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free board
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On 4/23/2008 daturd
wrote in from
United States
(68.49.nnn.nnn)
mckendry on speed caption contest
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Pavel
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On 4/23/2008
Paul Price
wrote in from
United Kingdom
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Thanks to Don and the Pavel crew for setting up the Gog race. I was very pleased to be on the podium again in the Pro Special and Pro tight races. The level of racing is insane and you need be 100% to be in with a chance.
GOG Do or Die Race 12-13 April 2008
Photos of the race and extra shots of the NEW ROADSTER board are here: Click here for link
I got to pick up the new evolution design wide- tail Pavel 'Paul Price Model' Roadster GT-R.
Look for it coming to a race near you soon!
Also Bish asked about the new Roadster GT-R, I will continue testing it and give feed back to the team at Pavel who will incorporate my suggestions so that the board will be ready for sale by the summer! At the moment it feels pretty good, and the wider tail does help in some courses.
Roadster
Do you like the congo finish and GT-R badge - homage to the new Nissan GT-R
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Mike G pinners
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On 4/10/2008 PSR
wrote in from
United States
(75.68.nnn.nnn)
Mike, have you looked into these?
http://www.longboardlarry.net/boards/droppin.php
Also, Landyatchz is making some nice 'pinners' too.
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48" Fluid Pintail
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On 4/10/2008 Mike G
wrote in from
United States
(76.102.nnn.nnn)
Hello,
I used to post daily on this website back in 1998-2000. I used to ride a 48" Fluid pintail deck. It had the nicest shape for my style of riding, I have ridden many other boards since then that have had nicer construction and materials, but not the shape I like. Can anyone recommend a similar shaped 48" concave pintail deck?
Cheers
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X-country deck
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On 4/3/2008 David V
wrote in from
United States
(69.178.nnn.nnn)
Take a look at the Landyachtz EVO. I use mine for cruising the town as much as I do for bombing a hill and my kids can't stay off of it for the same reason. It's very stable, yet agile and easy on the legs for long distance pushing. Landyachtz also has a new drop-deck called the Chinook which looks quite promising. You could also check out Rayne Longboards--they got some sweet offerings as well. Best of luck on your trek. Be safe.
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X-country deck choice
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On 4/1/2008
Jeff Kasson
wrote in from
United States
(24.31.nnn.nnn)
I'm doing a charity ride this summer to support our local skatepark. I'm traveling across Ohio on a unicycle and then going back across on a skateboard. I'd like a deck that rides low to the ground to make pushing easier. I'm think the Landyahtz Urban Assault would be a good one. Does anyone have any advice? I'll be riding streets, hills, bike trails, etc. I want it to be pretty long with Randalls and Big Zigs. Any advice at all would be great. Thanks.
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Street Swell
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On 3/29/2008 daturd
wrote in from
United States
(70.57.nnn.nnn)
http://streetswell.com/
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landyacht evo
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On 3/24/2008 evan
wrote in from
Canada
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hey nick
i've been riding an evo for 3 years and love it. mind you i do not do much racing, i mainly use to cruise around with friends and bomb hills everyonce and a while, but nevertheless i love it. its lowered riding platform makes pushing super-easy and it's so low i have never had a speed wobble even on the biggest of hills. i havent mastered sliding yet but there are times i slid it out unintentionally from carving too hard (on flywheels). i dont know half as much as a lot of other people do on here, but i can say i have had good experiances with the board. the only thing i miss is versitality, but if you really want versitality a speed board is probably not a good choice. the loaded dervish is where im headed just because i want something i can play a bit more on but still have a somehwat similar shape as the evo. hope i helped. good luck man.
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PSR's V-concave
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On 3/21/2008 Paul(Howard)iwog
wrote in from
United States
(65.122.nnn.nnn)
Hey, I'm assuming you are talking about doing that on the tail? That gives me some new ideas. Thanks - Paul
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Wedges at a slant
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On 3/20/2008 PSR
wrote in from
United States
(75.68.nnn.nnn)
Paul, what I did, a few years back (on a Roe), was take that wedge foam, and put the tail pieces together at 30* to each other, making a 'V' concave wedge. Worked great, even got a thumbs-up from Korten!
