I'm gonna second Zealous. The split is right in your zone, and they skate far better than their price. You can pretty much do anything on them... they absolutely slam for freeride. Check out Fabio ...
I'm gonna second Zealous. The split is right in your zone, and they skate far better than their price. You can pretty much do anything on them... they absolutely slam for freeride. Check out Fabio ...
Check out Zealous Slaloms! Been rocking mine for the past year and really like them.
thankful that the forum really sped up the process of understanding how to convert away from monkey toe. this was just a month ago at giants head
@Matt Needs Wheels My snakes / krimes are used and absolutely BLASTED. I'll probably check that spot out once I feel a need to, so it'll be a fair amount of time
As the title says, what precisions should I try after my DH cybins? Right now I'm loving the feel of the spherical in the hanger up front and I run a 50/20 split. I eventually want to go nar...
Ended up going with the Calibers, and I am happy to report that they feel great just putting around! It's definitely lively, and I really like the way that it feels. Threw some 65mm Fireball Tinder...
@David Serate Yeah we likely had a very similar experiance with the type of pave in question just being a cheesegrater on pucks and wheels. Snakes sound like a very good option. I'd wait a month tho.
@John Oliver DOOD. so sick. Re-learning sucks, I had trash form for so long (still working on it lol) and the longer you do something the more muscle memory it is. So the sooner you get on i...
Update: after two days of drilling no monkey toe, I have found that pressing down on the board is probably one of the best tips that I got to understand how to kick out without monkey toe. Now to u...
I appreciate the condolences for the shitty chipsealed road. I used to ride on some chipseal, and I do remember it just ripping into my pucks. I currently can't really do a lot of standup stuff, bu...
@Josh Gaudon this is what you want to avoid. No control doing them this way, plus the knee is probably out sideways which makes you 180
@John Oliver Git er done, if you are learning, hopefully on slidey wheels and a not super narrow board, it will def be advisable to not monkey toe at all to help make 100% sure you are not scoping ...
@Gabriel Fockler Hmmmm I agree that edge grip is reduced but it has been my experiance that the face of the wheels in a slide "catch" on the ups and downs slowing down more and causing more inconci...
Will take information and practice without monkey toe, for both standup and glove down. I think I am psyching myself out because i'm used to kicking out my board with my toe rather than pressing on...
Very interesting!!!!!
You’ve probably heard of it before - the event has been running for over a decade, and has been skated by plenty of big names in the longboarding scene. The Chief Ladiga Sk8 188 Challenge, or...
Depends on the age of the road I think. I'm picturing a more worn-in chipseal that tends to feel more slick than a smoother road. I think that this relates to rough pavement being slicker in genera...
@Gabriel Fockler I had suggested the opposite for standies, with taking the road way slower in mind, since I have always felt chip seal to be inconsistent and grippy; though I never bothered touchi...
@Gabriel Fockler I figured, just clarifying to be sure, I got like 8 in the back and see stuff like this on Adriens gram.
Chip seal sucks, rip. It can be okay once it wears in a bit, but it's always a tragedy to see a good road get chipped. For freeride, you can probably get away with riding a grippier ...
@Matt Needs Wheels on the modern super narrow downhill decks, I think that a toe hanging off isn't ruining your form. My rocket deck is like 8.5 and my rear toes might hang a little, even with havi...
It's fine in small amounts, but it's more controllable to have your foot on the board
