Dealing with falling leaves...

**skategeezer** · 10-24-2009 01:07 PM

I am serious...they can be treacherous...i know this sounds nuts, but leaves and moisture are a lethal slippery combo...
what do you do?

**sterlingc** · 10-24-2009 01:08 PM

skate over them.

stop trolling for attention

**Terrorsathan** · 10-24-2009 01:09 PM

Its still a bit damp and there's leaves everywhere here... 2 hours ago I thought I'd be cool and try and stand up through some wet leaves... we'll my superglider ended up in a 5 inch deep puddle and I had just put new bearings in right before I went out

**easyrider2004** · 10-24-2009 01:25 PM

i concur, they can be quite dangerous

**SpeedFiend** · 10-24-2009 03:47 PM

i mounted a flip hd camera on the baseplate of my speedbone and have been shooting some hills, i love the leaves, the noise they make as i run them over is crunch!

**dozer jr** · 10-24-2009 03:49 PM

i hate wet leaves. if you are doing some dh, say goodbye to traction! i took a nasty chunk out of my kahas and boad by doing this.

**Ian** · 10-24-2009 04:35 PM

I just skate. Gotta learn to deal with it on the east coast.

**ridesnow.** · 10-24-2009 05:12 PM

you gotta embrace the slide they give you!

and they look rad when you fly through em

**slavia631** · 10-24-2009 05:36 PM

Originally Posted by sterlingc

skate over them.

stop trolling for attention

Ummm, yeah. ....And maybe you should stop publishing that magazine of yours. It's obviously a big ploy to get attention too, right?

Just stepped out yesterday and there were more leaves showing than concrete in the driveway. Not only are leaves slippery to ride on, but I had them flying up onto my board, where my feet did a great job of working them into my grip tape and making the deck itself a lil sketchy. F.U. leaves.

**sterlingc** · 10-24-2009 05:50 PM

just seems like a dead end conversation to me,

like the helmet safety thread

maybe im a cynic

no wait, I am a cynic

**RiRak** · 10-24-2009 05:57 PM

I used them to help learn switch bs 180s

**Kameli** · 10-25-2009 05:22 AM

When they get wet they become really slippery and I hate pushing on that s***, because the slipperynes and the fact that they stick on to your shoes and after that to your grip tape.

But there's nothing more fun that to skate on some dry leaves (not too much of them ofc). I like to watch them fly up from the back wheels. And I like the fact it adds some style into boardwalking also.

**sparkmarker** · 10-25-2009 06:05 AM

Originally Posted by sterlingc

just seems like a dead end conversation to me

Then why are you still reading the thread?

**pavedwave** · 10-25-2009 07:15 AM

Originally Posted by [Ian]

I just skate. Gotta learn to deal with it on the east coast.

same with the west.

pushing on 97mm flywheels most of the time now, that helps plow through this stuff

this is a shot where the coverage is actually light

**The Mullet** · 10-25-2009 08:56 AM

I just deal with the leaves, because the fall colors make skating that much better.

**skategeezer** · 10-25-2009 09:13 AM

trolling for attention!
love it

i am wondering what would be the best method to REALLY troll for attention!

you want trolling....you have to go back into the ncdsa.com archives!

**Loopole** · 10-25-2009 10:19 AM

Originally Posted by The Mullet

I just deal with the leaves, because the fall colors make skating that much better.

Amen to that

Seriously, just ride it.
What I do? Push down the hill and hold onto my ass! Fall, walk back up, do it again...but hold on tighter.

**ows371** · 10-25-2009 02:49 PM

which trolling for attention is better for sliding?

**killdozer** · 10-25-2009 03:30 PM

I dunno, I just deal with it. This is what weather looks like here till about Spring time, so it's learn to skate it or be bored till spring. (and this is very very light coverage on my street compared to how bad it gets).

**longwood94** · 10-25-2009 03:40 PM

quit your pussy footing and just ride in it
if you are really that paranoid about it the go to lowe's and buy one of those shop brooms that are like 36" wide and duct tape it to your board...there problem solved