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Skateboarding => USELESS WOODEN TOY BANTER => Topic started by: cky enthusiast on April 08, 2021, 05:15:29 PM
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discuss them here
yr fav curbs
who skated them best
best feeling slappy
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if you’re annoyed enough about curb skating to take the energy to write a whole thing about how much you hate it i suggest you go look at some flowers or something and cheer up
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My goal for this summer is to learn slappies. Moving in about a month so I’m gonna search out a suitable curb and prep it all nice.
Advice for either would be appreciated.
They look fun as fuck.
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the SF DMV had my favorite curbs
the best curb guy there was Barker Barrett , he could do a lot of weird stuff, like slappy fakie b/s smiths
outside of CA especially so cal, it is really hard to find good slappy curbs. I wonder if there's another area where good curbs are common
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There’s an underground curb I really like, it’s on a bunch of curb guy instagrams. Probably slappy feebs are my favorite- like a grind and a board slide, what’s not to love?
Edit- there’s a ton of old pros here, but I don’t always recognize them. Saw Kyong Kim there a few months ago, that guy rips
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Momentum is your friend.
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My goal for this summer is to learn slappies. Moving in about a month so I’m gonna search out a suitable curb and prep it all nice.
Advice for either would be appreciated.
They look fun as fuck.
rub brick - dust off - clear coat
watch surfing videos
go faster
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My goal for this summer is to learn slappies. Moving in about a month so I’m gonna search out a suitable curb and prep it all nice.
Advice for either would be appreciated.
They look fun as fuck.
When I learned them from my friend he said to start at a really sharp angle- almost perpendicular, and lean away from the curb. Adjust the angle as you get better. Worked for me. Oh and it’s mostly in your front foot.
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the best curb guy there was Barker Barrett , he could do a lot of weird stuff, like slappy fakie b/s smiths
so like a switch willy..?
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the best curb guy there was Barker Barrett , he could do a lot of weird stuff, like slappy fakie b/s smiths
so like a switch willy..?
I never remember which one is the willy, but yeah probably its that.
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Nothing like smashing into one frontside. Glossy red or yellow painted curbs or a buttered up parking block are my favorites. Gonna get some pics of my local curb spot and show em off here: https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=103086.msg3522737#msg3522737
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For some reason, can only do them backside 5-0 for grinds. Boardslide and noseslide otherwise (if that is still considered slappies). Feels great any way.
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back 5-0’s with extra sauce are my favorite
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Why are west coast curbs generally red and east coast curbs generally yellow? As a kid I'd always see those red curbs in videos and think they looked so much easier/faster to grind than anything we had out east (except for the coveted curbs with metal angle iron built into the top).
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almost any curbs. found a slappy marble curb in china
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Once you learn slappies it makes the world a spot. Any painted curb with some smooth ground all of a sudden replaces the park you used to skate. It’s a longevity move too. What helped me was putting my feet directly over both bolts when smashing in. Took off.
Frontsides feel awesome. Trucks look good as fuck when beat to dust.
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Maaaaan, I had the best curb completely bricked/clear coated. I'm talking like 30ish feet of curb totally broken in, long enough to do two tricks in a line on if timed right. Streetlight right over top, and it was on a pretty chill sidestreet in this town square. They built a fucking restaurant and apartments right across from it and now it's a total bummer. The apartment renters get mad, the restaurant serves breakfast lunch and dinner and has outdoor seating so people just get mad. That place was the best warmup spot, especially in the mornings. Shit is so weak, I need a new one.
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finally learned decent frontside ones not too long ago, and they've all i've been wanting to do. it takes me a while these days to start popping off the ground, and doing slappies for 30 minutes gives me a good warmup to get me ready to start popping up my board. my trucks look like they're melting, though, and I keep knocking my kingpin nut loose.
been trying them switch frontside, but having trouble getting the back truck on. almost feels like switch nosegrind would be easier. anyone have any tips?
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I’m 40 and guilty of still Ollie if into everything. I want to make a mold out of plywood and pour some curbs. How many inches tall should it be, and what’s a good angle? It seemsZach Dowdy has a good parking block video that I’ll use and instead of making a parking block I’ll pour the concrete into the curb and then build a manny pad behind it
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Why are west coast curbs generally red and east coast curbs generally yellow? As a kid I'd always see those red curbs in videos and think they looked so much easier/faster to grind than anything we had out east (except for the coveted curbs with metal angle iron built into the top).
Not quite sure why, but yeah in California they're basically all red. I live in the midwest where it's either yellow or not painted. I think it might have to do with sun fading? Like yellow paint would fade too much to be useful when exposed to direct light as often as they are out there?
Don't know about that though because Northern California doesn't get nearly the same amount of sun as Socal does, but the curbs are red up there, too.
Edit: googled it, they have color coded curbs for different parking space regulations. Red is reserved for fire and emergency vehicles (and slappies)
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My goal for this summer is to learn slappies. Moving in about a month so I’m gonna search out a suitable curb and prep it all nice.
Advice for either would be appreciated.
They look fun as fuck.
rub brick - dust off - clear coat
watch surfing videos
go faster
The key, IMO.
I started doing slappies more and more last winter and I feel like it has breathed new life into skating for me. Pretty much all I do these days.
Weather permitting I skate the curbs at Target every day on my lunch break and at the church from Rocky II on evenings and weekends. The former has long square curbs and the latter has parking blocks. Prefer the longer squared curbs, but it's fun/challenging to try stuff on the blocks.
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I live near a high school that was renovated a couple of years back, Red curbs for miles. Downhill, cornered, deathboxes (drains) and some ride on options. I was one of the few people skating it for awhile and I could not believe such a prime spot was going unskated. Then the slappy renaissance occurred and it soon became blown out. Covid chilled things again. But it has been amazing having such a spot within skating distance of home.
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rockridge BART is like waikiki for slappies: blown out because it’s perfect
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I’ve been battling a bunch of injuries, so the past year or so I’ve almost strictly been skating curbs. I love being able to progress and learn new stuff, without killing myself.
West coast curbs are the best, they have that slight angle to them. A good double sider is fun, but can be scary to learn new tricks on.
Best feeling slappy to me is crook/switch crook
Here’s my local curb and a few slaps:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKupATMBnY-/?igshid=134blofgg7ud7
Slightly angled, good ground with no cement/drainage at the base. I bondo’d the cracks in it and clear coated it.
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I can slappy lower curbs but struggles on anything taller than average. Frontside slappy smiths are probably my favorite atm
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One of our schools is my go to curb. It’s in the middle of no where, lit at night, has shade for summer days, school doesn’t care if I skate as long as no school functions going or kids around. Security guards that patrol it don’t care since the school doesn’t, sidewalk curbs, spacer curbs, smooth flat, and a learn your new slaps spot(4” section. The rest are the 6” regs). There’s also another school 1/4 mile away with the big boy curbs(8”ers) that are fun as well. Just not lit and no shade.
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I’ve been battling a bunch of injuries, so the past year or so I’ve almost strictly been skating curbs. I love being able to progress and learn new stuff, without killing myself.
West coast curbs are the best, they have that slight angle to them. A good double sider is fun, but can be scary to learn new tricks on.
Best feeling slappy to me is crook/switch crook
Here’s my local curb and a few slaps:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKupATMBnY-/?igshid=134blofgg7ud7
Slightly angled, good ground with no cement/drainage at the base. I bondo’d the cracks in it and clear coated it.
Looks beautiful man, sw slappies are fucked. Anybody who can do them has truly mastered the curb!
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About three years ago, I had absolutely no idea how to slappy and wasn't really sure where to start, but I knew that I was approaching 40 and therefore had to learn my proper old man tricks. I watched some videos, and the how-to seemed to me to be less effective than finding a clip of someone and just watching it in slow-motion, or even reading about how it was done. It took a slanted curb, a shitload of patience and honestly more courage than I expected to really blast into those first slappies, but before long I was doing backside half-slappies (where the back truck never quiet gets all the way up). Fast forward to today, and it's basically all I do. Backside, frontside, crooked grinds, Smiths. The guys you see killing it on Instagram make it look easy, but honestly it's basically as challenging as doing these tricks on an average ledge, it's just that you don't have as far to fall if you blow it. The feeling and the sounds are absolutely unbeatable, though, and when you get through a pair of trucks into the axle, you'll really feel accomplished
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Is there such a thing as a fakie slappy?
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My goal for this summer is to learn slappies. Moving in about a month so I’m gonna search out a suitable curb and prep it all nice.
Advice for either would be appreciated.
They look fun as fuck.
keep your feet on the bolts! don't manual in! if you think of the curb like a quarterpipe, its like a frontside carve grind as opposed to a slash
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I'm 48, overweight, and not too talented at skateboarding. I start and sometimes end my day at my shitty curb spot in the park by the lake. Can only do BS, hopefully one day will learn FS. I ride 60mm as the ground is pretty fucked. Love skating.
(https://i.ibb.co/M1W59T1/Screenshot-20210408-204835-Photos.jpg) (https://ibb.co/M1W59T1)
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I want to make a mold out of plywood and pour some curbs. How many inches tall should it be, and what’s a good angle?
6”-7 1/2” high 10-15* angle is pretty much the standard for most CA curbs.
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My goal for this summer is to learn slappies. Moving in about a month so I’m gonna search out a suitable curb and prep it all nice.
Advice for either would be appreciated.
They look fun as fuck.
Here you go. How to learn slappies
https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=61105.0
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the SF DMV had my favorite curbs
the best curb guy there was Barker Barrett , he could do a lot of weird stuff, like slappy fakie b/s smiths
outside of CA especially so cal, it is really hard to find good slappy curbs. I wonder if there's another area where good curbs are common
Seconded!
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My goal for this summer is to learn slappies. Moving in about a month so I’m gonna search out a suitable curb and prep it all nice.
Advice for either would be appreciated.
They look fun as fuck.
When you say it's in the front foot, are referring to kinda un-weighting your front foot as you hit the curb?
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My goal for this summer is to learn slappies. Moving in about a month so I’m gonna search out a suitable curb and prep it all nice.
Advice for either would be appreciated.
They look fun as fuck.
When you say it's in the front foot, are referring to kinda un-weighting your front foot as you hit the curb?
Naw man you lean hella on your front foot and the back foot is the one that is light, makes no sense I know.
Is there such a thing as a fakie slappy?
Yeah, if you do a fakie trick out.
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I got a pretty good curb spot down the road, don’t skate it as much lately there’s always cars there til after 6pm. My next project is to build some custom curbs, gonna make them 6” tall 80 degree angle, 8’ long 9”wide, planning to build 3 so 24’ of slappy heaven. I have an idea to use granite for the edge, got some old granite counter top pieces I’m gonna rip with the angle grinder and inlay into it. Basically how you do angle iron on a concrete ledge. Can’t wait, going to be so fun.
Curbs are my favorite, great for days the legs are beat but still want to skate. It’s so satisfying, the sounds the feeling. Nothing beats it.
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43rd and Locust in Philly is my jam.
Just learned FS crooks.
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I finally learned them this winter after thinking I had them 5 years ago, but I was really lifting up my front truck to get on. Doing them doesn’t really make sense, there’s a few cues that work and then you kind of have to turn your brain off when learning them if you’re used to ollieing into shit.
I can only do em backside for now, I’m on the hunt for a good curb or block to practice frontside on. The one at the skatepark here is always super crowded.
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My goal for this summer is to learn slappies. Moving in about a month so I’m gonna search out a suitable curb and prep it all nice.
Advice for either would be appreciated.
They look fun as fuck.
When you say it's in the front foot, are referring to kinda un-weighting your front foot as you hit the curb?
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Is there such a thing as a fakie slappy?
Thanks!
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Rockridge is always sick
A buddy and I put in work on a couple at alemany flea market that are pretty solid
GG park ones by de young go hard; other gg park ones by the windmill are good too
Slappy front 5's, when done properly, are very fun
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rockridge BART is like waikiki for slappies: blown out because it’s perfect
And so many sections, too.
But I basically had the “waves” all to myself for the entire two hours I was there yesterday, so sometimes paradise is actually that: Paradise.
I love grinding through the inside-corner curb.
Also, props to the “curb keepers” that re-bondo the gaps & cracks periodically.
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They built a overfill parking lot in my hometown of Vista that's divided in half by a 6 foot wide planter. This planter is itself divided by curb partitions every 50 feet, perfectly level with the ground. There's a specific one that I've buttered and bricked and made perfect so i can powerslide into a front tail and pop up on the other side. It's truly the most fun you can have on a skateboard. Also this parking lot is full of other perfect and buttered regular curbs. Its curb nirvana
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I love how independents sound on a curb. Aces are nice and smooth, but don’t have that growl. Feels good to haul ass and blast some punk. This is a moment where I enjoy life the most.
What trucks do you guys think sound best on a curb
The cruise terminal in sf is great right now also. No cruises, empty spot.
Also please clean up your garbage at curbs. Sometimes I see trash and it’s a bummer. Pack in pack out.
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I love how independents sound on a curb. Aces are nice and smooth, but don’t have that growl. Feels good to haul ass and blast some punk. This is a moment where I enjoy life the most.
What trucks do you guys think sound best on a curb
The cruise terminal in sf is great right now also. No cruises, empty spot.
Also please clean up your garbage at curbs. Sometimes I see trash and it’s a bummer. Pack in pack out.
I am mainly an Ace person, but I was gifted a gently used set of Indy 159 mids and skated them at my usual lunch spot today. The harder metal definitely gives them a more resonant sound, though I am curious to see how the AF1s are with that. The mids are pretty fucking nice though.
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I’m 40 and guilty of still Ollie if into everything. I want to make a mold out of plywood and pour some curbs. How many inches tall should it be, and what’s a good angle? It seemsZach Dowdy has a good parking block video that I’ll use and instead of making a parking block I’ll pour the concrete into the curb and then build a manny pad behind it
this is pretty much my m.o. but I've been learning to slappy and it's fun. Because I don't have them on lock yet, I still prefer a nice knee high ledge for my 5 or so ledge tricks. Still, when I land a nice BS/FS slappy, it feels buttery as fuck. It made sense for me to just start riding head on into the curb, kinda crashing at first. Once I got comfortable with my wheels hitting the curb I was able to start carving in.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O718bjrZwA4
EDIT: This guy made one of the best and most in-depth slappy tutorials too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w73dENxudw&t=96s
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My goal for this summer is to learn slappies. Moving in about a month so I’m gonna search out a suitable curb and prep it all nice.
Advice for either would be appreciated.
They look fun as fuck.
When you say it's in the front foot, are referring to kinda un-weighting your front foot as you hit the curb?
Like Bob says you put all your weight on your front foot but you also kinda lighten up a bit right when you hit the curb and then really step on it once your front truck hits the edge. Your back foot is just kind of along for the ride although once you get better you can make sure your back truck is fully on the curb.
Tbh I let my back truck hang most of the time, I like how that looks.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O718bjrZwA4
watched this before bed w/ my boo last night
the pool skating footy is also second to none
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the pool skating footy is also second to none
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EDIT: How does this work :0
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The cruise terminal in sf is great right now also. No cruises, empty spot.
A very hearty AGREE.
That spot has been a pile of fun ever since the COVIDs struck.
I wonder if I've seen you there w/o realizing I was skating w/ a fellow PAL.
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rockridge BART is like waikiki for slappies: blown out because it’s perfect
But I basically had the “waves” all to myself for the entire two hours I was there yesterday, so sometimes paradise is actually that: Paradise.
I love grinding through the inside-corner curb.
Also, props to the “curb keepers” that re-bondo the gaps & cracks periodically.
I am definitely excited to hit Rockridge in August on a family road trip and make my wife and daughter watch my son and I skate curbs for three hours.
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https://youtu.be/YWBhIwTK4KI (https://youtu.be/YWBhIwTK4KI)
I uploaded a little clip of the spot to demonstrate
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dmv in SF is great as said before.
However if you've ever slappied old world stone you know the real deal
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dmv in SF is great as said before.
However if you've ever slappied old world stone you know the real deal
No different than skating beautiful marble or granite ledges. Chicago, for one, has incredible granite curbs. Often the asphalt is destroyed or has been piled so high that the curb is now only an inch or two tall, but when they grind the asphalt and repaved the street, and before the freeze/thaw cycle wrecks the pavement, you've got a golden opportunity.
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https://youtu.be/YWBhIwTK4KI (https://youtu.be/YWBhIwTK4KI)
I uploaded a little clip of the spot to demonstrate
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there's been one for a year or two now here and all the old heads hang out there but barely skate it. found out my slappy technique sucks since this one isn't angled at all and a bit taller, which gave me trouble in the beginning. i cleaned up my act and now get into a good one most times. the ground around it sucks though. i find fs slappy easier than bs and the thing is basically a bit downhill bs for me, so it's hard to get a nice fs one uphill. still works though. i got sw bs 50 slappy last time as well. i find those super easy for some reason. maybe cause i ride up to them like a fakie trick which helps get the front on. i actually now try to do my reg bs more like my switch ones because it feels better and is less bashy if that makes sense.
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dmv in SF is great as said before.
However if you've ever slappied old world stone you know the real deal
No different than skating beautiful marble or granite ledges. Chicago, for one, has incredible granite curbs. Often the asphalt is destroyed or has been piled so high that the curb is now only an inch or two tall, but when they grind the asphalt and repaved the street, and before the freeze/thaw cycle wrecks the pavement, you've got a golden opportunity.
You're right I said old world to refer to any kind of dense stone as opposed to concrete
I also skated a real nice and low one in Osaka, japan (nishiumeda park with the curved ledge, banks to wall etc)
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dmv in SF is great as said before.
However if you've ever slappied old world stone you know the real deal
No different than skating beautiful marble or granite ledges. Chicago, for one, has incredible granite curbs. Often the asphalt is destroyed or has been piled so high that the curb is now only an inch or two tall, but when they grind the asphalt and repaved the street, and before the freeze/thaw cycle wrecks the pavement, you've got a golden opportunity.
You're right I said old world to refer to any kind of dense stone as opposed to concrete
I also skated a real nice and low one in Osaka, japan (nishiumeda park with the curved ledge, banks to wall etc)
Totally, I was agreeing with you. Skating dense stone with a ~90° cut is absolutely ideal. Nothing compares
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I would go to this double sided curb a lot at the start of shutdown. Full block with no traffic, just occasional bikes. Google maps pic is a little old, but it's painted red.
It's in Emeryville if you ever want to leave Rockridge
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The cruise terminal in sf is great right now also. No cruises, empty spot.
That spot has been a pile of fun ever since the COVIDs struck.
I wonder if I've seen you there w/o realizing I was skating w/ a fellow PAL.
You’ve probably seen me. I try to go early when nobody is around lol. I can have earbuds in and won’t feel like a jerk. I take them of as soon as someone shows up. Sometimes I sit around and look at the grooves on my hanger from the Rockridge curbs. Prop my board up, give them the eyes.
Been great how open rockridge has been cause of covid. More curbs have been waxed and there’s the one cher and marbie got a lot of clips on. Nice and square to lock onto.
Sick spot dale.
Yeah frozen, I’m excited to try the af1 eventually also. See how they sound.
So sick thanks for the spot alert pippen
I waxed the tiny red curb at the Walgreens near MacArthur Bart.
Edit: Doyle and 64th in emeryville right. Ok. I’ll check it out. I need to expand my horizons. Thanks dude
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People shit on slappys and curb skating until they try them. Then it's all they want to do 8)
IMO it also helps a TON with transition. There's a bunch of stuff I don't think I could've done on transition without first learning them on curbs.
I miss Rockridge as well, but tbh the curbs there are too low for me. Maybe I'll check it out again after covid is dead.
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I learned frontside slappies first in my late 20s. Felt amazing. I was inspired to learn them after joining a slappy session held at painted curbs beside an abandoned, bombed-out building covered in pieces, with a chocolate factory down the street, and that's where I spent many hours and learned them.
There was a small curb, and a big curb. The big curb definitely hurt to slam on, but felt amazing once I caught a slappy on them. I was fortunate enough to film some of them and threw them in video parts. I remember Koston saying in an old interview that lots of dudes couldn't do f/s slappies, so it felt like I'd reached a goal in skating where I could be considered good, haha. I mean I suck and always have, of course. People praised f/s slappies in interviews so like when I learned b/s tailslides, it felt like I'd reached a level to be a little bit proud of.
Backside didn't come as easy, which really infuriated me. I thought the opposite. It stayed like that for a long time where I'd lock into a willy grind constantly. Only in the last three years did I unlock them and can get my back truck on fully. And I never usually lock in and grind for a long time, it's more like getting the front truck on and off quickly while grinding the back truck for awhile, so by the time I come off, my body's twisted a little bit backside. It feels great.
The sad thing is though, I haven't done a frontside slappy in awhile because I started locking into weird f/s feebles which always pitch me and the slams started to make it feel like it wasn't worth it. I can still get into them but I haven't rolled away in a few years. Backside slappies have become much more fun and easy. But I want to do both f/s and b/s on a regular basis, that's a goal for the future.
I will say I'm not a fan of angled curbs. I like 90-degree curbs, it feels good to charge it and slappy into a straight curb. No judgement, though. And tech-slappy tricks, I never really got into that, I just prefer the basics.
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The sad thing is though, I haven't done a frontside slappy in awhile because I started locking into weird f/s feebles which always pitch me and the slams started to make it feel like it wasn't worth it. I can still get into them but I haven't rolled away in a few years. Backside slappies have become much more fun and easy. But I want to do both f/s and b/s on a regular basis, that's a goal for the future.
I'm the opposite way, i constantly am doing Smith slaps when i just want am old fashioned front slap. I'm still trying to get back to having both trucks on at once
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https://youtu.be/PffQbvwOK7o
Note Mark's slappy on the big dog board @ 11:05ish
I mean, results aren't typical, but it gives me the idea: if I put the board where it needs to go WHILE I pump/blast/thrust into it and try not to be a scared hoe, the wheels are going to bump, climb & grind.
I think by default: you gotta fully commit & fuck it up and fly on your face a few times just to pay your dues to learn it.
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we rubbricked a nice curb in a pretty empty parking lot in town , there is about 2 sections that are 10-15ft long that are smooth and fun besides the inner part of the curb having rocks.
really wish FS slappys and fs crooks would come easier to me, not sure why it just doesn't work as well as backside
nothing is better than crook slappy's for me though, I can haul ass pretty good at the curb and grind the 10-12ft sometimes and there aint much better feelings out there, been enjoying trying to revert to switch 5-0s from the crook. sometimes it just works!
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My goal for this summer is to learn slappies. Moving in about a month so I’m gonna search out a suitable curb and prep it all nice.
Advice for either would be appreciated.
They look fun as fuck.
rub brick - dust off - clear coat
watch surfing videos
go faster
The key, IMO.
I started doing slappies more and more last winter and I feel like it has breathed new life into skating for me. Pretty much all I do these days.
Weather permitting I skate the curbs at Target every day on my lunch break and at the church from Rocky II on evenings and weekends. The former has long square curbs and the latter has parking blocks. Prefer the longer squared curbs, but it's fun/challenging to try stuff on the blocks.
As in the south Philly target curbs? Because I also skate there all the time haha
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My goal for this summer is to learn slappies. Moving in about a month so I’m gonna search out a suitable curb and prep it all nice.
Advice for either would be appreciated.
They look fun as fuck.
rub brick - dust off - clear coat
watch surfing videos
go faster
The key, IMO.
I started doing slappies more and more last winter and I feel like it has breathed new life into skating for me. Pretty much all I do these days.
Weather permitting I skate the curbs at Target every day on my lunch break and at the church from Rocky II on evenings and weekends. The former has long square curbs and the latter has parking blocks. Prefer the longer squared curbs, but it's fun/challenging to try stuff on the blocks.
As in the south Philly target curbs? Because I also skate there all the time haha
Nah, the one off of spring garden . Love those curbs you set up by the south Philly one and need to get over there more.
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Ooooh shit that one of spring garden is also great and I definitely don’t get over that way enough haha
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I need to learn slappies. I'm too fat to jump over anything, too busy to make it to the skatepark, and my HOA would never let me have a ramp. Anybody know roughly how much materials for like a 6' parking block would cost?
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I made a 8’ x 7 1/2” curb for about $55 so less than that. Most of the cost was lumber. I waaaay over built the form.
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Or you could buy a rub brick, some aerosol clear-coat, as well as a candle, for a little bit le$$ & just groom the curb of your choosing.
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Or you could buy a rub brick, some aerosol clear-coat, as well as a candle, for a little bit le$$ & just groom the curb of your choosing.
I second this, also I wouldn't learn slappies on parking blocks, get comfortable on safer standard curbs with a "platform" if that makes sense
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Or just find a curb, wax the shit out it, and make it your local. Great thing about curbs is they are everywhere. Man, nothing feels better than a frontside slappy.
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Curious what size/shape wheels you guys prefer for your slaps?
Been riding spitfire conical fulls 52mm 99a and they’ve been working well. Also have some boardycakes princess cuts 49 on ice that I’m excited to try next.
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My goal for this summer is to learn slappies. Moving in about a month so I’m gonna search out a suitable curb and prep it all nice.
Advice for either would be appreciated.
They look fun as fuck.
rub brick - dust off - clear coat
watch surfing videos
go faster
The key, IMO.
I started doing slappies more and more last winter and I feel like it has breathed new life into skating for me. Pretty much all I do these days.
Weather permitting I skate the curbs at Target every day on my lunch break and at the church from Rocky II on evenings and weekends. The former has long square curbs and the latter has parking blocks. Prefer the longer squared curbs, but it's fun/challenging to try stuff on the blocks.
As in the south Philly target curbs? Because I also skate there all the time haha
Nah, the one off of spring garden . Love those curbs you set up by the south Philly one and need to get over there more.
The best curbs are near that spring garden Target by like a block. Off 3rd & Spring Garden. Can’t recall the address but it’s a tall multi use building with black asphalt lot. The building number is huge and takes up most of the side.
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Curious what size/shape wheels you guys prefer for your slaps?
I run 56mm 97a Spitfire classics on one setup and 56mm OJ Keyframes on the other.
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My goal for this summer is to learn slappies. Moving in about a month so I’m gonna search out a suitable curb and prep it all nice.
Advice for either would be appreciated.
They look fun as fuck.
rub brick - dust off - clear coat
watch surfing videos
go faster
The key, IMO.
I started doing slappies more and more last winter and I feel like it has breathed new life into skating for me. Pretty much all I do these days.
Weather permitting I skate the curbs at Target every day on my lunch break and at the church from Rocky II on evenings and weekends. The former has long square curbs and the latter has parking blocks. Prefer the longer squared curbs, but it's fun/challenging to try stuff on the blocks.
As in the south Philly target curbs? Because I also skate there all the time haha
Nah, the one off of spring garden . Love those curbs you set up by the south Philly one and need to get over there more.
The best curbs are near that spring garden Target by like a block. Off 3rd & Spring Garden. Can’t recall the address but it’s a tall multi use building with black asphalt lot. The building number is huge and takes up most of the side.
444 n. 4th
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My goal for this summer is to learn slappies. Moving in about a month so I’m gonna search out a suitable curb and prep it all nice.
Advice for either would be appreciated.
They look fun as fuck.
rub brick - dust off - clear coat
watch surfing videos
go faster
The key, IMO.
I started doing slappies more and more last winter and I feel like it has breathed new life into skating for me. Pretty much all I do these days.
Weather permitting I skate the curbs at Target every day on my lunch break and at the church from Rocky II on evenings and weekends. The former has long square curbs and the latter has parking blocks. Prefer the longer squared curbs, but it's fun/challenging to try stuff on the blocks.
As in the south Philly target curbs? Because I also skate there all the time haha
Nah, the one off of spring garden . Love those curbs you set up by the south Philly one and need to get over there more.
The best curbs are near that spring garden Target by like a block. Off 3rd & Spring Garden. Can’t recall the address but it’s a tall multi use building with black asphalt lot. The building number is huge and takes up most of the side.
444 n. 4th
Noice, will roll over there on my break tomorrow or Weds.
Curious what size/shape wheels you guys prefer for your slaps?
Been riding spitfire conical fulls 52mm 99a and they’ve been working well. Also have some boardycakes princess cuts 49 on ice that I’m excited to try next.
I like a hard edged wheel, usually conical full or tablet. More of an aesthetic preference, but it feels a little more locked in on some things. I still like a classic shape sometime though.
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Curious what size/shape wheels you guys prefer for your slaps?
Been riding spitfire conical fulls 52mm 99a and they’ve been working well. Also have some boardycakes princess cuts 49 on ice that I’m excited to try next.
I prefer a classic. It seems a bit easier to get into certain slappies, but a hard edge (conical, tablet, etc.) will lock it better and have less chances of slipping over the back or top of the curb. Spit F4 99a are my favorite
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Funnily enough I had a slappy session on some sub 50mm tablets yesterday. I have a 90s style board set up to try and relearn some flat ground. Anyway, I was sure they'd be too small for slappies but they worked just fine. Also, because they leave so much hanger exposed they actually felt pretty great. Small wheels with a lot of truck exposure seems like a good combo for slappies as long as you can still smash into them.
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Funnily enough I had a slappy session on some sub 50mm tablets yesterday. I have a 90s style board set up to try and relearn some flat ground. Anyway, I was sure they'd be too small for slappies but they worked just fine. Also, because they leave so much hanger exposed they actually felt pretty great. Small wheels with a lot of truck exposure seems like a good combo for slappies as long as you can still smash into them.
For sure, size don’t matter. Was running an egg with 40mm wheels for a lil bit and slappys, especially crook variations, were really easy and natural. Too bad the small wheel charm gets old 15 minutes into a session.
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Curious what size/shape wheels you guys prefer for your slaps?
56mm is around where i hang out since I'm a stereotype of socal pool and curb dudes. I just got those oj 56mm mini combo shape wheels and I'm super stoked to try em out
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I learned slappies on a curb down the street during the first few months of quarantine after having wanted to do them for years. The curb wasn't ideal, but it got the job done and its location in an empty abandoned parking lot was a welcome reprieve from having to think about social distancing guidelines.
The bond between this curb and I blossomed over the coming weeks and months and it taught me things I never knew about myself. I had never felt like this in my life. Where had this feeling been all this time? However, I was blinded by my own infatuation with this curb that I only ever took, and never gave back.
One day, I skated down to the empty parking lot with my beloved slappy curb and it was no longer there, removed to make way for a new sidewalk. I was crushed. I wanted to grow old with this curb. I had dreams of coming back to my old home town and visiting this old friend that had taught me so much. I had no idea that our time together was so fleeting and I wish I could just touch both of my trucks to it's sultry, rounded edges just one last time.
I will always remember this curb and I carry it with me wherever I may do slappies in my future.
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Or just find a curb, wax the shit out it, and make it your local. Great thing about curbs is they are everywhere. Man, nothing feels better than a frontside slappy.
I live in Karenville, I'm really not trying to be a 27 year old man having to explain to some bored housewife why it's ok for me to be "damaging" a curb with my wheelie toy.
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tell em if they love the curb so much they should marry it. you pay taxes too dog, they ain’t better than you
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Or just find a curb, wax the shit out it, and make it your local. Great thing about curbs is they are everywhere. Man, nothing feels better than a frontside slappy.
I live in Karenville, I'm really not trying to be a 27 year old man having to explain to some bored housewife why it's ok for me to be "damaging" a curb with my wheelie toy.
https://www.amazon.com/TR-Industrial-TR88054-Compliant-Pockets/dp/B017JADCDA/ref=sr_1_19?dchild=1&keywords=Orange+Safety+Vest&qid=1618270485&sr=8-19
Tell em your checking for leaks in the city's drainage system
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Curious what size/shape wheels you guys prefer for your slaps?
56mm is around where i hang out since I'm a stereotype of socal pool and curb dudes. I just got those oj 56mm mini combo shape wheels and I'm super stoked to try em out
The Dressens? I love that wheel.
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My personal favorite slappy spot is Hillsdale Mall in San Mateo, but if you live in CA good curbs are all over the place as previously noted so it's not that significant. They surround the whole mall though, and there's some other cool spots to check out like manual pads and a few solid ledges, stair sets and gaps. When I was staying out in Philly I loved to skate the Burlington Coat Factory parking lot on Aramingo in Port Richmond. Pretty smooth ground, the curbs aren't extensively lathered up though so you gotta work for them, which I like. During early Covid when that Burlington was closed it was the best, my roommate and I would go with his flatbar in his trunk and skate in circles for hours having fun. I miss those days.
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Or just find a curb, wax the shit out it, and make it your local. Great thing about curbs is they are everywhere. Man, nothing feels better than a frontside slappy.
I live in Karenville, I'm really not trying to be a 27 year old man having to explain to some bored housewife why it's ok for me to be "damaging" a curb with my wheelie toy.
Wait until you are 47 so you can finally say to yourself, "I just wasted twenty years of my life worrying what others think instead of seizing the day and seizing my own slappy spot."
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Or just find a curb, wax the shit out it, and make it your local. Great thing about curbs is they are everywhere. Man, nothing feels better than a frontside slappy.
I live in Karenville, I'm really not trying to be a 27 year old man having to explain to some bored housewife why it's ok for me to be "damaging" a curb with my wheelie toy.
Wait until you are 47 so you can finally say to yourself, "I just wasted twenty years of my life worrying what others think instead of seizing the day and seizing my own slappy spot."
I'm not particularly worried about what they think, I'm just not interested in drawing a bunch of negative attention to myself when I could just as easily DIY my own thing that nobody can hassle me about.
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Curious what size/shape wheels you guys prefer for your slaps?
56mm is around where i hang out since I'm a stereotype of socal pool and curb dudes. I just got those oj 56mm mini combo shape wheels and I'm super stoked to try em out
The Dressens? I love that wheel.
Yeah same shape but they made a team version on this new nhs drop. Glad to hear some good feedback on it
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Anyone have tips for layback slappys? (I get how general that question is) I can never seem to get it because it makes you shift weight away from the curb which is the opposite way of doing a slappy.
Jason Adams does one here: https://youtu.be/COi5dUTbYpM?t=117
It's also done in this video: https://youtu.be/HmJvGhIeMOY?t=1662
(Both links timestamped)
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Have core muscles.
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bump cause the front page rn is soooooo negative
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Favorite slappy pic, Thomas Morgan skating in Doylestown, PA. Been meaning to hit this dude up for a print, has some other great ones of Thomas and Barker Barrett from this session.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BR9gG9zgRyv/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link (https://www.instagram.com/p/BR9gG9zgRyv/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link)
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Anyone have tips for layback slappys? (I get how general that question is) I can never seem to get it because it makes you shift weight away from the curb which is the opposite way of doing a slappy.
Jason Adams does one here: https://youtu.be/COi5dUTbYpM?t=117
It's also done in this video: https://youtu.be/HmJvGhIeMOY?t=1662
(Both links timestamped)
Approach the curb as you would normally for a slappy grind
once you are locked on the curb and you are comfortably grinding then squat low and grab the curb with your back hand,
then rotate your shoulders parallel with the board initiating a tail slide while shifting your weight to the tail
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finally got a rub brick like 2 weeks ago. shits gas.
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finally got a rub brick like 2 weeks ago. shits gas.
I've rubbed-bricked and lacquered a few spots. It was a real treat during much of Covid to have effectively "private" curbs and ledges, especially during the winter when the handful of local *dry* garages can get pretty crowded.
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Rails or nah?
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Rails or nah?
Both, gotta build that quiver with different options.
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Favorite slappy pic, Thomas Morgan skating in Doylestown, PA. Been meaning to hit this dude up for a print, has some other great ones of Thomas and Barker Barrett from this session.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BR9gG9zgRyv/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link (https://www.instagram.com/p/BR9gG9zgRyv/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link)
Super dope pic! Is that Thomas Morgan from Alien? He was such a ripper, full ATV.
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Definitely rails, makes everything smoother and you get more clearance making it easier to pivot out of a boardslide
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Anyone have tips for layback slappys? (I get how general that question is) I can never seem to get it because it makes you shift weight away from the curb which is the opposite way of doing a slappy.
Jason Adams does one here: https://youtu.be/COi5dUTbYpM?t=117
It's also done in this video: https://youtu.be/HmJvGhIeMOY?t=1662
(Both links timestamped)
Approach the curb as you would normally for a slappy grind
once you are locked on the curb and you are comfortably grinding then squat low and grab the curb with your back hand,
then rotate your shoulders parallel with the board initiating a tail slide while shifting your weight to the tail
THANK YOU
Got some good ones, still far from perfect but I'll take em! Your tips helped out a lot
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Anyone have tips for layback slappys? (I get how general that question is) I can never seem to get it because it makes you shift weight away from the curb which is the opposite way of doing a slappy.
Jason Adams does one here: https://youtu.be/COi5dUTbYpM?t=117
It's also done in this video: https://youtu.be/HmJvGhIeMOY?t=1662
(Both links timestamped)
Approach the curb as you would normally for a slappy grind
once you are locked on the curb and you are comfortably grinding then squat low and grab the curb with your back hand,
then rotate your shoulders parallel with the board initiating a tail slide while shifting your weight to the tail
THANK YOU
Got some good ones, still far from perfect but I'll take em! Your tips helped out a lot
hellyeah!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwPMKusu8HI
0:18 is so beautfiul,
can you call it a slappy?
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just started skating very regularly again after a three year ordeal with my knee. outside of the coffee shop i work at is the best curbs in chicago so my everyday has become skating on my lunch and skating for an hour after work. a month ago i couldn’t slappy a curb to save my life but now i’m fairly decent at fs and bs grinds and now i’m trying to get a lil’ tech with it. can’t begin to describe how much my mental health has improved this month being back on the board. if anyone in the thread is chicago based and hits the kimball / bloomingdale curbs you know i’m there and y’already know coffees on me.
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Favorite slappy pic, Thomas Morgan skating in Doylestown, PA. Been meaning to hit this dude up for a print, has some other great ones of Thomas and Barker Barrett from this session.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BR9gG9zgRyv/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link (https://www.instagram.com/p/BR9gG9zgRyv/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link)
Super dope pic! Is that Thomas Morgan from Alien? He was such a ripper, full ATV.
Yeah, T-Bird himself. Apparently he used to come down from Toronto to PA all the time to skate the ramp at Cheapskates.
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weird question but can anyone slappy straight into a 5/0?
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It’s definitely possible. I was getting into them by accident when I was trying bs smiths.
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It’s definitely possible. I was getting into them by accident when I was trying bs smiths.
im trying to learn it on a parking block , it seems theoretically possible but not having much success. I tried to find an example of someone doing it on video but haven't found one. but I guess I can smash into a feeble maybe I just need to unweight and get on top of it
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weird question but can anyone slappy straight into a 5/0?
i can
you just toss er on there like a normal backside grind but with your front foot slid back a little and then give it an extra little lean back and it’ll just kinda do the rest for you
the first few times you are going to loop out or accidentally take it to fakie but once you find the spot it’s there
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Frontside I've seen people do the front truck carve in entry to the immediate lean back 5-0. I do the backside, in on your back toe, straight to back heel 5-0...may not involve the front truck like a true slappy but there is no Ollie....it's primarily scrape....a scrappy.....
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Frontside I've seen people do the front truck carve in entry to the immediate lean back 5-0. I do the backside, in on your back toe, straight to back heel 5-0...may not involve the front truck like a true slappy but there is no Ollie....it's primarily scrape....a scrappy.....
I'm after frontside slaps this year, and leanin' back into a fs 5-0 would be a wicked thing to aim for too!
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If the curb is angled a bit, then it's just like a transition 5-0
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Backside 50 slap is very possible. I've done it many times, learned it after i saw Josh Brolin's stunt double roll into one in Thrashin
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Another one form the same set as that Thomas Morgan. Barker Barrett, king of the curbs, this time. These pics get me wildly psyched for some summer night skating. Big Shalom to the photog for documenting these and putting them up on Insta.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B0BYdSilkZT/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link (https://www.instagram.com/p/B0BYdSilkZT/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link)
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weird question but can anyone slappy straight into a 5/0?
Second trick...
https://www.instagram.com/p/CM46Vk3FfkP/?igshid=5q2tn0kmcqn
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Ladies and gentlemen, &&
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNqpEBahjiE/?igshid=14q0xt9vkc1qb
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Ladies and gentlemen, &&
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNqpEBahjiE/?igshid=14q0xt9vkc1qb
I've seen someone 5-0 these curbs, getting right on top proper crazy.
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weird question but can anyone slappy straight into a 5/0?
Chris Pastras did that in Rubbish Heap, he did a b/s slappy 5-0 back 180 out
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weird question but can anyone slappy straight into a 5/0?
Depending on the curb, I can do them backside. There's not much too it other than shifting your weight to the back foot quickly as you get up on the curb. IME you need to be carrying a decent amount of speed to get any grind out of it, but it's easier than it looks
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but is it really a slappy if you don't hit your front wheels?
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weird question but can anyone slappy straight into a 5/0?
Depending on the curb, I can do them backside. There's not much too it other than shifting your weight to the back foot quickly as you get up on the curb. IME you need to be carrying a decent amount of speed to get any grind out of it, but it's easier than it looks
I always tend to lean too hard on my heel side wheel and it doesn’t stay on. Maybe I’m putting too much pressure on it
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My goal for this summer is to learn slappies. Moving in about a month so I’m gonna search out a suitable curb and prep it all nice.
Advice for either would be appreciated.
They look fun as fuck.
rub brick - dust off - clear coat
watch surfing videos
go faster
The key, IMO.
I started doing slappies more and more last winter and I feel like it has breathed new life into skating for me. Pretty much all I do these days.
Weather permitting I skate the curbs at Target every day on my lunch break and at the church from Rocky II on evenings and weekends. The former has long square curbs and the latter has parking blocks. Prefer the longer squared curbs, but it's fun/challenging to try stuff on the blocks.
As in the south Philly target curbs? Because I also skate there all the time haha
Love that spot, I need to skate there more often. I usually just kick it at Rizzo but that can get kind of stale.
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but is it really a slappy if you don't hit your front wheels?
No.
Edit: but who fucking cares. I didn't start skating to obey rules. Just enjoy it. Life's too short
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but is it really a slappy if you don't hit your front wheels?
Front wheels hit first, and then the weight gets shifted quickly backwards. It’s not dramatically different than pinching a 5-0 on coping, except you use less tail to get started.
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but is it really a slappy if you don't hit your front wheels?
Front wheels hit first, and then the weight gets shifted quickly backwards. It’s not dramatically different than pinching a 5-0 on coping, except you use less tail to get started.
That's pretty much it
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Anyone done or seen any fs slappy salads? && was kinda close to backside in his clip.
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Anyone done or seen any fs slappy salads? && was kinda close to backside in his clip.
Dressen has done them before and I’ve seen some on insta somewhat recently. Can’t recall who it was. No pro, just an average joe.
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bumping this hoe so i can show you guys this new curb trick i learned. it was profoundly therapeutic to roll away from this and it only took me like 30 minutes
https://www.instagram.com/p/CN6CrIrHEpi/?igshid=1lzhegm7vqljc
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bumping this hoe so i can show you guys this new curb trick i learned. it was profoundly therapeutic to roll away from this and it only took me like 30 minutes
https://www.instagram.com/p/CN6CrIrHEpi/?igshid=1lzhegm7vqljc
Woah, shuv it out mid curb is crazy. You made that look way to easy. Props 🍺
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bumping this hoe so i can show you guys this new curb trick i learned. it was profoundly therapeutic to roll away from this and it only took me like 30 minutes
https://www.instagram.com/p/CN6CrIrHEpi/?igshid=1lzhegm7vqljc
Woah, shuv it out mid curb is crazy. You made that look way to easy. Props 🍺
yeah that was tight.
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bumping this hoe so i can show you guys this new curb trick i learned. it was profoundly therapeutic to roll away from this and it only took me like 30 minutes
https://www.instagram.com/p/CN6CrIrHEpi/?igshid=1lzhegm7vqljc
Woah, shuv it out mid curb is crazy. You made that look way to easy. Props 🍺
yeah that was tight.
That was rad, want to try it myself
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bumping this hoe so i can show you guys this new curb trick i learned. it was profoundly therapeutic to roll away from this and it only took me like 30 minutes
https://www.instagram.com/p/CN6CrIrHEpi/?igshid=1lzhegm7vqljc
Woah, shuv it out mid curb is crazy. You made that look way to easy. Props 🍺
yeah that was tight.
Same. I'm probably gonna hurt myself, but I'm gonna try that shit.
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Anyone done or seen any fs slappy salads? && was kinda close to backside in his clip.
Done backside accidentally when trying to bluntslide. Nothing lasting more than a second, but if you can confidently bluntslide you can probably twist it into a salad grind.
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Ladies and gentlemen, &&
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNqpEBahjiE/?igshid=14q0xt9vkc1qb
I was skating here a bunch this winter, and I feel like every proper 5-0 I got into just slipped me right to my back. Pinched on the corner was okay, but up on that wax was another story...
I've seen someone 5-0 these curbs, getting right on top proper crazy.
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Anyone done or seen any fs slappy salads? && was kinda close to backside in his clip.
Done backside accidentally when trying to bluntslide. Nothing lasting more than a second, but if you can confidently bluntslide you can probably twist it into a salad grind.
Nice! In terms of blunts, any tips on getting on? Do you unweight as you roll in? A little scared to try it, but I think I understand the movement of it.
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Anyone done or seen any fs slappy salads? && was kinda close to backside in his clip.
Done backside accidentally when trying to bluntslide. Nothing lasting more than a second, but if you can confidently bluntslide you can probably twist it into a salad grind.
Nice! In terms of blunts, any tips on getting on? Do you unweight as you roll in? A little scared to try it, but I think I understand the movement of it.
You have to super lean into the "transition" of the curb, which is very frightening to learn. You kind of just have to go for it
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I was skating here a bunch this winter, and I feel like every proper 5-0 I got into just slipped me right to my back. Pinched on the corner was okay, but up on that wax was another story...
I've seen someone 5-0 these curbs, getting right on top proper crazy.
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I managed to learn bs 5-0 last year and after some fuckery involving slipping out like crazy and whizzing my board across the parking lot a bunch, I just kept pushing down harder and harder with my back heel. Eventually that had me staying over the board and nicely on top of the curb, and was 5-0 grinding for feet rather than inches.
Edit: sorry for the formatting. I'm new and I just wanted to specifically speak to dudes comment on 5-0s.
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my favorite curb rn is two board lengths of enamel and wax into a curb cut. i bs slappy for a second and then 'drop in'
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had a weird accident today, was foing for fs slappie, kind of grinded fs nosegrind for about a foot, then slipped over into a front board, disengaged to fakie and then revert like gazelle but the other way round.
i also got in on some bs 5-0s like && did, not that hard to get into, but kind of gnarly to hold without a groove to help you stay locked. getting out like him tho not sure if i could do that.
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Finally learned frontside slappys today, did it on a setup I put together specially for curbs so I’m pretty pumped on that.
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So is their a dedicated slappy/curb thread that I’ve missed? As in people posting theirs and or others? Admittedly my search fu sucks but have come across any.
Always looking to see some new and interesting variations. Or just people posting their new learns or anything.
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So is their a dedicated slappy/curb thread that I’ve missed? As in people posting theirs and or others? Admittedly my search fu sucks but have come across any.
Always looking to see some new and interesting variations. Or just people posting their new learns or anything.
Here’s one
https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=104974.0
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Got to the Rockridge Breaks and had the beach AND the sweet waves all to myself for most of the session.
Nothing special to speak of on film, but fuck it... Feeling cute, might delete later.
https://vimeo.com/540944608?ref=em-share
https://vimeo.com/540944820?ref=em-share
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Got to the Rockridge Breaks and had the beach AND the sweet waves all to myself for most of the session.
Nothing special to speak of on film, but fuck it... Feeling cute, might delete later.
https://vimeo.com/540944608?ref=em-share
https://vimeo.com/540944820?ref=em-share
Looks like they were breaking perfectly. Good stuff.
I guess I’ll just start sticking slaps in this until I get yelled at.
If you’ve got some minutes to spare this is worth a watch if you haven’t seen it.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FTLeEeyXYWE
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bumping this hoe so i can show you guys this new curb trick i learned. it was profoundly therapeutic to roll away from this and it only took me like 30 minutes
https://www.instagram.com/p/CN6CrIrHEpi/?igshid=1lzhegm7vqljc
Rad and keep them coming.
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I'm feeling inspired by everyone posting clips, this is an old clip at a random curb in Phoenix
https://youtu.be/BtSMGfIhLRY (https://youtu.be/BtSMGfIhLRY)
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Learning switch bs ones today, managed to rub a few out
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Just learnt these.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CL4FeKaHmCE/?igshid=10vv06d4d52pi
Fantasise about skating a proper double sided red curb more than is probably healthy
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Does anyone else basically ride almost perpendicular to the curb and carving into it when doing a backside slappy? I've seen a lot of people basically ride in at a mellower angle, but it seems almost more difficult for me that way.
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Does anyone else basically ride almost perpendicular to the curb and carving into it when doing a backside slappy? I've seen a lot of people basically ride in at a mellower angle, but it seems almost more difficult for me that way.
mellow or parallel angle is harder to let the back truck follow for sure. ends in a willy more often than coming in more perpendicular. but what helps me is focus on pushing toeside to heel and riding that back truck up. with the more perpendicular ones i feel like you let your back truck follow naturally afterr your shoulder when you turn in and that makes you come in more toe side anyway so there's less of a chance your back truck just bonks off sideways and you land in willy. like you already lifted off heel side so you are already coming in more like a wallride. it's a bit like bs powersliding into them and the more parallel you go, the more finesse it takes and the more you have to actually work the back truck up the curb imo. i probably actually kind of swerve and carve a bit into my bs slappy attempts when going rather parallel to offset the angle, too.
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I wanted to bs slappy that one curb in a really narrow alleyway yesterday. Like two board lenghts wide only. I couldn't for the life of me get the back truck on.
Anyone else needs a lot of space and carve before smash into the curb?
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Just learnt these.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CL4FeKaHmCE/?igshid=10vv06d4d52pi
Fantasise about skating a proper double sided red curb more than is probably healthy
Yes mate! That's a burner of a trick!
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Who are your guys favorite curb skaters?
Some that come to my mind are Lucero, Tom Knox (Santa Cruz), Jason Adams, John Benton & Ace Pelka
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barker barrett and danny sargent are the dudes i always look at
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Who are your guys favorite curb skaters?
Some that come to my mind are Lucero, Tom Knox (Santa Cruz), Jason Adams, John Benton & Ace Pelka
Ace is both my favorite person to watch skate curbs as well as one of my favorite people to skate curbs with
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Got to the Rockridge Breaks and had the beach AND the sweet waves all to myself for most of the session.
Nothing special to speak of on film, but fuck it... Feeling cute, might delete later.
https://vimeo.com/540944608?ref=em-share
https://vimeo.com/540944820?ref=em-share
Fuck yes! Rockridge is probably my favorite place in the world. When ever im back home in the bay it's the first place I go. Not to mention all the regulars there are sick as fuck
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Who are your guys favorite curb skaters?
Some that come to my mind are Lucero, Tom Knox (Santa Cruz), Jason Adams, John Benton & Ace Pelka
Ace is both my favorite person to watch skate curbs as well as one of my favorite people to skate curbs with
woah u know him ? bruh... what’s he like when the cameras are off..
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All them thangs.
Lance & Neil too, for me anyway.
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Who are your guys favorite curb skaters?
Some that come to my mind are Lucero, Tom Knox (Santa Cruz), Jason Adams, John Benton & Ace Pelka
Ace is both my favorite person to watch skate curbs as well as one of my favorite people to skate curbs with
woah u know him ? bruh... what’s he like when the cameras are off..
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Talking insta curb inspiration..
Dune (although he doesn’t seem to be out skating as much as he used to)
That whole curbcrushers grand order he skates with - hersk, bunnies and kitties etc ( only know their insta names!)
Dom Mabile ( sea rat ) & spencer nuzzi
Patty Fung is pretty rad ( @pfungcollects )
James Alby’s stuff is frequently WTF? ( @takingtigermountainbyslappy )
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Talking insta curb inspiration..
Dune (although he doesn’t seem to be out skating as much as he used to)
That whole curbcrushers grand order he skates with - hersk, bunnies and kitties etc ( only know their insta names!)
Dom Mabile ( sea rat ) & spencer nuzzi
Patty Fung is pretty rad ( @pfungcollects )
James Alby’s stuff is frequently WTF? ( @takingtigermountainbyslappy )
Willy Santos - been putting out a lot of fun curb content that also features his kid.
HeavyMetalChuck (don't know his real name) - always killing spots throughout LA/LB/OC
Destroyedwood - dude from Ohio who collects vintage boards and puts out dope curb content.
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I need to step up and get more serious about my curb game. I am 44 for fucks sake. I should probably make the transition over at some point.
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Talking insta curb inspiration..
Dune (although he doesn’t seem to be out skating as much as he used to)
That whole curbcrushers grand order he skates with - hersk, bunnies and kitties etc ( only know their insta names!)
Dom Mabile ( sea rat ) & spencer nuzzi
Patty Fung is pretty rad ( @pfungcollects )
James Alby’s stuff is frequently WTF? ( @takingtigermountainbyslappy )
James Alby is amazing.
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Dane Fucking Brady.
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Talking insta curb inspiration..
Dune (although he doesn’t seem to be out skating as much as he used to)
That whole curbcrushers grand order he skates with - hersk, bunnies and kitties etc ( only know their insta names!)
Dom Mabile ( sea rat ) & spencer nuzzi
Patty Fung is pretty rad ( @pfungcollects )
James Alby’s stuff is frequently WTF? ( @takingtigermountainbyslappy )
Willy Santos - been putting out a lot of fun curb content that also features his kid.
HeavyMetalChuck (don't know his real name) - always killing spots throughout LA/LB/OC
Destroyedwood - dude from Ohio who collects vintage boards and puts out dope curb content.
Yep!
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Slappy 5-0, FS and BS, are easier than 5050s. Learned this last night at this spot that's a sort of driveway with red curbs on both sides, making it sorta like a curb mini
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Slappy 5-0, FS and BS, are easier than 5050s. Learned this last night at this spot that's a sort of driveway with red curbs on both sides, making it sorta like a curb mini
Will def try this tomorrow
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Dream
man spot
(https://i.ibb.co/svw0dBZ/E7551658-683-E-4-A55-B1-F6-565-D567-C75-A2.jpg)
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I never seen anyone slappy into a nose blunt. Does that happen? I’d like to see it.
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Slappy 5-0, FS and BS, are easier than 5050s. Learned this last night at this spot that's a sort of driveway with red curbs on both sides, making it sorta like a curb mini
Will def try this tomorrow
ya man, what I realized, for the way I go at it anyways, is that coming directly into the 5-0 I don't have to consider getting the front truck onto the curb first then shift the weight so the back comes up. it also enabled me to lock into some nice 5050 slappies too instead of slashes. I suck at this trick, so its a learning curbve
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You all ride a popsicle or a shaped board, or does it matter to you at all? Is there a shape or size that you feel like benefits you more when doing slappies?
I learned slappies (FS 5050) on a 7.75" board and 5.0 lows and used to care about that stuff a lot less, but as time has gone on I've enjoyed sizing up and now am on mostly either a 9"-ish football or 8.5"-9" pop. Love the look of a football but a popsicle with a nice big nose just feels so good on slappy crooks.
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You all ride a popsicle or a shaped board, or does it matter to you at all? Is there a shape or size that you feel like benefits you more when doing slappies?
I learned slappies (FS 5050) on a 7.75" board and 5.0 lows and used to care about that stuff a lot less, but as time has gone on I've enjoyed sizing up and now am on mostly either a 9"-ish football or 8.5"-9" pop. Love the look of a football but a popsicle with a nice big nose just feels so good on slappy crooks.
i only run a single setup and that is streetfocused, haven't had any problem with slappies. but the dudes with rails on their boards go much farther on feebles and boardslides. been thinking about making a second setup. but for general skating a big shaped deck with risers, rails, possibly bigger wheels, would be a bit heavy for me to skate everyday.
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You all ride a popsicle or a shaped board, or does it matter to you at all? Is there a shape or size that you feel like benefits you more when doing slappies?
I learned slappies (FS 5050) on a 7.75" board and 5.0 lows and used to care about that stuff a lot less, but as time has gone on I've enjoyed sizing up and now am on mostly either a 9"-ish football or 8.5"-9" pop. Love the look of a football but a popsicle with a nice big nose just feels so good on slappy crooks.
Like a lot of older skaters here, I fucked around with shaped decks but ultimately realized that, after ~50 years of development, we have arrived at a skateboard shape that works best for almost all applications - the popsicle. Now I have two completes, modern skateboards, one 8.25” with 144s and one 8.5 with 149s. Both are great for slappies.
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I never seen anyone slappy into a nose blunt. Does that happen? I’d like to see it.
I tried the other day,trying to figure it out but I'm not Daewon. I was trying fs,but for some reason feel like bs would be easier to get into as the body shifts back naturally when you slap the curb. Thinking of approaching it like a slappy over crooks.
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You all ride a popsicle or a shaped board, or does it matter to you at all? Is there a shape or size that you feel like benefits you more when doing slappies?
I learned slappies (FS 5050) on a 7.75" board and 5.0 lows and used to care about that stuff a lot less, but as time has gone on I've enjoyed sizing up and now am on mostly either a 9"-ish football or 8.5"-9" pop. Love the look of a football but a popsicle with a nice big nose just feels so good on slappy crooks.
Like a lot of older skaters here, I fucked around with shaped decks but ultimately realized that, after ~50 years of development, we have arrived at a skateboard shape that works best for almost all applications - the popsicle. Now I have two completes, modern skateboards, one 8.25” with 144s and one 8.5 with 149s. Both are great for slappies.
Same. Shaped decks look cool but anyone saying they’re better is probably deluding themselves. Rails are nice though. Once you start applying them it’s really hard to go back to not having them though.
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You all ride a popsicle or a shaped board, or does it matter to you at all? Is there a shape or size that you feel like benefits you more when doing slappies?
I learned slappies (FS 5050) on a 7.75" board and 5.0 lows and used to care about that stuff a lot less, but as time has gone on I've enjoyed sizing up and now am on mostly either a 9"-ish football or 8.5"-9" pop. Love the look of a football but a popsicle with a nice big nose just feels so good on slappy crooks.
Like a lot of older skaters here, I fucked around with shaped decks but ultimately realized that, after ~50 years of development, we have arrived at a skateboard shape that works best for almost all applications - the popsicle. Now I have two completes, modern skateboards, one 8.25” with 144s and one 8.5 with 149s. Both are great for slappies.
And if you’re an old head, or a big dude who wants a wide board - good news - they make 9” and 10” popsicle decks! I convinced a friend to abandon his old school shape and buy a 10” shop popsicle deck after showing him how much easier slappy crooks are when you have a substantial nose.
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I never seen anyone slappy into a nose blunt. Does that happen? I’d like to see it.
Here's a clip of Gilby doing it on a parking block:
https://www.instagram.com/p/B-lB8bcAIoR/
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You all ride a popsicle or a shaped board, or does it matter to you at all? Is there a shape or size that you feel like benefits you more when doing slappies?
I learned slappies (FS 5050) on a 7.75" board and 5.0 lows and used to care about that stuff a lot less, but as time has gone on I've enjoyed sizing up and now am on mostly either a 9"-ish football or 8.5"-9" pop. Love the look of a football but a popsicle with a nice big nose just feels so good on slappy crooks.
Like a lot of older skaters here, I fucked around with shaped decks but ultimately realized that, after ~50 years of development, we have arrived at a skateboard shape that works best for almost all applications - the popsicle. Now I have two completes, modern skateboards, one 8.25” with 144s and one 8.5 with 149s. Both are great for slappies.
And if you’re an old head, or a big dude who wants a wide board - good news - they make 9” and 10” popsicle decks! I convinced a friend to abandon his old school shape and buy a 10” shop popsicle deck after showing him how much easier slappy crooks are when you have a substantial nose.
NGL you're kind of selling me on it. I've never been good enough to feel like there was a substantial difference but that trick an exception.
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I agree that the popsicle is probably the most pragmatic for most tricks, but I sometimes enjoy a shaped deck specifically because it’s less agile. Keeps me from popping the board around and getting too ambitious on days when I want to go easy on my knees. And of course carvy turns are a bit more fun on a shaped deck as well in my opinion, but that’s just personal preference. Anyway I guess this is just what people call a “cruiser,” but cruisers are still fun for slappies :)
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(https://i.ibb.co/2Z8Y27F/Skurblock.jpg) (https://ibb.co/9Zw3X9p)
Holler if you know me, SF!
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Who are your guys favorite curb skaters?
Some that come to my mind are Lucero, Tom Knox (Santa Cruz), Jason Adams, John Benton & Ace Pelka
100% on your list. Will also add Dane Brady and Ryan Townley.
Also, I finally got fs slappys on squared off curbs today. Took me forever to get the technique down. Hyped that now I don’t have to find slightly slanted red curbs anymore.
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(https://i.ibb.co/2Z8Y27F/Skurblock.jpg) (https://ibb.co/9Zw3X9p)
Holler if you know me, SF!
COVID curb in the wild. Rad.
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So...
I was at the Rockridge skurbs this morning, and may I just take a moment to sing the praises of whoever the self designated curb keepers of that spot are, because I was able to surf a new (to me) break today, thanks to their tender loving care (and bondo, and wax.)
If I can suck up the wimp a little, I might try it to feeble one day.
Until then, I offer this meager BS slapper through the “steep” corner.
Many shaloms to y’all.
https://vimeo.com/545215853
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Damn Lou out here taking all the slappys. That was sick man.
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anyone got any el paso curbs?
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So...
I was at the Rockridge skurbs this morning, and may I just take a moment to sing the praises of whoever the self designated curb keepers of that spot are, because I was able to surf a new (to me) break today, thanks to their tender loving care (and bondo, and wax.)
If I can suck up the wimp a little, I might try it to feeble one day.
Until then, I offer this meager BS slapper through the “steep” corner.
Many shaloms to y’all.
https://vimeo.com/545215853
That’s a tight angle. Rad!
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So...
I was at the Rockridge skurbs this morning, and may I just take a moment to sing the praises of whoever the self designated curb keepers of that spot are, because I was able to surf a new (to me) break today, thanks to their tender loving care (and bondo, and wax.)
If I can suck up the wimp a little, I might try it to feeble one day.
Until then, I offer this meager BS slapper through the “steep” corner.
Many shaloms to y’all.
https://vimeo.com/545215853
Rad @Lou Strux.
I guess I’ll have to actually contribute as well.
Recently learned switch backside. Not impressive but I’m happy.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GWBrupCG3sE
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I was at the Rockridge skurbs this morning, and may I just take a moment to sing the praises of whoever the self designated curb keepers of that spot are, because I was able to surf a new (to me) break today, thanks to their tender loving care (and bondo, and wax.)
If I can suck up the wimp a little, I might try it to feeble one day.
Until then, I offer this meager BS slapper through the “steep” corner.
Many shaloms to y’all.
I guess I’ll have to actually contribute as well.
Recently learned switch backside. Not impressive but I’m happy.
Both so good!
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I landed a couple sketchy front slappy backside flip outs mid curb today. A clean one is coming soon and I can’t wait. It will feel good to knock it off the bucket list.
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Just came back to the east coast for the first time after a year in CA and god damn I forgot how disgusting most of our curbs are over here. Any trick learned/landed in SoCal is basically cheating. Land that shit on a completely porous slab of eastern concrete with snowplow chunks missing and pockmarks from rock salt— that’s much more impressive.
Yes I’m bitter that all the new tricks I learned on buttery red curbs are suddenly far more difficult. ;)
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Just came back to the east coast for the first time after a year in CA and god damn I forgot how disgusting most of our curbs are over here. Any trick learned/landed in SoCal is basically cheating. Land that shit on a completely porous slab of eastern concrete with snowplow chunks missing and pockmarks from rock salt— that’s much more impressive.
Yes I’m bitter that all the new tricks I learned on buttery red curbs are suddenly far more difficult. ;)
FWIW I can go from spot to spot, to nearly identical curbs, and lose tricks.
That being said, I am psyched because I think I got switch fs 5050 slappies next time I go out.
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Just came back to the east coast for the first time after a year in CA and god damn I forgot how disgusting most of our curbs are over here. Any trick learned/landed in SoCal is basically cheating. Land that shit on a completely porous slab of eastern concrete with snowplow chunks missing and pockmarks from rock salt— that’s much more impressive.
Yes I’m bitter that all the new tricks I learned on buttery red curbs are suddenly far more difficult. ;)
FWIW I can go from spot to spot, to nearly identical curbs, and lose tricks.
That being said, I am psyched because I think I got switch fs 5050 slappies next time I go out.
Switch fs are super fun, switch bs are terrifying...
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Just came back to the east coast for the first time after a year in CA and god damn I forgot how disgusting most of our curbs are over here. Any trick learned/landed in SoCal is basically cheating. Land that shit on a completely porous slab of eastern concrete with snowplow chunks missing and pockmarks from rock salt— that’s much more impressive.
Yes I’m bitter that all the new tricks I learned on buttery red curbs are suddenly far more difficult. ;)
Yea in Texas most of them are rough here, been on the search for a nice red curb that isn't on a death trap of a road or a parking lot with 4 security guards
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the curb version of the “california picnic table” so to speak
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Just came back to the east coast for the first time after a year in CA and god damn I forgot how disgusting most of our curbs are over here. Any trick learned/landed in SoCal is basically cheating. Land that shit on a completely porous slab of eastern concrete with snowplow chunks missing and pockmarks from rock salt— that’s much more impressive.
Yes I’m bitter that all the new tricks I learned on buttery red curbs are suddenly far more difficult. ;)
Pacific Northwest checking in
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I live in France now and painted curbs are very very far few and between, but I did email the safety group at my job site and asked why they are not painted yellow/red considering 70% of the employees are foreign...fingers crossed..
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Been on the hunt for good double-sided curbs in Oklahoma City forever. They are hard to find!
Like most other things in skateboarding, most cities in California definitely have an abundance of amazing curbs almost everywhere you go. That along with the sidewalks and curb cuts make it such a great place for just going outside and skateboarding.
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I've got plans to get a curb started tonight in a reasonably well-lit parking lot within skating distance from my house. I have my rub brick, lacquer, brush, and hi viz vest all ready to go. Anyone bondo cracks in their slappy curbs? I was thinking about picking up some of this just to get a nice, long, seamless section of curb going:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/3M-Bondo-Pro-Series-1-qt-High-Bond-Filler-and-Hardener-PN31845/303713126
Worth it or no?
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I've got plans to get a curb started tonight in a reasonably well-lit parking lot within skating distance from my house. I have my rub brick, lacquer, brush, and hi viz vest all ready to go. Anyone bondo cracks in their slappy curbs? I was thinking about picking up some of this just to get a nice, long, seamless section of curb going:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/3M-Bondo-Pro-Series-1-qt-High-Bond-Filler-and-Hardener-PN31845/303713126
Worth it or no?
How bad are the cracks? Bondo is nice because it dries so quickly but you can use some actual concrete mix and it may last longer and adhere to the existing concrete better. Cement-All works pretty well (https://www.homedepot.com/p/Rapid-Set-55-lb-Cement-All-Multi-Purpose-Construction-Material-02010055/202188447) or if you're at Lowe's they carry "Pro-Mix" by Sakrete.
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I've got plans to get a curb started tonight in a reasonably well-lit parking lot within skating distance from my house. I have my rub brick, lacquer, brush, and hi viz vest all ready to go. Anyone bondo cracks in their slappy curbs? I was thinking about picking up some of this just to get a nice, long, seamless section of curb going:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/3M-Bondo-Pro-Series-1-qt-High-Bond-Filler-and-Hardener-PN31845/303713126
Worth it or no?
Its not the most durable in the world, but it works pretty dang well until it fails. There after, just repatch as needed.
I'm a fan of smoothing out the cracks, if'n you're putting in the work already, don'tcha know?
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I've got plans to get a curb started tonight in a reasonably well-lit parking lot within skating distance from my house. I have my rub brick, lacquer, brush, and hi viz vest all ready to go. Anyone bondo cracks in their slappy curbs? I was thinking about picking up some of this just to get a nice, long, seamless section of curb going:
https://www.homedepot.com/p/3M-Bondo-Pro-Series-1-qt-High-Bond-Filler-and-Hardener-PN31845/303713126
Worth it or no?
