NOOB Questions Answered By Dopamine David

**longboardorific** · 10-15-2008 04:10 PM

Ask A Skater!

whos the noob now?

**mc99david** · 10-15-2008 04:13 PM

Originally Posted by longboardorific

Ask A Skater!

whos the noob now?

I never called you a noob,

and I think it is great that you have a simular thread, maybe togather we can help make it so all simple questions can be found in just two threads

**pennypusher** · 10-15-2008 04:30 PM

Can i get a wheel answer ....AMEN

**mc99david** · 10-15-2008 04:37 PM

sorry lou, i missed that earlier..

I have never ridden the 7-0s I know they have been around before the reflex zigz were out, so maybe there is a urathane difference, but that is my best guess.

Gotta say I would pic the zigz, just because that is the one i have ridden, but that is not a very good answer, but its the best i got, never even seen a 7-O in person.

**pennypusher** · 10-15-2008 04:39 PM

ACCEPTABLE..thanks man

**K-SHIZZ** · 10-15-2008 07:50 PM

this is just about my favorite thread. now i dont have time te search this cuz i gotta go, but how will the performance of my evo change if i put on broken in otang in heats instead of 83mm 75a flys?
i'll check back in an hour or two

**mc99david** · 10-15-2008 09:30 PM

yeah, your evo will definitly be more grippy. i would really suggest it, and broken in ones will still have a very smooth drift that you are use to from your flys

**K-SHIZZ** · 10-15-2008 10:05 PM

Originally Posted by mc99david

yeah, your evo will definitly be more grippy. i would really suggest it, and broken in ones will still have a very smooth drift that you are use to from your flys

awesome thanks!

theres this quick hill i like to practice turns on thast gets you to 30ish mph and has a really nice hairpin at the bottom of it. and on a parrallel run it has a nice right turn hairpin at the bottom. and i need some better grip in those turns. i've been running off the side into bushes and broken glass a lot lately.

**mc99david** · 10-15-2008 10:35 PM

yeah you will like them for it, but new, nonbroken im ones will tirn it even better

**Steve Ignorant** · 10-15-2008 10:36 PM

Why is James Dean so awesome?

**mc99david** · 10-15-2008 10:50 PM

steve: if you dont already know that answer than you dont deserve to know the answer... and i question your manhood

**rossiroller** · 10-15-2008 11:23 PM

I just made my first board and the way I cut my wood I can build 3 boards (6 blanks), but one will have a board with the grain going sideways and one going vertical.

I built my first one vertical grain (here), toothless method
will the horizontal act differently/how do i cope with that
im using 1/4 bb

5x5ft piece of wood cut into 4x1ft blanks

**mc99david** · 10-16-2008 09:09 AM

the cross grain will act differently for sure, but use it as your top layer and if you are around 160 lbs it will hold you just fine, it will feel a little soggy, but that will actualy dampen the bumps for you, i have done this on speedboards before and it actauly can work very well, also keep in mind, that because of the added cross grain, it will be very difficult to press, just takes a lot more preasur to bend that wood, but I have a board just like that, and i've been riding it for 2 years now, and works great

**st3v13** · 10-16-2008 09:18 AM

Do you just do this becuase you ahve nothing else to do at work?
~st3v13

**mc99david** · 10-16-2008 09:26 AM

its more that it gives me something else to think about for a few minutes here and there at work

and my days very between being extremely busy, to just moderatly, where i am on the phone almost all day, so i can type and be on the phone at the same time, most of the time on hold anyway

**FlyingDutchman** · 10-16-2008 09:29 AM

Nice thread, David. Entertaining AND informative. What else can one ask for in a forum?

Anyways, here's the NOOB question. Can you tell me what "gas pedal" concave is?

Thanks

**mc99david** · 10-16-2008 09:36 AM

well i have seen a number of different concaves being called gas pedal, but from what i have figured out so far, is that it is specific concave right where your foot is that is shaped like this _/ I may be incorrect here just for lack of experience with it, and it is more comon in slalom circles, i have only seen one dh board that was said to be gas pedal, and it had foam weges put into the concave. So thats the best answer i have on that, and again, others can probably answer this one better

**eipsalta** · 10-16-2008 10:27 AM

Hello Dave,

I have a truly noobish question to ask: What is the advantage of a flexy board? And how do you know which flex number is the one for you?

**mc99david** · 10-16-2008 10:32 AM

well, if you are refering to loaded, they have a guide on their site as to what is probably the right flex is for you. but there is more to it than that. if you are one that is a real aggresive carver, or pumper, you might go with something a little stiffer, if you are a little more casual of a carver, then a softer board could be a little better, for a more comfortable ride. it is just like flex in snowboards. the flex in the board is there to push back against you in a carve, and make a board more carvey, and can actualy snap you back into your next turn. So that is the basic idea of it all.. but in all reality you wont know what is right for you untill you try a few to see what is perfect, cause it is 90% personal preference.

**pennypusher** · 10-16-2008 10:35 AM

Originally Posted by Steve Ignorant

Why is James Dean so awesome?

i agree james dean was awesome.
1. he was truly a rebel without a cause.
2.he loved porsches
james dean quotes..
3. Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today."
"Only the gentle are ever really strong."
"The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results."
4. he had cool hair