Paradox Grip

[grimcity]

Faster... is that your puppy? I really love that pic.

[Choad Muskrat]

whitely sounds convinced,

I think it's more to do with trick in the balance test thingy though. I would even go so far as to say it's all in your head, since the connotation is that it will give you more balance you subliminally have more balance, like a placebo or something. And for the record i ain't no scientist, just a skeptic.

[bumpnrun]

whitely sounds convinced,

I think it's more to do with trick in the balance test thingy though. I would even go so far as to say it's all in your head, since the connotation is that it will give you more balance you subliminally have more balance, like a placebo or something. And for the record i ain't no scientist, just a skeptic.

Someone should do it blind folded so they can't see what grip they are standing on.  And also a 3rd party should be trying to throw them off balance.  Not the dude who owns the company.

[Choad Muskrat]

exactly, the test seems too conditioned for a setup, they gotta throw more variables in that mah

[H8R part 4]

Faster... is that your puppy? I really love that pic.

nah, it belongs to some guy that lives in the neighborhood.
the pic makes me smile when i see it.  i'm using it as the background for my phone as well.
i'm not sure who took the pic but i think it was someone from 5boro.

[whiteley]

this can't be real so i'm just going to assume that you have a good sense of humour.

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just furthering this very entertaining thread...
he did come, he did bring grip, these things did actually occur for whatever reasons, i did enjoy the show and feel funny because of it. i'm sure there were several factors at play in what happened and why. i know, as we all do, that this is just grip tape and there's no ground-up flying unicorn horns in it, but sometimes it's just fun to believe and go along for the ride. if it is real, awesome- i have no problem with magical grip tape. if it's not real, awesome- that we're spending this much time discussing grip tape this is noteworthy enough.
i like the blind test idea. maybe we can rig something here since we have the grip...

[Lance]

we better delete these threads before Jake Burton starts making DNA boards with these fuckin disks in em'

[Ronald Wilson Reagan]

this can't be real so i'm just going to assume that you have a good sense of humour.

just furthering this very entertaining thread...
he did come, he did bring grip, these things did actually occur for whatever reasons, i did enjoy the show and feel funny because of it. i'm sure there were several factors at play in what happened and why. i know, as we all do, that this is just grip tape and there's no ground-up flying unicorn horns in it, but sometimes it's just fun to believe and go along for the ride. if it is real, awesome- i have no problem with magical grip tape. if it's not real, awesome- that we're spending this much time discussing grip tape this is noteworthy enough.
i like the blind test idea. maybe we can rig something here since we have the grip...
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It's like the story of the midget accidentally being swallowed by the hippopotamus in the "you laugh you lose" thread. It's probably fake, but I prefer to think we live in a world where hippos  swallow midgets who bounce incorrectly on trampolines. That world just seems cooler.

[kamltoe]

it has to be tested backwards as well. try the grip stance first and THEN the no-grip stance. the theory is, that if i push on you once (no matter what you're standing on) and you know i'm judging your balance, then push you again, you are better prepared to balance against the second push and therefore exhibit better balance. it's called practice/conditioning.

i'd be more impressed to find that the person was more stable on the first push (on the grip) than the second (off the grip) and that it was repeatable without the person's knowledge of what tape was being used. maybe. either way, I'm down to test some out and make my own mind up about it.

k

[Ronald Wilson Reagan]

Not to mention the fact that people holding the crystals change the way they balance themselves when they bring the hand in and clutch the crystal

[whiteley]

ok, who lives in the bay area and wants to come down here today to run this blind test with us? we'll film it and put it up. i want somebody from outside of the office involved so you know it's legit. first to hit me up via the thread gets the honors. i'll pm you back...

[wake and bacon]

it has to be tested backwards as well. try the grip stance first and THEN the no-grip stance. the theory is, that if i push on you once (no matter what you're standing on) and you know i'm judging your balance, then push you again, you are better prepared to balance against the second push and therefore exhibit better balance. it's called practice/conditioning.

i'd be more impressed to find that the person was more stable on the first push (on the grip) than the second (off the grip) and that it was repeatable without the person's knowledge of what tape was being used. maybe. either way, I'm down to test some out and make my own mind up about it.

k

great point.

[bobjohn]

This Paradox marketing (after all, he deliberately came here to hype his product outside the "conventional" means of advertising--i.e. pay for it) is the skateboarding equivalent to a celebrity porn tape. http://www.gobignetwork.com/profiles/arievan-gold.aspx).

This is quite the opposite of other technology cited here such as Powell's Bones Bushings, whose success is driven solely by the quality of the product. And do you really need a blind test to confirm the legitimacy of magic?

[whiteley]

no, nobody needs to confirm the legitimacy, but we're having fun here right? i am.

[grimcity]

Wait, I wonder if the super balance metaphysical quantum properties of this only apply to living things? Later on I'll see if I can stack needles on it, end to end.

I wonder if the harmonics of this grip can help alleviate some of the symptoms of cerebral palsy? I'm stoked that it's skaters that get this technology, not some stupid "hospitals" with their regular "doctors" and their "physical therapy" or whatever those cretins call it!

...edited to add, I hear something even more revolutionary is about to come out. Stay tuned!