How bad are the cracks? Bondo is nice because it dries so quickly but you can use some actual concrete mix and it may last longer and adhere to the existing concrete better. Cement-All works pretty well (https://www.homedepot.com/p/Rapid-Set-55-lb-Cement-All-Multi-Purpose-Construction-Material-02010055/202188447) or if you're at Lowe's they carry "Pro-Mix" by Sakrete.
They're just normal expansion joints between 8-10 foot segments of curb. Nothing you couldn't grind over, but it will slow you right down and feel like trash. I'm not overly worried about how long it lasts, since I'm not 100 percent sure if I'll be left alone skating there, although I have high hopes. But that rapid set patching mix doesn't seem to take too much longer to be able to work with and it would obviously last a better, so maybe it's worth the effort of doing two nights of prep.
Its not the most durable in the world, but it works pretty dang well until it fails. There after, just repatch as needed.
I'm a fan of smoothing out the cracks, if'n you're putting in the work already, don'tcha know?
Yeah, I want a curb where I can (hopefully) do my thing in peace in the evenings and just be able to have fun with it, so I would definitely prefer it to be as nice as can be. This one's double sided, which is sick, but it's just got hard, rocky dirt on the other side from the pavement, and it doesn't seem fun to slam on that. Maybe it can be a test run, and hopefully I'll find my grail curb before too much longer.
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In the recent Indy Trucks video on YouTube, the photographer guy who works for Independent recommends using concrete sealer instead of spray lacquer, which I am now psyched to try since, in many places, all of the sights and sounds associated with spray lacquer scream "CALL THE POLICE".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfW_Rve21Lc
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In the recent Indy Trucks video on YouTube, the photographer guy who works for Independent recommends using concrete sealer instead of spray lacquer, which I am now psyched to try since, in many places, all of the sights and sounds associated with spray lacquer scream "CALL THE POLICE".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfW_Rve21Lc
The mans name is rhino and he’s never shopping at Home Depot again.
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In the recent Indy Trucks video on YouTube, the photographer guy who works for Independent recommends using concrete sealer instead of spray lacquer, which I am now psyched to try since, in many places, all of the sights and sounds associated with spray lacquer scream "CALL THE POLICE".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfW_Rve21Lc
I saw this just last night and I agree it sounds pretty slick. If you’re going for the “I’m a maintenance guy and I belong here” look, using a bucket and brush definitely helps. I’m probably gonna try this stuff over the weekend, I have a curb in my sights... but the Loews near my house was out of rub bricks when I went last night >.<
With that said I’ll also note that if you’re in a reasonably secluded spot you can wrap the can up in a towel or something both to disguise the appearance and muffle the sound of a clacking can.
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In the recent Indy Trucks video on YouTube, the photographer guy who works for Independent recommends using concrete sealer instead of spray lacquer, which I am now psyched to try since, in many places, all of the sights and sounds associated with spray lacquer scream "CALL THE POLICE".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfW_Rve21Lc
The mans name is rhino and he’s never shopping at Home Depot again.
Spot fixing supplies purchased at Ace hardware confirmed.
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The fact that his board went over so many times and it didn't freak him out is amazing. I walked by there and was too chicken shit to look over the edge.
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i just would like to say curb skating is actually high impact...
thougts?
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i just would like to say curb skating is actually high impact...
thougts?
I was in oakland for a few weeks earlier this year and skated rockridge almost every morning. I never dealt with any pain. Coming back to LA and trying to skate the higher curbs around me I started jamming my knees up pretty badly within a few sessions, way more than skating flat or little ledges. It might be a technique thing, but I can see how people would find it hard on their bodies.
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My hips hurt constantly and I think it’s just from slamming my board into curbs at high speeds so I would say yes.
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Maybe it's just technique or what but I feel like curb skating is way more mellow on my body than skating flatground ever was. Probably also some lifestyle stuff involved (lots of cycling, eating better, drinking less, etc) but generally speaking.
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I reeaallly like fs slappys recently, especially ones that like cross lock feel so fuckn buttry, I wanna learn like fs 5-0s on slappys too like how they go on coping in like bowlz n shit
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Maybe it's just technique or what but I feel like curb skating is way more mellow on my body than skating flatground ever was. Probably also some lifestyle stuff involved (lots of cycling, eating better, drinking less, etc) but generally speaking.
likewise. I'm pretty fresh into the regular curb/slappy game but it feels so much less impactful. I can warm up skating curbs but most of the time it takes me a good 30-45 minutes before I want to start popping and stuff. I'm still getting used to not popping into a grind from flat but I try to come at it like I'm trying to hit pool coping and it's all good. I mean falling sucks, but falling on a ledge, rail, or anything else is probably more impactful..
oh ya, I was pretty stoked to skate a chunky, tall curb and accidentally ride out and land a handful of krooks after having my front foot too far forward for the bs grind!!!
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just came in from doing slappies after work for an hour and felt obligated to bump this thread
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Got a curb near my work that some folks hit with a rub brick and spray enamel. It has started to wear down and would benefit from another coat. Whats the best way to get whatever wax and junk has been built up on top? Putty knife?
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Got a curb near my work that some folks hit with a rub brick and spray enamel. It has started to wear down and would benefit from another coat. Whats the best way to get whatever wax and junk has been built up on top? Putty knife?
Why not just do another layer of spray + wax? sounds like the ledge is already smooth
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Got a curb near my work that some folks hit with a rub brick and spray enamel. It has started to wear down and would benefit from another coat. Whats the best way to get whatever wax and junk has been built up on top? Putty knife?
Why not just do another layer of spray + wax? sounds like the ledge is already smooth
The curb is getting pretty sticky and I don't know that enamel over wax is a good idea. I was thinking it would be better to get whatever wax is on there off and then re-coat it with enamel.
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Got a curb near my work that some folks hit with a rub brick and spray enamel. It has started to wear down and would benefit from another coat. Whats the best way to get whatever wax and junk has been built up on top? Putty knife?
Why not just do another layer of spray + wax? sounds like the ledge is already smooth
The curb is getting pretty sticky and I don't know that enamel over wax is a good idea. I was thinking it would be better to get whatever wax is on there off and then re-coat it with enamel.
In that case, when there is already wax and/or enamel on the curbs, I just use clear spraypaint and then wax on top if needed, never had any problems. But I think it is important to use the spraypaint/enamel before the wax. Anyone have more insight?
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Got a curb near my work that some folks hit with a rub brick and spray enamel. It has started to wear down and would benefit from another coat. Whats the best way to get whatever wax and junk has been built up on top? Putty knife?
Why not just do another layer of spray + wax? sounds like the ledge is already smooth
The curb is getting pretty sticky and I don't know that enamel over wax is a good idea. I was thinking it would be better to get whatever wax is on there off and then re-coat it with enamel.
In that case, when there is already wax and/or enamel on the curbs, I just use clear spraypaint and then wax on top if needed, never had any problems. But I think it is important to use the spraypaint/enamel before the wax. Anyone have more insight?
i've rub bricked and salba sauced way too many curbs to count. rub brick, then salba sauce, let dry, then wax always. if it is already a functional but sticky curb/ledge, just salba sauce it, let it dry completely, then wax
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Got a curb near my work that some folks hit with a rub brick and spray enamel. It has started to wear down and would benefit from another coat. Whats the best way to get whatever wax and junk has been built up on top? Putty knife?
Why not just do another layer of spray + wax? sounds like the ledge is already smooth
The curb is getting pretty sticky and I don't know that enamel over wax is a good idea. I was thinking it would be better to get whatever wax is on there off and then re-coat it with enamel.
In that case, when there is already wax and/or enamel on the curbs, I just use clear spraypaint and then wax on top if needed, never had any problems. But I think it is important to use the spraypaint/enamel before the wax. Anyone have more insight?
This^^
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Acetone is the mortal enemy of wax
Make sure you use latex gloves, soak an old t-shirt rag and go to town. Don't breath the fumes
After just sauce it and only wax your board or trucks. Then hang a sign up that says the same thing
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Slappies are pretty much rollerblading so that’s why it was outlawed in the late 90s.
Proceed
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A curb I hit a lot that has sand behind it. Seems like every time I skate it, it’s full of sandy wax. Always better after a few grinds. Always clean away dirt or rub brick dust before applying schmoo.
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Got a curb near my work that some folks hit with a rub brick and spray enamel. It has started to wear down and would benefit from another coat. Whats the best way to get whatever wax and junk has been built up on top? Putty knife?
Why not just do another layer of spray + wax? sounds like the ledge is already smooth
The curb is getting pretty sticky and I don't know that enamel over wax is a good idea. I was thinking it would be better to get whatever wax is on there off and then re-coat it with enamel.
In that case, when there is already wax and/or enamel on the curbs, I just use clear spraypaint and then wax on top if needed, never had any problems. But I think it is important to use the spraypaint/enamel before the wax. Anyone have more insight?
If the curb is sticky you have worn whatever clear coat/wax that was on it off already. Just spray it again, and wax once dry.
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What are the curbs like in everyone’s area?
I’m curious because I recently got back to LA after a long trip through NY, NJ, and TX. And god damn the curbs here are so much easier to skate than anywhere else. It’s almost cheating.
NYC has those rounded, metal-wrapped curbs everywhere— some are sticky, some go fast af. Pretty fun but not quite as satisfying as concrete. Also not as easy to really lock in.
NYC also has plenty of concrete curbs but they’re generally extremely rugged. Really need to put your weight behind it to get anywhere on most of them. These are the kinds of curbs where slappies do feel relatively “high impact.” This is what I grew up skating and now I can’t believe how nasty some of my old favorites are upon re-visiting. However the relatively straight almost 90 degree angles make nose and tail slides pretty easy.
Texas has a ton of curbs with great thick coats of red safety paint, but they’re almost all shaped like a mellow rounded transition/bump (I think so that people can basically drive over them without fucking up their tires). Didn’t get a chance to skate any while I was there but I imagine they might be more like skating a tiny little ramp than a proper “curb.”
And of course in Southern California we have tons of curbs with a slight angle up, very non-porous texture, thick red paint. Basically the platonic ideal of a skateable curb imo— except that nose/tail slides are made slightly more difficult by the angled edge.
So anyway, what are your local curbs like? And does anyone know about the particular specifications of concrete used in different regional construction practices? I assume the porous east coast concrete has to do with anticipating swelling and contraction during temperature changes. SoCal concrete doesn’t need to do that so it can be extremely dense and more tightly packed, for lack of a better term.
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I’ve never slammed so many times learning a trick as I have on fs slappies. Still don’t have them. If that front truck doesn’t get on, or on just right, I find myself sailing through the air.
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I’ve never slammed so many times learning a trick as I have on fs slappies. Still don’t have them. If that front truck doesn’t get on, or on just right, I find myself sailing through the air.
I imagine your weight is a bit too far forward and your digging that front truck in, no?
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So what's your techniques for FS Slappies?
I have both feet on the respective truck bolts and kind of just ride into it at a slight angle while letting my weight up a touch.
I keep my back foot on the bolts so I'm not tempted to lift my nose.
its scary to me every time because the physics just don't compute in my head but it works every time.
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This video really helped me with frontside slappys
https://youtu.be/_w73dENxudw
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So what's your techniques for FS Slappies?
I have both feet on the respective truck bolts and kind of just ride into it at a slight angle while letting my weight up a touch.
I keep my back foot on the bolts so I'm not tempted to lift my nose.
its scary to me every time because the physics just don't compute in my head but it works every time.
relatively the same as you. sometimes i like to carve into them like lifting up my fs facing wheels and bash into them. like an exaggerated fs powerslide where you only sit on your heelside wheels to get the front side facing wheels over. these hit kind of different, but i like doing them this way a lot.
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any pointers for how to properly get out of a FS crooked slappy? BS crooked is no problem, but every FS version ends up as a FS 50. The crooked grind itself is looking good though – not in the FS nosegrind territory.
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So what's your techniques for FS Slappies?
I have both feet on the respective truck bolts and kind of just ride into it at a slight angle while letting my weight up a touch.
I keep my back foot on the bolts so I'm not tempted to lift my nose.
its scary to me every time because the physics just don't compute in my head but it works every time.
Slap on, lock in, ride it out, exit.
Steep angle, or gentle; it’s all about that brief millisecond of “unweighting” the board as you slam the front truck in with your weight on your heels & then slide the back one up/onto the skurb.
EDIT: Note how far back mah rump is, relative to my foot position, as I ease into that slap, in order to illustrate how much you need to be on your heels before sliding into that FS lock.
Shalom on your frontside pursuits.
https://vimeo.com/540944608
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any pointers for how to properly get out of a FS crooked slappy? BS crooked is no problem, but every FS version ends up as a FS 50. The crooked grind itself is looking good though – not in the FS nosegrind territory.
Push / throw your body weight back from
Your front toes toward the side of your back foot if that makes sense?!
For FS slappies o found having my front foot about 45 degrees and just in front of the bolts helps. I kinda focus on mentally thinking about unweighting so the front truck bounces on them pivoting the back truck on after. Maybe that’s just my mental gymnastics that make it work
For Me though!
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any pointers for how to properly get out of a FS crooked slappy? BS crooked is no problem, but every FS version ends up as a FS 50. The crooked grind itself is looking good though – not in the FS nosegrind territory.
Push / throw your body weight back from
Your front toes toward the side of your back foot if that makes sense?!
For FS slappies o found having my front foot about 45 degrees and just in front of the bolts helps. I kinda focus on mentally thinking about unweighting so the front truck bounces on them pivoting the back truck on after. Maybe that’s just my mental gymnastics that make it work
For Me though!
I have found this works well for me too. Sometimes even angling my front foot onto the nose as well. Sometimes I still do a slight lift but trying to correct that. This foot positioning also works well for Slappy fs nosegrind too.
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Hey all,
Chiming in on some breakthroughs I've had as I try to learn proper BS slappies and recover from ACL recon back in early March.
I'm lucky to have a perfect curb cut by my house to work with, and I've been using the cut as a ramp to get up there grinding... I had grown very comfy with this kind of grind before my surgery, but I'm chasing the real goods here as I'm sure so many are.
(https://i.ibb.co/85BS1Tt/IMG-0640.jpg) (https://ibb.co/85BS1Tt)
I've posted my curb here for reference not because it's a great pic, but to illustrate the changes in how I'm approaching it, and my weight distribution as I hit.
I've moved from a really shallow 25-30 degree angle of approach and just ramping up into a 50-50, to a 90 degree approach with a deep carve into the cut. As I've worked on the timing and deepened the carve into the curb cut, I've begun to feel out the beginnings of ramming into the curb like a proper slappy.
I force myself to place my front foot almost in the pocket and always covering all my bolts, back foot in just a bit from the end of the tail and with both front and back feet slightly "opened" (or heels slightly closer together than toes). This helps with the "back truck following the front" deal, and it helps open my shoulders as I find the balance point up into the fifty.
I'm working on weighting into my toes now to rely less and less on the cut. I'm almost powersliding for a split-second and hitting the middle of the cut! My front heelside wheel is hitting the top corner of the cut, and the ramp of the cut is helping ease my weight up into the slappy.
I'm unlocking this trick piece by piece, and as I heal and get more confident that I'm not gonna rip out my graft, I can sense the full slappy is really close!
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any pointers for how to properly get out of a FS crooked slappy? BS crooked is no problem, but every FS version ends up as a FS 50. The crooked grind itself is looking good though – not in the FS nosegrind territory.
Push / throw your body weight back from
Your front toes toward the side of your back foot if that makes sense?!
cool. thanks. I'll give it a try
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I’ve never slammed so many times learning a trick as I have on fs slappies. Still don’t have them. If that front truck doesn’t get on, or on just right, I find myself sailing through the air.
I imagine your weight is a bit too far forward and your digging that front truck in, no?
Now that you mention it…yes. I may need to bring the front foot back and get more weight on my heels as I go into it. More weight on heels and NOT forward. Thanks!
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any pointers for how to properly get out of a FS crooked slappy? BS crooked is no problem, but every FS version ends up as a FS 50. The crooked grind itself is looking good though – not in the FS nosegrind territory.
Push / throw your body weight back from
Your front toes toward the side of your back foot if that makes sense?!
For FS slappies o found having my front foot about 45 degrees and just in front of the bolts helps. I kinda focus on mentally thinking about unweighting so the front truck bounces on them pivoting the back truck on after. Maybe that’s just my mental gymnastics that make it work
For Me though!
I have found this works well for me too. Sometimes even angling my front foot onto the nose as well. Sometimes I still do a slight lift but trying to correct that. This foot positioning also works well for Slappy fs nosegrind too.
I also found learning fs slappy smiths helped as its kinda just an exaggerated version of the same movement.
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How do you cross lock frontside slappies like this?
https://youtu.be/ZK5NIJ6Axvg?t=35 00:35
I can lock in "normally" but it doesnt look as stylish
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How do you cross lock frontside slappies like this?
https://youtu.be/ZK5NIJ6Axvg?t=35 00:35
I can lock in "normally" but it doesnt look as stylish
Learned it on transition, so that’s how I know how to describe it, but: weight in and back, shoulders slightly open. Kinda jamming your rear healside wheel into the coping/curb.
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seems like when the curb is really steep you sorta need to scoop the tail a tiny bit, is that normal?
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Hey all,
Chiming in on some breakthroughs I've had as I try to learn proper BS slappies and recover from ACL recon back in early March.
I'm lucky to have a perfect curb cut by my house to work with, and I've been using the cut as a ramp to get up there grinding... I had grown very comfy with this kind of grind before my surgery, but I'm chasing the real goods here as I'm sure so many are.
(https://i.ibb.co/85BS1Tt/IMG-0640.jpg) (https://ibb.co/85BS1Tt)
I've posted my curb here for reference not because it's a great pic, but to illustrate the changes in how I'm approaching it, and my weight distribution as I hit.
I've moved from a really shallow 25-30 degree angle of approach and just ramping up into a 50-50, to a 90 degree approach with a deep carve into the cut. As I've worked on the timing and deepened the carve into the curb cut, I've begun to feel out the beginnings of ramming into the curb like a proper slappy.
I force myself to place my front foot almost in the pocket and always covering all my bolts, back foot in just a bit from the end of the tail and with both front and back feet slightly "opened" (or heels slightly closer together than toes). This helps with the "back truck following the front" deal, and it helps open my shoulders as I find the balance point up into the fifty.
I'm working on weighting into my toes now to rely less and less on the cut. I'm almost powersliding for a split-second and hitting the middle of the cut! My front heelside wheel is hitting the top corner of the cut, and the ramp of the cut is helping ease my weight up into the slappy.
I'm unlocking this trick piece by piece, and as I heal and get more confident that I'm not gonna rip out my graft, I can sense the full slappy is really close!
I broke through with slappies during the winter but really got em down a few months back. what I've found to work best is an 20-80 ratio- almost completely unweighting the front foot and holding down in the back. I'm not a beast like @Lou Strux and only have 5050, 5.0, and the slides, fs/bs, but I'm starting to get them faster and go farther. Really, if you keep your weight on the back foot, think of it like hitting concrete pool coping, you're going to keep going through, whereas too much weight on the front foot, you're gonna lock up and the rear truck won't even get on, let alone lock in. maybe this makes sense for you?
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Unlocking FS slaps on a nice curb with a whack approach. You pretty much have to head straight at it, quickly turn away from the way you want to hit it, then carve into it. Question mark type line. I keep getting into a carve grind instead of on top of the damn thing, but it’s coming.
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For me the main thing is to switch heel to toe pressure in the last moment before I hit the curb.
If you want fs slappy and you are goofy head towards the curb under steep angle and as you approach apply pressure on both feet to toes to direct you towards the curb, just before your front trucks hit the curb switch it to the heel side.
On approach hold your right arm in the groin area and you back arm behind your ass and when you do feet movement hitting the curb in the same moment switch your arms places.
Ps. I don’t consider trick to be slappy if your front truck doesn’t hit first.
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Unlocking FS slaps on a nice curb with a whack approach. You pretty much have to head straight at it, quickly turn away from the way you want to hit it, then carve into it. Question mark type line. I keep getting into a carve grind instead of on top of the damn thing, but it’s coming.
IMO that's the right idea, the trucks rebound nicely up the curb when you're in a sharp carve like you're describing.
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Has anyone else just completely lost frontside slappys? I had them on lock a few summers ago, and now whenever I try them, I end up doing a Willy grind or sending my body flying over the curb. I don’t know what happened, except accumulated injuries and age.
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Learning switch BS slappies and OMG are they fun
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For me the main thing is to switch heel to toe pressure in the last moment before I hit the curb.
If you want fs slappy and you are goofy head towards the curb under steep angle and as you approach apply pressure on both feet to toes to direct you towards the curb, just before your front trucks hit the curb switch it to the heel side.
On approach hold your right arm in the groin area and you back arm behind your ass and when you do feet movement hitting the curb in the same moment switch your arms places.
Ps. I don’t consider trick to be slappy if your front truck doesn’t hit first.
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Unlocking FS slaps on a nice curb with a whack approach. You pretty much have to head straight at it, quickly turn away from the way you want to hit it, then carve into it. Question mark type line. I keep getting into a carve grind instead of on top of the damn thing, but it’s coming.
IMO that's the right idea, the trucks rebound nicely up the curb when you're in a sharp carve like you're describing.
To clarify, the run up to the curb is awkward; my technique is slow and stiff yet fairly sound. You guys have totally helped me get my mind around what’s going on, though. As a result of the carve to get to the curb, my weights already heelside and back, not allowing me (or I need to figure out how) to shift my weight as my front truck climbs the curb.
Ric, your description of arm movement and weight transfer is spot on. I’ve subconsciously been doing that on transition for ever.
Has anyone else just completely lost frontside slappys? I had them on lock a few summers ago, and now whenever I try them, I end up doing a Willy grind or sending my body flying over the curb. I don’t know what happened, except accumulated injuries and age.
Yeah, that’s kinda where I’m at with this spot. Had them last summer and did some this spring. Between flinging over and Willy-ing under is where it lives. The older I get, and I’ve been on the fourth floor for awhile, the tougher new or dusting off old spots/tricks is. If I skate enough to feel a little synergy, I wind up too sore and the process begins anew.
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For me the main thing is to switch heel to toe pressure in the last moment before I hit the curb.
If you want fs slappy and you are goofy head towards the curb under steep angle and as you approach apply pressure on both feet to toes to direct you towards the curb, just before your front trucks hit the curb switch it to the heel side.
On approach hold your right arm in the groin area and you back arm behind your ass and when you do feet movement hitting the curb in the same moment switch your arms places.
Ps. I don’t consider trick to be slappy if your front truck doesn’t hit first.
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Unlocking FS slaps on a nice curb with a whack approach. You pretty much have to head straight at it, quickly turn away from the way you want to hit it, then carve into it. Question mark type line. I keep getting into a carve grind instead of on top of the damn thing, but it’s coming.
IMO that's the right idea, the trucks rebound nicely up the curb when you're in a sharp carve like you're describing.
Ric, your description of arm movement and weight transfer is spot on. I’ve subconsciously been doing that on transition for ever.
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Has anyone else just completely lost frontside slappys? I had them on lock a few summers ago, and now whenever I try them, I end up doing a Willy grind or sending my body flying over the curb. I don’t know what happened, except accumulated injuries and age.
Yeah, that’s kinda where I’m at with this spot. Had them last summer and did some this spring. Between flinging over and Willy-ing under is where it lives. The older I get, and I’ve been on the fourth floor for awhile, the tougher new or dusting off old spots/tricks is. If I skate enough to feel a little synergy, I wind up too sore and the process begins anew.
I'm in this boat. I'm re-learning everything and always sore. Still haven't gotten slappies to stick yet, but it'll happen.
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Hey all,
Chiming in on some breakthroughs I've had as I try to learn proper BS slappies and recover from ACL recon back in early March.
I'm lucky to have a perfect curb cut by my house to work with, and I've been using the cut as a ramp to get up there grinding... I had grown very comfy with this kind of grind before my surgery, but I'm chasing the real goods here as I'm sure so many are.
(https://i.ibb.co/85BS1Tt/IMG-0640.jpg) (https://ibb.co/85BS1Tt)
I've posted my curb here for reference not because it's a great pic, but to illustrate the changes in how I'm approaching it, and my weight distribution as I hit.
I've moved from a really shallow 25-30 degree angle of approach and just ramping up into a 50-50, to a 90 degree approach with a deep carve into the cut. As I've worked on the timing and deepened the carve into the curb cut, I've begun to feel out the beginnings of ramming into the curb like a proper slappy.
I force myself to place my front foot almost in the pocket and always covering all my bolts, back foot in just a bit from the end of the tail and with both front and back feet slightly "opened" (or heels slightly closer together than toes). This helps with the "back truck following the front" deal, and it helps open my shoulders as I find the balance point up into the fifty.
I'm working on weighting into my toes now to rely less and less on the cut. I'm almost powersliding for a split-second and hitting the middle of the cut! My front heelside wheel is hitting the top corner of the cut, and the ramp of the cut is helping ease my weight up into the slappy.
I'm unlocking this trick piece by piece, and as I heal and get more confident that I'm not gonna rip out my graft, I can sense the full slappy is really close!
I broke through with slappies during the winter but really got em down a few months back. what I've found to work best is an 20-80 ratio- almost completely unweighting the front foot and holding down in the back. I'm not a beast like @Lou Strux and only have 5050, 5.0, and the slides, fs/bs, but I'm starting to get them faster and go farther. Really, if you keep your weight on the back foot, think of it like hitting concrete pool coping, you're going to keep going through, whereas too much weight on the front foot, you're gonna lock up and the rear truck won't even get on, let alone lock in. maybe this makes sense for you?
I totally get you. You're bang on with the 80/20 thing too... I'm old as shit at 42, and with the knee stuff I'm having to work pretty hard to get that accuracy back. But I worked in a new spot with lil 5" curbs, and I've been able to apply what I've learned to regular curbs with no cut!
Now I'm playing with fs stuff, and I've banged off a couple of decent fifties (and smiths weirdly)! I definitely rely on the "pool coping" attack for frontside.
Also, I discovered that PVA concrete bonding agent makes a wicked curb treatment... Rub brick, PVA, wax. It seems to soak into the concrete and I swear I'm hanging up on the front truck way less.
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Unlocking FS slaps on a nice curb with a whack approach. You pretty much have to head straight at it, quickly turn away from the way you want to hit it, then carve into it. Question mark type line. I keep getting into a carve grind instead of on top of the damn thing, but it’s coming.
My 50s used to be like this. What helped for me was getting real comfortable with doing 5050s and then really force your shoulders to be straight above the curb, like you're standing straight on it. Once you're on it, put some weight on your back truck and grind that curb to the end
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Can slappies be done on Venture 5.0 lows ?
Im guessing no
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Can slappies be done on Venture 5.0 lows ?
Im guessing no
(https://i.ibb.co/y0LbYPq/68-EFC3-DA-F7-A9-46-C3-9682-D0-A61-EBB1-D71.gif) (https://imgbb.com/)
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Can slappies be done on Venture 5.0 lows ?
Im guessing no
(https://i.ibb.co/y0LbYPq/68-EFC3-DA-F7-A9-46-C3-9682-D0-A61-EBB1-D71.gif) (https://imgbb.com/)
Ha!
Is that the episode where Mac and Dennis rent the house in the suburbs? That's gotta be the best one.
You ever been in a storm, Wally? I mean, a real storm. Not a thunderstorm, but a storm of fists
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Can slappies be done on Venture 5.0 lows ?
Im guessing no
(https://i.ibb.co/y0LbYPq/68-EFC3-DA-F7-A9-46-C3-9682-D0-A61-EBB1-D71.gif) (https://imgbb.com/)
Ha!
Is that the episode where Mac and Dennis rent the house in the suburbs? That's gotta be the best one.
You ever been in a storm, Wally? I mean, a real storm. Not a thunderstorm, but a storm of fists
Nah, it’s the one where the gang gets analyzed by Dee’s psychiatrist.
Hit him, hit him, hit him, hit him for Donny!
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Can slappies be done on Venture 5.0 lows ?
Im guessing no
(https://i.ibb.co/y0LbYPq/68-EFC3-DA-F7-A9-46-C3-9682-D0-A61-EBB1-D71.gif) (https://imgbb.com/)
Ha!
Is that the episode where Mac and Dennis rent the house in the suburbs? That's gotta be the best one.
You ever been in a storm, Wally? I mean, a real storm. Not a thunderstorm, but a storm of fists
Haha it's the episode where they go on the Christian cruise and Mac finds out the pastor is in a gay relationship and he tries to get him to go back in the closet
The suburbs episode is hilarious too though
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so a while back i shortly switched from 60mm to 53mm wheels on my transition setup. running 215s on that. i was never able to do slappys on my transition board, but with the smaller wheels it was so damn easy, even got consistent slappys on the lower ledges at the skatepark. then i got new wheels, 55mm, and i couln't get onto the legdes anymore. curbs where still fine.
i guess this proves to me small wheels make it easier. i think its cause when you hit the curb your wheel can hit your board (like wheelbite), if that happens too quickly it wont retract enough to get onto the curb.
i'd say smaller wheels and risers are te golden ticket. but there's also a ton of people who swear bigger wheels help.
thoughts?
Unlocking FS slaps on a nice curb with a whack approach. You pretty much have to head straight at it, quickly turn away from the way you want to hit it, then carve into it. Question mark type line. I keep getting into a carve grind instead of on top of the damn thing, but it’s coming.
i learned them going straight at it too. it's honestly how i'd advice anyone to learn them prette easy to get that carve motion.
when you hit the curb do you make yourself weightless? almost like a jump (like you ever pump up in transition, thats how it feels to me) its allows you to get on the curb easier. i think if you get your truck higher on the curb you'll automaticly lock heelside and grind it out.
whenever i go from low curb back to a high curb i need to remind myself again to absord the impact a little more to get on top of it. so the first couple tries back on a high curb are allways more like carvegrinds.
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i'd say smaller wheels and risers are te golden ticket. but there's also a ton of people who swear bigger wheels help.
thoughts?
Smaller wheels are also usually thinner so you have more hanger to work with. Wide trucks helps a lot. This summer I have messed with wheels from 48mm to 58mm on curbs. Too small and occasionally its harder to get up and on the curb (especially if its 90 degree curb). Too big and its easy to all right on over on top of the sidewalk. The sweet spot for me is 54-56mm but really any size wheel will work with a bit of adjustment. Again, I think the key is having a lot of hanger to work with. Wide and loose trucks.
A wider wheel can also help. Not sure why but I feel wider wheels have more of bite until you get them into a slide and then they slide really well. Perfect for curbs. Hmm maybe I need some conical wide 54s....
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i'd say smaller wheels and risers are te golden ticket. but there's also a ton of people who swear bigger wheels help.
thoughts?
Smaller wheels are also usually thinner so you have more hanger to work with. Wide trucks helps a lot. This summer I have messed with wheels from 48mm to 58mm on curbs. Too small and occasionally its harder to get up and on the curb (especially if its 90 degree curb). Too big and its easy to all right on over on top of the sidewalk. The sweet spot for me is 54-56mm but really any size wheel will work with a bit of adjustment. Again, I think the key is having a lot of hanger to work with. Wide and loose trucks.
A wider wheel can also help. Not sure why but I feel wider wheels have more of bite until you get them into a slide and then they slide really well. Perfect for curbs. Hmm maybe I need some conical wide 54s....
Nerd post incoming: in the Polar thread there's been some discussion about why having a slight magic carpet deck-to-truck ratio can be helpful as well. something to consider in addition to the wide hangar idea. maybe wide hangars and an even wider deck would be ideal?
see posts below:
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Dane 1 I’ve had for a bit, skated it with 159s and thunder 151s and hated it.
Decided to stick my 66s on it and I think they fit fine &#38;#38;#38;#129335;&#38;#38;#38;#127995;♂️ Love it now!
Worn down conical 52 f4s with reds
(https://i.ibb.co/vq2FLLB/E2636892-F851-444-E-A7-DD-ED8-BF89-D686-F.jpg) (https://ibb.co/vq2FLLB)
(https://i.ibb.co/WHxDQ1y/6-B8-E6567-4798-4856-B5-B0-675-EBADE8758.jpg) (https://ibb.co/WHxDQ1y)
I currently have Ace 55s on the same deck, been really loving it. Sometimes I wonder if I undersized the trucks a little, but a deck with that much taper can kinda go either way imo— either match the wider or the narrower section. Having more leverage on edges that extend (magic carpet style) out past the wheels can put you into tighter turns, but has the trade off that it also risks more wheelbite. ...Right?
Another interesting tidbit: Paul Schmitt claimed in his recent 9 Club ep that slightly narrower trucks can actually help on slappies for some sort of physics reason I don’t totally understand. He’s kind of a weirdo so idk how true it is but interesting to think about. Maybe bc you just get more twitchy control over the trucks?
I don't always agree with what he has to say, but I felt very validated or reassured or whatever with his comment about that.
When your wheels sit in from the edge of your board, you have more leverage to get up on to the curb. I know the standard train of thought is wider is better for slappies, but for me an Ace 44 has always worked better than say a 55 and it has always confused me. Now I feel like I have a bit of an explanation.
If you ride a magic carpet, the narrower truck is easier to navigate toward the railside of the deck. If you stand on the edges of your deck, (which you probably will for bs slappies) it is a bit easier to tip the board sideways since the narrower trucks doesn't get in the way.
Hope that made sense, english isn't my first language.
this is making we start to think about trying a really silly slappy setup, like tiny wheels/giant trucks/even more giant deck. could be fun...
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i'd say smaller wheels and risers are te golden ticket. but there's also a ton of people who swear bigger wheels help.
thoughts?
Smaller wheels are also usually thinner so you have more hanger to work with. Wide trucks helps a lot. This summer I have messed with wheels from 48mm to 58mm on curbs. Too small and occasionally its harder to get up and on the curb (especially if its 90 degree curb). Too big and its easy to all right on over on top of the sidewalk. The sweet spot for me is 54-56mm but really any size wheel will work with a bit of adjustment. Again, I think the key is having a lot of hanger to work with. Wide and loose trucks.
A wider wheel can also help. Not sure why but I feel wider wheels have more of bite until you get them into a slide and then they slide really well. Perfect for curbs. Hmm maybe I need some conical wide 54s....
Nerd post incoming: in the Polar thread there's been some discussion about why having a slight magic carpet deck-to-truck ratio can be helpful as well. something to consider in addition to the wide hangar idea. maybe wide hangars and an even wider deck would be ideal?
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Dane 1 I’ve had for a bit, skated it with 159s and thunder 151s and hated it.
Decided to stick my 66s on it and I think they fit fine &#38;#38;#38;#38;#129335;&#38;#38;#38;#38;#127995;♂️ Love it now!
Worn down conical 52 f4s with reds
(https://i.ibb.co/vq2FLLB/E2636892-F851-444-E-A7-DD-ED8-BF89-D686-F.jpg) (https://ibb.co/vq2FLLB)
(https://i.ibb.co/WHxDQ1y/6-B8-E6567-4798-4856-B5-B0-675-EBADE8758.jpg) (https://ibb.co/WHxDQ1y)
I currently have Ace 55s on the same deck, been really loving it. Sometimes I wonder if I undersized the trucks a little, but a deck with that much taper can kinda go either way imo— either match the wider or the narrower section. Having more leverage on edges that extend (magic carpet style) out past the wheels can put you into tighter turns, but has the trade off that it also risks more wheelbite. ...Right?
Another interesting tidbit: Paul Schmitt claimed in his recent 9 Club ep that slightly narrower trucks can actually help on slappies for some sort of physics reason I don’t totally understand. He’s kind of a weirdo so idk how true it is but interesting to think about. Maybe bc you just get more twitchy control over the trucks?
I don't always agree with what he has to say, but I felt very validated or reassured or whatever with his comment about that.
When your wheels sit in from the edge of your board, you have more leverage to get up on to the curb. I know the standard train of thought is wider is better for slappies, but for me an Ace 44 has always worked better than say a 55 and it has always confused me. Now I feel like I have a bit of an explanation.
If you ride a magic carpet, the narrower truck is easier to navigate toward the railside of the deck. If you stand on the edges of your deck, (which you probably will for bs slappies) it is a bit easier to tip the board sideways since the narrower trucks doesn't get in the way.
Hope that made sense, english isn't my first language.
this is making we start to think about trying a really silly slappy setup, like tiny wheels/giant trucks/even more giant deck. could be fun...
oh this might make sense. like i said it's my transition setup has the 215s, i'm riding 169s on my street setup that i allways use for slappys. i also feel like a slightly slimmer truck can deal better with the quick shift from horizontal to vertical when you hit the curb. i can't really explain it in english, hope you know what i mean.
and wider trucks wheelbite quicker. like what i mentioned in my earlier theory i feel like those can really stop your climb on high vertical curbs.
i also remember someone else on here saying they found slappys on 169s where much easier than 215s.
there must elements that really work to your advantage, but slappy preferences are allways all over the place. while in transition or tech skating its pretty clear what elements generally work better for you.
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Can slappies be done on Venture 5.0 lows ?
Im guessing no
I learned slappies on a 7.75" and 5.0 lows. I have a nostalgia setup that is an 8" with 5.2 lows and classic 50s, and it feels really amazing for slappy crooks. The big thing with the lows is that they have no kingpin clearance, so basically as soon as you start doing slappies you're grinding into the nut.
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The only difference I notice in wheels is how well they lock in, so shape > size. I can do them fine on 60 mm Ratbones or 56mm Spits.
For trucks, I find wider than 169s slip on and off the curb easier, I don’t lock in as easily.
But I don’t find anything makes much difference for the actual technique.
If you are just starting out, heading straight to the curb and carving into it is fine.
As you get more comfortable,you can hit it at lower angles with more speed.
But to help slap on, hang the heel off for a frontside, and toes off for a backside
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Was skating a parking lot I always go to for flat ground and curbs. Hit some random curb with what I thought was gonna be a smooth ass bs smith and then get violated by a morbidly obese chunk taken out the curb. They took the time to smash chunks out of the curb and repaint them got a swellbo and swollen hip, side not anyone know how to not fuck up your hips when you abruptly slam in the swell bow position? I got child bearing hips yfm.
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Was skating a parking lot I always go to for flat ground and curbs. Hit some random curb with what I thought was gonna be a smooth ass bs smith and then get violated by a morbidly obese chunk taken out the curb. They took the time to smash chunks out of the curb and repaint them got a swellbo and swollen hip, side not anyone know how to not fuck up your hips when you abruptly slam in the swell bow position? I got child bearing hips yfm.
They did the same “cut notches out of the curb” to the local Hospital Island Curbs at St. Luke’s on Valencia here in SF.
The used to be slaapy-able & some folks had worked sections in real nice.
Rolled down there for a session one day, only to learn that the spot had become little more than a manny pad.
I’ve been seeing this crude, but expedient technique used more & more lately. It’s pretty effective, I’ll give them that.
Hope yer hips & ‘bows are on the mend.
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got up at dawn and brick rubbed a bunch of curbs proper at this spot nearby with a literal brick. post sweep then sit for a bit. then walked back to get the tin of lacquer the brush and a plastic thing to pour it in with some gloves. didnt get the sprays and did it in 2 parts as to have less shit with me and attract less attention. the fkn tin wouldnt open so had go back to get a wrench like a tool lmao. anyway i got 4 curbs sauced now. 3 of them single sided with 1 being a roll on. then a curved mfer that extends into a doublesider. some fairly old dude walked by with his morning coffee and his face lit up and said hey is that for skating so right away we had a moment. got some dollar store candles ready to go. the good kind. should be fun. im tired
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got up at dawn and brick rubbed a bunch of curbs proper at this spot nearby with a literal brick. post sweep then sit for a bit. then walked back to get the tin of lacquer the brush and a plastic thing to pour it in with some gloves. didnt get the sprays and did it in 2 parts as to have less shit with me and attract less attention. the fkn tin wouldnt open so had go back to get a wrench like a tool lmao. anyway i got 4 curbs sauced now. 3 of them single sided with 1 being a roll on. then a curved mfer that extends into a doublesider. some fairly old dude walked by with his morning coffee and his face lit up and said hey is that for skating so right away we had a moment. got some dollar store candles ready to go. the good kind. should be fun. im tired
(https://media.istockphoto.com/photos/do-it-yourself-home-renovation-concept-with-dog-in-hardhat-holding-picture-id1217429917?k=6&m=1217429917&s=612x612&w=0&h=FOKcm4MHdHz7_qDXyXxaWd9RG1YGpafVG9jddVF3jfQ=)
Heavy duty
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The only difference I notice in wheels is how well they lock in, so shape > size. I can do them fine on 60 mm Ratbones or 56mm Spits.
For trucks, I find wider than 169s slip on and off the curb easier, I don’t lock in as easily.
But I don’t find anything makes much difference for the actual technique.
If you are just starting out, heading straight to the curb and carving into it is fine.
As you get more comfortable,you can hit it at lower angles with more speed.
But to help slap on, hang the heel off for a frontside, and toes off for a backside
A lot of keys in here. The "round wheels make slappies easier" thing gets thrown around, but for me a square-ish profile is pretty essential.
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All this curb shit is ridiculous. When I see someone post their “slappy set-up” and they have a board with a small nose and some 60mm wheels, I know they ain’t doing shit. A rail slide and a 5050 maybe. If you look at all the best curb skaters, those guys are riding a slightly larger board and 50-52mm wheels and use rails.
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got up at dawn and brick rubbed a bunch of curbs proper at this spot nearby with a literal brick. post sweep then sit for a bit. then walked back to get the tin of lacquer the brush and a plastic thing to pour it in with some gloves. didnt get the sprays and did it in 2 parts as to have less shit with me and attract less attention. the fkn tin wouldnt open so had go back to get a wrench like a tool lmao. anyway i got 4 curbs sauced now. 3 of them single sided with 1 being a roll on. then a curved mfer that extends into a doublesider. some fairly old dude walked by with his morning coffee and his face lit up and said hey is that for skating so right away we had a moment. got some dollar store candles ready to go. the good kind. should be fun. im tired
Ha that's cool
Post pics when you wax it up
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Was skating a parking lot I always go to for flat ground and curbs. Hit some random curb with what I thought was gonna be a smooth ass bs smith and then get violated by a morbidly obese chunk taken out the curb. They took the time to smash chunks out of the curb and repaint them got a swellbo and swollen hip, side not anyone know how to not fuck up your hips when you abruptly slam in the swell bow position? I got child bearing hips yfm.
The used to be slaapy-able & some folks had worked sections in real nice.
Rolled down there for a session one day, only to learn that the spot had become little more than a manny pad.
I’ve been seeing this crude, but expedient technique used more & more lately. It’s pretty effective, I’ll give them that.
Hope yer hips & ‘bows are on the mend.
Love your sig, bro.
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All this curb shit is ridiculous. When I see someone post their “slappy set-up” and they have a board with a small nose and some 60mm wheels, I know they ain’t doing shit. A rail slide and a 5050 maybe. If you look at all the best curb skaters, those guys are riding a slightly larger board and 50-52mm wheels and use rails.
It's possible to do basically any trick on basically any board configuration don't get too caught up in set-up analysis to forget that being good at tricks is all about practicing them and calibrating your body to whatever you're riding
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I can do FS slappies once in a while...for i just dont understand backside....ITS NOT UNLOCKED
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this is making we start to think about trying a really silly slappy setup, like tiny wheels/giant trucks/even more giant deck. could be fun...
I follow a bunch of those old dude slappy/curb ig pages, mostly full of out of shape guys struggling to get on curbs, and one posted some clips of that weird Spencer kid who is vaguely a YouTube/Instagram person (I'm too old for this shit) and he has a hilarious looking set up like that with tiny sub 50 wheels (it looks like) on what has to be a 9.5 to 10ish board and trucks. And the dude absolutely kills it.
Edit I think it was this board. And I can't judge sizes from clips well. Could get well be a 9" and 52s or something if he has small feet
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CQqsqhSDGtz/?utm_medium=copy_link
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I can do FS slappies once in a while...for i just dont understand backside....ITS NOT UNLOCKED
Turn your shoulders and ass to the curb as you carve on. If not you’ll only go Willy..
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this is making we start to think about trying a really silly slappy setup, like tiny wheels/giant trucks/even more giant deck. could be fun...
I follow a bunch of those old dude slappy/curb ig pages, mostly full of out of shape guys struggling to get on curbs, and one posted some clips of that weird Spencer kid who is vaguely a YouTube/Instagram person (I'm too old for this shit) and he has a hilarious looking set up like that with tiny sub 50 wheels (it looks like) on what has to be a 9.5 to 10ish board and trucks. And the dude absolutely kills it.
Edit I think it was this board. And I can't judge sizes from clips well. Could get well be a 9" and 52s or something if he has small feet
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CQqsqhSDGtz/?utm_medium=copy_link
Iirc it’s a 9.5. The dude’s like thirty, he’s been around a while. He used to be on Birdhouse and was a more or less regular type of skater. His setup is butt ugly but he is a curb wizard.
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Anyone got tips for slappy bluntslides? I've been trying to stall them on parking blocks but I always end up slipping into board stall right before my back wheels clear the top of the block
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Blunts....I put my back foot on the edge of the tail....ie. Not in the pocket....it gives more leverege....the key for me is pushing your front foot which counters your back foot to pop it out....
Back 50-50's, rather slappy crook if you're gonna do the front truck/back truck....or go in on the back truck... Start with heelside...as you approach the curb back toe digs...into a feeble, the shift both heels down.
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https://youtu.be/MaIOYdA8ctk
Covid curb from this past weekend
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Anyone got tips for slappy bluntslides? I've been trying to stall them on parking blocks but I always end up slipping into board stall right before my back wheels clear the top of the block
How do you even get into blunt slappy? I can't picture it. Feels like you have to inherently get airborne to get into it. Then again, slappies in general don't make sense if you think about them
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Anyone got tips for slappy bluntslides? I've been trying to stall them on parking blocks but I always end up slipping into board stall right before my back wheels clear the top of the block
How do you even get into blunt slappy? I can't picture it. Feels like you have to inherently get airborne to get into it. Then again, slappies in general don't make sense if you think about them
I can do them but i don't really have any tips for them, they barely make sense to me
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this is making we start to think about trying a really silly slappy setup, like tiny wheels/giant trucks/even more giant deck. could be fun...
I follow a bunch of those old dude slappy/curb ig pages, mostly full of out of shape guys struggling to get on curbs, and one posted some clips of that weird Spencer kid who is vaguely a YouTube/Instagram person (I'm too old for this shit) and he has a hilarious looking set up like that with tiny sub 50 wheels (it looks like) on what has to be a 9.5 to 10ish board and trucks. And the dude absolutely kills it.
Edit I think it was this board. And I can't judge sizes from clips well. Could get well be a 9" and 52s or something if he has small feet
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CQqsqhSDGtz/?utm_medium=copy_link
Yeah he seems like sort of an anomaly to me as well. Promotes a bunch of finger boards and delta 8 and other corny shit on his website, but is undeniably sick on the curbs. I became aware of him when he did a series of tutorial videos on YouTube like 7-8+ years ago. His slappy tutorials were actually very helpful to me. He breaks things down pretty nicely, none of that “pop up, do trick, ride away clean!” nonsense that is all too common.
And on the topic of FS slappy tips that others have discussed: I have a buddy that does FS slaps ultra proper and consistent. The tip he told me was to just start by cheating with your front foot up near the nose pocket and back foot by the tail pocket. This allows you really use the leverage of your nose and tail to cheat your way up at first. It helps you to nudge the nose, lifting the back truck slightly and helping it up. Once you get this sort of two-step slap technique dialed, you gradually move the feet in towards the center and rely less on nose/tail cheating. It trains you to smash the front truck up and then shift your weight off the back truck, putting weight instead toward the nose so that you can start locking in and setting your grind. Keep it up until you’re properly smashing on with your feet over the bolts. There’s no better feeling than smashing onto a curb with your feet close together in the middle of the board. It’s like a magic trick.
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Not sure if it's been discussed yet but I am having a hard time getting out of fs slappies. I can't seem to pivot out of them, but can lock into them fine. Any tips?
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All this curb shit is ridiculous. When I see someone post their “slappy set-up” and they have a board with a small nose and some 60mm wheels, I know they ain’t doing shit. A rail slide and a 5050 maybe. If you look at all the best curb skaters, those guys are riding a slightly larger board and 50-52mm wheels and use rails.
I largely agree. I skate curbs alllll the time and I use the same 8.25” deck with 144s that I use to skate street or parks. But people here have like four setups that would appear to be basically identical to any lay person, so I don’t really see the harm in the curb complete - it’s the same thing. Speaking personally, I do think my skating improved when I focused less on my gear and just skated a single setup for everything.
Maybe all you ever skate is curbs though, where a 9” deck with 169 Indys and rails really would just be a blast.
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anyone got any tips on slappy front krooks? i can get into them but can’t hold them for long before falling off the curb
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Not sure if it's been discussed yet but I am having a hard time getting out of fs slappies. I can't seem to pivot out of them, but can lock into them fine. Any tips?
Hard time how? Back truck going onto sidewalk or over the other side? If so, make sure your weight is on your back heel. I’ve learned this lesson painfully on transition. If your weight is on your back toe, you’ll pivot on that wheel > heelside wheel comes over coping onto deck> hang up-to-flat.
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Not sure if it's been discussed yet but I am having a hard time getting out of fs slappies. I can't seem to pivot out of them, but can lock into them fine. Any tips?
Hard time how? Back truck going onto sidewalk or over the other side? If so, make sure your weight is on your back heel. I’ve learned this lesson painfully on transition. If your weight is on your back toe, you’ll pivot on that wheel > heelside wheel comes over coping onto deck> hang up-to-flat.
Both my trucks lock in but I feel like i can get out of it unless I ride it to the end of the curb. I guess my focus has been more slamming the front truck to lock in so I'll try leaning more on my back foot. Thanks
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Just recently rub brick'd and clear coated like 5ish 8' sections of curb in this business park. Can only skate there after dark and on the weekends, but im stoked on it. Its mostly covered by a big tree so its shady during the day, and it has lights for night sesh's. Really doesn't get much better than that. Especially in my skate spot deprived small town.
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Not sure if it's been discussed yet but I am having a hard time getting out of fs slappies. I can't seem to pivot out of them, but can lock into them fine. Any tips?
Hard time how? Back truck going onto sidewalk or over the other side? If so, make sure your weight is on your back heel. I’ve learned this lesson painfully on transition. If your weight is on your back toe, you’ll pivot on that wheel > heelside wheel comes over coping onto deck> hang up-to-flat.
Both my trucks lock in but I feel like i can get out of it unless I ride it to the end of the curb. I guess my focus has been more slamming the front truck to lock in so I'll try leaning more on my back foot. Thanks
Lean on your back foot and turn your shoulders away, your board will automatically follow. You can even get fancy with it by doing a small kickturn/pivot before you drop off the curb. Try it a couple times stationary and do it riding once you feel confident enough.
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All this curb shit is ridiculous. When I see someone post their “slappy set-up” and they have a board with a small nose and some 60mm wheels, I know they ain’t doing shit. A rail slide and a 5050 maybe. If you look at all the best curb skaters, those guys are riding a slightly larger board and 50-52mm wheels and use rails.
It's possible to do basically any trick on basically any board configuration don't get too caught up in set-up analysis to forget that being good at tricks is all about practicing them and calibrating your body to whatever you're riding
I enjoy doing slappies with a Thunder Juice OJ 75mm, combined with Ace 44s... Does this mean I ain't doing shit?
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All this curb shit is ridiculous. When I see someone post their “slappy set-up” and they have a board with a small nose and some 60mm wheels, I know they ain’t doing shit. A rail slide and a 5050 maybe. If you look at all the best curb skaters, those guys are riding a slightly larger board and 50-52mm wheels and use rails.
It's possible to do basically any trick on basically any board configuration don't get too caught up in set-up analysis to forget that being good at tricks is all about practicing them and calibrating your body to whatever you're riding
I enjoy doing slappies with a Thunder Juice OJ 75mm, combined with Ace 44s... Does this mean I ain't doing shit?
Probably.
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you hurt my feelings!!!! :'(
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All this curb shit is ridiculous. When I see someone post their “slappy set-up” and they have a board with a small nose and some 60mm wheels, I know they ain’t doing shit. A rail slide and a 5050 maybe. If you look at all the best curb skaters, those guys are riding a slightly larger board and 50-52mm wheels and use rails.
Ur trying to gatekeep curbs rn
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Blunts....I put my back foot on the edge of the tail....ie. Not in the pocket....it gives more leverege....the key for me is pushing your front foot which counters your back foot to pop it out....
Back 50-50's, rather slappy crook if you're gonna do the front truck/back truck....or go in on the back truck... Start with heelside...as you approach the curb back toe digs...into a feeble, the shift both heels down.
Thanks! I’ll focus a bit more on the front foot. I was pushing up more with my back foot so maybe that’s a mistake
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anyone got any tips on slappy front krooks? i can get into them but can’t hold them for long before falling off the curb
What helped me, is having the head exactly above the front foot. I have my shoulders parallel to the curb
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Anyone got any tips for ollieing out of slappy 5050s? When I get on the curb both my feet will be around the bolts, making it almost impossible to do a proper ollie out. I can do them when ollieing into the 50 as my feet are already in position but it feels almost impossible when I do a slappy. Do you adjust your foot positioning before getting on the curb or while you're grinding?
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Anyone got any tips for ollieing out of slappy 5050s? When I get on the curb both my feet will be around the bolts, making it almost impossible to do a proper ollie out. I can do them when ollieing into the 50 as my feet are already in position but it feels almost impossible when I do a slappy. Do you adjust your foot positioning before getting on the curb or while you're grinding?
i was trying the same thing today. my take away was hitting the curb with a foot positioning that is as close to ollie position as possible (if the curb is not really long) or reposition the feet, when the curb is longer. The first one showed more success
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Anyone got any tips for ollieing out of slappy 5050s? When I get on the curb both my feet will be around the bolts, making it almost impossible to do a proper ollie out. I can do them when ollieing into the 50 as my feet are already in position but it feels almost impossible when I do a slappy. Do you adjust your foot positioning before getting on the curb or while you're grinding?
i was trying the same thing today. my take away was hitting the curb with a foot positioning that is as close to ollie position as possible (if the curb is not really long) or reposition the feet, when the curb is longer. The first one showed more success
With feet near your bolts you can also shift front foot to your nose and shove-it out of a front side slappy. I find that actually tapping the nose on the curb and nollie shoving out pops the board up and gives a bit more control. Strangely with backside 5050 slappies it's easier for me to pop shove-it out off the tail. But this is just because I am old and have very strange feet.
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Is there a power tool that can make rub bricking faster? I realize this might be a dumb question but I poked around online and I'm not sure. Could I use a power sander if I got some kind of attachment?
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Is there a power tool that can make rub bricking faster? I realize this might be a dumb question but I poked around online and I'm not sure. Could I use a power sander if I got some kind of attachment?
Some kind of drill attachment would be incredible. Following along here
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Is there a power tool that can make rub bricking faster? I realize this might be a dumb question but I poked around online and I'm not sure. Could I use a power sander if I got some kind of attachment?
Some kind of drill attachment would be incredible. Following along here
angle grinder with concrete grinding wheel attachment
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Is there a power tool that can make rub bricking faster? I realize this might be a dumb question but I poked around online and I'm not sure. Could I use a power sander if I got some kind of attachment?
Some kind of drill attachment would be incredible. Following along here
angle grinder with concrete grinding wheel attachment
That's a good idea, but I also got a leather apron ripped open by a broken grinder wheel, and have been gunshy ever since then.
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check out this heater i did at 5am the other day
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In case you all need some inspiration
https://youtu.be/jayGRYplMik
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In case you all need some inspiration
https://youtu.be/jayGRYplMik
this was really dope that huge bs smith was so nice
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check out this heater i did at 5am the other day
(https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/831212046469038122/888075035808530472/brickedledge.jpg?width=769&height=577)
nice. usually if you wear an orange vest during the day people wont even look twice
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check out this heater i did at 5am the other day
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this one was at a church and there were cars there even at 5am. hoping someone doesnt live there. i skated it already once and no one came out complaining or anything and those same cars were there. its possible they are just parked there. i did think i saw the main church lights come on while i was doing the spray lacquer. Luckily i parked my car at the edge of the property and high tailed it out of there, I was going to hang around to find out if anyone was there or if that light was on a timer or maybe i am just a weed head and it was on the entire time and i didnt notice. the most heat part is done now lol. I want to do up like 2 more sections of this ledge and possibly the section that goes around the corner too (might actually do that next) maybe do up a curb and we'd have a proper plaza spot lol
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I used to skate some curbs in a Christian Science church parking lot in my old neighborhood. There were always a bunch of cars but I realized eventually that the parking spots were rented out to people who lived in the neighborhood. So they had very little connection to the church and didn't care what I was up to. Even if they did it would probably be tough to complain to the manager and wait for something to happen, like if management could be bothered to catch me in the act or something after that. Could be similar?
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In case you all need some inspiration
https://youtu.be/jayGRYplMik
That back smith w/ the indy grab made my day.
Really fun watch. Thank you.
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Wow that was great!
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anyone have more insights into backside slappies? i can frontside 50, smith, noseslide, etc like a champ, but everything backside doesn't work at all for me. i've been working on backside noseslides and can get those to kinda work, but backside 50s and crooks will not go.. supposedly those two are the easiest backside ones to learn so i'm starting with those.
I always end up in willy for backside 50s and i cant get into the crooks at all. any tips would be great.
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anyone have more insights into backside slappies? i can frontside 50, smith, noseslide, etc like a champ, but everything backside doesn't work at all for me. i've been working on backside noseslides and can get those to kinda work, but backside 50s and crooks will not go.. supposedly those two are the easiest backside ones to learn so i'm starting with those.
I always end up in willy for backside 50s and i cant get into the crooks at all. any tips would be great.
Man I’m the same. Can’t back slap to save my life.
Help!
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It's so funny to hear people can't back slappy at all because that's all I can do. I lost front slappies entirely and every month, I decide I'm going to relearn them, only to roll my ankle or some other embarrassment.
As far as how to do them, with backside, I definitely sort of "carve" into them. Now that I am comfortable, I can backside slappy a curb skating nearly parallel to it. For frontside, I always had to come at much more of an angle and essentially powerslide into it, it that makes any sense.
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It's so funny to hear people can't back slappy at all because that's all I can do. I lost front slappies entirely and every month, I decide I'm going to relearn them, only to roll my ankle or some other embarrassment.
As far as how to do them, with backside, I definitely sort of "carve" into them. Now that I am comfortable, I can backside slappy a curb skating nearly parallel to it. For frontside, I always had to come at much more of an angle and essentially powerslide into it, it that makes any sense.
I feel like with frontside I can just smash until the curb and still be standing somewhat vertical, but going backside I have to lean more (like kickturning a quarterpipe, but don't lift your front wheels). Speed helps :/
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anyone have more insights into backside slappies? i can frontside 50, smith, noseslide, etc like a champ, but everything backside doesn't work at all for me. i've been working on backside noseslides and can get those to kinda work, but backside 50s and crooks will not go.. supposedly those two are the easiest backside ones to learn so i'm starting with those.
I always end up in willy for backside 50s and i cant get into the crooks at all. any tips would be great.
Man I’m the same. Can’t back slap to save my life.
Help!
Whenever I don’t get on it’s because I don’t turn my shoulders and hips enough.
To get those back wheels on you really have to turn your shoulders and hips fully parallel to the curb, if not a touch more, it’s a much more fuller and aggressive movement than a mini ramp bs 50-50.
That’s what people mean when they say it’s a ‘carve’, you fully turn as you get on.
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BS: Open shoulders/hips a little on the approach so you can give it a little oomshallah as the front wheel starts to climb. If your shoulder is already centered over the board, it’s tough to get enough rotation. Also, weight a little more forward or front foot more toward the nose will help bring the back truck up instead of pushing just the front along in a Willy.
My BS 50’s are working pretty well, but I keep over shooting into a Losi on my FS’s, especially when trying to go fast. I think it’s partially because these goddamn Midwestern kerps have a huge radius and it’s hard to lock in.
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Thanks y'all! I've been trying to apply the same technique as fs slappy so it makes sense that it's not working bs. I'll try to carve more and keep my shoulders in mind.
Anyone have tips for slappy back crook? I try to keep my weight more on my toes and go into the curb at a 45 degree angle. I need to record myself doing it again but it feels like I'm not even getting into it.
I can lock into fs crooks almost every try but it's hard to get them to grind.
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In case you all need some inspiration
https://youtu.be/jayGRYplMik
Thanks it’s like they’re making a mockery out of the fact I’m barely able to hang onto just standard slappies and when I do them I feel like I’m pushing half a tonne up hill
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anyone have more insights into backside slappies? i can frontside 50, smith, noseslide, etc like a champ, but everything backside doesn't work at all for me. i've been working on backside noseslides and can get those to kinda work, but backside 50s and crooks will not go.. supposedly those two are the easiest backside ones to learn so i'm starting with those.
I always end up in willy for backside 50s and i cant get into the crooks at all. any tips would be great.
A LOT easier to learn on a curved curb. People are gonna hate cuz jake anderson said you aren’t allowed to lift your front truck but fuck him. Start doing little slashes on curbs (keep the nose raised and kinda kickturn the whole thing), then do the same thing but put your front truck down and kinda get into em like an axel stall on a quarter, once you get used to those you just ride into the curb (45 degree angle) and powerslide your back truck on (your front truck will ALWAYS weasle its way onto the curb as long as your brain is focused on doing the powerslide to get the back truck on
for slappy k’s (my favorite trick) just ride into the curb 45 degree angle. Once you feel like your one wheel hits the curb put your weight all on your front truck and you kinda just get into it. If you end up in a noseslide you are putting pressure too early. You can get good at em and start messing around going at the curb straight on and doing kind of a slash and coming off just for fun
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Whos got bs feeble tips? I can get into it (back truck on and board rail hitting) but instantly bailing
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anyone have more insights into backside slappies? i can frontside 50, smith, noseslide, etc like a champ, but everything backside doesn't work at all for me. i've been working on backside noseslides and can get those to kinda work, but backside 50s and crooks will not go.. supposedly those two are the easiest backside ones to learn so i'm starting with those.
I always end up in willy for backside 50s and i cant get into the crooks at all. any tips would be great.
Treat it like transition. Also have your front foot a bit further back on the board than you would for a frontside slappy, as soon as you feel your front truck is on the curb sweep the back foot backwards so you don’t end up in willy
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around my city most people only do backside slappy krooks. which i still cant figure out how they work. and i was so confused when they all praised my FS 50's cause i thought that was the easiest one to do. but almost no one does em here, its all backside. curb skating is still in its early stages here anyway since theres so little curbs to skate.
definitly gonna work in my krooks when my injury finally heals.
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CUCKTARD’S ALL-INCLUSIVE INSTRUCTIONS FOR FRONTSIDE AND BACKSIDE SLAPPIES
Take photos now, or copy-paste somewhere on your phone for reference when your at your preferred slutty and slick curb.
1- HANG YOUR FEET OFF.
You are going to turn hard and help those wheels up onto the curb, so if you are going backside, hang your toes off more than usual. If your going frontside, hang your heels off.
Also, for beginners, have your front foot over the front bolts, right up against the curve of the nose.
The back foot is on wherever, but maybe not on the end of the tail. You’re not going to lift the nose.
2- GO STRAIGHT AT THE CURB (or almost straight)
This is just for the beginners. After you get the hang of it and your confidence increases, you can go at a lower angle. But going head-on into the curb will help you get onto it, so have your bodily mass heading into it.
3- CARVE
About a meter/yard before you hit, carve hard into the direction you wanna get on. Your board should be between 70-45 degrees to the curb at time of impact. Your body weight should be well inside the turn, and you should be cranking down hard on those toes or heels.
3- DON’T SLAM THE BOARD
This is the most important point. And one that people make the most mistakes with. Slappies are actually kinda delicate, and a pretty smooth feeling trick once you understand this point.
As your front wheels hit the curb, you have to lighten your front foot, like when you nollie bump a crack in the pavement. You let the board bump up onto the curb, and then do the same with your back foot, as you push it into place. It’s a very quick and subtle unweighting of front foot-back foot.
You never straight-leg slam the board into the curb.
****if you don’t twist enough into the turn, your back wheels won’t bump up. You have to twist your body so that your shoulders and hips are in line with the curb. This is usually easier frontside (probably because fs grinds on as a mini are like this, but with bs you can stay open to the coping). On a slappy, you gotta fully turn your whole body so that the back wheel gets on****
4- GET IN THE BACKSEAT
With your front foot so far forward, you may find yourself weighting the front truck so much that it catches on the grind.
As you get that back truck on, scoot the whole board forward underneath you, get your weight back of center, and grind
5-ENJOY THE RIDE, DISMOUNT IN YOUR PREFERRED STYLE, AND UTTER “PRAISE BE TO LUCERO”
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OK, one more time
CUCKTARD’S ALL-INCLUSIVE INSTRUCTIONS FOR FRONTSIDE AND BACKSIDE SLAPPIES
Take photos now, or copy-paste somewhere on your phone for reference when your at your preferred slutty and slick curb.
1- HANG YOUR FEET OFF.
You are going to turn hard and help those wheels up onto the curb, so if you are going backside, hang your toes off more than usual. If your going frontside, hang your heels off.
Also, for beginners, have your front foot over the front bolts, right up against the curve of the nose.
The back foot is on wherever, but maybe not on the end of the tail. You’re not going to lift the nose.
2- GO STRAIGHT AT THE CURB (or almost straight)
This is just for the beginners. After you get the hang of it and your confidence increases, you can go at a lower angle. But going head-on into the curb will help you get onto it, so have your bodily mass heading into it.
3- CARVE
About a meter/yard before you hit, carve hard into the direction you wanna get on. Your board should be between 70-45 degrees to the curb at time of impact. Your body weight should be well inside the turn, and you should be cranking down hard on those toes or heels.
3- DON’T SLAM THE BOARD
This is the most important point. And one that people make the most mistakes with. Slappies are actually kinda delicate, and a pretty smooth feeling trick once you understand this point.
As your front wheels hit the curb, you have to lighten your front foot, like when you nollie bump a crack in the pavement. You let the board bump up onto the curb, and then do the same with your back foot, as you push it into place. It’s a very quick and subtle unweighting of front foot-back foot.
You never straight-leg slam the board into the curb.
****if you don’t twist enough into the turn, your back wheels won’t bump up. You have to twist your body so that your shoulders and hips are in line with the curb. This is usually easier frontside (probably because fs grinds on as a mini are like this, but with bs you can stay open to the coping). On a slappy, you gotta fully turn your whole body so that the back wheel gets on****
4- GET IN THE BACKSEAT
With your front foot so far forward, you may find yourself weighting the front truck so much that it catches on the grind.
As you get that back truck on, scoot the whole board forward underneath you, get your weight back of center, and grind
5-ENJOY THE RIDE, DISMOUNT IN YOUR PREFERRED STYLE, AND UTTER “PRAISE BE TO LUCERO”
Thanks for sharing! Must have missed this before
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Whos got bs feeble tips? I can get into it (back truck on and board rail hitting) but instantly bailing
1. Get rails. Makes your feeble way more stable and forgiving
2. Sit on that back foot. Put all your weight on the back heel.
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The elusive slappy fs nosegrind feels dope when landed. Works best on a slightly angled curb.
When I do backslide slappy (basic 5050), I aim or imagine I'm forcing my back truck into a bs pivot (curb should lock or be pinched against the heel-side back wheel. Don't think about the front truck at all other than slightly lifting up to allow yourself room to guide the front truck onto the curb. It's more about getting/forcing the back truck actually on to the ledge than anything else.
It also helps to imagine that when you're locked in, you want the same type of lock-in as a 5050 on a flatbar (so basically a cross lock/diagonal lock between your back and front trucks; where the back heel-side wheel is pinched against the curb and the front toe-side wheel is against the curb).
