The Official "Hi, I'm New!" Thread

**StrickY** · 10-10-2009 02:45 PM

Krolg- 'shred or be dead I can't wait to get to cruising.' awesome line dude, you should put that as your sig or something

**dmoney88** · 10-11-2009 04:02 PM

how you doing, i am new to the longboarding scene. always have been drawn to it. i surf, but with a full time job and lack of waves i have been really interested in getting into this. i have no idea what board to get. i have narrowed the choices between Originals torpedo 40 and the apex 37. when i surf i usually roll with my 6'6" and fish carve a little, but i love getting and nice long ride. anyone have any advice????

**Flynt90** · 10-13-2009 04:59 AM

Hi, recently got into longboarding through mates, bought my board in pieces and started putting it together myself. just looking to talk to some other boarders get some tips and share the love 8). enjoi

**StrickY** · 10-13-2009 11:49 AM

Originally Posted by dmoney88

how you doing, i am new to the longboarding scene. always have been drawn to it. i surf, but with a full time job and lack of waves i have been really interested in getting into this. i have no idea what board to get. i have narrowed the choices between Originals torpedo 40 and the apex 37. when i surf i usually roll with my 6'6" and fish carve a little, but i love getting and nice long ride. anyone have any advice????

yo dude whats good? im pretty new also to this community, but if u want a longer' longbord thats good for carving, dancing and even dh lok at the sector 9 mundaka. its 46", u just might want to look at buying new/better wheels for it. Also take a look at the loaded dervish, or pretty much any Original carve board.
www.sector9.com
Go Longboard; Original Skateboards
LoadedBoards.com - Skateboards, longboards, freeride
---check out their websites a look around---

**tarzan** · 10-13-2009 03:48 PM

Originally Posted by dmoney88

how you doing, i am new to the longboarding scene. always have been drawn to it. i surf, but with a full time job and lack of waves i have been really interested in getting into this. i have no idea what board to get. i have narrowed the choices between Originals torpedo 40 and the apex 37. when i surf i usually roll with my 6'6" and fish carve a little, but i love getting and nice long ride. anyone have any advice????

Hamboards

**infrateal** · 10-14-2009 02:10 PM

Hey there, i'm kinda new to the longboarding scene aswell..just got my first board last wednesday, but i'm already hooked!
i figured this would be a good chance to see whats goin' on and what all i can learn.
i'm from atlanta, tryin to find some cool spots to ride, even though i cant really do anything yet.
(:

**the_beast** · 10-15-2009 12:40 AM

Hey guys.

I am nick i am from canberra Australia. I have been skating for about 10 years but only just getting back into it now.

I have had a sector 9 cloud for about 9 years now and also have a sector 9 luke nosewalker.
I am hoping to buy a landyachtz chinook cause i want to get into abit of dh

anyway that is my hello and yeah

**Stienz** · 10-18-2009 03:56 AM

Ey Silverfish, I am new here, doh. Living in Groningen, The Netherlands. Riding my Vanguard or San Clemente complete. Waiting for my Daddy's order, yellow Durian's! Skating alone mostly, sometimes with my girlfriend, my friends are not into longboarding. My girlfriend is gonna order a Dervish tho! Always stoked!

**StrickY** · 10-18-2009 02:44 PM

Originally Posted by Stienz

Ey Silverfish, I am new here, doh. Living in Groningen, The Netherlands. Riding my Vanguard or San Clemente complete. Waiting for my Daddy's order, yellow Durian's! Skating alone mostly, sometimes with my girlfriend, my friends are not into longboarding. My girlfriend is gonna order a Dervish tho! Always stoked!

ur girlfriend sounds like she's a keeper

**Spidermonkey95** · 10-18-2009 07:27 PM

Hey Silverfish! I'm new here (well i joined awhile back but wasn't active) and I've been skating for about 3 years now. I started on my brothers boards, then i got my own trick board; which wasn't much fun. My bro taught me how to carve and drift one year in. I got my first board after 2 years, a Sector 9 Rasta Native. That year my brother and i mobbed Fresno CA nonstop and he taught me how to do check slides, layback slides, and 180 slides. I moved from Fresno to Morro Bay, and my brother passed his dancer and DH board to me. I've been mobbing the hills around here nonstop and decided to come back to the Fish.

