The easiest way to learn how to slide!!!

**suredead** · 10-04-2009 06:24 PM

Me and my friend were just messing around and found out a really easy way you could learn how to slide.He had taken candle wax (which regular skater use to put on curbs so they can grind it) And made a box of it on the street.

Just a thin coat and it becomes amazingly smooth. I actually just learned how to do standup 180s with this. Me and my friend were practicing pendys and everything was soooo easy even though we were only going like 5 mph if that.

Heres some videos of him sliding through it:

YouTube - longboard pendy on waxed cement 3

YouTube - longboard pendy on waxed cement 2

YouTube - longboard sliding pendy on waxed cement

YouTube - longboard speed check on waxed cement

So I figured I might put this out on the fish and see how everyone likes it. Even if your not a noob this could be used to make your favorite hill a little more interesting. And this is excellent for teaching yourself the techniques of sliding because your not going very fast so you have little risk of injury other then at most a skinned knee and it gives the feel of how real long slides can be.
Also I found that after you go through the wax it sticks to your wheels so your next couple of slides will be a bit easier but beware of that for larger hills in case you unintentionally drift.
But if you are planning on doing this to learn how to slide I would suggest you try with the wax and without so that you do not learn a bad technique that works only on wax!!

**snozzboarder55** · 10-04-2009 06:37 PM

inventive, but you could just get going faster. when sliding speed is key, as well as technique. lower your but and weight your hands to initiate the slide.

the wax box is pretty funny though

**jabobstro** · 10-04-2009 06:43 PM

i like for the last vid you played pretty hardcore music but for only 8 seconds, LOL

**MJKam11** · 10-04-2009 06:43 PM

Too bad you'll get screwed up when you actually try to slide on a not wax surface. On a skateboard you should be able to transfer over easier, but on soft wheels you'll be screwed.

BTW you weren't doing pendy's, those were 180's, if you went faster, you would've pendy'd.

**Cann0n** · 10-04-2009 06:59 PM

Hmm...

Someone that likes wax more than me...

Have you tried putting max on your board were you get wheel bite? It's not full-proof, but will help a bit against those sudden stops.

To make some good wax, how to make grind rail wax

**suredead** · 10-04-2009 07:05 PM

thanks for the tip but none of my boards get wheel bite. but it was my friends idea he has made his own wax before and sometime goes a little crazy with the wax but i got to give him probs for this idea its soooooooooo much fun.

**Cann0n** · 10-04-2009 07:29 PM

Originally Posted by suredead

thanks for the tip but none of my boards get wheel bite. but it was my friends idea he has made his own wax before and sometime goes a little crazy with the wax but i got to give him probs for this idea its soooooooooo much fun.

I use my wax for pivot cups, bushing taciturnity, and to keep that wheelbite safe. I've put it on my slide gloves too. Sometimes, I'll put some on a door knob for a practical joke. My wax is slippery.

Once, I even put some in the change return in a coke machine and watched people freak out when their change comes back all slippery.

**Adamn21** · 10-04-2009 07:29 PM

I am the guy with the ideas baby. also in the lovely videos done at the bottom a little bit. this is so much fun. have fun waxing...

**Daniel M.** · 10-04-2009 07:33 PM

Awww naw don't wax that street. That's always been a bummer in my book. Just try it with some harder wheels, more speed, or better yet, just go ride when the pavement is still a bit wet.

**suredead** · 10-04-2009 07:40 PM

Originally Posted by Daniel M.

Awww naw don't wax that street. That's always been a bummer in my book. Just try it with some harder wheels, more speed, or better yet, just go ride when the pavement is still a bit wet.

its not a bummer its fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and the bigger bummer in my book is rusted bearing

**El Capitan** · 10-04-2009 08:00 PM

Originally Posted by suredead

its not a bummer its fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and the bigger bummer in my book is rusted bearing

he said a bit wet, not flooded.

**Cann0n** · 10-04-2009 08:39 PM

Originally Posted by El Capitan

he said a bit wet, not flooded.

LOL you said wet.

**SeanML** · 10-04-2009 08:52 PM

can't wait to see the video when you're trying to carve or bomb that street and you eat #### 'cause you slip out there...

to everyone that says "go faster" though, you miss the point. The idea is to get comfortable with sliding at lower speeds where road rash is less of a concern... then work your way up to speed.

Good idea, meh execution.

**motion** · 10-04-2009 08:57 PM

i like the traditional way of learning to slide better i think. watch how its done, try it yourself, eat ###, try again. you eventually learn out of necessity. it really helps the most (in my opinion) to have a buddy who will be honest and tell you what you are doing wrong. then you can try and fix it.
the wax looks like a fun idea but i dont think it should be used to learn on. just my opinion though.

**Wolfin** · 10-04-2009 09:13 PM

The easiest way to learn to slide is to commit

The least painful way to learn to slide is with full caps.

**TM_Cruzer** · 10-04-2009 09:22 PM

Wax your wheels?
jkjkjk

**Bloodstain** · 10-05-2009 03:14 AM

I imagine youd be better doing it on a non waxed surface because if your going to impress the ladys youll first have to wax the road: Not cool

**8ftbed** · 10-05-2009 08:30 AM

I'm posting this before watching the videos but the first thing that came to mind was, what happens when you slide nicely through the box and suddenly catch raw pavement? Like hitting an ice patch in your vehicle, sliding starts then you hit dry pavement/sudden traction. That causes a lot of people shoot off the road or even flip if at high speed.

Ok.. I'll watch vids and ponder a wax box of my own.

**gavmck** · 10-05-2009 08:53 AM

Need to slide at lower speeds? Slide when it's wet. Good training in winter to get ready for the faster drier summer.

**suredead** · 10-05-2009 12:38 PM

Originally Posted by SeanML

can't wait to see the video when you're trying to carve or bomb that street and you eat #### 'cause you slip out there...

to everyone that says "go faster" though, you miss the point. The idea is to get comfortable with sliding at lower speeds where road rash is less of a concern... then work your way up to speed.

Good idea, meh execution.

That hill we did it on was not very big and youd be lucky if you could hit 20 on it so its not really a bombing hill anyways but
thank you someone who actually got the point of all this

Originally Posted by 8ftbed

I'm posting this before watching the videos but the first thing that came to mind was, what happens when you slide nicely through the box and suddenly catch raw pavement? Like hitting an ice patch in your vehicle, sliding starts then you hit dry pavement/sudden traction. That causes a lot of people shoot off the road or even flip if at high speed.

Ok.. I'll watch vids and ponder a wax box of my own.

But after trying this many many time it turns out that the wax sitcks to your wheels a bit so it doesn't knock you on off your deck after you pass the wax box. IT turns out to be a really smooth transition and even a noob at sliding can get another slide right after they exit the box and hit the cement.

And instead of trying to pounder for hours why don't you just go out and try it its tons of fun.

ME and my friend who did this are planning to try this on a bigger hill so I'll be sure to post more vids of it probably over the weekend