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I can fs grind and bs crook all fucking day long but the bs grind eludes me. I feel like I'm going to die every time I attempt it.
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I can fs grind and bs crook all fucking day long but the bs grind eludes me. I feel like I'm going to die every time I attempt it.
I've been trying to learn FS 5050 and BS crooks. I can lock into a crook about 1/5 times. FS feels like I'm going to fall off everytime. I either lean to far back or forward
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great tips cucktard i wish i would have read those instead of beating my head agianst the wall so many times but that helps re-assure me i was doing the right things :)
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It's counterintuitive but front foot placement can even be a bit further back than front bolts. This keeps your weight back and also prevents cheater slappies (ie lifting the back truck on). Also angle that front foot as if you're carving a tight shallow end. Think of the curb as 6" 1/4 pipe.
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I saw a Kickstarte/indigogo or some ad for a metal skateboard curb attachment, on my social media last night, anyone seen that?
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Just got fs slappies down recently, such a fun trick.
I’m not the best at trick tips, but here’s some stuff that made the process of getting them a bit easier for me:
- A big issue I had was when I would get on the curb and be grinding I’d have trouble getting out of them properly. When I first started trying them I kept my feet over the front and back bolts to ensure that I wouldn’t accidentally pop an ollie on to the curb since it was such a force of habit for me. But the one issue was once I got on to the grind my feet were still over the bolts, making it hard to get off unless I could move my back foot back a bit super quick, which most cases I couldn’t cuz it was all happening so fast. Solution? Just put your foot a bit more back in the pocket of the tail instead of over the back bolts when you’re about to get on, so when you do get on your feet will already be in position to either ollie out or do a quick lil manual out. You just got to tell yourself not to pop when you’re about to get on the curb, which can be a hard habit to break at first if you’re so used to ollieing into 5050s on curbs like I was.
- When I was first doing it, it worked best when I jammed the front truck into it as hard as I can to ensure it gets on, and then as I’m shifting the back truck into the curb I make my back foot weightless so the back truck kinda just glides in from there, if you’re heavy footed on your back foot the back truck is gonna have a hard time gliding on to the curb and you’re just gonna end up Willy grinding.
- My last bit of advice, it’s best to learn them on either a shorter curb or a curb with a slight slant to it. If you try it on a really tall curb that is straight vertical it might make getting on a more grueling process. Make sure not to find a curb that’s too slanted or banked though, you don’t want to be straight up cheating when you’re learning lol, one with just a slight slant will do.
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I can fs grind and bs crook all fucking day long but the bs grind eludes me. I feel like I'm going to die every time I attempt it.
I can do plenty of fs slappy tricks like 50, front tail, and feeble, but anytime I try to do a bs slappy I feel like it's my first time ever doing them. The only bs curb trick I got is the basic noseslide. I'm trying to get comfortable ollieing bs into curbs, then try to ollie to 5050 and eventually start doing bs slappys once I get the hang of bs grinds.
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I saw a Kickstarte/indigogo or some ad for a metal skateboard curb attachment, on my social media last night, anyone seen that?
saw that. it looks like its catered more to kids and less to anyone who wants a makeshift slappy curb. IIRC, theres not a single slappy in the promo video i saw.
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I’m having wheel madness.
Can’t decide on which shape or size as there so many pros and cons and different fits for different curbs. Tempted to try 99 f4 og classics, anyone here recommend them for slapping?
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I’m having wheel madness.
Can’t decide on which shape or size as there so many pros and cons and different fits for different curbs. Tempted to try 99 f4 og classics, anyone here recommend them for slapping?
Square shapes the only way. I got some bones spf v5?s that i love
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Just got fs slappies down recently, such a fun trick.
I’m not the best at trick tips, but here’s some stuff that made the process of getting them a bit easier for me:
- A big issue I had was when I would get on the curb and be grinding I’d have trouble getting out of them properly. When I first started trying them I kept my feet over the front and back bolts to ensure that I wouldn’t accidentally pop an ollie on to the curb since it was such a force of habit for me. But the one issue was once I got on to the grind my feet were still over the bolts, making it hard to get off unless I could move my back foot back a bit super quick, which most cases I couldn’t cuz it was all happening so fast. Solution? Just put your foot a bit more back in the pocket of the tail instead of over the back bolts when you’re about to get on, so when you do get on your feet will already be in position to either ollie out or do a quick lil manual out. You just got to tell yourself not to pop when you’re about to get on the curb, which can be a hard habit to break at first if you’re so used to ollieing into 5050s on curbs like I was.
- When I was first doing it, it worked best when I jammed the front truck into it as hard as I can to ensure it gets on, and then as I’m shifting the back truck into the curb I make my back foot weightless so the back truck kinda just glides in from there, if you’re heavy footed on your back foot the back truck is gonna have a hard time gliding on to the curb and you’re just gonna end up Willy grinding.
- My last bit of advice, it’s best to learn them on either a shorter curb or a curb with a slight slant to it. If you try it on a really tall curb that is straight vertical it might make getting on a more grueling process. Make sure not to find a curb that’s too slanted or banked though, you don’t want to be straight up cheating when you’re learning lol, one with just a slight slant will do.
I always find it helps having your feet as far apart as possible, like right on the nose and tail like you would for a wallride-nollie or slappy nosestall, then just slam it in there. Carving in helps loads too.
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I always find it helps having your feet as far apart as possible, like right on the nose and tail like you would for a wallride-nollie or slappy nosestall, then just slam it in there. Carving in helps loads too.
biggest trick tip i could give, i see them as highly exaggerated axel stalls at high speed
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I saw a Kickstarte/indigogo or some ad for a metal skateboard curb attachment, on my social media last night, anyone seen that?
saw that. it looks like its catered more to kids and less to anyone who wants a makeshift slappy curb. IIRC, theres not a single slappy in the promo video i saw.
Yeah seen that, threw up in my mouth. I'd say it's probably catered to people who have no fuckin clue what they're doing rather than just kids.
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I saw a Kickstarte/indigogo or some ad for a metal skateboard curb attachment, on my social media last night, anyone seen that?
saw that. it looks like its catered more to kids and less to anyone who wants a makeshift slappy curb. IIRC, theres not a single slappy in the promo video i saw.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CTkU1mCl9Zj/
Someone genuinely said 'best invention ever!' in the comments, wait til this guy here's about wax
Edit: just occurred to me this might actually be a sophisticated, covert attempt to stop skaters scuffing up curbs
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anyone have more insights into backside slappies? i can frontside 50, smith, noseslide, etc like a champ, but everything backside doesn't work at all for me. i've been working on backside noseslides and can get those to kinda work, but backside 50s and crooks will not go.. supposedly those two are the easiest backside ones to learn so i'm starting with those.
I always end up in willy for backside 50s and i cant get into the crooks at all. any tips would be great.
I feel like there's a major part of Slappy technique nobody ever mentions and I refuse to believe I'm the only person who knows about it. It works for frontside and backside and you don't have to have a massive runup or come in on some stupid perpendicular angle.
Basically roll at the curb backside at the last second lean on your toes and let your heel side wheels ride up and get onto of the curb. The second you feel your axles are grinding press down on your heels and level the board out.
For frontside do the opposite so go heel to toe.
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I saw a Kickstarte/indigogo or some ad for a metal skateboard curb attachment, on my social media last night, anyone seen that?
saw that. it looks like its catered more to kids and less to anyone who wants a makeshift slappy curb. IIRC, theres not a single slappy in the promo video i saw.
Someone genuinely said 'best invention ever!' in the comments, wait til this guy here's about wax
Edit: just occurred to me this might actually be a sophisticated, covert attempt to stop skaters scuffing up curbs
Fuck it imma grab the downspout off the side of my house and make a curb condom
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I saw a Kickstarte/indigogo or some ad for a metal skateboard curb attachment, on my social media last night, anyone seen that?
saw that. it looks like its catered more to kids and less to anyone who wants a makeshift slappy curb. IIRC, theres not a single slappy in the promo video i saw.
Someone genuinely said 'best invention ever!' in the comments, wait til this guy here's about wax
Edit: just occurred to me this might actually be a sophisticated, covert attempt to stop skaters scuffing up curbs
awesome it eliminates every single fun feeling about doing a slappy and will probably cost like $200
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I saw a Kickstarte/indigogo or some ad for a metal skateboard curb attachment, on my social media last night, anyone seen that?
saw that. it looks like its catered more to kids and less to anyone who wants a makeshift slappy curb. IIRC, theres not a single slappy in the promo video i saw.
Someone genuinely said 'best invention ever!' in the comments, wait til this guy here's about wax
Edit: just occurred to me this might actually be a sophisticated, covert attempt to stop skaters scuffing up curbs
Fuck it imma grab the downspout off the side of my house and make a curb condom
There was some bullshit "ledge cover" being sold a few years back...probably from the same dudes. If I wanted to skate a metal or fiberglass ledge/curb I'll hit a skatepark fool
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Imagine carrying this thing to your local bus stop or supermarket car park… a.w.k.w.a.r.d.
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if you're a little kid, or a parent, or a renter, and you want to have a little curb action right outside your house without screwing up the actual concrete I could see this being appealing
not that i would ever buy it
i guarantee a rub brick and a can of lacquer is way cheaper... and a lot more fun
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http://youtu.be/x0eZq_8q53g
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if you're a little kid, or a parent, or a renter, and you want to have a little curb action right outside your house without screwing up the actual concrete I could see this being appealing
not that i would ever buy it
i guarantee a rub brick and a can of lacquer is way cheaper... and a lot more fun
rub brick + spray lacquer can also land you a pretty heavy fine and heat out the spot lol just be careful. its also a decent amount of work. but yeah it is a lot more fun, i much prefer the feeling of putting trucks on concrete vs. metal.
idk i could actually use something like this i guess in the sense I really cant be going around fucking up the curbs in my condo complex but it has really nice ground. id say close 99% of the ground in my village is pretty shit compared to the ground in my complex. but i just found a skid with a sheet of plywood nailed to it from work 5' x 3' long and i planned on attaching some angle iron to it but never got around to buying the angle iron. i might skate a little bit more in front of my house if i had it, but i dont think i am missing out on much. that new ledge i did is close enough i can just go there.
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It's all about choosing the right curb, or the one with the best ground and low bust factor.
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Speaking of slappies, does Jason Adams still skate? He was pretty good at those
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I’m having wheel madness.
Can’t decide on which shape or size as there so many pros and cons and different fits for different curbs. Tempted to try 99 f4 og classics, anyone here recommend them for slapping?
Square shapes the only way. I got some bones spf v5?s that i love
Been back and forth on 99a f4 Spit tablets and 99a stf V5s and 97a spit conical fulls, prefer the V5s over tablets for sure (opposite for skating angle iron). What size do you prefer?
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I’m having wheel madness.
Can’t decide on which shape or size as there so many pros and cons and different fits for different curbs. Tempted to try 99 f4 og classics, anyone here recommend them for slapping?
in theory you would think a Spit classic shape in a larger size would be best but i honestly dont think it matters. I tell no difference between the 53 tablets i strictly skate now vs classics in the past.
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I’m having wheel madness.
Can’t decide on which shape or size as there so many pros and cons and different fits for different curbs. Tempted to try 99 f4 og classics, anyone here recommend them for slapping?
in theory you would think a Spit classic shape in a larger size would be best but i honestly dont think it matters. I tell no difference between the 53 tablets i strictly skate now vs classics in the past.
On some curbs, with spit classics (53) I roll off due to the shape, same curbs with 53/54 tablets, I don't. getting onto curbs with classics is certainly easier, they just roll up; I tend to have really unstable/sloppy grinds with classics and 159+ trucks.
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I saw a Kickstarte/indigogo or some ad for a metal skateboard curb attachment, on my social media last night, anyone seen that?
Is it one of those Blunt Steel thing? I have thought very seriously about buying one. I can imagine rolling into a dry parking garage this winter and getting many hours of fun from such a thing.
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if you're a little kid, or a parent, or a renter, and you want to have a little curb action right outside your house without screwing up the actual concrete I could see this being appealing
not that i would ever buy it
i guarantee a rub brick and a can of lacquer is way cheaper... and a lot more fun
rub brick + spray lacquer can also land you a pretty heavy fine and heat out the spot lol just be careful. its also a decent amount of work. but yeah it is a lot more fun, i much prefer the feeling of putting trucks on concrete vs. metal.
idk i could actually use something like this i guess in the sense I really cant be going around fucking up the curbs in my condo complex but it has really nice ground. id say close 99% of the ground in my village is pretty shit compared to the ground in my complex. but i just found a skid with a sheet of plywood nailed to it from work 5' x 3' long and i planned on attaching some angle iron to it but never got around to buying the angle iron. i might skate a little bit more in front of my house if i had it, but i dont think i am missing out on much. that new ledge i did is close enough i can just go there.
That's exactly how I imagine it will be used - places where it's bad form or potentially illegal/violating your HOA agreement to spray and lacquer a curb. Frankly this thing would have been a game changer growing up on my block.
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I’m having wheel madness.
Can’t decide on which shape or size as there so many pros and cons and different fits for different curbs. Tempted to try 99 f4 og classics, anyone here recommend them for slapping?
here's my devil-on-your-shoulder answer:
just try 'em all
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I saw a Kickstarte/indigogo or some ad for a metal skateboard curb attachment, on my social media last night, anyone seen that?
saw that. it looks like its catered more to kids and less to anyone who wants a makeshift slappy curb. IIRC, theres not a single slappy in the promo video i saw.
lmao pretty much
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Found a curb behind the Starbucks on my campus near the dumpsters. It's coated in this thick ass super-smooth red paint.
The first time I stumbled across it I didn't have any wax on me but had a full-on session with all the grinds and slides etc. The second time I brought wax and I have never skated something so buttery in my life, park or street.
Perfectly rounded but not too rounded. Starbucks workers gave me a thumbs up. Lookin good so far just hope the one rude security guard doesn't harass me.
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I’m having wheel madness.
Can’t decide on which shape or size as there so many pros and cons and different fits for different curbs. Tempted to try 99 f4 og classics, anyone here recommend them for slapping?
I can. I ride 53/99 f4 classics for everything(except crust). Perfectly fine for slaps fo me. Although to be honest I ride 56 plain janes on my roll around town board and they’re fine for them as well.
So short answer, it really doesn’t matter the size/ shape really.
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I’m having wheel madness.
Can’t decide on which shape or size as there so many pros and cons and different fits for different curbs. Tempted to try 99 f4 og classics, anyone here recommend them for slapping?
I can. I ride 53/99 f4 classics for everything(except crust). Perfectly fine for slaps fo me. Although to be honest I ride 56 plain janes on my roll around town board and they’re fine for them as well.
So short answer, it really doesn’t matter the size/ shape really.
OG classics?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssLwf1Esiys
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There’s a ditch in my new neighborhood with some parking blocks installed at the top of the banks in a few spots. I can’t skate the damn things for shit.
Bank-to-curb is a common enough setup, I think, but I’ve never skated one before. This is also my first time really skating a ditch. Tricks that come easy as hell on a normal parking block are much harder when I’m already extended from trying to pump all the way up a ditch bank.
What’s the answer? My current plan is to practice pumping it side to side until I can go fast as shit and hold more speed comfortably. Then I think I’ll still be loose enough to slappy properly at the top instead of having my legs all extended from pumping up the bank.
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There’s a ditch in my new neighborhood with some parking blocks installed at the top of the banks in a few spots. I can’t skate the damn things for shit.
Bank-to-curb is a common enough setup, I think, but I’ve never skated one before. This is also my first time really skating a ditch. Tricks that come easy as hell on a normal parking block are much harder when I’m already extended from trying to pump all the way up a ditch bank.
What’s the answer? My current plan is to practice pumping it side to side until I can go fast as shit and hold more speed comfortably. Then I think I’ll still be loose enough to slappy properly at the top instead of having my legs all extended from pumping up the bank.
Start with Rock and Rolls, axle stalls, to get your speed and angles right, then move into boardslides and grinds.
Also, HAUL ASS! Ditches are so fucking fun.
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Found a curb behind the Starbucks on my campus near the dumpsters. It's coated in this thick ass super-smooth red paint.
The first time I stumbled across it I didn't have any wax on me but had a full-on session with all the grinds and slides etc. The second time I brought wax and I have never skated something so buttery in my life, park or street.
Perfectly rounded but not too rounded. Starbucks workers gave me a thumbs up. Lookin good so far just hope the one rude security guard doesn't harass me.
Sounds like my dream scenario.
Used to have a smooth red curb like a five minute skate from my moms house in the parking lot of a Walgreens. Back when I used to live there I used to hit it all the time.
The apartment I live in now has no decent red curbs near me at all though unfortunately. Well, there’s one, but security will kick you out after like two tricks. Oh what I would do to have a smooth red curb near my pad to skate again that isn’t a bust, I’d probably rarely skate anywhere else ever again.
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I’m having wheel madness.
Can’t decide on which shape or size as there so many pros and cons and different fits for different curbs. Tempted to try 99 f4 og classics, anyone here recommend them for slapping?
I can. I ride 53/99 f4 classics for everything(except crust). Perfectly fine for slaps fo me. Although to be honest I ride 56 plain janes on my roll around town board and they’re fine for them as well.
So short answer, it really doesn’t matter the size/ shape really.
OG classics?
Sorry I saw f4 classic. But yes I have. Not since like 96 or 97 though.
(https://i.postimg.cc/XqbZSxdd/32-D18-DB8-7-E28-4554-ACF3-EE87485-A08-BB.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/LYx4jty8)
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There’s a ditch in my new neighborhood with some parking blocks installed at the top of the banks in a few spots. I can’t skate the damn things for shit.
Bank-to-curb is a common enough setup, I think, but I’ve never skated one before. This is also my first time really skating a ditch. Tricks that come easy as hell on a normal parking block are much harder when I’m already extended from trying to pump all the way up a ditch bank.
What’s the answer? My current plan is to practice pumping it side to side until I can go fast as shit and hold more speed comfortably. Then I think I’ll still be loose enough to slappy properly at the top instead of having my legs all extended from pumping up the bank.
the new park in town has a bank to curb and it eludes me. i see dudes hit it so easily and comfortably but any time i try i get spooked. probably doesn't help that the bank is at a slightly steep incline. coming off the curb back into the bank spooks me
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There’s a ditch in my new neighborhood with some parking blocks installed at the top of the banks in a few spots. I can’t skate the damn things for shit.
Bank-to-curb is a common enough setup, I think, but I’ve never skated one before. This is also my first time really skating a ditch. Tricks that come easy as hell on a normal parking block are much harder when I’m already extended from trying to pump all the way up a ditch bank.
What’s the answer? My current plan is to practice pumping it side to side until I can go fast as shit and hold more speed comfortably. Then I think I’ll still be loose enough to slappy properly at the top instead of having my legs all extended from pumping up the bank.
the new park in town has a bank to curb and it eludes me. i see dudes hit it so easily and comfortably but any time i try i get spooked. probably doesn't help that the bank is at a slightly steep incline. coming off the curb back into the bank spooks me
shits not free man, you have every reason to be scared of it. you can get lit up badly on a spot like that. take it 1 step at a time like just set your board up in the 5050 first and try and pop in just like that. if thats too scary just start from tail stall etc. work your way up to it. i always liekd doing even rock > 180 on it to get used to it (that is the first trick i did on the infamous SkyDome bank to curb in Toronto before trying front 5050. RIP but yeah that spot was very steep + hard to skate)
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There’s a ditch in my new neighborhood with some parking blocks installed at the top of the banks in a few spots. I can’t skate the damn things for shit.
Bank-to-curb is a common enough setup, I think, but I’ve never skated one before. This is also my first time really skating a ditch. Tricks that come easy as hell on a normal parking block are much harder when I’m already extended from trying to pump all the way up a ditch bank.
What’s the answer? My current plan is to practice pumping it side to side until I can go fast as shit and hold more speed comfortably. Then I think I’ll still be loose enough to slappy properly at the top instead of having my legs all extended from pumping up the bank.
the new park in town has a bank to curb and it eludes me. i see dudes hit it so easily and comfortably but any time i try i get spooked. probably doesn't help that the bank is at a slightly steep incline. coming off the curb back into the bank spooks me
shits not free man, you have every reason to be scared of it. you can get lit up badly on a spot like that. take it 1 step at a time like just set your board up in the 5050 first and try and pop in just like that. if thats too scary just start from tail stall etc. work your way up to it. i always liekd doing even rock > 180 on it to get used to it (that is the first trick i did on the infamous SkyDome bank to curb in Toronto before trying front 5050. RIP but yeah that spot was very steep + hard to skate)
(https://farm2.static.flickr.com/1262/756983329_cfbb48bfce.jpg)
Yeah now that I’m having this convo I remember I have skated one bank to curb, at North Hollywood skatepark in LA. It was pretty easy actually but it’s a small mellow bank with smooth ground and a pristine parking block. Totally different than a proper ditch, or even a gnarly skatepark. Now I’m at a filthy Texas ditch that’s like 6 feet tall and has crumbly bits of concrete and trash everywhere, cracks galore, and weeds growing through to boot. Holding speed on something like that is pretty gnarly. Someone poured new concrete details on a few of the obstacles just in the past month or so, which is interesting. Maybe if I yank out weeds and bondo some cracks…
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Since front slaps seem to be elusive for some people, here's the exact words my friend told me that made them start clicking.
"Try to powerslide up the curb"
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Since front slaps seem to be elusive for some people, here's the exact words my friend told me that made them start clicking.
"Try to powerslide up the curb"
A lot of people have found this tip helpful but I have personally found it counterintuitive lol. When I heard this for the first time I started trying to literally powerslide up the curb and ended up repeatedly bashing the side of my board into the curb and wearing down the axle on one side of that set of trucks. What I think people mean when they say "powerslide up the curb" is imitate the little jump one makes when they powerslide to relieve the weight load on the wheels and allow them to slide sideways.
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I ride classic Spitfire 53mm. No problems getting up on bs slaps and I just sorta learned fs slaps too. My attack was just going straight into the curb and doing a light carve/powerslide. I made sure my front foot was weightless (well as much as I could make it) and as soon as I saw my front truck was on and my shoulders started to be parallel with the curb my back got on and I was grinding with both feet on bolts.
I think the weight distribution is key along with figuring out if you want carve into it or just straight bash the thing.
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Since front slaps seem to be elusive for some people, here's the exact words my friend told me that made them start clicking.
"Try to powerslide up the curb"
This is how I managed to get on the parking block I set up in my driveway. Feels weird as fuck and definitely not the smooth steezed way to do it, but it gets you up there. Powerslide at the curb and rock back just a tad then rock forward.
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Got backside and frontside slappies on lock now, any suggestion on which slappy to learn next? I’ve been trying frontside smith but I always end up gaining traction and rolling off the curb.
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Got backside and frontside slappies on lock now, any suggestion on which slappy to learn next? I’ve been trying frontside smith but I always end up gaining traction and rolling off the curb.
Switch fs and bs
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Got backside and frontside slappies on lock now, any suggestion on which slappy to learn next? I’ve been trying frontside smith but I always end up gaining traction and rolling off the curb.
For me the next ones were back crook and boardslide to hurricane (if you have a long enough parking block/double sided curb). Slappy 50 to 180 off is another fun one. Also boardslide to smith and boardslide to 5-0.
Still working on all of these. I’ve landed most at least once or twice, some more than that, but they’re all inconsistent at best, and some I can only get on one particularly well-suited curb but nowhere else.
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Crook, backside feeble, Doing variations of crooks, crook shuv, crook to fakie...
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Slappy crooks are one that everything thinks is super cool and hard but I assure you is one of the easiest tricks you can do
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Have both tablets and classics, classics have the upper hand. Round shape is perfect.
Feet over the bolts, come in hot on angle. Think frontside grind on a mini. Having feet over bolts can naturally help the trucks bonk.
Best feeling trick. Faster the better.
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Slappy crooks are one that everything thinks is super cool and hard but I assure you is one of the easiest tricks you can do
I'm still recovering from ACL recon on my front leg, and I'm terrified of crashing into the curb for a crooked grind... I know in my head that there's no real difference from any other slappy but damn I already know that trick is gonna be a challenge for me.
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Slappy crooks are one that everything thinks is super cool and hard but I assure you is one of the easiest tricks you can do
easiest slappy trick to get into, hardest to get out of, unless you go to fakie
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Random somewhat slappy related dumb question. Can a regular brick be used to prime a curb, rather than a rub brick? I have some laying around the yard and don’t wanna spend $20 on a rub brick.
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Random somewhat slappy related dumb question. Can a regular brick be used to prime a curb, rather than a rub brick? I have some laying around the yard and don’t wanna spend $20 on a rub brick.
yes but it is much harder on your hands and takes a lot more work to achieve the same effect, also a lot messier to sweep up . rub brick with handle is just easy to use butyou could probably use a stone tbh and it would work a rub brick is just the most ideal thing besides a grinder with a diamond cup wheel as far as i have researched. rub brick is more aggressive than a normal brick. and evne a rub brick with handle can be hard on your hands after doing a full ledge solo
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i used a regular brick it just takes more elbow grease but turned out fine
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On the Classics vs. Tablet issue I will weigh in: I was turning my left side Tablets into Classics (rounding off the edges) from a lot of backside slappies. I got a set of Classics when the Tablets were done. They good!
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i feel sorry for they guy asking about the OG Classics and everyone thinking he means Classics.. it's not the same.
i read you have had tablets, so maybe seeing them side by side can help you make up your mind.
left are 55mm OG Classics / right are 54mm Tablets
(https://i.postimg.cc/Y0CgRzZX/wheels1.png)
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they are just as square on the edges, only the OG classics are slightly wider covering the nut a little more. might save you some wear on the nut from missed slappys. your hanger might feel a tiny bit shorter too.
other than that i can't imagine or feel any distinct diffrence. they roll up and lock in the same for me.
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Shit yeah, didnt see “OG Classics”. Huge difference from Classics.
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i feel sorry for they guy asking about the OG Classics and everyone thinking he means Classics.. it's not the same
Oh shit. I completely forgot about that shape. Was thinking the old formula. Sorry @Xen!
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i feel sorry for they guy asking about the OG Classics and everyone thinking he means Classics.. it's not the same.
i read you have had tablets, so maybe seeing them side by side can help you make up your mind.
left are 55mm OG Classics / right are 54mm Tablets
(https://i.postimg.cc/Y0CgRzZX/wheels1.png)
(https://i.postimg.cc/L5QPbZMm/wheels2.png)
they are just as square on the edges, only the OG classics are slightly wider covering the nut a little more. might save you some wear on the nut from missed slappys. your hanger might feel a tiny bit shorter too.
other than that i can't imagine or feel any distinct diffrence. they roll up and lock in the same for me.
G’nard
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I've been able to front side slappy easily and sometimes hold a 5-0 or tweak it into a Smith but that's all I've been able to learn in my years of slappies. I can't for the life of me figure out how to do anything backside, let alone just get into a backside grind. Which is weird because on coping I'm backside all day and am too scared to do anything frontside beyond a fs slash.
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Slappy crooks are one that everything thinks is super cool and hard but I assure you is one of the easiest tricks you can do
i think it depends on the curb to be honest. if its a but higher, with no slant whatsoever, definitely not the case.
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Anything beyond 50/50 slappies seems super scary to me.
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https://imgur.com/gallery/ymO79MC
Been showing this curb a lot of love on the way home from work. I hit it with a coat of laquer and wax every sesh. The grounds pretty crusty and it’s downhill but really fun
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Repainted mine a while back. Looked good, but seemed tacky forever. Used oil based paint, maybe used too much or wrong kind. Good now though.(https://i.ibb.co/Mfp8Ff9/Resized-20210905-181717.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Mfp8Ff9)html image hosting (https://imgbb.com/)
(https://i.ibb.co/0mF1750/Resized-20210905-181924.jpg) (https://ibb.co/0mF1750)
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Anything beyond 50/50 slappies seems super scary to me.
If you can slappy 50 you can slappy Smith for sure. Give it a shot it's not hard to get into but it's pretty hard to hold imo
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Anything beyond 50/50 slappies seems super scary to me.
If you can slappy 50 you can slappy Smith for sure. Give it a shot it's not hard to get into but it's pretty hard to hold imo
If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.
On the real, I'm comfortable doing BS slappies and started trying BS 5-0 slaps. It's weird, but the mechanics aren't too far off.
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Anything beyond 50/50 slappies seems super scary to me.
If you can slappy 50 you can slappy Smith for sure. Give it a shot it's not hard to get into but it's pretty hard to hold imo
If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball.
On the real, I'm comfortable doing BS slappies and started trying BS 5-0 slaps. It's weird, but the mechanics aren't too far off.
I can get into slappy nosegrinds but they’re super hard to get out of for me. Slappy 5-0s scare me lol. I think 5050, 5-0, nosegrind, and smith aren’t too far removed from each other
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To me feebles and hurricanes on curbs put a massive smile on my face. Simple but amazing feeling tricks. Especially if you’re going fast. Man I’ve had some gnarly slaps on the very low impact lovely addictive things
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My everyday spot is a low, slightly banked curb. I can do a bunch of slappy variations on it, frontside and backside and I was feeling pretty good about my slappy game.
Been staying in my wife's home town and the main spot I've been skating has a flat, tall curb. Tall enough that it's on the line between low ledge and tall curb. Turns out my slappy game isn't all that.
Been giving it a red hot crack though, backside slappy is finally getting consistent and knocked out my first frontside slappy today. Whole new ballgame off the training curbs....
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What is consensus on truck tightness? Medium or deawon loose?
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What is consensus on truck tightness? Medium or deawon loose?
You can slappy on either.
Super tight can help you raise your toeside or heelside wheels onto the curb. But makes carving in harder.
Loose helps the carve in, and can let the front trucks bounce up onto the curb.
Since slappies are low-impact, hug-the-ground type shit, I like the sensation of turning, carving, and slashing, so mine are on the medium loose end.
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Repainted mine a while back. Looked good, but seemed tacky forever. Used oil based paint, maybe used too much or wrong kind. Good now though.(https://i.ibb.co/Mfp8Ff9/Resized-20210905-181717.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Mfp8Ff9)html image hosting (https://imgbb.com/)
(https://i.ibb.co/0mF1750/Resized-20210905-181924.jpg) (https://ibb.co/0mF1750)
lordy...extend the paint job to line up with the furthest parking line and then hit a NO PARKING stencil with black paint
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The trick, at least to frontside slappies (which i'm still not good at) is keeping you feet over the bolts. At least it seems to help me. And ride up to the curb at a strong degree like a 45 degree which has been discussed.
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The trick, at least to frontside slappies (which i'm still not good at) is keeping you feet over the bolts. At least it seems to help me. And ride up to the curb at a strong degree like a 45 degree which has been discussed.
Speed, 45 degree angle, if you’re going frontside your front truck does all the work. I think it was easier learning how to skate pool coping first
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OK, one more time
CUCKTARD’S ALL-INCLUSIVE INSTRUCTIONS FOR FRONTSIDE AND BACKSIDE SLAPPIES
Take photos now, or copy-paste somewhere on your phone for reference when your at your preferred slutty and slick curb.
1- HANG YOUR FEET OFF.
You are going to turn hard and help those wheels up onto the curb, so if you are going backside, hang your toes off more than usual. If your going frontside, hang your heels off.
Also, for beginners, have your front foot over the front bolts, right up against the curve of the nose.
The back foot is on wherever, but maybe not on the end of the tail. You’re not going to lift the nose.
2- GO STRAIGHT AT THE CURB (or almost straight)
This is just for the beginners. After you get the hang of it and your confidence increases, you can go at a lower angle. But going head-on into the curb will help you get onto it, so have your bodily mass heading into it.
3- CARVE
About a meter/yard before you hit, carve hard into the direction you wanna get on. Your board should be between 70-45 degrees to the curb at time of impact. Your body weight should be well inside the turn, and you should be cranking down hard on those toes or heels.
3- DON’T SLAM THE BOARD
This is the most important point. And one that people make the most mistakes with. Slappies are actually kinda delicate, and a pretty smooth feeling trick once you understand this point.
As your front wheels hit the curb, you have to lighten your front foot, like when you nollie bump a crack in the pavement. You let the board bump up onto the curb, and then do the same with your back foot, as you push it into place. It’s a very quick and subtle unweighting of front foot-back foot.
You never straight-leg slam the board into the curb.
****if you don’t twist enough into the turn, your back wheels won’t bump up. You have to twist your body so that your shoulders and hips are in line with the curb. This is usually easier frontside (probably because fs grinds on as a mini are like this, but with bs you can stay open to the coping). On a slappy, you gotta fully turn your whole body so that the back wheel gets on****
4- GET IN THE BACKSEAT
With your front foot so far forward, you may find yourself weighting the front truck so much that it catches on the grind.
As you get that back truck on, scoot the whole board forward underneath you, get your weight back of center, and grind
5-ENJOY THE RIDE, DISMOUNT IN YOUR PREFERRED STYLE, AND UTTER “PRAISE BE TO LUCERO”
5 star info..tq
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My everyday spot is a low, slightly banked curb. I can do a bunch of slappy variations on it, frontside and backside and I was feeling pretty good about my slappy game.
Been staying in my wife's home town and the main spot I've been skating has a flat, tall curb. Tall enough that it's on the line between low ledge and tall curb. Turns out my slappy game isn't all that.
Been giving it a red hot crack though, backside slappy is finally getting consistent and knocked out my first frontside slappy today. Whole new ballgame off the training curbs....
It’s because you’re used to your curbs. I’ve gone to other spots/quick park and slappys but, once you get used to a spot, it takes time to adjust to the new curb because of it’s size and shape.
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My everyday spot is a low, slightly banked curb. I can do a bunch of slappy variations on it, frontside and backside and I was feeling pretty good about my slappy game.
Been staying in my wife's home town and the main spot I've been skating has a flat, tall curb. Tall enough that it's on the line between low ledge and tall curb. Turns out my slappy game isn't all that.
Been giving it a red hot crack though, backside slappy is finally getting consistent and knocked out my first frontside slappy today. Whole new ballgame off the training curbs....
It’s because you’re used to your curbs. I’ve gone to other spots/quick park and slappys but, once you get used to a spot, it takes time to adjust to the new curb because of it’s size and shape.
my local is a tall curb. whenever i go to other curbs i overshoot my back truck half the time. and then when i go back to my local i willy grind the shit out of it. its funny but you're right.
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My everyday spot is a low, slightly banked curb. I can do a bunch of slappy variations on it, frontside and backside and I was feeling pretty good about my slappy game.
Been staying in my wife's home town and the main spot I've been skating has a flat, tall curb. Tall enough that it's on the line between low ledge and tall curb. Turns out my slappy game isn't all that.
Been giving it a red hot crack though, backside slappy is finally getting consistent and knocked out my first frontside slappy today. Whole new ballgame off the training curbs....
It’s because you’re used to your curbs. I’ve gone to other spots/quick park and slappys but, once you get used to a spot, it takes time to adjust to the new curb because of it’s size and shape.
my local is a tall curb. whenever i go to other curbs i overshoot my back truck half the time. and then when i go back to my local i willy grind the shit out of it. its funny but you're right.
Haha true. I losi grind the shit out of small curbs.
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Getting super close to the axle on my trucks, so I went on a mission to hit it yesterday, figuring I’d get there in the deep heelside groove on my rear truck. Turns out I was way closer to the kingpin on the front truck, which started sticking on about 1/2 to 2/3’s of fs slaps. So I tried to go faster to power through, which led to some sketchy, flailing, 50-to-Losi-to-lip slide-flailing makes and misses. Priceless lowbrow entertainment.
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Getting super close to the axle on my trucks, so I went on a mission to hit it yesterday, figuring I’d get there in the deep heelside groove on my rear truck. Turns out I was way closer to the kingpin on the front truck, which started sticking on about 1/2 to 2/3’s of fs slaps. So I tried to go faster to power through, which led to some sketchy, flailing, 50-to-Losi-to-lip slide-flailing makes and misses. Priceless lowbrow entertainment.
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In the recent Indy Trucks video on YouTube, the photographer guy who works for Independent recommends using concrete sealer instead of spray lacquer, which I am now psyched to try since, in many places, all of the sights and sounds associated with spray lacquer scream "CALL THE POLICE".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfW_Rve21Lc
With that said I’ll also note that if you’re in a reasonably secluded spot you can wrap the can up in a towel or something both to disguise the appearance and muffle the sound of a clacking can.
Update after brushing a few curbs with different concrete sealers: the first jug I bought was Behr “wet look” sealer #985, and it worked like a charm. The gallon you get for $30 will be enough to coat tons of curbs. They will get slick af.
Recently I needed a new jug and they didn’t have the same “wet look” sealer so I got the only one they had, Behr #980 silicon based “waterproofer and protecter“. It does NOT work as well. So now I have a gallon of this shit and I wish I had just waited to get the other formula.
Figured I would leave this in the Slap brain trust so others can learn from my mistakes via search button in the future
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In the recent Indy Trucks video on YouTube, the photographer guy who works for Independent recommends using concrete sealer instead of spray lacquer, which I am now psyched to try since, in many places, all of the sights and sounds associated with spray lacquer scream "CALL THE POLICE".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfW_Rve21Lc
With that said I’ll also note that if you’re in a reasonably secluded spot you can wrap the can up in a towel or something both to disguise the appearance and muffle the sound of a clacking can.
Update after brushing a few curbs with different concrete sealers: the first jug I bought was Behr “wet look” sealer #985, and it worked like a charm. The gallon you get for $30 will be enough to coat tons of curbs. They will get slick af.
Recently I needed a new jug and they didn’t have the same “wet look” sealer so I got the only one they had, Behr #980 silicon based “waterproofer and protecter“. It does NOT work as well. So now I have a gallon of this shit and I wish I had just waited to get the other formula.
Figured I would leave this in the Slap brain trust so others can learn from my mistakes via search button in the future
This is vital and important knowledge
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^^^yes! Added to my Home Depot shpooing list. Thanks!
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I learned slappies on low curbs where I can crash into the curb standing on bolts and the setup will automatically be pushed onto the curb. Today I tried a curb that was slightly higher and this method did not work anymore. To get up I had to ever so slightly lift the front foot and put some weight on the back foot. Is that how it‘s done or is this cheating?
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I learned slappies on low curbs where I can crash into the curb standing on bolts and the setup will automatically be pushed onto the curb. Today I tried a curb that was slightly higher and this method did not work anymore. To get up I had to ever so slightly lift the front foot and put some weight on the back foot. Is that how it‘s done or is this cheating?
assume you mean like this? then thats perfectly fine in my book. aslong as you don't tictac onto it and there still the front truck bash. i do think on lower/normal height curbs you can work it out by just doing it more and figuring out timing and weight shifting better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbnss3HAqYg
(edit: not my video)
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I learned slappies on low curbs where I can crash into the curb standing on bolts and the setup will automatically be pushed onto the curb. Today I tried a curb that was slightly higher and this method did not work anymore. To get up I had to ever so slightly lift the front foot and put some weight on the back foot. Is that how it‘s done or is this cheating?
assume you mean like this? then thats perfectly fine in my book. aslong as you don't tictac onto it and there still the front truck bash. i do think on lower/normal height curbs you can work it out by just doing it more and figuring out timing and weight shifting better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbnss3HAqYg
(edit: not my video)
No fam it was way lower than this. :-[
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I learned slappies on low curbs where I can crash into the curb standing on bolts and the setup will automatically be pushed onto the curb. Today I tried a curb that was slightly higher and this method did not work anymore. To get up I had to ever so slightly lift the front foot and put some weight on the back foot. Is that how it‘s done or is this cheating?
The fact that you use the word ‘crash’ makes me think that you might not quite have the feeling of slappies yet.
It’s not a crash at all, it’s a controlled carve where you lighten your feet at the right time to let the board get up onto the curb, and use your feet to guide it.
Ideally you shouldn’t have to lift your front trucks on any reasonably sized curb
If you need advice in technique, there’s lots of it early in the thread
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I learned slappies on low curbs where I can crash into the curb standing on bolts and the setup will automatically be pushed onto the curb. Today I tried a curb that was slightly higher and this method did not work anymore. To get up I had to ever so slightly lift the front foot and put some weight on the back foot. Is that how it‘s done or is this cheating?
The fact that you use the word ‘crash’ makes me think that you might not quite have the feeling of slappies yet.
It’s not a crash at all, it’s a controlled carve where you lighten your feet at the right time to let the board get up onto the curb, and use your feet to guide it.
Ideally you shouldn’t have to lift your front trucks on any reasonably sized curb
If you need advice in technique, there’s lots of it early in the thread
Lighten the feet… hmmm… that‘s what I meant with „lift my foot ever so slightly“ in my post… so it‘s legal. 8)
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👌gotcha. As long as you aren’t actively lifting the front trucks the slappy police won’t say anything
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I learned slappies on low curbs where I can crash into the curb standing on bolts and the setup will automatically be pushed onto the curb. Today I tried a curb that was slightly higher and this method did not work anymore. To get up I had to ever so slightly lift the front foot and put some weight on the back foot. Is that how it‘s done or is this cheating?
assume you mean like this? then thats perfectly fine in my book. aslong as you don't tictac onto it and there still the front truck bash. i do think on lower/normal height curbs you can work it out by just doing it more and figuring out timing and weight shifting better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbnss3HAqYg
(edit: not my video)
haha I was gonna say 'oh shit that's you??', cuz I follow this guy on ig^^
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I learned slappies on low curbs where I can crash into the curb standing on bolts and the setup will automatically be pushed onto the curb. Today I tried a curb that was slightly higher and this method did not work anymore. To get up I had to ever so slightly lift the front foot and put some weight on the back foot. Is that how it‘s done or is this cheating?
assume you mean like this? then thats perfectly fine in my book. aslong as you don't tictac onto it and there still the front truck bash. i do think on lower/normal height curbs you can work it out by just doing it more and figuring out timing and weight shifting better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbnss3HAqYg
(edit: not my video)
haha I was gonna say 'oh shit that's you??', cuz I follow this guy on ig^^
Damn. Those are some tall curbs.
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so you dont press on the tail at all for proper entry?
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when i get one that feels really good my feet are basically over the bolts; people who truly rip slappies can do them practically with their feet together in the dead middle of the board. i cheat a little by using the tail when i need to. depends on the curb, and how well i'm skating on any given day
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What companies besides Boardy cakes and liljawns truly support curb skating?
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What companies besides Boardy cakes and liljawns truly support curb skating?
Heroin has made the Curb Crusher and Curb Killer decks.
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What companies besides Boardy cakes and liljawns truly support curb skating?
Lucero practically invented it. John and Adams have been showcasing slappies since before it was cool.
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What companies besides Boardy cakes and liljawns truly support curb skating?
heroin
blast
searat
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how tf does one “truly support” skating a curb
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Just my hot take:
I think the weird "curb fetish" board thing where people are rocking a shape with 215s, 46mm wheels, and rails is played and distracting. If that is truly your thing, fine, but you don't need all that and it often looks silly.
I really liked that Upper West Side Curb Club video where everyone was running their normal setup and not some specialty curb board.
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Just my hot take:
I think the weird "curb fetish" board thing where people are rocking a shape with 215s, 46mm wheels, and rails is played and distracting. If that is truly your thing, fine, but you don't need all that and it looks silly.
I really liked that Upper West Side Curb Club video where everyone was running their normal setup and not some specialty curb board.
so by that logic, should vert dudes be running 8.38s with 139s and 53mm because a vert setup is played and distracting?
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Just my hot take:
I think the weird "curb fetish" board thing where people are rocking a shape with 215s, 46mm wheels, and rails is played and distracting. If that is truly your thing, fine, but you don't need all that and it looks silly.
I really liked that Upper West Side Curb Club video where everyone was running their normal setup and not some specialty curb board.
so by that logic, should vert dudes be running 8.38s with 139s and 53mm because a vert setup is played and distracting?
indeed a hot take.
Yeah, totally. You got me!
Edit/fun fact: did know that people did slappies long before 10" eggs with 46mm wheels were a thing? Pretty crazy! So weird, but there are several decades of footage of people skating curbs on whatever their normal board was. wild.
Also, I'm so glad you brought up vert. The accessibility and skill level involved is definitely equivocal, and your comparison is really apt and astute.
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curbs and vert: comparable terrain
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I’m definitely “run what ya brung/all setups are curb setups” but big-ass trucks will span double sided curbs where others will not. Tiny wheels aren’t for me, though.
Tepid take: until it affects the availability of gear I prefer, what other people ride is fine by me.
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I agree that it’s somewhat weird and fetishistic to skate a jumbo goofball lil wheel curb setup… but when I see someone doing like a seven trick combo on some 50 foot double sided curb I think it looks pretty fun
Then I imagine trying to get enough speed to do that on some little bearing condom wheels and inevitably catching a rock at some point. Basically I could see myself getting down with everything except the tiny wheels.
But to each their own. It’s all just playing with our favorite toy ¯\_(&#12484;)_/¯
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I ride multiple boards. I have a huge 10.5 Scram punk point board with classic Ace 66s and 53mm 78a wheels with rails. I also have an 8.75 with classic Ace 55s and 55mm 95a wheels with rails. Both for curbs. Wider trucks are good for double sided curbs. Other than that the big board is harder to skate. Some prefer to be challenged by their equipment.
Seeing the Curb Control guys at Costco tells me use a normal board with rails slightly inward from the edge of the board. Moving the rails in gives more tilt. Creager rides a tiny board. They did suggest rails though. So a wooden toy with rails is all you really need. Salba sauce and wax every time too according to the Curb Control guys.
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I try to skate many different types of terrain, and will use boards ranging from 8.5 to 9.5s as a curb setup, but what's wrong with someone who falls in love with a certain type of skating and decides to dedicate their setup to that?
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I try to skate many different types of terrain, and will use any board as a curb setup, but what's wrong with someone who falls in love with a certain type of skating and decides to dedicate their setup to that?
absolutely nothing, complainers=soft, bored e-boys that lift their front truck on a slappy.
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small wheels are ass, there is really no reason to use those shit.
guaranteed you can do a 3 flip or whatever your biggest huck truck is on 60mm wheels, the extra weight is negligable, while the extra speed you gain is super noticeable, and it feels a lot better on shittier ground too if that is something you have to deal with.
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I ride multiple boards. I have a huge 10.5 Scram punk point board with classic Ace 66s and 53mm 78a wheels with rails. I also have an 8.75 with classic Ace 55s and 55mm 95a wheels with rails. Both for curbs. Wider trucks are good for double sided curbs. Other than that the big board is harder to skate. Some prefer to be challenged by their equipment.
Seeing the Curb Control guys at Costco tells me use a normal board with rails slightly inward from the edge of the board. Moving the rails in gives more tilt. Creager rides a tiny board. They did suggest rails though. So a wooden toy with rails is all you really need. Salba sauce and wax every time too according to the Curb Control guys.
This. I bought a 10" SeaRat board (15"WB) and threw that on 215s because I liked watching SeaRat skate that deck. The board itself is great, but I quickly realized that setup is too big for me. I can get on, but it takes a lot more maneuvering and effort. Versus the 8.8 TT (14" WB) John Gardner Creature deck I skate where I feel zippier and can bash into the curb easier.
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I just skate fast and smash curb. Goofy board work for some. Indy go grrrrrrr
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I try to skate many different types of terrain, and will use boards ranging from 8.5 to 9.5s as a curb setup, but what's wrong with someone who falls in love with a certain type of skating and decides to dedicate their setup to that?
If you're genuinely into those setups, nothing. But my personal taste (as someone who skates curbs 90% of the time) is that they look silly and and are unnecessary.
Also, pretty much what @DaleSr said.
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If your board sucks for just skating around because you needed some goofy special gear to skate a curb…
Come on
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Are the dudes that skate those bigger boards doing good shit? And have the people talking shit about it tried it? Skate what works for you, I guess.
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If your board sucks for just skating around because you needed some goofy special gear to skate a curb…
Come on
My thoughts exactly, these 30-40mm wheel dudes may be able to slappy crook to noseslide to crook to noseslide, but are no match to a sidewalk crack
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Are the dudes that skate those bigger boards doing good shit? And have the people talking shit about it tried it? Skate what works for you, I guess.
chico, frank villani, BA, Gonz, it is few and far between though. theres a lot of people riding them not doing jack shit. i dont think it makes much of a difference tbh.
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Are the dudes that skate those bigger boards doing good shit? And have the people talking shit about it tried it? Skate what works for you, I guess.
I have a bigger shaped board—it doesn't help me really with curb skating but it boosts my nostalgia quotient 1,000% percent. A lot of the curb tricks that are my go-to are kinda the same ones i was doing in the early '90s so it makes me feel like a kid again in a weird way to skate those eggs. :D
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skateboarding is supposed to be fun
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I don’t get complaining about slappy set-ups in a slappy thread. If you are filming about have tons of people following you on insta, I’m not going to begrudge someone having a dedicated slappy board.
One thing is, I find big wheels with rounded lips easier for slappies, the best being Ratbones (the lip on the inside of the wheel sucks for variations, tho)
Which is why I think the guys run small wheels, I think it makes the actual slappy harder, but variations and combos easier.
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I ride 149s and I’m already annoyed when my wheels straddle the curbs you find next to grass. 215s with tiny wheels would be that much more aggravating. Also I don’t like hitting rocks. But rails are fun
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I learned slappies on low curbs where I can crash into the curb standing on bolts and the setup will automatically be pushed onto the curb. Today I tried a curb that was slightly higher and this method did not work anymore. To get up I had to ever so slightly lift the front foot and put some weight on the back foot. Is that how it‘s done or is this cheating?
assume you mean like this? then thats perfectly fine in my book. aslong as you don't tictac onto it and there still the front truck bash. i do think on lower/normal height curbs you can work it out by just doing it more and figuring out timing and weight shifting better.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbnss3HAqYg
(edit: not my video)
Farts and lifts his front truck. Mods, please ban.
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I just skate fast and smash curb. Goofy board work for some. Indy go grrrrrrr
This.
Whatever board you’re riding is perfect for them. Pigs? Yes. Popsicle in 7.5? Yes. Anything and everything in between? Yes.
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how tf does one “truly support” skating a curb
There are companies that mainly sponsor vert skaters and make boards that accommodate vert, strictly street companies that don’t even have a rider that skate over a 8.1. Supporting curb skating would be Companies that sponsor curb skaters and support and promote curb skating
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“Why skate there? It’s just curbs with asphalt ground?”
-some 20-something the other day at the skate park when someone asked if he wanted to go to the curb spot.
Curbs aren’t for everyone. Parking lot pimpin, pimpin.
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Whatever board you’re riding is perfect for them. Pigs? Yes. Popsicle in 7.5? Yes. Anything and everything in between? Yes.
what do you think this is? some forum for a toy based on free thought and expression? foh.
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the masculine urge to use a 'normal' setup as a curb rider
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the masculine urge to use a 'normal' setup as a curb rider
Oh stop. If people want to ride their specialty boards then ride them. Some of us just don’t like them. It’s fine either way, really who cares
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did anyone else learn back slappies first, not understand front side, have them click, and completely lose back slappies without lifting the front truck
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did anyone else learn back slappies first, not understand front side, have them click, and completely lose back slappies without lifting the front truck
can do bs slappies fine, fs I have to go at nearly 90 degree angle and much faster. a lot of time front truck slips off halfway thru grind
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did anyone else learn back slappies first, not understand front side, have them click, and completely lose back slappies without lifting the front truck
yes. back slappies which used to be easier, now feel more foreign than front
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was on the hunt for a new spot while i was injured. struck gold here. unreal night vibes. plan on rubbin’ and saucin’ at least 3 more sections and taking care of the cracks.
(https://i.imgur.com/YPRgLg5.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/BxpjA0c.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/eLoMI3a.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/CK5azyY.mp4)
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You're doing the Lord's work streetmeat, looks like such a fun spot. My slappy spot was recently demolished in a revitalization project. Ripskis :'(
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(https://i.imgur.com/CK5azyY.mp4)
Sick spot and sick crook!
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was on the hunt for a new spot while i was injured. struck gold here. unreal night vibes. plan on rubbin’ and saucin’ at least 3 more sections and taking care of the cracks.
(https://i.imgur.com/BxpjA0c.jpg)
Excalibur!
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(https://i.imgur.com/CK5azyY.mp4)
Sick spot and sick crook!
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I ride 149s and I’m already annoyed when my wheels straddle the curbs you find next to grass. 215s with tiny wheels would be that much more aggravating. Also I don’t like hitting rocks. But rails are fun
Yeah, the widest trucks I use are 159 and those are almost too big for my regular slappy spot. Indy 144s with Spitfire Classic wheels actually let me perfectly lock in on all the double-sided curbs in my area.
I did the whole thing with the wide board a few years ago, when I started skating again in earnest, and really learning how to slappy. After a while, I realized that I could do more or less everything I wanted to do just as well or better on an 8.25".
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I ride 149s and I’m already annoyed when my wheels straddle the curbs you find next to grass. 215s with tiny wheels would be that much more aggravating. Also I don’t like hitting rocks. But rails are fun
Yeah, the widest trucks I use are 159 and those are almost too big for my regular slappy spot. Indy 144s with Spitfire Classic wheels actually let me perfectly lock in on all the double-sided curbs in my area.
I did the whole thing with the wide board a few years ago, when I started skating again in earnest, and really learning how to slappy. After a while, I realized that I could do more or less everything I wanted to do just as well or better on an 8.25".
the whole specific ‘curb setup’ board feels so gimmicky. people always ask me if i have a specific curb setup. i can do everything perfectly fine on my standard setup, even with Spit Tablet wheels.
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I ride 149s and I’m already annoyed when my wheels straddle the curbs you find next to grass. 215s with tiny wheels would be that much more aggravating. Also I don’t like hitting rocks. But rails are fun
Yeah, the widest trucks I use are 159 and those are almost too big for my regular slappy spot. Indy 144s with Spitfire Classic wheels actually let me perfectly lock in on all the double-sided curbs in my area.
I did the whole thing with the wide board a few years ago, when I started skating again in earnest, and really learning how to slappy. After a while, I realized that I could do more or less everything I wanted to do just as well or better on an 8.25".
the whole specific ‘curb setup’ board feels so gimmicky. people always ask me if i have a specific curb setup. i can do everything perfectly fine on my standard setup, even with Spit Tablet wheels.
The main issue I have with it is that it doesn't really seem to offer much of an advantage over a fairly conventional skateboard. I honestly don't really understand how it came to be accepted wisdom that you need a special deck with special wheels and extra-wide trucks for this kind of thing, but ultimately I don't care and I think most people just enjoy assembling and possessing unique skateboards, which is fine.
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I can do slappies with a regular 8 popsicle with 50mm wheels, but when it comes to trying new variations or just learning the basics, my curb specific setups helped me immensely for whatever reasons.
Mentally or for confidence, it helps me get to where I want to go. I'm not going to knock anyone else that needs that, too.
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was on the hunt for a new spot while i was injured. struck gold here. unreal night vibes. plan on rubbin’ and saucin’ at least 3 more sections and taking care of the cracks.
(https://i.imgur.com/YPRgLg5.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/BxpjA0c.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/eLoMI3a.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/CK5azyY.mp4)
SPLOOSH!
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I ride 149s and I’m already annoyed when my wheels straddle the curbs you find next to grass. 215s with tiny wheels would be that much more aggravating. Also I don’t like hitting rocks. But rails are fun
Yeah, the widest trucks I use are 159 and those are almost too big for my regular slappy spot. Indy 144s with Spitfire Classic wheels actually let me perfectly lock in on all the double-sided curbs in my area.
I did the whole thing with the wide board a few years ago, when I started skating again in earnest, and really learning how to slappy. After a while, I realized that I could do more or less everything I wanted to do just as well or better on an 8.25".
the whole specific ‘curb setup’ board feels so gimmicky. people always ask me if i have a specific curb setup. i can do everything perfectly fine on my standard setup, even with Spit Tablet wheels.
The main issue I have with it is that it doesn't really seem to offer much of an advantage over a fairly conventional skateboard. I honestly don't really understand how it came to be accepted wisdom that you need a special deck with special wheels and extra-wide trucks for this kind of thing, but ultimately I don't care and I think most people just enjoy assembling and possessing unique skateboards, which is fine.
I think you’ve found the answer- setting up boards is fun. I wish I had reasons to do it more often but I can’t justify it for myself.
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My best "slappy setup" in terms of consistency was 55mm Formula Four classics on Venture 5.8s. I fucked hated it for everything but that. I think the big boards are cool and would never question someone skating one for slappys. My Ace 55s are a lot more fun at the curb spot, even if I get tossed trying nose grinds
I think maybe the animosity people have to the "slappy setup" is that it's corny. Once I could stand on a frontside one on my indy 149s I thought "well, I could do this on anything"
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I set up a cruiser/slappy board for fun, but I pull out my normal set up just as often. Either way, I’m having a good session.
Also, I just hit axle for the first time on my trucks. Pretty proud. Not switching them out, they’re perfectly grooved right now.
(https://i.ibb.co/Z17TvG1/333372-C2-2-C67-4-E39-8-BE2-6-AD4835-F2-CEF.jpg) (https://ibb.co/Z17TvG1)
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I can do slappies with a regular 8 popsicle with 50mm wheels, but when it comes to trying new variations or just learning the basics, my curb specific setups helped me immensely for whatever reasons.
Mentally or for confidence, it helps me get to where I want to go. I'm not going to knock anyone else that needs that, too.
I set up a big old cruiser a month or so ago and only skated it a few times because I really just like my 8.5, but the 2 days I spent jamming curbs on it made my sloppy game make so much more sense
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I have noticed that for me classics make all slappies much easier. Conicals were messing with the crook variations. I think the rounded edge of the classics just gets right up on top .
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Set up a dressen eyes slick, always wanted one back in 1991……..
It’s fun for old legs….
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZfB3WSpGYl/
I’ve got a couple of set ups, one with conicals ( speed lab slappy hour) & one with bones fatties which are rounded edge.
Rounded edge get on easier, conicals lock in better IMHO
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I have noticed that for me classics make all slappies much easier. Conicals were messing with the crook variations. I think the rounded edge of the classics just gets right up on top .
Agreed. The rounded edge definitely makes it a little easier to get over the curb, and the narrower size means my Indy 144s lock in perfectly over a "standard" double-sided curb.
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I like more squared wheel for slappies. Curbs out here are so rounded up that classics have a hard time locking in.
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I recently switched to conicals and that definitely helps locking in on slappy crooks. There was a little bit of an adjustment, especially on frontside slappies, but it just takes a little bit more lean to ride up.
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Been really enjoying my radials for a nice happy medium between a more rounded and square cut. I feel like i can roll over most stuff without them being to bulky if that makes any sense. Got some classic fulls to try out still so i’m hoping that those won’t disappoint!
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Been really enjoying my radials for a nice happy medium between a more rounded and square cut. I feel like i can roll over most stuff without them being to bulky if that makes any sense. Got some classic fulls to try out still so i’m hoping that those won’t disappoint!
I really wanted to go with radials but I couldn't find the right size/duro/color I wanted so I went with conicals. Hoping the next drop has some radials for me though.
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Been really enjoying my radials for a nice happy medium between a more rounded and square cut. I feel like i can roll over most stuff without them being to bulky if that makes any sense. Got some classic fulls to try out still so i’m hoping that those won’t disappoint!
I really wanted to go with radials but I couldn't find the right size/duro/color I wanted so I went with conicals. Hoping the next drop has some radials for me though.
yeah they don’t seem to be all that common. i got the skate like a girl ones but i don’t mind the color, plus i get to support femme skating which is dope. Looks like radial fulls are going to be more common in their drops which is cool :)
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https://youtu.be/gHlboS0d3Tc
There’s about 20 of these curbs at the garage spot by me… the best thing to get you through winter
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https://youtu.be/gHlboS0d3Tc
There’s about 20 of these curbs at the garage spot by me… the best thing to get you through winter
nice slappies homie! what deck is that? looks sick.
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https://vimeo.com/545215853
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https://vimeo.com/545215853
So sick, Lou.
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@Thom @Lou Strux good stuff. Always glad to see curbage.
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https://youtu.be/gHlboS0d3Tc
There’s about 20 of these curbs at the garage spot by me… the best thing to get you through winter
Man that looks fun
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Thanx my dudes
It’s a vision tom groholski skeleton board!
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Rad stuff Lou forgot to say
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Anybody skate round metal-edge curbs 90℅ of the time? My concrete curb spot that I've rub bricked and worked in are too low and right-angled for me to find it fun to slappy (I'll still shove in or hit a fat back nose lol). Metal curbs are funny, they slide nice on aces and indys and leave your hangers brown w rust. I miss California sometimes
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Anybody skate round metal-edge curbs 90℅ of the time? My concrete curb spot that I've rub bricked and worked in are too low and right-angled for me to find it fun to slappy (I'll still shove in or hit a fat back nose lol). Metal curbs are funny, they slide nice on aces and indys and leave your hangers brown w rust. I miss California sometimes
In Philly on the streets around some of the rec centers we have those (round, metal edge curbs) but a lot of times they’re really low. I’d love to find a good one that’s a reasonable height. I’ve seen good ones in New York and wished I had my board with me.
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Anybody skate round metal-edge curbs 90℅ of the time? My concrete curb spot that I've rub bricked and worked in are too low and right-angled for me to find it fun to slappy (I'll still shove in or hit a fat back nose lol). Metal curbs are funny, they slide nice on aces and indys and leave your hangers brown w rust. I miss California sometimes
In Philly on the streets around some of the rec centers we have those (round, metal edge curbs) but a lot of times they’re really low. I’d love to find a good one that’s a reasonable height. I’ve seen good ones in New York and wished I had my board with me.
Yeah they’re everywhere in NYC. Some are a lot stickier than you’d expect but some are broken in and a lot of fun. Not quite a “real” slappy in some ways but who cares. You can grind mad far on them when they’re good.
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Anybody skate round metal-edge curbs 90℅ of the time? My concrete curb spot that I've rub bricked and worked in are too low and right-angled for me to find it fun to slappy (I'll still shove in or hit a fat back nose lol). Metal curbs are funny, they slide nice on aces and indys and leave your hangers brown w rust. I miss California sometimes
In Philly on the streets around some of the rec centers we have those (round, metal edge curbs) but a lot of times they’re really low. I’d love to find a good one that’s a reasonable height. I’ve seen good ones in New York and wished I had my board with me.
Not real cause it’s metal?
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Yeah technically it has to be concrete I guess
But I like those NYC metal curbs as much as anybody
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Cali banked curbs are easier imo. Right angle stone joints are ankle killers
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how tf does one “truly support” skating a curb
This is how.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZcwKLkh_fW/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
There are companies that mainly sponsor vert skaters and make boards that accommodate vert, strictly street companies that don’t even have a rider that skate over a 8.1. Supporting curb skating would be Companies that sponsor curb skaters and support and promote curb skating
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Anybody skate round metal-edge curbs 90℅ of the time? My concrete curb spot that I've rub bricked and worked in are too low and right-angled for me to find it fun to slappy (I'll still shove in or hit a fat back nose lol). Metal curbs are funny, they slide nice on aces and indys and leave your hangers brown w rust. I miss California sometimes
In Philly on the streets around some of the rec centers we have those (round, metal edge curbs) but a lot of times they’re really low. I’d love to find a good one that’s a reasonable height. I’ve seen good ones in New York and wished I had my board with me.
Not real cause it’s metal?
partially that, but even more because they're so round. not that i'm trying to gatekeep or anything, i skate rounded-ass texas curbs all the time now and it's still fun. enjoy whatever's around
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Man I miss living in the city sometimes. I had a couple perfect granite curbs with the slightest round edge along the sidewalks at the corner of my block. Even had a storm drain on the one side of the street I would hit like a death box.
They were probably 80 yrs old and had been painted 20 times or more over the years. I kept it waxed with the perfect patina and it was just an absolute beauty to bash into.
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That was lovely Lou
I have a new goal for this spring after watching this clip:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CZhCdGOKnxS/?utm_medium=copy_link
I think I've got it thou.
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As someone who's never ridden an egg, do they have benefits for curb skating you don't get with more standard shapes? I want to try one but the tiny pointy noses sort of freak me out.
I could see having the widest point in the center, you have a lot of freedom for combos and you aren't going to catch a "corner" of the deck going in/out of hurricanes or feebles. Is there more to it?
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As someone who's never ridden an egg, do they have benefits for curb skating you don't get with more standard shapes? I want to try one but the tiny pointy noses sort of freak me out.
I could see having the widest point in the center, you have a lot of freedom for combos and you aren't going to catch a "corner" of the deck going in/out of hurricanes or feebles. Is there more to it?
I only learned slappies less than a year ago and my bag is limited, but I've tried 2 egg/football shape and find no added benefit to curb skating. In fact, it's kind of limiting for me because I can't really do lines with an egg, no slappy, flat, slappy, flat, etc. rather just ride my 8.5 with 159s.
I don't know nothing though. Poppa Lou knows the deal
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I don’t notice benefits to any shape profile, personally.
A slappy is pretty rudimentary and doesn’t much care if your tips are square or pointy.
For me, wheelbase & deck/truck widths are more noticeable when skurbing.
I ride shaped decks most of the time because I’m stuck in the early 90s mentally, not because they have appreciable benefits to my skating beyond an aesthetic appeal.
But tha’s jus’ me.
Shalo… er, have a great weekend, y’all!
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Anybody skate round metal-edge curbs 90℅ of the time? My concrete curb spot that I've rub bricked and worked in are too low and right-angled for me to find it fun to slappy (I'll still shove in or hit a fat back nose lol). Metal curbs are funny, they slide nice on aces and indys and leave your hangers brown w rust. I miss California sometimes
In Philly on the streets around some of the rec centers we have those (round, metal edge curbs) but a lot of times they’re really low. I’d love to find a good one that’s a reasonable height. I’ve seen good ones in New York and wished I had my board with me.
Not real cause it’s metal?
From the Jenkem article reviewing different types of curbs in NYC
ROUNDED METAL CURB
Under the weight of mounds of garbage, lost tourists, and Times Square characters, you’ll find these types of curbs across the entire city.
There’s always a kid that claims they’re nice with their slappy skills, but then they bring you to these and you see why they can “do” so many slappies.
“I can slappy” in this case can be translated to “I cannot,” so whenever someone says “I can slappy crooked grind,” what they really mean is “I cannot crooked grind.” But if you can only “slappy” on a curved metal curb, then you can’t even really slappy, and that’s double embarrassing.
If you don’t have these kinds of curbs in your city and you want one (I don’t know why you would) they’re pretty easy to make. Just get a couple of old soup cans, cut them in half, and use some Liquid Nails to attach them to the curb in front of your house.
https://www.jenkemmag.com/home/2021/07/12/intern-review-new-york-city-curbs/
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As someone who's never ridden an egg, do they have benefits for curb skating you don't get with more standard shapes? I want to try one but the tiny pointy noses sort of freak me out.
I could see having the widest point in the center, you have a lot of freedom for combos and you aren't going to catch a "corner" of the deck going in/out of hurricanes or feebles. Is there more to it?
I only learned slappies less than a year ago and my bag is limited, but I've tried 2 egg/football shape and find no added benefit to curb skating. In fact, it's kind of limiting for me because I can't really do lines with an egg, no slappy, flat, slappy, flat, etc. rather just ride my 8.5 with 159s.
I don't know nothing though. Poppa Lou knows the deal
theyre worse for nose and tail slides (less surface area), but maybe easier for some of that other stuff. they tip over less on shoves because the weight is more centered in the middle.
but in terms of curbs specifically the biggest benefit i've seen having some taper over the trucks with more width in the middle. it allows you to carve a little deeper without getting wheelbite. so if you want to run super loose trucks it could be helpful. opinions vary on whether looser trucks slappy better but i kinda think they do.
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As someone who's never ridden an egg, do they have benefits for curb skating you don't get with more standard shapes? I want to try one but the tiny pointy noses sort of freak me out.
I could see having the widest point in the center, you have a lot of freedom for combos and you aren't going to catch a "corner" of the deck going in/out of hurricanes or feebles. Is there more to it?
I only learned slappies less than a year ago and my bag is limited, but I've tried 2 egg/football shape and find no added benefit to curb skating. In fact, it's kind of limiting for me because I can't really do lines with an egg, no slappy, flat, slappy, flat, etc. rather just ride my 8.5 with 159s.
