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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.