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living in a country with almost no grindable curbs (hard to explain). i was really happy to figure this out. its a bus stop near my house. downside is that its on a semi bussy road, ribbed on top and higher that normal curbs. but they have a little transition at the bottom to make up for the hight.
besides bus stops i have not been able to find any grindable curbs in my hometown. theres a fiew good ones in a nearby city but i dont have the time and money to visit there too often.
learning slappys on here made other curbs quite easy.
You're Dutch? We have these as well and Ive always wondered how good they grind but I've yet to find one that's abandoned enough to properly skate it. If you are indeed Dutch, I could recommend looking around in parking lots. My daily curb spot isn't the smoothest but there's nothing a rub brick and a shit ton of wax can't fix.
yes, Dutch. i didn't expect them to grind so never even tried at first. but it works fine. indeed the issue is finding one were you can skate in peace as busses only take the main roads. here its not bussy in the evenings and this bus stop is actually abandoned so no one can complain about a little wax on there. also talked to the people living next to it and they dont mind me. even got the "i used to skate too" from the guy that lives there.
i live in a small town and really all our curbs are the old ones that look like gravel. i wish there was a nice parking lot with the newer smooth curb blocks ive seen in some of the newer neighborhoods in other towns. there isnt even any parking lot with smooth ground here now that i think of it.
there are some of those really slanted smooth curbs along some 60/80km roads outside of town too. but i dont like those for slappys. theyre too slanted.
was the curb you rubbricked one of the nasty gravel looking ones? i've wondered if its possible to fix those.
my favorites are those in some old city centers, you have the really old hardstone/natural stone curbs. those are like butter. i know a fiew of those i can skate in a nearby city. i also saw those all over Brussels a while back so they're lucky i guess..
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Plan9Customsthanks. i think it makes a higher sound than usual cause of the ribbles on top. not too sure too.