How to Coleman Slide Article Survey -- Please Participate

[xrayvzn]

I have personally written the home page article "How to Coleman Slide" with the intent to help spread the Coleman slide technique and reiterate it's primary safety function.

http://silverfishlongboarding.com/ar...man-slide.html

In order to gauge the effectiveness and potential success of this endeavor with the goal of writing further detailed How To ... technical articles by silverfish editors and members, we ask you complete this brief and simple survey.

Please be brief and answer the questions only. Any extraneous/non pertinent posts in this thread will be deleted.

Here are the questions:

1) What is your age?
2) How many years have you been skating?
3) What is your percieved level of skating expertise, beginner/intermediate/advanced?
4) Did you learn how to do the Coleman slide after reading the article? Yes or No
5) If you learned this slide, how long did it take? How many hours or attempts.
6) Do you wish to see further skateboard related technical articles posted on the fish? Examples are How to make slide gloves, How to pump a skateboard, How to footbrake, etc. If so submit a brief list of your requests.

Please answer the questions in the following format. As an example, my answers are as follows:


1) 37 years old
2) 2 years
3) Beginner ++
4) Yes
5) 1 hour to learn the technique and do 5. 1 month for it to really sink in.
6) Yes. How to pump a skateboard.


Thanks in advance for your input. This survey will help Silverfish continue to serve the needs of its members.

[Lit]

sry, no time. but for whats its worth, i thought it was an excellent article.

[Hamkins]

Awesome article.

1) 18 years old
2) 2 or 3 years
3) Intermediate
4) No
5) 20 attempts
6) Yes. Anything on any specialisation/technique is good to read really.

[Badfish88]

one. 20 years old
two. about a year
three. intermediate
four. no
five. idk - two or three tries
six. sure - sumfen 'bout pool ridin

[MalakaiKingston]

1) What is your age?

29

2) How many years have you been skating?

7 or so

3) What is your percieved level of skating expertise, beginner/intermediate/advanced?

intermmediate

4) Did you learn how to do the Coleman slide after reading the article?

Already knew it

5) If you learned this slide, how long did it take? How many hours or attempts.

I would say 6 months from first try to having it as a reliable slide in times of need at any speed.

6) Do you wish to see further skateboard related technical articles posted on the fish? Examples are How to make slide gloves, How to pump a skateboard, How to footbrake, etc. If so submit a brief list of your requests.

How to make gloves, How to (any slides), How to flatspot a wheel , How to build a crew.

good article man!

[jetkin]

1) 45
2) 4 months -> 2 years (back in the day), stopped for 28 years, started again 4 months ago
3) beginner++
4) no - already knew it
5) I was able to do the basic slide, at moderate speed, after 2-3 hours. I still need to improve consistency, confidence, control at higher speed, etc.
6) Sure - All I know is that there's a lot I don't know. I'll read any "howto".

Many, many thanks, but one question on the article: My board isn't a "slider", but it is definitely slidable. If my goal is safe, controlled skating, isn't it best to learn sliding on the board I ride? I like to carve, cruise and pump, and my boards are setup to support that. I'm never going to be a ripper doing cool tech slides. What good is it if I learn to slide a board with hard little wheels and a kicktail?

[pyrate]

1) What is your age?
28

2) How many years have you been skating?
skating for 20, longboarding for 6-8, sliding for only 2 months

3) What is your percieved level of skating expertise, beginner/intermediate/advanced?
intermediate

4) Did you learn how to do the Coleman slide after reading the article? Yes or No
already knew that one

5) If you learned this slide, how long did it take? How many hours or attempts.
got it on my 2nd try, but getting it perfect every time took a week or so

6) Do you wish to see further skateboard related technical articles posted on the fish?
yes!! how to do a (insert any slide here) slide! with instructional video clips and text descriptions or slo-mo narrated!


btw great article

[Edison]

1: 24
2: 16 (longboarding for 7)
3: Intermediate
4: No but I have only successfully completed one about 5 times (the article will help me alot when im practicing after work tonight)
5: I'm still learning, I have a hard time sliding my vanguard with 75a gumballs heelside. (currently putting a slide setup together)
6: Absolutely!! the article was very educational for me and I feel confident I understand how to do a coleman alot better after reading it. Continue to post whatever tutorials you can!

[clubhedz]

1) What is your age? 34

2) How many years have you been skating? 2

3) What is your percieved level of skating expertise, beginner/intermediate/advanced? Beginner +

4) Did you learn how to do the Coleman slide after reading the article? No

5) If you learned this slide, how long did it take? How many hours or attempts.
I just read the article, still working on a good sliding setup

6) Do you wish to see further skateboard related technical articles posted on the fish? Yeah, how to........... anything about longboarding!

[doctor worm]

1) What is your age?
16
2) How many years have you been skating?
4

3) What is your percieved level of skating expertise, beginner/intermediate/advanced?
intermediate

4) Did you learn how to do the Coleman slide after reading the article? Yes or No
already knew it

5) If you learned this slide, how long did it take? How many hours or attempts.
3 weeks

6) Do you wish to see further skateboard related technical articles posted on the fish?
yes, an encyclopedia of slide names with instruction and video.

[Steve D.]

1) What is your age? 16

2) How many years have you been skating? ~2

3) What is your percieved level of skating expertise, beginner/intermediate/advanced? intermediate

4) Did you learn how to do the Coleman slide after reading the article? already knew how

5) If you learned this slide, how long did it take? 2-3 months to safely do it

6) Do you wish to see further skateboard related technical articles posted on the fish? Yes, more coverage on pumping/ different technical slides/ DH videos

[lonerider68]

1) What is your age?

