Slalom

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Premium Member Comment by Marek on December 8, 2010 at 13:42

This looks different and fun. The street slalom course I mean. Could be a good alternative to full on skater cross or park slalom.(taken from ISSA site - here for pics http://www.slalomskateboarder.com/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=7441 ).

"At the Cathlamet Downhill Corral just a couple weekends ago, Skip Marcotte blew minds with his "Mystery Slalom" course --- it kept a lot of us wondering, and none disappointed.

The course begins off a starting ramp that shoots you UP the hill, to do a kickturn on another ramp, just to get around the first cone. Then after a couple mellow cones, squeeze by the sidewalk and zip across the street through a 3-cone stinger and up ON to the sidewalk on the other side! After a line of cones on the sidewalk, down the transition to street, and up onto the sidewalk of the next block! A few turns later, a jump off the curb, a couple tight cones, then over and off a specially-built 6"-8"? JUMP -- few more cones, then JUMP again, before a couple offsets to the finish line.

Everyone was stoked, spectators and skaters alike. The spills weren't as numerous as you might predict, it wasn't really a "death race" - it was just cool to see the adjustments to speed that a 3-D course and landing small airs threw into the game.

Lot of guys were rocking kicktail GS-sized poolboards or longboards with Randals, and I wish I'd just set up with an Indy-Bennett type board instead of my boutique Radikals which seemed way too delicate for the jumps.

Skip deserves huge applause for opening up wide the definition on the "format" of slalom and I hope there are more courses set up this creatively in the future!

Not to mention Judy Edmonson's / Addison's planning of the weekend event as a whole, with a mix of events that appealed to a much larger crowd: TS, slide comp, Push race, street-slalom, finishing off with a technical DH race through downtown. "

Premium Member Comment by DA BEAR on November 16, 2010 at 19:53

Hi all,
Lookin at new wheels for next season, I'm wondering has anyone used the,
Orangatang InHeat 75mm yellow 86a, for slalom wheels? (or for anything at all)
any feedback would be appreciated.

Comment by Elliot O on November 14, 2010 at 23:04

Finally got my new wedges, kingpins and bushings in and it pumps!
I was very amazed when I went for a run to the beach and back.
Thanks for your help everyone.

Premium Member Comment by nathan on November 6, 2010 at 14:36

Fitz said "measurement is taken from the shaft length without head"

Am i the only one who giggled at this?

"my shaft is so big - Steven Hawking has a theory about it"
"my shaft is so big - it wont return Spielburgs phone calls"
"my shaft is so big - its already fucking somebody tommorrow"
"my shaft is so big - it has its own shaft and even that is bigger than yours"

Premium Member Comment by Fitz on November 6, 2010 at 13:02

Kingpin is just a name coined by the skate industry for a Hex Head Bolt.

Comment by Elliot O on November 6, 2010 at 10:19

Ahhhh thanks Fitz!
All i could find on Google was something about car kingpins and the suspension layout....

Premium Member Comment by Fitz on November 5, 2010 at 20:50

measurement is taken from the shaft length without head.

Comment by Elliot O on November 5, 2010 at 20:11

WD40 worked well, thanks.
Also do you measure the kingpin including the head or from the base of the head?
Because mine varies from 2.25' to 2.5' with those.
I can't find too much on Google.

Comment by Elliot O on October 28, 2010 at 22:33

Thanks guys, I'll try the WD40 tomorrow!
I knew someone must have had a unique device that makes everything easy so I'd love to have a look DA BEAR! Thanks.

Premium Member Comment by DA BEAR on October 28, 2010 at 22:28

Elliot,
I made an old baseplate into a jig/arbour/press base for getting kpins out,
I'll get snaps up in the next few days, once you see it,
its easy to replicate and use.

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