@RatBürger I'll respectfully push back on this part:  I'll also add, I think big drop through decks helped beginners gain confidence sliding, at least that's how I felt starting out du...

@Matt Needs Wheels Funny story about that - we had a slide sesh in my little corner of Michigan in 2012 or so.  The cops rolled up, expecting the same little smartass kids as usual (one of the...

Swaggy setup, I really like this earthwing deck.    A friend of mine rides this with one of those direction skatetech torque blocks, awesome leverage for standup toe. He has his on cal ...

My rocket Excalibur is in the mail, will update when it arrives

@Eric Sparrow i still throw my board down & pump uphill, passing (hard) those struggling to push themselves up a hill. doin my part to preserve that ostentaious ," if only you knew the push-up...

@nova can I see a concave shot

Yew 

@Eric Sparrow I honestly think we are at a better level of cop issues now by 4x or more compared to the mid 2010s, minus NC lol, the existence of soooo many people getting into it with no pressure ...

@RatBürger agreed, when I was starting out I was around 3 main groups of dh skaters which consisted of the biggest being 15-20 kids (depending on how into it you have to be to be considered a ...

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We've had 12 Social Pushes so far and I'm making this thread to blog a little and document our adventures! Please follow us @socialpush.detroit on IG or the hashtag #socialpushdetroit for the most ...

@Sam Diefenbacher store cred incoming

One of the big differences between now and 2009/2010 is the Great Recession - I can only speak to the scene(s) I was involved in in Michigan, but we enjoyed bombing the rolling, smooth hills in cou...

I would like some riptide bushings or store credit!

@Niall Rawn I was gonna reply with similar sentiments. What people expect from downhill has shifted from accessible freeride on low consequence hills to directional corner-based riding. Back in the...

"Suburban freeride" was huge when things were peaking and I think that looked a lot more approachable to people back in the day. A lot of people in the scene were paying attention to that style of ...

@Chris Wroblewski Agree.

@RatBürger its the exact reason I went for Earthwing. I took about a 10 year break from downhill but before I stopped I was a loyal Bombsquad Agent Orange fan. When I returned, I went with som...

I totally agree. And I think alot of us subconsciously know this too. Sure we all love to bomb hills, that's what brings us together. But we all know how important this community is to us, the frie...

Arbor Shakedown 37 w/ Roam grip Ace 55s w/ stock cone RS and 81a venom HPF elim BS Cloudride Iceeez