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Quote from: HillaryThompson on February 07, 2011, 07:28:50 PM

Is there anyone else out there that shares this passion of physical expression?

That's a great way to describe it.

Nice video Hillary! I've been skating for over 40 years. Mostly vert lately for the cardio and some longboarding for the thrill of downhill speed. I wish my skills were as good as yours for doing grinds and kickflips and stuff but it's never too late to learn.


Jennifer

Person in transition skating the transition.

I do own a shortboard, but the wheels are too small and hard and I feel every bump in the pavement. I much prefer longboarding, it's a different kind of vibe and the feeling you get carving down a nice bit of tarmac is amazing...I love that little rush of adrenaline you get when the board starts accelerating down hill (and now the bearings are worn in my deck seriously moves). I also own a freebord, but I don't use it as much due to a lack of decent hills (you need serious gravity for it to work properly). I'm going to upgrade the bearings when I have some cash and hopefully that'll improve matters somewhat.

Anyway, these here are my wheels...a Landyachtz Battle Axe with a custum setup (randal 180's, 76mm ABEC gumballs and bones super swiss 6 bearings) and my freebord.



I do love watching people skate tho, there is such an art and grace to it...especially in the downhill stuff.

Quote from: HillaryThompson on February 08, 2011, 04:04:10 PM

I don't know if you're familiar with the skateboarding industry, but I'm going to be doing an interview/video snippet for
Chris Nieratko next month. He has written and interviewed for skateboarding magazines for the last 15 years. He seems
very sweet and sincere, and his intentions are not to exploit or make a sideshow. It should be a pretty cool opportunity.

Very familiar! I partied with Tony Alva in Venice Beach in 1976 and the rest is history. I have been involved with the industry in one way or another ever since. That is a cool opportunity and I hope it turns out well. Please keep us posted.

Jennifer     

I have an old pintail a friend gave me, but I suck at skateboarding in general although I love it. I don't have a lot of time or places to practise here.

I wanna get a Landyacthz mummy with some bennetts soon though... I wanna learn how to pump!
Anyone have advice for a good bushings setup for pumping? The wisdom of bushings eludes me.

Probably just buy a bushing kit and experiment...I'd have thought you'd want to go quite soft for pumping. I've currently got medium soft bushings on mine, which gives a nice balance between carving and stability down hill.

Thanks! I'll do just that

You need a lot of flex for pumping as well, have you looked at the Loaded Vanguard as an option? I think that will be a post op present to myself next year.

Not that I don't absolutely love my battle axe, but it's a bit more of a downhill board and I'd love something nice and flexi for commuting.

Having just said that I've been playing with the setup today and loosened the kinpin and wow, it just came alive under me.

I started skating back in 1978 but I didn't know anyone famous. Gave in up in the 80's because of living in the middle of nowhere then got into longboarding about five years ago.

I want to go see the Maryhill Festival of Speed, those people are insane and it looks like so much fun!

Yay, a chance to show off my board!

Yay, a fellow long boarder!

I'd love to be confident enough to come over to the states to hit some of the hills you have. Watching some of the videos on you tube just makes me want to skate and never stop

Quote from: Helena on March 13, 2011, 12:16:14 PM
You need a lot of flex for pumping as well, have you looked at the Loaded Vanguard as an option? I think that will be a post op present to myself next year.

Not that I don't absolutely love my battle axe, but it's a bit more of a downhill board and I'd love something nice and flexi for commuting.

Having just said that I've been playing with the setup today and loosened the kinpin and wow, it just came alive under me.

I've been considering the vanguard too, it looks excellent.. but I'm not sure, I'll be going to the UK next week and I'll ask around for advice and try different boards. They don't sell longboards where I live so all I can do for now is lurk on silverfish.

Quote from: artur on March 13, 2011, 03:31:48 PM
I've been considering the vanguard too, it looks excellent.. but I'm not sure, I'll be going to the UK next week and I'll ask around for advice and try different boards. They don't sell longboards where I live so all I can do for now is lurk on silverfish.

well i do love my battle axe, with softer bushings than i'm using it would be awesome for carving, though it's quite stiff (I am a feather weight though at 130lbs).

i have the same problem with my board, it's got close to no flex and it's really hard to maneuver for me even putting all my weight into it. though i guess it would be ok for down hill, there are not many spots around here.

The battle axe is a bamboo deck so it does have flex, but Like I said i'm a feather weight so it's quite stiff underfoot for me. Hence drooling over the vanguard. I'm using the Khiro blue bushings front and rear which with a bit of tweeking to the set up have given it a nice carvey feel. I might try some softer bushings on the front trucks just to see how it affects the carving.

http://www.daddiesboardshop.com/khiro-barrel-bushings.aspx

a friend of mine goes softer on the front bushings and he swears by it

Well I'd defo recomend playing with the bushings you use, I've found a good compromise set up by mixing and matching the bushings front and rear, got med hard barrels and the cones are soft, which means that now i've flipped the axels on my trucks, tightening the kingpin a turn gives me awesome stability at speed (though i can't go into a drop knee) and losening them means the deck carves like a deamon.

I may still get the loaded dervish though...it looks smexy.

Yes it is.

It's just a different style of skateboarding.

decided to get a vanguard with some R-IIs and lime zigzags and im stoked it feels just like surfing

Quote from: artur on March 24, 2011, 03:06:14 AM
decided to get a vanguard with some R-IIs and lime zigzags and im stoked it feels just like surfing

Yay for surfing!

Jennifer