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sliding with soft wheels? is it possible?

 HEY GUYS,  so i found myself with extremely grippy and soft wheels and found that so efficiently stop or slow down u need to know how to slide.

ok cool but I'm wondering, am i doing it wrong or something cause i just cant slide with the set of wheels i got. :(

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by matti rae on April 1, 2011 at 0:19
how fast r u going when u try to slide? soft wheels are just as easy to slide on, sometimes kicking it out is a little more difficult tho... make sure u carve into ur slides so u can push i out better...
Permalink Reply by Steven Rose on April 1, 2011 at 0:23
if youre a newb try going 30-40km's an hour while youre learning to slide.. start with shut downs and work your way up and go to colemans. if you're trying to slide while going really slow , your wheels just won't want to slide!
Permalink Reply by frank on April 1, 2011 at 0:35
shut downs and colemans?

Premium MemberPermalink Reply by m0juu on April 1, 2011 at 1:15
sliding will happen on ANY wheel. its just the amount of work andd/or push you need to get em slideways varies. you can do it just ask your friends or watch youtube vids then PRACTICE YOUR FACE OFF
Permalink Reply by Michael English on April 1, 2011 at 9:38
the faster u go the better they will slide ;)
Permalink Reply by Henry King on April 1, 2011 at 10:34
learn to footbreak, problem solved!

Premium MemberPermalink Reply by m0juu on April 1, 2011 at 10:58

just like my friend, he can kick out and suck in a heelside hands down. BUT HE CANT FOOT BREAK LOLOLOLOLL


Premium MemberPermalink Reply by The Dave on April 1, 2011 at 12:13

It's BRAKE for the love of Mike!

Brake....b-r-A-K-E

FootBRAKING

 

FootbrEAKing is what would happen to your foot if it got caught in a pothole while footbrAKing at high speed. It would put you in hospital. 

 

Braking: stopping/decelerating

Breaking: fracturing/snapping/severing (e.g. http://www.skateboardracing.org.au/photo/leggnar1-1?xg_source=activity)

 

Thankyou.

 

Sincerely,

 

Dave

- Physics teacher/pedant

 

Also: Depending on exact compound, soft wheels will often slide very rough with a lot of vibration/grinding

Permalink Reply by mack daddies daddie on April 1, 2011 at 14:11
if its round slide it
Permalink Reply by Alex de Bruin on April 1, 2011 at 18:24
Permalink Reply by Cody Herbert on April 1, 2011 at 18:27

My mate and I learned to slide on 77a big zigs and 80a 4 prez. Not too hard if you keep to it :)

We are doing super slow soft wheel slides now :)


Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Dani on April 1, 2011 at 19:17

Cheers Dave, you saved me the trouble of writing that.

 

Listen to Dave and try harder with the sliding.

 

Go to youtube and look up videos on how to slide.

 

Learn to footbrake, it may just save your life one day.

Dave R said:

It's BRAKE for the love of Mike!

Brake....b-r-A-K-E

FootBRAKING

 

FootbrEAKing is what would happen to your foot if it got caught in a pothole while footbrAKing at high speed. It would put you in hospital. 

 

Braking: stopping/decelerating

Breaking: fracturing/snapping/severing (e.g. http://www.skateboardracing.org.au/photo/leggnar1-1?xg_source=activity)

 

Thankyou.

 

Sincerely,

 

Dave

- Physics teacher/pedant

 

Also: Depending on exact compound, soft wheels will often slide very rough with a lot of vibration/grinding

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