Another thing I'd like to add, My family and i make Longboards and have been for the past 2 years. Though the production rate has fallen, we can still pump out our models. They are great boards, 40" pintail with great camber and concave, 48" speedboard, and now we are making a Dancer (length not specified yet). PM me with questions and ill get back to ya.

But anyway, good being back on the fish!

-Dakota

**chndler bing** · 10-20-2009 09:47 AM

Well, apparently my thread got moved, said hi, then provided feedback in the forum feedback section and thread got closed, so here I go again:
Nice site, great people, good moderation (I guess?), and great cause.

**Pimp_Juice** · 10-20-2009 01:19 PM

Greeting all. Huh, Im not really good with this whole introductions thing so ill just splurt it out. Hi, Im very new to longboarding, so new in fact that I have only gone through one pair of shoes. I started because I saw a board that I liked when I moved to Vancouver. I then later realised that I dont like it and I want a new on. Its a S9 (dont judge me, it had a pretty graphic on it and I had never skated before). So now I am here, the home of longboarding so that you guys can school me and I can learn. I have a passion for the rush and I really enjoy this as a lifestyle. So hi to all I hope I can engage in some awesome converstions from here on in!

**Derivation** · 10-20-2009 10:21 PM

Hey all, new to the forum, and interested in getting into long boarding so these seems like the place to go to get some exposure to it. Apparently this is one awesome forum so i hope to stick around for a while

**Stienz** · 10-22-2009 12:01 PM

Originally Posted by StrickY

ur girlfriend sounds like she's a keeper

She's great! Thanks.

**GoofyGirl** · 10-22-2009 04:57 PM

Hi all, You guessed it, I'm new to the fish. I've been around longboards for 2 years and just started riding myself, still working on stopping. My board of choice is a Dervish w/ flipped Randals and I recently started working for Stoked Skateboards.

**Azn300** · 10-23-2009 04:31 AM

hey guys im new to the fish and have been working on slides and dh and some tricks. I got my dancing down pretty good and also switch riding. ive only been longboarding for like 6 months.i think i really improved alot
and i always was comfortable on a skate board. brother gave me my first board and i just took off.
oh#and i live in Boynton beach, FL

Heres my boards
Loaded dancer
paris ac trucks
dbs abec7 bearings
otang stimulus 83a

Comet pagan
randal 42
bones swiss
otang 4prez 80a

**Bruno.Oga** · 10-23-2009 08:00 AM

hi everyone!

im new here aswell.. let me introduce myself

im a downhill slider since 1999.. i live in sao paulo, brazil, and im pleased to say that along this years i've been sliding with the best sliders in the world. sergio yuppie was my neighbour, so he taught me a lot of things when i was starting sliding.. and all the others pros and amateurs sliders are insane. you guys must come here to see it !
around 2003 i had a serious knee problem and it forced me stop sliding.. and this year im back on my board..

so.. im here to make a lot of friends around the world and have good times and and share experience with all of you!

see ya on the hill !!!

**Fiegs89** · 10-23-2009 11:46 AM

Hi everybody, just found silverfish, lots of great information on here.

Now for my story lol

I live in naples FL been wakeboarding for about 5 years and bought my first longboard (sector 9) about a year and a half ago cause it looked kinda similar and thought it would be fun.
After about an hour i realized that longboarding was the greatest thing on land and decided to order a loaded dervish.
Started out just cruising and eventually got into dancing and pretty much anything else you can do on completly flat land. No hills=no dh

Current Set-up
Flex 2 (150lbs)
Bear Grizzlys
Khiro barrels orange/blue
Otang In Heats 80a
MHS bearings (best for the $$$ by far)

Here's a pic of the dervish the day I got it.
(I never realized how shiny and green my big zigs were)

**lizardbowl12** · 10-23-2009 08:57 PM

I'm not really "new". i've been here for a while. but i just want to know if you can change your name?

thanks

**stevo the maverick** · 10-26-2009 09:28 PM

i'm new too. i'm stevo from lafayette La. have a vanguard flex 2 with orange venoms on randal 180's with 86a otang freerides. parking garages are all we have. anyone from austin texas, please give me some addresses for some good runs. we're spending a couple of days there and wana get some skating in.