I've got myself one of these longboards. Fantastic to cruise around on, they just keep rolling. Kids ride their bikes while I skate.

Oooh...!
On a quick 25km bicycle ride from Mt Victoria to Lithgow last week, we met a guy walking up Browns Gap Rd.
The Gap road gains about 100m in 1300m of road. Has been downgraded from 100km/h to 80km/h recently.

He had ridden this road on a longboard that cost him about $300. Something-'8' brand ? This not-so-young guy said he hits between 60 and 70km/h

Pardon my dumbness, but how do you brake?
What happens if you hit a 2cm bit of bluestone lifted from the bitumen?
What does adding a 10mm spacer 'in the trucks', do?

Wollemi said..
Oooh...!

On a quick 25km bicycle ride from Mt Victoria to Lithgow last week, we met a guy walking up Browns Gap Rd.

The Gap road gains about 100m in 1300m of road. Has been downgraded from 100km/h to 80km/h recently.

He had ridden this road on a longboard that cost him about $300. Something-'8' brand ? This not-so-young guy said he hits between 60 and 70km/h

Pardon my dumbness, but how do you brake?

What happens if you hit a 2cm bit of bluestone lifted from the bitumen?

What does adding a 10mm spacer 'in the trucks', do?

Brakes??

Putting a spacer in gives you more wheel travel so the wheel dosnt hit/bite the deck and throw you off

Ugly said..
Hi Boys

i ride a Sector ten Long board and it is fast as i have hills in my area don't like to were shoes so i found a bloke in Germany that has made a foot brake

Works a piece of piss, saved me from a bus the other week and really simple to use.

Has he got a link?

Ugly said..

WA71 said..

Ugly said..

Hi Boys



i ride a Sector ten Long board and it is fast as i have hills in my area don't like to were shoes so i found a bloke in Germany that has made a foot brake



Works a piece of piss, saved me from a bus the other week and really simple to use.

Has he got a link?

www.longboardshop.eu

i found it through google but this is the shop.

works a treat and would not be that hard to make..

where the bolt come through the beck on the under side i have add a bit of retic pipe so the bolt is only a little bit through the deck and right back against the rear trucks.

Saved my arse going down the roads from the top of the hill down to Middleton beach in Albany had smelly shorts after that.

Thats a really good idea!!

I have both of these - the fish is good for general cruising and curb carving, the drop deck is better for hills. My 15yo also has the Athena and can do some big power slides on it... and uses it to commute locally. I've purchased 4 boards off these guys and the quality and service are very good.

...oh, and I am 46yo and 112kg


http://www.skateboardexpress.com.au/vault-athena-longboard-300.html

www.skateboardexpress.com.au/fish-longboard-665.html

I've got a Sector 9. Don't know the model, but it's about a meter long, though it comes in longer and shorter versions, has wild flex and soaks up the ruts and roughness of a daily street skate with my boys. Check out anywhere that stocks S9.

Wollemi said..
Pardon my dumbness, but how do you brake?

The first method to learn is foot braking. Put the sole of the shoe you push with flat on the ground and use it to slow yourself down. Works good at low speed, takes skill at high speed.

The next method is the Coleman Slide, for this you need slide gloves. Plenty of vids out there. You crouch down on the board, put your front hand on the ground and slide the board around 180 degrees. Washes off speed very quickly.

From there you open up all sorts of options of stand up slides and speed checks similar to snowboarding.

The golden rules to start with though are don't go faster than you can stop from, and wear protection!

What happens if you hit a 2cm bit of bluestone lifted from the bitumen?

You eat it!

Check out http://www.silverfishlongboarding.com/ heaps of info

Hey Dave,

I got one of these a couple of years back, and its a great board - done some great hill bombs on it and it goes well, and also is ok to cruise on.

But if you feel like something a little different there are some fun looking boards with surfing tail pads on them that could be worth a whorl...

PS Try to avoid a cheap-ass longboard - you get what you pay for

Those boards look pretty tech Dave.... you sure you don't want something a little more "classic"?


I mean, if you had one of those gyroscopic beasts I'd be expecting you to strap your nuts on and bomb some scary looking hills.......

At least with the classic longboard you can still ride from A to B without having to justify why you are not overtaking cars (although you can still do it on the Globe Bamboo - if you are ever in Auckland I can show you a sahweeeeet 3km downhill through the city, overtaking cars etc on the way to the pubs at the bottom of the hill)

Does this make your nuts shrivel up?

Chris_M said..
Those boards look pretty tech Dave.... you sure you don't want something a little more "classic"?
I mean, if you had one of those gyroscopic beasts I'd be expecting you to strap your nuts on and bomb some scary looking hills.......

That was a cool vid. Never gonna be me out there dicing with trucks. I'm way too old for that stuff now.

All I want is something easy, stable, good on the knees, carry some roll over pavement cracks, sandy patch, detour onto grass, etc. I will be using a lot along a walkway beside the ocean, a lot of those little 1-2cm prickly ball things from a she-oak tree maybe? that would be almost big enough to stall a small skatie wheel. I really want it for commuting round the local area, I don't have a bike and I'd prefer to spend the money on a board instead. I want to be able to carry a bag of shopping or maybe a board or backpack of beach gear and not worry about coming off.

I'm not sure, I like the classic style, particularly a drop-thru with drop deck, biggest wheels available -76mm?- and widest trucks - is that 180mm plus spacers?

chrispy said..

Get a set off 75mm big zigs from abec11 78 duro then whack some bones reds in them. Trucks on longboards I prefer reverse king pin variety such as randall or Paris,there are other brands just as good out there depending on what fan boy you listen to. Decks are probably the least of your worries if your just cruising boardwalks. So choose what you like,make sure it has wheel cutouts if buy big zigs or a mouthguard at least. You can even buy a blank deck,.a.few.cans of ironlak from boardshopaustralia and paint it yourself.

that's not what paint is used for...everyone knows that only vandals buy spray cans. you ought to be ashamed of yourself chrispy.

Pffft no b,ait,I gave you some great advice to the question you asked..