I don't know nothing though. Poppa Lou knows the deal
but in terms of curbs specifically the biggest benefit i've seen having some taper over the trucks with more width in the middle. it allows you to carve a little deeper without getting wheelbite. so if you want to run super loose trucks it could be helpful. opinions vary on whether looser trucks slappy better but i kinda think they do.
Thanks everyone. I just set up an Antihero Blue Meanie as a cruiser/curb board so i'll stick with that for now, but maybe there's an egg in my future, just for fun.
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https://vimeo.com/545215853
Hell yeah Lou! I've surprisingly never seen anyone skate the curbs in that corner, but you make it look so easy!
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The best curbs are the ones that are maybe medium height with the slightest bank to em. Really tall and straight 90 degree curbs you feel more manly when you can get onto one but the possibility of not getting on right and just getting pitched forward is pretty high too, at least for me. Always got to be in the mood to possibly eat a bunch of shit when I’m trying one on a taller 90 degree curb hah. With a medium, slightly banked curb you still get that satisfaction from the slappy with less chance of dying, which is why they’re my favorite. If the curb is too low or too banked or round tho that satisfaction feeling starts to go away for the trick, then it feels too easy.
Perfect example when I say a medium sized curb with the slightest bank:
https://youtu.be/FJ1VdVsu6d4
Example of one that is too banked or round, where it wouldn’t feel as satisfying anymore:
https://youtu.be/jIXSVxaGQu0
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The around red curbs In that second clip are EVERYWHERE in Texas. They’re perfect for driving your f350 right over them and not even noticing. They grind ok too but you can’t really lock in. Good for learning weird combos where you just smoosh the board around, or for surfy pool slash type shit, but ultimately kind of annoying.
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Anybody skate round metal-edge curbs 90℅ of the time? My concrete curb spot that I've rub bricked and worked in are too low and right-angled for me to find it fun to slappy (I'll still shove in or hit a fat back nose lol). Metal curbs are funny, they slide nice on aces and indys and leave your hangers brown w rust. I miss California sometimes
In Philly on the streets around some of the rec centers we have those (round, metal edge curbs) but a lot of times they’re really low. I’d love to find a good one that’s a reasonable height. I’ve seen good ones in New York and wished I had my board with me.
Not real cause it’s metal?
From the Jenkem article reviewing different types of curbs in NYC
ROUNDED METAL CURB
Under the weight of mounds of garbage, lost tourists, and Times Square characters, you’ll find these types of curbs across the entire city.
There’s always a kid that claims they’re nice with their slappy skills, but then they bring you to these and you see why they can “do” so many slappies.
“I can slappy” in this case can be translated to “I cannot,” so whenever someone says “I can slappy crooked grind,” what they really mean is “I cannot crooked grind.” But if you can only “slappy” on a curved metal curb, then you can’t even really slappy, and that’s double embarrassing.
If you don’t have these kinds of curbs in your city and you want one (I don’t know why you would) they’re pretty easy to make. Just get a couple of old soup cans, cut them in half, and use some Liquid Nails to attach them to the curb in front of your house.
https://www.jenkemmag.com/home/2021/07/12/intern-review-new-york-city-curbs/
On the topic of metal curbs:
What do you guys think of the curb cover? I'm sure it's been discussed already but if it did I missed that discussion.
https://www.curb-cover.com/
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Anybody skate round metal-edge curbs 90℅ of the time? My concrete curb spot that I've rub bricked and worked in are too low and right-angled for me to find it fun to slappy (I'll still shove in or hit a fat back nose lol). Metal curbs are funny, they slide nice on aces and indys and leave your hangers brown w rust. I miss California sometimes
In Philly on the streets around some of the rec centers we have those (round, metal edge curbs) but a lot of times they’re really low. I’d love to find a good one that’s a reasonable height. I’ve seen good ones in New York and wished I had my board with me.
Not real cause it’s metal?
From the Jenkem article reviewing different types of curbs in NYC
ROUNDED METAL CURB
Under the weight of mounds of garbage, lost tourists, and Times Square characters, you’ll find these types of curbs across the entire city.
There’s always a kid that claims they’re nice with their slappy skills, but then they bring you to these and you see why they can “do” so many slappies.
“I can slappy” in this case can be translated to “I cannot,” so whenever someone says “I can slappy crooked grind,” what they really mean is “I cannot crooked grind.” But if you can only “slappy” on a curved metal curb, then you can’t even really slappy, and that’s double embarrassing.
If you don’t have these kinds of curbs in your city and you want one (I don’t know why you would) they’re pretty easy to make. Just get a couple of old soup cans, cut them in half, and use some Liquid Nails to attach them to the curb in front of your house.
https://www.jenkemmag.com/home/2021/07/12/intern-review-new-york-city-curbs/
On the topic of metal curbs:
What do you guys think of the curb cover? I'm sure it's been discussed already but if it did I missed that discussion.
https://www.curb-cover.com/
Wank.
People try to sell the stupidest shite.
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Agreed. The whole appeal to curbs is accessibility. Maybe a rub brick, lacquer and wax but really, go find one that you don't have to do much to and slappy that thing until it is no longer skateable. Then find another one.
There's a new curb spot near my house, painted and unpainted. I broke in the unpainted section just by skating it without any wax, clear coat etc... and now its the best. Sure, it won't last. They never do.
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I would skate it if it was there but I’d never buy it
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Seems like it's a decent option if you're a kid and your parents don't want you to lower their property value by destroying the curb in front of their house. Otherwise, very wack.
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Anybody skate round metal-edge curbs 90℅ of the time? My concrete curb spot that I've rub bricked and worked in are too low and right-angled for me to find it fun to slappy (I'll still shove in or hit a fat back nose lol). Metal curbs are funny, they slide nice on aces and indys and leave your hangers brown w rust. I miss California sometimes
In Philly on the streets around some of the rec centers we have those (round, metal edge curbs) but a lot of times they’re really low. I’d love to find a good one that’s a reasonable height. I’ve seen good ones in New York and wished I had my board with me.
Not real cause it’s metal?
From the Jenkem article reviewing different types of curbs in NYC
ROUNDED METAL CURB
Under the weight of mounds of garbage, lost tourists, and Times Square characters, you’ll find these types of curbs across the entire city.
There’s always a kid that claims they’re nice with their slappy skills, but then they bring you to these and you see why they can “do” so many slappies.
“I can slappy” in this case can be translated to “I cannot,” so whenever someone says “I can slappy crooked grind,” what they really mean is “I cannot crooked grind.” But if you can only “slappy” on a curved metal curb, then you can’t even really slappy, and that’s double embarrassing.
If you don’t have these kinds of curbs in your city and you want one (I don’t know why you would) they’re pretty easy to make. Just get a couple of old soup cans, cut them in half, and use some Liquid Nails to attach them to the curb in front of your house.
https://www.jenkemmag.com/home/2021/07/12/intern-review-new-york-city-curbs/
On the topic of metal curbs:
What do you guys think of the curb cover? I'm sure it's been discussed already but if it did I missed that discussion.
https://www.curb-cover.com/
Say no to curb condoms.
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Anybody skate round metal-edge curbs 90℅ of the time? My concrete curb spot that I've rub bricked and worked in are too low and right-angled for me to find it fun to slappy (I'll still shove in or hit a fat back nose lol). Metal curbs are funny, they slide nice on aces and indys and leave your hangers brown w rust. I miss California sometimes
In Philly on the streets around some of the rec centers we have those (round, metal edge curbs) but a lot of times they’re really low. I’d love to find a good one that’s a reasonable height. I’ve seen good ones in New York and wished I had my board with me.
Not real cause it’s metal?
From the Jenkem article reviewing different types of curbs in NYC
ROUNDED METAL CURB
Under the weight of mounds of garbage, lost tourists, and Times Square characters, you’ll find these types of curbs across the entire city.
There’s always a kid that claims they’re nice with their slappy skills, but then they bring you to these and you see why they can “do” so many slappies.
“I can slappy” in this case can be translated to “I cannot,” so whenever someone says “I can slappy crooked grind,” what they really mean is “I cannot crooked grind.” But if you can only “slappy” on a curved metal curb, then you can’t even really slappy, and that’s double embarrassing.
If you don’t have these kinds of curbs in your city and you want one (I don’t know why you would) they’re pretty easy to make. Just get a couple of old soup cans, cut them in half, and use some Liquid Nails to attach them to the curb in front of your house.
https://www.jenkemmag.com/home/2021/07/12/intern-review-new-york-city-curbs/
On the topic of metal curbs:
What do you guys think of the curb cover? I'm sure it's been discussed already but if it did I missed that discussion.
https://www.curb-cover.com/
Raw is law.
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Anybody skate round metal-edge curbs 90℅ of the time? My concrete curb spot that I've rub bricked and worked in are too low and right-angled for me to find it fun to slappy (I'll still shove in or hit a fat back nose lol). Metal curbs are funny, they slide nice on aces and indys and leave your hangers brown w rust. I miss California sometimes
In Philly on the streets around some of the rec centers we have those (round, metal edge curbs) but a lot of times they’re really low. I’d love to find a good one that’s a reasonable height. I’ve seen good ones in New York and wished I had my board with me.
Not real cause it’s metal?
From the Jenkem article reviewing different types of curbs in NYC
ROUNDED METAL CURB
Under the weight of mounds of garbage, lost tourists, and Times Square characters, you’ll find these types of curbs across the entire city.
There’s always a kid that claims they’re nice with their slappy skills, but then they bring you to these and you see why they can “do” so many slappies.
“I can slappy” in this case can be translated to “I cannot,” so whenever someone says “I can slappy crooked grind,” what they really mean is “I cannot crooked grind.” But if you can only “slappy” on a curved metal curb, then you can’t even really slappy, and that’s double embarrassing.
If you don’t have these kinds of curbs in your city and you want one (I don’t know why you would) they’re pretty easy to make. Just get a couple of old soup cans, cut them in half, and use some Liquid Nails to attach them to the curb in front of your house.
https://www.jenkemmag.com/home/2021/07/12/intern-review-new-york-city-curbs/
On the topic of metal curbs:
What do you guys think of the curb cover? I'm sure it's been discussed already but if it did I missed that discussion.
https://www.curb-cover.com/
Everyone hates it, but it seems like a fine thing for a kid living in a suburban cul-de-sac who can't go waxing up curbs for whatever reason.
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I'd rather steal my kid a parking curb.
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Anybody skate round metal-edge curbs 90℅ of the time? My concrete curb spot that I've rub bricked and worked in are too low and right-angled for me to find it fun to slappy (I'll still shove in or hit a fat back nose lol). Metal curbs are funny, they slide nice on aces and indys and leave your hangers brown w rust. I miss California sometimes
In Philly on the streets around some of the rec centers we have those (round, metal edge curbs) but a lot of times they’re really low. I’d love to find a good one that’s a reasonable height. I’ve seen good ones in New York and wished I had my board with me.
Not real cause it’s metal?
From the Jenkem article reviewing different types of curbs in NYC
ROUNDED METAL CURB
Under the weight of mounds of garbage, lost tourists, and Times Square characters, you’ll find these types of curbs across the entire city.
There’s always a kid that claims they’re nice with their slappy skills, but then they bring you to these and you see why they can “do” so many slappies.
“I can slappy” in this case can be translated to “I cannot,” so whenever someone says “I can slappy crooked grind,” what they really mean is “I cannot crooked grind.” But if you can only “slappy” on a curved metal curb, then you can’t even really slappy, and that’s double embarrassing.
If you don’t have these kinds of curbs in your city and you want one (I don’t know why you would) they’re pretty easy to make. Just get a couple of old soup cans, cut them in half, and use some Liquid Nails to attach them to the curb in front of your house.
https://www.jenkemmag.com/home/2021/07/12/intern-review-new-york-city-curbs/
On the topic of metal curbs:
What do you guys think of the curb cover? I'm sure it's been discussed already but if it did I missed that discussion.
https://www.curb-cover.com/
It’s all fun and games until your curb gets curbpes
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what slappy tricks should i learn next? i have:
fs5050
bs5050
bs feeble (sometimes)
bs crook
bs noseslide
bs boardslide
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what slappy tricks should i learn next? i have:
fs5050
bs5050
bs feeble (sometimes)
bs crook
bs noseslide
bs boardslide
FS noseslides are a lot of fun. I have a hard time with bs noseslides for some reason, but sliding them frontside feels good and in my head they look really stylish (even though they really don’t).
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what slappy tricks should i learn next? i have:
fs5050
bs5050
bs feeble (sometimes)
bs crook
bs noseslide
bs boardslide
if you got a double side curb try and learn back boards to hurricane. they’re pretty easy if you got rails on your board you just have to put weight on your heels and turn a little mid boardslide
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Anybody skate round metal-edge curbs 90℅ of the time? My concrete curb spot that I've rub bricked and worked in are too low and right-angled for me to find it fun to slappy (I'll still shove in or hit a fat back nose lol). Metal curbs are funny, they slide nice on aces and indys and leave your hangers brown w rust. I miss California sometimes
In Philly on the streets around some of the rec centers we have those (round, metal edge curbs) but a lot of times they’re really low. I’d love to find a good one that’s a reasonable height. I’ve seen good ones in New York and wished I had my board with me.
Not real cause it’s metal?
From the Jenkem article reviewing different types of curbs in NYC
ROUNDED METAL CURB
Under the weight of mounds of garbage, lost tourists, and Times Square characters, you’ll find these types of curbs across the entire city.
There’s always a kid that claims they’re nice with their slappy skills, but then they bring you to these and you see why they can “do” so many slappies.
“I can slappy” in this case can be translated to “I cannot,” so whenever someone says “I can slappy crooked grind,” what they really mean is “I cannot crooked grind.” But if you can only “slappy” on a curved metal curb, then you can’t even really slappy, and that’s double embarrassing.
If you don’t have these kinds of curbs in your city and you want one (I don’t know why you would) they’re pretty easy to make. Just get a couple of old soup cans, cut them in half, and use some Liquid Nails to attach them to the curb in front of your house.
https://www.jenkemmag.com/home/2021/07/12/intern-review-new-york-city-curbs/
On the topic of metal curbs:
What do you guys think of the curb cover? I'm sure it's been discussed already but if it did I missed that discussion.
https://www.curb-cover.com/
🤣
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what slappy tricks should i learn next? i have:
fs5050
bs5050
bs feeble (sometimes)
bs crook
bs noseslide
bs boardslide
FS noseslides are a lot of fun. I have a hard time with bs noseslides for some reason, but sliding them frontside feels good and in my head they look really stylish (even though they really don’t).
Front and back smiths, and 180’s out of the ones you listed
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I'd rather steal my kid a parking curb.
Funny story— I stole a parking block from my neighborhood skatepark parking lot when I was a kid and the cops showed up at my house a few weeks later. Apparently some other kid got caught trying to steal another one and then ratted me out. Cops just told me to bring it back.
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what slappy tricks should i learn next? i have:
fs5050
bs5050
bs feeble (sometimes)
bs crook
bs noseslide
bs boardslide
FS noseslides are a lot of fun. I have a hard time with bs noseslides for some reason, but sliding them frontside feels good and in my head they look really stylish (even though they really don’t).
Front and back smiths, and 180’s out of the ones you listed
how would a slappy smith work? i imagine the curb would be too low for anything dipped to be feasible
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what slappy tricks should i learn next? i have:
fs5050
bs5050
bs feeble (sometimes)
bs crook
bs noseslide
bs boardslide
FS noseslides are a lot of fun. I have a hard time with bs noseslides for some reason, but sliding them frontside feels good and in my head they look really stylish (even though they really don’t).
Front and back smiths, and 180’s out of the ones you listed
ask Hersk, man does bs slappy smiths like none other. i dont understand it at all
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I'd rather steal my kid a parking curb.
That's pretty funny. I would have ganked a curb from somewhere else. Fuck that snitching kid.
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what slappy tricks should i learn next? i have:
fs5050
bs5050
bs feeble (sometimes)
bs crook
bs noseslide
bs boardslide
FS noseslides are a lot of fun. I have a hard time with bs noseslides for some reason, but sliding them frontside feels good and in my head they look really stylish (even though they really don’t).
Front and back smiths, and 180’s out of the ones you listed
It’s definitely possible.
Here are some shit ones of mine.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CTUtFgPl3EK/?utm_medium=copy_link
And her’s how it’s properly done
https://www.instagram.com/p/CNTTit4joN8/?utm_medium=copy_link
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Slappy smiths are best on parking blocks… you can kinda lap over and not slide your wheels on the ground
Although the ones with the wheels sliding are also sick
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Slappy smiths are best on parking blocks… you can kinda lap over and not slide your wheels on the ground
Although the ones with the wheels sliding are also sick
Smiths on real curbs are the truth. I have not mastered them, but I have pulled a few good ones. Powerslide the back wheels a little into the curb, front truck does a wheeler to avoid going into 50.
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Slappy smiths are best on parking blocks… you can kinda lap over and not slide your wheels on the ground
Although the ones with the wheels sliding are also sick
word, i found some parking blocks in the bushes behind the supermarket so i'll pick them up and give it a try.
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hey what's the lacquer y'all use? is it spray can? I've got some cuts I wanna skate =)
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hey what's the lacquer y'all use? is it spray can? I've got some cuts I wanna skate =)
rustoleum clear coat spray, but make sure you rub brick the curb first if it needs it, and get all the dust off it before you spray.
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hey what's the lacquer y'all use? is it spray can? I've got some cuts I wanna skate =)
For the purposes of lacquering a curb, I just buy literally whatever the cheapest one is. I can't imagine that sort of difference you see between brands and qualities you would see when lacquering a piece of finished burl wood or something are going to apply to a chuck of concrete. With that said, many people I know have switched the concrete sealer (Behr, in particular). I think it's a better dollar value, works as well or better, and I think the main advantage to me would the lack of the "spray paint sound", which attracts attention from concerned citizens (but I haven't used it).
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I’m sure this has been mentioned in the post but you can get it in a can and paint it on….maybe less heat. I sometimes think it’s faster…
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Paint on lacquer means you can do a heavier coat, the spray is a bit less obvious, if you have to travel to it and can’t park in front of the curb
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what slappy tricks should i learn next? i have:
fs5050
bs5050
bs feeble (sometimes)
bs crook
bs noseslide
bs boardslide
FS noseslides are a lot of fun. I have a hard time with bs noseslides for some reason, but sliding them frontside feels good and in my head they look really stylish (even though they really don’t).
+1 front noseslides. They're pretty easy and feel so good when you hit one going mach 10 and slide the shit out of a nice red curb. I feel you on back noseslides. I always stick on those and fall out to fakie. I pretty much gave up on them at this point.
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what slappy tricks should i learn next? i have:
fs5050
bs5050
bs feeble (sometimes)
bs crook
bs noseslide
bs boardslide
Listen to the kid
https://youtu.be/fGRWfaddANs
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Switch nosie….switch crook…
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(https://i.ibb.co/0hj9Q2D/18009404-B762-43-CA-8255-135516781-FBB.jpg) (https://ibb.co/0hj9Q2D)
FS Crooks are fun!
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what slappy tricks should i learn next? i have:
fs5050
bs5050
bs feeble (sometimes)
bs crook
bs noseslide
bs boardslide
FS noseslides are a lot of fun. I have a hard time with bs noseslides for some reason, but sliding them frontside feels good and in my head they look really stylish (even though they really don’t).
+1 front noseslides. They're pretty easy and feel so good when you hit one going mach 10 and slide the shit out of a nice red curb. I feel you on back noseslides. I always stick on those and fall out to fakie. I pretty much gave up on them at this point.
Front nose is a great steezlord trick, up there with front shoves and a few others imo for just being cool af
Back nose on a curb is a funny one, and tail/nose slides in general — if im on a slanted California style curb it will just kinda spit me off to fakie most of the time. It’s hard to lock in on those. If it’s a more squared off curb then that’s a different story.
And some others are talkin bout front crook— I gotta be feeling mad limber to get those for some reason, even tho back crooks are my consistent go-to. And when I do pop up, I often find myself doing more of a slappy nose grind instead. Not sure why. Just one of those weird asymmetrical quirks of my own body/movement I guess.
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what slappy tricks should i learn next? i have:
fs5050
bs5050
bs feeble (sometimes)
bs crook
bs noseslide
bs boardslide
FS noseslides are a lot of fun. I have a hard time with bs noseslides for some reason, but sliding them frontside feels good and in my head they look really stylish (even though they really don’t).
+1 front noseslides. They're pretty easy and feel so good when you hit one going mach 10 and slide the shit out of a nice red curb. I feel you on back noseslides. I always stick on those and fall out to fakie. I pretty much gave up on them at this point.
Back nose on a curb is a funny one, and tail/nose slides in general — if im on a slanted California style curb it will just kinda spit me off to fakie most of the time. It’s hard to lock in on those. If it’s a more squared off curb then that’s a different story.
And some others are talkin bout front crook— I gotta be feeling mad limber to get those for some reason, even tho back crooks are my consistent go-to. And when I do pop up, I often find myself doing more of a slappy nose grind instead. Not sure why. Just one of those weird asymmetrical quirks of my own body/movement I guess.
Finding that sweet spot angle coming in to the curb has been my problem with backside noseslides. Can't come in too parallel because turning frontside onto the curb is so awkward. Can't come in too perpendicular because you won't slide.
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what slappy tricks should i learn next? i have:
fs5050
bs5050
bs feeble (sometimes)
bs crook
bs noseslide
bs boardslide
FS noseslides are a lot of fun. I have a hard time with bs noseslides for some reason, but sliding them frontside feels good and in my head they look really stylish (even though they really don’t).
+1 front noseslides. They're pretty easy and feel so good when you hit one going mach 10 and slide the shit out of a nice red curb. I feel you on back noseslides. I always stick on those and fall out to fakie. I pretty much gave up on them at this point.
sweet as, next time i can skate the curb spot i'll give front noses a shot
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how can i fill in cracks in curbs? not talking about the gaps between different sections of concrete, but little cracks like the ones flowers sometimes grow through.
i've been filling it in with wax, but it doesn't work the best and also uses wax
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how can i fill in cracks in curbs? not talking about the gaps between different sections of concrete, but little cracks like the ones flowers sometimes grow through.
i've been filling it in with wax, but it doesn't work the best and also uses wax
I use Bondo for curb repairs. Just make sure it’s a hot day/have artificial means of heat like a blow dryer or it will not dry. Once it’s hardened you can brick-clean-lacquer.
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Just picked up a new rub brick, scraper, and can of clear enamel (Home Depot was out of clear lacquer). Going to try and get some work done while everyone’s distracted by the super bowl tomorrow…
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Going to enjoy my Sunday with the sole intention of slappying curbs over and over again
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I just found my favorite brush on formula. I did two thick coats two hours apart yesterday in broad daylight with at least two cop cars passing by on the busy road nearby without raising an alarm.
Today, I applied some wax and it's almost too slick. I'll update on the durability but for now, this is the best curb I've fixed.
(https://i.ibb.co/6nddsjH/20220213-150135.jpg) (https://ibb.co/6nddsjH)
https://www.lowes.com/pd/Minwax-Polycrylic-32-fl-oz-Satin-Water-based-Polyurethane/999913687
(https://mobileimages.lowes.com/productimages/95e303df-03ab-480a-882e-6185b32537a3/00308455.jpg?size=pdhi)
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https://www.instagram.com/reel/CZ7e1IAl7NQ/?utm_medium=copy_link
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so i brought a basic parking curb to my local in april last year and now its pretty beat up. there is a pallet of them outside in my condo complex rn. kinda thinking i should pull a quick heist late at night with the buddy's truck but it would be an intense deal. kinda like a "dont shit where you eat" type thing. what do you guys think
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so i brought a basic parking curb to my local in april last year and now its pretty beat up. there is a pallet of them outside in my condo complex rn. kinda thinking i should pull a quick heist late at night with the buddy's truck but it would be an intense deal. kinda like a "dont shit where you eat" type thing. what do you guys think
Definitely risky. I grabbed a parking block from my work parking lot and was looking over my shoulder for a couple weeks after…
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flow your homie some weed/beer to rack it themselves on ur behalf. ez pz
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so i brought a basic parking curb to my local in april last year and now its pretty beat up. there is a pallet of them outside in my condo complex rn. kinda thinking i should pull a quick heist late at night with the buddy's truck but it would be an intense deal. kinda like a "dont shit where you eat" type thing. what do you guys think
Maybe check at a building being demoed. I’ve definitely seen them before just getting ground into dust like the rest of the concrete. I doubt anyone would care if you hauled one off.
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Does anyone skate random unfinished parking lot edges and shit like that as well as curbs?
https://youtu.be/yGMwmafdN_U
I was messing around on this one today
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Yes, we had an island like that near our local. You might want to try a “wallie” transfer on that bad girl if you haven’t already.
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Does anyone skate random unfinished parking lot edges and shit like that as well as curbs?
https://youtu.be/yGMwmafdN_U
I was messing around on this one today
thats pretty much what curbs look like in my country.
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so i brought a basic parking curb to my local in april last year and now its pretty beat up. there is a pallet of them outside in my condo complex rn. kinda thinking i should pull a quick heist late at night with the buddy's truck but it would be an intense deal. kinda like a "dont shit where you eat" type thing. what do you guys think
Have the homie with the truck do it for you and toss em some cash/beer/weed or something
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Anybody got slappy back tails? I watched that Brianna Delaney edit that Orchard spotlighted the other day and there's a slo-mowed back tail that made me think I might could get them too.
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Anybody got slappy back tails? I watched that Brianna Delaney edit that Orchard spotlighted the other day and there's a slo-mowed back tail that made me think I might could get them too.
yeah but it's kinda more like a slappy 5-0 to back tail, it's hard as shit to sit on them, and hard to come out to forwards. I think the only way to make it not 5-0 to back tail would be to actually catch a miniscule amount of air from your back truck bashing the curb.
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Anybody got slappy back tails? I watched that Brianna Delaney edit that Orchard spotlighted the other day and there's a slo-mowed back tail that made me think I might could get them too.
yeah but it's kinda more like a slappy 5-0 to back tail, it's hard as shit to sit on them, and hard to come out to forwards. I think the only way to make it not 5-0 to back tail would be to actually catch a miniscule amount of air from your back truck bashing the curb.
Jeremie Daclin does them on the Lyon tootsie roll. Obviously there's a tiny bit of tranny he uses like a qp, but I think this is the way to go. If you have a full 90 degree curb, you'll probably have to do a real 5050 slappy and turn into tail.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CZHip9LBd84/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
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Anybody got slappy back tails? I watched that Brianna Delaney edit that Orchard spotlighted the other day and there's a slo-mowed back tail that made me think I might could get them too.
yeah but it's kinda more like a slappy 5-0 to back tail, it's hard as shit to sit on them, and hard to come out to forwards. I think the only way to make it not 5-0 to back tail would be to actually catch a miniscule amount of air from your back truck bashing the curb.
Jeremie Daclin does them on the Lyon tootsie roll. Obviously there's a tiny bit of tranny he uses like a qp, but I think this is the way to go. If you have a full 90 degree curb, you'll probably have to do a real 5050 slappy and turn into tail.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CZHip9LBd84/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
This is what mine looked like when I first learned them on real curbs 10 months ago. My favorite obstacle for slappy back tail is a bank to curb... it's the perfect trick for it, but I'd have to dig through my phone for footage. https://www.reddit.com/r/OldSkaters/comments/n6ov4j/some_of_todays_slappies_33yo/
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Anybody got slappy back tails? I watched that Brianna Delaney edit that Orchard spotlighted the other day and there's a slo-mowed back tail that made me think I might could get them too.
yeah but it's kinda more like a slappy 5-0 to back tail, it's hard as shit to sit on them, and hard to come out to forwards. I think the only way to make it not 5-0 to back tail would be to actually catch a miniscule amount of air from your back truck bashing the curb.
Jeremie Daclin does them on the Lyon tootsie roll. Obviously there's a tiny bit of tranny he uses like a qp, but I think this is the way to go. If you have a full 90 degree curb, you'll probably have to do a real 5050 slappy and turn into tail.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CZHip9LBd84/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
The way Jeremie does them is what I was thinking. I'm fried and the clip I was thinking of wasn't slowed down but I hit it with the 0.25 and watched it at least 10 times. Here it is @0:16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuglnWyzCT4
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Anybody got slappy back tails? I watched that Brianna Delaney edit that Orchard spotlighted the other day and there's a slo-mowed back tail that made me think I might could get them too.
yeah but it's kinda more like a slappy 5-0 to back tail, it's hard as shit to sit on them, and hard to come out to forwards. I think the only way to make it not 5-0 to back tail would be to actually catch a miniscule amount of air from your back truck bashing the curb.
Jeremie Daclin does them on the Lyon tootsie roll. Obviously there's a tiny bit of tranny he uses like a qp, but I think this is the way to go. If you have a full 90 degree curb, you'll probably have to do a real 5050 slappy and turn into tail.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CZHip9LBd84/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuglnWyzCT4
not to debate trick names but that's a nollie back tail in my book
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Maybe so. I wouldn't call it strictly nollie since it's not popped but she's definitely using the nose so you may have a point. I think of it more as a zhuzh but that term may be meaningless outside of my head.
Gonna try your 50-50 to back tail too. Love a good front 50 to tail so maybe backside will work out too?
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Backside is pretty easy, you got it for sure,
I learned feeble to back tail before the straight 5050 though.
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Maybe so. I wouldn't call it strictly nollie since it's not popped but she's definitely using the nose so you may have a point. I think of it more as a zhuzh but that term may be meaningless outside of my head.
Gonna try your 50-50 to back tail too. Love a good front 50 to tail so maybe backside will work out too?
people call tricks without pop slappy to gatekeep, I call say tricks with no truck bash aren't slappy to gate keep. the tricks that don't fit either standard I typically think of as being mostly illegal, but that clip you posted was tight cuz of how he used the spot with the tight passage on the roll away.
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Maybe so. I wouldn't call it strictly nollie since it's not popped but she's definitely using the nose so you may have a point. I think of it more as a zhuzh but that term may be meaningless outside of my head.
Gonna try your 50-50 to back tail too. Love a good front 50 to tail so maybe backside will work out too?
people call tricks without pop slappy to gatekeep, I call say tricks with no truck bash aren't slappy to gate keep. the tricks that don't fit either standard I typically think of as being mostly illegal, but that clip you posted was tight cuz of how he used the spot with the tight passage on the roll away.
I would totally call it a nollie back tail, and the way she did it at that spot was very cool. But doing them like that is cool on any curb.
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Anybody got slappy back tails? I watched that Brianna Delaney edit that Orchard spotlighted the other day and there's a slo-mowed back tail that made me think I might could get them too.
yeah but it's kinda more like a slappy 5-0 to back tail, it's hard as shit to sit on them, and hard to come out to forwards. I think the only way to make it not 5-0 to back tail would be to actually catch a miniscule amount of air from your back truck bashing the curb.
Jeremie Daclin does them on the Lyon tootsie roll. Obviously there's a tiny bit of tranny he uses like a qp, but I think this is the way to go. If you have a full 90 degree curb, you'll probably have to do a real 5050 slappy and turn into tail.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CZHip9LBd84/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuglnWyzCT4
not to debate trick names but that's a nollie back tail in my book
I agree. I'll never bother to get upset about it, but if you are lifting your nose or tail, it's not slappy. That doesn't make the trick any more or less cool or difficult, and lord knows I have a bag of tricks I do this way. But those tricks aren't slappys.
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Yes, we had an island like that near our local. You might want to try a “wallie” transfer on that bad girl if you haven’t already.
I’ve done em but not here, next time!
For the record I powerslide into my backtails on curbs… no truck touch
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Anybody got slappy back tails? I watched that Brianna Delaney edit that Orchard spotlighted the other day and there's a slo-mowed back tail that made me think I might could get them too.
yeah but it's kinda more like a slappy 5-0 to back tail, it's hard as shit to sit on them, and hard to come out to forwards. I think the only way to make it not 5-0 to back tail would be to actually catch a miniscule amount of air from your back truck bashing the curb.
Jeremie Daclin does them on the Lyon tootsie roll. Obviously there's a tiny bit of tranny he uses like a qp, but I think this is the way to go. If you have a full 90 degree curb, you'll probably have to do a real 5050 slappy and turn into tail.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CZHip9LBd84/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuglnWyzCT4
not to debate trick names but that's a nollie back tail in my book
I agree. I'll never bother to get upset about it, but if you are lifting your nose or tail, it's not slappy. That doesn't make the trick any more or less cool or difficult, and lord knows I have a bag of tricks I do this way. But those tricks aren't slappys.
We always called them 1 2 slides(1:huck 2:slide) definitely not a nollie. We did those in the 80s before noses/nollies were around.
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This is silly but fun
https://youtu.be/53MoLVWh8Hg
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This is silly but fun
https://youtu.be/53MoLVWh8Hg
killing it as per usual.
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Thanks my dude (:
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Skating is supposed to be silly and fun. You nailed it.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S5Xr8swqME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQvEtwTU9t8
Noodle blocks
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S5Xr8swqME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQvEtwTU9t8
Noodle blocks
bro that's sick. greenwood indiana skatepark has a C-shaped curb, and I think that hunger skateparks made an S shaped curb at another park that I saw on IG. I liked the greenwood curb so much I built myself a C-shaped curb for my basement. it's 8 feet long, 8 inches high, 8 inches wide, and has 105 degree slappy face. Not gonna lie it's pretty fucking tough to skate so not really the curb to learn new tricks on. If I build another I'll make it probably 6 inches tall and 6 inches wide, maybe 110-115 degree angle. Here's a clip of it
https://www.reddit.com/r/OldSkaters/comments/s0akp2/surf_style_34yo/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S5Xr8swqME
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQvEtwTU9t8
Noodle blocks
bro that's sick. greenwood indiana skatepark has a C-shaped curb, and I think that hunger skateparks made an S shaped curb at another park that I saw on IG. I liked the greenwood curb so much I built myself a C-shaped curb for my basement. it's 8 feet long, 8 inches high, 8 inches wide, and has 105 degree slappy face. Not gonna lie it's pretty fucking tough to skate so not really the curb to learn new tricks on. If I build another I'll make it probably 6 inches tall and 6 inches wide, maybe 110-115 degree angle. Here's a clip of it
https://www.reddit.com/r/OldSkaters/comments/s0akp2/surf_style_34yo/
wild to hear Greenwood park mentioned here. that C curb is a blast…its also spooky
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This is silly but fun
https://youtu.be/53MoLVWh8Hg
Silly but fun is the best. Looks good as well.
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thanks dudes
And I agree, the more fun it is the more I enjoy watching it
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This is silly but fun
https://youtu.be/53MoLVWh8Hg
I think I have something new to learn now :o
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It’s fun!
Here’s another weird one to celebrate having a setup with a nose
https://youtu.be/eB0R5lxGokM
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bro that's sick. greenwood indiana skatepark has a C-shaped curb, and I think that hunger skateparks made an S shaped curb at another park that I saw on IG. I liked the greenwood curb so much I built myself a C-shaped curb for my basement. it's 8 feet long, 8 inches high, 8 inches wide, and has 105 degree slappy face. Not gonna lie it's pretty fucking tough to skate so not really the curb to learn new tricks on. If I build another I'll make it probably 6 inches tall and 6 inches wide, maybe 110-115 degree angle. Here's a clip of it
https://www.reddit.com/r/OldSkaters/comments/s0akp2/surf_style_34yo/
That looks great with the curve. What was the build process like?
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I’ve been working on this spot a slap pal told me about a few years ago, got about 10 sections sealed and slick.
https://youtu.be/thPPgJSlfr0 (https://youtu.be/thPPgJSlfr0)
I wanna build a curb so I guess I better just start building my forms. I probably will do a simple straight one first but the curved options are so cool looking.
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That looks great with the curve. What was the build process like?
Well I didn't really know what I was doing so it took 2 attempts (and 3 pours cuz I tried to salvage the first attempt). 1st attempt I was going to try to follow the method shown in this post.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CRMukstt2gu/
Turns out you have to be really good with concrete to do that and it was obvioulsy not working for me, so mid way through the pour I called an audible and tried to construct a form around the concrete I was already pouring. This wasn't working so I called it quits on pour 1. I thought I could still salvage it by reinforcing the form and pouring on top of what I had poured, but I couldn't properly reinforce the frame because the whole thing was being poured on a tarp and so the 2nd pour failed.
So I went back to the drawing board and just made a form similar to the one in the curbed parking block video above, except mine wasn't upside down cuz I was worried flipping it over would be too hard but that was stupid. If I do it again I'm definitely pouring upside down. The tricky part is having the slappy face sloped (not 90) while also being curved. It required a decent amount of trigonometry and math to figure out - I don't know how detailed you want me to get but basically to make a flat piece of wood into a piece that's bent and sloped to certain specifications, then you have to cut it into a parabolic shape so that when it bends it can be flush with the ground and provide the slope you want. I can go into the math if you wanna know all that. Ultimately my 2nd form still wasn't quite right, the posts that hold up the sides were too far apart still so the form bulged out a bit during the 3rd pour, but it wasn't catastrophic.
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I’ve been working on this spot a slap pal told me about a few years ago, got about 10 sections sealed and slick.
https://youtu.be/thPPgJSlfr0 (https://youtu.be/thPPgJSlfr0)
I wanna build a curb so I guess I better just start building my forms. I probably will do a simple straight one first but the curved options are so cool looking.
damn dude nice bag o tricks
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That looks great with the curve. What was the build process like?
Well I didn't really know what I was doing so it took 2 attempts (and 3 pours cuz I tried to salvage the first attempt). 1st attempt I was going to try to follow the method shown in this post.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CRMukstt2gu/
Turns out you have to be really good with concrete to do that and it was obvioulsy not working for me, so mid way through the pour I called an audible and tried to construct a form around the concrete I was already pouring. This wasn't working so I called it quits on pour 1. I thought I could still salvage it by reinforcing the form and pouring on top of what I had poured, but I couldn't properly reinforce the frame because the whole thing was being poured on a tarp and so the 2nd pour failed.
So I went back to the drawing board and just made a form similar to the one in the curbed parking block video above, except mine wasn't upside down cuz I was worried flipping it over would be too hard but that was stupid. If I do it again I'm definitely pouring upside down. The tricky part is having the slappy face sloped (not 90) while also being curved. It required a decent amount of trigonometry and math to figure out - I don't know how detailed you want me to get but basically to make a flat piece of wood into a piece that's bent and sloped to certain specifications, then you have to cut it into a parabolic shape so that when it bends it can be flush with the ground and provide the slope you want. I can go into the math if you wanna know all that. Ultimately my 2nd form still wasn't quite right, the posts that hold up the sides were too far apart still so the form bulged out a bit during the 3rd pour, but it wasn't catastrophic.
Yeah I was messing with a piece of ABS to get an idea for how to do angled + curved and broke my brain. The one sided mold/pour on the ground looks sweet but probably requires a mixer and a lot more skill. One side looks 90 degree angled tho so that makes it less complicated. The first video I posted shows the guy’s form in the beginning and looks pretty attainable with some wood work.
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I’ve been working on this spot a slap pal told me about a few years ago, got about 10 sections sealed and slick.
https://youtu.be/thPPgJSlfr0 (https://youtu.be/thPPgJSlfr0)
I wanna build a curb so I guess I better just start building my forms. I probably will do a simple straight one first but the curved options are so cool looking.
Seriously, so much style. I can't wait to get some of these...
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This is old as hell but it’ll help with the forms for straight or curved.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kShcmQl6X4Q
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This is old as hell but it’ll help with the forms for straight or curved.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kShcmQl6X4Q
god damn I wish I had found that video before I built my curb. I melted my brain trying to figure out the curved sloped surface thing. After I figured it out I can explain it simply, but my method is slightly different from that video. If it were a curved surface that were vertical you would cut a rectangle (4 sides), but for a sloped curved surface it's still 4 sided but a C shape and the arc of the C shape is the same as the arc of your curb's footprint on the ground. The inside arc of the slope will be longer than the outside arc of the slope, but you don't even necessarily have to cut it that way depending on how you're fastening the end piece onto the curved sides.
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This is old as hell but it’ll help with the forms for straight or curved.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kShcmQl6X4Q
This is the video that started me on my path to curb construction. It's gold.
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I’ve been working on this spot a slap pal told me about a few years ago, got about 10 sections sealed and slick.
https://youtu.be/thPPgJSlfr0 (https://youtu.be/thPPgJSlfr0)
I wanna build a curb so I guess I better just start building my forms. I probably will do a simple straight one first but the curved options are so cool looking.
Seriously, so much style. I can't wait to get some of these...
I’ve got nice cubs galore, because… California.
What I DON’T got is @144p’s style/smoothness.
At least I’ve got a goal now.
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I’ve been working on this spot a slap pal told me about a few years ago, got about 10 sections sealed and slick.
https://youtu.be/thPPgJSlfr0 (https://youtu.be/thPPgJSlfr0)
I wanna build a curb so I guess I better just start building my forms. I probably will do a simple straight one first but the curved options are so cool looking.
I'm drooling over here!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQvEtwTU9t8
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bro that's sick. greenwood indiana skatepark has a C-shaped curb, and I think that hunger skateparks made an S shaped curb at another park that I saw on IG. I liked the greenwood curb so much I built myself a C-shaped curb for my basement. it's 8 feet long, 8 inches high, 8 inches wide, and has 105 degree slappy face. Not gonna lie it's pretty fucking tough to skate so not really the curb to learn new tricks on. If I build another I'll make it probably 6 inches tall and 6 inches wide, maybe 110-115 degree angle. Here's a clip of it
https://www.reddit.com/r/OldSkaters/comments/s0akp2/surf_style_34yo/
wild to hear Greenwood park mentioned here. that C curb is a blast…its also spooky
I’ve never skated Greenwood park but next time I’m up towards Indy I’m definitely going to check it out.
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I’ve been working on this spot a slap pal told me about a few years ago, got about 10 sections sealed and slick.
https://youtu.be/thPPgJSlfr0 (https://youtu.be/thPPgJSlfr0)
I wanna build a curb so I guess I better just start building my forms. I probably will do a simple straight one first but the curved options are so cool looking.
@144p you Sir are a true slappy king!
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We just got 12-18” of snow. A dry curb looks better than a beach to me right now.
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I’ve been working on this spot a slap pal told me about a few years ago, got about 10 sections sealed and slick.
https://youtu.be/thPPgJSlfr0 (https://youtu.be/thPPgJSlfr0)
I wanna build a curb so I guess I better just start building my forms. I probably will do a simple straight one first but the curved options are so cool looking.
Hey how do you do that thing where you start off in crook then mush it around into a 5-0?
Do you kinda nudge it up there as you spin your body?
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The switch version is way easier than regular imo, i hang my heel off, approach the curb at a 20 degree angle and try to be more on top of the curb vs on the outside edge. after a bit of grinding i swing my back arm forward. Almost when i get into the crook i position my body like I'm gonna swing to 5-0. It's hard to articulate, sorry I'm bad at this.
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Thanks that made sense to me
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Walking home from work I bumped into some of the lads from the local curb spot, they were busing in a free standing curb/ledge thingo. It’s been liquid nailed to the ground, anyone have a tip on keeping it still if this don’t work? I was thinking epoxy adhesive
Also Dave/144p I don’t know if you need a guide for the DIY home curb since your garage tf is pretty rockin but I found this video to be spot on to what I’ve tried out
https://youtu.be/StfPspGqpRI
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I really just wish I had a garage workspace like that.
That’s my only takeaway from that video
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I’ve been working on this spot a slap pal told me about a few years ago, got about 10 sections sealed and slick.
https://youtu.be/thPPgJSlfr0 (https://youtu.be/thPPgJSlfr0)
I wanna build a curb so I guess I better just start building my forms. I probably will do a simple straight one first but the curved options are so cool looking.
Damn that was good
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I’ve been working on this spot a slap pal told me about a few years ago, got about 10 sections sealed and slick.
https://youtu.be/thPPgJSlfr0 (https://youtu.be/thPPgJSlfr0)
I wanna build a curb so I guess I better just start building my forms. I probably will do a simple straight one first but the curved options are so cool looking.
finess, for sure.
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Thank you for the kindness, curbs have always been my preferred terrain, even years ago when the thought of rails was taboo or people might put a slappy in a part as them screwing around but if I was out skating and we came across a nice slick curb I would just skate that vs the ledge/gap.
Now I just embrace it and try to progress in small ways.
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(https://i.imgur.com/Us5JE1H.mp4)
new one for me
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Very nice! Those are so fun
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I really just wish I had a garage workspace like that.
That’s my only takeaway from that video
Yeah, who are these cunts with nice houses and workspaces that look functional, uncluttered and very specifically decorated. What kind of brain allows this.
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I dragged one of those home one day, they don’t work so good not staked into the ground
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Yeah they just fly in any direction the second you hit them
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The homie Danny Sargeant still kills. He killed any curb in SF back in the day. I met him a couple years back when he moved here to mn
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The homie Danny Sargeant still kills. He killed any curb in SF back in the day. I met him a couple years back when he moved here to mn
(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-IF4e-eax_UA/UzpJgZB9U7I/AAAAAAAAb9s/TR7iQfogP1w/s1600/intdannysargentstruckschrome.jpg)
Obligatory.
https://chromeballincident.blogspot.com/2014/04/chrome-ball-interview-72-danny-sargent.html (https://chromeballincident.blogspot.com/2014/04/chrome-ball-interview-72-danny-sargent.html)
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slappin around on a big cruiser with 15" WB, no real nose, big soft wheels and ACE 55s. holy crap those 55s pull onto tall curbs in a way that the 159 does not. Also, skating this nearly noseless board led to some unintentional nearly nose grinds. it was all pretty fun
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My 159s are almost done and I was looking for a new set. I've never skated Indy Hollows before as I thought that they would crumble once you hit the axle on them but I found a set for a good price and was wondering how they handle curbs and rough ledges. Would the axle immediately break once you grind down to it, or does it wear away like any set of standards would?
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My 159s are almost done and I was looking for a new set. I've never skated Indy Hollows before as I thought that they would crumble once you hit the axle on them but I found a set for a good price and was wondering how they handle curbs and rough ledges. Would the axle immediately break once you grind down to it, or does it wear away like any set of standards would?
I'm pretty deep into the axle on my forged hollows and they're still running strong. I sort of thought there'd be a little gap or something once I got into it, but so far nothing. I wouldn't hesitate to buy them again, you should go for it.
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My 159s are almost done and I was looking for a new set. I've never skated Indy Hollows before as I thought that they would crumble once you hit the axle on them but I found a set for a good price and was wondering how they handle curbs and rough ledges. Would the axle immediately break once you grind down to it, or does it wear away like any set of standards would?
they're great trucks. slightly lighter and hold up real nice.
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My 159s are almost done and I was looking for a new set. I've never skated Indy Hollows before as I thought that they would crumble once you hit the axle on them but I found a set for a good price and was wondering how they handle curbs and rough ledges. Would the axle immediately break once you grind down to it, or does it wear away like any set of standards would?
They’re great. Most of the weight savings of titanium at like half the price. The hollow axle is functionally as strong as a solid axle, although at some point in the distant future you’ll grind into the hollow portion and then you’ll probably want new trucks.
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Indy Hollow: (ding-dong) I'll get it...
Me: To me, you are perfect
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Fuck it just ordered the set of 159 hollows. Curious to see how they hold up.
Also , does anyone have any tips on learning slappy variations? I've got fs 50s on lock and can hold the grind for as long as I want but I'm struggling to get into any other slappy grind. I can do slappy 50 to feeble, smith and front tail and I can ollie into feeble and smith just fine but I can't slappy into them. I went to a park this weekend where I skated my first slanted red parking blocks instead of the gritty euro curbs I'm used to and immediately landed a slappy crook and kinda got the hang of feebles but I'm struggling to get them on the straight local curb.
Edit: just landed slappy front smiths, got the tip of seeing it as a 50 where you over rotate your front truck and that seemed to work. Haven't got feebles to work but that's something for the next session.
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Fuck it just ordered the set of 159 hollows. Curious to see how they hold up.
Also , does anyone have any tips on learning slappy variations? I've got fs 50s on lock and can hold the grind for as long as I want but I'm struggling to get into any other slappy grind. I can do slappy 50 to feeble, smith and front tail and I can ollie into feeble and smith just fine but I can't slappy into them. I went to a park this weekend where I skated my first slanted red parking blocks instead of the gritty euro curbs I'm used to and immediately landed a slappy crook and kinda got the hang of feebles but I'm struggling to get them on the straight local curb.
Edit: just landed slappy front smiths, got the tip of seeing it as a 50 where you over rotate your front truck and that seemed to work. Haven't got feebles to work but that's something for the next session.
keep in mind this is for bs feebles (im also goofy), but if it makes any difference you could just reverse it:
-put the ball of your back foot right on the tip of the tail, and the ball of your front foot right in the middle of the deck and slightly behind the front bolts. keep it at about diagonal.
-come up at a pretty tight angle, about 20 degrees off perpendicular. at the last second, carve left to be closer to parallel with the ledge.
-wind your shoulders up like for a bs180, and as you hit the curb swing them back around the opposite direction.
-lift up your front truck slightly and do the 'slam' motion with the back truck, all the while keeping your weight on the back truck. this is to let the front truck make the movement over to the other side of the curb.
-as soon as you get into the grind reverse all the body movements you just made in order to come out. you can get them longer once you get them better, so there's no need to rush.
also, it helps a lot to have a curb without the pavement right on the other side. sort of like a parking block in that manner, but not a parking block. i suppose you could do it on a parking block, but i can't. you're probably better than me.
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My 159s are almost done and I was looking for a new set. I've never skated Indy Hollows before as I thought that they would crumble once you hit the axle on them but I found a set for a good price and was wondering how they handle curbs and rough ledges. Would the axle immediately break once you grind down to it, or does it wear away like any set of standards would?
I retired a pair that was over halfway through the axle. Didn’t break but after some slaps on a 90* curb it bent about a 1/4”. Didn’t notice it until after I went home and saw wheel burn next to my original burn. Still use them on a cruiser without issues(well, it’ll cone wheels unless you rotate them).
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Fuck it just ordered the set of 159 hollows. Curious to see how they hold up.
Also , does anyone have any tips on learning slappy variations? I've got fs 50s on lock and can hold the grind for as long as I want but I'm struggling to get into any other slappy grind. I can do slappy 50 to feeble, smith and front tail and I can ollie into feeble and smith just fine but I can't slappy into them. I went to a park this weekend where I skated my first slanted red parking blocks instead of the gritty euro curbs I'm used to and immediately landed a slappy crook and kinda got the hang of feebles but I'm struggling to get them on the straight local curb.
Edit: just landed slappy front smiths, got the tip of seeing it as a 50 where you over rotate your front truck and that seemed to work. Haven't got feebles to work but that's something for the next session.
-put the ball of your back foot right on the tip of the tail, and the ball of your front foot right in the middle of the deck and slightly behind the front bolts. keep it at about diagonal.
-come up at a pretty tight angle, about 20 degrees off perpendicular. at the last second, carve left to be closer to parallel with the ledge.
-wind your shoulders up like for a bs180, and as you hit the curb swing them back around the opposite direction.
-lift up your front truck slightly and do the 'slam' motion with the back truck, all the while keeping your weight on the back truck. this is to let the front truck make the movement over to the other side of the curb.
-as soon as you get into the grind reverse all the body movements you just made in order to come out. you can get them longer once you get them better, so there's no need to rush.
also, it helps a lot to have a curb without the pavement right on the other side. sort of like a parking block in that manner, but not a parking block. i suppose you could do it on a parking block, but i can't. you're probably better than me.
Alright, I'll keep this in mind when I'm out tonight. Appreciate it. Also, there are 0 double sided curbs in the city where I'm from and I've only once in my life skated one, but I noticed that feebles and crooks were way easier on a slanted red parking block.
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I saw a headline this morning that made me do a double-take
(https://i.ibb.co/nkFkCY1/Screen-Shot-2022-03-18-at-12-26-02-PM.png) (https://ibb.co/f0s0vyN)
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I saw a headline this morning that made me do a double-take
(https://i.ibb.co/nkFkCY1/Screen-Shot-2022-03-18-at-12-26-02-PM.png) (https://ibb.co/f0s0vyN)
My brain is burning trying to read that headline
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I saw a headline this morning that made me do a double-take
(https://i.ibb.co/nkFkCY1/Screen-Shot-2022-03-18-at-12-26-02-PM.png) (https://ibb.co/f0s0vyN)
ive done so many takes now and dont feel like ive gotten any closer to the real meaning.
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I saw a headline this morning that made me do a double-take
(https://i.ibb.co/nkFkCY1/Screen-Shot-2022-03-18-at-12-26-02-PM.png) (https://ibb.co/f0s0vyN)
I feel like I just had a stroke reading this.
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I saw a headline this morning that made me do a double-take
(https://i.ibb.co/nkFkCY1/Screen-Shot-2022-03-18-at-12-26-02-PM.png) (https://ibb.co/f0s0vyN)
ive done so many takes now and dont feel like ive gotten any closer to the real meaning.
It's simple: the Nike SB team was going to do a goodwill tour through China & Russia, in order to skate some "COVID Curbs" and put together an edit that capitalizes on the rising tide of skaters who are maturing into fat, old dudes (like me) who like to spend their free weekend hours at a slappy sesh.
In other words: Nike is pulling out of marketing to older skaters because, Putin happened.
Russia invaded a sovereign nation & China loves them -or- Nike of Russia/China slappy curbs
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I think Nike is, like, totally trippin’ out on the covid curbs, brahhh..
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I got served the fuck up trying switch slappies after work today. Those may not be happening anytime soon, if ever….
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trips as in stumbles, curbs as in “lockdown measurements”, russia pulling out of something or other due to their international wilding out
whoever wrote that headline should be shot
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“nike (stock) stumbles due to covid lockdown measurements in china, russian sanctions”
*juicy j voice* give me half da check bitch
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thats a nollie back tail king
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Anybody got slappy back tails? I watched that Brianna Delaney edit that Orchard spotlighted the other day and there's a slo-mowed back tail that made me think I might could get them too.
yeah but it's kinda more like a slappy 5-0 to back tail, it's hard as shit to sit on them, and hard to come out to forwards. I think the only way to make it not 5-0 to back tail would be to actually catch a miniscule amount of air from your back truck bashing the curb.
Jeremie Daclin does them on the Lyon tootsie roll. Obviously there's a tiny bit of tranny he uses like a qp, but I think this is the way to go. If you have a full 90 degree curb, you'll probably have to do a real 5050 slappy and turn into tail.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CZHip9LBd84/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wuglnWyzCT4
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I got served the fuck up trying switch slappies after work today. Those may not be happening anytime soon, if ever….
Frontside or backside? Backside ones are fairly easy for me compared to frontside ones. Those only happen on good days
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I really just wish I had a garage workspace like that.
That’s my only takeaway from that video
Check if you have a hacker space/Worker space near you
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I got served the fuck up trying switch slappies after work today. Those may not be happening anytime soon, if ever….
Backside. Just terrified heading into the curb backwards, trying to bash and *not* lift my truck up feels super unnatural. Wasn’t having a great sesh anyway so will need to revisit later.
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I got served the fuck up trying switch slappies after work today. Those may not be happening anytime soon, if ever….
Backside. Just terrified heading into the curb backwards, trying to bash and *not* lift my truck up feels super unnatural. Wasn’t having a great sesh anyway so will need to revisit later.
I’m the same way. Switch fronts are nothing, but switch backside is fucking terrifying. Can do them, but still freak every time I roll up backside.
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I got served the fuck up trying switch slappies after work today. Those may not be happening anytime soon, if ever….
Backside. Just terrified heading into the curb backwards, trying to bash and *not* lift my truck up feels super unnatural. Wasn’t having a great sesh anyway so will need to revisit later.
Honestly it’s like relearning to skate
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Switch slappys are wizardry to me. I tried to do a switch slappy crook and ended up covered in mud with a bruised wrist. I don't think I'm trying again.
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Switch slappys are wizardry to me. I tried to do a switch slappy crook and ended up covered in bed with a bruised wrist. I don't think I'm trying again.
As solid as I have a standard (fs/bs) slappy, I can NOT get into them switch to save my life.
‘Course, I can’t do much of ANYTHING switch, so THAT could be my problem right there.
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Switch slappys are wizardry to me. I tried to do a switch slappy crook and ended up covered in bed with a bruised wrist. I don't think I'm trying again.
‘Course, I can’t do much of ANYTHING switch, so THAT could be my problem right there.
Nothing worse than getting tossed trying to roll off a small ledge switch at a park while some 12 year old switch flips the 7
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i can't for the life of me get backside slappies down but frontside ones are a breeze lately
foot placement?
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Front slappies come easy to me but I'm scared of them back is all I can do. Back slappies feel like a wall ride to me both of my feet are in the pockets and i lighten my feet and jump on, hang on for the ride and turn off.
I only have a slappie sesh once every 3 months I need to pick that up a little
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i can't for the life of me get backside slappies down but frontside ones are a breeze lately
foot placement?
I would say get confident on slappy crooks first. Helped me atleast for both regular and switch bs slappies.
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So I did another section of this terrible curb I've been skating. I did the first section without a rub brick, just Clear enamel and wax, Second section I rub bricked thoroughly, two coats of clear enamel, and then a nice coat of wax and it made such a big difference. It honestly slides/grinds better than some skatepark ledges, it's icy.
This was sort of a test curb, I wanted to work on my skills before making a better curb spot (with better ground ideally). However, just wanted to post results for anyone considering putting in a bit of effort on their curb. For a $20 investment (Rub Brick and can of Enamel or Lacquer) you can make almost any curb good I think.
(https://i.imgur.com/inVwb8s.jpg?1)
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First slaps of the year on Saturday. There was snow and water so almost no run up and it was dirtier than frig, but very satisfying.
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Frontside slappies are the bomb.com ;) backside is cool too, but it does not have the same surfy feeling. Bashing up a curb frontside makes me feel epic.
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All my friends are pretty good at slappy's and can do multiple tricks, but they cant SW FS slappy 50 the curb and that comes really easy to me easier than regular? Does anyone else seem to do switch FS easier ?
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https://youtu.be/36eLu5fRzkQ
I've found that propping parking blocks up like that leads to them cracking fairly quickly, but if you put a some support under it in the middle that helps a lot.
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Yeah somebody else did it I just rolled up to this spot randomly
But that’s true
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https://youtu.be/36eLu5fRzkQ
Sweet. I’ll contribute some really old trash. Haven’t broken out the sad dad cam in a long time.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8Y-a4R3Pwp8
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is a dust mask good enough for rub brick concrete dusk? or should i really be using a n95? i try not to breathe in at all when i am doing this shit and i have done like 8 spots now i wnat to say in like 12 months i really need to start looking into proper respirators maybe?
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I heard ace is better than indy for slappies...can anyone confirm if this is true?
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I heard ace is better than indy for slappies...can anyone confirm if this is true?
I don't think either are "better" per se. I could see people really liking Aces because the turn is so deep, you can carve really hard into slappies at the last second. Personally, I prefer Indy because that's what I primarily skate and when I tried Ace AF1s, my timing was off because I wasn't used to them so it took me a while to relearn my slappies.
I do think the grind on Indy is better than Ace AF1s but that's just my experience.
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I heard ace is better than indy for slappies...can anyone confirm if this is true?
I don't think either are "better" per se. I could see people really liking Aces because the turn is so deep, you can carve really hard into slappies at the last second. Personally, I prefer Indy because that's what I primarily skate and when I tried Ace AF1s, my timing was off because I wasn't used to them so it took me a while to relearn my slappies.
I do think the grind on Indy is better than Ace AF1s but that's just my experience.
Grinds on Ace Classics are better than AF1 IMO
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is a dust mask good enough for rub brick concrete dusk? or should i really be using a n95? i try not to breathe in at all when i am doing this shit and i have done like 8 spots now i wnat to say in like 12 months i really need to start looking into proper respirators maybe?
Definitely use an N95 or a respirator.
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I heard ace is better than indy for slappies...can anyone confirm if this is true?
Ace Classic was definitely the best grinding truck I've ever skated, but also the quality control is pretty poor and I ended up with two deeply bent hangers that Ace warrantied for me.
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I actually learned slappy crooks not too long ago. Between that and slappy noseslide, its all I can do :)
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I actually learned slappy crooks not too long ago. Between that and slappy noseslide, its all I can do :)
I learned slappy crooks to fakie but now I have spent many hours trying to get them to regular but just got one once. Still trying to figure out how to get of the curb.
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I actually learned slappy crooks not too long ago. Between that and slappy noseslide, its all I can do :)
Slappy feeble to regular and fakie are both pretty easy/satisfying if you've got a good double sided curb around
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I used a non filtered "Dust Mask" yesterday and while it is definitely better than nothing, I still breathed in some shit. gonna scoop some n95s today from work
https://www.instagram.com/p/CdWE3AlOibi/
this curb is free as fuck for slappy. might as well be a quarter pipe, just ride right up it. cant believe how easy it was to get on that switch (i suck at switch)
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I actually learned slappy crooks not too long ago. Between that and slappy noseslide, its all I can do :)
I learned slappy crooks to fakie but now I have spent many hours trying to get them to regular but just got one once. Still trying to figure out how to get of the curb.
Crooks getting out forwards:
Try a few really basic (not really popped) nollie shifty type movements to your toe side, where first you just pivot out on the back truck after you pushed with the front foot, if that makes sense.
Key is pushing a touch forward with your front foot which brings you out away from the curb, but keeping weight over the back heel side so the board doesn't tip over as you try to exit.
Hopefully that made sense, but I can send you a video if you like too, or someone else will most likely have a video of it you can watch in slo mo.
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Thanks for the replies mates. I'll take it all in consideration.
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I actually learned slappy crooks not too long ago. Between that and slappy noseslide, its all I can do :)
I learned slappy crooks to fakie but now I have spent many hours trying to get them to regular but just got one once. Still trying to figure out how to get of the curb.
Crooks getting out forwards:
Try a few really basic (not really popped) nollie shifty type movements to your toe side, where first you just pivot out on the back truck after you pushed with the front foot, if that makes sense.
Key is pushing a touch forward with your front foot which brings you out away from the curb, but keeping weight over the back heel side so the board doesn't tip over as you try to exit.
Hopefully that made sense, but I can send you a video if you like too, or someone else will most likely have a video of it you can watch in slo mo.
Cheers bruh, I think I know what you mean but if you have a clip it would be helpful.
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Thanks for the replies mates. I'll take it all in consideration.
if you're looking for the best set up to learn slappies, just use whatever you're used to riding. Switching trucks (if you normally ride indy but want to switch to ace or vice versa) will likely make it harder. Just keep your trucks a bit loose, keep your feet on the bolts, and carve into it.
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Does anyone have any tips/advice on fs slappy noseslides? I can get it sliding but always end falling forward up on my chest with the board shooting out behind me at a rate of knots
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Does anyone have any tips/advice on fs slappy noseslides? I can get it sliding but always end falling forward up on my chest with the board shooting out behind me at a rate of knots
I'm not very good at front noseslides, but something that helps for me is looking behind you so you're not totally blind during the slide.
I've been having some issues with my wax. Weather's been getting better over here but my wax seems to hold up bad during warm weather. The candle I use feels like it's melting and starts flaking all over the place. When I grind it my trucks will just scrape the warm wax off and get gunked up real bad. Normally the wax works very well but I'm starting to wonder if there's wax out there that can handle the sun better.
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Thanks for the tip i will try that out. Same thing happens to me on fs board so must be partly how im postured too/ bending knees (or not).
Ive just bought some homemade wax on ebayfrom someone called “altskates” here in uk. Its strange, feels like its going on all sticky and that it would be shit but then slides like butter! Can’t really comment on how temperature affects it as we get the odd 20 degree day but mostly between 15-19 degrees here right now.
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Does anyone have any tips/advice on fs slappy noseslides? I can get it sliding but always end falling forward up on my chest with the board shooting out behind me at a rate of knots
sorry for the layman's terms trick tip; what helps me with fs noseslides on curbs (and ledges or anything in general) is to think of it as a fs boardslide, in terms of how to maneuver your arms and body to stay on and slide behind you on it. also the pinch with your toes on it, while locking in and do not drag your heel when you get on, or you'll stall or eat shit going fast
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Thanks for that mate i will try that technique with a straighter posture as i think im leaning too far forward when getting on which would tie in with what you mentioned with manouvering your body and arms like a front board
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Does anyone have any tips/advice on fs slappy noseslides? I can get it sliding but always end falling forward up on my chest with the board shooting out behind me at a rate of knots
For me, I always need to remember to keep my knees much more bent than my normal riding stance, sort of like I’m ready to pop an Ollie. Once I’m sliding, having that lower center of gravity just helps me balance on it. When I’m standing up too straight my board shoots straight out like your describing
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Been doing fs nose for the last couple of weeks, then I did it on a ledge and can do it like every time. Much harder on curbs cause 1. So low and 2. Not as much time to complete the turn out, I always hit my toe on the ledge. Someone on here said for front rocks they keep their eye on their back foot, that helps with the turn out. And extending the front arm out over your front foot helps with slide/balance.
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Does anyone have any tips/advice on fs slappy noseslides? I can get it sliding but always end falling forward up on my chest with the board shooting out behind me at a rate of knots
For me, I always need to remember to keep my knees much more bent than my normal riding stance, sort of like I’m ready to pop an Ollie. Once I’m sliding, having that lower center of gravity just helps me balance on it. When I’m standing up too straight my board shoots straight out like your describing
I will definitely try and bend the knees more, makes perfect sense. I think it could be a big contributor to the slipping out. Thanks man
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Been doing fs nose for the last couple of weeks, then I did it on a ledge and can do it like every time. Much harder on curbs cause 1. So low and 2. Not as much time to complete the turn out, I always hit my toe on the ledge. Someone on here said for front rocks they keep their eye on their back foot, that helps with the turn out. And extending the front arm out over your front foot helps with slide/balance.
Will try all these tips, thankyou mate!
Fs nose and front boards have been the bain for a while now. Used to be able to do them on lower ledges. Will give it a try on the weekend, hopefully uk weather plays ball
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Does anyone have any tips/advice on fs slappy noseslides? I can get it sliding but always end falling forward up on my chest with the board shooting out behind me at a rate of knots
I'm not very good at front noseslides, but something that helps for me is looking behind you so you're not totally blind during the slide.
I've been having some issues with my wax. Weather's been getting better over here but my wax seems to hold up bad during warm weather. The candle I use feels like it's melting and starts flaking all over the place. When I grind it my trucks will just scrape the warm wax off and get gunked up real bad. Normally the wax works very well but I'm starting to wonder if there's wax out there that can handle the sun better.
It's wild to me when people act like all wax is created equally and using anything other than a random candle is "a scam".
Maybe I'm just lucky to have been introduced to homemade wax as soon as I started skating.
Someone in my neighborhood made some bizarre wax that had sections with different types of wax within the same bar. I remember one section was really greasy (I believe it had some sort of drawing oil pastels mixed in to that section). It was really soft and offered a nice mix up.
By comparison I've used really hard flakey candles that really don't work for skating.
I've had decent luck with skate wax sold at skate shops... But there is also variance within those.
I don't have any specific advice aside from trying different wax, buying some homemade wax online, or doing some research and making your own. I'm sure there are some worthwhile DIY wax guides online from the early 2000s if you look for them.
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Does anyone have any tips/advice on fs slappy noseslides? I can get it sliding but always end falling forward up on my chest with the board shooting out behind me at a rate of knots
For me, I always need to remember to keep my knees much more bent than my normal riding stance, sort of like I’m ready to pop an Ollie. Once I’m sliding, having that lower center of gravity just helps me balance on it. When I’m standing up too straight my board shoots straight out like your describing
I will definitely try and bend the knees more, makes perfect sense. I think it could be a big contributor to the slipping out. Thanks man
I recommend power sliding in all 4 wheels on the ground when you hit it
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Does anyone have any tips/advice on fs slappy noseslides? I can get it sliding but always end falling forward up on my chest with the board shooting out behind me at a rate of knots
I'm not very good at front noseslides, but something that helps for me is looking behind you so you're not totally blind during the slide.