[bobjohn]

no, nobody needs to confirm the legitimacy, but we're having fun here right? i am.

You're right. Grip tape is fun. Like mopeds and fat chicks.

[grimcity]

...or grippy, fat mopeds.

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do you ship free grip internationally? cause if you don't you suck, simple as that...

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[My name is Ari Penis-Gold and my penis is also in my mouth.]

Testing should be done on a scale, a digital scale, so you can accurately measure the pressure applied. You guys have one in shipping I presume.
Also, the pressure applied to the arm (on the balance test) and the hand (power test) should be applied gradually, meaning , slowly increase the force, not simply yanking. The flexibility test requires the person to actually twist as far as they can go, if the person being tested doesn't twist as far as they can go, they are simply not performing the test with an objective mind.

Record the weight of the person being tested, for example, 165 lbs. Apply the pressure to their arm (in the same place each time) and video how much they weigh when they knock over, for example-170lbs. = 5 lbs of pressure without Paradox grip.

Then do the same test with Paradox Grip, or do them in any sequence you prefer, it doesn't matter. We just did this at our shipping office and went from 10lbs of pressure without Paradox Grip, to 130 lbs of pressure with Paradox Grip on our 260 lb shipping guy, Steve.

This will be easier to quantify for people not actually experiencing the pressure applied to the body of the test subject.

looking forward to an objective, double blind test---go out on the street and test it on girls!! its fun and you get to meet chicks! Rubbers anyone?

haahhaa..

much love and more time in the 09

[Doctor Newton]

OXYMORON UP IN YOUR DEMOGRAPHIC!

[My name is Ari Penis-Gold and my penis is also in my mouth.]

jeah!!! Grim... rock the risers!..You know we could add a formula to those? haaha 


Jakee looks happy here but he actually is pissed after trying 540 nollie bigger spins all day and not landing it..even with Paradox Grip..
Peep the new Blind Video to see if he landed it. Rob Lorifice was skating Carmel Valley and I gave him one of my formulas in a special stone and he landed his trick in two tries, was super hyped, again peep the New Blind Video for BGP's.

[scorpion1001]

MOB or bust.

[grimcity]

jeah!!! Grim... rock the risers!..You know we could add a formula to those? haaha 

If I wanted holograms on my risers, I'd just use the ones on my credit cards.
This is 2009, pal. Get with the fucking program.

[H8R part 4]

OXYMORON UP IN YOUR DEMOGRAPHIC!

no way dood! 
where did you send your sponsor me tape?   
this is totally like my dream sponsor, i need to get on!
 

[grimcity]

^
Art Newt put me on man... I know there's a lot of interest in a number of the Slap heads, but I know what you mean about dream sponsors. Everything's changed for the better in so many different ways that it's hard to comprehend.

Just make sure that you really, really, really want to get sponsored. Make it your number one goal, and it just might happen. I don't have any say in the matter, but I'm pretty sure that Newt's looking for people who are fully aware that skateboarding is extremely serious business.

[FigsyLeBon]

jeah!!! Grim... rock the risers!..You know we could add a formula to those? haaha 


Jakee looks happy here but he actually is pissed after trying 540 nollie bigger spins all day and not landing it..even with Paradox Grip..
Peep the new Blind Video to see if he landed it. Rob Lorifice was skating Carmel Valley and I gave him one of my formulas in a special stone and he landed his trick in two tries, was super hyped, again peep the New Blind Video for BGP's.

I find that I jack off way better when I watch porn on dvd rather than the internet, must be the exposure to the disks, right?

[grimcity]

You buy porn?

[FigsyLeBon]

You buy porn?

No but I do have a dvd burner, limewire and a very nice tv

[grimcity]

So wait a second here... you download pr0nz, then burn it, then watch a 320x240 clip on a full size TV? That's an awful lot of work man.

I'd be cautious if I were you... make sure the pixelation doesn't somehow trigger a sexual attraction to Lego sculptures or old Atari games.

I wanted to finish this post with some really sick metaphysical lessons that I learned from a spiritual doctor visiting from Haiti, but then I realized that all of that was just imaginary. I mean, Haiti isn't imaginary, but the whole scenario I was going to write about was. I think some of the delusions I'm undergoing are a side effect of being pro, but I'm not sure. I need to talk to Cliff and I SUCK about how to handle all of this.

Luckily my whispering acoustical folk music thing is keeping me really busy.

[Upgrayedd]

So wait a second here... you download pr0nz, then burn it, then watch a 320x240 clip on a full size TV? That's an awful lot of work man.

I'd be cautious if I were you... make sure the pixelation doesn't somehow trigger a sexual attraction to Lego sculptures or old Atari games.

I wanted to finish this post with some really sick metaphysical lessons that I learned from a spiritual doctor visiting from Haiti, but then I realized that all of that was just imaginary. I mean, Haiti isn't imaginary, but the whole scenario I was going to write about was. I think some of the delusions I'm undergoing are a side effect of being pro, but I'm not sure. I need to talk to Cliff and I SUCK about how to handle all of this.

Luckily my whispering acoustical folk music thing is keeping me really busy.

custer's revenge anyone?