My setup, help?

Lasyk · 08-27-2009, 11:20 PM

I've been learning how to slide lately and I need some harder wheels.'

I'm currently using 75mm 76A sector 9 9 balls with 10" gullwing chargers.
Going into a coleman I'm not sure if its that I don't have enough speed or m wheels are too soft but at the last second I get a bit of a slide and then it stopps all of a sudden and I fall on my ass.

Any help is greatly appreciated

tomes · 08-27-2009, 11:26 PM

Going faster is always going to make it easier to break your wheels out into a slide. How fast do you think you're going when you put a hand down for the Coleman?

Lasyk · 08-27-2009, 11:36 PM

I don't have a good idea of how fast I'm going, probably about half my regular speed on flats. I figured it would be best to start out slower and work my way up to high speed.

Also I'm skating a 46" pintail, which probly isnt the best board in the world for sliding.

tomes · 08-27-2009, 11:39 PM

Meh, Any board is slidable. You're probably going to be able to pull 180s at the speed your going, then once you get faster the board will pretty much pull it's self back around. The slower you're going the more weight you're going to have to put on your hand.

Lasyk · 08-27-2009, 11:42 PM

What would you suggest for wheel hardness, 80A+? right?

tomes · 08-27-2009, 11:48 PM

I dig the Sec9 Centerset RFs in 78a, but yeah, 80a and up would be good. Maybe get some 83a's. How much do you weigh?

Bookworm · 08-27-2009, 11:59 PM

you're gonna chunk the #### out of those nineballs if you get to real sliding.

half your regular speed on flats?

you need to go WAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYY faster.

I don't slide until I break 15 or 20 mph.

Actually I'm pretty impressed you're breaking free, but it means you're committing properly.

Now just go 3-5 times as fast, and it'll suddenly be easy as pie.