27

2) How many years have you been skating?

2

3) What is your percieved level of skating expertise, beginner/intermediate/advanced?

Intermediate

4) Did you learn how to do the Coleman slide after reading the article? Yes or No

Already knew it.

5) If you learned this slide, how long did it take? How many hours or attempts.

2-3 hours.

6) Do you wish to see further skateboard related technical articles posted on the fish? Examples are How to make slide gloves, How to pump a skateboard, How to footbrake, etc. If so submit a brief list of your requests.

1. How to do a flatspin slide
2. How to do a standup 360 slide
3. Drift a hairpin turn for maxmium exit speed.

[daysaway17]

1) What is your age?
17

2) How many years have you been skating?
shortboard 3 yrs, longboard a month or so

3) What is your percieved level of skating expertise, beginner/intermediate/advanced?
beginner/intermediate (I learn fast)

4) Did you learn how to do the Coleman slide after reading the article?
in the process of learning it on the old shortboard

5) If you learned this slide, how long did it take?
I can almost completely slide, just need to lean back more and swing the arm around

6) Do you wish to see further skateboard related technical articles posted on the fish?
I want to learn how to pump sooooooo badly b/c I can't seem to get it on a flat

[4-am]

1) What is your age? 16
2) How many years have you been skating? Under a year
3) What is your percieved level of skating expertise, beginner/intermediate/advanced? Intermediate
4) Did you learn how to do the Coleman slide after reading the article? No
5) If you learned this slide, how long did it take? Under half hour
6) Do you wish to see further skateboard related technical articles posted on the fish? No

[theothervagabond]

1) 45
2) 4 months -> 2 years (back in the day), stopped for 28 years, started again 4 months ago
3) beginner++
4) no - already knew it
5) I was able to do the basic slide, at moderate speed, after 2-3 hours. I still need to improve consistency, confidence, control at higher speed, etc.
6) Sure - All I know is that there's a lot I don't know. I'll read any "howto".

Many, many thanks, but one question on the article: My board isn't a "slider", but it is definitely slidable. If my goal is safe, controlled skating, isn't it best to learn sliding on the board I ride? I like to carve, cruise and pump, and my boards are setup to support that. I'm never going to be a ripper doing cool tech slides. What good is it if I learn to slide a board with hard little wheels and a kicktail?

only thing it does is help get your technique down without having to fight the board. if you were you trying to learn on 75a gumballs on a loaded at slow speeds you would never be able to slide. were you learning on a sliding setup, you would be able to practice at slow speeds (were your less likely to get hurt), get a feel for what your doing, then take it to bigger board/faster speeds. (the softer the wheel the faster you have to go to slide it).

having said this, i learned to slide on a basic complete longboard. (41"pintain op with 78a blanks.) so really, it doesnt make that much of a differance.

[theothervagabond]

1) What is your age? 20

2) How many years have you been skating? off and on for 8-9 years. all the time the last year.

3) What is your percieved level of skating expertise: advanced beginner

4) Did you learn how to do the Coleman slide after reading the article? knew how already

5) If you learned this slide, how long did it take? How many hours or attempts. took me a couple of afternoons when i learned. but i was figuring it out as i went, didnt have anything more then a vauge idea what i was supposed to be doing.

6) Do you wish to see further skateboard related technical articles posted on the fish? Examples are How to make slide gloves, How to pump a skateboard, How to footbrake, etc. If so submit a brief list of your requests.

excellent article. this is cruicial stuff for folks to learn. would love to see some articles about a little bit more advanced stuff. drifting, riding technique (how to avoid speed wobbles, tuck well, and skate faster). 360 slides

[Edison]

only thing it does is help get your technique down without having to fight the board. if you were you trying to learn on 75a gumballs on a loaded at slow speeds you would never be able to slide. were you learning on a sliding setup, you would be able to practice at slow speeds (were your less likely to get hurt), get a feel for what your doing, then take it to bigger board/faster speeds. (the softer the wheel the faster you have to go to slide it).

having said this, i learned to slide on a basic complete longboard. (41"pintain op with 78a blanks.) so really, it doesnt make that much of a differance.

I've been learning on a Vanguard with 75a gumballs and it does take alot of speed! I decided to put together a slide setup so I can take things a little slower and get a feel for the slides before taking them so fast. I can rip some quick 180's but they're over before I get the chance to get a feel for what im doing.

[The Green Monkey]

1) What is your age? 30
2) How many years have you been skating? 11--(85-90; 00-present)
3) What is your percieved level of skating expertise, beginner/intermediate/advanced? Intermediate
4) Did you learn how to do the Coleman slide after reading the article? Yes or No Not yet but plan to. Still just learning the whole longboard thing...
5) If you learned this slide, how long did it take? How many hours or attempts. N/A
6) Do you wish to see further skateboard related technical articles posted on the fish? Yes please. This article was very detailed and I expect it will be helpful.

[K-Rimes]

1) What is your age? 17


2) How many years have you been skating? 3 years


3) What is your percieved level of skating expertise, beginner/intermediate/advanced? Advanced


4) Did you learn how to do the Coleman slide after reading the article? Yes or No Already knew it.


5) If you learned this slide, how long did it take? How many hours or attempts.
1 Day to learn the motions and get a slide, 3 weeks to get it to a pendulum. 8 months to get it to a safe speed control


6) Do you wish to see further skateboard related technical articles posted on the fish?

I'd love to see some more things on cones. I'm still working on that aspect of skateboarding.

[RideForLife]

1)17
2)Around 2 1/2 years
3)intermediate
4)No.
5)It took a good 2 weeks to really learn the slide. About 10 hours total.
6)Sure, I can always learn something new.