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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.
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.