First yes i did search i searched a few things nothing was to my use so i made a thread.
I have never ever tried to slide but i want to learn how. I have had all my longboard stuff for about half a month the wheels are are like 95% broken in. How should i prepare for my first slide? What slide should i first learn i was watching the loaded's sliding help and they had some slides i wanted to learn, i was thinking about the toeside 180. What do think?
(85 pounds 5 feet i ride randal 150 R-II lime zigzags 66mm on a trick board with trucks at very nose and tail)
ITs going to be a lot more challenging because trick decks are hard to slide on as it is, and with Zig Zags its gonna want to turn more than its gonna want to slide. This means you have to go a lot faster than usual and this is hard to do for a person who wants to slide for the first time. But as many other people will say, get some guts and just go for it. If you're not sliding, you have to just try again because we can't really contribute any help other than giving our opinions.
note: toeside 180 is probably the easiest slide to learn (its the slide I used for a while to stop myself).
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A good skater on a waterlogged beater with rusty bearings and bent trucks will beat your ass on a Dee-Lite Hellcat, Maguns and O-tangs.
should i try it on my regular trick board all regular trick stuff? they have likee 100a tiny wheels
I dont have any slide gloves could i try the stand up toeside? or is that bad idea? How could i make a slide glove i dont have alot of money. Could i cut out pucks from a snowboard a super glue them to a tough work glove?
should i try it on my regular trick board all regular trick stuff? they have likee 100a tiny wheels
I dont have any slide gloves could i try the stand up toeside? or is that bad idea? How could i make a slide glove i dont have alot of money.
I'd try it on the 100a wheels, it'll be much easier, but you might flatspot the crap out of them because skate wheels tend to do that.
Try whatever you want, but you should really make gloves because they can be useful if you fall or if you give up on trying standups because they take a lot of guts (imo) to do compared to regular hands down sliding.
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Originally Posted by Blix
A good skater on a waterlogged beater with rusty bearings and bent trucks will beat your ass on a Dee-Lite Hellcat, Maguns and O-tangs.
I found I could carve hard enough heelside to get considerable drift on my 80a PolkaDots, and that felt fairly predictable and controllable.
Next step was to do pretty much the same thing, low on the board, forward hand (in sliding glove) back on the road, pull up the toeside edge by the rear foot, and carve a good bit harder.
Viola, sliding!
Suddenly a whole lot less scary than it was minutes before.
I made slide gloves out of garden gloves with some pvc pipe fittings. they're round but then they have a larg (about 2" sq) raised square. I just duct taped them on around that square and they work just fine.
Total Cost:
Garden Gloves: $1.97/pair at Lowe's
PVC Fittings: $1.97/each ($3.94 for 2) at Lowe's
Duct Tape: $6.58/50 yds at Lowe's
Sliding is a beautiful thing for a couple reasons... Sitting on the internet asking questions doesn't learn for you. But also you just need to bad yourself up in every way you can think of.. And then try.
And fall.
And try.
And fall.
And try.
And fall.
And try.
And fall, but not as hard and with improvement.
And try.
And fall.
And try and succeed.
You just need to give er' and expect PAIN!
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how should i prepare for sliding
but the best preparation is to get gloves, and then I learned a coleman first
