I need a slide set up....help?

**mark grimace** · 08-18-2005 09:20 AM

I've been thinking about getting a strickly slide set up.

any recomendations?

**Mr. Zogs** · 08-18-2005 01:58 PM

pool board of some sort, 34-38 inches, double kicked, some indys or trackers, and some hard wheels like no skoolz, 96a, or sergio sliders, or even rainskates tsunamis, 95a, or hornets, 98a

**Eric Clopton** · 10-17-2005 10:00 AM

I think its a good setup maybe change the wheels to Strikers or Sergios sliders. Nice setup thru keep up the good work.

**KevinPatrickFoley** · 10-17-2005 10:14 AM

I just made the same decision and the PPS Hammerhead in either a 36" or 38" should be pretty sweet, I went with the latter. I also really dig the sergio's for pure sliding, they seem really slick but easy to control at the same time.

**Mile_High_Mark** · 10-17-2005 10:16 AM

Alva Black Caddy (or whatever they call it now--OG Caddy?).
Core 7.0 trucks (nice an' low)
Gravity Sergio or Rainskates 98a wheels
Reds bearings

**westcoast_canadian** · 10-20-2005 09:17 PM

I'm also gonna add on how good Sergio's are. Don't be afraid of too hard a duro but in the long run it makes slides farther and longer, more time to do stuff, alot funner.

**holikujak** · 10-20-2005 09:28 PM

sergio is poser he uses pads and wears a helmet, what a pansy

**bean-a-reano** · 10-21-2005 02:00 AM

Originally Posted by Mile_High_Mark

Alva Black Caddy (or whatever they call it now--OG Caddy?).
Core 7.0 trucks (nice an' low)
Gravity Sergio or Rainskates 98a wheels
Reds bearings

Everything Mark says is right on except........biltin bearings. I love biltins for sliding, they feel more solid and predictable.

**Mr. Zogs** · 10-21-2005 06:17 AM

Originally Posted by holikujak

sergio is poser he uses pads and wears a helmet, what a pansy

so your saying hes smart and safe and doesnt want to injure himself so he can keep skating if he takes a hard bail...

cause your idea completely makes sense...

**Mr. Zogs** · 10-21-2005 06:19 AM

Originally Posted by bean-a-reano

Everything Mark says is right on except........biltin bearings. I love biltins for sliding, they feel more solid and predictable.

biltins indeed, i go them in my no skoolz on my slide setup, the spacers are perfect and everything, the only problem i have is that the shields dent so so easily, i have z-roller trucks which have a floatin axel, and its really weird when tightenin them down, and its tough to get the amount of tightness ust right, ive dented partially some of the sheilds, but overall they are great bearings

**bpz** · 10-21-2005 11:42 AM

Originally Posted by bean-a-reano

Originally Posted by Mile_High_Mark

Alva Black Caddy (or whatever they call it now--OG Caddy?).
Core 7.0 trucks (nice an' low)
Gravity Sergio or Rainskates 98a wheels
Reds bearings

Everything Mark says is right on except........biltin bearings. I love biltins for sliding, they feel more solid and predictable.

i don't get what you're saying... please explain how bearings can feel predictable or unpredictable? switch out bearings in the same deck/wheel/truck setup very often and have yet to notice a difference except for top speed.

**sepsis** · 10-21-2005 03:55 PM

bearings dont matter that much for a sliding set up... do they?

oh yeah, and i'm rocking the PPS hosoi hammerhead, 36", its killer

**E.T.** · 10-26-2005 11:12 AM

I ride a 46" board for sliding, it's a Motion Highlander, it's more a carving board but since it has so much flex and since it's long i get to lean on it a lot and the flex makes me pop quick rotation's.
I use powell 97 A but i tried the Sergio and they are the ****!

I also got a BE40 from Gravity but i havent given it a real try yet.

Id like to try a short board to slide eventualy but how many board is a small canadian kid to buy in a summer ( the BE40 was my 4th )

Do you guys ever slide large decks?

F · 10-26-2005 12:40 PM

Originally Posted by holikujak

sergio is poser he uses pads and wears a helmet, what a pansy

Man i miss those crazy sentences that you come up with some times...

**ShaggyIan4** · 10-26-2005 05:04 PM

Originally Posted by E.T.

I ride a 46" board for sliding, it's a Motion Highlander, it's more a carving board but since it has so much flex and since it's long i get to lean on it a lot and the flex makes me pop quick rotation's.
I use powell 97 A but i tried the Sergio and they are the *!

I also got a BE40 from Gravity but i havent given it a real try yet.

Id like to try a short board to slide eventualy but how many board is a small canadian kid to buy in a summer ( the BE40 was my 4th )

Do you guys ever slide large decks?

yeah dude I slide a 47" s9 pintail. I LOOOVE the shape for sliding and just the feel of getting spins on it feels sooo good. You can just slow down the 360s and make them last forever

, but the 720s feel soooo good too

. I'v slid a 40" gravity BE40 and its an awesome board, but felt a little dead. I threw some 94a no skoolz on my pintail and I haven't gone back since.

My dream board is a Motion Bigfish, Holey trucks, and a nose guard.

**bean-a-reano** · 10-27-2005 02:17 AM

Originally Posted by bpizzle

i don't get what you're saying... please explain how bearings can feel predictable or unpredictable? switch out bearings in the same deck/wheel/truck setup very often and have yet to notice a difference except for top speed.

Being able to crank the biltins down I feel I know when the wheels are going to let loose. They just feel solid to me. The biltin spacers I am theorizing (I'm not a smart man) also would handle side loads much better. My $.02

**carver** · 10-27-2005 10:35 AM

So for a sliding set up is there a size of board to size of rider ratio?

I am 6'4" and I feel like anything much shorter than 40 would make it difficult to get my knee down.

THis is said with no experience cause I don't have a slider yet, but I am looking and I really like the BE40.

I have a gravity pool 33 and love it. I also have a 40+ comet that is doing nothing right now so I am thinking of using it but I just don't like the feel that much.