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Do you ever ride your skateboard with the nose in back and the tail in front?

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dolanslebensraum
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the nose of the board im riding at the moment has a taller nose than its tail and sometimes it feels easier to pop with my rear foot on the boards nose and my front foot up towards the boards tail. Do you ever try/prefer riding with the more pronounced shovel under your rear foot?
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Mixy
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I feel like it doesn't matter as long as it looks cool, no one can tell by looking at it from far away what the nose and tail is if it's a normal skateboard
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snowfinder
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So you are 12.
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Lonely
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You can tell this guy doesn't skate
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dolanslebensraum
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LonelyYou can tell this guy doesn't skate


Who doesnt skate?
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Lonely
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DolanReloadedWho doesnt skate?


you
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Lonely
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If you are looking for some info on irrational numbers I've read some interesting books and papers on the topic recently. I do a lot with statistics so I find that sorta thing very interesting.
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Mixy
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LonelyIf you are looking for some info on irrational numbers I've read some interesting books and papers on the topic recently. I do a lot with statistics so I find that sorta thing very interesting.


Irrational numbers and imaginary roots are lowkey actually super interesting
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Lonely
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little1337Irrational numbers and imaginary roots are lowkey actually super interesting


most stuff related to the laws and theories our math and stuff are based upon is super interesting
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dolanslebensraum
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LonelyIf you are looking for some info on irrational numbers I've read some interesting books and papers on the topic recently. I do a lot with statistics so I find that sorta thing very interesting.


And yet the crux of my rational/irrational Idea seemed to fly completely over your head....

anybody can regurgitate. Im wondering how you think accuracy vs precision applies to my idea
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dolanslebensraum
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Lonelyyou

Do you skate?
if you dont, or if you call rolling around on a longboard skating, youre pretty fucking pathetic to berate somebody who can skate when you yourself cant.
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beat
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This is just riding fakie...
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Chron_Rabbit
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jeez I remember my first beer
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dolanslebensraum
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beatThis is just riding fakie...

Switch fakie but yeah
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Denseclouds
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Does anyone actually skate in this thread?

To answer the simple question:

Yes, sometimes I will turn my mostly symmetrically shaped board backwards and use the "nose" as the "tail". I do this every-so -often when I notice i'm getting razor "tail" on one side. It helps the board wear more evenly since I don't skate switch or fakie a lot.
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dolanslebensraum
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DensecloudsDoes anyone actually skate in this thread?

To answer the simple question:

Yes, sometimes I will turn my mostly symmetrically shaped board backwards and use the "nose" as the "tail". I do this every-so -often when I notice i'm getting razor "tail" on one side. It helps the board wear more evenly since I don't skate switch or fakie a lot.

Yeah. My tail isnt fully razored yet but its not popping like it used to. Could be the wood aging too as ive had this board a few yrs
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270on420out
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I use to ride old school shaped 9+inch boards and I’d ride them both ways to avoid razor tail. I honestly preferred to ride them backwards when I was skating street.
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GeorgiaJibber
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Generally speaking, your front truck is tends to be looser than your back. A slightly tighter back truck provides stability, while the front truck is really what is responsible for your turning. Also, people develop grooves on their front/back trucks from specific grinds, like 5-0 and crooks. The deeper the grove, the easier it is to lock into these said grinds. If you constantly change which way you are riding the board, you wont really develop them.

In the long run it is all personal preference, and I believe Real has a twin tail board. If you don't care about having a designated front and back truck, then this is the board for you. Personally, I never skate my nose as the tail.
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skierman
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DolanReloadedWho doesnt skate?


Is "skating" the new hip term for being a racist? If so, you're the Tony Hawk of "skating".
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Young_patty
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DolanReloadedCould be the wood aging too as ive had this board a few yrs

Citing this as evidence of OP not skating, hence the inability to skate from his tale. (Reloaded Dolan, “do you ever ride your skateboard from the nose?”, pg1, Jul/2020)
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