lonerider Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 Originally posted by Neil Gendzwill I think if you pick a stiffish mid-length board from any of the good manufacturers you'll be fine. Personally I like both camber and concave. [/Quote] So what's a "good" manufacturer? What is stiffish? What is mid-length? Looks like the sizes range from 28-44" So the Bozi 36" GS sounds good? It is both front cambered (like my future Madd) and concave. What about the Asphalt Playground "Insect"? That look more like a longboard than a whippity slalom board (no wheel cutouts). What about pintails? What are they good fore? Tight long carves instead of the quick twitches of a slalom board? If I'm doing mostly parking lot pumping and shallow hill carving? Is that more slalom than longboard? I'm not sure about the Seismics, this degree thing is new to them. You might search the trucks forum at ncdsa to get some answers. The Randall IIs in 180 or 150 mm width don't come in degrees. You could add angled riser pads to change the geometry but frankly they don't need it - run 'em flat and they'll work fine for your purposes. If you are looking for a flatland pump sort of board you might be better off with the Seismics by all accounts - never rode them myself. Flashbacks are a particular model of wheel made by ABEC11, which is Chris Chaput's company. They're highly recommended for what you want to do. ABEC11 is a joke name based on the marketing of bearings by their ABEC number, which has little to do with their performance in a skating application. I'll look at NCDSA again, but the website doesn't really organize it information in any conscious way (just has archives of old posts). Right, I remember have ABEC 5 bearings for my rollerbladings and ABEC 7's were really expensive (and ABEC 3s were not very smooth). I meant to compare Flashback vs Avilas (named after the Dogtown Thomas Avila?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted May 25, 2004 Report Share Posted May 25, 2004 Originally posted by lonerider So what's a "good" manufacturer? What is stiffish? What is mid-length? Looks like the sizes range from 28-44" So the Bozi 36" GS sounds good? It is both front cambered (like my future Madd) and concave. 28" is a short slalom deck. 44" is a medium-long longboard (they go to 60"). The 36" Bozi is probably a good buy for you. What about the Asphalt Playground "Insect"? That look more like a longboard than a whippity slalom board (no wheel cutouts). What about pintails? What are they good fore? Tight long carves instead of the quick twitches of a slalom board? Not familiar with that board, but if Fluitt recommends it you're probably OK. Cutouts don't necessarily mean slalom. My slalom deck has no cutouts. Pintails are all about style, I've never understood there to be any technical reason for them. If I'm doing mostly parking lot pumping and shallow hill carving? Is that more slalom than longboard? Really depends on the style of slalom. Boards set up for tight (cone spacing under 6') slalom are probably too nervous for what you want to do. Boards set up for faster GS courses might work well for you. The slalom geeks get super-technical about their setups, I'm not that fussy (and nobody to race here anyways). I'll look at NCDSA again, but the website doesn't really organize it information in any conscious way (just has archives of old posts). You might find a bunch of useful info at Hugh's site, including some info on bearings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allee Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 Where the hell do you find a hill there??? :) :) :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Gendzwill Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 Originally posted by Allee Where the hell do you find a hill there??? It's a problem, so I thought of cyber-slalom. Also I've always been more of a vert guy, so when they opened the concrete park late last fall I was a happy camper. Hoping to have time to get out quite a bit this year, but a combination of sucky weather and kids' activities has kept me out of the bowl so far this spring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonerider Posted May 29, 2004 Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 Ok, so I've poured through NCSDA, silverfishlongboardnig, Hugh R's site and I was wondering if anyone have tried the Loaded Vanguard in addition to the Fish. That seems a closer match to the Bozi GS and the Insect Dragonfly. Almost there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ghostrider Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 I just got my new Insect Dragonfly w/ seismics and abec 11's today!! man is it fun!!! I was out carving for 4 hours straight today!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knoch Posted June 15, 2004 Report Share Posted June 15, 2004 Holly crap ghostrider, i wish i had your kind of funds, a new custom bike, a new street board, a new crazy fast remote cotrol boat(which i would like to see pics of if its a finished project yet), a new wakeboard set up, and how many new carving boards do you have lined up for next season? You should take that jeep liberty of yours and make a project out of it, you know, get a huge lift, some giant tires, throw a winch on it, just make it so it should never ever be able to get stuck, and this coming season we'll go out and see if we can get it stuck. It'll be a good time, you should do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gilmour Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 luge, skateboard, butt board etc and it's in MAINE! http://www.slalomspot.com/video/maine_downhill/ ________ Chevrolet Biscayne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ghostrider Posted June 22, 2004 Report Share Posted June 22, 2004 Nice Video!! Video #3 is amazing...I never thought a toeside on road could be that insane!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gilmour Posted June 24, 2004 Report Share Posted June 24, 2004 mov.4 and mov.4 are Jim z- the sickest toside 4 wheel slides- I'm proud to know him jg ________ MARYJANE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted June 24, 2004 Report Share Posted June 24, 2004 Gilmour! Where and when the hell was this? And more importantly, why wasn't I informed?!? Cool stuff!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gilmour Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 you should check out NCDSA.com as well as Slalomskateboarder.com ncdsa.com has a speedboarding section...very cool. There is a race in NY coming up. see the IGSA and GSI websites. OR just call Chris chaput at 877 4abec11 ________ Weed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted June 25, 2004 Report Share Posted June 25, 2004 where was the race in Maine? I live there, remember? Looks like a cool road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Gilmour Posted June 26, 2004 Report Share Posted June 26, 2004 York maine in the state park see this site for info. http://www.gravitysportsinternational.com/events/York04/04yorkme.html http://www.skateluge.com/bbluge.htm This is a great event to watch. jg ________ Vaporizer Wholesaler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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