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pavedwave longboarding
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pavedwave
Joined: 22 Oct 2007
Posts: 1115
Location: seattle wa usa
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 Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 4:26 am Post subject: |
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| edp_swakakin wrote: | | But I am considering harder bushings for more down hill stuff on the same setup. |
yeah i'm thinking the board I want to take out "for sliding" will probably by my 36" park-ish board with traditional indy-like trucks and pretty hard bushings. seems like on most slide videos the turniness of the board is almost zero-- its like the board is just another "puck" under their feet.
for making my LDP more slidey I think its going to be the yellow bennett wheels. bottle greens slid really predictably.
eventually i want to try 77mm strikers on my cambiar 
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skatersjourney
Joined: 10 Sep 2008
Posts: 40
Location: Plymouth, UK
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| Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2009 11:38 pm Post subject: |
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I've found that I can get the back end of my Illuminati to slide out pretty nice on the right surface. Mind you, I'm running purple and turquoise Hotspots, so it's not really going to kick out that much. I'm not an expert at speed checks, more speed farts (that little noise you get when the back goes)...hehe!
As far as downhill goes, I go down some pretty intense and varied terrain inclines on my ride into Plymouth, with a front Bennett that feels scarily loose but so far, I've never got myself into any bad situations with it. I do find myself sitting out on the corner practice in some of our local spots though, just through sheer common sense!
It will go down hills, you just have to yup...footbrake for your country and keep that edge, don't let the Bennett have its way!
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JeffVyain
Joined: 20 Aug 2009
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Location: Indianapolis, IN
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Do you find that the Bennett even wants to wobble? Mine seems to only turn when I tell it to so far, but I have never taken the board 30+...
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