Stopping

So you’re bombing down a massive mountain and for some reason an intersection starts to appear in your sight. Well what do you do? Freak out and hope for a green light? No silly, you slow down of course.
Slowing down and stopping is an essential part of skating and has saved my life many times. [...]

Kahalani Review (lots of pictures)

I just got some Kahalani precision trucks from Daddies Board Shop (which btw has ridiculously fast shipping) and here’s a quick review of what I think.
Before I go on, these are my first precision trucks. I’ve ridden crails, randals, bears, and radikals before. I got the 204 mm version which also comes with four red [...]

Kebbek Switchback

I’ve had the switchback for a while but I’m finally going to review it. I have it setup with crails and white jimz bushings, and 70 mm sector 9 race formula. The first thing I noticed was the ride height. It was so much higher than my hellcat and it took me a while to [...]

Definition of Gnar

What’s up guys. Just got back from my race at Bolinas, and holy shit is that hill gnar. In the first run I did a backflip off my board and landed on my head, ran into the side of the mountain a couple times, and almost lost my board over the cliff.
However, during the race [...]

Pumping

Well I finally figured out how to pump for longer distances, and it turns out it was my setup. I know everyone’s been saying that it’s the rider and not the board, but having the right setup can make all the difference.
Originally I had a a loaded fish with dual rts trucks with the standard [...]

Scoring cheap stuff

Admit it. You like cheap stuff. You’re the one haggling at the hot dog stand, and trying to lower the price of the new plasma screen tv that’s already on sale. But you still won’t give in even with the 300 dollar discount, because you want it for dirt cheap. However, at the same time, [...]

Crazy video of some very stupid people

Not really skating, but in case you haven’t seen it yet, here are the crazy saudi’s skating in sandals on the freeway.
Oh and I’ll have more longboarding stuff later but I haven’t been able to downhill for a while and my friend needs to give me back my helmet. Once I [...]

Slide Session

Ok here’s a video I made. For some reason I kept choking whenever the camera was fliming so I couldn’t make a slide tutorial. Oh, and please excuse the poor camera work, my friend’s not used to filming yet.

Toeside 180s

Well I’m finally starting to get down the toeside 180s, which I used to find very hard. I can do heelside pendy’s with no problem, but I’ve always had a problem with toesides. Even stranger, I can do 360s, but have only recently learned to do 360s. Well, I’ve finally learned how to do them, [...]

Pullin them 360s

Alrighty. I think I’m finally getting the hang of pulling 360 heelside slides. I might post up a video tutorial later, but for now, just a written one. (BTW this is written for regular, if you’re goofy just reverse it)
First, pull into a coleman heelside 180. As you pull into the 180, take your right [...]