The easiest way to learn how to slide!!!

[Jiboomer]

waxing seems kinda dangerous if you forget about it and ride over it the next day.

ive been practicing standy 180s for like 2 days on hardwood at home when my parents go to work. It really helps you get the feel for em. and i got them down pretty solid today while riding around

[MacRae]

waxing seems kinda dangerous if you forget about it and ride over it the next day.

ive been practicing standy 180s for like 2 days on hardwood at home when my parents go to work. It really helps you get the feel for em. and i got them down pretty solid today while riding around

Do you live in a dance hall or something? Those must be big rooms.

[Fryed]

that's really cool man. in Dallas we don't have many hills.... and if it is a hill it might be half 50 yards long, think i might go wax an entire street with candles from the dollar store

[suredead]

that's really cool man. in Dallas we don't have many hills.... and if it is a hill it might be half 50 yards long, think i might go wax an entire street with candles from the dollar store

ya great idea make sure to post back to tell everyone else how it is.

[enemy combatant]

You guys who wax parks and streets should be taken out and shot in the head!

[Daniel M.]

You guys who wax parks and streets should be taken out and shot in the head!

Basically.

edit:

really though, if you guys need your "training wheels" check out kraffft's UHMW slide wheels...

[wiesel123]

[Wolfin]

I think it’s a good idea to help break into your first slide. I personally would not do it though. I learned to slide out of frustration and determination like most people...but unlike this guy...it wasn’t so creative.

Yup. At first, you're wary. You're nervous. You try for 3 hours. Anger builds linearly, and eventually you throw all caution to the wind because you don't care if you get hurt, just that you go sideways (or possibly 180). You commit, and basically grab the road as far as you can off the board, and bam it all makes sense now xD

..At least that's how it was for me. Sergio Yuppie probably just leaned in a direction.

[sterlingc]

waxing seems kinda dangerous if you forget about it and ride over it the next day.

ive been practicing standy 180s for like 2 days on hardwood at home when my parents go to work. It really helps you get the feel for em. and i got them down pretty solid today while riding around

do your parents beat you with a stick when they come home and find their expensive hardwood floor totally thrashed?

[Wolfin]

do your parents beat you with a stick when they come home and find their expensive hardwood floor totally thrashed?

Soft wheels prolly won't kill it good.

[Whereisnumnum]

i got like 20 pounds of homemade skate wax. imma gunna try this tommarow .
i made super slipery skate wax and its gunna slide like crazy

[turbochrged]

what a stupid idea.

[Tim1210]

for some reason this thread makes me wanna see what trying to longboard in an ice-rink would be like... but maybe thats my concussion talking

[HyperDad]

YouTube - power slides (skateboarding)

I saw this vid a few months ago, Just proves where theres a will there a a way.

[kraffft]

really though, if you guys need your "training wheels" check out kraffft's UHMW slide wheels...

It's true.. UHMW wheels are an easier way to learn how to slide.

But the way I learned to slide was to use some old shortboard wheels. They work fine as long as there are no big cracks in the road, and slide so much easier than the big softies you two are riding.

The thing with the wax is that you are completely eliminating any hookup (where the board wants to be rolling in the direction it's pointed).. this is part of why you aren't penduluming.

The same thing happens when you're sliding on a bad flatspot.. no hookup.. it's more equivalent to sliding on ice than any normal slides.

Other alternatives to rubbing wax on the road.. get a bucket of driveway resurfacer. Or keep a lookout for spots that have used it. That stuff will double your slides with any wheel.. but doesn't usually have the wax/ice effect (it tends to hold oil and soap on the surface more than normal pavement.. so watch out for that.. car wash parking lots especially)

[enemy combatant]

this is part of why you aren't penduluming

I've heard that it is still illegal in Texas too!

[kraffft]

Here's the definition of 'penduluming' courtesy of google:

"When your balls get so hot and sweaty they hang down low and swing back and forth from leg to leg like a pendulum!"

[Dallas_gravity_rider]

that's really cool man. in Dallas we don't have many hills.... and if it is a hill it might be half 50 yards long, think i might go wax an entire street with candles from the dollar store

when I was longboarding in dallas we'd skate the park at the downtown side of the katy trail right before the AA center and the parking garage at the sterling hotel was nice too....also there are a few hills and a ton of diches in denton.

[Allen207]

I hate to be a fun sponge, but I have been beaten regularly with the stick of truth (also known as "Liability Training")

Before you get TOO carried away with the idea of waxing public thoroughfares, you might want to have a chat with a local ambulance chasing attorney on what will happen when some old grandma driving her '88 Buick hits your wax box, loses control and mows down your 7 year old neighbor.

Google "Negligence", and "Damn, some dude I don't know now owns my parents house and I have to eat Ramen for dinner every day"

[enemy combatant]

when some old grandma driving her '88 Buick hits your wax box, loses control and mows down your 7 year old neighbor.

Used Buicks previously driven by little old ladies are the best deal going in the used car market. Those V-6's rule. I love mine!!!