what are the common mistakes on coleman slide?

[bummerman]

hello

I'm going to share my short story before i start asking questions.

I just recover from a minor ankle sprain. theres still a bit of pain but i just want to go out there and give it a shot. my first 5 minutes on the board was completety off. i was really afraid that i might fall and hurt my self again. while out there, it came to the point where i was thinking of selling my board and forget about longboarding. i stayed out there and kept trying, thinking that maybe i will overcome my fear. after few more minutes of riding i decided to try a coleman slide. so i push my board , was starting to gain speed and also starting to panic and to make the story short, my first coleman slide was a failure i fell on my a$$ and ripped my pants but what happened there was all worth it. after that fall i felt so amazing! the fear is gone(not really sure about this). ... after so many attempts, not even one slide was successful, not even close but thats fine. I'm still very happy of the outcome. 8)

can you guys please share some tips? what are the things should i avoid? i always find my board(pintail) in diagonal position, tail on front and nose at the back.

I just got orangatang stimulus 83a which i heard that are very smooth on sliding but almost all of my slide attempts are kind of choppy?is there something wrong with my slide?

[Ryno21bc]

First off I just got off crutches with a grade 2 sprain and it sucked! wear a light brace or wrap it for the first few weeks, you dont wanna re injure it. As far as the sliding goes go faster than you think you need to and put your hand, heelside for colmans, closer to the board rather than farther.

[NickCrotch]

Grabbing "stinkbug", or in between your legs, is a common mistake. It will be less stable then not grabbing at all at higher speeds and it definitely takes away from style points. Good luck.

[Cann0n]

Not doing it right is a common mistake. I could explain, but it's easier to say, if you aren't doing it right, practice more.

I actually like grabbing stink bug. It is less stable and steezy, but that's how I've always done them... I've been getting used to not grabbing at all, but I need to re-grip my favorite board and get better shoes (for 6 months).

It's FL and it's flat. Speeds make it easier. Go faster.

[bummerman]

First off I just got off crutches with a grade 2 sprain and it sucked! wear a light brace or wrap it for the first few weeks, you dont wanna re injure it. As far as the sliding goes go faster than you think you need to and put your hand, heelside for colmans, closer to the board rather than farther.

actually im feeling a lot of pain on my ankle right now. i was wearing a bandage but that didnt help.....

[bummerman]

Not doing it right is a common mistake. I could explain, but it's easier to say, if you aren't doing it right, practice more.

I actually like grabbing stink bug. It is less stable and steezy, but that's how I've always done them... I've been getting used to not grabbing at all, but I need to re-grip my favorite board and get better shoes (for 6 months).

It's FL and it's flat. Speeds make it easier. Go faster.

before you start the slide....where do you put your weight?

[jsweriduk]

before you start the slide....where do you put your weight?

On your hand.



crouch down, carve heelside, put your hand down, get your butt so its not over the board, kick your knees forward

Edit: Falling is also a common mistake

[Wolfin]

Not doing it right is a common mistake. I could explain, but it's easier to say, if you aren't doing it right, practice more.

I actually like grabbing stink bug. It is less stable and steezy, but that's how I've always done them... I've been getting used to not grabbing at all, but I need to re-grip my favorite board and get better shoes (for 6 months).

It's FL and it's flat. Speeds make it easier. Go faster.

I grab stinkbug too, but I also have yet to do one without ending with the board stopped :/
Think the swinging of the arm helps for momentum, to get the board back straight.

My Stimulus are only choppy at high speeds after a somewhat sustained slide. If I try to hold the board horizontal instead of letting it go 180 and stopping, it skips a bit at the end.

But yeah, I found that leaning out far will make for an easier slide when learning, but if you don't kick out your back leg or get your butt off the board, you'll just do a hard u-turn (or fall, at higher speeds).

[boarderaholic]

Keep your butt up. I've always found it way more difficult to control my slides if my butt is dragging on the ground going heelside. And like someone else said, keep the hand on the round closer to you, not farther.

[Blaximus]

I'm like everybody else. I be stinkbuggin' it. I like to swing my downhill arm for some momentum before I set it on the ground. Squat low and keep your butt over the board.

[Cann0n]

before you start the slide....where do you put your weight?

On my hands... hence why I wear slide gloves. I also shovit my back leg out to initiate the slide.

I grab stinkbug too, but I also have yet to do one without ending with the board stopped :/
Think the swinging of the arm helps for momentum, to get the board back straight.

My Stimulus are only choppy at high speeds after a somewhat sustained slide. If I try to hold the board horizontal instead of letting it go 180 and stopping, it skips a bit at the end.

But yeah, I found that leaning out far will make for an easier slide when learning, but if you don't kick out your back leg or get your butt off the board, you'll just do a hard u-turn (or fall, at higher speeds).

I shutdown my rides that way. It's flat in FL. Generally, a quick 180* slide wont let you keep moving more than 5mph when you pull out of them.