I've been having some issues with my wax. Weather's been getting better over here but my wax seems to hold up bad during warm weather. The candle I use feels like it's melting and starts flaking all over the place. When I grind it my trucks will just scrape the warm wax off and get gunked up real bad. Normally the wax works very well but I'm starting to wonder if there's wax out there that can handle the sun better.
It's wild to me when people act like all wax is created equally and using anything other than a random candle is "a scam".
Maybe I'm just lucky to have been introduced to homemade wax as soon as I started skating.
Someone in my neighborhood made some bizarre wax that had sections with different types of wax within the same bar. I remember one section was really greasy (I believe it had some sort of drawing oil pastels mixed in to that section). It was really soft and offered a nice mix up.
By comparison I've used really hard flakey candles that really don't work for skating.
I've had decent luck with skate wax sold at skate shops... But there is also variance within those.
I don't have any specific advice aside from trying different wax, buying some homemade wax online, or doing some research and making your own. I'm sure there are some worthwhile DIY wax guides online from the early 2000s if you look for them.
on a rainy day i will melt a candle down add some oil/grease whatever spare cooking oil and various fun fluids from the garage. probably slightly toxic or whatever but its fun and makes a difference (sitting on top of the ledge vs being worked into the concrete)
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What's the best way to get wax off my metal rail? Recently took it to a skatepark that doesn't have a rail and somebody put some really bad sticky wax on it. My first guess would be alcohol but maybe that would make it even worse.
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I have no idea…instead I run around ranting, raving and blaming everyone…..like Reda and the mystery water…
Who did it?
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Off topic but probably reaching the right people here:
What's the best way to get wax off my metal rail? Recently took it to a skatepark that doesn't have a rail and somebody put some really bad sticky wax on it. My first guess would be alcohol but maybe that would make it even worse.
I keep a scraper from the hardware store in my kit exactly for this. To be honest, Heat is going to be best but getting a hair dryer (or flamethrower) to the park isn't super reasonable.
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Does anyone have any tips/advice on fs slappy noseslides? I can get it sliding but always end falling forward up on my chest with the board shooting out behind me at a rate of knots
A little late, but I'm one of the weird ones that can do fs noseslides but not bs. For me, key is looking at the pinky toe side of your front foot during the slide. Helps keep your weight more on top of the board and once you get used to it you can really throw your weight back and get a nice long slide.
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Does anyone have any tips/advice on fs slappy noseslides? I can get it sliding but always end falling forward up on my chest with the board shooting out behind me at a rate of knots
A little late, but I'm one of the weird ones that can do fs noseslides but not bs. For me, key is looking at the pinky toe side of your front foot during the slide. Helps keep your weight more on top of the board and once you get used to it you can really throw your weight back and get a nice long slide.
Same here. That turn onto bs noseslide just makes no sense to me. Every once in a while i'll have a slappy crook end up as a noseslide, but that's about it.
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i find for either nose slide its all about coming as paralell as possible to the curb and then turnin in super suddenly. where a slappy 5050 i almost want to come perpendicular.
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i find for either nose slide its all about coming as paralell as possible to the curb and then turnin in super suddenly. where a slappy 5050 i almost want to come perpendicular.
Totally. And it looks so easy. But when I’m riding up to that curb, that frontside 90 turn onto a bs noseslide is the scariest thing in the world for some reason
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i find for either nose slide its all about coming as paralell as possible to the curb and then turnin in super suddenly. where a slappy 5050 i almost want to come perpendicular.
You can come in at more perpendicular and just slap it up there. If you put enough weight on your front foot it’ll slide. I do either but when I was learning switch bs nose I usually didn’t bother with the turn.
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I actually learned slappy crooks not too long ago. Between that and slappy noseslide, its all I can do :)
I learned slappy crooks to fakie but now I have spent many hours trying to get them to regular but just got one once. Still trying to figure out how to get of the curb.
if you can come out to fakie, just pivot back to forwards before your front wheels hit the ground. it'll get your body used to staying forwards, and from there it'll be easier to pop straight out forwards. usually the beginning of the sesh my dismount is more pivotty, but the decent pop out comes back after a few goes
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ive been trying crooks for a couple sessions (like the whole session). and ive grinded a solid crook grove into my truck. but i have yet to actually land one. i just cant get out of them. will never get why everyone here in my city can do slappy crooks but not a simple 50-50.
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ive been trying crooks for a couple sessions (like the whole session). and ive grinded a solid crook grove into my truck. but i have yet to actually land one. i just cant get out of them. will never get why everyone here in my city can do slappy crooks but not a simple 50-50.
I feel you. Getting out to regular is very hard, I spent three or four Sundays only to get one or two sketchy ones. It’s way easier getting out of them to fakie. They are also easier of a parking block when you can just drop of it and don‘t have to pop out.
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What's the best way to get wax off my metal rail? Recently took it to a skatepark that doesn't have a rail and somebody put some really bad sticky wax on it. My first guess would be alcohol but maybe that would make it even worse.
I keep a scraper from the hardware store in my kit exactly for this. To be honest, Heat is going to be best but getting a hair dryer (or flamethrower) to the park isn't super reasonable.
Scraper will do it. Be sure to tell them you don’t wax metal coping. Ever.
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ive been trying crooks for a couple sessions (like the whole session). and ive grinded a solid crook grove into my truck. but i have yet to actually land one. i just cant get out of them. will never get why everyone here in my city can do slappy crooks but not a simple 50-50.
In the same boat. I can slappy 50 and nosegrind and Smith but can't for the life of me do a slappy crook
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Off topic but probably reaching the right people here:
What's the best way to get wax off my metal rail? Recently took it to a skatepark that doesn't have a rail and somebody put some really bad sticky wax on it. My first guess would be alcohol but maybe that would make it even worse.
I keep a scraper from the hardware store in my kit exactly for this. To be honest, Heat is going to be best but getting a hair dryer (or flamethrower) to the park isn't super reasonable.
lot of guys probably see felipe gustavo or nigel waxing rails and thought they needed to follow suit
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I’m not particularly good but I swear that a slappy crook is basically the easiest trick you can perform on a curb. I have no particular advice for how to do them but I feel like, if I can do them, anyone should be able to.
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I’m not particularly good but I swear that a slappy crook is basically the easiest trick you can perform on a curb. I have no particular advice for how to do them but I feel like, if I can do them, anyone should be able to.
I feel the same way. I’ve been skating forever and love it but I’m not actually great at it. A few years ago I made it a goal to figure out backside 50/50 slappies. I got them. Frontside is another story. I’ve done a couple shitty ones but I’ll seriously have to try those for weeks to get one (a couple sessions a week).
Once I figured out backside crooked grind slappies I couldn’t believe how easy they became for me. I don’t even have to think about them when I try them (again, I pretty much suck at skating). I worked with my friend I grew up skating with (I’m 43 he’s 46) and while he’s still getting comfortable with them, he’s been successful with them too.
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you just kinda lift the trucks up. it is just a matter of learning to do it quickly to make it look nice. i thought it was cheating at first but that is really all there is to it. the more you can keep your foot off the tail the better it looks but you really just need the tiniest lift of the tail just to get the board going the right direction into the wall, the bend in the nose should be enough to send you up once it rams into the wall but you want to try and just give it a little lift if you can. some people are really good at forcing the board into the wall and making the nose go up the right way it all has to do with the way they carve into it.
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ive been trying crooks for a couple sessions (like the whole session). and ive grinded a solid crook grove into my truck. but i have yet to actually land one. i just cant get out of them. will never get why everyone here in my city can do slappy crooks but not a simple 50-50.
In the same boat. I can slappy 50 and nosegrind and Smith but can't for the life of me do a slappy crook
slappy crook is easy... imagine you do a carve nosegrind on a quarter - and do the same movement at the curb.
The trick is just in you toes. Backfoot placement is just for decoration / holding the balance once you reach the crooked
position.
on the other side i have absolutely no idea how to to a Smith at a curb. Its way to low to log in????
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ive been trying crooks for a couple sessions (like the whole session). and ive grinded a solid crook grove into my truck. but i have yet to actually land one. i just cant get out of them. will never get why everyone here in my city can do slappy crooks but not a simple 50-50.
In the same boat. I can slappy 50 and nosegrind and Smith but can't for the life of me do a slappy crook
slappy crook is easy... imagine you do a carve nosegrind on a quarter - and do the same movement at the curb.
The trick is just in you toes. Backfoot placement is just for decoration / holding the balance once you reach the crooked
position.
on the other side i have absolutely no idea how to to a Smith at a curb. Its way to low to log in????
i cant hold a slappy smith for more than a couple feet at the very most but its doable if you can slappy 50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGRWfaddANs
@1:44 just watch the kid do them over and over. i do everything the same as a slappy 50 but over rotate my hips/shoulders and put more weight on my back heel once im in.
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I’m not particularly good but I swear that a slappy crook is basically the easiest trick you can perform on a curb. I have no particular advice for how to do them but I feel like, if I can do them, anyone should be able to.
I feel the same way. I’ve been skating forever and love it but I’m not actually great at it. A few years ago I made it a goal to figure out backside 50/50 slappies. I got them. Frontside is another story. I’ve done a couple shitty ones but I’ll seriously have to try those for weeks to get one (a couple sessions a week).
Once I figured out backside crooked grind slappies I couldn’t believe how easy they became for me. I don’t even have to think about them when I try them (again, I pretty much suck at skating). I worked with my friend I grew up skating with (I’m 43 he’s 46) and while he’s still getting comfortable with them, he’s been successful with them too.
i'm the opposite you you guys i guess. i figured frontside 50's out in one session. think i managed to get onto the curb first try even. backside is a little harder, i can do them but they take effort. crooks are a nightmare. (i might've landed them already if i had a parking block and i could just go off the end tho)
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ive been trying crooks for a couple sessions (like the whole session). and ive grinded a solid crook grove into my truck. but i have yet to actually land one. i just cant get out of them. will never get why everyone here in my city can do slappy crooks but not a simple 50-50.
In the same boat. I can slappy 50 and nosegrind and Smith but can't for the life of me do a slappy crook
slappy crook is easy... imagine you do a carve nosegrind on a quarter - and do the same movement at the curb.
The trick is just in you toes. Backfoot placement is just for decoration / holding the balance once you reach the crooked
position.
on the other side i have absolutely no idea how to to a Smith at a curb. Its way to low to log in????
i cant hold a slappy smith for more than a couple feet at the very most but its doable if you can slappy 50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGRWfaddANs
@1:44 just watch the kid do them over and over. i do everything the same as a slappy 50 but over rotate my hips/shoulders and put more weight on my back heel once im in.
yeah thats how i do Smiths too. overrotating a 50/50. i dont have em super solid cause i skate really front foot heavy and its hard to go all backfoot for me. but i can do them sometimes ateast. unlike crooks..
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I’m not particularly good but I swear that a slappy crook is basically the easiest trick you can perform on a curb. I have no particular advice for how to do them but I feel like, if I can do them, anyone should be able to.
I feel the same way. I’ve been skating forever and love it but I’m not actually great at it. A few years ago I made it a goal to figure out backside 50/50 slappies. I got them. Frontside is another story. I’ve done a couple shitty ones but I’ll seriously have to try those for weeks to get one (a couple sessions a week).
Once I figured out backside crooked grind slappies I couldn’t believe how easy they became for me. I don’t even have to think about them when I try them (again, I pretty much suck at skating). I worked with my friend I grew up skating with (I’m 43 he’s 46) and while he’s still getting comfortable with them, he’s been successful with them too.
i'm the opposite you you guys i guess. i figured frontside 50's out in one session. think i managed to get onto the curb first try even. backside is a little harder, i can do them but they take effort. crooks are a nightmare. (i might've landed them already if i had a parking block and i could just go off the end tho)
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ive been trying crooks for a couple sessions (like the whole session). and ive grinded a solid crook grove into my truck. but i have yet to actually land one. i just cant get out of them. will never get why everyone here in my city can do slappy crooks but not a simple 50-50.
In the same boat. I can slappy 50 and nosegrind and Smith but can't for the life of me do a slappy crook
slappy crook is easy... imagine you do a carve nosegrind on a quarter - and do the same movement at the curb.
The trick is just in you toes. Backfoot placement is just for decoration / holding the balance once you reach the crooked
position.
on the other side i have absolutely no idea how to to a Smith at a curb. Its way to low to log in????
i cant hold a slappy smith for more than a couple feet at the very most but its doable if you can slappy 50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGRWfaddANs
@1:44 just watch the kid do them over and over. i do everything the same as a slappy 50 but over rotate my hips/shoulders and put more weight on my back heel once im in.
yeah thats how i do Smiths too. overrotating a 50/50. i dont have em super solid cause i skate really front foot heavy and its hard to go all backfoot for me. but i can do them sometimes ateast. unlike crooks..
Exactly the same here. Slappy front 50s are definitely the trick that comes the easiest for me, but any backside grinds/slides except for nose and boardslide feel like I'm about to die. Slappy front crook also took me a long time and even now I'm not good at holding them as long as my 50s. Feebles/Smiths seem way easier to me.
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Finally managed to land a few bs noseslides last night, and got into a few crooks… but didn’t land any. I’ve been able
To do bs and fs 50s for a while but noseslides are so much harder/scarier than they look.
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george poulos is a vlogger kook but his slappy crook tutorial on youtube is actually really good
once you get the crook it becomes the easiest slappy, but its very counter-intuitive at first
my mantra is this: all you need to do is pop one wheel up on the curb. that's it. just one wheel.
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george poulos is a vlogger kook but his slappy crook tutorial on youtube is actually really good
once you get the crook it becomes the easiest slappy, but its very counter-intuitive at first
my mantra is this: all you need to do is pop one wheel up on the curb. that's it. just one wheel.
I second this, I checked his video and it was helpful. I'd describe him more as a vlogger dork than a vlogger kook
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for guys struggling with bs slappy: if your curb has any sort of slant at all, try to do a slappy bs 5-0 first. you can put a lot of pressure on the tail and cruise right up the curb once you learn how to slash it. just be very careful, you can really slide out onto your hip / bum. you might under or over rotate at first a lot, but 5-0 doesnt matter. then once you learn how to really steer it to the exact angle you want you can put down your front truck.
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for guys struggling with bs slappy: if your curb has any sort of slant at all, try to do a slappy bs 5-0 first. you can put a lot of pressure on the tail and cruise right up the curb once you learn how to slash it. just be very careful, you can really slide out onto your hip / bum. you might under or over rotate at first a lot, but 5-0 doesnt matter. then once you learn how to really steer it to the exact angle you want you can put down your front truck.
This is how I learned em and how I still kinda do em. I just approached the curb as if I were doing a bs slash grind on a quarter pipe, so my front truck hits first and then my back truck and then my front truck lifts up a bit as if I were going to 5-0 and then comes right back down. Having a curb with the slightest slant on it helps as well. I feel like there are two main ways to learn bs slappies: you can either learn em this way (the quarter pipe way) or the wallride way, where you approach it like you were going to do a bs wallride. Either way works.
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Getting closer to nose slide to crooks- I can sometimes get into crooks after a very short nose slide but I really want to be able to slide for a bit and then switch. Kinda did yesterday but then didn’t roll away. Anyone got tips?
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I went to grind my usual slappy curb with my new trucks and couldn't get any back 50/50s. Breaking in new trucks sucks.
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Getting closer to nose slide to crooks- I can sometimes get into crooks after a very short nose slide but I really want to be able to slide for a bit and then switch. Kinda did yesterday but then didn’t roll away. Anyone got tips?
I find I need to get down a little lower than a normal noseslide, then when sliding and well balanced almost "bounce" it up into the grind, so being lower it is easier to get into that position and hold it for longer as well.
The bounce I would liken to popping off out of a nose slide, only you are pushing it up into the grind rather than off the curb.
Weight is still on the front foot, but push down a tiny bit on the back so the board dips a bit which then gives you the almost nollie like motion to get the board back up and into the grind.
The getting off the curb at the end rolling away forwards is also a shifting of weight, similar to a nollie but more of a push and bounce forward and out a touch from the curb, weight being from front toe to back heel in a shifty motion to balance it out and not have the board tip over.
Hope that helps a bit.
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Getting closer to nose slide to crooks- I can sometimes get into crooks after a very short nose slide but I really want to be able to slide for a bit and then switch. Kinda did yesterday but then didn’t roll away. Anyone got tips?
I find I need to get down a little lower than a normal noseslide, then when sliding and well balanced almost "bounce" it up into the grind, so being lower it is easier to get into that position and hold it for longer as well.
The bounce I would liken to popping off out of a nose slide, only you are pushing it up into the grind rather than off the curb.
Weight is still on the front foot, but push down a tiny bit on the back so the board dips a bit which then gives you the almost nollie like motion to get the board back up and into the grind.
The getting off the curb at the end rolling away forwards is also a shifting of weight, similar to a nollie but more of a push and bounce forward and out a touch from the curb, weight being from front toe to back heel in a shifty motion to balance it out and not have the board tip over.
Hope that helps a bit.
Ok thanks I’ll see if this works
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i finally landed some slappy crooks. man its been a chalange..
honsetly i think the curbs here just aint good for them. especially bad for learning. found one place i could get into them perfectly and shorty after i started landing them.
the curbs i have here are only 2 options since its rare to find grindable curbs in my country.
one is really slanted, and super skinny (dirt on the other side). super easy to get into but my nose kept goin over into the dirt there. that one is also downhill wich didnt help mentally.
or high, like low ledge hight. like twice as high as a normal curb. way harder to get into them. have to lift my nose there. and while i ginded sometimes my balance was off all the time there.
now on the high curb i later figured the first and last bocks are slanted. so they start at normal curb hight and then go up.. so i started to try going on them there and that was way easier. and got me to land some.
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I went to grind my usual slappy curb with my new trucks and couldn't get any back 50/50s. Breaking in new trucks sucks.
This happened with Royals. People keep saying it’ll get better but I keep skating them and they don’t. Pulled the trigger on some AF-1s and hopefully this solves my slappy dilemma.
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I went to grind my usual slappy curb with my new trucks and couldn't get any back 50/50s. Breaking in new trucks sucks.
This happened with Royals. People keep saying it’ll get better but I keep skating them and they don’t. Pulled the trigger on some AF-1s and hopefully this solves my slappy dilemma.
Strange. I learned back 50s on Indy 144s, and immediately got them on the Lurpiv 149s so I can‘t see a reason they shouldn‘t work on the Indy 149s. But that‘s the theory. I can‘t afford to lose tricks, my bag is shallow enough with the ones I got.
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Luckily i have a slappy curb at my local spot, at first i thought it was too wide to do pop over tricks, but now I figured it out and learning new tricks almost every session.
Here's one of my latest ones:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CeAvZ0FjkVm/
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I went to grind my usual slappy curb with my new trucks and couldn't get any back 50/50s. Breaking in new trucks sucks.
This happened with Royals. People keep saying it’ll get better but I keep skating them and they don’t. Pulled the trigger on some AF-1s and hopefully this solves my slappy dilemma.
I went Indy to ace AF1 and completely lost my slappies. The turn fully threw off my timing. Ended up just putting them on my cruiser boar
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I went to grind my usual slappy curb with my new trucks and couldn't get any back 50/50s. Breaking in new trucks sucks.
This happened with Royals. People keep saying it’ll get better but I keep skating them and they don’t. Pulled the trigger on some AF-1s and hopefully this solves my slappy dilemma.
I went Indy to ace AF1 and completely lost my slappies. The turn fully threw off my timing. Ended up just putting them on my cruiser boar
My Indys grind just a touch nicer, but I love the carve into slappies on my Aces. I’m switching all my set-ups over to Ace
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I went to grind my usual slappy curb with my new trucks and couldn't get any back 50/50s. Breaking in new trucks sucks.
This happened with Royals. People keep saying it’ll get better but I keep skating them and they don’t. Pulled the trigger on some AF-1s and hopefully this solves my slappy dilemma.
Strange. I learned back 50s on Indy 144s, and immediately got them on the Lurpiv 149s so I can‘t see a reason they shouldn‘t work on the Indy 149s. But that‘s the theory. I can‘t afford to lose tricks, my bag is shallow enough with the ones I got.
To be clear, it's not the change of truck geometry or anything. I just found that the grind on the Royals wasn't as good, and I wasn't able to glide through the curbs like I was with my Indys.
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I went to grind my usual slappy curb with my new trucks and couldn't get any back 50/50s. Breaking in new trucks sucks.
This happened with Royals. People keep saying it’ll get better but I keep skating them and they don’t. Pulled the trigger on some AF-1s and hopefully this solves my slappy dilemma.
I went Indy to ace AF1 and completely lost my slappies. The turn fully threw off my timing. Ended up just putting them on my cruiser boar
My Indys grind just a touch nicer, but I love the carve into slappies on my Aces. I’m switching all my set-ups over to Ace
Yeah, my best slappys and some of my best adult skating was on Ace Classics. Excited to see if the AF1s are as much fun as the Classics were.
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I couldn’t do switch crooks on my ventures but new ace lo’s, no problem….the turning radius helps. The quick swerve in, plus how easily the hanger twists to get to crook….
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has lurpiv put out a rerun yet/fixed the problems people were having with them? i really want to try them but i don’t want to spend a hundred bucks if the axle is going to break or have whatever other problems people were experiencing.
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I went to grind my usual slappy curb with my new trucks and couldn't get any back 50/50s. Breaking in new trucks sucks.
This happened with Royals. People keep saying it’ll get better but I keep skating them and they don’t. Pulled the trigger on some AF-1s and hopefully this solves my slappy dilemma.
Strange. I learned back 50s on Indy 144s, and immediately got them on the Lurpiv 149s so I can‘t see a reason they shouldn‘t work on the Indy 149s. But that‘s the theory. I can‘t afford to lose tricks, my bag is shallow enough with the ones I got.
To be clear, it's not the change of truck geometry or anything. I just found that the grind on the Royals wasn't as good, and I wasn't able to glide through the curbs like I was with my Indys.
I see. The Indys def. grind well on fs 50/50s and back crooks I just can‘t lock into back 50/50s anymore. I guess I run the Indys a tad looser than the Lurpivs, might have to adjust.
The Indys are just overall a more massive truck than the „filigrane“ Lurpivs and have more heft. I guess they are heavier too even if I have the hollows, but in the end I had certainly ground 50grams out of my Lurpivs and left them on the curbs.
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Luckily i have a slappy curb at my local spot, at first i thought it was too wide to do pop over tricks, but now I figured it out and learning new tricks almost every session.
Here's one of my latest ones:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CeAvZ0FjkVm/
i saw that video. nice.
the crack in that curb messes with me sometimes. most of the time it goes well, and them randomly it catches my back truck on a 50 sending my flying.
i had been meaning to go there all month now since i really dedicated most my sessions to learning crooks and this one its easy to get into and all the locals there can all do them and could give some tips. but i ended up not going each time. havn't been to the city in a couple months now.
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This thread isn't my usual territory as I'm really not a slappy guy or a curb skater, but this little hump at a park I visited was too tempting not to have a go at.
Have to say it was super satisfying getting over it, and makes me think I should try this stuff more often. Much admiration for the slappy slap-pals, its not as easy as it looks!
https://vimeo.com/714918870 (https://vimeo.com/714918870)
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Any advice for learning to slappy on those parking lot blocks where the sides are vertical at the bottom, and then diagonal before being flat at the top.
I feel like I shouldn't be but I am really struggling getting into it. The geometry is psyching me out for some reason, not sure why.
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Any advice for learning to slappy on those parking lot blocks where the sides are vertical at the bottom, and then diagonal before being flat at the top.
I feel like I shouldn't be but I am really struggling getting into it. The geometry is psyching me out for some reason, not sure why.
It‘s the same as a curb only the risk of slipping over it and eating shit is increased. But they are super fun.
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I went to grind my usual slappy curb with my new trucks and couldn't get any back 50/50s. Breaking in new trucks sucks.
This happened with Royals. People keep saying it’ll get better but I keep skating them and they don’t. Pulled the trigger on some AF-1s and hopefully this solves my slappy dilemma.
Strange. I learned back 50s on Indy 144s, and immediately got them on the Lurpiv 149s so I can‘t see a reason they shouldn‘t work on the Indy 149s. But that‘s the theory. I can‘t afford to lose tricks, my bag is shallow enough with the ones I got.
To be clear, it's not the change of truck geometry or anything. I just found that the grind on the Royals wasn't as good, and I wasn't able to glide through the curbs like I was with my Indys.
I see. The Indys def. grind well on fs 50/50s and back crooks I just can‘t lock into back 50/50s anymore. I guess I run the Indys a tad looser than the Lurpivs, might have to adjust.
The Indys are just overall a more massive truck than the „filigrane“ Lurpivs and have more heft. I guess they are heavier too even if I have the hollows, but in the end I had certainly ground 50grams out of my Lurpivs and left them on the curbs.
Quoting myself to follow up on this. Today I went back to my curb, all alone. Only me and the curb. Mano a mano. And finally I got my back 50/50s back. Super stoked. I also got a nice bs crook to fakie and even managed to lock into some front crooks, the next slappy I want to work out. The grind on the Indys is fantastic.
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Any advice for learning to slappy on those parking lot blocks where the sides are vertical at the bottom, and then diagonal before being flat at the top.
I feel like I shouldn't be but I am really struggling getting into it. The geometry is psyching me out for some reason, not sure why.
My tailbone hates those parking blocks
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Any advice for learning to slappy on those parking lot blocks where the sides are vertical at the bottom, and then diagonal before being flat at the top.
I feel like I shouldn't be but I am really struggling getting into it. The geometry is psyching me out for some reason, not sure why.
My tailbone hates those parking blocks
Funny, those things were really helpful for me when I was first figuring out slappy 5050s. The extra angle makes getting on a little easier. Never really had a problem slipping out over the top either. But parking blocks can very a lot from place to place. I’ve seen some that are huge and I can’t get up them. I’ve seen others that are super narrow, and in that case I do actually worry about slipping out. In Texas they also have some that are extremely fat and low. Those things suck. Not because of sliding out but just because they’re too wide to lock in nicely and they’re too low to boardslide. So idk, maybe try scoping out some more blocks till you find one that’s a shape you like?
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There’s 2 parking blocks in the parking lot by my house, no rebar holding it down, just sitting on the grass. I’m gonna go with a dolly tonight or tomorrow and wheel it back to my house. Hoping to have a good driveway set up within the next week lol
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There’s 2 parking blocks in the parking lot by my house, no rebar holding it down, just sitting on the grass. I’m gonna go with a dolly tonight or tomorrow and wheel it back to my house. Hoping to have a good driveway set up within the next week lol
I think I've heard those things can actually be kind of fragile and crumbly so make sure you're not being too careless when transporting. Good luck!
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Any advice for learning to slappy on those parking lot blocks where the sides are vertical at the bottom, and then diagonal before being flat at the top.
I feel like I shouldn't be but I am really struggling getting into it. The geometry is psyching me out for some reason, not sure why.
My tailbone hates those parking blocks
I’ll make (prep) a curb before I skate one of those other ones. I actually have a 6 foot one but that’s been neglected for a flatbar I bought.
I actually know how to slappy but my tailbone wanted me to mention it to you guys
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Any advice for learning to slappy on those parking lot blocks where the sides are vertical at the bottom, and then diagonal before being flat at the top.
I feel like I shouldn't be but I am really struggling getting into it. The geometry is psyching me out for some reason, not sure why.
My tailbone hates those parking blocks
Same some of my worst slams have been on those. Double sided curbs in general tbh. Nothing like going mach 10 for a fs slappy and not locking in with your front truck and going into front board lol.
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i go for front 5050, slide into losi, then front lip on those and just fucking slam
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i go for front 5050, slide into losi, then front lip on those and just fucking slam
But if you could ride one of those out it would be so fucking sick
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i go for front 5050, slide into losi, then front lip on those and just fucking slam
I learned frontside lipslides on a parking block like this and I remember slipping out and taking a full parking block to the spine like I was crucified on the cross. Still haunts me.
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If you weight on to your front foot after your truck makes contact you can just pivot into a lip slide no problem
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(https://i.imgur.com/oAfxn1V.mp4)
A little slappy crooks at my favorite curb. Trying to work on holding them longer and controlling when I come out.
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(https://i.imgur.com/oAfxn1V.mp4)
A little slappy crooks at my favorite curb. Trying to work on holding them longer and controlling when I come out.
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(https://i.imgur.com/oAfxn1V.mp4)
A little slappy crooks at my favorite curb. Trying to work on holding them longer and controlling when I come out.
Beautiful curb, beautiful crook.
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(https://i.imgur.com/oAfxn1V.mp4)
A little slappy crooks at my favorite curb. Trying to work on holding them longer and controlling when I come out.
Damn. That looks sick, I understand now when someone said earlier about lifting a little bit to get you up the curb. I thought you had to smash into it like a slappy 50-50
I’m gonna have to try that :o
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So my roommates and I poured some curbs in our basement this winter, and we just now got them painted and put a tiny amount of lacquer on them. We dropped them off at the spot yesterday, and they grinded great for the first 3 or 4 slappies, but then started to get real crusty. We put some wax on them to try and get them going, but now we are wondering if it's too late to put another coat of lacquer on them. Can you lacquer it if it's been waxed?
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So my roommates and I poured some curbs in our basement this winter, and we just now got them painted and put a tiny amount of lacquer on them. We dropped them off at the spot yesterday, and they grinded great for the first 3 or 4 slappies, but then started to get real crusty. We put some wax on them to try and get them going, but now we are wondering if it's too late to put another coat of lacquer on them. Can you lacquer it if it's been waxed?
yes you can lacquer on top of wax
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So my roommates and I poured some curbs in our basement this winter, and we just now got them painted and put a tiny amount of lacquer on them. We dropped them off at the spot yesterday, and they grinded great for the first 3 or 4 slappies, but then started to get real crusty. We put some wax on them to try and get them going, but now we are wondering if it's too late to put another coat of lacquer on them. Can you lacquer it if it's been waxed?
i know a guy who has a parking block in his driveway, and he says he sprays it down with a fresh coat of clear enamel after almost every session. so yeah, go for it. it might not adhere perfectly if its on top of wax, but it all contributes toward sealing the thing up and keeping it slick
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I’m a frontside dude when ollieing, and a backside dude when slapping a curb up. Gonna work on the frontside fifty’s but front crook slappys just seem fucked up
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Just started showing this curb some love after a winter/spring of neglect
https://youtube.com/shorts/ComFnsToSfw?feature=share
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Just started showing this curb some love after a winter/spring of neglect
https://youtube.com/shorts/ComFnsToSfw?feature=share
That crook shuv it out is so dope
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Just started showing this curb some love after a winter/spring of neglect
https://youtube.com/shorts/ComFnsToSfw?feature=share
That crook shuv it out is so dope
Dude rad I’m gonna have to try that last trick!
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Just started showing this curb some love after a winter/spring of neglect
https://youtube.com/shorts/ComFnsToSfw?feature=share
That crook shuv it out is so dope
Dude rad I’m gonna have to try that last trick!
Thanks guys. That power slide tail slide thing is mad easy especially after a couple slappys and you have some excess wax on the wheels already. It felt really cool though
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Just started showing this curb some love after a winter/spring of neglect
https://youtube.com/shorts/ComFnsToSfw?feature=share
That crook shuv it out is so dope
I spent three entire afternoons to get a clip of a bs crook to regular less clean than yours. Makes me wonder how long did you have to try the shuv out?
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Seriously, why do Europeans call any ledge a curb? I've seen so many 'curbs' that are actually knee high ledges by now. Even when translated to Dutch the meaning is very obvious. I really don't get how this is so deeply rooted in our culture.
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Seriously, why do Europeans call any ledge a curb? I've seen so many 'curbs' that are actually knee high ledges by now. Even when translated to Dutch the meaning is very obvious. I really don't get how this is so deeply rooted in our culture.
I've been asking that for years. When I started skating as a kid (in Austria), I basically learned all the obstacle names from the older dudes and a "grind box" was always called curb. I only realized a few years ago what curb actually means. I've also never heard anybody use the word "Hubba" ever in my life.
Some people even call a huge bank to ledge a curb here. I'm sure many people know better, but can't be bothered to correct everybody, just like me.
Edit: From titus.de, which is a huge source of information for beginners and I guess every skater. Translated to english by google:
"Everything is called a curb or ledge – from a park bench to a self-made wooden box with metal edges. Such obstacles offer all possibilities for grinding and sliding.
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https://www.titus.de/blog/wiki/skateboard-guide/obstacle-abc/curbledge/ (https://www.titus.de/blog/wiki/skateboard-guide/obstacle-abc/curbledge/)
Skatedeluxe also says something similar. This curb=ledge thing won't go away anytime soon unfortunately
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Damn wasn't aware that even the Titus and Skatedeluxe sites called them that way. Kinda makes sense though as I've seen Titus videos labeled as curb skating that were just a collection of ledge tricks. I've actually been meaning to start my own online mag with a friend of mine and my sole mission from now on is to get people to acknowledge the difference between curbs and ledges.
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When I lived in the Netherlands I also thought it was a lil bit odd that the locals referred to bowls as 'pools'
Similar to kids all calling any transition vert, when they have no idea what a vert ramp actually is in person because there were so few of them around where I grew up and most skateparks had max 5 foot transitions which were definitely not vert.
Back to curbs though, is there more a preference to skate single side or double side / stand alone curbs, or more just whatever you find and can get your skate on without getting kicked out?
Single sided curbs are everywhere round here, but double sided are really only in places like shopping centre carparks which usually have a high bust factor, but so worth it if you can get a sneaky session in from time to time.
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Double siders are way more fun, there's a lot of skaters in my town though so that shit gets the stoppers put on it real quick. Long bs and fs boardslides are my favorite so I'm always lookin for em
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(https://i.imgur.com/mW3Xgox.mp4)
For whatever reason I can't take this straight to tail yet, I have to do the step out. Working on it though.
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Last week the FS5050 slappys started to work. I think I finally figured out the weight balance and just went for it. Locked into a bs crook and will start working on those more. I also started getting on top of the bs 5050 because I always felt like it was leaning to far toe side.
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(https://i.imgur.com/mW3Xgox.mp4)
For whatever reason I can't take this straight to tail yet, I have to do the step out. Working on it though.
Just started working these out the other day. Landed a few, but boy were mine ugly compared to yours.
Gimme time: I may be 50, but I still skate like a 49 year old. I’ll get ‘em locked & slid proper, soon enough (inshallah.)
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For whatever reason I can't take this straight to tail yet, I have to do the step out. Working on it though.
Gimme time: I may be 50, but I still skate like a 49 year old. I’ll get ‘em locked & slid proper, soon enough (inshallah.)
“Learned” those a few months ago and I’m in the same boat as Lou Strux. Maybe even worse off. No matter how fast I go once I step off to push into tail I just loose all speed and slide a couple inches or just stall. It’s maddening. They’re actually easier going w/o the step off. Just remember to turn your head and your shoulders will follow, which results in going to tail slide pretty much every time.
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For whatever reason I can't take this straight to tail yet, I have to do the step out. Working on it though.
Gimme time: I may be 50, but I still skate like a 49 year old. I’ll get ‘em locked & slid proper, soon enough (inshallah.)
Yeah you really have to push the board out in front of you and then catch up to it. They way I do them it's basically two steps, most of the slide happens at the step off and I push the tail out in front of me, then when i bring my front foot back to the board it's to push off the curb and land. I want to learn to slide further after bringing my front foot back on.
For whatever reason, opening my body frontside just really freaks me out and feels unnatural, it's one of the reasons I can't really do noseslides. that 90 degree turn to my left has always been a problem for me. Definitely need to keep working on the 50 to tailslide without stepping off though
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I do the same but all the slide basically stops as soon as my front foot is back on. I’m guessing I’m not pushing hard enough. Yours looks like you still have a good slide even after your fronts back on.
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Any tips for front 5050? I can’t get my back truck onto the curb. They always just go straight into a Willie grind
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Any tips for front 5050? I can’t get my back truck onto the curb. They always just go straight into a Willie grind
Make sure to bend the knees before hitting the curb and straighten them only as you smash into it, with a slight turning movement of the hip (like Shakira or Beyonce lol).
Also the right angle is important. For front 50-50 I come at almost 90 degrees. This might sound strange logically, but it will catapult your front truck onto the curb with more force than coming at a low angle, so that the back truck will be lifted automatically and all you have to do is slightly pivot (hips!) mid „air“ to get it in the right position on the curb.
Not sure that made sense.
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^^^ Completely agree.
The other thing I would say is find the right curb to learn them on too. Sure you could just try on anything or your usual spot, but I found a lower curb was so much easier to get the feel for it, which then was a lot easier to take to a taller (normal) curb elsewhere.
I guess some people don't have the luxury of finding all sorts of curbs of different heights or angles, but keep an eye out and you might be surprised by what you find.
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Any tips for front 5050? I can’t get my back truck onto the curb. They always just go straight into a Willie grind
Biggest thing that helped frontside slappies click for me was putting my feet in the pockets instead of over the bolts.
I think the wider stance helps you get more leverage and having your front foot in the pocket specifically seems to allow the board to suck up onto the curb easier.
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Tighten your trucks…..get copers…..
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Loosen your trucks…. Rub brick, Salba sauce, and wax the earth….
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Any tips for front 5050? I can’t get my back truck onto the curb. They always just go straight into a Willie grind
I learned and then forgot how to do FS slappies. After rewatching this video a few times, it really helped me get them under control. The key for me is good speed, getting low and exploding upwards as my rear truck hits.
https://youtu.be/_w73dENxudw
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Loosen your trucks…. Rub brick, Salba sauce, and wax the earth….
(https://www.thrashermagazine.com/images/image/Features/2009/1985/8507/800t/8507p52-p53.jpg)
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Finally landed a slappy crook… to fakie after weeks of trying. It wasn’t pretty but I’m stoked.
I found foot placement on the nose makes a massive difference for me, I had it way too far forward and kept getting stuck.
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Front foot: heelside pocket, back foot toe side pocket?
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Front foot: heelside pocket, back foot toe side pocket?
For FS, both feet in a gentle heel pocket. Not too much. Leave some balance on the bolts.
For BS, front foot bolts, back foot gentle toe-side pocket.
Never ever ever wheelie or mini-pop onto the curb, ever.
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Front foot: heelside pocket, back foot toe side pocket?
More or less, yes. They need work though, I only landed 1 out of about 30 haha
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Front foot: heelside pocket, back foot toe side pocket?
For FS, both feet in a gentle heel pocket. Not too much. Leave some balance on the bolts.
For BS, front foot bolts, back foot gentle toe-side pocket.
Never ever ever wheelie or mini-pop onto the curb, ever.
How about don’t slappy period….learn back tails on ledges….
Honestly, I think do whatever you have to do, but strive to do better….that’s it. Skateboarding pretty much didn’t allow slappys for like 20 years so no need to get all privileged and snobby about it.
I wanna see a vid of all the unnecessary but totally necessary pre carving requires to do this trick…
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damn son why you so torqued about slappies
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damn son why you so torqued about slappies
Didn’t get to pet the dog.
Just out of curiosity, what 20 years were slappies not done @j….soy….?
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Front foot: heelside pocket, back foot toe side pocket?
For FS, both feet in a gentle heel pocket. Not too much. Leave some balance on the bolts.
For BS, front foot bolts, back foot gentle toe-side pocket.
Never ever ever wheelie or mini-pop onto the curb, ever.
How about don’t slappy period….learn back tails on ledges….
Honestly, I think do whatever you have to do, but strive to do better….that’s it. Skateboarding pretty much didn’t allow slappys for like 20 years so no need to get all privileged and snobby about it.
I wanna see a vid of all the unnecessary but totally necessary pre carving requires to do this trick…
I failed to mention that I was speaking strictly in the context of technique for learning a basic slappy, like a 5050. So I could see why that came off as snobby. But for real, I’ve seen the instinctive wheelie cause many talented skaters to have a curb meltdown. Generally, no rules, no fear, no credit, bad credit, so what!?
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No snobbery detected, simply facts.
How about learn slappies and back tails on ledges if you want to? Slappies are fun as hell and nobody should deny themselves that pleasure.
Either way... listen to those that know...
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damn son why you so torqued about slappies
Just out of curiosity, what 20 years were slappies not done @J….soy….?
In the early 2000s, the older boys yelled at me until I ollied into slides and grinds. I, too, didn’t get to pet the dog.
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That’s okay. In the 90s I never knew you didn’t have to ollie into krookeds. I do know that around where I was slappies we’re always being done. Hell. Winsor was being towed in and towing people in on a motorcycle to do them.
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yes if you have the tight trucks you can go into the 2 wheel much easier. if they are too loose you will wheelbite before you get up there. also hard wheels allows you do slide into it from the angle easier. i just lift the nose and tail in the pockets i dont really care if its not "proper" slappy either, its fun. instead of lifting the board up from the sides, you are lifting it from the front and back.
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That’s what I’m talking about…..
Ok…what about this idea….like a tensor bumper, but combo it up with a riser….like a reverse lapper so you can just ride right in….
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That’s what I’m talking about…..
Ok…what about this idea….like a tensor bumper, but combo it up with a riser….like a reverse lapper so you can just ride right in….
(https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article7614728.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/Stevie-from-Malcolm-in-the-Middle.png)
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That’s what I’m talking about…..
Ok…what about this idea….like a tensor bumper, but combo it up with a riser….like a reverse lapper so you can just ride right in….
(https://i2-prod.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article7614728.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/Stevie-from-Malcolm-in-the-Middle.png)
It would be like an upside down cattle guard… those pointy front parts of some trains.
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I’ve never used brushing lacquer on a curb until now. Anybody know how long I should let it dry before it’s skateable?
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I’ve never used brushing lacquer on a curb until now. Anybody know how long I should let it dry before it’s skateable?
A day or too before you wax it if youre shooting for longevity/want less maintenance but in a pinch you can hit it as soon as it seems dry
https://youtu.be/PfW_Rve21Lc
yes if you have the tight trucks you can go into the 2 wheel much easier. if they are too loose you will wheelbite before you get up there.
Yeah but a loose truck will rock up onto a curb easier, especially an angled one. I was on a sesh once a little stoned just watching everybody's front truck jolt up when their toeside wheel touched and front slappys just clicked for me
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yeah i prefer the loose trucks too, it just feels like a more stylish and fun way to skate in general so i am sticking with it without going too crazy
cant believe this guy can slappy he must weigh over 300. no excuse.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CfH9oKWhURU/
so sick
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Thanks, Dwyck!
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yes if you have the tight trucks you can go into the 2 wheel much easier. if they are too loose you will wheelbite before you get up there. also hard wheels allows you do slide into it from the angle easier. i just lift the nose and tail in the pockets i dont really care if its not "proper" slappy either, its fun. instead of lifting the board up from the sides, you are lifting it from the front and back.
i never see this discussed. its the same reason why i think smaller/medium wheels work better. i used to ride 60mm on indy 215's one one setup and i couln't slappy with that setup at all (no probem on my other setup). the wheels would just hit the deck and stop climbing. and then when i switched them out to 52mm it was the easiest thing ever.
now i just ride the happy medium. 169,s with 54/55mm
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Yesterday I finally learned how to get into a slappy front feeble without doing a 50 first. I accidentally didn't turn my shoulders when I hit the curb and went into a perfect feeble position. I had to leave after a few tries as it was already really late, but just hitting the curb and not twisting my shoulders seemed to do the trick. Still have to land a proper one, but I seem to finally get the technique. Is this really all there is to slappy feebles or am I overlooking something?
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yes if you have the tight trucks you can go into the 2 wheel much easier. if they are too loose you will wheelbite before you get up there. also hard wheels allows you do slide into it from the angle easier. i just lift the nose and tail in the pockets i dont really care if its not "proper" slappy either, its fun. instead of lifting the board up from the sides, you are lifting it from the front and back.
i never see this discussed. its the same reason why i think smaller/medium wheels work better. i used to ride 60mm on indy 215's one one setup and i couln't slappy with that setup at all (no probem on my other setup). the wheels would just hit the deck and stop climbing. and then when i switched them out to 52mm it was the easiest thing ever.
now i just ride the happy medium. 169,s with 54/55mm
i mean, all this works and its all personal preference to some extent, but if you want to reduce the wheelbite and still rock jumbo wheels or super-loose trucks, you could just get some risers. i know not everyone likes risers, but i recently set up a board with some big fat 1/4" risers and pretty loose ace 55s, and it's pretty fun in a squirrely weird way. it definitely slappies just fine
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Last night I was trying to slappy front krook shuv out- I can slappy front nose shuv out occasionally, so it’ll happen eventually. Seems it’s all in the shoulders and less about the shuv
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yes if you have the tight trucks you can go into the 2 wheel much easier. if they are too loose you will wheelbite before you get up there. also hard wheels allows you do slide into it from the angle easier. i just lift the nose and tail in the pockets i dont really care if its not "proper" slappy either, its fun. instead of lifting the board up from the sides, you are lifting it from the front and back.
i never see this discussed. its the same reason why i think smaller/medium wheels work better. i used to ride 60mm on indy 215's one one setup and i couln't slappy with that setup at all (no probem on my other setup). the wheels would just hit the deck and stop climbing. and then when i switched them out to 52mm it was the easiest thing ever.
now i just ride the happy medium. 169,s with 54/55mm
i allways ride 1/4th risers. even when i had the 52mm wheels. i advocate for them too.
i specified the 215's cause wider hangers bite faster too.
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Last night I was trying to slappy front krook shuv out- I can slappy front nose shuv out occasionally, so it’ll happen eventually. Seems it’s all in the shoulders and less about the shuv
That's a sick one. slappy front krook is on my list but it scares me. gotta go slow and just work on the entry and lock in.
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Last night I was trying to slappy front krook shuv out- I can slappy front nose shuv out occasionally, so it’ll happen eventually. Seems it’s all in the shoulders and less about the shuv
That's a sick one. slappy front krook is on my list but it scares me. gotta go slow and just work on the entry and lock in.
For what it’s worth, I would say try starting on a banked curb and do a little nose pivot to get into it. At first I was coming straight at the curb but eventually it gets easier to ride at it more parallel. I find that pinching my shoulder blades back really helps push it forward
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Last night I was trying to slappy front krook shuv out- I can slappy front nose shuv out occasionally, so it’ll happen eventually. Seems it’s all in the shoulders and less about the shuv
That's a sick one. slappy front krook is on my list but it scares me. gotta go slow and just work on the entry and lock in.
For what it’s worth, I would say try starting on a banked curb and do a little nose pivot to get into it. At first I was coming straight at the curb but eventually it gets easier to ride at it more parallel. I find that pinching my shoulder blades back really helps push it forward
Good tips. I can do slappy frontside noseslide so I just need to figure out getting my front truck up on there
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Working on my fs slappys. Nothing special but getting there
https://youtube.com/shorts/0Z-2k6lo-aY?feature=share
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I’ve never used brushing lacquer on a curb until now. Anybody know how long I should let it dry before it’s skateable?
https://youtu.be/PfW_Rve21Lc
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yes if you have the tight trucks you can go into the 2 wheel much easier. if they are too loose you will wheelbite before you get up there.
Yeah but a loose truck will rock up onto a curb easier, especially an angled one. I was on a sesh once a little stoned just watching everybody's front truck jolt up when their toeside wheel touched and front slappys just clicked for me
damn. High risk high reward spot. So sick. Thanks for sharing!
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Last night I was trying to slappy front krook shuv out- I can slappy front nose shuv out occasionally, so it’ll happen eventually. Seems it’s all in the shoulders and less about the shuv
That's a sick one. slappy front krook is on my list but it scares me. gotta go slow and just work on the entry and lock in.
For what it’s worth, I would say try starting on a banked curb and do a little nose pivot to get into it. At first I was coming straight at the curb but eventually it gets easier to ride at it more parallel. I find that pinching my shoulder blades back really helps push it forward
Good tips. I can do slappy frontside noseslide so I just need to figure out getting my front truck up on there
What really helped Slappy front crooks for me is thinking about Jamie Foy of all people foot position when he sits on them. Front foot all the way on the nose with toes hanging over, and back foot by the back bolts and kinda on the toe. Roll up at an extreme angle to start, and when you hit the curb kind of straighten your front leg and extend it almost in front of you, keep shoulders parallel to the curb and you’ll get grinding. Also thinking about how I did normal Slappy crooks but with the pressure on the complete opposite sides of the board and it just kind of works. Still feels bad ass looking down and seeing my board in that position. I’m also working on shove out and hope to land one this next week if all goes according to plan.
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Last night I was trying to slappy front krook shuv out- I can slappy front nose shuv out occasionally, so it’ll happen eventually. Seems it’s all in the shoulders and less about the shuv
That's a sick one. slappy front krook is on my list but it scares me. gotta go slow and just work on the entry and lock in.
For what it’s worth, I would say try starting on a banked curb and do a little nose pivot to get into it. At first I was coming straight at the curb but eventually it gets easier to ride at it more parallel. I find that pinching my shoulder blades back really helps push it forward
Good tips. I can do slappy frontside noseslide so I just need to figure out getting my front truck up on there
What really helped Slappy front crooks for me is thinking about Jamie Foy of all people foot position when he sits on them. Front foot all the way on the nose with toes hanging over, and back foot by the back bolts and kinda on the toe. Roll up at an extreme angle to start, and when you hit the curb kind of straighten your front leg and extend it almost in front of you, keep shoulders parallel to the curb and you’ll get grinding. Also thinking about how I did normal Slappy crooks but with the pressure on the complete opposite sides of the board and it just kind of works. Still feels bad ass looking down and seeing my board in that position. I’m also working on shove out and hope to land one this next week if all goes according to plan.
That totally makes sense, I just need to work up the nerve to try them, and then figure out the easiest way to get out (probably going to fakie).
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Last night I was trying to slappy front krook shuv out- I can slappy front nose shuv out occasionally, so it’ll happen eventually. Seems it’s all in the shoulders and less about the shuv
That's a sick one. slappy front krook is on my list but it scares me. gotta go slow and just work on the entry and lock in.
For what it’s worth, I would say try starting on a banked curb and do a little nose pivot to get into it. At first I was coming straight at the curb but eventually it gets easier to ride at it more parallel. I find that pinching my shoulder blades back really helps push it forward
Good tips. I can do slappy frontside noseslide so I just need to figure out getting my front truck up on there
What really helped Slappy front crooks for me is thinking about Jamie Foy of all people foot position when he sits on them. Front foot all the way on the nose with toes hanging over, and back foot by the back bolts and kinda on the toe. Roll up at an extreme angle to start, and when you hit the curb kind of straighten your front leg and extend it almost in front of you, keep shoulders parallel to the curb and you’ll get grinding. Also thinking about how I did normal Slappy crooks but with the pressure on the complete opposite sides of the board and it just kind of works. Still feels bad ass looking down and seeing my board in that position. I’m also working on shove out and hope to land one this next week if all goes according to plan.
That totally makes sense, I just need to work up the nerve to try them, and then figure out the easiest way to get out (probably going to fakie).
Coming out is the hardest part. Still surfing the curb on the ride away, I got a better one but of course didn’t film it. I foresee that once I get shove out that will be easier than coming out regular or fakie haha
https://youtube.com/shorts/4mUQ-MxHgLs?feature=share
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Last night I was trying to slappy front krook shuv out- I can slappy front nose shuv out occasionally, so it’ll happen eventually. Seems it’s all in the shoulders and less about the shuv
That's a sick one. slappy front krook is on my list but it scares me. gotta go slow and just work on the entry and lock in.
For what it’s worth, I would say try starting on a banked curb and do a little nose pivot to get into it. At first I was coming straight at the curb but eventually it gets easier to ride at it more parallel. I find that pinching my shoulder blades back really helps push it forward
Good tips. I can do slappy frontside noseslide so I just need to figure out getting my front truck up on there
What really helped Slappy front crooks for me is thinking about Jamie Foy of all people foot position when he sits on them. Front foot all the way on the nose with toes hanging over, and back foot by the back bolts and kinda on the toe. Roll up at an extreme angle to start, and when you hit the curb kind of straighten your front leg and extend it almost in front of you, keep shoulders parallel to the curb and you’ll get grinding. Also thinking about how I did normal Slappy crooks but with the pressure on the complete opposite sides of the board and it just kind of works. Still feels bad ass looking down and seeing my board in that position. I’m also working on shove out and hope to land one this next week if all goes according to plan.
That totally makes sense, I just need to work up the nerve to try them, and then figure out the easiest way to get out (probably going to fakie).
Coming out is the hardest part. Still surfing the curb on the ride away, I got a better one but of course didn’t film it. I foresee that once I get shove out that will be easier than coming out regular or fakie haha
https://youtube.com/shorts/4mUQ-MxHgLs?feature=share
Damn those look sick. I can’t wait to learn them
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Any tips for front 5050? I can’t get my back truck onto the curb. They always just go straight into a Willie grind
Biggest thing that helped frontside slappies click for me was putting my feet in the pockets instead of over the bolts.
I think the wider stance helps you get more leverage and having your front foot in the pocket specifically seems to allow the board to suck up onto the curb easier.
Gross
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The powerslide into fs tail slappy might be the dumbest best feeling trick around. I love them.
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Working on my fs slappys. Nothing special but getting there
https://youtube.com/shorts/0Z-2k6lo-aY?feature=share
Looking good, and watching is helping me get ideas on how to do them too.
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Any tips for front 5050? I can’t get my back truck onto the curb. They always just go straight into a Willie grind
Biggest thing that helped frontside slappies click for me was putting my feet in the pockets instead of over the bolts.
I think the wider stance helps you get more leverage and having your front foot in the pocket specifically seems to allow the board to suck up onto the curb easier.
Gross
lol who cares
you dont have to two wheel to fs slappy either you can just quickly make the carve its just a lot harder than bs
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Any tips for front 5050? I can’t get my back truck onto the curb. They always just go straight into a Willie grind
Biggest thing that helped frontside slappies click for me was putting my feet in the pockets instead of over the bolts.
I think the wider stance helps you get more leverage and having your front foot in the pocket specifically seems to allow the board to suck up onto the curb easier.
Gross
Thank you
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krook tail-grab shuv, so clean!!!!
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Got a couple good front 50s and trying to work on sliding blunts. The angled slappy curb definitely feels like cheating tho. Gonna try some on a real curb after work
https://youtube.com/shorts/Lqbb3MCYqx4?feature=share
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nice diy 8)
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Got a couple good front 50s and trying to work on sliding blunts. The angled slappy curb definitely feels like cheating tho. Gonna try some on a real curb after work
https://youtube.com/shorts/Lqbb3MCYqx4?feature=share
Bus stop hippie jump was sick too - I like the massive “bus stop” sign on the bus stop - makes it look like a movie set
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Got a couple good front 50s and trying to work on sliding blunts. The angled slappy curb definitely feels like cheating tho. Gonna try some on a real curb after work
https://youtube.com/shorts/Lqbb3MCYqx4?feature=share
Bus stop hippie jump was sick too - I like the massive “bus stop” sign on the bus stop - makes it look like a movie set
Thanks! I was feelin that sign too lol. I was scoping the spot out to wallie the glass on the side but that shit would shatter
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(https://i.imgur.com/g70wGTz.jpg)
used this SIKA Anchorfix 2part epoxy to fix up these CHUNKS and fill in these CRACKS to take these curbs to the NEXT LEVEL!!!
(https://i.imgur.com/A40HESr.jpg)
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I almost got BS slappy crooks down last night on my parking block before i ran out of light. I don't know why I've been so sketched out by BS grinds, this shit's great.
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Damn, slappy crooks are so hard to get consistent. Just when I think I’ve got them, I lose them again :'(
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Finally feel like I have fs 50’s down now after a few weeks of working on them. Took some advice on here with hitting it almost head on and having my front foot up a bit higher in the pocket, Definitely worked for me. Lessing up the angle I’m hitting the curb now and getting longer grinds. Onto smiths now
https://www.instagram.com/tv/Cf8wDoGDoVt/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
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I have finally found a slanted curb. It grinds really well and it's so easy to get into, but it absolutely destroys my trucks. The concrete is not that rough but it has a sharp edge that really digs into the hanger.
(https://i.ibb.co/LgWcBzj/20220717-220335.jpg)
This weird groove in the middle was the result of about 20 grinds. I'm gonna bring a set of trucks that are almost done for and finish them off there in the hope that the grinds make the edge a bit more rounded.
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Learned a new but relatively easy curb trick. Nollie lipslide shuv.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CgFxcT8gGOu/ (https://www.instagram.com/p/CgFxcT8gGOu/)
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Sick!! ☝🏽
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Finally feel like I have fs 50’s down now after a few weeks of working on them. Took some advice on here with hitting it almost head on and having my front foot up a bit higher in the pocket, Definitely worked for me. Lessing up the angle I’m hitting the curb now and getting longer grinds. Onto smiths now
https://www.instagram.com/tv/Cf8wDoGDoVt/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Hell yeah man. I'm a firm believer that if you can slappy fs 50, you can Smith no problem. Over rotating your shoulders is the key imo.
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Finally feel like I have fs 50’s down now after a few weeks of working on them. Took some advice on here with hitting it almost head on and having my front foot up a bit higher in the pocket, Definitely worked for me. Lessing up the angle I’m hitting the curb now and getting longer grinds. Onto smiths now
https://www.instagram.com/tv/Cf8wDoGDoVt/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Hell yeah man. I'm a firm believer that if you can slappy fs 50, you can Smith no problem. Over rotating your shoulders is the key imo.
I still cant get the fs slappy dialed on a regular curb but got a few on the slappy curb at the diy over the weekend
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CgHW4RNAHWo/?igshid=NWRhNmQxMjQ=
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Finally feel like I have fs 50’s down now after a few weeks of working on them. Took some advice on here with hitting it almost head on and having my front foot up a bit higher in the pocket, Definitely worked for me. Lessing up the angle I’m hitting the curb now and getting longer grinds. Onto smiths now
https://www.instagram.com/tv/Cf8wDoGDoVt/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Hell yeah man. I'm a firm believer that if you can slappy fs 50, you can Smith no problem. Over rotating your shoulders is the key imo.
Yeah sick will try that out, hoping for a break in the weather this week to get a session in and start trying. Will report back
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Finally feel like I have fs 50’s down now after a few weeks of working on them. Took some advice on here with hitting it almost head on and having my front foot up a bit higher in the pocket, Definitely worked for me. Lessing up the angle I’m hitting the curb now and getting longer grinds. Onto smiths now
https://www.instagram.com/tv/Cf8wDoGDoVt/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Hell yeah man. I'm a firm believer that if you can slappy fs 50, you can Smith no problem. Over rotating your shoulders is the key imo.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CgHW4RNAHWo/?igshid=NWRhNmQxMjQ=
Hell yeah!. That diy looks super fun too
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Finally feel like I have fs 50’s down now after a few weeks of working on them. Took some advice on here with hitting it almost head on and having my front foot up a bit higher in the pocket, Definitely worked for me. Lessing up the angle I’m hitting the curb now and getting longer grinds. Onto smiths now
https://www.instagram.com/tv/Cf8wDoGDoVt/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Hell yeah man. I'm a firm believer that if you can slappy fs 50, you can Smith no problem. Over rotating your shoulders is the key imo.
I did a smith by accident the other day, felt amazing.
Obviously couldn’t do another when I actually tried.
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I have finally found a slanted curb. It grinds really well and it's so easy to get into, but it absolutely destroys my trucks. The concrete is not that rough but it has a sharp edge that really digs into the hanger.
(https://i.ibb.co/LgWcBzj/20220717-220335.jpg)
This weird groove in the middle was the result of about 20 grinds. I'm gonna bring a set of trucks that are almost done for and finish them off there in the hope that the grinds make the edge a bit more rounded.
i have heard thunders dont last but that does seem a bit excessive
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I have finally found a slanted curb. It grinds really well and it's so easy to get into, but it absolutely destroys my trucks. The concrete is not that rough but it has a sharp edge that really digs into the hanger.
(https://i.ibb.co/LgWcBzj/20220717-220335.jpg)
This weird groove in the middle was the result of about 20 grinds. I'm gonna bring a set of trucks that are almost done for and finish them off there in the hope that the grinds make the edge a bit more rounded.
i have heard thunders dont last but that does seem a bit excessive
They're Indy's though, Forged Hollow to be specific. Sucks because the spot is in a nice area, but at this rate I'm gonna be buying new trucks every couple of weeks.
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oh my bad i just dyslexic
if you can really brick the curb to make it really smooth it will save your trucks big time
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I have finally found a slanted curb. It grinds really well and it's so easy to get into, but it absolutely destroys my trucks. The concrete is not that rough but it has a sharp edge that really digs into the hanger.
(https://i.ibb.co/LgWcBzj/20220717-220335.jpg)
This weird groove in the middle was the result of about 20 grinds. I'm gonna bring a set of trucks that are almost done for and finish them off there in the hope that the grinds make the edge a bit more rounded.
i have heard thunders dont last but that does seem a bit excessive
They're Indy's though, Forged Hollow to be specific. Sucks because the spot is in a nice area, but at this rate I'm gonna be buying new trucks every couple of weeks.
pretty sure it will stop once its skated in better. it needs that layer or wax and metal to really soak into it and then its good to go.
i had it skating in m curb. the trucks went from almost new to the axle in a month. now those and my other set both wear way slower since its skate it.
if youre talking bout the type of curb i think you are. its kinda unnavoidable to get that weird middle of the truck groove tho. but the last couple sessions i had on my old curb with the newer trucks it didnt happen.
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i have indy forged hollows, i have skated a lot of bullshit but mostly just grinding the fuck out of curbs every day since March, they dont have any deep cuts like that. the curbs i skate must be a lot more rounded.
Back Truck:
(https://i.imgur.com/ukYoNK0.jpg)
Front Truck:
(https://i.imgur.com/NBRKCkA.jpg)
cant say these are grinded down
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I've already blasted this turd out to the denizens of The Ranch, but since we're talking curbs & slappies up in this thread...
Here's a barely wrangled FS 50 with a brief stop-over in BS boardskid territory before moving on to throw out the wrong hand sign on the way to the exit.
https://vimeo.com/731036374
I'm blowing it all over the place here, but the water bottle camera operator was gassing me up with a bunch of woops and yews, so there it is.
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I've already blasted this turd out to the denizens of The Ranch, but since we're talking curbs & slappies up in this thread...
Here's a barely wrangled FS 50 with a brief stop-over in BS boardskid territory before moving on to throw out the wrong hand sign on the way to the exit.
https://vimeo.com/731036374
I'm blowing it all over the place here, but the water bottle camera operator was gassing me up with a bunch of woops and yews, so there it is.
damn i gotta find a spot where i can try this now..
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nice reeboks bud !
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Reebok Club C's are the shit. Some shoe goo on the stitching and they're the most durable skate shoe I've ever skated.
i have indy forged hollows, i have skated a lot of bullshit but mostly just grinding the fuck out of curbs every day since March, they dont have any deep cuts like that. the curbs i skate must be a lot more rounded.
It's definitely the sharp angle that's causing that weird cut, I'm gonna destroy a pair of old trucks on it to really grind it down and then hope it's better. If not, I'll definitely hit it with a rub brick.
@disclosed
(https://i.ibb.co/0mvWJyv/Screenshot-20220718-213200-Gallery.jpg)
This is the curb I'm talking about. I hit it with a quick layer of wax after taking the pic. Seems really easy to get into feebles, at least way easier than the straight curb I normally skate. I can also dig it out so I can hang my trucks over it for feebles, board- and lipslides. Seems like a fun spot but I'll have to prep it better or else I'm gonna be buying new trucks every month.
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Seems like a fun spot but I'll have to prep it better or else I'm gonna be buying new trucks every month.
Most of the shoe & gear guys buy new trucks every week so you are good on that
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@Lou Strux
That's some fire right there my man, straight up. I need to replicate that spot
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I have finally found a slanted curb. It grinds really well and it's so easy to get into, but it absolutely destroys my trucks. The concrete is not that rough but it has a sharp edge that really digs into the hanger.
(https://i.ibb.co/LgWcBzj/20220717-220335.jpg)
This weird groove in the middle was the result of about 20 grinds. I'm gonna bring a set of trucks that are almost done for and finish them off there in the hope that the grinds make the edge a bit more rounded.
(https://i.imgur.com/JfSZw0z.jpg)
I’m trying to grind my forged hollows into the axle so I can actually get a hole in my truck. It’s been taking a while and I’m
Starting to suspect it won’t happen because the material will just collapse
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I have finally found a slanted curb. It grinds really well and it's so easy to get into, but it absolutely destroys my trucks. The concrete is not that rough but it has a sharp edge that really digs into the hanger.
(https://i.ibb.co/LgWcBzj/20220717-220335.jpg)
This weird groove in the middle was the result of about 20 grinds. I'm gonna bring a set of trucks that are almost done for and finish them off there in the hope that the grinds make the edge a bit more rounded.
(https://i.imgur.com/JfSZw0z.jpg)
I’m trying to grind my forged hollows into the axle so I can actually get a hole in my truck. It’s been taking a while and I’m
Starting to suspect it won’t happen because the material will just collapse
Just recently managed to do that very thing, actually, and you are right: it does kinda collapse inward.
Also, by this point in the process, my axles are both bent, so wheels be coning a little bent, and the hanger where that cut bit is has now cracked.
May you too achieve this minor glory for yourself & your family’s honor.
(https://i.ibb.co/Z686wv6/Axled.jpg) (https://ibb.co/PZhZbJZ)
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I have finally found a slanted curb. It grinds really well and it's so easy to get into, but it absolutely destroys my trucks. The concrete is not that rough but it has a sharp edge that really digs into the hanger.
(https://i.ibb.co/LgWcBzj/20220717-220335.jpg)
This weird groove in the middle was the result of about 20 grinds. I'm gonna bring a set of trucks that are almost done for and finish them off there in the hope that the grinds make the edge a bit more rounded.
(https://i.imgur.com/JfSZw0z.jpg)
I’m trying to grind my forged hollows into the axle so I can actually get a hole in my truck. It’s been taking a while and I’m
Starting to suspect it won’t happen because the material will just collapse
Also, by this point in the process, my axles are both bent, so wheels be coning a little bent, and the hanger where that cut bit is has now cracked.
May you too achieve this minor glory for yourself & your family’s honor.
(https://i.ibb.co/Z686wv6/Axled.jpg) (https://ibb.co/PZhZbJZ)
god damn, you continue to be life goals as hell. now that I know it's possible, I shan't be discouraged...
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Grinded the slanted curb with a normal brick cause I had no rub bricks laying around and it seemed to work wonders. Grind is real smooth right now and it seems to be way less destructive than the first session. Think I can finally get backside slappys on this one as it's so much easier than a straight curb. Been scared of those for a while so I hope to finally overcome that fear on this spot. Feebles also feel really easy on it, so I'm planning to bring a bigger shovel and dig it out even further for those and board/lipslides.
(https://i.ibb.co/yXMw8xC/20220719-205555.jpg)
I'm gonna finish these normal Indys on 'em before I start wearing down my hollows, but they just don't seem to break. Really wanna join the broken axle club but I still got some work left.
(https://i.ibb.co/ZJg35bs/Screenshot-20220719-231349-Gallery.jpg)
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I have finally found a slanted curb. It grinds really well and it's so easy to get into, but it absolutely destroys my trucks. The concrete is not that rough but it has a sharp edge that really digs into the hanger.
(https://i.ibb.co/LgWcBzj/20220717-220335.jpg)
This weird groove in the middle was the result of about 20 grinds. I'm gonna bring a set of trucks that are almost done for and finish them off there in the hope that the grinds make the edge a bit more rounded.
(https://i.imgur.com/JfSZw0z.jpg)
I’m trying to grind my forged hollows into the axle so I can actually get a hole in my truck. It’s been taking a while and I’m
Starting to suspect it won’t happen because the material will just collapse
Also, by this point in the process, my axles are both bent, so wheels be coning a little bent, and the hanger where that cut bit is has now cracked.
May you too achieve this minor glory for yourself & your family’s honor.
(https://i.ibb.co/Z686wv6/Axled.jpg) (https://ibb.co/PZhZbJZ)
Same happened when I tried to grind mine in half. It folded over for a few weeks then just bent the axle. Gave up on them one session later since it was coning my rear wheels really bad.
