Suuuuuuuuper stokeeeeeeed!!! =D

**R-Peak's** · 08-24-2009 08:52 PM

What's up !

Today was a good day. I decided to go for a samurai solo session of sliding. My goal was to learn a stand up FS 180, after seeing a guy do some at a ride yesteryday. I've been riding for about a month, and the only moves I can really do are a cross-step and a coleman slide.

I went outside at around 7pm, and started trying to do the slide. At first the board wouldn't even move. I started putting more of my weight on the front foot and trying to slide but the board would barely slide 30 degrees..I was really afraid of comitting cuz I thought if I did so I would get ejected when my wheels would lock back up at 90 degrees lol.

So I went for a ride around my town, thinking about it, and then decided that I'd rather break every bone in my body than come back home without nailing the slide. So I went to a small hill near my house and tried it, and tried it, for a few hours. I must've tried about 200 times. After a while I could 180, but I would not be able to stay on my board...Then I remembered that using your arms and looking where you wanna spin helps, so I tried that.

After 30 more minutes of trying and using my arms, I finally landed one..I yelled YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH WOOHOOOO, and then some lady stepped on her front porch and said : HEY, WOULD YOU MIND NOT YELLING, MY KIDS ARE ASLEEP..I said ''sorry ma'am'' and silently ''Yeeeeeeeeeessss'' lol.

Again for 30 more minutes I was nailing them about one every 10 tries so I said to myself, you are going to do 5 perfect ones in a row before you leave..So once I got two in a row, I commited, executed 3 more with perfect form and went back home as happy as I've ever been.

Next step, back side

**FlamingLongboarder** · 08-24-2009 11:49 PM

Switch backside would be cooler.

But seriously, that's sick.

**BlackRider** · 08-25-2009 12:07 AM

Awesomenessss!

Very happy to hear of your stokage. I have been having a good week, personally. Not entirely skate related so I'll spare you.

I have one question... what kind of wheels are you sliding that you were doing this potentially dozens of times for up to half an hour outside this lady's house, and still she didn't get annoyed until you were triumphantly and enthusiastically yelling?

When I fail a slide my wheels make this awful farting noise, that is usually quite loud and sometimes startles people.

**nikko3188** · 08-25-2009 05:00 AM

Originally Posted by BlackRider

Awesomenessss!

Very happy to hear of your stokage. I have been having a good week, personally. Not entirely skate related so I'll spare you.

I have one question... what kind of wheels are you sliding that you were doing this potentially dozens of times for up to half an hour outside this lady's house, and still she didn't get annoyed until you were triumphantly and enthusiastically yelling?

When I fail a slide my wheels make this awful farting noise, that is usually quite loud and sometimes startles people.

Try putting spacers and speed rings on your bearings/wheels and tighten them down. really helps in making slides quiet. I read it from a thread on here named "deep sixing the screech" if i remember correctly.