WHAT IS A DEATHBOX?

[foo444]

i asume its something in a pool is it the watter scoop that are ususly along the top edge of the pool or something?

its driving me nuts

[Sensei]

Its the square cutout towards the lip of the pool, normally for the filter/pump thing or whatever. If you don't nail your grind across it, well, you'll find out why its called the death box

[CRASS]

Its where the water goes into the leaf catcher thing..

i dont have any pictures on my comp right now.. but yeah you get it.

[crash]

grinding over it is like attaining a black belt in a martial art. (in my mind) the belt system goes something like this:

kick turn on the face wall = white belt
carve the face wall = yellow belt
carve over the light = red belt (or whatever color comes next)
grind the deep end = brown belt
grind over the death box = black belt


feel free to add/disagree/modify to your liking

[NoHillTooBig]

ok i dont get it if red is your copin, blue is the bowl and green the cutout, which is how im accustomed to it, how is grindin over that any harder than regular coping?

[Brayden]

i would say its because if you dont make the grind and try to come off over the deathbox part, your wheels would get caught it it and you would get assraped. its not the difficulty of the grind, same difficulty, but if you dont pull it off, you have a greater chance of dying.

[Anonymous]

the deathbox being more difficult is like dropping in the first time. the technique is not really difficult, it's the mental factor that does it.


also the greater chance of death as Brayden put it always makes things harder. walking across the street in the crosswalk = easy, crossing the freeway = greater chance of death. the walking technique is still the same.

[crash]

/\ me /\

[Brayden]

good analogy

[NoHillTooBig]

well thats only if you try to roll back down, if you just bail, youd be fine

[crash]

maybe, then again maybe not. hence the fear

[Wheel Man]

grinding over it is like attaining a black belt in a martial art. (in my mind) the belt system goes something like this:

kick turn on the face wall = white belt
carve the face wall = yellow belt
carve over the light = red belt (or whatever color comes next)
grind the deep end = brown belt
grind over the death box = black belt


feel free to add/disagree/modify to your liking

Whoooo I'm a yellow belt now!

[foo444]

cool thanks guys

[crash]

grinding over it is like attaining a black belt in a martial art. (in my mind) the belt system goes something like this:

kick turn on the face wall = white belt
carve the face wall = yellow belt
carve over the light = red belt (or whatever color comes next)
grind the deep end = brown belt
grind over the death box = black belt


feel free to add/disagree/modify to your liking

Whoooo I'm a yellow belt now!

good for you!. remember that these are my own ideas and probably unintentionally make me look good. I'm also a yellow belt in this system.

man, you'd think that if I invented this ranking system, I'd at least given myself a better belt...

[radioactive_matt]

grind over the steps- black belt with studs

[Sensei]

Oh god, please no ranking systems in skateboarding. All I need is for parents to be bothering me why there superstar son/daughter isn't a yellow belt yet at the goddamn skatepark too


EDIT* Damn, how is it you can say damn, you can say god then damn, but god forbid you try and say goddamn. I say, I say goooddaamn!!

[Momona Boe]

Pulp Fiction?

[Mile_High_Mark]

[NoHillTooBig]

Oh god, please no ranking systems in skateboarding. All I need is for parents to be bothering me why there superstar son/daughter isn't a yellow belt yet at the * skatepark too


EDIT* Damn, how is it you can say damn, you can say god then damn, but god forbid you try and say *. I say, I say goooddaamn!!

thank you

[crash]

karate moms

the next worst thing after soccer moms and little league dads, just under ingrown toenails for annoying pain in the a$$!





*for all those who are actually contemplating a belt ranking system, please note that this was all done tongue in cheek. not to be taken litterally.