Nice 50 to bloard @Lou Strux.
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What clear/lacquer are you guys using for curbs. I have a raw curb at my house and I’ve decided to not paint and just use clear.
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What clear/lacquer are you guys using for curbs. I have a raw curb at my house and I’ve decided to not paint and just use clear.
After rub bricking I’ve been using rustoleum clear enamel. I tried spray lacquer as well for a bit but I prefer the enamel.
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Second the above statement.
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What clear/lacquer are you guys using for curbs. I have a raw curb at my house and I’ve decided to not paint and just use clear.
A mate got me onto this, works wonders (https://i.ibb.co/54p7XG4/EB769-BB5-9691-4938-99-F0-60223-D876326.jpg) (https://ibb.co/54p7XG4)
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What clear/lacquer are you guys using for curbs. I have a raw curb at my house and I’ve decided to not paint and just use clear.
A mate got me onto this, works wonders (https://i.ibb.co/54p7XG4/EB769-BB5-9691-4938-99-F0-60223-D876326.jpg) (https://ibb.co/54p7XG4)
That looks good too, I’ve heard any brush on concrete Sealer will work really well. I just don’t have a garage and don’t want to deal with a can of sealer in my car trunk… the spray can enamel is easier for me (for now). If I eventually have a garage or workshop, I’ll try paint on sealers for sure.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w73dENxudw
this is a great vid by Jef Hartsel on how to do fs slappy, I'n'I style
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I have finally found a slanted curb. It grinds really well and it's so easy to get into, but it absolutely destroys my trucks. The concrete is not that rough but it has a sharp edge that really digs into the hanger.
(https://i.ibb.co/LgWcBzj/20220717-220335.jpg)
This weird groove in the middle was the result of about 20 grinds. I'm gonna bring a set of trucks that are almost done for and finish them off there in the hope that the grinds make the edge a bit more rounded.
(https://i.imgur.com/JfSZw0z.jpg)
I’m trying to grind my forged hollows into the axle so I can actually get a hole in my truck. It’s been taking a while and I’m
Starting to suspect it won’t happen because the material will just collapse
Yeah, the steel axle is much harder that the rest of the truck, even if it’s hollow, so in my experience usually you’ll get the structure collapsing before you are able to grind through the steel.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_w73dENxudw
this is a great vid by Jef Hartsel on how to do fs slappy, I'n'I style
This is my favorite slappy video and I’ve said this here a dozen times but it was by watching this video that I finally locked in good frontside slappys.
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I have finally found a slanted curb. It grinds really well and it's so easy to get into, but it absolutely destroys my trucks. The concrete is not that rough but it has a sharp edge that really digs into the hanger.
(https://i.ibb.co/LgWcBzj/20220717-220335.jpg)
This weird groove in the middle was the result of about 20 grinds. I'm gonna bring a set of trucks that are almost done for and finish them off there in the hope that the grinds make the edge a bit more rounded.
(https://i.imgur.com/JfSZw0z.jpg)
I’m trying to grind my forged hollows into the axle so I can actually get a hole in my truck. It’s been taking a while and I’m
Starting to suspect it won’t happen because the material will just collapse
Yeah, the steel axle is much harder that the rest of the truck, even if it’s hollow, so in my experience usually you’ll get the structure collapsing before you are able to grind through the steel.
The other bonus from getting into the axle (beyond feeling like a fucking champ) is that the steel grinds like you’re on ice, by comparison. At least on curbs.
The molecularly denser material doesn’t deform as much under the rigorous forces, so to speak, involved in grinding concrete.
Not to mention, your whole kit is lighter now, as a result of there being less material on your hangers.
For me, trucks always feel best when they’re well into the axle and essentially, taking their last breath.
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I have finally found a slanted curb. It grinds really well and it's so easy to get into, but it absolutely destroys my trucks. The concrete is not that rough but it has a sharp edge that really digs into the hanger.
(https://i.ibb.co/LgWcBzj/20220717-220335.jpg)
This weird groove in the middle was the result of about 20 grinds. I'm gonna bring a set of trucks that are almost done for and finish them off there in the hope that the grinds make the edge a bit more rounded.
(https://i.imgur.com/JfSZw0z.jpg)
I’m trying to grind my forged hollows into the axle so I can actually get a hole in my truck. It’s been taking a while and I’m
Starting to suspect it won’t happen because the material will just collapse
Yeah, the steel axle is much harder that the rest of the truck, even if it’s hollow, so in my experience usually you’ll get the structure collapsing before you are able to grind through the steel.
The molecularly denser material doesn’t deform as much under the rigorous forces, so to speak, involved in grinding concrete.
Not to mention, your whole kit is lighter now, as a result of there being less material on your hangers.
For me, trucks always feel best when they’re well into the axle and essentially, taking their last breath.
Yeah, mine are perfectly seasoned right now. Going to keep on 'em until something cracks, then I'm putting them up on a plaque in the living room like a trophy fish.
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I have finally found a slanted curb. It grinds really well and it's so easy to get into, but it absolutely destroys my trucks. The concrete is not that rough but it has a sharp edge that really digs into the hanger.
(https://i.ibb.co/LgWcBzj/20220717-220335.jpg)
This weird groove in the middle was the result of about 20 grinds. I'm gonna bring a set of trucks that are almost done for and finish them off there in the hope that the grinds make the edge a bit more rounded.
(https://i.imgur.com/JfSZw0z.jpg)
I’m trying to grind my forged hollows into the axle so I can actually get a hole in my truck. It’s been taking a while and I’m
Starting to suspect it won’t happen because the material will just collapse
Yeah, the steel axle is much harder that the rest of the truck, even if it’s hollow, so in my experience usually you’ll get the structure collapsing before you are able to grind through the steel.
The molecularly denser material doesn’t deform as much under the rigorous forces, so to speak, involved in grinding concrete.
Not to mention, your whole kit is lighter now, as a result of there being less material on your hangers.
For me, trucks always feel best when they’re well into the axle and essentially, taking their last breath.
Yeah, mine are perfectly seasoned right now. Going to keep on 'em until something cracks, then I'm putting them up on a plaque in the living room like a trophy fish.
I’m surprised no one has created relic’d trucks like they do for guitars.
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Well, if Chico’s IG stories are to be taken as any indication, Indy’s fiddin’a drop a Stage IV copy somewhere in the fewture.
Do THAT count?
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Well, if Chico’s IG stories are to be taken as any indication, Indy’s fiddin’a drop a Stage IV copy somewhere in the fewture.
Do THAT count?
No we need ones with grooves already. But not like those weird gull wings in the 80s
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Well, if Chico’s IG stories are to be taken as any indication, Indy’s fiddin’a drop a Stage IV copy somewhere in the fewture.
Do THAT count?
Ah, yes…
The “coping snatch.”
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Finally put rails on my setup to see what all the fuss is about and hot damn do these things fly on the curbs (& everything). I likes.
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new skate park in town has this perfect 14” high curb/ledge with just enough pitch to slap and learning slap feebles on it has been a fucking battle.
(https://i.imgur.com/ajc0afH.jpg)
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new skate park in town has this perfect 14” high curb/ledge with just enough pitch to slap and learning slap feebles on it has been a fucking battle.
(https://i.imgur.com/ajc0afH.jpg)
It was all worth it for that pic alone. Glorious!
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new skate park in town has this perfect 14” high curb/ledge with just enough pitch to slap and learning slap feebles on it has been a fucking battle.
(https://i.imgur.com/ajc0afH.jpg)
If you’re still having any issues just remember to put your weight on your back heel and lean back
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new skate park in town has this perfect 14” high curb/ledge with just enough pitch to slap and learning slap feebles on it has been a fucking battle.
If you’re still having any issues just remember to put your weight on your back heel and lean back
my issue is coming out of it. For my entire skating life i have suffered from wanting to hold grinds and slides for as long as possible (too long) and running out of momentum to get out of them smoothly lol. so i get locked in and i'm like 'HELL YEAH LETS FUCKIN GOOOO' then come to a dead stop and am like 'welp...'
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Hahaha we have a supercurb and half the time I’m skating it I’m just coming to a stop trying to grind like 4 blocks
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new skate park in town has this perfect 14” high curb/ledge with just enough pitch to slap and learning slap feebles on it has been a fucking battle.
If you’re still having any issues just remember to put your weight on your back heel and lean back
my issue is coming out of it. For my entire skating life i have suffered from wanting to hold grinds and slides for as long as possible (too long) and running out of momentum to get out of them smoothly lol. so i get locked in and i'm like 'HELL YEAH LETS FUCKIN GOOOO' then come to a dead stop and am like 'welp...'
Ok this made me laugh really hard
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new skate park in town has this perfect 14” high curb/ledge with just enough pitch to slap and learning slap feebles on it has been a fucking battle.
If you’re still having any issues just remember to put your weight on your back heel and lean back
my issue is coming out of it. For my entire skating life i have suffered from wanting to hold grinds and slides for as long as possible (too long) and running out of momentum to get out of them smoothly lol. so i get locked in and i'm like 'HELL YEAH LETS FUCKIN GOOOO' then come to a dead stop and am like 'welp...'
hahaha i have this problem with crooks.. i grind till i stop and am like fuck.. but i really cant get out of em quicker i need a moment to prepare.
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new skate park in town has this perfect 14” high curb/ledge with just enough pitch to slap and learning slap feebles on it has been a fucking battle.
If you’re still having any issues just remember to put your weight on your back heel and lean back
my issue is coming out of it. For my entire skating life i have suffered from wanting to hold grinds and slides for as long as possible (too long) and running out of momentum to get out of them smoothly lol. so i get locked in and i'm like 'HELL YEAH LETS FUCKIN GOOOO' then come to a dead stop and am like 'welp...'
I too am super guilty of getting greedy with my grinds & slides, frequently milking them for all they’re worth, like a baby at a wet-nurse’s teat.
Alas, to no avail & I am left, like said baby, sitting in a shitty mess I just made.
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new skate park in town has this perfect 14” high curb/ledge with just enough pitch to slap and learning slap feebles on it has been a fucking battle.
If you’re still having any issues just remember to put your weight on your back heel and lean back
my issue is coming out of it. For my entire skating life i have suffered from wanting to hold grinds and slides for as long as possible (too long) and running out of momentum to get out of them smoothly lol. so i get locked in and i'm like 'HELL YEAH LETS FUCKIN GOOOO' then come to a dead stop and am like 'welp...'
Alas, to no avail & I am left, like said baby, sitting in a shitty mess I just made.
Poetry is language at its most distilled and most powerful
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Love the photo @streetmeat
Feebles terrify me also. I like the heel weight/ lean back advice but I've slipped into board slide to arse crack obliteration too many times...
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Well, if Chico’s IG stories are to be taken as any indication, Indy’s fiddin’a drop a Stage IV copy somewhere in the fewture.
Do THAT count?
Ah, yes…
The “coping snatch.”
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Love the photo @streetmeat
Feebles terrify me also. I like the heel weight/ lean back advice but I've slipped into board slide to arse crack obliteration too many times...
The way I usually prevent that is by pointing my front hand directly over the curb in front of me
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Sacrifice the grind and just get the hell out….in…out….this isn’t a manual….
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new skate park in town has this perfect 14” high curb/ledge with just enough pitch to slap and learning slap feebles on it has been a fucking battle.
If you’re still having any issues just remember to put your weight on your back heel and lean back
my issue is coming out of it. For my entire skating life i have suffered from wanting to hold grinds and slides for as long as possible (too long) and running out of momentum to get out of them smoothly lol. so i get locked in and i'm like 'HELL YEAH LETS FUCKIN GOOOO' then come to a dead stop and am like 'welp...'
Alas, to no avail & I am left, like said baby, sitting in a shitty mess I just made.
Bluntslides are where I milk it, sometimes feebs...feels so good to just gooooooo.
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on a feeble kick. mostly cause im trying to equally kill my back truck cause my front one is about to snap in half any minute
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(https://i.imgur.com/BbhvwTT.mp4)
on a feeble kick. mostly cause im trying to equally kill my back truck cause my front one is about to snap in half any minute
I'm just learning feebles, trying to figure out how to hold on to them. right now I lock into the grind and then pull out immediately.
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(https://i.imgur.com/BbhvwTT.mp4)
on a feeble kick. mostly cause im trying to equally kill my back truck cause my front one is about to snap in half any minute
I'm just learning feebles, trying to figure out how to hold on to them. right now I lock into the grind and then pull out immediately.
I can't seem to get the hang of slappy feebles. I can ollie in them just fine, but doing it while bashing your trucks doesn't seem to click. I got into one today by accident and have done this before, but everytime I go for one on purpose I end up doing an exaggerated cross-locked 50.
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(https://i.imgur.com/BbhvwTT.mp4)
on a feeble kick. mostly cause im trying to equally kill my back truck cause my front one is about to snap in half any minute
It is my sincere hope that this combo was as enjoyable for you to execute as it was for me to watch.
Props.
Also: where’d that 8 foot long parking block come from?
You make?
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feebles, to me at least, are so easy to hold and sit in forever.
also, the curb is at the local skatepark. feels like cheating sometimes cause its so perfect
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What clear/lacquer are you guys using for curbs. I have a raw curb at my house and I’ve decided to not paint and just use clear.
A mate got me onto this, works wonders (https://i.ibb.co/54p7XG4/EB769-BB5-9691-4938-99-F0-60223-D876326.jpg) (https://ibb.co/54p7XG4)
That looks good too, I’ve heard any brush on concrete Sealer will work really well. I just don’t have a garage and don’t want to deal with a can of sealer in my car trunk… the spray can enamel is easier for me (for now). If I eventually have a garage or workshop, I’ll try paint on sealers for sure.
not all brush-on sealer is created equal! i think i mentioned this earlier in the thread somewhere but i bought some low-luster stuff that didnt do shit. then i went out and grabbed "wet-look" sealer, which grinded like fuckin ICE after the first coat. so if you have a choice, get whatever seems the shiniest and thickest. "wet look" is great.
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Behr wet look sealer #985. I got a jug and have done 6 curbs so far and have enough leftover for about 35 more curbs.
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Anyone prepped a pretty rough 'stony' curb? There's one near the skate park that's perfect, but it's pretty gritty. Was thinking that painting it might be the go, not sure though.
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I woke up Monday morning with a single goal in mind, slappy the park curb.
Coming from back alley curbs and park garages this thing was double in height. Fair to say I couldn’t even bonk from the side, gave up and found a nice slanted curb in a multi storey place a few streets on from the local
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feebles, to me at least, are so easy to hold and sit in forever.
Very true. Get a good double sided one and you can feeble forever or dip to smith and ride it out. Super fun.
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What clear/lacquer are you guys using for curbs. I have a raw curb at my house and I’ve decided to not paint and just use clear.
A mate got me onto this, works wonders (https://i.ibb.co/54p7XG4/EB769-BB5-9691-4938-99-F0-60223-D876326.jpg) (https://ibb.co/54p7XG4)
That looks good too, I’ve heard any brush on concrete Sealer will work really well. I just don’t have a garage and don’t want to deal with a can of sealer in my car trunk… the spray can enamel is easier for me (for now). If I eventually have a garage or workshop, I’ll try paint on sealers for sure.
yes always go HIGH GLOSS dont go FLAT / MATTE that shit is like chalkboard
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I am jealous. That looks beautiful. I hope that is bust-free spot for lazy sundays. Bs slappy through the curve and shuv out, maybe? Seems pretty nice for that.
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actually sunday may be the only time you can't skate it cause its at a church. i showed up at 1pm last sunday though, and everyone was long gone for the day. also the pastor came up to me today and told me it was cool if we skate there, just "you are on your own if you get hurt". so everything is going right at this place ;D
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/QxBo9-J1ajU
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That ground looks pretty rough, or is it alright?
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Gonna go kill a pair of indys on a sharpass stone curb this weekend, come on daddy needs justification to buy AF1s
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Gonna go kill a pair of indys on a sharpass stone curb this weekend, come on daddy needs justification to buy AF1s
I like your thinking.
Before/After pics are required though.
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I am jealous. That looks beautiful. I hope that is bust-free spot for lazy sundays. Bs slappy through the curve and shuv out, maybe? Seems pretty nice for that.
Yeah so good with a slight corner as well, which would be fun!
Even better that they give you permission to skate there too.
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Slappy on a beautiful red curb sure feels good, but how about slappy's on rugged shitty curbs you are not supposed to slappy/grind? Feels so good and magical to bulldoze through them!!!
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What clear/lacquer are you guys using for curbs. I have a raw curb at my house and I’ve decided to not paint and just use clear.
A mate got me onto this, works wonders (https://i.ibb.co/54p7XG4/EB769-BB5-9691-4938-99-F0-60223-D876326.jpg) (https://ibb.co/54p7XG4)
That looks good too, I’ve heard any brush on concrete Sealer will work really well. I just don’t have a garage and don’t want to deal with a can of sealer in my car trunk… the spray can enamel is easier for me (for now). If I eventually have a garage or workshop, I’ll try paint on sealers for sure.
Following a rub-bricking, I just the other day put two coats of Behr "Wet Look" sealant on a parking block up the street from my house. The concrete was super chunky, but after a good coating of wax and enough truck-aluminum deposits, it's grinding nicely. I'd say it's at least as good as spray lacquer, and I was able to apply it in full view of a police office who I presume would have paid more attention had he heard the rattling of a spray can.
Is this just a type of polyurethane? It sure looked and smelled exactly like a poly finish I've applied to wood a thousand times.
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Slappy on a beautiful red curb sure feels good, but how about slappy's on rugged shitty curbs you are not supposed to slappy/grind? Feels so good and magical to bulldoze through them!!!
There's a stair at my local skatepark which has been used for slappys now for at least a decade. It's so insanely ground down, with huge chunks missing from it, and getting on there and just letting it rip is so much fun and sooooo satisfying.
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Slappy on a beautiful red curb sure feels good, but how about slappy's on rugged shitty curbs you are not supposed to slappy/grind? Feels so good and magical to bulldoze through them!!!
Yeah definitely this. But I would argue what feels even better is when you're just skating down the street, not having a session, and you see a curb and you rip a nice slappy without knowing whether or not it will grind at all. That's my favorite.
I was in SF once and I saw one of the granite curbs and I just went for it frontside and got a nice long grind and just kept pushing on, barely slowed down. I felt like such a pro.
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All this crusty curb talk got me eager to do a front 50 on a dry curb. Felt so goddamn satisfying.
Also I once slapped my kingpin so hard on a kinda crusty curb that sparks started to fly around on some tail devil shit. Can't lie that that made me feel proud when my friends pointed it out.
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That thing looks fun. Half standard curb half tootsie roll. How’s the lock in on it?
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Slappy on a beautiful red curb sure feels good, but how about slappy's on rugged shitty curbs you are not supposed to slappy/grind? Feels so good and magical to bulldoze through them!!!
These are like a test on how good you are at slappys
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Slappy on a beautiful red curb sure feels good, but how about slappy's on rugged shitty curbs you are not supposed to slappy/grind? Feels so good and magical to bulldoze through them!!!
These are like a test on how good you are at slappys
I am always surprised when I smash into a unprepared curb and it starts to grind. Such a cool feeling.
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Anyone here have luck with slappy front noseblunts? Been trying on a single sided curb (I know, double sided would be easier but I’m working with what I got). I got into a few where it’s like a max Palmer lock in kinda half way between a grind and a blunt
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Anyone here have luck with slappy front noseblunts? Been trying on a single sided curb (I know, double sided would be easier but I’m working with what I got). I got into a few where it’s like a max Palmer lock in kinda half way between a grind and a blunt
Abe bethel has clips. . Chris Roberts has the best arms to watch to learn the front crooks. He shovels is nose grinds well. But if it's a real front nose blunt slap than it's gotta front crook to get into it ya know. Once you're in that front crook... probably impossible on a 90 degree angle non double sided. Why don't more people early grab over curbs?
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That ground looks pretty rough, or is it alright?
right beside the curb its fiarly shit. there are 3 patches where its good though so i just aim for those spots. i think i am going to put some driveway sealer stuff on it to see if it helps. i have another normal straight curb done there where the ground is perfect if i want to do tech tricks.
That thing looks fun. Half standard curb half tootsie roll. How’s the lock in on it?
its ok, i was just skating 139s at lunch on it for the first time in awhile and i could hang on pretty good without overshooting it and letting my full weight sit on it without having to really pinch or anything. i would eventaully fall out though.
when i skate it with my normal 159 trucks i feel like you have to pinch it to really hang on otherwise you will overshoot. i found out if you cross lock the back truck normal but then the front truck onto the inner side of it, you can probably hang on forever. the curve definitnely adds a small challege though i
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I just got home from a holiday and the town council painted my favourite curb, like over my wax and all...will see tomorrow morning what it's like..
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Slappy on a beautiful red curb sure feels good, but how about slappy's on rugged shitty curbs you are not supposed to slappy/grind? Feels so good and magical to bulldoze through them!!!
These are like a test on how good you are at slappys
I am always surprised when I smash into a unprepared curb and it starts to grind. Such a cool feeling.
Yeah I seasoned a local curb with a fresh set of indys because it felt so good to grind unwaxed.
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Why don't more people early grab over curbs?
keep this type of thing up and i’m locking the thread
do not early grab ever
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Anyone got tips for slappy front crooks? I can get into them but I either stick, slip out, or just grind the smallest bit and come out to fakie.
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Last night I was trying to slappy front krook shuv out- I can slappy front nose shuv out occasionally, so it’ll happen eventually. Seems it’s all in the shoulders and less about the shuv
That's a sick one. slappy front krook is on my list but it scares me. gotta go slow and just work on the entry and lock in.
For what it’s worth, I would say try starting on a banked curb and do a little nose pivot to get into it. At first I was coming straight at the curb but eventually it gets easier to ride at it more parallel. I find that pinching my shoulder blades back really helps push it forward
Good tips. I can do slappy frontside noseslide so I just need to figure out getting my front truck up on there
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Anyone got tips for slappy front crooks? I can get into them but I either stick, slip out, or just grind the smallest bit and come out to fakie.
What really helped Slappy front crooks for me is thinking about Jamie Foy of all people foot position when he sits on them. Front foot all the way on the nose with toes hanging over, and back foot by the back bolts and kinda on the toe. Roll up at an extreme angle to start, and when you hit the curb kind of straighten your front leg and extend it almost in front of you, keep shoulders parallel to the curb and you’ll get grinding. Also thinking about how I did normal Slappy crooks but with the pressure on the complete opposite sides of the board and it just kind of works. Still feels bad ass looking down and seeing my board in that position. I’m also working on shove out and hope to land one this next week if all goes according to plan.
Update: much easier for me switch, haven’t got a good one on film yet though…
https://youtube.com/shorts/4mUQ-MxHgLs?feature=share
These ones aren’t very good either lol
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Anyone got tips for slappy front crooks? I can get into them but I either stick, slip out, or just grind the smallest bit and come out to fakie.
No tipp as I got the same problem. The only way I get them to work is on parking blocks where I can just drop off at the end. Feels really satisfying tho. However, the only known lacquered parking block in my vicinity was removed (probably because I skated it too much) and now I‘ve got to learn them properly. I have no clue how to get out of them to regular but I also find getting out of bs crooks to regular incredibly difficult.
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Anyone got tips for slappy front crooks? I can get into them but I either stick, slip out, or just grind the smallest bit and come out to fakie.
No tipp as I got the same problem. The only way I get them to work is on parking blocks where I can just drop off at the end. Feels really satisfying tho. However, the only known lacquered parking block in my vicinity was removed (probably because I skated it too much) and now I‘ve got to learn them properly. I have no clue how to get out of them to regular but I also find getting out of bs crooks to regular incredibly difficult.
Unweight the front foot and drop the back one down while pivoting out. Much easier said than done. The grinding comes from pressing into the front big toe and having your foot squared on the nose and hanging over more than you think. I’m still getting the hang of them myself.
Also I made some quick trick tip videos on Slappy crooks and feebles if anyone wants to see, I felt weird leaving them here unsolicited though lol
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All this crusty curb talk got me eager to do a front 50 on a dry curb. Felt so goddamn satisfying.
Also I once slapped my kingpin so hard on a kinda crusty curb that sparks started to fly around on some tail devil shit. Can't lie that that made me feel proud when my friends pointed it out.
i got a tall curved one that's not waxed but is the proper angle to slappy. smells like hitting freshly laid pool coping and sparks if ya go fast enough.
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Anyone got tips for slappy front crooks? I can get into them but I either stick, slip out, or just grind the smallest bit and come out to fakie.
No tipp as I got the same problem. The only way I get them to work is on parking blocks where I can just drop off at the end. Feels really satisfying tho. However, the only known lacquered parking block in my vicinity was removed (probably because I skated it too much) and now I‘ve got to learn them properly. I have no clue how to get out of them to regular but I also find getting out of bs crooks to regular incredibly difficult.
Unweight the front foot and drop the back one down while pivoting out. Much easier said than done. The grinding comes from pressing into the front big toe and having your foot squared on the nose and hanging over more than you think. I’m still getting the hang of them myself.
Also I made some quick trick tip videos on Slappy crooks and feebles if anyone wants to see, I felt weird leaving them here unsolicited though lol
I hereby solicit you to post it.
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Anyone got tips for slappy front crooks? I can get into them but I either stick, slip out, or just grind the smallest bit and come out to fakie.
No tipp as I got the same problem. The only way I get them to work is on parking blocks where I can just drop off at the end. Feels really satisfying tho. However, the only known lacquered parking block in my vicinity was removed (probably because I skated it too much) and now I‘ve got to learn them properly. I have no clue how to get out of them to regular but I also find getting out of bs crooks to regular incredibly difficult.
Unweight the front foot and drop the back one down while pivoting out. Much easier said than done. The grinding comes from pressing into the front big toe and having your foot squared on the nose and hanging over more than you think. I’m still getting the hang of them myself.
Also I made some quick trick tip videos on Slappy crooks and feebles if anyone wants to see, I felt weird leaving them here unsolicited though lol
I hereby solicit you to post it.
Same, learning them both right now so it would be appreciated.
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Anyone got tips for slappy front crooks? I can get into them but I either stick, slip out, or just grind the smallest bit and come out to fakie.
No tipp as I got the same problem. The only way I get them to work is on parking blocks where I can just drop off at the end. Feels really satisfying tho. However, the only known lacquered parking block in my vicinity was removed (probably because I skated it too much) and now I‘ve got to learn them properly. I have no clue how to get out of them to regular but I also find getting out of bs crooks to regular incredibly difficult.
Unweight the front foot and drop the back one down while pivoting out. Much easier said than done. The grinding comes from pressing into the front big toe and having your foot squared on the nose and hanging over more than you think. I’m still getting the hang of them myself.
Also I made some quick trick tip videos on Slappy crooks and feebles if anyone wants to see, I felt weird leaving them here unsolicited though lol
I hereby solicit you to post it.
Okay here goes… hard to put it all into words in 60 seconds and I think it’s clear I didn’t know what I was doing in the 1st one. More info in the description:
Crook
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cgc2ICNPjzk/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Feeble
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CgnZqzfJjkY/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Someone said I sounded like Steven Wright in the 1st one so I tried to sound less monotone in the feeble one but that didn’t last long lol
Anyway hope it helps or you at least get a kick out of watching
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Anyone got tips for slappy front crooks? I can get into them but I either stick, slip out, or just grind the smallest bit and come out to fakie.
No tipp as I got the same problem. The only way I get them to work is on parking blocks where I can just drop off at the end. Feels really satisfying tho. However, the only known lacquered parking block in my vicinity was removed (probably because I skated it too much) and now I‘ve got to learn them properly. I have no clue how to get out of them to regular but I also find getting out of bs crooks to regular incredibly difficult.
Unweight the front foot and drop the back one down while pivoting out. Much easier said than done. The grinding comes from pressing into the front big toe and having your foot squared on the nose and hanging over more than you think. I’m still getting the hang of them myself.
Also I made some quick trick tip videos on Slappy crooks and feebles if anyone wants to see, I felt weird leaving them here unsolicited though lol
I hereby solicit you to post it.
Okay here goes… hard to put it all into words in 60 seconds and I think it’s clear I didn’t know what I was doing in the 1st one. More info in the description:
Crook
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cgc2ICNPjzk/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Feeble
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CgnZqzfJjkY/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Someone said I sounded like Steven Wright in the 1st one so I tried to sound less monotone in the feeble one but that didn’t last long lol
Anyway hope it helps or you at least get a kick out of watching
Nailed it man, love the monotone vibe. Gonna finally learn slappy crooks this spring.
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The bs crook one is cool but for me hauling ass works better than moderate speed. The feeble link didn’t work for me but that’s probably because I am a technically challenged person (aka old).
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I can crook those slanted curbs actually, but I have problems locking my front truck in on straight curbs. Holding them and popping out is not the problem, as I'll do kinda good crooks when I accidentally do a slappy Willy, but immediately bashing the front truck in and putting weight on my front foot kinda throws me off.
Also I heard some people lift their front truck a tiny bit on feebles, but it's good to see that it's not a necessity.
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Great videos dude!
I am finding it hard lately to slap bs krook a shorter curb. The taller ones are easier. Not sure why. Mine are ass anyways so maybe thats the universe telling me I need to completely relearn them.
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Anyone got tips for slappy front crooks? I can get into them but I either stick, slip out, or just grind the smallest bit and come out to fakie.
No tipp as I got the same problem. The only way I get them to work is on parking blocks where I can just drop off at the end. Feels really satisfying tho. However, the only known lacquered parking block in my vicinity was removed (probably because I skated it too much) and now I‘ve got to learn them properly. I have no clue how to get out of them to regular but I also find getting out of bs crooks to regular incredibly difficult.
Unweight the front foot and drop the back one down while pivoting out. Much easier said than done. The grinding comes from pressing into the front big toe and having your foot squared on the nose and hanging over more than you think. I’m still getting the hang of them myself.
Also I made some quick trick tip videos on Slappy crooks and feebles if anyone wants to see, I felt weird leaving them here unsolicited though lol
I hereby solicit you to post it.
Okay here goes… hard to put it all into words in 60 seconds and I think it’s clear I didn’t know what I was doing in the 1st one. More info in the description:
Crook
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cgc2ICNPjzk/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Feeble
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CgnZqzfJjkY/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Someone said I sounded like Steven Wright in the 1st one so I tried to sound less monotone in the feeble one but that didn’t last long lol
Anyway hope it helps or you at least get a kick out of watching
These are great
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Thanks for the feedback everybody! Sometimes a little lift can help, especially on a taller Slappy crook, or when learning feebles, but not necessary. But I’m definitely not a gatekeeper of it, like how some people say it doesn’t count if you do any lift whatsoever. Once you learn a trick your technique will naturally refine over time. And the moderate speed thing is more an encouragement to not go slow, I see people trying to learn them while going slow and it just makes everything about it way harder. Once you get them down you can start going faster and faster, nothing like a fast, controlled Slappy. I’m thinking about doing a video on the basic Slappy bs 5050 cause a few people asked me. Thanks again yall!
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Hell, I’d rather see an early grab that a fucking street plant. At least your rolling so it’s skating(albeit ugly) unlike stand still, turn upside down, & flop down to a tic tac out. Kill that shit off completely!
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Hell, I’d rather see an early grab that a fucking street plant. At least your rolling so it’s skating(albeit ugly) unlike stand still, turn upside down, & flop down to a tic tac out. Kill that shit off completely!
I'll back the early grab out of 50s, learned them last week and they feel nice.
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Slappy crooks was one of the rare tricks I just learned without even trying. My friend is a much better skater and was amused with how long he struggled to get it. Once he did though he learned a bunch of variations and is overall much better at them. That’s the way of things
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Anyone got tips for slappy front crooks? I can get into them but I either stick, slip out, or just grind the smallest bit and come out to fakie.
No tipp as I got the same problem. The only way I get them to work is on parking blocks where I can just drop off at the end. Feels really satisfying tho. However, the only known lacquered parking block in my vicinity was removed (probably because I skated it too much) and now I‘ve got to learn them properly. I have no clue how to get out of them to regular but I also find getting out of bs crooks to regular incredibly difficult.
Unweight the front foot and drop the back one down while pivoting out. Much easier said than done. The grinding comes from pressing into the front big toe and having your foot squared on the nose and hanging over more than you think. I’m still getting the hang of them myself.
Also I made some quick trick tip videos on Slappy crooks and feebles if anyone wants to see, I felt weird leaving them here unsolicited though lol
I hereby solicit you to post it.
Okay here goes… hard to put it all into words in 60 seconds and I think it’s clear I didn’t know what I was doing in the 1st one. More info in the description:
Crook
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cgc2ICNPjzk/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Feeble
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CgnZqzfJjkY/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Someone said I sounded like Steven Wright in the 1st one so I tried to sound less monotone in the feeble one but that didn’t last long lol
Anyway hope it helps or you at least get a kick out of watching
These are great
These are awesome. I’m struggling with the feeble at my curb spot. I feel like I can get into it but my front truck always gets hung up. Does anyone wax the sidewalk or is that too much. Here’s a couple jawns at the spot I’m referring to
https://www.instagram.com/reel/ChQq4vvAvx8/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
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Stay weighted a little more over your back foot. That’ll help. As for waxing sidewalks I frown on that but mainly because the curbs I skate are at elementary schools.
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Stay weighted a little more over your back foot. That’ll help. As for waxing sidewalks I frown on that but mainly because the curbs I skate are at elementary schools.
Thanks for the tip. Yea I feel ya I wouldn’t do that at a spot that is still operating. This is a closed down Outback Steakhouse lol
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Anyone have tips for frontside sugarcanes or know of any videos of people doing them? I learned lipslides recently with the front truck hitting first and have accidentally overrated into sugarcane and am now trying to do it intentionally, but would love to see a proper one.
Only example I've been able to find is this version off the nose from what appears to be @rothdigga at 6:52
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjzB7i-J_c4&t=412s
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I’m not sure if I’d call the version in the video still a sugar cane, because there’s so much time between the lipslide and the grind. I’d rather call it a lipslide to hurricane?
To make it easier for you, I’d first try to boardslide to hurricane. Same motion but easier to pull off. Then just change the boardslide for a lipslide.
Rails help
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Anyone got tips for slappy front crooks? I can get into them but I either stick, slip out, or just grind the smallest bit and come out to fakie.
I find putting your foot almost across the whole nose helps a lot, and go at a worse (less parallel) angle than you'd think
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I normally don’t watch any YT vloggers stuff, but the title got me:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kNHeAXrLRmU
Spoiler.
He cheats, truck lifts, and doesn’t get on all the way. Please, anyone trying to learn slappies, DONT learn them from this!
Watch the Hartsel videos to learn them correctly.
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I normally don’t watch any YT vloggers stuff, but the title got me:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kNHeAXrLRmU
Spoiler.
He cheats, truck lifts, and doesn’t get on all the way. Please, anyone trying to learn slappies, DONT learn them from this!
Watch the Hartsel videos to learn them correctly.
Yeah love this one
https://youtu.be/_w73dENxudw
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I love Ben - he’s the only skate YouTuber worth following - but it has got to be pretty embarrassing to make an authoritative slappy how-to video accusing others of cheating and then filming yourself in slow motion cheating at your own slappy, while failing to even get your back truck on.
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Finally got a somewhat decent backside slappy 50 today. Does cross lock (front truck locked toeside, back truck locked heelside) count?
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Finally got a somewhat decent backside slappy 50 today. Does cross lock (front truck locked toeside, back truck locked heelside) count?
That’s how I do mine and I have the truck grooves to prove it. I don’t care if it counts or not, feels great lol
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Finally got a somewhat decent backside slappy 50 today. Does cross lock (front truck locked toeside, back truck locked heelside) count?
Definitely counts!
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Finally got a somewhat decent backside slappy 50 today. Does cross lock (front truck locked toeside, back truck locked heelside) count?
Definitely counts!
It counts as a Slappy. It’s not toward anything. It just.. counts as a slappy…
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Finally got a somewhat decent backside slappy 50 today. Does cross lock (front truck locked toeside, back truck locked heelside) count?
Willy grind?? The hell are you talking about
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Finally got a somewhat decent backside slappy 50 today. Does cross lock (front truck locked toeside, back truck locked heelside) count?
I respect your opinion if you don't think a cross lock counts, but bro a willy grind?
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Cross locked backside counts if you’re happy with it. I will say cross locked frontside (front toe/rear heel) is fucking beautiful. I wish I could do them, but I either get lazy smiths or bail. I’d gladly trade fronts heel locked for those.
Fuck it. I’m gonna go play on my curbs now. Maybe today will be the day.
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(https://i.ibb.co/0X2nbkC/Screenshot-20220730-171554.png) (https://ibb.co/0X2nbkC)
Any pals going? The spot is class...plus HDV on the Sunday
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I’ve always done backsides like how he first does them and I’m leaving it at that…..
While he does slappy front crook…I don’t think he does frontside slappies….
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Yeah Ben’s bs slappies always looked just fine to me. Even his fs ones where he says he’s doing em “like a cheater and needs to get better at them” still don’t look too bad to me either. I guess it’s not until you really start paying attention and slow mo it that you really start to think “oh wow, if you really wanted to nitpick I guess maybe he does kinda cheat em a bit”.
If you look closely even though he lifts his front truck on his bs slappies his front truck still slaps the curb first as he’s getting on before he lifts up a bit, almost as if he was doing a bs slappy, then going for a bs 5-0, only to put his front truck back down at the last second so it’s a bs slappy.
I dunno, I feel like as long as you’re not hitting your tail or popping your tail in any way in the process of getting on the curb it would still count as a slappy, but then again I’m not a slappy snob so what do I know?
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Yeah Ben’s bs slappies always looked just fine to me. Even his fs ones where he says he’s doing em “like a cheater and needs to get better at them” still don’t look too bad to me either. I guess it’s not until you really start paying attention and slow mo it that you really start to think “oh wow, if you really wanted to nitpick I guess maybe he does kinda cheat em a bit”.
If you look closely even though he lifts his front truck on his bs slappies his front truck still slaps the curb first as he’s getting on before he lifts up a bit, almost as if he was doing a bs slappy, then going for a bs 5-0, only to put his front truck back down at the last second so it’s a bs slappy.
I dunno, I feel like as long as you’re not hitting your tail or popping your tail in any way in the process of getting on the curb it would still count as a slappy, but then again I’m not a slappy snob so what do I know?
i think ben misunderstood what people mean by its cheating to lift your back truck on. like he saw people talk about how its wrong to tictac onto the curb. what he was originally dooing was on the right path. and then he changed it completely wrong but going back truck first. and now in the 2nd video it seems hes stil too stuck up on not putting any weight over the front truck cause he thinks thats wrong and thats why he struggled so much to get on there.
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I normally don’t watch any YT vloggers stuff, but the title got me:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=kNHeAXrLRmU
Spoiler.
He cheats, truck lifts, and doesn’t get on all the way. Please, anyone trying to learn slappies, DONT learn them from this!
Watch the Hartsel videos to learn them correctly.
Yeah love this one
https://youtu.be/_w73dENxudw
As far as I am concerned, this is the definitive how-to video for slappies. I was struggling with frontside for years, and I haven't got them down as smooth and consistent as Jef does, but studying his technique is what unlocked them for me. And the absolutely effortless frontside slappies that his friends in that video do are inspirational. My goal is to work to that.
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Yeah Ben’s bs slappies always looked just fine to me. Even his fs ones where he says he’s doing em “like a cheater and needs to get better at them” still don’t look too bad to me either. I guess it’s not until you really start paying attention and slow mo it that you really start to think “oh wow, if you really wanted to nitpick I guess maybe he does kinda cheat em a bit”.
If you look closely even though he lifts his front truck on his bs slappies his front truck still slaps the curb first as he’s getting on before he lifts up a bit, almost as if he was doing a bs slappy, then going for a bs 5-0, only to put his front truck back down at the last second so it’s a bs slappy.
I dunno, I feel like as long as you’re not hitting your tail or popping your tail in any way in the process of getting on the curb it would still count as a slappy, but then again I’m not a slappy snob so what do I know?
i think ben misunderstood what people mean by its cheating to lift your back truck on. like he saw people talk about how its wrong to tictac onto the curb. what he was originally dooing was on the right path. and then he changed it completely wrong but going back truck first. and now in the 2nd video it seems hes stil too stuck up on not putting any weight over the front truck cause he thinks thats wrong and thats why he struggled so much to get on there.
His front truck still hits first though on the ones he was doing “wrong”, it’s just he lifts his back trucks a bit after his front truck hits so it makes it look like he’s getting in back truck first when really his front truck hits first before he quickly lifts up. So in essence it should still be a legit bs slappy, just one that doesn’t look legit, no?
I don’t know, all I know is coming into a thread to read and talk about slappies is a nice change and nice cleanse of the eyeballs after reading three pages straight of an insecure industry head victimizing himself and trying to derail a thread about a female skater turning pro and turn it into a “me, me, me” fest ::COUGH:: BRINK ::COUGH::
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Cross locked backside counts if you’re happy with it. I will say cross locked frontside (front toe/rear heel) is fucking beautiful. I wish I could do them, but I either get lazy smiths or bail. I’d gladly trade fronts heel locked for those.
Fuck it. I’m gonna go play on my curbs now. Maybe today will be the day.
Really? I think cross locked fronts feel weird and scary. I do them every now and then by accident but I don’t like them. To each their own tho
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Just for the record, I wasn’t trying to roast the guy just when you say stop doing these wrong and then proceed to do them wrong…
Anyhow, if you want to learn slappies I highly suggest learning these since they will teach you about carving into them, weight distribution, and foot placement.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E8hxJL-u4PI&feature=youtu.be
BTW yes, I do know these are all shit landings and horrible angles. That’s why they’re labeled trash.
*edit they are not called slappies because of the nose slapping the curb as he stated. These were around in the pig days when noses were only 1” long.
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Just for the record, I wasn’t trying to roast the guy just when you say stop doing these wrong and then proceed to do them wrong…
Anyhow, if you want to learn slappies I highly suggest learning these since they will teach you about carving into them, weight distribution, and foot placement.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=E8hxJL-u4PI&feature=youtu.be
BTW yes, I do know these are all shit landings and horrible angles. That’s why they’re labeled trash.
*edit they are not called slappies because of the nose slapping the curb as he stated. These were around in the pig days when noses were only 1” long.
I want to learn these now, they look so clean
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Go fast, get on the fucking curb however you can, and hold on for as long as you can.
ffs.
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I can't believe Wane Brady started this post. That guy is trash. I'm not posting here anymore. I didn't realize that's the guy that started this thread. I need to remove all my comments here. Now I know.
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https://youtu.be/wHonVGEizLI
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Since I sent this on a shitty tangent, I’m going to bring it back around with this gem:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EAS7nOyH_Gk
Enjoy. Go hit some curbs and act like a fool. It’s fun.
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https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ch0sI-3gy1A/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
I humbly submit the following masterclass….
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I'll frontside slappy y'all so hard
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These are some next level s**t
https://www.instagram.com/p/CinXC3jLx-i/ (https://www.instagram.com/p/CinXC3jLx-i/)
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Finally figured out how to back 50, been struggling with that one for a long, long time. Anything bs feels so sketch to me but now that I figured them out they feel really good. Also it's nice to finally be able to hit the curb from both directions.
One thing I can't seem to grasp is how people do those slappy smiths where they only bash the back truck on the curb. I can sorta do them by going for a 50 and then turning my shoulders, but I think they look way better when you don't put on both trucks first. Feels like you have to ride almost parallel to the curb and in that weird angle I find it impossible to get my back truck on there.
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Finally figured out how to back 50, been struggling with that one for a long, long time. Anything bs feels so sketch to me but now that I figured them out they feel really good. Also it's nice to finally be able to hit the curb from both directions.
One thing I can't seem to grasp is how people do those slappy smiths where they only bash the back truck on the curb. I can sorta do them by going for a 50 and then turning my shoulders, but I think they look way better when you don't put on both trucks first. Feels like you have to ride almost parallel to the curb and in that weird angle I find it impossible to get my back truck on there.
The way I do smiths (fs only, I still haven’t gotten subs yet) is that you actually do go into it like a regular slappy and hit the front trucks, but only for a millisecond, you twist the lower body a bit more than normal into smith as soon as you hit and push that back truck up on there.
Hanging the heels off a bit more than a normal slappy helps with it too
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Finally figured out how to back 50, been struggling with that one for a long, long time. Anything bs feels so sketch to me but now that I figured them out they feel really good. Also it's nice to finally be able to hit the curb from both directions.
One thing I can't seem to grasp is how people do those slappy smiths where they only bash the back truck on the curb. I can sorta do them by going for a 50 and then turning my shoulders, but I think they look way better when you don't put on both trucks first. Feels like you have to ride almost parallel to the curb and in that weird angle I find it impossible to get my back truck on there.
The way I do smiths (fs only, I still haven’t gotten subs yet) is that you actually do go into it like a regular slappy and hit the front trucks, but only for a millisecond, you twist the lower body a bit more than normal into smith as soon as you hit and push that back truck up on there.
Hanging the heels off a bit more than a normal slappy helps with it too
Yeah that's the way I do them right now, and after watching closely I think that's how most people do them. Only I still hang on to the 50 for too long as I don't practice them as much as I should.
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i was having trouble with fs slappy for awhile
then i got a new setup
old setup:
9" egg, loose as hell indy/ace, 95a 58mm OJ
new setup
8.5", tighter indy 144s, and f4s 53mm 99a
J Soy mentioend earlier that having tighter trucks helps you go up on 2 wheels much easier which is 100% true. also having way harder wheels allows you to surf into it a lot easier. if you have loose trucks, you will just wheelbite.
when you see people slappy with wild setups actaully i think it takes more skill than doing it on what i would call a more "normal" street setup. a lot of people say to me like "oh man your huge board must be sick for slappy" when in fact its kinda the opposite. i just find it more fun and i find the carve into it is a lot easier. I can still fs slappy on that board i just have to be a lot lighter on my feet.
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Classic shape wheels help so much with getting in...
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Classic shape wheels help so much with getting in...
yeah the more rounded the better to help you get up onto 2 wheels
tablets likely would be the worst possible shape for that
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Classic shape wheels help so much with getting in...
Moved from Conical Fulls to Classics the other week and I noticed this, too. It's almost too easy, actually. I keep overshooting the curb.
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Classic shape wheels help so much with getting in...
yeah the more rounded the better to help you get up onto 2 wheels
tablets likely would be the worst possible shape for that
Tablets are the worst.... Willy grinds happen so much...
Classics roll up easy but the possibility of slipping out is greater.
Radial slims/Conicle spits or bones v5/v1
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im good at slappies and skate conical fulls
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im good at slappies and skate conical fulls
Post a slappy, conical boi
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Finally figured out nose to crooks. Year long battle for that one. What worked for me was putting my weight all on my front foot so I was high on the curb. From there you can pretty much just turn into it. Coming off the curb is still a struggle.
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im good at slappies and skate conical fulls
Post a slappy, conical boi
youll just have to take my word for it :) :) :) :) i wouldnt lie online about what tricks i can do
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Stolen slappy valor, smdh
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Stolen slappy valor, smdh
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Any pro tips for front crooks?
Been working them for a while, I can get into them, grind some but I can't get a lock like regs crooks. I've tried lots of foot placemtns, and angles, etc., etc., but can't find that sweet spot or "ah ha!" moment where it clicks.
I even tried this foot position...fucking dumb.
https://youtu.be/ZUEtx9NZNrM
Sorry, berris video with kookston - just found this one, I think I might need to try that 'shift into the crook' and see how that goes...pluse I might not be leaning enough heelside.
https://youtu.be/rvwp1IF7BzA
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I could use some tips on sw slappy front crook. I can fakie ollie into one, not a prob, grind and come off on a curb. But switch and I end up either bonking into sw fs nose OR basically end up in a sw front board.
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Classic shape wheels help so much with getting in...
yeah the more rounded the better to help you get up onto 2 wheels
tablets likely would be the worst possible shape for that
i only have OG Classics and Tablets. i have no issues doing 50's on those. and with rounder wheels i am more likely to overshoot the curb. but i feel like they're one of the reasons i stick on crooks so easily with that sharp edge..
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These are some next level s**t
https://www.instagram.com/p/CinXC3jLx-i/ (https://www.instagram.com/p/CinXC3jLx-i/)
I can't wait to pour my own concrete curbs! I need an S shaped concrete curb in my life!!!
Where I live is very difficult to skate curbs because the pavement ends a few centimeters before the curb starts (see picture below for reference).
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Classic shape wheels help so much with getting in...
yeah the more rounded the better to help you get up onto 2 wheels
tablets likely would be the worst possible shape for that
i only have OG Classics and Tablets. i have no issues doing 50's on those. and with rounder wheels i am more likely to overshoot the curb. but i feel like they're one of the reasons i stick on crooks so easily with that sharp edge..
yeah the more rounded the better to help you get up onto 2 wheels
tablets likely would be the worst possible shape for that
i only have OG Classics and Tablets. i have no issues doing 50's on those. and with rounder wheels i am more likely to overshoot the curb. but i feel like they're one of the reasons i stick on crooks so easily with that sharp edge..
Tablets just don't roll up as easy, sure they get on, any wheel can get on, but I wouldn't pick them as a slappy specific wheel.
Radial slims and Bones V5 are my fav; just enough lip to get up and over and just the right amount of straight sidewall to keep you locked in.
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After years of running into stuff I can confidently say that wheel shape doesn’t affect my slapability as much as wheel size or looseness of trucks. Also the shape of the curb too but having ridden every shape of wheel under the sun I haven’t seen much difference. Currently on conical full 58’s and my monster truck slaps onto anything.
I like the lockability of the sharper edged wheels for certain tricks but in reality it doesn’t feel too different.
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yeah I've kinda waffled between conical fulls and classics for years depending on what I think looks cool when I set my board up. I dont think it has much of an affect on slappys for me personally. if anything cruiser wheels kinda fucked me up.
biggest factor for me for slappys is the truck size. I kinda max out at 149s with trucks period, I can kinda do 159s but anything over that just feels too big, dunno how the curb bois do it with those big trucks. felt more in control doing slappys and grinding stuff in general with 149s.
I got nothing for slappy fs crooks, I feel like I need more wax than a regular slappy crook for those and that kinda psychs me out of wanting to really do them. I like popping into those on ledges instead. I kinda figured them out watching clips of jerry do them.
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yeah I've kinda waffled between conical fulls and classics for years depending on what I think looks cool when I set my board up. I dont think it has much of an affect on slappys for me personally. if anything cruiser wheels kinda fucked me up.
biggest factor for me for slappys is the truck size. I kinda max out at 149s with trucks period, I can kinda do 159s but anything over that just feels too big, dunno how the curb bois do it with those big trucks. felt more in control doing slappys and grinding stuff in general with 149s.
I got nothing for slappy fs crooks, I feel like I need more wax than a regular slappy crook for those and that kinda psychs me out of wanting to really do them. I like popping into those on ledges instead. I kinda figured them out watching clips of jerry do them.
Weird, I feel like I need less wax for fs crooks as otherwise I won‘t get up on the curb but slip into front nose. I feel crooks in general require less wax than 50/50s.
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yeah the more rounded the better to help you get up onto 2 wheels
tablets likely would be the worst possible shape for that
i only have OG Classics and Tablets. i have no issues doing 50's on those. and with rounder wheels i am more likely to overshoot the curb. but i feel like they're one of the reasons i stick on crooks so easily with that sharp edge..
yeah the more rounded the better to help you get up onto 2 wheels
tablets likely would be the worst possible shape for that
i only have OG Classics and Tablets. i have no issues doing 50's on those. and with rounder wheels i am more likely to overshoot the curb. but i feel like they're one of the reasons i stick on crooks so easily with that sharp edge..
Tablets just don't roll up as easy, sure they get on, any wheel can get on, but I wouldn't pick them as a slappy specific wheel.
Radial slims and Bones V5 are my fav; just enough lip to get up and over and just the right amount of straight sidewall to keep you locked in.
i'm contemplating between some classics or radial slims for next time. but radial slims are not allways the easiest to get.
i did just notice that the front toe side wheel is awfully rounded off on my tablets from all the slappys.
(https://i.postimg.cc/PqYLYp4x/wiel.png)
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i feel like once you learn really fs slappy the rest of them should kinda start to make sense. for me its more so about holding a really long backwards grind thats scary. i never put the time into fs nosesldie, but been doing it now and its really fun. the main trick i do is put my heel way in the pocket and make my toes hang off the board. i do this for fs crook too
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Any pro tips for front crooks?
Been working them for a while, I can get into them, grind some but I can't get a lock like regs crooks. I've tried lots of foot placemtns, and angles, etc., etc., but can't find that sweet spot or "ah ha!" moment where it clicks.
I even tried this foot position...fucking dumb.
https://youtu.be/ZUEtx9NZNrM
That is ugly as ass front crook.
My tip would be weight over heel (same as in the video above), but don’t have your toes hanging over. Usually the toe drag is too much and results in stopping really quickly - at least for me.approach the curb with a 45 degree angle. I feel, that having a rather wide stance help.
Try unweighting yourself as soon as front toe-side wheel hits the curb and immediately shift your weight onto your toes. Keep your head above your from knee.
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Any pro tips for front crooks?
Been working them for a while, I can get into them, grind some but I can't get a lock like regs crooks. I've tried lots of foot placemtns, and angles, etc., etc., but can't find that sweet spot or "ah ha!" moment where it clicks.
I even tried this foot position...fucking dumb.
https://youtu.be/ZUEtx9NZNrM
Sorry, berris video with kookston - just found this one, I think I might need to try that 'shift into the crook' and see how that goes...pluse I might not be leaning enough heelside.
https://youtu.be/rvwp1IF7BzA
I tried that same trick tip haha didn’t work for me either.
I don’t have slappy front crooks on lock or anything but what’s helped me is right when I’m coming up to the curb I lean on my front heel and as soon as I feel the wheel bonk I stand up on the toe.
I’ve found speed helps although it makes them a lot scarier. It’s really a confidence trick it seems. But don’t get me wrong, just a couple days ago had one of those roll over tumble backwards bails haha, still figuring these out
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yeah the more rounded the better to help you get up onto 2 wheels
tablets likely would be the worst possible shape for that
i only have OG Classics and Tablets. i have no issues doing 50's on those. and with rounder wheels i am more likely to overshoot the curb. but i feel like they're one of the reasons i stick on crooks so easily with that sharp edge..
yeah the more rounded the better to help you get up onto 2 wheels
tablets likely would be the worst possible shape for that
i only have OG Classics and Tablets. i have no issues doing 50's on those. and with rounder wheels i am more likely to overshoot the curb. but i feel like they're one of the reasons i stick on crooks so easily with that sharp edge..
Tablets just don't roll up as easy, sure they get on, any wheel can get on, but I wouldn't pick them as a slappy specific wheel.
Radial slims and Bones V5 are my fav; just enough lip to get up and over and just the right amount of straight sidewall to keep you locked in.
i'm contemplating between some classics or radial slims for next time. but radial slims are not allways the easiest to get.
i did just notice that the front toe side wheel is awfully rounded off on my tablets from all the slappys.
(https://i.postimg.cc/PqYLYp4x/wiel.png)
congratulations, you've created Spitfire Lock-ins
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new one on the big boy cledge
https://i.imgur.com/2bAE4f8.mp4
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yeah the more rounded the better to help you get up onto 2 wheels
tablets likely would be the worst possible shape for that
i only have OG Classics and Tablets. i have no issues doing 50's on those. and with rounder wheels i am more likely to overshoot the curb. but i feel like they're one of the reasons i stick on crooks so easily with that sharp edge..
yeah the more rounded the better to help you get up onto 2 wheels
tablets likely would be the worst possible shape for that
i only have OG Classics and Tablets. i have no issues doing 50's on those. and with rounder wheels i am more likely to overshoot the curb. but i feel like they're one of the reasons i stick on crooks so easily with that sharp edge..
Tablets just don't roll up as easy, sure they get on, any wheel can get on, but I wouldn't pick them as a slappy specific wheel.
Radial slims and Bones V5 are my fav; just enough lip to get up and over and just the right amount of straight sidewall to keep you locked in.
i'm contemplating between some classics or radial slims for next time. but radial slims are not allways the easiest to get.
i did just notice that the front toe side wheel is awfully rounded off on my tablets from all the slappys.
(https://i.postimg.cc/PqYLYp4x/wiel.png)
That’s rad as hell that your skating is making custom shaped wheels for you.
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new one on the big boy cledge
(https://i.imgur.com/2bAE4f8.mp4)
Wow, that was so sick
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I'll frontside slappy y'all so hard
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yeah that front crook was not amazing cause that curb is so low and he only grinds for like 1 second he doesnt really stand right on top of it. he has the right idea though, the more speed you can have to bash into it and then you can use the truck to surf up onto it a lot more and pinch that opposite wheel. because its so low he hardly has to tip the wheels at all to get it over the edge. i like the idea of actually powersliding a tiny bit before you even go into the wall just to make sure you got lots of speed and you know you will have the momentum you need to get up the wall.
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I could use some tips on sw slappy front crook. I can fakie ollie into one, not a prob, grind and come off on a curb. But switch and I end up either bonking into sw fs nose OR basically end up in a sw front board.
Not a dig. Assuming you have regs slappy front crooks? Just apply that to your sw game?
yeah I've kinda waffled between conical fulls and classics for years depending on what I think looks cool when I set my board up. I dont think it has much of an affect on slappys for me personally. if anything cruiser wheels kinda fucked me up.
biggest factor for me for slappys is the truck size. I kinda max out at 149s with trucks period, I can kinda do 159s but anything over that just feels too big, dunno how the curb bois do it with those big trucks. felt more in control doing slappys and grinding stuff in general with 149s.
I got nothing for slappy fs crooks, I feel like I need more wax than a regular slappy crook for those and that kinda psychs me out of wanting to really do them. I like popping into those on ledges instead. I kinda figured them out watching clips of jerry do them.
I'm torn tbh. 159s allow easier smiths, but like classics, and even worse when pair with classics, I'm slipping out much easier (note: on curbs with sidewalk); but they excel at doublesided curbs as they'll cover the whole top compared to 149s, so you can just sit nicely locked in.
149s just feel more secure (even dropping to 8.25" I sometimes feel more locked in, especially on crooks).
Regardless of truck, I try and ride the thinner wheels I can for more truck room.
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Any pro tips for front crooks?
Been working them for a while, I can get into them, grind some but I can't get a lock like regs crooks. I've tried lots of foot placemtns, and angles, etc., etc., but can't find that sweet spot or "ah ha!" moment where it clicks.
I even tried this foot position...fucking dumb.
https://youtu.be/ZUEtx9NZNrM
That is ugly as ass front crook.
My tip would be weight over heel (same as in the video above), but don’t have your toes hanging over. Usually the toe drag is too much and results in stopping really quickly - at least for me.approach the curb with a 45 degree angle. I feel, that having a rather wide stance help.
Try unweighting yourself as soon as front toe-side wheel hits the curb and immediately shift your weight onto your toes. Keep your head above your from knee.
Weight over the heel (at first) helped a ton being able to glide into them, now they're just sliding out like a bad front nose/board.
Watched some Foy vids todays while it's an ollie into them, he leads the fs crook with his heel after he gets on..I think I'm angled too much like a nose grind (but still pinched) which is causing me to slide out...plus, again it's ollieing into it...but this sounds like what's happening: https://youtu.be/8AzkhjeYDfk?t=96
We'll see how it goes tonight.
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I learned fs slappy today. I feel like a real man now lol.
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I could use some tips on sw slappy front crook. I can fakie ollie into one, not a prob, grind and come off on a curb. But switch and I end up either bonking into sw fs nose OR basically end up in a sw front board.
Not a dig. Assuming you have regs slappy front crooks? Just apply that to your sw game?
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yeah I've kinda waffled between conical fulls and classics for years depending on what I think looks cool when I set my board up. I dont think it has much of an affect on slappys for me personally. if anything cruiser wheels kinda fucked me up.
biggest factor for me for slappys is the truck size. I kinda max out at 149s with trucks period, I can kinda do 159s but anything over that just feels too big, dunno how the curb bois do it with those big trucks. felt more in control doing slappys and grinding stuff in general with 149s.
I got nothing for slappy fs crooks, I feel like I need more wax than a regular slappy crook for those and that kinda psychs me out of wanting to really do them. I like popping into those on ledges instead. I kinda figured them out watching clips of jerry do them.
I'm torn tbh. 159s allow easier smiths, but like classics, and even worse when pair with classics, I'm slipping out much easier (note: on curbs with sidewalk); but they excel at doublesided curbs as they'll cover the whole top compared to 149s, so you can just sit nicely locked in.
149s just feel more secure (even dropping to 8.25" I sometimes feel more locked in, especially on crooks).
Regardless of truck, I try and ride the thinner wheels I can for more truck room.
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Any pro tips for front crooks?
Been working them for a while, I can get into them, grind some but I can't get a lock like regs crooks. I've tried lots of foot placemtns, and angles, etc., etc., but can't find that sweet spot or "ah ha!" moment where it clicks.
I even tried this foot position...fucking dumb.
https://youtu.be/ZUEtx9NZNrM
That is ugly as ass front crook.
My tip would be weight over heel (same as in the video above), but don’t have your toes hanging over. Usually the toe drag is too much and results in stopping really quickly - at least for me.approach the curb with a 45 degree angle. I feel, that having a rather wide stance help.
Try unweighting yourself as soon as front toe-side wheel hits the curb and immediately shift your weight onto your toes. Keep your head above your from knee.
Weight over the heel (at first) helped a ton being able to glide into them, now they're just sliding out like a bad front nose/board.
Watched some Foy vids todays while it's an ollie into them, he leads the fs crook with his heel after he gets on..I think I'm angled too much like a nose grind (but still pinched) which is causing me to slide out...plus, again it's ollieing into it...but this sounds like what's happening: https://youtu.be/8AzkhjeYDfk?t=96
We'll see how it goes tonight.
Yeah, you got to lean way much further towards the front as you might think at first
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i know this has been said earlier, but do tight trucks really help with slappy 50s?
i can slappy crooks no problem, but i can never get my back trucks onto a 50 for save my life
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i know this has been said earlier, but do tight trucks really help with slappy 50s?
i can slappy crooks no problem, but i can never get my back trucks onto a 50 for save my life
No, tight trucks don’t help with anything avoid at any cost. Try to overshoot that 50-50, aim for Losi until you figure it out, keep your weight on front truck and your shoulders lined with curb.
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i know this has been said earlier, but do tight trucks really help with slappy 50s?
i can slappy crooks no problem, but i can never get my back trucks onto a 50 for save my life
Going to have to agree with this. Both the trucks and the advice given. You don’t need floppy but if you can’t carve with them it’ll be a hindrance.
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Thanks guys. Going to just keep trying.
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It may help if you bend the knees slightly before hitting the curb and just straighten the leg on the way up the curb in a dynamic surfy movement. Sounds complicated but it seems obvious once you did it.
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feel like i finally graduated to the masterclass after figuring out i can fs slappy this completely vertical small metal curb at the skatepark yesterday. long since thought i could only get onto things with a sliiiiight bank to it. i did try to crook it and instantly ate shit tho
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feel like i finally graduated to the masterclass after figuring out i can fs slappy this completely vertical small metal curb at the skatepark yesterday. long since thought i could only get onto things with a sliiiiight bank to it. i did try to crook it and instantly ate shit tho
i never had a problem with slappying the low ledge/mannypads at the skatepark. but it blows peoples minds when you do it sometimes wich is fun. but when i try a crook i just slip out in noseslide and eat shit all the time. except for one mannypad in one the the parks i frequent where i have no problem, and i still don't kow why that one works.
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be careful on those slappy crooked grinds... seems like a really easy trick to roll your ankle on!! i overshot one and almost did !
yesterday i was doing em and honestly i feel like you dont need to overthink this one at all. you kinda just do it... its so weird how it works its just exactly how i envisioned it working. it almost feels like a nollie crook but both your feet are just on the screws at the beginning
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Any pro tips for front crooks?
Been working them for a while, I can get into them, grind some but I can't get a lock like regs crooks. I've tried lots of foot placemtns, and angles, etc., etc., but can't find that sweet spot or "ah ha!" moment where it clicks.
I even tried this foot position...fucking dumb.
https://youtu.be/ZUEtx9NZNrM
Sorry, berris video with kookston - just found this one, I think I might need to try that 'shift into the crook' and see how that goes...pluse I might not be leaning enough heelside.
https://youtu.be/rvwp1IF7BzA
Here’s my tips FWIW…
Wax helps but too much wax means you slip out easy.
I don’t weight my heel at all,
Front foot is at 45 degrees maybe toes very slightly hanging off, back foot on the bolts or just behind.
Approach at a bit less than 45 degrees and carve in on your toes ever so slightly on final approach ( so you hit at about 45 )
Just before your wheels hit, (& this is the key bit!) push the board slightly in front of you and unweight the front foot so the front wheels are weightless as they actually hit the curb and can ride up.
Immediately weight the ball/ toes of your front foot and stand up on it but still pushing forward if that makes sense!
Hopefully you can see the above in this clip, I’ve kinda scrubbed back and forth to show what I’m describing,
https://i.imgur.com/Sc1wNLP.mp4
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Just before your wheels hit, (& this is the key bit!) push the board slightly in front of you and unweight the front foot so the front wheels are weightless as they actually hit the curb and can ride up.
this really helped me for both fs and bs
i am really trying to learn noseslide > crook right now. getting pretty close. feels hard with 53mm wheels but i am sure that should not be an issue. just need to pop a bit higher out of the nosesldie, maybe should just work on noseslide pop outs for a bit. was just thinking maybe i should start thinking of it more like a noseslide pop over
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cross post,
Learning fs slappy crooks 2nd day trying and slowly getting there. The tip above is defiantly the key.
Also, fuck knows how to imbed a YouTube clip.
https://youtube.com/shorts/pRhTkmiMPhk?feature=share
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cross post,
Learning fs slappy crooks 2nd day trying and slowly getting there. The tip above is defiantly the key.
Also, fuck knows how to imbed a YouTube clip.
https://youtube.com/shorts/pRhTkmiMPhk?feature=share
Looking on point!
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Just before your wheels hit, (& this is the key bit!) push the board slightly in front of you and unweight the front foot so the front wheels are weightless as they actually hit the curb and can ride up.
this really helped me for both fs and bs
i am really trying to learn noseslide > crook right now. getting pretty close. feels hard with 53mm wheels but i am sure that should not be an issue. just need to pop a bit higher out of the nosesldie, maybe should just work on noseslide pop outs for a bit. was just thinking maybe i should start thinking of it more like a noseslide pop over
I’ve finally got a handle on them and it might just be me, but I don’t think you need to pop. I know a lot of people say you have to (in fact if you scroll back I asked this question and got that response a few months ago). But if you watch what people are doing, lots of people I’ve seen are just turning their front foot. Go back to old 90s ledge dance era vids- it’s the same, no one pops anything. Sure if you’re Louie Lopez then yeah pop into it.
FWIW, here’s my method- wax the shit outta the curb, go really fast, nose slide, lean back and lean over the curb. Like ALL your weight back and on top. The trick pretty much does itself at that point. YMMV, again just learned them.
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Usually I can bs crook a small curb but yesterday I skated one I just could not get up. 50/50s worked tho. I have no idea what the problem was. I just kept smashing into noseslides. A buddy who can do crooks on ledges (I can‘t) could get up into them no problem but I believe he slightly lifted the board/no pop ollied into them.
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I think a key things to all thing with any slappy tricks which involve your truck is trying to get the right angle or contact point for your truck and the curb….regular backside I hang my back toe and push down in the respective pocket…that tilt allows my front truck to be angled and connect with the curb….switch I need even more leverage so I hang both toes and grind with my back heel.
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cross post,
Learning fs slappy crooks 2nd day trying and slowly getting there. The tip above is defiantly the key.
Also, fuck knows how to imbed a YouTube clip.
https://youtube.com/shorts/pRhTkmiMPhk?feature=share
Looking legit. Congrats
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Dialled!!!
Glad I could help!
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...just turning their front foot.
This is all it takes. Get into a fast locked noseslide standing right over the curb, then just twist your front foot until your heel is over the curb and you're crooked grinding.
