How to Coleman Slide Article Survey -- Please Participate

[aylk]

1. 30
2. Around 2 years stopped for 8 years, back again now
3. Begginer
4. No
5. Still working on it
6. Sure

[isabelle]

45
7
advanced
No
first saved my life, one week to pull speed into bertleman pop-back, 3 tries to coleman - very easy!
all threads giving tips/info are way past kool!

[peterwilliams]

1) 18
2) 10 months
3) Begginer-ish
4) Nope. I didn't find this site until I had already learned.
5) I taught myself, and it took me a while. Probably a few days of reallllly trying.
6) I would love to see more articles.

[rivers]

1.27
2.3
3.intermediate
4.no
5. 2 attempts.
6. Its great to have articles on the net. But the best way to learn is to skate with others and get a direct transmission.

[HillBilly Slider]

1) What is your age?
15
2) How many years have you been skating?
1
3) What is your percieved level of skating expertise,
beginner to intermediate
4) Did you learn how to do the Coleman slide after reading the article? No didnt read article
5) If you learned this slide, how long did it take? How many hours or attempts.
1 hour, few tries
6) Do you wish to see further skateboard related technical articles posted on the fish?
yes, how to make gloves, how to pump, more on how to slide

[C11scriber]

1) 15
2) 1 year
3) Beginnerish
4) Yes
5) Couple of hours including time to whip up some dodgey gloves
6) How to's for other types of slides woule be great. Don't need to be as detailed but the pictures and videos helped a lot too. - Thanks for the great article, I'm having heaps of fun and feel a lot safer out on the roads now i can slide.

[AGENT WD-40]

1. 17
2. Skating off an on for around 7 years. Longboarding for 2. Sliding for about 1.5.
3. Intermediate
4. Learned before article.
5. To do my first one: 3 weeks or so. To perfect the technique: 2 months or so.
6. Yes. Like someone else posted, articles on other slides w/ video.

[F]

34
6
Intermediate
No. I learned from looking at videos on the web.
One hour for the movement, few days for the style. Still workin.
Yes

-F

[Astronomical]

1) 16 (17 in two weeks)
2) Many shortboard, one longboard.
3) Beginnermediate.
4) No, learned it weeks back. Watched a video to learn I think.
5) Got a 180º on my first try, took me a while to get my hands off the rails pendying though.
6) Yes.
-Drifting tips 'n' tricks
-Slide gloves how-to (not for me but so there are less "how do I" threads)

[Crappysurfer]

coughcoughcough

[faceless.13]

1) What is your age? 14
2) How many years have you been skating? about 2
3) What is your percieved level of skating expertise? intermediate
4) Did you learn how to do the Coleman slide after reading the article? didn't have a board that I could get a comfortable stance on. will soon though =D
5) If you learned this slide, how long did it take? see above
6) Do you wish to see further skateboard related technical articles posted on the fish? definatly; pumping and proper foot breaking would be great, I'm not sure if I'm doing it right (and I'm also tearing up my shoes)

[longboardertwan]

1) What is your age?
17 nearly 18
2) How many years have you been skating?
7 years?
3) What is your percieved level of skating expertise, beginner/intermediate/advanced?
intermediate i guess?
4) Did you learn how to do the Coleman slide after reading the article? Yes or No
no
5) If you learned this slide, how long did it take? How many hours or attempts.
a bunch of times out before i could get it to come back around
6) Do you wish to see further skateboard related technical articles posted on the fish?
yes - racing tips from both slalom and speedboard racing, pool riding stuff, some sort of comprehensive system of charts on wheels, bushings, trucks covering their strengths and weaknesses and uses for whatever conditions etc. and probably other stuff too.

[chromaticbum]

age: 18
time skateboarding: 2 years
time sliding: 1 year
skill level: intermediate
learned before article: i already knew it
time to learn coleman: got it about the 6th try, took about two weeks to learn it solid, and about 2 months to learn it solid at ANY speed. hardest part was learning to drop back knee as far as possible.
desired howtos: howto form a crew, howto flatland, skateboarding core skills (what to do without pavement to increase balance and core skateboard skills).

[mcduff]

1) 46 (####, that hurts)
2) longboarding 1 year (other on and off -- mainly off -- for a couple of decades)
3) beginner (again)
4) No (started doing toeside which seemed easier and then I read this article which made me think I started working on the wrong thing)
5) only read recently and it has got a bit cold to work on it. Will try again using the article.
6) Yes.

[lchettle]

1) What is your age? 19
2) How many years have you been skating? 0.4 yrs
3) What is your percieved level of skating expertise, beginner/intermediate/advanced? intermediate
4) Did you learn how to do the Coleman slide after reading the article? Yes
5) If you learned this slide, how long did it take? How many hours or attempts. learned in about 30 minutes and the next day tried a toeside slide and i haven't done the coleman since (its been about a month since i've tried the coleman). It probably took me 10 attempts to actually slide and 20 before i pulled the 180 coleman.
6) Do you wish to see further skateboard related technical articles posted on the fish? Can't think of any now but If you wrote more articles I would read them for sure.

[Linebacker51]

1) 16
2) 7 1/2 years of on/off shortboarding, 1 year of longboarding
3) Intermediate
4) Yes
5) After a 1 hour session I could land a 180 degree one 1/5 tries. A couple weeks after that I went to a much bigger hill and got the 360 consistent.
6) How to Flatspin, how to drift a turn, or how to pump.

Very detailed article. I used it and faltown's slideskool and learned how to consistently land one in less than a month.

[Louieb153]

1) 15
2) 2
3) Beginner
4) Yes
5) 1 session, less than an hour
6) Yes, more complicated slides like the sergio layback

[Steve D.]

--buuuump--- lets keep this going!

[Hillslider]

1) What is your age?
2) How many years have you been skating?
3) What is your percieved level of skating expertise, beginner/intermediate/advanced?
4) Did you learn how to do the Coleman slide after reading the article? Yes or No
5) If you learned this slide, how long did it take? How many hours or attempts.
6) Do you wish to see further skateboard related technical articles posted on the fish? Examples are How to make slide gloves, How to pump a skateboard, How to footbrake, etc. If so submit a brief list of your requests.

1. 15
2. 1 and a half
3. Beginner +
4. No
5. I just started sliding on Feb 25.
6. Yes. How to make Slide Gloves. And How to Pump a Skateboard.

[Warchild]

1) 16

2) About 7

3) Intermediate

4) Uh.. didn't see the article

5) When I got sergio sliders.. the first toeside slide I did with the first try, and then got road
rash "from the skate gods" when I tried a coleman.. took about 7-8 tries for the coleman

6) Yes, on how to flatspin slide