Posts made by Brigadier

• What is something you wish you knew when you started skating?

  - Discipline ! Ride as much as you can, eery time you have free time. Consistence and regularity will make you progress - Never flex your muscles and ride with your ego. It's okey to be afraid to ...

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  Brigadier
  5/14/25, 6:16 AM
• What is something you wish you knew when you started skating?

  @Jon LaPlant definitely !

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  5/14/25, 6:06 AM
• Getting rid of valk lean

  @Kurt Derow  I tend to find the Voxter MK3.5DH in 170mm config, perfect for riding downhill full grip..........on a dropped board ! Not the slalom ones, the DH ones. In the early 2000's, I u...

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  Brigadier
  5/14/25, 6:01 AM
• Rogue Cast trucks review in progress

  I have 3 Zenit Draft. One of them is set up for freeride and lots of slides. I used to ride it with Bear Gen 6 ti 180 mm trucks and Orangatang Kegel 80mm 80A wheels. I switched to Rogue Cast trucks...

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  5/14/25, 5:54 AM
• Valkyrie Truck Discussion

  @Marshall Cook / Blank Wheel Co  I ride two boards equipped with Valk MK3.5DH in 170mm for both (Zenit Draft X2). The first setup has Riptide 97A bushings front and rear, boardside and roads...

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  5/14/25, 5:50 AM
• Seismic Deltas

  I have an eye on them. Now being a downhill rider with a footbrake style, I don't need a downhill wheel with slide abilities. I'll give a try to Seismic 3DM Avila 75mm clear series 73A. Lots of gri...

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  Brigadier
  11/14/24, 8:11 AM
• Valkyrie Truck Discussion

  Don't know if my feedback will be useful.  I ride a Zenit Draft for downhill, with Valkyrie MK3.5 DH version in 160-170mm. Fixed baseplates in 45° front and rear. With the deck wedge and ...

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  Brigadier
  8/29/24, 11:44 AM
• How to footbrake

  I footbrake at high speed. I am an old downhill rider (40 years old) and started riding downhill in 2003. Footbrake was a thing you needed to master back in these days. Now all guys and girls are r...

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  8/29/24, 11:40 AM
• Downhill skateboarding at Night for beginners.

  lots of good tips.  Most important for me are reflective clothes and lights. I use a powerful helmet front light, and a bicycle rear light mounted on my rear helmet. No drivers can miss me, s...

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  Brigadier
  8/29/24, 11:32 AM
• What is something you wish you knew when you started skating?

  I wish I would never sold my old Supaflex boards, I wish I would knew that discipline is important. Keep skateboarding, even when you don't really want certain days. Keep riding, the passion will n...

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  Brigadier
  8/29/24, 11:31 AM
• CMM: LDP is more hardcore than downhill.

  Haha ! The only thing I regret is it's not the same public. And you tend to rarely find riders who practice both. I am more of downhiller, but I really appreciate my LDP rides too. It's just longb...

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  Brigadier
  8/29/24, 11:29 AM
• Spot ruined . . .

  that sucks yeah. Need to ride the mountainboard

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  Brigadier
  8/29/24, 11:27 AM
• Blowing it?

  your homie is over reacting a little. 6 riders aren't blowing a spot.      

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  Brigadier
  8/29/24, 11:25 AM
• Wobbly Trucks

  Caliber have a plug bushing which eliminates the wobble and the slop. Wo with maybe harder bushings or by tightening more your actual bushings, it could solve your problem

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  Brigadier
  8/29/24, 11:21 AM