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Ask me for longboard Advice!

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Yeezy
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I see alot of longboard threads in NSG so id like to just help out with this one thread. Im part timing at a Longboard specific shop now. We carry all brands so i try to be un biased. I hate seeing kids get wrong ideas and buy shitty overpriced boards that arnet what they really need for there style of riding.

So post your weight, height, MAIN style of riding, riding conditions, and preffered color/styles and ill set you up.

Lets go!
Jun 27 2012 2:41PM
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k-rob
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expensive bearings are really only worth it if you're racing. otherwise, the speed difference isn't really worth the price. i usually roll with abec 5's or 7's but i have used 9's and 11's.
Jul 6 2012 4:13PM
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Panda_with_Guns
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my friend showed me this: http://denver.craigslist.org/spo/3095927374.html yay or nay? the price makes me suspicous. and for an earthwing complete, recomend me a set up and an estimate. sorry for being a n00b :p
Jul 6 2012 5:20PM
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Yeezy
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well thats just an off deck POS, off whheels, trucks, and bearings. I would highly advise you to stay away from it.

Get a supermodel topmount with caliber 50's, 81a abec 11 flashbacks and however much you feel like spending on bearings
Jul 7 2012 2:27AM
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Panda_with_Guns
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Sweet. I knew that was pos
Jul 7 2012 12:26PM
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cwphoto
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what are your thoughts on the earthwing slide a wheels?
Jul 10 2012 2:30PM
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Yeezy
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If you're gonna be tech sliding then theyre the best. dont get them and put them on your s9 pintail to showoff your Mayd syick standies.
Jul 13 2012 9:44PM
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cwphoto
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thanks. i have a perfect setup for cruising already, so i was considering putting together a dedicated sliding/tech board an putting these on it. I've looked at a bunch of reviews and i think I'm going to pick them up when i get some money
Jul 13 2012 10:06PM
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Forcillo
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Don't use them for DH. They're tech sliding wheels, made for boards like the Landyachtz Loco series, Earthwing Drifter, or Comet Shred Series. You will die if you use Slide A's or any other tech slide wheel for DH.
Jul 13 2012 10:12PM
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cwphoto
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i wouldn't really use them for DH. i don't have hills big enough to top 35, so i was looking at them for a easy wheel to slide with. my town sucks. i would probably also get a different set of wheels too, if i did decide to do DH or just cruise. cruising with 101a would suck
Jul 13 2012 10:16PM
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Yeezy
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then all power to you.
tech slidings fun to a certain extent haha
Jul 14 2012 8:42PM
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Panda_with_Guns
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how good are kryptonic wheels?
Jul 18 2012 8:12PM
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jreilly
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longboarding is for pussies. downhill skateboarding on an average sized board is where its at.
Jul 18 2012 8:15PM
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Yeezy
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awful haha
Jul 18 2012 8:39PM
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Yeezy
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yeah dude! Park skiing on park skis is for PUSSIES!
dub flips on kids race skis is where its at!
Jul 18 2012 8:41PM
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sniche
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What is the best size of wheels for a drop-deck longboard for someone who is a bit new with longboarding... Heres the link to the one i want to get~~~

http://www.skatesonhaight.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=42D-02FBGC
Jul 19 2012 11:41AM
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poopstealer
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IMO I find them to generally to be of cheaper quality.
Jul 19 2012 12:01PM
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Ric.
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I just got my Bustin Maestro with paris trucks. Ive ridden it probably 15 times so far and not that hard each time and now the trucks are squeaking really bad, How do i fix this problem?
Jul 19 2012 1:06PM
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Forcillo
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take your hangar off, put soap shavings in your pivot cup, put hangar back in, apply downward pressure and wiggle it like a madman for about 2 minutes.
Jul 19 2012 2:16PM
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Yeezy
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dooo notttt get a dregs. dregs snap from normal riding. they just blow.
also, riding style is needed
Jul 19 2012 2:22PM
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Ric.
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Just did it, Thanks. +k
Jul 19 2012 9:25PM
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SwagasaurusRex
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So i have been boarding for a little over a year now and have noticed that there is a slight amount of wiggle room with my pivot cups on my oldest pair of trucks (gullwing chargers). What will the benefit be of buying new pivot cups, how much and what kind of cups would be good, and how will i know when it is time to replace them?
Jul 20 2012 2:37AM
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Yeezy
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well you're always gonna have some wiggle room unless you have precisions. But your cups do sound worn especially since gullwing uses a really thin, low cut cup design. The benefits are added response, stability, quieter, and all around more comfortable. Id recommend replacing them with some Khiros, hardness depending on your weight, and riding style theyre very cheap btw. Id replace them whenever you start to actually NOTICE the wiggle room in your daily riding
Jul 20 2012 3:09AM
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sniche
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what do you mean by style... And i wont be doing really tough things with it, ill just be crusin around places and small carves
Jul 20 2012 11:46AM
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FreezerKid
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looking for a longboard for carving and possibly learning to slide this was my current plan: loaded vangaurd, holey trucks bones reds and abec 11 78a flashbacks ? weight 70 kgs and 183cm
Jul 20 2012 12:32PM
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Yeezy
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harder pivot cups will be more aggressive but more restrictive and uncomfortable for racing n such.
Get soft ones
Jul 20 2012 2:23PM
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Yeezy
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if you are planning on sliding and want a loaded go with the dervish, the concave profile is much better and Drop throughs slide easier. Get 81a flashbacks as well.
Jul 20 2012 2:25PM
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FreezerKid
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not set on loaded just as a first glance, pretty set on trucks and flashbacks, reds but what other deck would you recommend ?
Jul 20 2012 5:53PM
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Yeezy
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Holey trucks definately arnet a good choice either, go with paris's for carving.