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Munchh's 6-Wheeler of the Pauliwog Subsonic type
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On 3/20/2008 Pauliwog(of the Subsonic type)
wrote in from
United States
(65.122.nnn.nnn)
Hey, Now that's a good one, I have'nt seen anyone do that with one of those yet. Funny thing about the timing of your pictures/projects is, Scott is right now in the process of making me a Pauliwog shape with a heel-lift/kicktail but with "the new mold"(as oppossed to the "old" kicktail mold) with a new concave pattern and some other voodoo he's doing. It involves some ideas that Evan St.Clair and Scott have been trading back and forth. I'm pretty stoked to be getting it.
Have you ever tried a concave non-kick deck and added your own kick/heel-lift? If you haven't, I highly suggest CANTING the angle of the kictail approx 30 to 45 degrees relative to the long axis of the deck so that the sharp lowest edge of the kick is perpendicular(or close to perpendicular) to the line of your back foot. That's how I ride both my main Pauliwog for Tight and Tight-General and my Scout for Big-General and Giant courses.
Schlater-P
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PPS Indian Chief
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On 3/16/2008
Brandon
wrote in from
United States
(143.120.nnn.nnn)
PPS Ditch Killer Indian Chief Deck 9.75x44
Can anyone tell me about this deck? Construction? Plys? Any flex for a 185lb guy? I know Mollica was riding one here last year, a prototype maybe, so I'll post this question in his forum as well.
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Pretty Flowers
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On 3/7/2008 daturd
wrote in from
United States
(168.103.nnn.nnn)
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waiting
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On 3/6/2008 daturd
wrote in from
United States
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Evo / drop decks
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On 3/4/2008 MP / Speedo
wrote in from
United States
(71.49.nnn.nnn)
Good board, but it will drift if you attempt hard carving, at real speed.
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Landyachtz Evo
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On 3/3/2008 Nick
wrote in from
United States
(128.82.nnn.nnn)
Hey, has anyone tried out the landyachtz evo? I've read all the reviews on the websites but I wanna get past the advertising bs and see what the true train of thought on the board is. I'm currently thinking of getting one and throwing my setup of seismic 180's with some abec 11 gumballs on it so let me know what ya'll think.
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My new Gecko Deck
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On 3/3/2008
munchh
wrote in from
United Kingdom
(217.44.nnn.nnn)
Here's me 10cents,
As you might know i've always made my own decks, this is because i'm tight....hehehe
And also because i have known that it could be done, i've always liked stuff a bit different from what's out there and so i made it for myself, right up until i made my last deck (which, without knowing was near as damit the same as many CK-30 style props to Gareth for getting it out there). This i see as a natural progression, just like car aerodynamics, there is a perfect shape, but each company puts their badge on it, hence lots of cars / decks look near identical!
But i always talk about my stuff, this is about my new Gecko deck.
I always said if i stepped up from my wood decks it would have to be a carbon deck of my own design or something pretty special, well i found the special one 1st.
Martin's design and Jeff's knowhow are the right match, years of tweeking prototype shapes and years of light weight carbon production knowledge come together which in my opinion is as good as it can get right now.
I got my hands on a pre production model as i just couldn't wait, but knowin Jeff's eye for detail, the production models will be better again (i say better, only the maker would know).
The transfer to the trucks is spot on, its given me the confidence i was lacking after a hard fall, to push hard again.
I wasn't sure about the shape at 1st, but now it makes total sense, those shoulders dont stick out, its that the nose has been refined, along with the waist it lets you get closer to the cone which means a straighter line which has to mean shorter times.
I tried the Bennett up front, but it wasn't for me, i've never been close enough to a radikal to comment, but i love what this deck does with a front GOG, i use a rear Splitfire and Seismics, Zig-Zags and 3DM's depending the course.
