This one's for the sk8rboi ;-)

Hi Dave , tell me, do you guys have glue on your shoes or summat? How is it when you jump with your board it stays stuck to your feet? I downloaded a video, Children by Robert Miles, really tight music that, anyway there's a really cool sequence of kids sk8boarding on a foggy seafront and they are jumping over a 200 litre drum on it's side. Each one of them gets over the drum and the sk8board seemingly stays glued to their feet! Please explain

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i really wish you wouldn't put sk8er boi coz it makes me think of Avril


but i think of Avril all the time so that don't matter

carry on, ignore me :p



Sim

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yes I thought it would hahaha

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Don't wash your feet and the board will stick to it.

I guess they do not jump straight up into the air, but rather with a movement to the side, so that the centrifugal force (or is it rather the centripetal force in this case?) will press it to the feet. It must have got something to do with the parallelogram of forces and /or the mass purchasing power. Anayway, I bet it is one of these things you cannot do anymore once you find out how they work.

(Like when I was a kid and just pressed buttons and pulled levers at a slot machine and won a hell of a lot money. When I learned what it was all about and knew when to do what, I never won again)



Post Edited (02-08-03 00:59)

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Yeah, I never win on those things either, it's a conspiracy, sucks don't it I wouldn't mind one of those huge sk8boards with the inflatable knobbly tyres, they're about a metre long or maybe more but look like fun in the dirt. I saw one with a motor on the back for about A$1700, It has a hand controller on a sort of cable thingy, you'd wanna be keen hey

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Heres what you do.

But the ball of your back foot on the very end of the tail of the board. Put ur front foot in approx the middle of the board. Then, in one movment, 'pop' the back foot down HARD, forcing the front up. At the same time, slide your front foot up the board to the tail. this levels out the board in the air. The harder you pop, the higher you go. When comng into land, try to land with your feet above thr bolts of your trucks. This stops the board from bending, and one day snapping.

If you slide your front foot up too far, you will hit the nose of the board, and it will spin. If done delibratly, you can make it do the full 360 degress, until the grip-tape is showing up again, and land it. Known as a "Kickflip"

Simplu jumping means the board will carry on going and you might land back on the board, or you might miss it.

By reading what i wrote it wud sound more like that when you slide your front foot up, it will bring the front back down, but it doesnt worklike that for whatever reason.

Nobody jumps (techical term is ollie) first time.It takes practice. Took me 2 months. And olliieing stationary is easier than moving. When moving the whole process must be done faster and more accuratly




Racing Is Life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting
Jesus may be able to heal the sick and bring the dead back to life, but he can't do shît for low fps

I think I might break a leg.....or two lol

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last time i tryed it (when i was 7 :P) i put my top teeth thru my lip (litrelly, u could see the tooth thru the other side) and had to go to hopistle

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You could "nollie" too. Thats where you do it the other way around. You pop the front of the board whislt mvoing, and slide your back foot towards the tail. Its harder and therefore cooler if you can pull it off.

Dumass, had my fair share of injuries too




Racing Is Life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting
Jesus may be able to heal the sick and bring the dead back to life, but he can't do shît for low fps

nothing like landing on the middle region whilst grinding....ooh, i can already remember it...........

Ha! I was right with my suspection! There is some heavy physics involved in this matter.

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"last time i tryed it (when i was 7 :P) i put my top teeth thru my lip (litrelly, u could see the tooth thru the other side) and had to go to hopistle"

i knocked my self out last time i tried it, wrecked my board, couldn't afford another so gave up

Dave, just out of interest what stance are you? Goofy or regular?



Sim

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I persoanlly skate goofy....despite being right handed, which doesnt really make much sense! I find goofy much easier to skate then regular.

Knocked myself out once, broken countless boards, countless cuts and bruises. Thot i broke my nose and arms a couple of times too. Luckily not tho




Racing Is Life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting
Jesus may be able to heal the sick and bring the dead back to life, but he can't do shît for low fps

yeah, i'm right handed and skate/d goofy



Sim

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"I'd love to know what goes on in that crazy head of yours sometimes, Sim..." - Locke Cole

its quite starange i think. I was watching bams videos again and he was skating both goofy and regular. I think he normally skates regualr, but he can easily skate switch if he wants. Was doing alot of nollies compared with ollies too




Racing Is Life. Anything that happens before or after is just waiting
Jesus may be able to heal the sick and bring the dead back to life, but he can't do shît for low fps