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Hello Eddie, unfortunately, I have to work that Saturday. I'd be up for it on Sunday, but I can understand if you don't want to delay the event. I'd probably be up for a 4-hour skate or 40 miles, whichever comes first.
Posted: Sat Oct 17, 2009 6:04 am Post subject: Sunday
Greg, no Sunday is fine for me, 40 miles or 4 hours sounds good as well.
Anyone who wants to do more or less that is fine as well Sunday is the day after Holloween so what time should we start I was thinking around 10-11AM but earlier/later is fine with me whats everyones thoughts?
I will be cross posting this on silverfish as soon as I firm up the details.
I'm flexible on the start time, you make the call. It's nice and cool now, but who knows what it'll be like then, probably hotter, maybe a lot hotter. Ideally, we should be skating during the coolest part of the day, but I realize that most of us are not morning people, so I can understand being accommodating with a late start. "Mostly under canopy" will definitely help if it's a hot day. Hopefully, it won't be too humid.
Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 2:06 pm Post subject: Details
OK it is official I am putting on a longboard get together Sunday November 1st 2009 10 AM at the newly paved Rothenbach park in Sarasota, really nice place esp during the heat of the day. it has 2.7 mile loop and a 1 mile loop both mostly under canopy.
I will try to get them to sweep the path right before the event. Figure we can get as many loops as we can/want. followed by a cookout.
Good push/long distance pumping trail through the woods, with one small downhill section. If you wanted to learn how to LDPump should have a few LDP experts on hand to help with set-ups and maybe try out some other boards and will have a Kahuna Big stick to test as well..
It was a fun event and nice to ride new trails. Hope we can do it again. It seems like we will be getting more LDP converts in SW Florida.
There are several not pictured but this was taken after most had left.
The dancer board is a great pumper, BTW. It's heavy, but there is something to be said for momentum - the board does not seem to slow down. I am running paris 180s with the khiro 7* wedges, making it 57* up front and 43* in rear. The wider trucks on such a long board seem to funtion as narrower trucks on a shorter board. There has to be some golden ratio out there for pumping in terms of WB to truck width. But pumping that log makes me seriously question the 28*-31* WB maxim. The pumps just are wider and slower and a different wave length. My hypothesis is a longer WB allows for wider trucks since they function as narrow trucks on a shorter WB.
...It's heavy, but there is something to be said for momentum - the board does not seem to slow down. I am running paris 180s with the khiro 7* wedges, making it 57* up front and 43* in rear. The wider trucks on such a long board seem to funtion as narrower trucks on a shorter board. There has to be some golden ratio out there for pumping in terms of WB to truck width. But pumping that log makes me seriously question the 28*-31* WB maxim. The pumps just are wider and slower and a different wave length. My hypothesis is a longer WB allows for wider trucks since they function as narrow trucks on a shorter WB.
First off, it looks like you guys are having a blast in the sun!!! Always great to see the group shots and live the warm and sunny FL life vicariously.
Believe me, your thoughts on the weight and WB size of the big board make perfect sense. Most of the LDP stuff Munson and I did together years back was on 5-foot birch boards by Flexdex, they sport a 41" WB and we were typically running Randal 150's and 180's or Gullwing 160's. So I agree it really makes sense to scale up the hangar in line with the wheelbase. And I've always felt that the momentum from the bigger board fed on itself and wasn't the hindrance that people often associate with big boards. This is Ashton rolling the 180's...
[[ edit: took out pic, that was obnoxiously huge ]]
I think where the weight trade-off starts to get really noticable is when you have a lot of short hills to pump up, or the really long gradual inclines... that's really what motivated bringing down both the board size to find that "optimal" 28" WB, and dropping weight of materials came about. But one great thing about pumping a dancer-sized board like that all the time, is you're going to build up a monster base, and when you step on a lighter, shorter board, it might feel like a "toy" you can jam some serious pumps on. I still keep looking at my lonely Flexdex and thinking about setting it up again-- besides the fact they're actually good for LDP, they're amazing carvers!!
Great stuff, please keep sending the sunshine up north.
Thanks for coming out and The looooong board (dancer) was neat.
We had 9 longboarders in total if not all at one time.
Was still a little seasonally hot but that trail has a lot of tree cover.
Greg and Paul,
Thanks for letting Eric and I ride your boards all day, we both had a great time.
I am about to order some new trucks for my board Bennett Vector 5.0 for the front and Seismic 130 for the rear, the replacement springs are they sold as pairs of do I need to order 2 to get a set?
Eric second day on a longboard and he put in 16-17 miles, I was very impressed I think he is hooked now and will be getting a longboard soon.
We need to meetup again before it gets to hot again.
Eddie
angelo_pb wrote:
It was a fun event and nice to ride new trails. Hope we can do it again. It seems like we will be getting more LDP converts in SW Florida.
There are several not pictured but this was taken after most had left.
The dancer board is a great pumper, BTW. It's heavy, but there is something to be said for momentum - the board does not seem to slow down. I am running paris 180s with the khiro 7* wedges, making it 57* up front and 43* in rear. The wider trucks on such a long board seem to funtion as narrower trucks on a shorter board. There has to be some golden ratio out there for pumping in terms of WB to truck width. But pumping that log makes me seriously question the 28*-31* WB maxim. The pumps just are wider and slower and a different wave length. My hypothesis is a longer WB allows for wider trucks since they function as narrow trucks on a shorter WB.
Eddie, thanks for putting on the get together. It was fun.
As for the springs, you will get two in a tube (which comes in handy for dirty bearings). On the Slippery Skates deck that I rode most of the day, I was using navy blue/extra heavy springs on light tension. On the Pulse that I set up for the day, I had green/medium springs on a medium setting. Lately, I have been prefering heavy springs, but it's probably good to start with a more moderate spring like red or green.
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