I love it, it might not be for everyone, but its the 1st production deck that has blown me away, the only other being that dam Pauliwog 30, too dam versatile for its own good.
In short, the lightest (lighter than a concrete wave), most high tech and all mine MWHAHAHAHA!
Sorry, if you get the chance to try one, dont deprive yourself, you could be missing out?
Nuffsaid.
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Drop decks vs .................the others
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On 2/27/2008 MP / Speedo
wrote in from
United States
(71.49.nnn.nnn)
Mr. Surly is correct.
For a longboard, the drop decks are stable, but you lose leverage.
That's why you see guys drifting sideways on them, at speed.
It's calculated..............sorta.
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Matt & Jim
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On 2/27/2008
Mr. Surly
wrote in from
United States
(129.33.nnn.nnn)
Matt: Yes, the LY is a good setup. Drop in, have fun.
Jim: Funny I missed this post. I ran my LY Drop Speed through cones on a big hill here. It was stable enough and turned well, but the back-end slid a bit on me ... not cool at speed. The deck allowed me to pump really well in a straight line, and that was a bonus. I'm convinced that [just like the dropped decks] your back foot is too far in front of the back truck, putting pressure in the wrong spot for gripping snappy turns. Some "real" racer should chime in on this though. And yeah, some ramps would be problematic for a dropped deck.
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Landyachtz DH Race
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On 2/19/2008 Matt
wrote in from
United States
(66.192.nnn.nnn)
what do yall think about the LandYachtz DH Race board? I think I'm about to get one, I do a lot of speed/slide stuff, I was planning on putting some 81a or 84 Gumballs for wheels on it. would this be a good setup??
-Noob
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The Geckos are coming, Pre press release sneak.
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On 2/7/2008
munchh
wrote in from
United Kingdom
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Sneak peek, press release coming soon, mine is the bottom one....wohooo!
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Gaffer w/ flexion
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On 2/1/2008 PSR
wrote in from
United States
(75.68.nnn.nnn)
NYC2, look at G+S's old-schoolin' Fiberflex BowlRider or Teamrider. Classic decks (no concave, though, so use Chicken's foam wedges for that)that're bullet-proof tough, have sweet flex (Team is stiffer than the Bowl by a tad), and can pump until your legs Die... Back-in-the-day, even when I had hooked up a 'better' sponsor, my G+S Fibreflexes were the go-to board if you didn't quite know just where that next zen-spot you were being led to was... there are others in this size class, and Sector's Cosmic Rider has a good, well-deserved rep., but in my 38 years of skating, Fibreflex still Owns the do-everything catagory hands-down.
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Need help???
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On 2/1/2008 Nyc2
wrote in from
United States
(24.90.nnn.nnn)
I'm looking to buy a longboard but I want something small up to 30" and thin with a tail. I live in NYC i've been looking at mini series longboard I would really like something really flexible but I dont know where to begin. Does anyone know a brand or type (name) of board I should look at. I started with sector nine but I read reviews that they are stiff.
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Messing with concave
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On 1/30/2008 someone
wrote in from
Canada
(204.174.nnn.nnn)
So, I want to change the concave on my landy drop wedge, I want to make it have a "W" concave.. in the back at least.. and maybe add some on the edges. How should I go about this?
I don't have any money to get foam or anything so so far I'm planning on cutting a piece of wood to shape and gluing it on.
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LY slalom board
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On 1/29/2008
peters
wrote in from
United States
(24.18.nnn.nnn)
jim, landyachtz does make a pumper shaped like an Evo, see? ;-)
Judging so far from the feel, I think the lowered deck slides out more, I'm trying to plant my rear foot as far back as possible, but it makes for a huge stance right now. My feeling is that on fast courses with quick turns, slippage might increase, when compared to the performance of a topmount. Subsonic Scotty made a slightly dropped short board a few years back that we were trying out, and I recall it sliding quite a bit too. This Evo's been fun to tool around on though. Optimally I'd like to chop 6" out of the rear of its standing platform for a better pumping wheelbase, but same shape.
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