help with sliding

**hi everybody** · 12-22-2004 06:52 PM

ok, yes i know this is the most annoying question in the longboarding world, but i cant slide at all. ive tried toeside, heelside, grabbing the rail, hands up, and i just cant seem to break loose. all i do is go carvin out of control into my friends or a curb. SO WILL SOME ONE PLEASE HELP!!!!. ive also tried an experiment with puttin shortboard wheels on the back of my long board, they were 54mm and 98a, but it still didnt work. also wil tightening my trucks help at all??? i have abec11 grippins in 75a. any help will be GREATLY appreciated.

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**raven6241** · 12-22-2004 07:08 PM

Grippins are probably one of the hardest wheels to get to slide, and in 75a, you can pretty much write the idea off. Plus, I wouldn't want to slide them. I slid my 75a gumballs twice (ie. 2 pendulums only) and they have got a small cone to them already.

Loose trucks help me. Going fast also helps a lot. Really throw yourself into the slide. You might get hurt, but you probably won't. It will hurt less than any speedboarding stack, so you've probably had worse.

Good luck!

**MalakaiKingston** · 12-22-2004 07:16 PM

Originally Posted by hi everybody

ok, yes i know this is the most annoying question in the longboarding world, but i cant slide at all. ive tried toeside, heelside, grabbing the rail, hands up, and i just cant seem to break loose. all i do is go carvin out of control into my friends or a curb. SO WILL SOME ONE PLEASE HELP!!!!. ive also tried an experiment with puttin shortboard wheels on the back of my long board, they were 54mm and 98a, but it still didnt work. also wil tightening my trucks help at all??? i have abec11 grippins in 75a. any help will be GREATLY appreciated.

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put some wheels on your deck that are over 90a
tighten your trucks
put on some slide gloves
go down a small hill
go to a crouch
put both hands down on the street (toeside)
act like you are pushing the street away from you (toeside)
put all of your weight on your hands (toeside)
if you are still on your board at this point you will be sliding (toeside)

if you wanna do it healside do the same thing just instead of pushing away you will be dragging...

if it doesn't work the first time
do it again
once you can do a 180
then start going down hills

if you want more help

watch the gravity slides video
or this http://satori.cyberdojo.com/ninjabom...boardblues.wmv

hope this helps

**hi everybody** · 12-22-2004 11:27 PM

thanks a bunch. this question prolly gets asked a lot and thanks for dealin with a retard newb. ya i guess grippins arnt the best wheels. im gunna try it with my 98a, 54mm shortboard wheels. and on slick garage cement too.

**Andyrew** · 12-23-2004 04:21 AM

Malakai, that vid is sic! You have such nice hills!!

As for sliding, i'll go with what's been said:

more speed, and throw yourself into it! You're close to the ground so the most you'll get is a bit of road rash if you come off, and that can be avoided if you pad up a bit. Really commit to it.

Andy

**hi everybody** · 12-23-2004 02:48 PM

ya later today im prolly gunna go skatin with my friend and he lives close to a church that has the really smooth asphalt. and i now have 54mm 98a wheels on.

**hi everybody** · 12-23-2004 03:23 PM

YA!!!!! I DID IT!!! i just tried sliding on my arbor fish wth shortboard wheels, and I SLID!!!! all i can do right now is toeside 180s, and i am startin to be able to ride them out in fakie. it is so kool. does anyone have any advice in heelsides??? thanks alot

**MalakaiKingston** · 12-24-2004 12:35 AM

get speed
crouch and roll your back foot onto it's side so most of your weight is on your front foot,
put your lead hand down and let it slide away from you,
drop your A$$ like you are going to sit down
put most of your weight on your hand
the only weight on your feet should be the heelside edge of your leed feet
it should slide
when it does the board will swing around

learn them with one hand and then with two...

good luck