LY drop carve
Jul 20 2012 6:19PM
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FreezerKid
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chosen a bustin strike, paris 180's orangatan durian orange and bones reds
Jul 20 2012 6:24PM
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ski-swagga
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i recently ordered a bustin maestro and it comes monday. just wondering how you like yours?
Jul 21 2012 5:33PM
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Yeezy
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let me know how you like it when it arrives
Jul 21 2012 5:39PM
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cwphoto
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I've been wanting to build myself a little shlongboard, something about the penny nickel size. i had a good idea for a press. have a flat piece of base wood on the bottom, all of the veneer and stuff the decks made out of, then some more flat large pieces of wood on top to distribute the weight. then jack up a car that isn't used much, slide all the stuff under a wheel, drop the car back down, and use the weight of the car to press the veneer together. do u think that would work well?
Jul 21 2012 7:24PM
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Yeezy
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well just for reference, a Shlongboard is a skate deck that has the nose/tail drilled out for trucks.

anyway, suprisingly, a cars weight is not enough to press a board due to the only force on the wood really is the force coming from the shocks and struts.
Jul 21 2012 8:35PM
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Panda_with_Guns
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how well do these work? like are they just complete shit?
Jul 21 2012 11:13PM
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cwphoto
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thanks man, but if you were to press with weight, how much would you need?
Jul 22 2012 12:04AM
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84891jnf92048
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Jul 22 2012 12:09AM
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Yeezy
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pretty much
Jul 22 2012 2:19AM
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Yeezy
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A LOT
Jul 22 2012 2:19AM
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Yeezy
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i get the whole picture and stuff but honestly, ive never just cruised and stuff. Plus i like indie, and wear helmets(;
Jul 22 2012 2:20AM
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*stew
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i challenge you to a race
Jul 22 2012 1:13PM
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Yeezy
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you're on
Jul 22 2012 2:58PM
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84891jnf92048
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and stuff
Jul 22 2012 3:51PM
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Yeezy
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and stuff
Jul 22 2012 3:54PM
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Turnup_swiperigh
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Not necessarily, too much pressure will force too much glue out and there for not have a good bond. You do need quite a bit, for a basic press you can use 3 or more car jacks depending on the length of the deck you want to press.
Example:
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You can also use air and run hoses under neath the lower part of the press and raise it to the stationary top portion.
Jul 22 2012 6:59PM
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cwphoto
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thats an interesting pic. I'm just cheap and looking for something like that pic. been surfin the fish for a little looking at building stuff
Jul 22 2012 10:11PM
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Yeezy
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true but short skate decks require alot less presure then longboard decks, depending on the deck of course.
when i press freeride decks I put as much force on them as i can.
Jul 22 2012 10:31PM
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Blake.P
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whats a good cruiser/commuter board for not that much money? im going to college next year and would like something to get me between classes and around town. nothing serious
Jul 22 2012 10:37PM
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Yeezy
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check out santa cruz, landyachtz, or earthwing!
Jul 22 2012 10:38PM
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cwphoto
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kahuna creations are really fun but strictly for cruising
Jul 22 2012 11:09PM
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Yeezy
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if you get one of these, DONT get kahuna creation wheels. And be prepared to look douchey as hell (theyre rasta)
Jul 22 2012 11:17PM
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