What’s the best curb *angle* for slappies

[BartHarleyJarvis]

I brought this up with some friends and it was WAY more controversial than I expected. I have a harder time doing slappies on angled curbs, to me it makes way more sense on a 90 degree angle curb and I think tricks lock better.

Based on the vitriol it sounds like I’m in the minority but I wanted to get some other opinions. Some of it sounds like it may be my *~*California Privilege*~* and having access to a lot of perfectly manicured red curbs.

[Plan9Customs]

I’m in the steeper club as well. Don’t mind if they have a Cali cut AS LONG as it’s not mellower than 80*. Anything less than that fucks me up severely. I ride classic shaped wheels so it’s nearly impossible to lock in on mellow curbs. Add to that fact, there’s some curbs that are skated a lot and people slather the top and side with Jerhi Curl to nose slide a curb that sucks for them, they become deadly.

If you can’t slap a 90, can you really even do a slappy?

[smellsdead]

without bringing my protractor out on the sesh, fa sho mellow yellow out here on the east coast
slash into the slap feel the fiber of the curb not some rigid hard angle kyle walker red roller coaster track

thats how i learned at least so it works for me

i wont turn my back on any curb though

[SatanicPanic]

Slightly mellow.

[Plan9Customs]

This is the mellow one I was referring to:

It’s almost a 55* cut.
The curb itself isn’t that much of a problem, variety and such, I have more of an issue with wax abuses on such mellow curbs. If you want long nose/tails, hit a steeper curb. Don’t try to force it to do something it can’t.

[Sizzle]

^looks so perfect, absolute beaut

Anything that’s not a parking block

[Jehoshaphat Augustus]

without bringing my protractor out on the sesh

you damn near broke my heart
I thought yall people really brought them protractahs to tha spot

[smellymoron69]

Oops misread question. Ignore.

[Powdered Toast Man!]

At least 6
Maybe 12

[slicktricks]

while on the topic, how does a jawn find the clit?

[Gino's Back 180 Nosegrind]

Find a 90 degree curb, ram up into it. Find a 60-80 degree curb, ram up into it. What feels better?

[Sativa Lung]

Find a 90 degree curb, ram up into it. Find a 60-80 degree curb, ram up into it. What feels better?

As long as I get to hear and feel metal and stone crushed together beneath my feet I don't really care.

My favorite curbs tend to be low and vertical or very steep, but that's probably mostly a function of living in the rust belt and having little choice. I really like the sloped ones I've found though. Our curbs crumble so fast the city occasionally puts angle iron on them to try and squeeze a few more years out which is a whole different, very slippery beast.

[SatanicPanic]

This is the mellow one I was referring to:

It’s almost a 55* cut.
The curb itself isn’t that much of a problem, variety and such, I have more of an issue with wax abuses on such mellow curbs. If you want long nose/tails, hit a steeper curb. Don’t try to force it to do something it can’t.

What is wax abuse? I’m fine with a thick layer of wax as long as it’s not on the ground.

[lightnet]

Ive never done a slappy and I plan to go to my grave without ever doing one. They just dont look fun.

[doublesteveburger]

Ive never done a slappy and I plan to go to my grave without ever doing one. They just dont look fun.

dude you are missing out on one of the funnest fucking things on a skateboard


let your convictions and hangups fall the wayside, brother, i promise it'll be alright

[lightnet]

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Ive never done a slappy and I plan to go to my grave without ever doing one. They just dont look fun.

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dude you are missing out on one of the funnest fucking things on a skateboard


let your convictions and hangups fall the wayside, brother, i promise it'll be alright

I dont know man. Why not just pop a little ollie into it, why do I have to smash into it. I hate wallrides.

If I ever try one Ill think of you tho

[Post Alone]

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Ive never done a slappy and I plan to go to my grave without ever doing one. They just dont look fun.

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dude you are missing out on one of the funnest fucking things on a skateboard


let your convictions and hangups fall the wayside, brother, i promise it'll be alright

[close]

I dont know man. Why not just pop a little ollie into it, why do I have to smash into it. I hate wallrides.

If I ever try one Ill think of you tho

When you get older you don't want to have to ollie anymore

[fulfillthedream]

I learned how to slappy at the Rockridge Curbs at BART in Oakland - i tried the same method there onto other curbs and got served

[notmikerusczyk]

sharper vertical curbs definitely feel more satisfying to get into and the lock-in is better. i find myself getting lazy when slappying angled curbs and just missing the front truck lock-in a lot of the time

[SatanicPanic]

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Ive never done a slappy and I plan to go to my grave without ever doing one. They just dont look fun.

[close]

dude you are missing out on one of the funnest fucking things on a skateboard


let your convictions and hangups fall the wayside, brother, i promise it'll be alright

[close]

I dont know man. Why not just pop a little ollie into it, why do I have to smash into it. I hate wallrides.

If I ever try one Ill think of you tho

You don’t have to smash into it. You just carve. It feels different not to ollie. It’s magical, I can’t describe it.

[manysnakes]

Ive never done a slappy and I plan to go to my grave without ever doing one. They just dont look fun.

dude cool

[lightnet]

I suppose I could try one sometime, but I just dont think so. No one even did them till like 5 years ago, its totally a trend.

[crescentfresh]

I suppose I could try one sometime, but I just dont think so. No one even did them till like 5 years ago, its totally a trend.

haha, you must be trolling

[lightnet]

Something can be old and still be trendy. Reminds me when everyone was crailsliding pools.

[Mr. Pickles]

Curb angle. It doesn’t matter as long as it’s not a double sider. You can die on a double sider.

[cky enthusiast]

bust out the protactor pointdexter

[crescentfresh]

Something can be old and still be trendy. Reminds me when everyone was crailsliding pools.

nerdy middle-aged dudes who are too tired to ollie are skateboarding's trendsetters, what an excellent time to be alive

[Síota]

Curb angle. It doesn’t matter as long as it’s not a double sider. You can die on a double sider.

Double siders rule. My favorite two are double siders and down hill:

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ct80-fkv-6S/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

 

Not having to worry about cars fucking rules also.

Edit add semi circle's to the options dude (as in the Lyon one).

[finecojeffe]

Curb angle. It doesn’t matter as long as it’s not a double sider. You can die on a double sider.

fully agree with this. A double sider is the only curb I skate lately though so I've stuck with crooked grinds and noes slides pretty much only. Everything else I've tried has turned into me finding new ways to slam. It seems like it's all mental though because I could at least do 50/50, 5-0, and sloppy smith on one sided curbs.

[Paco Supreme]

No one even did them till like 5 years ago, its totally a trend.

No one you knew of, the first slappy I remember in modern times is AVE in minefield, but people have kept these tricks alive since it’s inception.