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stocago · Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Posts: 220

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.

frogy130 · Joined: 01 Jul 2009 Posts: 7

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.

Eddie

stocago · Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Posts: 220

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.

frogy130 · Joined: 01 Jul 2009 Posts: 7

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..

Reply or send me a PM if interested.

frogy130 · Joined: 01 Jul 2009 Posts: 7

So far we have 8 confirmed and 2 may shows.

See you all Sunday at Rothenbach Park
8650 Bee Ridge Road, Sarasota

Eddie

angelo_pb · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 11:24 am Post subject:

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.

pavedwave · Joined: 22 Oct 2007 Posts: 1115 Location: seattle wa usa

frogy130 · Joined: 01 Jul 2009 Posts: 7

Paul,

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

stocago · Joined: 14 Apr 2008 Posts: 220

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.

Here a link with more info:
http://www.seismicskate.com/tech_truck_selection.html