You can spend years trying to hop from noseslide into crook and get nowhere but if you just work on twisting your foot into place you'll probably learn them in half an hour.
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cross post,
Learning fs slappy crooks 2nd day trying and slowly getting there. The tip above is defiantly the key.
Also, fuck knows how to imbed a YouTube clip.
https://youtube.com/shorts/pRhTkmiMPhk?feature=share
Normally you'd delete the 's' in https, but I don't think you can embed YouTube Shorts. Nice front crook though, I can get in them but I find it hard to hold them for long grinds. I don't really practice them that much, but I'm gonna give it another try after reading the rest of the advice in this thread.
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hmm i will have to try that "just turn it" trick again. i have heard people say that before but it doesnt seem to work for me. seems like i just start turning out of the noseslide and the wheels just smoosh against the curb.
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hmm i will have to try that "just turn it" trick again. i have heard people say that before but it doesnt seem to work for me. seems like i just start turning out of the noseslide and the wheels just smoosh against the curb.
You're probably not lifting your back foot. You gotta get right over the curb and twist like you're going into a nose manny while lifting your back foot up high to let the board go where it should. Give it a try!
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OK! so today i wasnt even really feeling like skating cause it was completely rain storm when i left for work. when lunch came ,it was somewhow absolutely dry. so i try this trick full speed. what i now realize... you need to do the turn while you still have the speed! and if you turn too fast and lift your foot too much then it goes out of control. have to turn it kind of medium speed and not over exaggerate your foot. i got some wack ones today but i am gonna keep working on it and try and improve it :)
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OK! so today i wasnt even really feeling like skating cause it was completely rain storm when i left for work. when lunch came ,it was somewhow absolutely dry. so i try this trick full speed. what i now realize... you need to do the turn while you still have the speed! and if you turn too fast and lift your foot too much then it goes out of control. have to turn it kind of medium speed and not over exaggerate your foot. i got some wack ones today but i am gonna keep working on it and try and improve it :)
Rad!
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Anyone else fuck their knees up slappying? I recently started skating exclusively curbs due to a new local hot spot and didn't really jump or pop for a couple weeks. My right knee started feeling sketchy and I have a hunch its because of me jamming myself into curbs non stop. Maybe I have horrible technique because isn't this usually for people who are too hurt to ollie? Been back skating ledges and things that need me to pop and my knee is already feeling better.
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Anyone else fuck their knees up slappying? I recently started skating exclusively curbs due to a new local hot spot and didn't really jump or pop for a couple weeks. My right knee started feeling sketchy and I have a hunch its because of me jamming myself into curbs non stop. Maybe I have horrible technique because isn't this usually for people who are too hurt to ollie? Been back skating ledges and things that need me to pop and my knee is already feeling better.
I have jumpers knee, so every motion that includes bending the knees hurt the day after. But I found that popping made my knee pain worse than slappies.
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Anyone else fuck their knees up slappying? I recently started skating exclusively curbs due to a new local hot spot and didn't really jump or pop for a couple weeks. My right knee started feeling sketchy and I have a hunch its because of me jamming myself into curbs non stop. Maybe I have horrible technique because isn't this usually for people who are too hurt to ollie? Been back skating ledges and things that need me to pop and my knee is already feeling better.
Maybe the technique. My slappies are pretty gentle and low-impact. I’m not ‘slamming’ my board into the curb as much as very subtly lightening it at the moment of impact to help it up on top.
Although I do have to be a bit more aggressive the higher the curb is.
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Switched back to conical fulls after skating classics for a few months. Slappies are a little harder to get into, but the lock in and ability to hold crooks in particular is way better.
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Anyone else fuck their knees up slappying? I recently started skating exclusively curbs due to a new local hot spot and didn't really jump or pop for a couple weeks. My right knee started feeling sketchy and I have a hunch its because of me jamming myself into curbs non stop. Maybe I have horrible technique because isn't this usually for people who are too hurt to ollie? Been back skating ledges and things that need me to pop and my knee is already feeling better.
i have learned to go a lot lighter on my feet and let the board do most of the work just as a result of naturally not wanting to hurt myself. but i was having this same pain for awhile because of the way i was jamming it into the wall so hard, i still get it on switch knee a little bit. reg bs slappy is my most comfortable one so this one feels pretty good, but switch bs i still have to jam a bit.
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Word. I also think it's my technique. I've been going overboard with slappy feebles on the double side curb. I try to tweak it out and tend to lean on my back knee a ton and yanking out mid curb. I think thats been the extra stress on the problematic knee.
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Word. I also think it's my technique. I've been going overboard with slappy feebles on the double side curb. I try to tweak it out and tend to lean on my back knee a ton and yanking out mid curb. I think thats been the extra stress on the problematic knee.
i almost do a tiny little "hop" now, im not sure if thats wack or not but it feels like i just glide right up it
man i am getting a lot better on this noseslide to crook now, really hyped. what i realized i was lacking was i wasnt really turning my shoulders at all. i was just trying to turn my lower body. i think i could do noseslide to 5050 now too.
i think you need to have a pretty long curb for this trick, or its more ideal anyway
in sad news... a skater seeking revenge on me did this because i blocked him :
(https://i.imgur.com/QuoVtGA.jpg)
i will not seek revenge though. that wont bring the spot back. I will be the bigger man and fix it.
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in sad news... a skater seeking revenge on me did this because i blocked him :
(https://i.imgur.com/QuoVtGA.jpg)
i will not seek revenge though. that wont bring the spot back. I will be the bigger man and fix it.
What the fuck? Blocked him on like social media? And they respond this way? That person is fucking psychotic.
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yeah man. it is really fucked up. long story but i think i was one of the only friends he had and was keeping him grounded somewhat. but he was treating me like absolute shit and telling me he wanted nothing to do with me ever again multiple times... a person can only take so mcuh so i blocked him. i thought that was what he wanted.
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in sad news... a skater seeking revenge on me did this because i blocked him :
(https://i.imgur.com/QuoVtGA.jpg)
i will not seek revenge though. that wont bring the spot back. I will be the bigger man and fix it.
What the fuck? Blocked him on like social media? And they respond this way? That person is fucking psychotic.
Damn dude that’s fucked! Didn’t know blocking someone on the gram was that serious. That’s on some psycho ex girlfriend shit.
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i think i need to just focus on how i am going to fix it at this point. maybe i should just get some quick crete?
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Depending how deep those gouges are, you may be able to either angle grind them smooth or rub brick them. If they are deep, you can try to use some steel stick and clear coat over it. Bondo will work too but it’s more temporary. No matter how you patch it make sure to let it dry properly and get a brush on lacquer to seal it.
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...just turning their front foot.
This is all it takes. Get into a fast locked noseslide standing right over the curb, then just twist your front foot until your heel is over the curb and you're crooked grinding.
You can spend years trying to hop from noseslide into crook and get nowhere but if you just work on twisting your foot into place you'll probably learn them in half an hour.
I think it also helps to try and get in the noseslide with your toes pointed a bit forward, which helps your foot turn easier into a crooks.
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Depending how deep those gouges are, you may be able to either angle grind them smooth or rub brick them. If they are deep, you can try to use some steel stick and clear coat over it. Bondo will work too but it’s more temporary. No matter how you patch it make sure to let it dry properly and get a brush on lacquer to seal it.
the one in the corner is very deep. i dont think a rub brick is enough. it would take probably 3-4 packs of steel stick to patch it...
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RSVP your curb, that sucks. What kind of psycho does that?!?!
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Depending how deep those gouges are, you may be able to either angle grind them smooth or rub brick them. If they are deep, you can try to use some steel stick and clear coat over it. Bondo will work too but it’s more temporary. No matter how you patch it make sure to let it dry properly and get a brush on lacquer to seal it.
the one in the corner is very deep. i dont think a rub brick is enough. it would take probably 3-4 packs of steel stick to patch it...
wow what a psycho. Sorry to hear
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new one
(https://i.imgur.com/QaIvZ4e.mp4)
https://i.imgur.com/QaIvZ4e.mp4
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new one
(https://i.imgur.com/QaIvZ4e.mp4)
https://i.imgur.com/QaIvZ4e.mp4
Curb looks perfect. Nice work Streetmeat
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new one
(https://i.imgur.com/QaIvZ4e.mp4)
https://i.imgur.com/QaIvZ4e.mp4
Beautiful!
I’ve done that one a couple times frontside by accident but they were not nearly as gracefully executed.
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@rawbertson. feather them out a little bit, sauce and wax the raw spots and skate the hell out of it(also make sure you post it to IG so that psycho kook sees he didn’t phase you).
@streetmeat congrats on the nue juan.
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new one
(https://i.imgur.com/QaIvZ4e.mp4)
https://i.imgur.com/QaIvZ4e.mp4
so sick dude
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When itlooks effortless you know it‘s very hard to accomplish. Beautiful!
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Anyone else fuck their knees up slappying? I recently started skating exclusively curbs due to a new local hot spot and didn't really jump or pop for a couple weeks. My right knee started feeling sketchy and I have a hunch its because of me jamming myself into curbs non stop. Maybe I have horrible technique because isn't this usually for people who are too hurt to ollie? Been back skating ledges and things that need me to pop and my knee is already feeling better.
Yeah if I do a bunch of slappy crooks my front knee will get pretty sore. Not too surprising since you’re basically smashing your leg into a piece of concrete repeatedly
For me the “low impact” part is partially that simply skating smaller obstacles leaves me less room to fall down, not so much the knees thing.
Although I suppose my knees do get battered if I’m popping my board a lot.
So basically my knees are suffering no matter what
Anyway where is this hot new curb spot in austin?? I don’t live there anymore but I’m curious
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in sad news... a skater seeking revenge on me did this because i blocked him :
(https://i.imgur.com/QuoVtGA.jpg)
i will not seek revenge though. that wont bring the spot back. I will be the bigger man and fix it.
What the fuck? Blocked him on like social media? And they respond this way? That person is fucking psychotic.
This happens to my spot a few times a year, I had always been under the impression it was a hating ass neighbor. It’s hard to fathom a skater destroying a spot, but I’m sure crazier things happen.
The first few times, I used a curb repair concrete powder, this worked out pretty well (def make sure to sauce the shit out of the patches, and use concrete adhesive) after repeated attacks and patch jobs, I was left with two options, completely redo the curb from ground up, or just smooth the shit out of all the jagged corners and shit (used power tools, worked pretty good)..
All I can say is fuck anyone who takes a hammer to a good curb, and for everyone’s sake (myself included) I hope I never catch my hammer wielding perp red handed...
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new one
(https://i.imgur.com/QaIvZ4e.mp4)
https://i.imgur.com/QaIvZ4e.mp4
Sick dude! Greenwood park? I need to get down there and have at that curb. All the clips I see out of there, that one and the curved one are always tucked away not getting any love, haha.
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new one
(https://i.imgur.com/QaIvZ4e.mp4)
https://i.imgur.com/QaIvZ4e.mp4
Yup, Greenwood. The curved one fucks me up lol but feebles on the curved one are so good.
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That’s rad Streemeat!
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Not sure if I mentioned this before but now that the weather is shit it’s not uncommon to hit a parking garage. If you pull out a parking block, make sure you put it back. Even if you get kicked out. I just picked up a foot long piece of rebar, you can drop it in the hole and drag a curb around.
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Not sure if I mentioned this before but now that the weather is shit it’s not uncommon to hit a parking garage. If you pull out a parking block, make sure you put it back. Even if you get kicked out. I just picked up a foot long piece of rebar, you can drop it in the hole and drag a curb around.
Don’t tell me what to do? Ha ha
Kids don’t give shit if spots for old heads get busted & you sure as hell can’t say anything. Stop trashing & writing graffiti everywhere fuckin’ kooks.
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in sad news... a skater seeking revenge on me did this because i blocked him :
i will not seek revenge though. that wont bring the spot back. I will be the bigger man and fix it.
What the fuck? Blocked him on like social media? And they respond this way? That person is fucking psychotic.
This happens to my spot a few times a year, I had always been under the impression it was a hating ass neighbor. It’s hard to fathom a skater destroying a spot, but I’m sure crazier things happen.
The first few times, I used a curb repair concrete powder, this worked out pretty well (def make sure to sauce the shit out of the patches, and use concrete adhesive) after repeated attacks and patch jobs, I was left with two options, completely redo the curb from ground up, or just smooth the shit out of all the jagged corners and shit (used power tools, worked pretty good)..
All I can say is fuck anyone who takes a hammer to a good curb, and for everyone’s sake (myself included) I hope I never catch my hammer wielding perp red handed...
concrete repair powder eh... ok ill look for that thanks
any tips on 5-0 to switch crook? do you just turn your shoulders same idea as the noseslide to crook?
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Finally figured out sw front slappys today. Definitely didn’t intend to- started off as sw front nose slide, couldn’t really stay on top of it, then I tried to get my front truck up there for a sw front krook- those weren’t working but then I just straightened out my shoulders to try to scratch just a little bit and after a lot bit they felt less awkward. Stoked to try slappy sw front krooks (fakie?) next time
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what is the hardest non combo grind? balanced switch nosegrind? back noseblunt/ switch front blunt?
front crook both ways has to be up there too. back smith is hard but switch back smith must be really hard.
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Anyone have any tips for fs hurricanes?
Started messing around with them at the end of the sesh for a few minutes today. Got into a few but wouldn’t have the first clue of how to grind etc
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Got my first slappy front crooks last night. Took a long time just bashing em before I locked a couple in. Felt good
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Anyone have any tips for fs hurricanes?
Started messing around with them at the end of the sesh for a few minutes today. Got into a few but wouldn’t have the first clue of how to grind etc
On a parking block I usually just flop onto the other side. On a dug out sidewalk curb you go in on your back toe but when you get your truck on you push on your back heel and keep that contact point with your truck and the curb. Turn out like a front board, because your truck is on and your pushing on that contact point it helps you pop out.
If they are too hard just keep turning to a fakie 50-50….it’s a fun trick too.
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Anyone have any tips for fs hurricanes?
Started messing around with them at the end of the sesh for a few minutes today. Got into a few but wouldn’t have the first clue of how to grind etc
On a parking block I usually just flop onto the other side. On a dug out sidewalk curb you go in on your back toe but when you get your truck on you push on your back heel and keep that contact point with your truck and the curb. Turn out like a front board, because your truck is on and your pushing on that contact point it helps you pop out.
If they are too hard just keep turning to a fakie 50-50….it’s a fun trick too.
Legend cheers will give that a go next time I’m there
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Thanks to whoever suggested leaning on your heel right before you hit the curb then switching to weighting your toes when you hit for getting into slappy fs crooks. I hadn’t had any luck with them until I remembered that today and it worked. Haven’t rolled away yet but it doesn’t seem too hard now.
Also I recently realized that front 50-50 slappies are so much easier when I go fast.
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Also I recently realized that front 50-50 slappies are so much easier when I go fast.
It’s the only way I know how to do them.
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Thanks to whoever suggested leaning on your heel right before you hit the curb then switching to weighting your toes when you hit for getting into slappy fs crooks. I hadn’t had any luck with them until I remembered that today and it worked. Haven’t rolled away yet but it doesn’t seem too hard now.
Also I recently realized that front 50-50 slappies are so much easier when I go fast.
Popping out is the hardest part for me. I lock in easily but unless there‘s a natural end to the curb where I can just fall off, I can only get out to fakie, and also this only very rarely. Who knows how to do it?
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Also I recently realized that front 50-50 slappies are so much easier when I go fast.
It’s the only way I know how to do them.
you dont have to go that fast but it is a lot easier in the beginning because you are afraid you arent going to get the wheels up. once you really master the motion of doing a fs poewrslide and getting the toeside wheels off the floor, it feels as comfortable as an ollie and you can get it without much speed. it is a lot easier for me to do this going straight on (but you lose a lot of your speed)
i am really happy with how mcuh i have progressed on these tricks in the past year and i have done some higher ledge slappys where i have to ride up slanted walls and it feels sick. i feel like its helped my wallride and transition game out a bit too.
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Thanks to whoever suggested leaning on your heel right before you hit the curb then switching to weighting your toes when you hit for getting into slappy fs crooks. I hadn’t had any luck with them until I remembered that today and it worked. Haven’t rolled away yet but it doesn’t seem too hard now.
Also I recently realized that front 50-50 slappies are so much easier when I go fast.
Popping out is the hardest part for me. I lock in easily but unless there‘s a natural end to the curb where I can just fall off, I can only get out to fakie, and also this only very rarely. Who knows how to do it?
I just learned them as well and I can take them out to regular, but even I don't totally understand the mechanics of how I do it. I sort of shift the weight off my front foot to my back and once my back truck hits the ground it's sort of a pivot out to roll away. They aren't super pretty so far and I end up with a bit of a tic tac but I'm getting better at them. I'll try to post a clip at some point.
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Thanks to whoever suggested leaning on your heel right before you hit the curb then switching to weighting your toes when you hit for getting into slappy fs crooks. I hadn’t had any luck with them until I remembered that today and it worked. Haven’t rolled away yet but it doesn’t seem too hard now.
Also I recently realized that front 50-50 slappies are so much easier when I go fast.
Popping out is the hardest part for me. I lock in easily but unless there‘s a natural end to the curb where I can just fall off, I can only get out to fakie, and also this only very rarely. Who knows how to do it?
I just learned them as well and I can take them out to regular, but even I don't totally understand the mechanics of how I do it. I sort of shift the weight off my front foot to my back and once my back truck hits the ground it's sort of a pivot out to roll away. They aren't super pretty so far and I end up with a bit of a tic tac but I'm getting better at them. I'll try to post a clip at some point.
That would be nice!
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Thanks to whoever suggested leaning on your heel right before you hit the curb then switching to weighting your toes when you hit for getting into slappy fs crooks. I hadn’t had any luck with them until I remembered that today and it worked. Haven’t rolled away yet but it doesn’t seem too hard now.
Also I recently realized that front 50-50 slappies are so much easier when I go fast.
Popping out is the hardest part for me. I lock in easily but unless there‘s a natural end to the curb where I can just fall off, I can only get out to fakie, and also this only very rarely. Who knows how to do it?
I just learned them as well and I can take them out to regular, but even I don't totally understand the mechanics of how I do it. I sort of shift the weight off my front foot to my back and once my back truck hits the ground it's sort of a pivot out to roll away. They aren't super pretty so far and I end up with a bit of a tic tac but I'm getting better at them. I'll try to post a clip at some point.
That would be nice!
(https://i.imgur.com/aKBHKBe.mp4)
tried to slomo it a bit to show the dismount. Not super fluid yet but getting there. would like to take them to fakie at some point
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Thanks to whoever suggested leaning on your heel right before you hit the curb then switching to weighting your toes when you hit for getting into slappy fs crooks. I hadn’t had any luck with them until I remembered that today and it worked. Haven’t rolled away yet but it doesn’t seem too hard now.
Also I recently realized that front 50-50 slappies are so much easier when I go fast.
Popping out is the hardest part for me. I lock in easily but unless there‘s a natural end to the curb where I can just fall off, I can only get out to fakie, and also this only very rarely. Who knows how to do it?
I just learned them as well and I can take them out to regular, but even I don't totally understand the mechanics of how I do it. I sort of shift the weight off my front foot to my back and once my back truck hits the ground it's sort of a pivot out to roll away. They aren't super pretty so far and I end up with a bit of a tic tac but I'm getting better at them. I'll try to post a clip at some point.
That would be nice!
(https://i.imgur.com/aKBHKBe.mp4)
tried to slomo it a bit to show the dismount. Not super fluid yet but getting there. would like to take them to fakie at some point
Thank you! Looks good enough in my book. I never saw a skate stopped curb!
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who’s got the switch slappy crook cheat code
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the front crook is the only slappy that eludes me now. its the only one where i cant get past ‘i really am about to just ride into this curb head on huh..’ ive played with it a couple times and i cant get out of my head. maybe id have better luck not trying it on a double sided curb first?
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the front crook is the only slappy that eludes me now. its the only one where i cant get past ‘i really am about to just ride into this curb head on huh..’ ive played with it a couple times and i cant get out of my head. maybe id have better luck not trying it on a double sided curb first?
Yeah, it's definitely scary on a double sided curb, that's what I learned on. For me, it really started working when i came into it crouching a lot lower than I normally do, that way you can really unweight as that front truck meets the curb.
But yeah you absolutely can't think about grinding, you have to think about riding directly into and onto the curb and worry about the grind second. it's a mind fuck
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one of my curbs wouldnt release from my mold awhile ago and the end chipped off but i put it along side a rail trail in my hood. might get some use…who knows!
(https://i.imgur.com/0TNhJ31.jpg)
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who’s got the switch slappy crook cheat code
Push your front foot (switch foot) out in front of you a little more than you would for a regular Slappy crook. Maybe angle the front foot a little more and hang the heel off a little more too. But keep your back foot square across the tail for coming out. Most your weight will be on your front foot and when you get in lean back a little with your upper body. Experiment with different foot positions, weight distribution, and pressure points on the board.
For front crooks the foot position is kind of the opposite, front foot square across the nose and toe hanging off more than you think. Back foot on tail but when you get into the grind your back foot should be propped up on your toes (at least it is for me). This back foot position will help you pivot out (I’m still at that stage too). Think of coming out like the opposite of a normal Slappy crook, all your pressure is going to be on the exact opposite side of the board.
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one of my curbs wouldnt release from my mold awhile ago and the end chipped off but i put it along side a rail trail in my hood. might get some use…who knows!
(https://i.imgur.com/0TNhJ31.jpg)
Looks great shape wise, just the right amount of angle on the sides.
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What‘s the secret to get up on vertical curbs? Inclining the board while approaching?
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What‘s the secret to get up on vertical curbs? Inclining the board while approaching?
In Europe we don't really get good slanted curbs, so all I skate is a vertical curb. Just make yourself light on your feet when you're gonna hit the curb, then apply the rest of your 'normal' slappy technique and grind it out.
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What‘s the secret to get up on vertical curbs? Inclining the board while approaching?
There’s kind of a blind faith bonk for tall sheer face curbs, that’s at least how it feels on the tall one at my favourite spot. Dead on 90 degree curbs are a tricky motherfucker in its own right
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Anyone else around here prefer cross locked 50s? I don't like the way it looks because my back wheel is almost touching the ground when doing it on a curb. But it just feels so much better, heel-locked feels like I'm just riding it out instead of doing a proper grind.
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one of my curbs wouldnt release from my mold awhile ago and the end chipped off but i put it along side a rail trail in my hood. might get some use…who knows!
(https://i.imgur.com/0TNhJ31.jpg)
well you're local to it, go hit it :)
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Anyone else around here prefer cross locked 50s? I don't like the way it looks because my back wheel is almost touching the ground when doing it on a curb. But it just feels so much better, heel-locked feels like I'm just riding it out instead of doing a proper grind.
cross locks are actually harder for me, I prefer toe side locks since im heel heavy
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Anyone else around here prefer cross locked 50s? I don't like the way it looks because my back wheel is almost touching the ground when doing it on a curb. But it just feels so much better, heel-locked feels like I'm just riding it out instead of doing a proper grind.
any time i end up in a cross lock on a curb i actually feel more unstable, especially on a double sided curb.
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depends on the trucks, depends on the curb
for this type of spot, i really liked the setup i have for it. i tried lots of different stuff.
https://streamable.com/72z6kj
the grass is dug out a bit on the other side of the curb. what i am doing here is pinching the back truck on the inner corner, and pinching the front truck on the outer corner. this seems to be the most consistent way for me to stay on the grind as long as possible while maintaining a lot of speed. i think its actually better to pinch it the opposite way, with the back truck on the outer edge, and the front truck on the inner, that makes popping out a lot easier.
when i tried with smaller trucks, this pinch is a lot harder, but still possible. i thought maybe if i just got in really good heel or toe locks i could grind forever, but because its a bit slanted i think you will always fall off eventually. was trying with 139s and 144s.
when i went with bigger trucks (169s) the trucks actually eat the entire width of the curb. i thought that would be really good, but it turns out you lose all your speed really fast bceause so mcuh metal is making contact with the curb. also, to get out, you need snap a really big ollie out, but its hard because you are ollieing just off trucks but since you are straight on its harder to get yourself away from the curb because you dont have that edge pushing you off like you normally do. its very easy to catch a wheel and slam on exit.
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Anyone else around here prefer cross locked 50s? I don't like the way it looks because my back wheel is almost touching the ground when doing it on a curb. But it just feels so much better, heel-locked feels like I'm just riding it out instead of doing a proper grind.
My backside slappies are cross locked and I have the grooves to prove it. Frontside are heel side. Not really a choice just how I do them
If I want to get my back truck fully on backside, I have to consciously slide my back truck all the way up onto the curb
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Artisan Skateparks recently finished the last phase of the Salisbury MD skatepark. In which there is a coffin shaped slappy curb thing with a ledge on the other side. The curb side is pretty tall (8ish inches?) but slanted just enough to make it reasonably slappy-able. Artisan does great work and the finish/cure on the curb was great. I really enjoyed it. Wife and I took the dogs on a short camping trip in our van last weekend to pocomoke forest and stopped by the skatepark on the way.
https://www.instagram.com/p/ClOp0_GOwZp/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
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What‘s the secret to get up on vertical curbs? Inclining the board while approaching?
I find that round wheels and a steeper angle to attack help.
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for vertical curbs i find fs slappy a lot easier than bs. you have to be a lot more aggressive to get up on 2 wheels on a bs carve because its on your toes to push it down which is harder than on your heels. if the curb has any sort of slant to it, its a lot easier to "cheat" and just ride right onto it.
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What‘s the secret to get up on vertical curbs? Inclining the board while approaching?
I find that round wheels and a steeper angle to attack help.
Rounder fatter larger wheels, sharper angle, looser trucks
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Artisan Skateparks recently finished the last phase of the Salisbury MD skatepark. In which there is a coffin shaped slappy curb thing with a ledge on the other side. The curb side is pretty tall (8ish inches?) but slanted just enough to make it reasonably slappy-able. Artisan does great work and the finish/cure on the curb was great. I really enjoyed it. Wife and I took the dogs on a short camping trip in our van last weekend to pocomoke forest and stopped by the skatepark on the way.
https://www.instagram.com/p/ClOp0_GOwZp/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Artisan build great parks. Sometimes a bit too flow-section focused for my tastes but they always include cool shit. They're building a park in my town that's looking really nice and straight forward. Lots of ledges and a big bank to slappy ;D
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Artisan Skateparks recently finished the last phase of the Salisbury MD skatepark. In which there is a coffin shaped slappy curb thing with a ledge on the other side. The curb side is pretty tall (8ish inches?) but slanted just enough to make it reasonably slappy-able. Artisan does great work and the finish/cure on the curb was great. I really enjoyed it. Wife and I took the dogs on a short camping trip in our van last weekend to pocomoke forest and stopped by the skatepark on the way.
https://www.instagram.com/p/ClOp0_GOwZp/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Artisan build great parks. Sometimes a bit too flow-section focused for my tastes but they always include cool shit. They're building a park in my town that's looking really nice and straight forward. Lots of ledges and a big bank to slappy ;D
I love their stuff, im not much of a transition/flow guy either, but they usually have enough street to satisfy me. I like that they dont take a super cookie cutter approach. Their parks are fairly unique/individual
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Thanks guys, I‘ll try the steeper angle and making myself light…
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has anyone ever used this stuff? might give this a go to fix up my spot.
https://www.homedepot.ca/product/quikrete-quick-setting-cement-4-5kg/1000129717
its kinda expensive but it looks like it would fix up chunks REALLY well, and it also says fast curing which is good. i like the container it is stored in too cause i dont need a whole shit load at the moment.
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has anyone ever used this stuff? might give this a go to fix up my spot.
https://www.homedepot.ca/product/quikrete-quick-setting-cement-4-5kg/1000129717
its kinda expensive but it looks like it would fix up chunks REALLY well, and it also says fast curing which is good. i like the container it is stored in too cause i dont need a whole shit load at the moment.
I was coming here to ask how to fix curb cracks. I have a spot I think I could improve
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has anyone ever used this stuff? might give this a go to fix up my spot.
https://www.homedepot.ca/product/quikrete-quick-setting-cement-4-5kg/1000129717
its kinda expensive but it looks like it would fix up chunks REALLY well, and it also says fast curing which is good. i like the container it is stored in too cause i dont need a whole shit load at the moment.
Steel stick works very well
https://www.acehardware.com/departments/automotive-rv-and-marine/auto-tools-and-maintenance/automotive-adhesives/8167629?store=17614&gbraid=0AAAAADtqLJFmU7f72DeOlAURTxHYN-6jY&gbraid=0AAAAADtqLJFmU7f72DeOlAURTxHYN-6jY&gclid=Cj0KCQiAqOucBhDrARIsAPCQL1bAoPl__yNKXRGWKfVDpMQTRmXUvw4ADlTJfhUpAhtcWMAdgk6iNoIaAulIEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
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Anyone else around here prefer cross locked 50s? I don't like the way it looks because my back wheel is almost touching the ground when doing it on a curb. But it just feels so much better, heel-locked feels like I'm just riding it out instead of doing a proper grind.
Cross lock the earth.
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has anyone ever used this stuff? might give this a go to fix up my spot.
https://www.homedepot.ca/product/quikrete-quick-setting-cement-4-5kg/1000129717
its kinda expensive but it looks like it would fix up chunks REALLY well, and it also says fast curing which is good. i like the container it is stored in too cause i dont need a whole shit load at the moment.
I have used this before and it works well, make sure you remove residual wax from the curb and use concrete adhesive and you should be good to go..
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I figured out slappy front crooks to regular today. The single most important tip for getting out of slappy crooks to regular was posted on Slap but I just want to post it again because it is buried somewhere:
For backside crooks to regular your backfoot needs to be in the heel pocket, for frontside crooks, in the toe pocket, in a really exaggerated manner that will feel strange and uncomfortable. For bs, only your toes stay on the board, with the rest of the foot hanging of. For fs, only the heel stays on the board, with the toes hanging of. I suck at physics but quite magically, this gives you the leverage to just slip/slide of the curb naturally once you start losing speed/traction on the curb.
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I figured out slappy front crooks to regular today. The single most important tip for getting out of slappy crooks to regular was posted on Slap but I just want to post it again because it is buried somewhere:
For backside crooks to regular your backfoot needs to be in the heel pocket, for frontside crooks, in the toe pocket, in a really exaggerated manner that will feel strange and uncomfortable. For bs, only your toes stay on the board, with the rest of the foot hanging of. For fs, only the heel stays on the board, with the toes hanging of. I suck at physics but quite magically, this gives you the leverage to just slip/slide of the curb naturally once you start losing speed/traction on the curb.
Where do you distribute your weight for the FS crooks?
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I figured out slappy front crooks to regular today. The single most important tip for getting out of slappy crooks to regular was posted on Slap but I just want to post it again because it is buried somewhere:
For backside crooks to regular your backfoot needs to be in the heel pocket, for frontside crooks, in the toe pocket, in a really exaggerated manner that will feel strange and uncomfortable. For bs, only your toes stay on the board, with the rest of the foot hanging of. For fs, only the heel stays on the board, with the toes hanging of. I suck at physics but quite magically, this gives you the leverage to just slip/slide of the curb naturally once you start losing speed/traction on the curb.
Where do you distribute your weight for the FS crooks?
I try to lean back and push that grind with my front foot, that way I’m usually able to pop out regular and if I’m ”sitting” on that gring all my weight on front truck it’s easier to turn fakie.
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I figured out slappy front crooks to regular today. The single most important tip for getting out of slappy crooks to regular was posted on Slap but I just want to post it again because it is buried somewhere:
For backside crooks to regular your backfoot needs to be in the heel pocket, for frontside crooks, in the toe pocket, in a really exaggerated manner that will feel strange and uncomfortable. For bs, only your toes stay on the board, with the rest of the foot hanging of. For fs, only the heel stays on the board, with the toes hanging of. I suck at physics but quite magically, this gives you the leverage to just slip/slide of the curb naturally once you start losing speed/traction on the curb.
Where do you distribute your weight for the FS crooks?
Yeah definitely heavy on the front foot, the back foot doesn‘t do much but if it is in the right place before you hit the curb it will guide the board in the right direction.
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I figured out slappy front crooks to regular today. The single most important tip for getting out of slappy crooks to regular was posted on Slap but I just want to post it again because it is buried somewhere:
For backside crooks to regular your backfoot needs to be in the heel pocket, for frontside crooks, in the toe pocket, in a really exaggerated manner that will feel strange and uncomfortable. For bs, only your toes stay on the board, with the rest of the foot hanging of. For fs, only the heel stays on the board, with the toes hanging of. I suck at physics but quite magically, this gives you the leverage to just slip/slide of the curb naturally once you start losing speed/traction on the curb.
Where do you distribute your weight for the FS crooks?
(https://i.imgur.com/aKBHKBe.mp4)
My back foot is barely even on when I do front crooks, all the weight goes on that front foot until you're ready to pop out and you transfer your weight back to the rear leg...
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I got a few fs noseslide to sw 5o grinds tonight on a curb… excited to learn em on a ledge this weekend
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I figured out slappy front crooks to regular today. The single most important tip for getting out of slappy crooks to regular was posted on Slap but I just want to post it again because it is buried somewhere:
For backside crooks to regular your backfoot needs to be in the heel pocket, for frontside crooks, in the toe pocket, in a really exaggerated manner that will feel strange and uncomfortable. For bs, only your toes stay on the board, with the rest of the foot hanging of. For fs, only the heel stays on the board, with the toes hanging of. I suck at physics but quite magically, this gives you the leverage to just slip/slide of the curb naturally once you start losing speed/traction on the curb.
Where do you distribute your weight for the FS crooks?
(https://i.imgur.com/aKBHKBe.mp4)
My back foot is barely even on when I do front crooks, all the weight goes on that front foot until you're ready to pop out and you transfer your weight back to the rear leg...
Stylish, elegant, well-executed
This guy front crooks
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was jsut watching the new ben de gros video and noticed he put the rails in at 1-1/8" and he said it was no good, they should have been closer together. What would be a good distance to put them then on a 8.75? 1.25"? 1.5"?
is there a certain amount you should go up when going to bigger boards?
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was jsut watching the new ben de gros video and noticed he put the rails in at 1-1/8" and he said it was no good, they should have been closer together. What would be a good distance to put them then on a 8.75? 1.25"? 1.5"?
is there a certain amount you should go up when going to bigger boards?
I have rails like 1.25” (maybe slightly less) in from the sides and I wish I put them in a little further. For boardslide to hurricane and feeble I can use them to like lift up into it but it’s hard to hold that almost manual-like stance leaning on the rails smoothly (most likely lack of user skill as much as the rail placement). If they were in further, maybe 1.5”ish, and the angle was less steep, it would definitely be more ideal.
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was jsut watching the new ben de gros video and noticed he put the rails in at 1-1/8" and he said it was no good, they should have been closer together. What would be a good distance to put them then on a 8.75? 1.25"? 1.5"?
is there a certain amount you should go up when going to bigger boards?
i've always put mine at 1" in. never had an issue with leverage for doing the combo tricks (on an 8.5 deck fwiw)
also, lil jawns makes those moth rails that are supposed to make the lean back easier. i have a pair, just haven't set em up yet
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was jsut watching the new ben de gros video and noticed he put the rails in at 1-1/8" and he said it was no good, they should have been closer together. What would be a good distance to put them then on a 8.75? 1.25"? 1.5"?
is there a certain amount you should go up when going to bigger boards?
Tbh I don’t even measure though I probably should. I usually set up my board and ride it for 15-20 minutes, do some carves and grinds to see where my wheelbite marks will be, then place the rails slightly inside the wheelbite marks. So far that’s worked pretty well.
In the past I’ve measured around an 1” in and they’ve been too far apart and I still end up scraping a ton of graphic and not sliding on the rails enough, especially if the board has more concave
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Ben replied to my comment on his video, I asked him what he thought would be ideal since 1-1/8" didnt work, and he said he ended up moving his to 1.5" ;D
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Ben replied to my comment on his video, I asked him what he thought would be ideal since 1-1/8" didnt work, and he said he ended up moving his to 1.5" ;D
Nice. I'm getting some for my curb board. Thanks for sharing.
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When I set up rails, I usually set them up that they are moved about 0,7 inch inside. I like it, when the board has three points of contact - the rails and the deepest end of the concave. This way i still have enough leverage for boardslides to hurricane
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My friend did a slappy front crook on a curb the other day. We were filming so he took a few runs at it and the one he got was beautiful. Super stoked to use it in our homie vid.
I’ve started learning them myself and got a really crappy one yesterday. I’ve been working up to it by trying to get good at FS noseslides. I’m starting to think that’s a waste of time and that FS crooks are actually easier than front nose.
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Just to confirm Ben’s suggestion I also do 1.5 in on my rails for maximum leverage. I would say depth of concave can affect leverage as well but if you want that sweet spot for the bordicane or board slide to feeble then hit that spot on the bend of the concave which tends to be about 1.5” in.
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I posted this a few pages back for slappy FS crooks but figure it might help for people who missed it:
Watch the video to see what I’m talking about…..
Here’s my tips FWIW…
Wax helps but too much wax means you slip out easy.
I don’t weight my heel at all,
Front foot is at 45 degrees maybe toes very slightly hanging off, back foot on the bolts or just behind. ( edit like the post above, my back heel is hanging off the heel side edge.
Approach at a bit less than 45 degrees and carve in on your toes ever so slightly on final approach ( so you hit at about 45 )
Just before your wheels hit, (& this is the key bit!) push the board slightly in front of you and unweight the front foot so the front wheels are weightless as they actually hit the curb and can ride up.
Immediately weight the ball/ toes of your front foot and stand up on it but still pushing forward if that makes sense!
Hopefully you can see the above in this clip, I’ve kinda scrubbed back and forth to show what I’m describing,
https://i.imgur.com/Sc1wNLP.mp4
EDIT: To get out to regs I find I focus on pushing the ball of my front foot away from me again so I’m leaning back slightly then transfer your weight to the back foot like you’re coming out of a Fs nose slide. You can pivot out a bit that way too. It’s easier on a more waxy curb.
To come out fakie you just stand up on the front truck more and your momentum pulls you out. This is the easier option on a sticky curb.
I don’t think learning FS noseslides helps much, it’s a different action.
Also for SW crooks ( at least BS ) I find really exaggerating that push away from you while making sure you keep your shoulders “closed” to the curb rather than open really helps.
My Final 2 cents on the question of vertical curbs. That’s all we have too. You just need to really lean back and really go light to let the board ride up….
This is a totally vertical curb. See how straight my front leg gets as my wheels hit……
https://i.imgur.com/HLbMGF2.mp4
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This is excellent! Bookmarked this one for sure.
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Those are great tips. Someone else suggested for FS crooks you weight your heel right before you hit the curb to bring your toe side up, then shift your weight to your toe and the lean up onto the curb like a normal slappy. This helped me.
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Those are great tips. Someone else suggested for FS crooks you weight your heel right before you hit the curb to bring your toe side up, then shift your weight to your toe and the lean up onto the curb like a normal slappy. This helped me.
I was gonna say I don’t weight my front heel at all but thinking about it, I definitely steer slightly heel side with my front heel during the push forward I described above. So literally the split second before my wheels hit and I unweight the front foot
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Those are great tips. Someone else suggested for FS crooks you weight your heel right before you hit the curb to bring your toe side up, then shift your weight to your toe and the lean up onto the curb like a normal slappy. This helped me.
I was gonna say I don’t weight my front heel at all but thinking about it, I definitely steer slightly heel side with my front heel during the push forward I described above. So literally the split second before my wheels hit and I unweight the front foot
Exactly this. Someone described it as quickly rocking back and forth which sounded odd but it works
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Been trying half cab turn to crooks and can never lock the wheel. Switch nose bump to ssbsts is fun
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After what seems like a month straight of rain and puddles everywhere, I Learnt BS slappy smiths today…….
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnW5GBLJcVf/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Got close to Slappy feeble on a single sided curb too but the sidewalk is so rough I couldn’t get one!
https://i.imgur.com/eXgd9Qq.mp4
My old knees hurt now……
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Learnt BS slappy smiths today…….
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CnW5GBLJcVf/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Got close to Slappy feeble on a single sided curb too but the sidewalk is so rough I couldn’t get one!
https://i.imgur.com/eXgd9Qq.mp4
My old knees hurt now……
Slappy feebles on single sided curbs are so frustrating. I can do them but it requires a very slick curb and tons of attempts. They’re also one of the few slappy tricks where going faster doesn’t help. At least for me.
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I’ve spent multiple sessions this month slamming a curb I found, but with no luck learning bs or fs. The curb I’m trying to learn it on has super rough asphalt ground. Is that having an affect on me trying to learn this trick? Would smooth ground easier?
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I’ve spent multiple sessions this month slamming a curb I found, but with no luck learning bs or fs. The curb I’m trying to learn it on has super rough asphalt ground. Is that having an affect on me trying to learn this trick? Would smooth ground easier?
I know for me rough ground right before an obstacle I'm skating can be distracting enough to hinder me. Plus skating rough ground for long periods starts to rattle my feet till they go sort of numb. 97 or 95a wheels can help depending on how rough we're talking.
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I’ve spent multiple sessions this month slamming a curb I found, but with no luck learning bs or fs. The curb I’m trying to learn it on has super rough asphalt ground. Is that having an affect on me trying to learn this trick? Would smooth ground easier?
Just a basic slappy? I learned both on banked curbs and I don't think I would have been able to get them if I started out trying them curbs angled at 45°. I started on pretty rough PNW asphalt and that didn't seem to make a difference, personally.
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if its a complete wall curb or even worse one that sticks up on an opposite angle, bad ground can be annoying because i cant get a good powerslide. but its usually not a problem.
the way i learned it
found one with a slight angle first its wayyyy easier...
do the BS one just slashing up it like you would a quarter pipe
then learn the fs one. you gotta fs powerslide slash into it and go up on 2 wheels (not like a manual but 1 on each heel)
then go clean up your bs one by applying same technique
now you can learn crook, 5-0, smith, switch etc
slappies are hard until they are easy
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Thanks, yeah just basic bs and fs slappies. The curb has a very slight angle, it’s about 70-80 degrees. A bank to curb would be amazing. I might go out and try to find a better curb, seems like everything around my house was made by the same builders, most curbs are vert.
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Who can recommend a good roll-on lacquer for curbs? I want an alternative to noisy spray cans for the obvious reason and concrete sealer because it hasn’t managed to take on this curb.
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We use Varathane oil based lacquer. Takes about a solid 24 hours to fully dry but it’s worth it.
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Thanks, yeah just basic bs and fs slappies. The curb has a very slight angle, it’s about 70-80 degrees. A bank to curb would be amazing. I might go out and try to find a better curb, seems like everything around my house was made by the same builders, most curbs are vert.
For me the key to slappies were when someone said that front truck goes up first,before that I tried to bash my way up standing on back truck like skating transition, after that it just clicked learned both ways in like 15mins.
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Thanks, yeah just basic bs and fs slappies. The curb has a very slight angle, it’s about 70-80 degrees. A bank to curb would be amazing. I might go out and try to find a better curb, seems like everything around my house was made by the same builders, most curbs are vert.
Yeah, at first it helps to bash into the curb with the back foot over the bolts because you have the reflex to lift the nose. Once you are got them on lock you can move the foot back a little because it‘s easier to pop out. Whatever you do, don‘t lift the front truck or it is not a slappy.
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Thanks, yeah just basic bs and fs slappies. The curb has a very slight angle, it’s about 70-80 degrees. A bank to curb would be amazing. I might go out and try to find a better curb, seems like everything around my house was made by the same builders, most curbs are vert.
Yeah, at first it helps to bash into the curb with the back foot over the bolts because you have the reflex to lift the nose. Once you are got them on lock you can move the foot back a little because it‘s easier to pop out. Whatever you do, don‘t lift the front truck or it is not a slappy.
Yup, these days I’m able to slappy slightly angled curb both feet in the middle of the board, that feels so fun but it took me few years to get there. That backfoot tip is very good, solid advice.
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We use Varathane oil based lacquer. Takes about a solid 24 hours to fully dry but it’s worth it.
Thank you. Is there a particular one you use? I notice that most of them appear to be intended for wood.
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My attempt at front side hurricanes...For some reason I can never not keep my front wheels from hitting the ground when i do them. I guess i just need to figure out the weight distribution better.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CoAE_KNjeo_/
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We use Varathane oil based lacquer. Takes about a solid 24 hours to fully dry but it’s worth it.
Thank you. Is there a particular one you use? I notice that most of them appear to be intended for wood.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Varathane-1-qt-Clear-Gloss-275-VOC-Oil-Based-Interior-Polyurethane-2-Pack-242174H/202067192
This one works great.
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We use Varathane oil based lacquer. Takes about a solid 24 hours to fully dry but it’s worth it.
Thank you. Is there a particular one you use? I notice that most of them appear to be intended for wood.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Varathane-1-qt-Clear-Gloss-275-VOC-Oil-Based-Interior-Polyurethane-2-Pack-242174H/202067192
This one works great.
Excellent. Thank you so much. How many coats do you apply?
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We use Varathane oil based lacquer. Takes about a solid 24 hours to fully dry but it’s worth it.
Thank you. Is there a particular one you use? I notice that most of them appear to be intended for wood.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Varathane-1-qt-Clear-Gloss-275-VOC-Oil-Based-Interior-Polyurethane-2-Pack-242174H/202067192
This one works great.
Excellent. Thank you so much. How many coats do you apply?
Rub brick one coat of that stuff then wax works great
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One thing I will add from my expereinces now ...
if it is a very hot day, you can spray it, let it sit for like 10-15 minutes, then wax +skate it.
if its really cold and windy, spray might not work at all and you may have to come back later and try again whne its less windy / cold or use roll on lacquer. i have never had to do more than 1 coat and also i find my best spots are actually a little thinner. there is one by my house that i only had a tiny bit of a can left and its one of my favorite curbs because its not too slippery i dont feel like i am going to shoot out on front crooks but it sitll goes hella nice when i wax it fresh.
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One thing I will add from my expereinces now ...
if it is a very hot day, you can spray it, let it sit for like 10-15 minutes, then wax +skate it.
if its really cold and windy, spray might not work at all and you may have to come back later and try again whne its less windy / cold or use roll on lacquer. i have never had to do more than 1 coat and also i find my best spots are actually a little thinner. there is one by my house that i only had a tiny bit of a can left and its one of my favorite curbs because its not too slippery i dont feel like i am going to shoot out on front crooks but it sitll goes hella nice when i wax it fresh.
I’ve spray lacquered plenty of curbs, but this spot is adjacent the ocean so it’s always wind swept, and it’s high traffic so spray cans and the sounds associated with them are a no-go. Hence my desire for something which can be discreetly and quickly rolled on without attracting too much attention.
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One thing I will add from my expereinces now ...
if it is a very hot day, you can spray it, let it sit for like 10-15 minutes, then wax +skate it.
if its really cold and windy, spray might not work at all and you may have to come back later and try again whne its less windy / cold or use roll on lacquer. i have never had to do more than 1 coat and also i find my best spots are actually a little thinner. there is one by my house that i only had a tiny bit of a can left and its one of my favorite curbs because its not too slippery i dont feel like i am going to shoot out on front crooks but it sitll goes hella nice when i wax it fresh.
I’ve spray lacquered plenty of curbs, but this spot is adjacent the ocean so it’s always wind swept, and it’s high traffic so spray cans and the sounds associated with them are a no-go. Hence my desire for something which can be discreetly and quickly rolled on without attracting too much attention.
Concrete sealer in a coffee cup. Stuff's like water you don't even need a roller but putting it on with a brush or real small roller is cleaner
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Couple of mediocre new ones stashed in the trick bag. Sure there’s a hole in the bottom of mine though as it’s getting emptier as 50 looms closer!!
https://i.imgur.com/Fsd74ws.mp4
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CoHylsIpPum/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
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new park has this curb with multiple angles and then it goes downhill, i tried forever to try to stay locked in and ride the whole fuckin thing out but could not get through the 'kink'/downhill part for the life of me
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CoXEi9zDR-o/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
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Something I've been curious about for a while now.
Which is better for slappys, cheap bearings or good expensive bearings?
I've been skating the cheap ones but after a while they roll like trash. I'm thinking about switching them out for some better ones but not sure if the "better" bearings will hold up against slappying all the time.
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Something I've been curious about for a while now.
Which is better for slappys, cheap bearings or good expensive bearings?
I've been skating the cheap ones but after a while they roll like trash. I'm thinking about switching them out for some better ones but not sure if the "better" bearings will hold up against slappying all the time.
Definitely
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Something I've been curious about for a while now.
Which is better for slappys, cheap bearings or good expensive bearings?
I've been skating the cheap ones but after a while they roll like trash. I'm thinking about switching them out for some better ones but not sure if the "better" bearings will hold up against slappying all the time.
Doing slappies wrecked my first-generation Quantum Atom bearings, but my Bones Swiss bearings are still going strong after three years of more or less continued use and lots and lots of slappies.
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Something I've been curious about for a while now.
Which is better for slappys, cheap bearings or good expensive bearings?
I've been skating the cheap ones but after a while they roll like trash. I'm thinking about switching them out for some better ones but not sure if the "better" bearings will hold up against slappying all the time.
Doing slappies wrecked my first-generation Quantum Atom bearings, but my Bones Swiss bearings are still going strong after three years of more or less continued use and lots and lots of slappies.
Just last week, I finished cleaning & relubing a set of 12 year old Bones Swiss that felt pretty jacked after that long of an interval without any service at all. These things were even in a set up that wound up spending the entirety of “the pandy” stored in a damp (flooded) storeroom & have the rust marks on the exposed outer edge of the races to show for it. Suffice to say: they were feeling kind of “chunky” when rotating.
Anywhooo… these things aren’t rolling like new, but damn!!! They came correct after an acetone bath & a drop of speed cream.
They are once again silent, smooth & fast.
You might pay more for these Bones Swiss jawns, but I’d like to see a set of cheap bearings come back to life this well, never mind lasting through (at least) 12 years of abuse with zero maintenance up until the point that I “treated” them recently.
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I‘ve been rocking Bronson G2s for three years now, first on my regular set up, now on my rain set up and they have seen a fair share of slappies, and rain. I cleaned them once or twice and now they seem unbreakable.
Got Bones Six on my other slappy set up for dry weather and they are very fast and do jot show any weakness.
So, both types may work if you get lucky and I guess both can let you down if you get a dud set.
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I've come to accept that bearings, regardless of quality, will seize up with a lot of slappies. Had it happen to bones swiss, bronsons, and many other brands and now just ride reds.
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Something I've been curious about for a while now.
Which is better for slappys, cheap bearings or good expensive bearings?
I've been skating the cheap ones but after a while they roll like trash. I'm thinking about switching them out for some better ones but not sure if the "better" bearings will hold up against slappying all the time.
Doing slappies wrecked my first-generation Quantum Atom bearings, but my Bones Swiss bearings are still going strong after three years of more or less continued use and lots and lots of slappies.
I had a set of first gen Quantum Isotopes and had one wheel seize completely up on the second slappy session on them. I tried cleaning it one freed up one was dead. I emailed them and with a description and video of the issue, they sent me a set of the second gen Isotopes and I’ve been on them for over a year with at least 2 days a week, at least an hour(mostly 2-3hr) slappy sessions and they’re still going strong over a year later.
So, I can say from my experience, they go strong and last. A few have had the opposite experience, so who knows.
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I’ve been doing BS blunts for a couple months now. Slides easy but haven’t rolled away from a single one. Shit is hard.
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Push with your front foot no? It’s counter intuitive but it helps the slide, you probably won’t over do it, and it helps leverage the pop out….
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Push with your front foot no? It’s counter intuitive but it helps the slide, you probably won’t over do it, and it helps leverage the pop out….
I’ll try that, thanks!
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Any back tail tips?
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Any back tail tips?
start with nollie bs tail, 5-0 to bs tail, suski grinds, to get more comfortable sliding a long distance. the straight up ollie in is kinda hard on a curb, its almost easier going up onto something a tiny bit higher (like 2 curbs high is perfect) because coming down too hard on it will jolt you too much. if you want to go to something lower, you have to go really fast and kinda like "gap" out to it a bit to keep your momentum straight.
for me i was always dragging my heel so i found moving it up a tiny bit and putting more pressure on my toes / ball of my foot helped me stay in. practice on a dry spot ollieing into the stall at low speed when you want to start learning the ollie in. i just like to do this to dial in the motion and have confidence in it, making sure my feet land in the spot i want.
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Having shitloads of fun with just the basics right now. Front 50s, back 50s, back 5-0s, k grinds... That's all i can do so far but still super satisfying to watch my trucks get ground down every session.
Has anyone ever built a diy curb that won't move around when you hit it too hard? I want to make one I can drop off at the skatepark but I hate it when people bring parking blocks and they just slide around when you try skate them. I was thinking of gluing strips of rubber to the bottom or something.
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For slappy back tails I spin my shoudlers and scratch the back truck on the way in and try to time is so my wheel falls off and drops me into tail just as I stop turning my shoulders. I guess technically its like 5-0 to tail but I try to keep the 5-0 as short as possible. I've done powerslide into back tail as well but it's not as satisfying.
In my experience the only fool proof way to keep curbs in place is rebar through a hole in the curb to a hole in the ground. Rubber helps but it can still move
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Got 45 minutes while waiting for my kid’s appointment to end. Scratched out the worlds smallest blunt slide. Only about 3-4” but it screeched and I rode away. I was stoked. They junkie sleeping near the curb wasn’t.
As for making a curb that won’t move, you need one thats pretty long and tall. I did a 7”h x 8’l that was fairly stable but it’s a bit over 200#s, so it’s not exactly a take and drop then grab and leave thing. You can use silicon caulk on the bottom or glue bike inner tubes to it but it’ll still move a bit. If it’s a permanent place, construction adhesive is the correct answer.
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I've asked it before but got no real answer: how the hell am I supposed to skate a curb when the sun is out? My wax is kinda melting, and gunking up while grinding. I can actually feel it slowing me down.
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I've asked it before but got no real answer: how the hell am I supposed to skate a curb when the sun is out? My wax is kinda melting, and gunking up while grinding. I can actually feel it slowing me down.
If the curb is rub bricked really nicely and a good coat of lacquer on it, you hardly ever need to put wax on the curb in my opinion. The curb i skate alot was rub bricked really good. Normally once a month or so, i will spray some more lacquer on it to keep it fresh. If that hasnt been done on the curb you skate, i would let all that wax melt and rub brick it and put a few layers of lacquer on it.
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Got 45 minutes while waiting for my kid’s appointment to end. Scratched out the worlds smallest blunt slide. Only about 3-4” but it screeched and I rode away. I was stoked. They junkie sleeping near the curb wasn’t.
As for making a curb that won’t move, you need one thats pretty long and tall. I did a 7”h x 8’l that was fairly stable but it’s a bit over 200#s, so it’s not exactly a take and drop then grab and leave thing. You can use silicon caulk on the bottom or glue bike inner tubes to it but it’ll still move a bit. If it’s a permanent place, construction adhesive is the correct answer.
Adding to this I made a curb that won't move and it's insanely heavy. I used several pieces of tied rebar and ultra high strength concrete with densifier mixed in. To add to the weight I got a few pieces of solid scrap metal that weigh more per square inch than concrete and put them near the bottom when I poured it. When it was done I patched any bubbles, then got some polishing wheels for a hand drill and wet polished the entire thing before clear coating it. With wax it's too slick
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I've asked it before but got no real answer: how the hell am I supposed to skate a curb when the sun is out? My wax is kinda melting, and gunking up while grinding. I can actually feel it slowing me down.
If the curb is rub bricked really nicely and a good coat of lacquer on it, you hardly ever need to put wax on the curb in my opinion. The curb i skate alot was rub bricked really good. Normally once a month or so, i will spray some more lacquer on it to keep it fresh. If that hasnt been done on the curb you skate, i would let all that wax melt and rub brick it and put a few layers of lacquer on it.
I've been skating this curb for over 2 years now, so I think rub bricking might be overkill at this point. I waxed it up when I just started out skating, way before I knew about lacquer. I'll try your advice, gonna let most of the current wax melt off and hit it with some layers of lacquer and see if that helps.
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I've asked it before but got no real answer: how the hell am I supposed to skate a curb when the sun is out? My wax is kinda melting, and gunking up while grinding. I can actually feel it slowing me down.
If the curb is rub bricked really nicely and a good coat of lacquer on it, you hardly ever need to put wax on the curb in my opinion. The curb i skate alot was rub bricked really good. Normally once a month or so, i will spray some more lacquer on it to keep it fresh. If that hasnt been done on the curb you skate, i would let all that wax melt and rub brick it and put a few layers of lacquer on it.
I've been skating this curb for over 2 years now, so I think rub bricking might be overkill at this point. I waxed it up when I just started out skating, way before I knew about lacquer. I'll try your advice, gonna let most of the current wax melt off and hit it with some layers of lacquer and see if that helps.
if you're gonna lacquer, might as well rub. you can burn off (propane torch) or acetone before you rub. rubbing will smooth out the chunks if done right, since you've already been skating the curb.
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I've asked it before but got no real answer: how the hell am I supposed to skate a curb when the sun is out? My wax is kinda melting, and gunking up while grinding. I can actually feel it slowing me down.
If the curb is rub bricked really nicely and a good coat of lacquer on it, you hardly ever need to put wax on the curb in my opinion. The curb i skate alot was rub bricked really good. Normally once a month or so, i will spray some more lacquer on it to keep it fresh. If that hasnt been done on the curb you skate, i would let all that wax melt and rub brick it and put a few layers of lacquer on it.
I've been skating this curb for over 2 years now, so I think rub bricking might be overkill at this point. I waxed it up when I just started out skating, way before I knew about lacquer. I'll try your advice, gonna let most of the current wax melt off and hit it with some layers of lacquer and see if that helps.
if you're gonna lacquer, might as well rub. you can burn off (propane torch) or acetone before you rub. rubbing will smooth out the chunks if done right, since you've already been skating the curb.
Hell, might as well go all the way as I frequent that spot so much. Dunno which brands are proven to be good as I'm in Europe, but I guess I got some research to do. Should I get the matte or clear finish?
Edit: found some acryl based lacquer/varnish. Does it matter if it's water-based? Anything else I should be aware of before I use the wrong stuff and ruin one of the only good spots in my hometown?
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In the wild - Y'all hot girls!
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I've been skating this curb spot I found and waxed up for a couple years since Covid. Started w/one red curb and then kept adding and now i have/had a fun little spot w/ about 4 good curbs you can hit.
But a couple weekends ago, i cruised over to skate and see the building re-painted the red curb. Left all the others which is hilarious. So I reverted back to my 17yr old skate brain, said fuck this and re-waxed and skated. Felt like they didn't even wash the layers of wax off, just sprayed right over. Haha. Didn't think too much of it and went on w/ my skate.
I head back up there the next weekend and see they re-re-painted it again. Wasn't expecting that. Now, I'm kinda bummed as this spot has been so good for me to just go skate and not worry about crowds at the local. But now I'm thinking the building has had enough of me...so, do i continue to fight the battle or time to find a new spot? Or someone could send me a pin of good solid curb spot in LB area...
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I've been skating this curb spot I found and waxed up for a couple years since Covid. Started w/one red curb and then kept adding and now i have/had a fun little spot w/ about 4 good curbs you can hit.
But a couple weekends ago, i cruised over to skate and see the building re-painted the red curb. Left all the others which is hilarious. So I reverted back to my 17yr old skate brain, said fuck this and re-waxed and skated. Felt like they didn't even wash the layers of wax off, just sprayed right over. Haha. Didn't think too much of it and went on w/ my skate.
I head back up there the next weekend and see they re-re-painted it again. Wasn't expecting that. Now, I'm kinda bummed as this spot has been so good for me to just go skate and not worry about crowds at the local. But now I'm thinking the building has had enough of me...so, do i continue to fight the battle or time to find a new spot? Or someone could send me a pin of good solid curb spot in LB area...
Damn I would just keep skating the 3 good curbs until someone actually confronts me.
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I’ve been in this situation before. I would take a break from the spot or at least be very cautious before you skate. Maybe stick to the other curbs for a bit. Avoiding confrontation and being elusive will eventually make them forget about it. Old people love being pissed about someone squatting on their property. Always best to be semi invisible as to not arouse suspicion.
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I've been skating this curb spot I found and waxed up for a couple years since Covid. Started w/one red curb and then kept adding and now i have/had a fun little spot w/ about 4 good curbs you can hit.
But a couple weekends ago, i cruised over to skate and see the building re-painted the red curb. Left all the others which is hilarious. So I reverted back to my 17yr old skate brain, said fuck this and re-waxed and skated. Felt like they didn't even wash the layers of wax off, just sprayed right over. Haha. Didn't think too much of it and went on w/ my skate.
I head back up there the next weekend and see they re-re-painted it again. Wasn't expecting that. Now, I'm kinda bummed as this spot has been so good for me to just go skate and not worry about crowds at the local. But now I'm thinking the building has had enough of me...so, do i continue to fight the battle or time to find a new spot? Or someone could send me a pin of good solid curb spot in LB area...
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I've been skating this curb spot I found and waxed up for a couple years since Covid. Started w/one red curb and then kept adding and now i have/had a fun little spot w/ about 4 good curbs you can hit.
But a couple weekends ago, i cruised over to skate and see the building re-painted the red curb. Left all the others which is hilarious. So I reverted back to my 17yr old skate brain, said fuck this and re-waxed and skated. Felt like they didn't even wash the layers of wax off, just sprayed right over. Haha. Didn't think too much of it and went on w/ my skate.
I head back up there the next weekend and see they re-re-painted it again. Wasn't expecting that. Now, I'm kinda bummed as this spot has been so good for me to just go skate and not worry about crowds at the local. But now I'm thinking the building has had enough of me...so, do i continue to fight the battle or time to find a new spot? Or someone could send me a pin of good solid curb spot in LB area...
They're probably about to sell the building
I skate a curb that has maintenance crews and cops drive and walk by all the time, I'll keep skating it until they make it a problem
Drive your car along the curb so that your tires rub on it and get curb rash, show them how bad a curb can look.
It's just a curb
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I'm sure it's been discussed somewhere in here, but any tips on slappy bs feebles? They look too fun not to ask. Come to think of it, I can't really backside slappy. Frontside is way easier for me, so I need help. Thanks in advance!!
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I'm sure it's been discussed somewhere in here, but any tips on slappy bs feebles? They look too fun not to ask. Come to think of it, I can't really backside slappy. Frontside is way easier for me, so I need help. Thanks in advance!!
They’re the easiest once you get the hang of them. Head in at a 45 degree angle, (for regular) get your back foot in the pocket right above your rear right wheel, and keep your right shoulder directly above your right foot. Then lift up onto the curb and lock in. You want some pressure onto your front foot to keep your tail against the curb, but otherwise just ride it out.
Knees bent, Weight back but not too far because then you can slip into boardslide and slide out.
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I'm sure it's been discussed somewhere in here, but any tips on slappy bs feebles? They look too fun not to ask. Come to think of it, I can't really backside slappy. Frontside is way easier for me, so I need help. Thanks in advance!!
Here’s my tip- find the right curb. They’re super easy on a good curb- something buttery with a nice angle, must be double -sided (or dug out dirt/grass on the other) and a nice edge to lock into. Average height is best- too low and it’s hard. Too steep and/or too high and it’s a huge struggle.
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I'm sure it's been discussed somewhere in here, but any tips on slappy bs feebles? They look too fun not to ask. Come to think of it, I can't really backside slappy. Frontside is way easier for me, so I need help. Thanks in advance!!
Are they possible at all on single sided curbs?
Man I'm in such a curb obsession at the moment that I haven't skated anything else in weeks. Anyone else go through phases like this?
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I'm sure it's been discussed somewhere in here, but any tips on slappy bs feebles? They look too fun not to ask. Come to think of it, I can't really backside slappy. Frontside is way easier for me, so I need help. Thanks in advance!!
Are they possible at all on single sided curbs?
Totally, they’re hard tho. You gotta lean back so your front wheels don’t drag too hard but you can’t lean back too much or you slip into a boardslide. I’ve taken some really bad slams that way. I’m not good at them, maybe someone else here can give tips.
Edit- dude I love skating curbs. Best thing about your forties is people don’t give a shit if that’s all you do.
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I'm sure it's been discussed somewhere in here, but any tips on slappy bs feebles? They look too fun not to ask. Come to think of it, I can't really backside slappy. Frontside is way easier for me, so I need help. Thanks in advance!!
Are they possible at all on single sided curbs?
Man I'm in such a curb obsession at the moment that I haven't skated anything else in weeks. Anyone else go through phases like this?
Completely possible. It’s actually better to learn them on sidewalks imo since it’ll teach you to sit on your back foot and just use your front to guide. I could scratch out 6ish foot ones on a sidewalk. If my decrepit old ass could anyone can.
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I've been skating this curb spot I found and waxed up for a couple years since Covid. Started w/one red curb and then kept adding and now i have/had a fun little spot w/ about 4 good curbs you can hit.
But a couple weekends ago, i cruised over to skate and see the building re-painted the red curb. Left all the others which is hilarious. So I reverted back to my 17yr old skate brain, said fuck this and re-waxed and skated. Felt like they didn't even wash the layers of wax off, just sprayed right over. Haha. Didn't think too much of it and went on w/ my skate.
I head back up there the next weekend and see they re-re-painted it again. Wasn't expecting that. Now, I'm kinda bummed as this spot has been so good for me to just go skate and not worry about crowds at the local. But now I'm thinking the building has had enough of me...so, do i continue to fight the battle or time to find a new spot? Or someone could send me a pin of good solid curb spot in LB area...
Great minds as they say...Just got back from skating there this afternoon. The other ones are really fun and slightly hidden from street traffic, so safer from prying eyes.
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I've been skating this curb spot I found and waxed up for a couple years since Covid. Started w/one red curb and then kept adding and now i have/had a fun little spot w/ about 4 good curbs you can hit.
But a couple weekends ago, i cruised over to skate and see the building re-painted the red curb. Left all the others which is hilarious. So I reverted back to my 17yr old skate brain, said fuck this and re-waxed and skated. Felt like they didn't even wash the layers of wax off, just sprayed right over. Haha. Didn't think too much of it and went on w/ my skate.
I head back up there the next weekend and see they re-re-painted it again. Wasn't expecting that. Now, I'm kinda bummed as this spot has been so good for me to just go skate and not worry about crowds at the local. But now I'm thinking the building has had enough of me...so, do i continue to fight the battle or time to find a new spot? Or someone could send me a pin of good solid curb spot in LB area...
They're probably about to sell the building
I skate a curb that has maintenance crews and cops drive and walk by all the time, I'll keep skating it until they make it a problem
Drive your car along the curb so that your tires rub on it and get curb rash, show them how bad a curb can look.
It's just a curb
That was my initial thought when I came back the and they painted again. I'm looking for a new one but I'll skate this one until they take it out.
I'd probably miss the tire and grind my rims more than they already are...ha
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I’ve been in this situation before. I would take a break from the spot or at least be very cautious before you skate. Maybe stick to the other curbs for a bit. Avoiding confrontation and being elusive will eventually make them forget about it. Old people love being pissed about someone squatting on their property. Always best to be semi invisible as to not arouse suspicion.
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I've been skating this curb spot I found and waxed up for a couple years since Covid. Started w/one red curb and then kept adding and now i have/had a fun little spot w/ about 4 good curbs you can hit.
But a couple weekends ago, i cruised over to skate and see the building re-painted the red curb. Left all the others which is hilarious. So I reverted back to my 17yr old skate brain, said fuck this and re-waxed and skated. Felt like they didn't even wash the layers of wax off, just sprayed right over. Haha. Didn't think too much of it and went on w/ my skate.
I head back up there the next weekend and see they re-re-painted it again. Wasn't expecting that. Now, I'm kinda bummed as this spot has been so good for me to just go skate and not worry about crowds at the local. But now I'm thinking the building has had enough of me...so, do i continue to fight the battle or time to find a new spot? Or someone could send me a pin of good solid curb spot in LB area...
