Longboarders!!!

[veector]

Well i searched and found nothing, so heres the thread for the longboarders, which im sure there are many of.

What got you into riding and what do you ride?

me

skull skates flow dart on randal 2s with radikal bushings on some sticky gumball wheels

and my other board is a rayne blunt, crail trucks with avalons

[Pnut]

Skull Skate decks are awesome! Big as hell. But kinda expensive.

I got into longboarding because I wanted something different from street skating. And thru longboarding I discovered slalom and speedboarding.

As for longboards I ride...

- PPS Ditch Killer with Randal 180s and trimmed avalons.
- Gravity Jesse Parker with Old Trackers and 65mm NoSkoolz
- Comet Voodoo with Holeys and Strikers
- Comet DH Proto with Crails and S9 GOS wheels

ADDICTED.

[:Stever-Strike:]

i got into longboarding after spending a summer at the beach and thats pretty much just the only way to get around besides driving and im not a fan of biking...

i ride arbor

[veector]

i wanted to get into slalom and dh but the thought of going that fast on pavement scares me, snow is another story though

[Pnut]

You should man! I know some guys in Toronto that skates slalom and downhill. You should hook up with the TO crew!

[Longboarder]

Been skating for years. Stick with randal 2's most of the time and randal speed trucks if i need them. I prefer ABEC 11 wheels (the soft ones especially). Decks vary by the year :-D

[veector]

Quote, originally posted by Pnut »

You should man! I know some guys in Toronto that skates slalom and downhill. You should hook up with the TO crew!

I may know them actually, i skate with alot of Toronto people

[Pnut]

Quote, originally posted by veector »

I may know them actually, i skate with alot of Toronto people

Do you happen to know Chris Barrett, Aviv? (Skurf Skates guys), Mike Cividino or Adam Winston?

[von funkenstein]

i roll on a sector 9 with some gummy 76's and ABEC 7's....just mostly for cruising but sometimes bombing hills...i'm gonna get some different wheels for sliding....that's gonna be fun.

[veector]

Quote, originally posted by Pnut »

Do you happen to know Chris Barrett, Aviv? (Skurf Skates guys), Mike Cividino or Adam Winston?

Yeah ive skated with them before, not so much anymore though but yeah, i still see them arround sometimes

[moesbrotha]

ive been longboarding since 2002, and its really fun. I got 2002 version sector9 pintail. with 80mm sector9 "godess of speed wheels", and abec 7 swiss bearings i think. I love carving down hills, its one of the best feelings ive had.

[skyyost]

Quote, originally posted by Longboarder »

Been skating for years. Stick with randal 2's most of the time and randal speed trucks if i need them. I prefer ABEC 11 wheels (the soft ones especially). Decks vary by the year :-D

I have a set of Abec 11 70's Flashbacks and love them. Awesome wheels unless you wanna slide.

[ineedagtiinnj]

70's flashbacks

[MrJelly]

I've got my longboard which I love as much as my car. I think its an old Gravity but not sure. Does its job though. I picked it up years ago in a small French surfshop Needs new bearings and wheels though, still running on the wheels it came with

Anyone into getting photos of longboarding? I keep meaning to try it out...

Jelly

[skyyost]

I love my flashbacks because they accelerate fast because of their size and my 78a's have never broken traction. I also have some G&S yoyo reissues on a alva reisssue deck and those things are great for sliding. Apparently G&S used the original molds for the wheels and just bumped it up to a harder durometer so they are almost identical to the originals. for retro technology that still holds its own today

[AaronD]

i just got into longboarding a few months ago....i have an Original Pintail 38 with Original S6 spring loaded trucks...the things turn on a dime and are so smooth...theres some real nice rolling hills by my house to ride...i love it cuz its just like snowboarding..

[veector]

Nice man, classic stuff, i do find that longboarding in the summer sort of keeps me warmed up with snowboarding, well id like to think so

[AaronD]

Quote, originally posted by veector »

Nice man, classic stuff, i do find that longboarding in the summer sort of keeps me warmed up with snowboarding, well id like to think so

yeah, its funny tho, i snowboard regular but i skate goofy. i can snowboard goofy but not very well, and i cant skate regular at all. kinda wierd, but it does keep your balance and stuff in tune for snowboarding, plus the whole carving feeling is nice

[twerked]

Quote, originally posted by AaronD »

yeah, its funny tho, i snowboard regular but i skate goofy. i can snowboard goofy but not very well, and i cant skate regular at all. kinda wierd, but it does keep your balance and stuff in tune for snowboarding, plus the whole carving feeling is nice

i know a guy like that too. he surfs regular, but skates goofy. i just got a sector 9 to cruise around to class and stuff. it's a fun board, and it is good to keep stuff together before snow

[veector]

Quote, originally posted by AaronD »

yeah, its funny tho, i snowboard regular but i skate goofy. i can snowboard goofy but not very well, and i cant skate regular at all. kinda wierd, but it does keep your balance and stuff in tune for snowboarding, plus the whole carving feeling is nice

ahahaha, i skate goofy but snowboard regular, but wen i try to board goofy its kinda sketch and i cant even skate regular

[AaronD]

funny, my friend is like that too..

[sylens]

i just bought a long board ... waiting to pick it up ... its killing me !!!

i need to skate.

[Pnut]

Which board did you get?

[p8ntballdude]

Just got this the other day.

I've been skating and snowboarding for quite some time, but just now got into longboarding.

[Pnut]

That is a wicked set up! Motion Big Fish and nice sticky gummies.

[veector]

but for god sakes, swap out those bushings ASAP and flip the hangers!!!!

nice board though

[p8ntballdude]

yea the bushings aren't the greatest, pretty damn squeaky too. how much does it really help to flip the hangers?

[arizona steve]

duno if you were joking about flipping the hangers...but those are inverted kingpin trucks, suppostue turn better.

so they are on the right way

[veector]

I know what they are, randal r2s, and by hanger i mean just the hanger, not the baseplate.

And in response to flipping the hangers, it will make your turning circle a bit smaller, lower the board and increase stability.

And as for the bushings, really any longboard bushing/softer skateboard would work, not sure how much you weigh but id reccomend something in the 80a-90a hardness, if you want something more specefic, just give me your weight and the type of riding you'll be doing...

[gtiguy12]

sector 9 longboard, all stock.

[job]

i've got a sector9 supercruiser deck, randall180s, 76mm wheels and bone swiss bearings.

i really need new bearings though.

[LostBoyScout]

sector 9 zen (bamboo) all stock. super fun

save a tree ride a weed!

[twerked]

those bamboo boards are sick. i was looking at getting one, but the only ones they had at the store were the short little ones

[LostBoyScout]

its really nice.. i want the pintail now because i'd like more flex for carving which seems to be more what i'm enjoying anyway.. you can get them online at http://www.sector9.com too, they will ship

[ekim_13]

home made deck on stubby stud trucks from the 70's, i wanna buy a deck from sector 9 though, maybe in the spring