How was your daily longboarding ride/s?

El Capitan · 04-14-2009, 06:21 PM

Went out today, and worked on doing corners in my tuck, and doing cornering with the rail ( dont know what else to call it). Then i went and just did a tiny hill to work on my tuck, but the head wind was so strong that i just looked like a kid going 2 mph down a road bent over. Overall good day, and I can't wait to get out again.

sk8terdp · 04-14-2009, 07:55 PM

I was just riding in my neighberhood for about 4 hours been practicing on cross stopping and nose manuals. Rode a total of about 10 good miles on my new dervish.

hop2x94 · 04-14-2009, 08:44 PM

Dude ####, I was just bombing a small hill, i'd say 15-20mph and some guy on his bike comes flying out of one of these streets on the way down and follows me for about 100 yards. Then he asked me how old i was and i was like
"ugh?, 8th grade

"
"oh wow you are much younger than me!

"
I was like ya

?
then he follow me to this park and was like "I haven't be here in like 2 years it brings back good memories."
then i push pretty quick and went into this church parking lot and saw a longboarder, then looked closly to find out it was my friends younger brother.

then that one dude started taking to him,
and i was like "uh

, a longboarder over there!"
and rode off but the dude follow me.

So i just let him talk about his life tell my friends mom drove by, and i asked for a ride, so we (without the guy) hopped in.
Then the dude was like "i need friends what his address?"
Finally she just drove off

randomq · 04-15-2009, 05:45 PM

I loosened up my rear truck a quarter turn and finally really got into my carves. I'm pretty thrilled about it.

I'm a total n00b. Three weeks ago I couldn't even stand on a skateboard. Mudbogging was getting kinda boring and I've always thought longboarding sounded awesome, so I'm doing this now. It's allot of fun because it's such a challenge for me. I still got the old mudracer though, 84 Ford on 38 inch boggers.

AGDeezy · 04-15-2009, 06:58 PM

Alright so me and my roomate just got back from a ride, about an hour. We went through these nice culdasacs and stuff right in front of our apartment complex. As we were riding we saw three police cars not 8 feet from eachother all turn into this culdasac. So, being curious we followed. We went around a corner, and they were all standing outside their cars, with an additional suburban cruiser. We said hello, and they commented on hour our boards were big and stuff and we went on our way. As we were leaving the area, another cruiser passed going to the same area. Then on down the road, ANOTHER cruiser turned in.

6 police cruisers in total, all in one really nice area just chattin'. Why? Idk.

vwitme · 04-15-2009, 10:57 PM

Went to Seven Layers of Heaven (Dublin Bart garage). First time, there pretty fun. Smoked my freebord friends, nothing to really be proud of though. Anyone else ride there often?

slayer9019 · 04-15-2009, 11:38 PM

rippin up our daily parking deck run tonight with my new rayne. Blissful carves and some nice tucked corners. My friend was rockin his S9 on crails and gumballs. Then on the 3rd level some asshole #### face sped up and tried to hit me and my friend. ####### ASSHOLE!

Memphis · 04-16-2009, 08:25 AM

I woke up late for my 9:30 class so I took my broken/fixed longboard (which I had drilled new holes in earlier around April 4) and it currently has no griptape on it right now so as I was riding to my class, I accidentally twist my body forward to adjust my backpack (which had my laptop in it) and I ended up falling in front of 4 people. Good thing the classes had already started because it was my first time riding that board to class and there's usually a big crowd going to different classes. Fortunately, a generous student picked up my longboard that rode away from me and gave it to me and made sure I was okay. I was but nevertheless, I was still embarrassed. I'm still in class right now haha.

DELETED · 04-16-2009, 11:12 AM

I think this season is a wash. We had the nicest days of the year last week, I had gastroenteritis and was too busy puking to skate... now we're due for another huge ass storm that's gonna wreck the roads, and they're gonna dump even more sand on the roads. It's already like skating on a playground out there. I haven't skated in ####### forever, every time I turn around, I'm sick or there's a snowstorm.

complexCarlo · 04-16-2009, 11:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Memphis

I woke up late for my 9:30 class so I took my broken/fixed longboard (which I had drilled new holes in earlier around April 4) and it currently has no griptape on it right now so as I was riding to my class, I accidentally twist my body forward to adjust my backpack (which had my laptop in it) and I ended up falling in front of 4 people. Good thing the classes had already started because it was my first time riding that board to class and there's usually a big crowd going to different classes. Fortunately, a generous student picked up my longboard that rode away from me and gave it to me and made sure I was okay. I was but nevertheless, I was still embarrassed. I'm still in class right now haha.

Ive heard of this happen to so many people thankfully I have never been thru that. Hopefully never will but i love to show off some cross-stepping...

phlyinghigh · 04-16-2009, 12:40 PM

Read the local paper at breakfast today. In the police reports, two people were warned after skating down the brand new parking garage here in Bozeman. I shredded the parking garage a week before, before security was handed over to the cops. So smooth... As soon as the snow stops melting into rivers down it, I'm going back over for a night run. hopefully.

Xgecko · 04-16-2009, 02:11 PM

12miles to the beach and back....wind was kind of annoying on the way back but otherwise great skate, cool enough to keep from sweating to much and the roads are nearly sand free....yea!!!! winter is over

cruiserkid · 04-16-2009, 03:12 PM

slow ... i need new bearings.

d-loop · 04-16-2009, 06:11 PM

I'm so psyched, I was able to finally get some speed checks going today. I'm hoping to be able to do stand up slides soon, I think I'm really close.

Hot Wheels · 04-16-2009, 06:15 PM

Today's ride was a beauty, like Xgecko said, it's cool enough
that you don't sweat much, yet warm enough you don't need
a coat/hoodie. Spring is a great season!

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igotscars · 04-16-2009, 06:15 PM

A####ingMAZING! Brand new 86a freerides and some more s9 rf to keep it thaney. Every second was great!

d-loop · 04-16-2009, 07:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by igotscars

A####ingMAZING! Brand new 86a freerides and some more s9 rf to keep it thaney. Every second was great!

I have pretty dang new retro 83a freerides, and I'm considering getting the 86a's next time. Would you suggest doing so? Have you used wheels a little softer than your new ones?

MacRae · 04-17-2009, 12:55 AM

Skated to work for the first time since I pulled a straight-to-face on a hill Sunday afternoon, it was a beautiful day and I felt really comfortable despite my knees still being pretty stiff. Repped the helmet all day; since my spill I've decided to wear it whenever I'm on the board, as opposed to only when I'm planning on an actual session.

Did some drifting on the way home and after lunch, noticed my slides were much smoother and more consistent than even a week or two ago. I'm not sure if it's just that my wheels are broken in now or if I've improved to the point that I'm sliding better, but it's inspired me to get some harder wheels and risers and hook up my neglected 40" Zorlac as a sliding board, so I won't have to swap wheels when I went to really slide.

Jorelle · 04-17-2009, 01:11 AM

Finally got my own board set up and went cruising and just hanging out with a bunch of friends. Roggs Junior Dancer rides like a dream. Let my friend ride it for a while and throughout the day I was tweaking my trucks and by the end of the night I finally had it dialed down to something comfortable and turny, plus I had enough practice in the day not to get speed wobble anymore...on a slow speed. Still workin' it!

omgwtfhumpingjellybeans · 04-17-2009, 10:30 PM

The kp on my front truck snapped post-bomb the other day hahaha, felt like the trucks were loosey goosey all of a sudden, luckily I didn't eat sh*t. Cheapskates get what they pay for lol.

Got to practice my standy slides today after more than three weeks, definitely missed the feeling of going sideways