I'm looking for a new one. Usually I go to this one pretty late afternoon on weekends. Just an basic so cal office building parking lot, so no traffic in lot at all. But if there are ever cars, I usually bite the bullet and go to a park
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A couple things with feebles:
If you are riding rails, they are much easier and you can definitely go much farther.
If you have any type of reverse, kingpin truck, they are even that much easier as you have less to hang up on.
I prefer a slightly lower double sided curb That is more square.
I make sure my back foot is more in the pocket of the tail with most of the weight on my heel, and I try to stay centered over my board with my weight slightly back as I approach the curb I lift up my front truck and try to sit on top of the curb more than on the side always thinking about my back truck directly under my back foot almost then push out my front foot like I am boning out an Ollie.
i’ve been kind of lock my front leg and try to hold the pose almost of an Ollie in feeble position on top of the curb and the more on top of it you are the longer you can sit in it eventually if you don’t have a squared off wheel. You’ll just slipped a board slide so you got to try and come out early, if the curb doesn’t have an end.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/B5Oj7O8lI3o/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== (https://www.instagram.com/p/B5Oj7O8lI3o/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==)
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A couple things with feebles:
If you are riding rails, they are much easier and you can definitely go much farther.
If you have any type of reverse, kingpin truck, they are even that much easier as you have less to hang up on.
I prefer a slightly lower double sided curb That is more square.
I make sure my back foot is more in the pocket of the tail with most of the weight on my heel, and I try to stay centered over my board with my weight slightly back as I approach the curb I lift up my front truck and try to sit on top of the curb more than on the side always thinking about my back truck directly under my back foot almost then push out my front foot like I am boning out an Ollie.
i’ve been kind of lock my front leg and try to hold the pose almost of an Ollie in feeble position on top of the curb and the more on top of it you are the longer you can sit in it eventually if you don’t have a squared off wheel. You’ll just slipped a board slide so you got to try and come out early, if the curb doesn’t have an end.
Any tips on half cab to feeble? Yours look so smooth, but whenever I try them I keep hitting boardslide and can't seem to go straight to feeble.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/B5Oj7O8lI3o/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== (https://www.instagram.com/p/B5Oj7O8lI3o/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==)
Absolutely love 144p clips. Such a smooth operator. Modern day Dressen
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make sure to wear some breathing protection with rub bricking curbs, you don't want that shit in your lungs
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once it starts getting bigger the 7" I'm like "I'm good"
I like to here my woman say the same thing
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Yesterday I used a wire brush to get most of the wax off my local curb I've been skating for a long time, and hit it with a proper rub brick/lacquer job. Today I waxed it up and holy shit, this thing goes. Suddenly I'm landing fs smiths while I normally could hold one maybe 1 out of 10 tries. Definitely gonna use lacquer the next time I'm preparing a curb.
(https://i.ibb.co/sWVzh5k/20230607-223957.jpg)
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Yesterday I used a wire brush to get most of the wax off my local curb I've been skating for a long time, and hit it with a proper rub brick/lacquer job. Today I waxed it up and holy shit, this thing goes. Suddenly I'm landing fs smiths while I normally could hold one maybe 1 out of 10 tries. Definitely gonna use lacquer the next time I'm preparing a curb.
(https://i.ibb.co/sWVzh5k/20230607-223957.jpg)
What lacquer did you use? Details please.
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dropping another full curb part on 18JUNE....Just a mix of of go pro curb clips i filmed the past 3 months while trying to stack clips for the new curb junkies video. Thought i would just put them all together instead of letting them never get seen.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvMZ5TIMqvA
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I'm sure it's been discussed somewhere in here, but any tips on slappy bs feebles? They look too fun not to ask. Come to think of it, I can't really backside slappy. Frontside is way easier for me, so I need help. Thanks in advance!!
the key for me was a ben degros tutorial where he said you basically just carve into a one wheel manual( toe side) right before u hit the curb
worked the very first time i tried it
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I'm sure it's been discussed somewhere in here, but any tips on slappy bs feebles? They look too fun not to ask. Come to think of it, I can't really backside slappy. Frontside is way easier for me, so I need help. Thanks in advance!!
the key for me was a ben degros tutorial where he said you basically just carve into a one wheel manual( toe side) right before u hit the curb
worked the very first time i tried it
All on your back big toe
You really have to stay way back on it
Hit it from a different angle then a BS slappy
which is more straight on
so less straight on
Pretend you are doing it on transition
so you hang in and back
Put your arms up and back to help
Stop doing that when you get them
Double sided curb is easier
With board rails even easier
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Yesterday I used a wire brush to get most of the wax off my local curb I've been skating for a long time, and hit it with a proper rub brick/lacquer job. Today I waxed it up and holy shit, this thing goes. Suddenly I'm landing fs smiths while I normally could hold one maybe 1 out of 10 tries. Definitely gonna use lacquer the next time I'm preparing a curb.
(https://i.ibb.co/sWVzh5k/20230607-223957.jpg)
I used this one specifically:
http://www.montana-cans.com/en/spray-cans/montana-tech-sprays/varnish-400ml/montana-varnish-400ml
But I have no idea if it's better or worse than other brands as I'm no expert. Got a can of this for free and it clearly did the trick.
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damn near anything will work tbh. i just look for the cheapest thing possible. I have never had a bad experience other than one time we tried to do spray like 40km/h wind and it was below 0 it didnt stick to the curb.
i just used an old indy and like the most dollar store wax possible and got a curb going in front of my friends house. its definintely not as buttery as doing lacquer though. not really good for anything besides 5050s.
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Anyone else had problems with delamming the underside of the nose with slappies? I’ve been skating a lot of curbs lately and recently learned slappy 50-50s. The curbs I skate are steep and it took me a while to get the technique right to get up on top of them but I find I tend to catch the side of the nose on the curb and pretty soon the board starts to splinter and after that disintegrates pretty quick. It’s heartbreaking watching a good board turn to shit so quick. I’m left with thinking that I need to reserve slappies until a board starts to get close to the end of its life but that bums me out because they’re so much fun to do. I ride a 8.5 popsicle with 44 aces and 54mm wheels and I’ve been toying with putting on some risers to help give the nose a bit more clearance over the top of the curb or trying a different shape. Anyone have any thoughts on this? I’m sure it’s also just sloppy technique but would be good to hear any suggestions.
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I find pivoting to the front foot heel bonks the wheel rather than the nose
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damn near anything will work tbh. i just look for the cheapest thing possible. I have never had a bad experience other than one time we tried to do spray like 40km/h wind and it was below 0 it didnt stick to the curb.
I switched entirely to roll-on concrete sealer or lacquer. You're getting such a better value when you do it this way, as opposed to all the overspray, toxic fumes, and wasted cans associated with spray lacquer.
Maybe more importantly, people get concerned when they see and hear spray cans and this just invites scrutiny which I would rather avoid. I rolled lacquer onto a curb in plain view of a cop who didn't even glance my way. I guarantee that, if I have been using spray cans, there would have been a lot more explaining to do.
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Anyone else had problems with delamming the underside of the nose with slappies? I’ve been skating a lot of curbs lately and recently learned slappy 50-50s. The curbs I skate are steep and it took me a while to get the technique right to get up on top of them but I find I tend to catch the side of the nose on the curb and pretty soon the board starts to splinter and after that disintegrates pretty quick. It’s heartbreaking watching a good board turn to shit so quick. I’m left with thinking that I need to reserve slappies until a board starts to get close to the end of its life but that bums me out because they’re so much fun to do. I ride a 8.5 popsicle with 44 aces and 54mm wheels and I’ve been toying with putting on some risers to help give the nose a bit more clearance over the top of the curb or trying a different shape. Anyone have any thoughts on this? I’m sure it’s also just sloppy technique but would be good to hear any suggestions.
I definitely used to scrape the bottom of my nose a lot on slappies. It’ll happen less with more experience.
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Thanks for the thoughts. Just seen Abe Bethel posted this picture of his board which has the same pattern of wear I get it’s just his board seems to razor down instead of delam and chip out so yeah I guess it just takes a bit more finesse to keep your nose clean. Will keep at it.
https://imgur.com/a/xbHggD3
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Thanks for the thoughts. Just seen Abe Bethel posted this picture of his board which has the same pattern of wear I get it’s just his board seems to razor down instead of delam and chip out so yeah I guess it just takes a bit more finesse to keep your nose clean. Will keep at it.
https://imgur.com/a/xbHggD3
What’re you even doing to get your board like that? I remember one of my first boards like that, but it was when I was learning how to ollie
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Thanks for the thoughts. Just seen Abe Bethel posted this picture of his board which has the same pattern of wear I get it’s just his board seems to razor down instead of delam and chip out so yeah I guess it just takes a bit more finesse to keep your nose clean. Will keep at it.
https://imgur.com/a/xbHggD3
What’re you even doing to get your board like that? I remember one of my first boards like that, but it was when I was learning how to ollie
Crooks on not super smooth concrete edges will do that to the front corner of boards, so if someone does a lot of them, where they are more up on the truck, not down almost in nose slide, the end of the board wears down a whole lot.
There are a few guys I have seen whose boards look like that from a not so buttery curb they always skate so depending on the tricks they do, they can make a board have very uneven wear and go through a layer or two of ply quickly enough on repeat tricks like that.
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Post your favourite slappy videos fellas, whatever gets you hyped to go skate curbs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvwp1IF7BzA
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Slappies are fun to do, less so to watch
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Slappies are fun to do, less so to watch
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Post your favourite slappy videos fellas, whatever gets you hyped to go skate curbs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvwp1IF7BzA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wl_CovT07A0&t=45s&ab_channel=jacobkuzyk
Timesless video
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Been doing fs slappies for about a month now but it’s still very aggro where I haul ass towards the curb and my wheels break into a slide and I either get on the curb perfectly, overshoot my back truck, or don’t get on at all. Watching the first line in that koston video makes me wonder how you make a fs slappy delicate and easy rather than a do or die trick. Been taking a beating on the curbs but I like it still
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Been doing fs slappies for about a month now but it’s still very aggro where I haul ass towards the curb and my wheels break into a slide and I either get on the curb perfectly, overshoot my back truck, or don’t get on at all. Watching the first line in that koston video makes me wonder how you make a fs slappy delicate and easy rather than a do or die trick. Been taking a beating on the curbs but I like it still
Keep doing it and you'll get it, it's just about the subtle 'unweighting' of your tail once you get the front truck on. Just takes time and practice to get comfortable with it. You don't need to be hauling ass for a frontside slappy so try go slower and just focus on the technique rather than brute forcing it.
Also try waxing up the curb more, one little rub with the wax makes a night and day difference for front slappies imo
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I wrote a full explanation of how to slappy a while ago, but can’t find it.
Here’s a shorter version
Was trying to relearn them today, and realized most skaters don’t even know what they are doing themselves (because the good ones are so natural they don’t break the movement down) and this are shit at explaining it.
90% of people say you just ‘smash that shit’ or some bullshit like that, the people who have a clue will say something about being ‘lightfooted’.
The approach angle and speed are all well explained. Same with the carving motion.
But when it comes to hitting the curb, you don’t force it on, it won’t work. Especially do not straighten your legs trying to increase the force of impact.
You have to ‘unweight’ your feet as you go on. Front foot first, then the back.
This is not ‘lifting up the front trucks’, it is merely taking most of the pressure off the front foot, allowing the front trucks to bump up, then the back foot, and get the rear ones on. Then you grip, get your weight to the rear, and enjoy the ride.
It’s a very quick and subtle movement, which is why you don’t catch it watching the videos (and why most people don’t notice themselves doing it) but it is the most important one.
A bit like then you unweight the board to nollie bump a crack that’s sticking up.
The next most important movement is turning the hips in the direction of the slappy, like you are carving a bowl, and lean into the turn a fair bit, like you are carving coping.
When you get these points right, it is effortless.
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Been doing fs slappies for about a month now but it’s still very aggro where I haul ass towards the curb and my wheels break into a slide and I either get on the curb perfectly, overshoot my back truck, or don’t get on at all. Watching the first line in that koston video makes me wonder how you make a fs slappy delicate and easy rather than a do or die trick. Been taking a beating on the curbs but I like it still
The slide is helping you because you are on your heels before the curb. The speed is throwing you off because you need to transfer your weight onto your toes on a frontside slappy
No unweighting needed
I mean if you got it like that it would be great but like me you don't, so concentrate on getting your toes
Go slower just to get on and learn the speed you need
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Not the cleanest .gif but you can kinda see me unweight my front foot
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Not the cleanest .gif but you can kinda see me unweight my front foot
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ye i see it. im surprised you come in so mellow of an angle. ill have to try that out
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I’m almost parallel with these at this point, it’s a really fluid movement one it clicks
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That’s a nice explanation of slappies. I’ve tried to explain them to people recently and you’re right I am bad at it. Only thing I would say is it’s ok to do them shitty until you fully get the hang of it. We all went through the stages.
Unrelated but my friend suggested I do slappy willies and they’re so fun if you are doing them on purpose. Doing them to nollie 180 out actually looks not terrible. Underrated trick.
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Anyone else had problems with delamming the underside of the nose with slappies? I’ve been skating a lot of curbs lately and recently learned slappy 50-50s. The curbs I skate are steep and it took me a while to get the technique right to get up on top of them but I find I tend to catch the side of the nose on the curb and pretty soon the board starts to splinter and after that disintegrates pretty quick. It’s heartbreaking watching a good board turn to shit so quick. I’m left with thinking that I need to reserve slappies until a board starts to get close to the end of its life but that bums me out because they’re so much fun to do. I ride a 8.5 popsicle with 44 aces and 54mm wheels and I’ve been toying with putting on some risers to help give the nose a bit more clearance over the top of the curb or trying a different shape. Anyone have any thoughts on this? I’m sure it’s also just sloppy technique but would be good to hear any suggestions.
This has been happening to almost all my bloards lately except one. The Pssx Glue 8.5.
I believe it was because the nose was so big and square.
The next one a Glue Forest 8.75 was tapered. It firred up from big spin front noses. My K shape started doing it but I stopped doing that trick because they rarely slide to satisfaction.
I can't wait to get back on an 8.75 with 5.8s.
I miss it so badly. Bigger is better. It just is.
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OK, i found it (on page 2)
CUCKTARD’S ALL-INCLUSIVE INSTRUCTIONS FOR FRONTSIDE AND BACKSIDE SLAPPIES
Take photos now, or copy-paste somewhere on your phone for reference when your at your preferred slutty and slick curb.
1- HANG YOUR FEET OFF.
You are going to turn hard and help those wheels up onto the curb, so if you are going backside, hang your toes off more than usual. If your going frontside, hang your heels off.
Also, for beginners, have your front foot over the front bolts, right up against the curve of the nose.
The back foot is on wherever, but maybe not on the end of the tail. You’re not going to lift the nose.
2- GET LOW
It helps. Especially with variations. Bend those knees, do not straight-leg it. You want to be stable and surfy.
3- GO STRAIGHT AT THE CURB (or almost straight)
This is just for the beginners. After you get the hang of it and your confidence increases, you can go at a lower angle. But going head-on into the curb will help you get onto it, so have your bodily mass heading into it.
4- CARVE
About a meter/yard before you hit, carve hard into the direction you wanna get on. Your board should be between 60-45 degrees to the curb at time of impact. Your body weight should be well inside the turn, and you should be cranking down hard on those toes or heels.
5- DON’T SLAM THE BOARD
This is the most important point. And one that people make the most mistakes with. Slappies are actually kinda delicate, and a pretty smooth feeling trick once you understand this point.
As your front wheels hit the curb, you have to lighten your front foot, like when you nollie bump a crack in the pavement. You let the board bump up onto the curb, and then do the same with your back foot, as you push it into place. It’s a very quick and subtle unweighting of front foot-back foot.
You never straight-leg slam the board into the curb.
****if you don’t twist enough into the turn, your back wheels won’t bump up. You have to twist your body so that your shoulders and hips are in line with the curb. This is usually easier frontside (probably because fs grinds on as a mini are like this, but with bs you can stay open to the coping). On a slappy, you gotta fully turn your whole body so that the back wheel gets on****
6- GET IN THE BACKSEAT
With your front foot so far forward, you may find yourself weighting the front truck so much that it catches on the grind.
As you get that back truck on, scoot the whole board forward underneath you, get your weight back of center, and grind
7-ENJOY THE RIDE, DISMOUNT IN YOUR PREFERRED STYLE, AND UTTER “PRAISE BE TO LUCERO”
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Something finally clicked and I landed a few frontside crooked grinds tonight :)
Didn't get any that were particularly long or stylish but definitely got 3 or 4 that were pretty honest with semi-clean roll-aways.
Stoked on that one... I feel like that trick separates the boys from men on curbs.
The bad news is that I think the owners of the store where my favourite curb is are onto me and they're turning off the lights in the carpark at night now so I can't skate late anymore.
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Anyone else had problems with delamming the underside of the nose with slappies? I’ve been skating a lot of curbs lately and recently learned slappy 50-50s. The curbs I skate are steep and it took me a while to get the technique right to get up on top of them but I find I tend to catch the side of the nose on the curb and pretty soon the board starts to splinter and after that disintegrates pretty quick. It’s heartbreaking watching a good board turn to shit so quick. I’m left with thinking that I need to reserve slappies until a board starts to get close to the end of its life but that bums me out because they’re so much fun to do. I ride a 8.5 popsicle with 44 aces and 54mm wheels and I’ve been toying with putting on some risers to help give the nose a bit more clearance over the top of the curb or trying a different shape. Anyone have any thoughts on this? I’m sure it’s also just sloppy technique but would be good to hear any suggestions.
This has been happening to almost all my bloards lately except one. The Pssx Glue 8.5.
I believe it was because the nose was so big and square.
The next one a Glue Forest 8.75 was tapered. It firred up from big spin front noses. My K shape started doing it but I stopped doing that trick because they rarely slide to satisfaction.
I can't wait to get back on an 8.75 with 5.8s.
I miss it so badly. Bigger is better. It just is.
I was thinking that the squared-off nose was part of the problem as that’s what I’ve been riding and there’s maybe more nose to catch instead of going straight wheel to curb. considered trying something with a more football type shape to make it a bit easier or alternatively riding the wheels closer to the rails of the deck i.e. a narrower deck or wider trucks. Don’t really have the money to change deck and trucks so that means a narrower deck when this one finishes its death spiral. So basically I came to the opposite conclusion as you - narrower board and pointier nose. I’m probably wrong on this lol. In the meantime I put on some 1/8” risers to see if that magically fixes the issue.
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Something finally clicked and I landed a few frontside crooked grinds tonight :)
Didn't get any that were particularly long or stylish but definitely got 3 or 4 that were pretty honest with semi-clean roll-aways.
Stoked on that one... I feel like that trick separates the boys from men on curbs.
The bad news is that I think the owners of the store where my favourite curb is are onto me and they're turning off the lights in the carpark at night now so I can't skate late anymore.
What‘s your secret?
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Something finally clicked and I landed a few frontside crooked grinds tonight :)
Didn't get any that were particularly long or stylish but definitely got 3 or 4 that were pretty honest with semi-clean roll-aways.
Stoked on that one... I feel like that trick separates the boys from men on curbs.
The bad news is that I think the owners of the store where my favourite curb is are onto me and they're turning off the lights in the carpark at night now so I can't skate late anymore.
What‘s your secret?
Super wide stance like you're about to get into a wrestling match
Front foot is diagonal across your nose with your toes right on the edge
Back toes are hanging off the board so the pressure is on your heel
Approach curb just a little bit more parallel than a 45 degree angle and push the nose in on your toe side so it locks in against your wheel
Turn your head in the direction you want to go
And here's where I am having trouble still... getting out of the grind. I honestly don't know what to do to consistently land this part. I could lock in almost every time but as I said i only rolled away from 3 or 4. Feels like it would be easier to revert out to fakie than to pop out still going straight, unless you're going off the end of a curb. Can't really help much for this part unfortunately but if you get the lock-in down you're bound to land a few eventually. The stance and foot position is really important for this trick.
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Something finally clicked and I landed a few frontside crooked grinds tonight :)
Didn't get any that were particularly long or stylish but definitely got 3 or 4 that were pretty honest with semi-clean roll-aways.
Stoked on that one... I feel like that trick separates the boys from men on curbs.
The bad news is that I think the owners of the store where my favourite curb is are onto me and they're turning off the lights in the carpark at night now so I can't skate late anymore.
What‘s your secret?
Super wide stance like you're about to get into a wrestling match
Front foot is diagonal across your nose with your toes right on the edge
Back toes are hanging off the board so the pressure is on your heel
Approach curb just a little bit more parallel than a 45 degree angle and push the nose in on your toe side so it locks in against your wheel
Turn your head in the direction you want to go
And here's where I am having trouble still... getting out of the grind. I honestly don't know what to do to consistently land this part. I could lock in almost every time but as I said i only rolled away from 3 or 4. Feels like it would be easier to revert out to fakie than to pop out still going straight, unless you're going off the end of a curb. Can't really help much for this part unfortunately but if you get the lock-in down you're bound to land a few eventually. The stance and foot position is really important for this trick.
Cheers bruh, we’re in the same spot then. I do it exactly like you.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWW2-oXUx9U (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWW2-oXUx9U)
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How do you prep an unpainted curb for slappies? Wax just the grind/slide area? Or do you wax the entire front surface of the curb. Wondering if an unpainted front surface would make it harder to climb up. I found a curb I want to adopt as my own but it’s completely unpainted and dry
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How do you prep an unpainted curb for slappies? Wax just the grind/slide area? Or do you wax the entire front surface of the curb. Wondering if an unpainted front surface would make it harder to climb up. I found a curb I want to adopt as my own but it’s completely unpainted and dry
Get yourself a rub brick to smooth out the curb. Unpainted curb is most likely rough and adding wax wont make it difference. After you rub brick the ledge hit it with some clear coat enamel spray paint, let it dry then hit it with some wax.
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Or do you wax the entire front surface of the curb. Wondering if an unpainted front surface would make it harder to climb up.
You don’t have to do the entire front surface, but you should get at least the top 3-4” for sure.
After you clearcoat, wax, and start breaking it in, depending on how good it’s going you can def respray the curb after each session. You can spray right on top of the wax, it’ll soak into the uncoated areas.
I use Behr Wet Look Concrete Sealer with the cheap chip brushes, plenty of debate on which type of clearcoat is the best but I really like that stuff.
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Ok I give up, what’s the secret to slappy smith grinds? They’re driving me nuts. I can get into them but they go nowhere
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Ok I give up, what’s the secret to slappy smith grinds? They’re driving me nuts. I can get into them but they go nowhere
there was some discussion here: https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=126344.0
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i know it's been repeated like dogma on here but you really don't need to put lacquer or clearcoat on a curb to skate it. just rub brick then wax.
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Ok I give up, what’s the secret to slappy smith grinds? They’re driving me nuts. I can get into them but they go nowhere
there was some discussion here: https://www.slapmagazine.com/index.php?topic=126344.0
Thanks! I’ll try to apply some of this
Unrelated- my friend talked me into learning slappy Willy grinds and I’m obsessed. They look stupid but they’re so fun, especially if you 180 out.
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How do you prep an unpainted curb for slappies? Wax just the grind/slide area? Or do you wax the entire front surface of the curb. Wondering if an unpainted front surface would make it harder to climb up. I found a curb I want to adopt as my own but it’s completely unpainted and dry
This is a skate buddy of mine who preps all our curbs at the spot, glossiest curbs I’ve ever skated
https://youtu.be/e6NrHvGpEcQ
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my city have a courthouse with some sick marble stairs to slappy, they have gotten quite worn over time, the spot is the main skater hangout in the city. we also have a super solid granite curb in the parkig lot of an office. never gotten kicked out, just some cars in the way during business hours. will be looking into refurbishing a double sided curb. it have been skated before, but have been forgotten.
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Supperfun diy curb someone made and left at the local curb spot. Looks like a braided pretzel.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvGjY8mps4D/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== (https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvGjY8mps4D/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==)
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i know it's been repeated like dogma on here but you really don't need to put lacquer or clearcoat on a curb to skate it. just rub brick then wax.
Why wouldn't you use lacquer or a sealant of some kind? Why work harder in order to accomplish the same thing?
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Exactly, if you want the curb to last you should be sealing it semi regularly. It rains a ton here and exposed concrete with no sealant just erodes.
Once you’ve grinded away the paint and it starts to chip out it breaks down quickly.
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i know it's been repeated like dogma on here but you really don't need to put lacquer or clearcoat on a curb to skate it. just rub brick then wax.
Why wouldn't you use lacquer or a sealant of some kind? Why work harder in order to accomplish the same thing?
Don’t have any and too lazy to go buy some
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i know it's been repeated like dogma on here but you really don't need to put lacquer or clearcoat on a curb to skate it. just rub brick then wax.
Why wouldn't you use lacquer or a sealant of some kind? Why work harder in order to accomplish the same thing?
ok
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Really bummed about my local Slappy spot. For whatever reason someone went in with tons of spray clearcoat and clearcoated the sidewalks and right over already waxed/sauced curbs. They don't seem to actually know how to get things going. This plus constant trash attracted San Diego MTA security to the place.
Last week there were 2 of them in the parking lot waiting for skaters and I was the lucky subject. They told me to leave and as I was leaving I noted that it is not posted that skateboarding is forbidden and that we skate in the far corner of the lot and it has kept sketchy people away. The rent-a-cop tried to tell me that it was private property, but I quickly proved that MTA is actually one of the oldest public transit agencies in the state and that it is public property with no city ordinances against skateboarding. The cops then showed up, actually took my side on the loitering charges, which made the rent-a-cops more combative. They now have pics of both my cars and even if they can't cite me have been posted up every weekday morning I have driven by.
So why did they randomly get so aggressive? Because of the fuckwads who decided they needed to clearcoat 18" of sidewalk next to the curbs and put their shitty stickers all over things. This spot was my staple as it is 6-7min from my house and was always hassle free, but now I'm sketched to go solo.
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Really bummed about my local Slappy spot. For whatever reason someone went in with tons of spray clearcoat and clearcoated the sidewalks and right over already waxed/sauced curbs. They don't seem to actually know how to get things going. This plus constant trash attracted San Diego MTA security to the place.
Tragedy of the commons. Something similar happened to my little slappy spot. I've been going to the same place for almost a decade, since it was literally right around the corner from my work. After Covid, the spot suddenly blew up and many new people showed up. They dug out everything around every curbs, slowly killing the trees planted in the medians, and for a while there was a non-stop parade of skaters applying more and more and more lacquer to a curb which was too slick to touch with your foot lest you slip and eat shit.
It's not so much that it's a bust as that now it's absolutely littered with trash and graffiti, what little beauty and shade that existed in this discarded piece of automobile infrastructure has died out, and it seems like few people skate there anymore.
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I was just at that spot the other day. It’s been a bust since last year. Clearcoating the sidewalk seemed a bit excessive but it was grinding better than before. I don’t think that was skater trash- I’m pretty sure skaters didn’t leave the giant human poop log that was there on the sidewalk when I went one evening.
That underground parking garage in UTC getting shut down was 100% on skaters tho.
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Overly sprayed and waxed curbs are the bane of my existence, just go faster instead of ruining it for everyone. I want to know what the person who did that to the sidewalks was thinking. I guess they wanted to make power slides easier?
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Overly sprayed and waxed curbs are the bane of my existence, just go faster instead of ruining it for everyone. I want to know what the person who did that to the sidewalks was thinking. I guess they wanted to make power slides easier?
Making it easier to do lipslides. It’s a parking lot with some sidewalks around it. I personally prefer curbs being icy but for the record I didn’t do this. I don’t lacquer things, I let other people do it.
That being said, my friend waxes the ground there right by the ride on, which I don’t condone (that’s taking it too far) so watch out for that.
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Supperfun diy curb someone made and left at the local curb spot. Looks like a braided pretzel.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvGjY8mps4D/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== (https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvGjY8mps4D/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==)
I need one. Sounds amazing
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Overly sprayed and waxed curbs are the bane of my existence, just go faster instead of ruining it for everyone. I want to know what the person who did that to the sidewalks was thinking. I guess they wanted to make power slides easier?
That being said, my friend waxes the ground there right by the ride on, which I don’t condone (that’s taking it too far) so watch out for that.
Why the fuck are people doing so much stupid shit there? is it the youtubers? The spot used to be great and as its gotten more broken in it sucks more. There is the angled double sided curb in the corner by the entrance someone got going for boardslides, but it appears someone melted a fucking massive amount of wax on with a torch. I doubt MTA will skate stop a curb, but its probably going to end up a more frequent bust.
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Overly sprayed and waxed curbs are the bane of my existence, just go faster instead of ruining it for everyone. I want to know what the person who did that to the sidewalks was thinking. I guess they wanted to make power slides easier?
That being said, my friend waxes the ground there right by the ride on, which I don’t condone (that’s taking it too far) so watch out for that.
Why the fuck are people doing so much stupid shit there? is it the youtubers? The spot used to be great and as its gotten more broken in it sucks more. There is the angled double sided curb in the corner by the entrance someone got going for boardslides, but it appears someone melted a fucking massive amount of wax on with a torch. I doubt MTA will skate stop a curb, but its probably going to end up a more frequent bust.
I’m probably the wrong person to ask- I don’t mind lots of wax. But I just wax things the normal amount, I think. I didn’t see the corner curb Sunday (parking lot full of Comic-Con goers) but that sucks because I love that curb. It’s a shame they’ve been parking cars by the double sided one by the old Toys R Us, that curb is so fun.
It is a bummer getting kicked out of there, that spot is one of my favorites.
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Yah it was super weird, but I paint scraped a lot of it off and it actually slide better. It looked translucent as if someone had melted the wax on there.
That place was my daily go-to especially on tired days. Loved just doing super long slappy noseslides or manualing down it. Prior to this issue I had been kicked out a few times prior but by a different security guard. More recently I had seen security there plenty of times and they just asked for me to watch out for any cars.
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Yah it was super weird, but I paint scraped a lot of it off and it actually slide better. It looked translucent as if someone had melted the wax on there.
That place was my daily go-to especially on tired days. Loved just doing super long slappy noseslides or manualing down it. Prior to this issue I had been kicked out a few times prior but by a different security guard. More recently I had seen security there plenty of times and they just asked for me to watch out for any cars.
I remember one implying it was only a problem if we were there in a group. Another one said we could skate in the other half of the lot on the south side, but I think there’s just the one curb there and it’s not prepped. But who knows. I would go there after work sometimes but there’s some weird ass people that crawl out of the canal so I stopped
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I think I was saying something about this on here about one of my local spots last week.
Good to know I’m not the only one dealing with kooks fucking up spots. 🙄
People need to try taking a MINIMUM of 3 full pushes before they attempt something, maybe they’ll realize the don’t need to wax the living shit out of something that’s already slick to slide or grind.
Maybe not.
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A few thoughts:
People can be dumb, not thinking about how appropriate it is to modify any spot. How visible is it? How many people skate it daily? Does this spot need
Some help? Or is my skill diminished and I think the thing I’m doing will magically make me better at skating? Curbs, ledges, rails etc are subject to a short term mindset by modifying the spot and raising somebodies attention and then ruining it for everyone.
Obviously waxing/sealing a sidewalk a foot and a half in is pretty ridiculous and yes most times an extra push will solve your 6” slappy problems. But with 4 months of rain when curbs here lose that initial layer of paint and the seams start to erode the curb is on its way out and when it’s a spot no one is paying attention at I’m gonna do my best to ensure it will last a while. Not to mention make it way more fun to skate. Most people have little forethought into circumstances and ruin it for everyone.
It’s a case by case thing, don’t just pour sealer and wax on everything.
Sorry about your spots, that always sucks.
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This really sounds to me like a cultural difference because what you guys are calling kooky is pretty normal here.
As I said upthread, I was at this spot just a few days ago with six other dudes and no one was bummed. Most of us, myself included, were kind of stoked because it made new tricks possible and the audacity of lacquering the sidewalk was kind of impressive. (To those who don’t where I’m talking about- we don’t skate on the sidewalk, this is a parking lot spot) If it results in MTS knobbing the spot that sucks but that’s the nature of San Diego- spots get blown out pretty fast.
I’ve skated most of the curb spots you see some pretty big name local legends and pros skating and for the most part they’re all waxed and lacquered to super icy. I would guess it’s done because doing a twenty foot grind looks better than a ten foot grind on video. It’s never bothered me and I only occasionally hear complaints.
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The spot wouldn't be getting blown out if people didn't paint it that far in. There was the waxed section in the middle and that was just a brick, transparent concrete sealer, and wax. Works just as well and way less visible. I've gotten a lot of spots and curbs going and this was done super piss poor. You don't spray over wax without at least a cursory wipe with acetone. There is sooooo much curb there to skate and that section grinded fine and the part a bit further up slid really well. Leave that alone and go skate one of the many newly broken in doubles.
I wouldn't worry going there with 6 others. Getting swarmed by 2 security cars and 2 cop cars with a total of 8 people with guns by myself at 7AM on a Wednesday was pretty wack. Also weird that security guards in the area carry guns first time I've seen that.
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I was there for three hours on Sunday and multiple MTS workers in trucks saw us and said nothing and we never got asked to leave, it’s just luck. I highly doubt it had anything to do with one lacquered section since the sidewalks were already waxed. I don’t know if the job they did was the best but like I said, no one was complaining.
It was always going to get blown out because it’s really easy to figure out where it is based on instagram posts. It’s visible from the trolley, that’s how I found it. It’s just how it is here, too many skaters too few spots. Whenever something new pops up it’s like, gotta skate it before it gets destroyed.
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critical discussion about use of public space and the rights of the public vs owners/developers is why skateboarding fucken rules
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critical discussion about use of public space and the rights of the public vs owners/developers is why skateboarding fucken rules
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I was there for three hours on Sunday and multiple MTS workers in trucks saw us and said nothing and we never got asked to leave, it’s just luck. I highly doubt it had anything to do with one lacquered section since the sidewalks were already waxed. I don’t know if the job they did was the best but like I said, no one was complaining.
It was always going to get blown out because it’s really easy to figure out where it is based on instagram posts. It’s visible from the trolley, that’s how I found it. It’s just how it is here, too many skaters too few spots. Whenever something new pops up it’s like, gotta skate it before it gets destroyed.
The dudes in trucks do not care 1 bit. There is a Black security guard who doesn't either. It's 3 different guys that are often partnered together on weekdays that do.
They specifically mentioned they've been there more because "you guys defaced the ground" and pointed to the newly clearcoated sidewalk. They said "a bit of wax melts off but this is too much".
They also mentioned that I was loitering, but quickly asking Google demonstrated that skating doesn't violate any CA loitering laws if you're not obstructing foot or car traffic. Their reply was the large groups they have seen would technically count and that they're going to start issuing citations, but I'd be shocked if the cops came often enough for that to happen. This was within 48hrs of that clearcoat appearing.
I see your point about visibility. When I first moved here a year ago I never saw anyone there and rarely have. I did encounter one team there on a Sunday and they did leave trash at the spot as I was there Monday and all of their shit from where they were parked was on the ground.
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I was there for three hours on Sunday and multiple MTS workers in trucks saw us and said nothing and we never got asked to leave, it’s just luck. I highly doubt it had anything to do with one lacquered section since the sidewalks were already waxed. I don’t know if the job they did was the best but like I said, no one was complaining.
It was always going to get blown out because it’s really easy to figure out where it is based on instagram posts. It’s visible from the trolley, that’s how I found it. It’s just how it is here, too many skaters too few spots. Whenever something new pops up it’s like, gotta skate it before it gets destroyed.
The dudes in trucks do not care 1 bit. There is a Black security guard who doesn't either. It's 3 different guys that are often partnered together on weekdays that do.
They specifically mentioned they've been there more because "you guys defaced the ground" and pointed to the newly clearcoated sidewalk. They said "a bit of wax melts off but this is too much".
They also mentioned that I was loitering, but quickly asking Google demonstrated that skating doesn't violate any CA loitering laws if you're not obstructing foot or car traffic. Their reply was the large groups they have seen would technically count and that they're going to start issuing citations, but I'd be shocked if the cops came often enough for that to happen. This was within 48hrs of that clearcoat appearing.
I see your point about visibility. When I first moved here a year ago I never saw anyone there and rarely have. I did encounter one team there on a Sunday and they did leave trash at the spot as I was there Monday and all of their shit from where they were parked was on the ground.
Oh shit well I stand corrected, I didn’t understand that security told you that the lacquer was a problem. Sorry. I will put it out there not to do that.
That spots been in those slappy Sunday guys posts a bunch. Willy just posted from there. But I’ve heard people don’t skate there as much because of security. I agree the trash thing is a problem.
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on this topic. today at my spot i noticed someone waxed a part of the curb i never skate. i've skated that part before but not in te last year or so. it has happened before someone waxed. i dont mind it. its a pretty rough curb and can allways use some wax.
but the stange part is my local curb is in the middle of nowhere. theres no skaters here. let alone someone who skates curbs.
it's a mystery.
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I was there for three hours on Sunday and multiple MTS workers in trucks saw us and said nothing and we never got asked to leave, it’s just luck. I highly doubt it had anything to do with one lacquered section since the sidewalks were already waxed. I don’t know if the job they did was the best but like I said, no one was complaining.
It was always going to get blown out because it’s really easy to figure out where it is based on instagram posts. It’s visible from the trolley, that’s how I found it. It’s just how it is here, too many skaters too few spots. Whenever something new pops up it’s like, gotta skate it before it gets destroyed.
The dudes in trucks do not care 1 bit. There is a Black security guard who doesn't either. It's 3 different guys that are often partnered together on weekdays that do.
They specifically mentioned they've been there more because "you guys defaced the ground" and pointed to the newly clearcoated sidewalk. They said "a bit of wax melts off but this is too much".
They also mentioned that I was loitering, but quickly asking Google demonstrated that skating doesn't violate any CA loitering laws if you're not obstructing foot or car traffic. Their reply was the large groups they have seen would technically count and that they're going to start issuing citations, but I'd be shocked if the cops came often enough for that to happen. This was within 48hrs of that clearcoat appearing.
I see your point about visibility. When I first moved here a year ago I never saw anyone there and rarely have. I did encounter one team there on a Sunday and they did leave trash at the spot as I was there Monday and all of their shit from where they were parked was on the ground.
That spots been in those slappy Sunday guys posts a bunch. Willy just posted from there. But I’ve heard people don’t skate there as much because of security. I agree the trash thing is a problem.
One morning I was skating there and a swamp monster emerged from the train tracks, hopped the fence, then took a massive steaming dump off the curb onto the pavement lol.
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I was there for three hours on Sunday and multiple MTS workers in trucks saw us and said nothing and we never got asked to leave, it’s just luck. I highly doubt it had anything to do with one lacquered section since the sidewalks were already waxed. I don’t know if the job they did was the best but like I said, no one was complaining.
It was always going to get blown out because it’s really easy to figure out where it is based on instagram posts. It’s visible from the trolley, that’s how I found it. It’s just how it is here, too many skaters too few spots. Whenever something new pops up it’s like, gotta skate it before it gets destroyed.
The dudes in trucks do not care 1 bit. There is a Black security guard who doesn't either. It's 3 different guys that are often partnered together on weekdays that do.
They specifically mentioned they've been there more because "you guys defaced the ground" and pointed to the newly clearcoated sidewalk. They said "a bit of wax melts off but this is too much".
They also mentioned that I was loitering, but quickly asking Google demonstrated that skating doesn't violate any CA loitering laws if you're not obstructing foot or car traffic. Their reply was the large groups they have seen would technically count and that they're going to start issuing citations, but I'd be shocked if the cops came often enough for that to happen. This was within 48hrs of that clearcoat appearing.
I see your point about visibility. When I first moved here a year ago I never saw anyone there and rarely have. I did encounter one team there on a Sunday and they did leave trash at the spot as I was there Monday and all of their shit from where they were parked was on the ground.
That spots been in those slappy Sunday guys posts a bunch. Willy just posted from there. But I’ve heard people don’t skate there as much because of security. I agree the trash thing is a problem.
One morning I was skating there and a swamp monster emerged from the train tracks, hopped the fence, then took a massive steaming dump off the curb onto the pavement lol.
Dude one time I got there in the evening and there was a shit on the pavement. It smelled so bad I had to give up skating. I wonder if it was the same shit.
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I was there for three hours on Sunday and multiple MTS workers in trucks saw us and said nothing and we never got asked to leave, it’s just luck. I highly doubt it had anything to do with one lacquered section since the sidewalks were already waxed. I don’t know if the job they did was the best but like I said, no one was complaining.
It was always going to get blown out because it’s really easy to figure out where it is based on instagram posts. It’s visible from the trolley, that’s how I found it. It’s just how it is here, too many skaters too few spots. Whenever something new pops up it’s like, gotta skate it before it gets destroyed.
The dudes in trucks do not care 1 bit. There is a Black security guard who doesn't either. It's 3 different guys that are often partnered together on weekdays that do.
They specifically mentioned they've been there more because "you guys defaced the ground" and pointed to the newly clearcoated sidewalk. They said "a bit of wax melts off but this is too much".
They also mentioned that I was loitering, but quickly asking Google demonstrated that skating doesn't violate any CA loitering laws if you're not obstructing foot or car traffic. Their reply was the large groups they have seen would technically count and that they're going to start issuing citations, but I'd be shocked if the cops came often enough for that to happen. This was within 48hrs of that clearcoat appearing.
I see your point about visibility. When I first moved here a year ago I never saw anyone there and rarely have. I did encounter one team there on a Sunday and they did leave trash at the spot as I was there Monday and all of their shit from where they were parked was on the ground.
That spots been in those slappy Sunday guys posts a bunch. Willy just posted from there. But I’ve heard people don’t skate there as much because of security. I agree the trash thing is a problem.
One morning I was skating there and a swamp monster emerged from the train tracks, hopped the fence, then took a massive steaming dump off the curb onto the pavement lol.
You guys always talk about trash being left behind and everytime I go it's clean. I haven't been there since the 16th of this month but there was a MTS cop there and I waved to him as he left and shortly after I saw the maintenance guys come in and I waved to them and let them know that the pump station alarm was going off so they called the number. I've talked to them before because someone here brought up the trash and I asked them to let me know if there is a problem with any of the skaters making a mess and I would put a stop to it. They said no problem with the skaters it's always the tweakers as they called them.
My co-worker's husband is a MTS K9 cop so when I see her I'll ask her to ask her husband what is up
on this topic. today at my spot i noticed someone waxed a part of the curb i never skate. i've skated that part before but not in te last year or so. it has happened before someone waxed. i dont mind it. its a pretty rough curb and can allways use some wax.
but the stange part is my local curb is in the middle of nowhere. theres no skaters here. let alone someone who skates curbs.
it's a mystery.
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Ya please do cuz that situation was fucking wack. There's a few transit cops that give zero shits but it's this short stocky dude that makes up reasons to kick me out, a white armed forces reject guy that has literally covered his body cam when approaching me, and another generic dude. These guys all are private security, not MTA. MTA cops wouldn't be so stupid as to not know that MTA is a public entity and thus the area is public property.
I definitely know the stickers are from skaters cuz I've peeled off Slappy's Garage and small shitty brand stickers several times often Monday mornings. It's not endemic or every day, but it does happen.
Frankly I mostly feel sketch after knowing these private goons are both stupid and carry guns. I'm fine with being respectful and leaving when normal cops are there but they literally took detailed photos and videos of both my cars and have claimed, potentially inaccurately, that they have come when they saw me on the security camera right there. Feels weird when solo and I mostly skate there solo from like 6:30-8:30AM
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People leaving trash is more of a general problem, I haven’t seen a ton of trash there lately.
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The skatepark grom that grows up not being able to put their trash in the garbage can just goes to the spot and does the same thing.
We have a garage here that sees a ton of use in the winter and the kids just make a mess. I asked this one skater how they would feel if we couldn’t skate there any more and they said “damn it would ruin my life.” I asked if the pile of garbage was theirs and they said it was from a group of friends that just left. They kind of looked at it and skated off and did nothing.
Weird mindset.
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A lot of kids know what’s up and I know it’s frustrating but I’ve accepted a) if the spot gets fucked up….it gets fucked up….. b) I can always selflessly clean it up……
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Could someone post the measurements of the "official" California red curb? Heigh from ground and width of top side mainly. I guess the front wall is slightly slanted as well?
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Could someone post the measurements of the "official" California red curb? Heigh from ground and width of top side mainly. I guess the front wall is slightly slanted as well?
If you can't wait a week for me to give you the measurements then I would contact H&D construction in El Cajon. Their concert curb extrusion machine (Play-Doh Factory on wheels) makes the best curbs in the world. If you see an H&D stamped on the curb then you will have the best time
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C3qmyxbUkAAIDps.jpg)
http://www.concretehd.com
They did the curbs at my work but I haven't skated these one yet
(https://i.imgur.com/2q26wwd.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/gRZIUBw.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/McyDkR0.jpg)
They just sit there and mock me all day, but one day, one day
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^That was exactly the kinda specificity I was hoping for. The part of SoCal I live in is mostly falling apart so the curbs are all different shapes and sizes. Still got a lot of them that are painted red though.
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Could someone post the measurements of the "official" California red curb? Heigh from ground and width of top side mainly. I guess the front wall is slightly slanted as well?
If you can't wait a week for me to give you the measurements then I would contact H&D construction in El Cajon. Their concert curb extrusion machine (Play-Doh Factory on wheels) makes the best curbs in the world. If you see an H&D stamped on the curb then you will have the best time
Thanks!
(https://i.imgur.com/2q26wwd.jpg)
This looks super fun!
I think the angle is more slanted than what I've skated while traveling in both SoCal and NoCal, didn't check the stamps though, maybe the angle is adjustable in the machine?
My motivation for this is to build a mold for pouring my own. Have done it before but usually improvised. This time I'd like to clone the original red curb as closely as possible :)
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That's just a sick bank spot
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I kinda hate those slanted curbs. A tiny angle is fine, but curbs like these don't feel like doing a trick anymore. The only times I was able to do slappy feebles and crooks was on a similair, unpainted curb, but they felt like I was cheating. I might be prejudiced as a European with very limited acces to these kinda shaped curbs, but they kinda take the fun out of it for me.
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I learned slappies on granite, now spent many months on a concrete curb. Now I really struggle with the granite.
Also: Trucks eat concrete, granite eats trucks.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/Cosx7_bNxVZ/
This is the curb shape I had in mind. Very popular in Bay Area I think.
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(https://i.ibb.co/tpnmZyQ/IMG-8060.jpg) (https://ibb.co/N2fV1wt)
New spot @ abandoned super market. Gonna be a Halloween store so I have plenty of time to skate it.
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Could someone post the measurements of the "official" California red curb? Heigh from ground and width of top side mainly. I guess the front wall is slightly slanted as well?
If you can't wait a week for me to give you the measurements then I would contact H&D construction in El Cajon. Their concert curb extrusion machine (Play-Doh Factory on wheels) makes the best curbs in the world. If you see an H&D stamped on the curb then you will have the best time
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(https://i.imgur.com/2q26wwd.jpg)
This looks super fun!
I think the angle is more slanted than what I've skated while traveling in both SoCal and NoCal, didn't check the stamps though, maybe the angle is adjustable in the machine?
My motivation for this is to build a mold for pouring my own. Have done it before but usually improvised. This time I'd like to clone the original red curb as closely as possible :)
I’m sorry but I couldn’t let that angled abomination stand. I’m sure it’s fun to skate but not an official california red. I measured my usual spot and came up with 5-1/4” tall, 6” across the top, and approximately 82 degrees on the side (had to use my iPhone to measure the angle so take that with a grain of salt).
(https://i.imgur.com/igeKuEL.jpg)
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on this topic. today at my spot i noticed someone waxed a part of the curb i never skate. i've skated that part before but not in te last year or so. it has happened before someone waxed. i dont mind it. its a pretty rough curb and can allways use some wax.
but the stange part is my local curb is in the middle of nowhere. theres no skaters here. let alone someone who skates curbs.
it's a mystery.
I’m getting this at one I hit if I have to take my kid to the doctor.
(https://i.postimg.cc/hv1hV2ry/398-ED3-BA-4-B0-F-41-FD-B03-A-FA8724652831.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/wR36pcnL)
I’ve never seen anyone there except a junkie that was living there and tries skate stopping it with gravel. He’s gone but curbs slick and there’s more gravel spread the few times I go to it.
It’s a world wide phenomenon apparently.
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I’m sorry but I couldn’t let that angled abomination stand. I’m sure it’s fun to skate but not an official california red. I measured my usual spot and came up with 5-1/4” tall, 6” across the top, and approximately 82 degrees on the side (had to use my iPhone to measure the angle so take that with a grain of salt).
Thanks a lot! Let's see when I have time to construct the mold...
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Anyone got tips on front dog piss(front slap with only the front foot on for the whole thing) slaps? Can get into them without a problem but staying on top of it and then trying to ride out is escaping me.
Bueller?
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Shoutouts to El Cajon and that construction company. I will have to peep those next time I visit my dad
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Slappy backside feebles are such a fun trick to hold and grind, but my god is it difficult to remind yourself to turn out of them at the end lol
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Extremely jealous of all these red curbs, but this is my new spot. Idk who put this out here or when but if you see this and it was you, thank you. https://ibb.co/HpcJ4px
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You know what we gotta see on that right? How about an Antonio Durao inspired switch tre nose blunt?
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Extremely jealous of all these red curbs, but this is my new spot. Idk who put this out here or when but if you see this and it was you, thank you. https://ibb.co/HpcJ4px
i believe i saw eastcoastcurbkillers on instagram skating that spot
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Extremely jealous of all these red curbs, but this is my new spot. Idk who put this out here or when but if you see this and it was you, thank you. https://ibb.co/HpcJ4px
i believe i saw eastcoastcurbkillers on instagram skating that spot
Is this the curb at the new spot in Raleigh? Pretty sure my buddy’s been sending me clips from there.
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Extremely jealous of all these red curbs, but this is my new spot. Idk who put this out here or when but if you see this and it was you, thank you. https://ibb.co/HpcJ4px
i believe i saw eastcoastcurbkillers on instagram skating that spot
could you post it? I don’t have ig
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Extremely jealous of all these red curbs, but this is my new spot. Idk who put this out here or when but if you see this and it was you, thank you. https://ibb.co/HpcJ4px
i believe i saw eastcoastcurbkillers on instagram skating that spot
Is this the curb at the new spot in Raleigh? Pretty sure my buddy’s been sending me clips from there.
it’s in raleigh yeah. As for the new spot, I have no idea, there’s a few popping up. This one seemed like it’s been there for a while, I took a wrong turn leaving petsmart and saw this and I’ve skated it every day and have never seen or skated it with anyone. Would be cool to know the history of it
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ah actually i dont think its the same one
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CtICdgWJdf7/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
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You know what we gotta see on that right? How about an Antonio Durao inspired switch tre nose blunt?
okay so I’m here right now and tried doing that. Switch tres are my kryptonite as is, so I didn’t come anywhere close. I can post a video trying one if you want.
Also if anyone in the RDU ever skates this spot or wants to, let me know. I’m here almost everyday around 2-4
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Anybody know of any good slappy spots in Austin,TX?
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To the discussion above about the correct angle, maybe you came to the conclusion there is no official angle.
i saw a ben de gros video and i believe he said he built his home curb at 10 deg (but i sadly cant find it again)
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-danny sargeant
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ok finally picked up some goods to set up some local curbs to skate and i have a couple of curb novice questions:
who makes the best rub brick out there? i got one from home depot (Anvil brand) and while it worked good it was pretty much disintegrated after doing one 20' section of curb. is that the norm for how much you get out of a typical brick?
For using a wet-look sealer on prepped curbs, I did my first curb with one coat (Behr Wet Look) and started to wax it and realize that I probably could have given it a couple more coats of the stuff before waxing. am i screwed now or can i go back and re-seal over the wax and still get good results?
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you just want to get the lowest grit possible
the one i got off amazon was the best i have seen, its super thick
The ones I saw available from skate shops, and even the home depot locally were not as thick as the one I got off Amazon
https://www.amazon.ca/Bon-12-177-6-Inch-3-Inch-Handle/dp/B00067T8K0/ref=asc_df_B00067T8K0/?tag=googleshopc0c-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=335310427089&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7010446834396459945&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1002200&hvtargid=pla-425404420748&psc=1&mcid=aa53de2d448131f197515e05da412f6e
Sorry this is Canadian
As far as lacquering, I have never done more than one coat on anything, and never had any issue. You can always add more lacquer but its never going to be as effective as it is when its bare because the wax is going to absorb some of the lacquer.
In my experiences the past few years i have ended up just buying the cheapest thing possible and never had any issue with it. dollar store cans for $3 each. at walmart, home depot, cans are like $14 now for rustoleum etc.
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ok finally picked up some goods to set up some local curbs to skate and i have a couple of curb novice questions:
who makes the best rub brick out there? i got one from home depot (Anvil brand) and while it worked good it was pretty much disintegrated after doing one 20' section of curb. is that the norm for how much you get out of a typical brick?
For using a wet-look sealer on prepped curbs, I did my first curb with one coat (Behr Wet Look) and started to wax it and realize that I probably could have given it a couple more coats of the stuff before waxing. am i screwed now or can i go back and re-seal over the wax and still get good results?
From my experience rub bricks are great for short curbs anything 20’ long I would rent a grinder. Like trucks wore I big groove in my brick. Is the curb not working after the work? I believe it’s been said you can scrape the wax off. Maybe get a torche to it to melt the wax off or melt the wax on. I like my curbs a little gritty.
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Lakewood California has the best banks
See up north curbs are called banks
The best curbs are marble probably so Washington DC has good ones
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location location location
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I moved home and directly across the street are tons of red curbs that grind like marble. One area stretches almost 100 yards and the curb gradually grows into a ledge up to my knee. Nearby is a slappy curb. Skated a bit last night but was cold. Gonna try to go again tonight but I’m pretty beat from work. I’m trying to at least push around every night to get my sea legs back.
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Lacquer just stops the wax going too deep, otherwise just get heaps of wax with a little gas can blowtorch to melt it on . Works a treat.
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I moved home and directly across the street are tons of red curbs that grind like marble. One area stretches almost 100 yards and the curb gradually grows into a ledge up to my knee. Nearby is a slappy curb. Skated a bit last night but was cold. Gonna try to go again tonight but I’m pretty beat from work. I’m trying to at least push around every night to get my sea legs back.
Sounds like you actually might have died?
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ok finally picked up some goods to set up some local curbs to skate and i have a couple of curb novice questions:
who makes the best rub brick out there? i got one from home depot (Anvil brand) and while it worked good it was pretty much disintegrated after doing one 20' section of curb. is that the norm for how much you get out of a typical brick?
For using a wet-look sealer on prepped curbs, I did my first curb with one coat (Behr Wet Look) and started to wax it and realize that I probably could have given it a couple more coats of the stuff before waxing. am i screwed now or can i go back and re-seal over the wax and still get good results?
on a recent video on Independent's youtube channel Rhino was giving some tips of the trade and mentioned that the concrete sealer can go directly over wax without removing it, but for lacquer you need to remove the wax. FWIW, I've always used lacquer or spray paint and never bothered to remove the old wax and it's always worked just fine.
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I kinda hate those slanted curbs. A tiny angle is fine, but curbs like these don't feel like doing a trick anymore. The only times I was able to do slappy feebles and crooks was on a similair, unpainted curb, but they felt like I was cheating. I might be prejudiced as a European with very limited acces to these kinda shaped curbs, but they kinda take the fun out of it for me.
Couldn't agree more, that's a mini bank.
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lately i have been all about finding "big kahunas". super super long downhill grinds. fill the cracks with sika flex. also i realized i am a dumb ass and last year i made this super long double sider and glued it together with construction adhesive but it came apart. i realized now i should have glued the curbs to the floor and not to eachother.
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I kinda hate those slanted curbs. A tiny angle is fine, but curbs like these don't feel like doing a trick anymore. The only times I was able to do slappy feebles and crooks was on a similair, unpainted curb, but they felt like I was cheating. I might be prejudiced as a European with very limited acces to these kinda shaped curbs, but they kinda take the fun out of it for me.
I’m with you both on that. So over the one I’d been hitting and back to skating big boy curbs again. So much more fun to go fast and actually bash up instead of soft carving into stuff.
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lately i have been all about finding "big kahunas". super super long downhill grinds. fill the cracks with sika flex. also i realized i am a dumb ass and last year i made this super long double sider and glued it together with construction adhesive but it came apart. i realized now i should have glued the curbs to the floor and not to eachother.
I'm curious, what kind of Sika Flex do you use to fill the cracks? Been thinking about trying 415 Universal, its a PU thing that sounds promising and not too expensive. I'm just worried it might be too elastic..
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Just use steel stick.. trust
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Found some nice flat back/squared parking blocks in an abandoned parking lot. Gonna try to bring a couple home soon
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Found some nice flat back/squared parking blocks in an abandoned parking lot. Gonna try to bring a couple home soon
Why not just skate then there? I enjoy getting out and meeting with a friend to get a few slaps in.
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Found some nice flat back/squared parking blocks in an abandoned parking lot. Gonna try to bring a couple home soon
Its not a spot at all, unfortunately. Just got those curb cuts in the weeds and rubble
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Driving myself insane with this but.. found a very dry curb in a perfect location so I did the ol rub brick, sweep, and clear coat (specifically this stuff https://www.acehardware.com/departments/paint-and-supplies/spray-paint/hobby-spray-paint/1395987) waited a day then when I came back that shit was … incredibly sticky, like even with wax. Should I have used lacquer spray? Where did I fuck up lol?
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Driving myself insane with this but.. found a very dry curb in a perfect location so I did the ol rub brick, sweep, and clear coat (specifically this stuff https://www.acehardware.com/departments/paint-and-supplies/spray-paint/hobby-spray-paint/1395987) waited a day then when I came back that shit was … incredibly sticky, like even with wax. Should I have used lacquer spray? Where did I fuck up lol?
You’re gonna need like 3-5 coats of cc to get it moving maybe less or more depending on how crusty the curb was, and then you still gotta just grind the shit out of it to get it buttery. Next time try some brush or roll on concrete sealer. Works way better in my experience.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/BEHR-PREMIUM-1-gal-Wet-Look-Sealer-98501/202263927
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For curbs that have never been treated I think this stuff is great to get a thick top layer on it: https://www.acehardware.com/departments/paint-and-supplies/stains-and-finishes/wood-stains/1615137?x429=true&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwqpSwBhClARIsADlZ_TkTvgaT7YrfQTO1YAVQmLxdIc3KOerYQO9-dQqj72BvBjOUGDQAvYQaAi_bEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
Its painted on instead of sprayed and takes about a day to dry, but it should give you a thick coat on top of the curb to start with. From there you want to hit it with wax and clear coat on the regular until a solid layer builds up.
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Thanks guys! Do you think I could apply sealer on top of what I already have or is it best to just start new somewhere else?
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yea you can just layer it on top of whats already there, it should just keep getting better.
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My goal for this summer is to learn slappies. Moving in about a month so I’m gonna search out a suitable curb and prep it all nice.
Advice for either would be appreciated.
They look fun as fuck.
I couldn’t figure out how to do frontside slappys and my buddy told me to put my front foot on the nose leann on my heels and run in to the curb fast and i did it the next try
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My goal for this summer is to learn slappies. Moving in about a month so I’m gonna search out a suitable curb and prep it all nice.
Advice for either would be appreciated.
They look fun as fuck.
I drag this out every once in a while and hope it helps
Reposting this here for reference
CUCKTARD’S ALL-INCLUSIVE INSTRUCTIONS FOR FRONTSIDE AND BACKSIDE SLAPPIES
Take photos now, or copy-paste somewhere on your phone for reference when your at your preferred slutty and slick curb.
1- HANG YOUR FEET OFF.
You are going to turn hard and help those wheels up onto the curb, so if you are going backside, hang your toes off more than usual. If your going frontside, hang your heels off.
Also, for beginners, have your front foot over the front bolts, right up against the curve of the nose.
The back foot is on wherever, but maybe not on the end of the tail. You’re not going to lift the nose.
2- GO STRAIGHT AT THE CURB (or almost straight)
This is just for the beginners. After you get the hang of it and your confidence increases, you can go at a lower angle. But going head-on into the curb will help you get onto it, so have your bodily mass heading into it.
3- CARVE
About a meter/yard before you hit, carve hard into the direction you wanna get on. Your board should be between 70-45 degrees to the curb at time of impact. Your body weight should be well inside the turn, and you should be cranking down hard on those toes or heels.
3- DON’T SLAM THE BOARD
This is the most important point. And one that people make the most mistakes with. Slappies are actually kinda delicate, and a pretty smooth feeling trick once you understand this point.
As your front wheels hit the curb, you have to lighten your front foot, like when you nollie bump a crack in the pavement. You let the board bump up onto the curb, and then do the same with your back foot, as you push it into place. It’s a very quick and subtle unweighting of front foot-back foot.
You never straight-leg slam the board into the curb.
****if you don’t twist enough into the turn, your back wheels won’t bump up. You have to twist your body so that your shoulders and hips are in line with the curb. This is usually easier frontside (probably because fs grinds on as a mini are like this, but with bs you can stay open to the coping). On a slappy, you gotta fully turn your whole body so that the back wheel gets on****
4- GET IN THE BACKSEAT
With your front foot so far forward, you may find yourself weighting the front truck so much that it catches on the grind.
As you get that back truck on, scoot the whole board forward underneath you, get your weight back of center, and grind
5-ENJOY THE RIDE, DISMOUNT IN YOUR PREFERRED STYLE, AND UTTER “PRAISE BE TO LUCERO”
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For using a wet-look sealer on prepped curbs, I did my first curb with one coat (Behr Wet Look) and started to wax it and realize that I probably could have given it a couple more coats of the stuff before waxing. am i screwed now or can i go back and re-seal over the wax and still get good results?
Behr Wet Look needs two coats at least. If it's at least 65 and sunny you can do one coat, wait 30 min or so, then the 2nd coat. Also it does need time to dry. I've seen people say it only needs a few minutes but the instructions specifically say 24 hours for light traffic or 72 hours for heavy traffic. You might be able to skate it after 1 hour but it will cure much harder after a couple of days.
Spray-can lacquer works too but not all are equal. Cans are convenient but pretty expensive. A can of Watco Lacquer covers 40 sq ft at $10 while a gallon of Behr Wet Look Sealer covers ~300 sq ft at $40.
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My goal for this summer is to learn slappies. Moving in about a month so I’m gonna search out a suitable curb and prep it all nice.
Advice for either would be appreciated.
They look fun as fuck.
Your buddy is wrong. Front foot should be behind front bolts or at most on front bolts. Thank me later. Pretend you're an Alva boy double trucking the shallow end.
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My goal for this summer is to learn slappies. Moving in about a month so I’m gonna search out a suitable curb and prep it all nice.
Advice for either would be appreciated.
They look fun as fuck.
Your buddy is wrong. Front foot should be behind front bolts or at most on front bolts. Thank me later. Pretend you're an Alva boy double trucking the shallow end.
I like both feet right over bolts so the sides of my feet just touch the pockets. Behind the bolts looks cool but if it gets squirrelly it’s hard to come back from.
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Anyone that can really slappy can do it with their feet anywhere on the board. If you’re learning, pockets is a good place to start. Then adjust as you get comfy.
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I’ve been skating for 30 years and I still can’t slappy. I hate it so much. I have tried and tried. I’ve pretty much been able to overcome any roadblock when learning other tricks, tricks that should be more difficult “on paper” or whatever. Still haven’t seen the top of this mountain.
Lots of advice here, I hope it gets me there some day
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Driving myself insane with this but.. found a very dry curb in a perfect location so I did the ol rub brick, sweep, and clear coat (specifically this stuff https://www.acehardware.com/departments/paint-and-supplies/spray-paint/hobby-spray-paint/1395987) waited a day then when I came back that shit was … incredibly sticky, like even with wax. Should I have used lacquer spray? Where did I fuck up lol?
If you can, always start with a penetrating sealer then go with a top coat. So an acrylic sealer with some sort of clear coat on top. I prefer to brush on everything so I can get a deeper penetration (that's what they said)
Some curbs don't like to slide and some curbs don't like to grind, you need to find out what curb you have and work from there
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Anyone that can really slappy can do it with their feet anywhere on the board. If you’re learning, pockets is a good place to start. Then adjust as you get comfy.
This 100%. I started with both feet on bolts so i wouldn't lift my trucks.
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(https://i.ibb.co/RTKjcxZ/IMG-4638.jpg) (https://ibb.co/RTKjcxZ)
This should do well w the rub brick and lacquer
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(https://i.ibb.co/RTKjcxZ/IMG-4638.jpg) (https://ibb.co/RTKjcxZ)
This should do well w the rub brick and lacquer
That’s a parking block where you are? I want one
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This should do well w the rub brick and lacquer
Its got a lip then ski slope on one side and a perfect 90* angle in the other. I want it for the R angle. Most around here are lip and slope on both sides.
4 of these would make a nice long curb on the side of my driveway 😉
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I'm trying to front lip this curb I dug out. I'm goofy so my dominant foot is above the sand and I have trouble getting out of them. Right now I'm trying this weird power nollie which kinda works at slow speeds, but I'm wondering if I'm overlooking something.
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How I get out of lipslides is, push like you’re going to do a nose manny then when your front wheels touch, just kinda thrust forward and hop like you do on transition to bring them in. If that makes any sense.
Been searching for a decent curb and finally found one.
(https://i.postimg.cc/HnHhzS5R/IMG-3865.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/62jc5fMf)
It isn’t completely covered in Jerhi Curl. Someone actually knew how to prep a curb. Going to start the rest of that block and a new section off to the side tomorrow.
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How I get out of lipslides is, push like you’re going to do a nose manny then when your front wheels touch, just kinda thrust forward and hop like you do on transition to bring them in. If that makes any sense.
(https://postimg.cc/62jc5fMf)
Allright, definitely gonna give this a try the next time I'm there.
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I'm trying to front lip this curb I dug out. I'm goofy so my dominant foot is above the sand and I have trouble getting out of them. Right now I'm trying this weird power nollie which kinda works at slow speeds, but I'm wondering if I'm overlooking something.
keep your body weight more in the street. the more your weight is on the other side of the curb, the harder its going to be to clear your back truck
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its actually a lot easier if you do a nollie lipslide because you dont come down so hard on it so the slide is a lot more predictable, and your nose is already in the right place to zoot out. even if you suck at nollie, you hardly need to be able to do it for this trick, and i think it will build some of your confidence + strength in taking off the nose for other tricks as well. fakie is a good place to start if this is seeming way too hard still. i skated for like 25 years without doing a single one i think.
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its actually a lot easier if you do a nollie lipslide because you dont come down so hard on it so the slide is a lot more predictable, and your nose is already in the right place to zoot out. even if you suck at nollie, you hardly need to be able to do it for this trick, and i think it will build some of your confidence + strength in taking off the nose for other tricks as well. fakie is a good place to start if this is seeming way too hard still. i skated for like 25 years without doing a single one i think.
Spot on. Looks tight as hell too
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Wax the floor where the front wheels at.
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(https://i.ibb.co/b37LZJS/20240406-195423.jpg)
I'm trying to front lip this curb I dug out. I'm goofy so my dominant foot is above the sand and I have trouble getting out of them. Right now I'm trying this weird power nollie which kinda works at slow speeds, but I'm wondering if I'm overlooking something.
Do I understand correctly that your dominant foot is your back foot, then? Is that normal? No judgement, I’ve just never actually thought about which of my legs is in charge. Fucking sweet curb, btw.
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(https://i.ibb.co/b37LZJS/20240406-195423.jpg)
I'm trying to front lip this curb I dug out. I'm goofy so my dominant foot is above the sand and I have trouble getting out of them. Right now I'm trying this weird power nollie which kinda works at slow speeds, but I'm wondering if I'm overlooking something.
I’m liking that asphalt and how the curb is made of interlocking pieces. Where is this?
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Today I found a bank to curb spot about 5 minutes from my house. Looks like a Sunday only type spot. The one caveat is that it’s asphalt. Curb & all. I’ll be putting on some softer wheels & really trying to pinpoint where the best spot is considering the stiff & gritty beginning to the transition.