glo yello if you made them...they look so rad!

*cough*

[BUboarder]

i can't see it!! it just loads and loads and loads forever. lots of the pics that show like that on this site do that for me...

and i guess i should clarify, since i suspect that you posted a pic of the yellow freeriders...seeing as they fit the general description and size i stated. what i was thinkin' i guess was the shape of the smokers in that day-glo yello (the freeriders aren't day-glo!), and maybe 78-80a. so maybe i shoudn'tve said "freeride". my b.

meh

[Archy]

But that would take the pure out of purethane.

[Kong]

I didn't like the first picture because you couldn't really tell what she was doing - it looked like she was just laying on the ground. The second one was epic though. Great angle and lots of action.

Looks like she is just laying there dead.

i guess you guys have sucky computers or don't slide much because i could tell,clearly that shes in stages of doing her signature elbow slide. but thanks for the consctructive critiscism.

edit
i give you that though it does look a bit ambiguous

[stringtheory]

I can see the pic of Jess. And I see it's an elbow slide....what are people missing here?

[animal chin]

*cough*

Next week, day-glo yellow, and blue freeriders in new faster (much faster) thane with a super perfect drift. less wear, and they feel like you are snowboarding on a sick pow day.
silence, the sound of a perfect drift.

trust earthwing.

[anatharc]

Next week, day-glo yellow, and blue freeriders in new faster (much faster) thane with a super perfect drift. less wear, and they feel like you are snowboarding on a sick pow day.
silence, the sound of a perfect drift.

trust earthwing.

after my purethane experience i am more than excited for these puppies.

[RyanTheMann]

I can tell that she's doing an elbow slide, it's just kind of hard to tell, especially for people who are unfamiliar with sliding. I guess I just don't like the angle of the shot, and I've never been too too fond of elbow/helmet slides. It's just my opinion, and I'm not too much of a tech slider. For what it is, though, I think the lighting and editing are great, and I really like the use of sequence shooting. I can appreciate the skill it takes to rip like Jess does, I know for sure I could never come close to doing tricks like that.

[Kong]

this was a few months ago and since then i've become a better photographer. and i know now that closeness is a necessity with this kind of photography. it was just a graphic arts project for this class i'm taking. i guess i was just so excited that i got that kind of panned stroboscopic effect from that. i had been trying to perfect panning for awhile and got a great result.
thanks for your opinion.

[LOST]

i guess you guys have sucky computers or don't slide much because i could tell,clearly that shes in stages of doing her signature elbow slide. but thanks for the consctructive critiscism.

edit
i give you that though it does look a bit ambiguous

I know what she is doing, but I just didn't like the pic. No offense.

[animal chin]

this was a few months ago and since then i've become a better photographer. and i know now that closeness is a necessity with this kind of photography. it was just a graphic arts project for this class i'm taking. i guess i was just so excited that i got that kind of panned stroboscopic effect from that. i had been trying to perfect panning for awhile and got a great result.
thanks for your opinion.

Steve, you got style all over the place. I don't know where your surf style came from, I guess you either got it, or don't got it. You got it, so keep it, got me?

[jaxxstatic]

Dad just joined the EW Army with a Boomerang and the new Supercharger. Happy Birthday, Dad.
I got RII 180s and Road Rages for him to swap between both setups and see which one he likes. Anyone try those trucks/wheels with the supercharger? I know it'll be good on the boomerang, but I've only seen indy setups on superchargers...

[endzone_bob]

Dad just joined the EW Army with a Boomerang and the new Supercharger. Happy Birthday, Dad.
I got RII 180s and Road Rages for him to swap between both setups and see which one he likes. Anyone try those trucks/wheels with the supercharger? I know it'll be good on the boomerang, but I've only seen indy setups on superchargers...

Having ridden the v1.0 Supercharger ("OlderCharger"?) with Paris 180s, RII 180s, and Indy 215s, I'd go for Indys. The reverse-kp trucks will be more than adequate, but the board moans with delight when paired with Indys.

[Kong]

Steve, you got style all over the place. I don't know where your surf style came from, I guess you either got it, or don't got it. You got it, so keep it, got me?

thanks brian.

[anatharc]

becuase i dont actually own any "freeride" wheels and since i heard the new EW freeriders would be purethane. i decided to jump the gun and do something with my Obomers. i radioused them.

holy poo. these puppies are fun. i love purethane. so much. these slide far faster and farther than previous wheels that i slide (78a vs 83a probably the biggest difference here). and they also break away nice and easy.

edit: ill get picks when i get home. basically i reduced the contact patch by 4mm.