slappy/curb discussion thread

[SatanicPanic]

I’ve been working on this spot a slap pal told me about a few years ago, got about 10 sections sealed and slick.

 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

[IUTSM]

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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.

 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.

[close]

Damn that was good

finess, for sure.

[144p]

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.

[streetmeat]

new one for me

[144p]

Very nice! Those are so fun

[radcunt]

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.

[animalflesh]

Bump

[braksabbath]

I dragged one of those home one day, they don’t work so good not staked into the ground

[animalflesh]

Yeah they just fly in any direction the second you hit them

[Bigpantssmallwheelz]

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

[BartHarleyJarvis]

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

Obligatory.

https://chromeballincident.blogspot.com/2014/04/chrome-ball-interview-72-danny-sargent.html

[IUTSM]

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

[djoekr]

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?

[BartHarleyJarvis]

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.

[IUTSM]

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.

[manysnakes]

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.

[jakeumms]

Indy Hollow: (ding-dong) I'll get it...
Me: To me, you are perfect

[djoekr]

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.

[realbasedgod112]

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.

[Plan9Customs]

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).

[djoekr]

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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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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.

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.

[Cool Ceith]

I saw a headline this morning that made me do a double-take

[HeavyAndExpensive]

I saw a headline this morning that made me do a double-take

My brain is burning trying to read that headline

[disclosed]

I saw a headline this morning that made me do a double-take

ive done so many takes now and dont feel like ive gotten any closer to the real meaning.

[TastyBurrito]

I saw a headline this morning that made me do a double-take

I feel like I just had a stroke reading this.

[Lou Strux]

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I saw a headline this morning that made me do a double-take

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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

[Gab]

I think Nike is, like, totally trippin’ out on the covid curbs, brahhh..

[BartHarleyJarvis]

I got served the fuck up trying switch slappies after work today. Those may not be happening anytime soon, if ever….

[cky enthusiast]

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

[cky enthusiast]

“nike (stock) stumbles due to covid lockdown measurements in china, russian sanctions”


*juicy j voice* give me half da check bitch