"BJ" (benjamin-bignell)
10/15/2013 at 12:32 • Filed to: slamboard, skateboard, truckin' tuesday
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"BJ" (benjamin-bignell)
10/15/2013 at 12:32 • Filed to: slamboard, skateboard, truckin' tuesday | 1
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Here's a !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , with pictures, of a slamboard build. Enjoy!
Sparf
> BJ
10/15/2013 at 12:33 |
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Imagine the sensation of one or more of those impaling your knee joint.
dieselwagon
> BJ
10/15/2013 at 12:35 |
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Decent photography making building a skateboard wrong look like serious business.
William Byrd
> Sparf
10/15/2013 at 12:36 |
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Yeah, it's a neat design exercise, but I'd had to land on one of those trucks.
dinobot666
> BJ
10/15/2013 at 12:40 |
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I've never understood the appeal of skateboarding. All my friends used to ride boards, while I was on my kicken' rad BMX bike. Skateboards were so slow and inefficient and would stop if there was a pebble on the ground.
DailyTurismo
> BJ
10/15/2013 at 12:45 |
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Great idea until the first time a piece of exposed all-thread impales your keister.
Stanced board + Frontside + fakie kickflip = 50:50 chance of bleeding from your backside.
daender
> dinobot666
10/15/2013 at 12:46 |
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There's probably two parts to their popularity.
One, it's the closest you can get to surfing while staying on pavement.
Two, they're small and easier to carry around than say a bike. I noticed a few of my college classmates bring their boards into class. Also probably easier to just pick it up than struggle locking up a bicycle to a crowded rack.
Frank Grimes
> BJ
10/15/2013 at 12:52 |
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This is the stupidest thing ever. not just because aesthetically it is not an improvement which I assume it the goal which is even more stupid enough on it's own. I just imagine my nut sack getting dragged across one of those bolts or the board snapping just as I was getting rad in front of some girls.
PowderHound
> dinobot666
10/15/2013 at 12:53 |
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It allows you to "carve" like you can while snowboarding. Lends itself to more tricks than BMX, don't entirely need as much space as BMX, less bulk to transport. Really fun to sit around and learn new tricks with friends. I'm not bashing BMX, you just said it so that's what I'm comparing it to. Also, if you get larger softer wheels you can go over small pebbles
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dinobot666
> daender
10/15/2013 at 12:53 |
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Didn't think of portability when using a board as a means of transportation. No wonder I see so many brosaminos skatin' around campus. Good call on that.
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PowderHound
> DailyTurismo
10/15/2013 at 12:54 |
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I doubt you could even ollie on those things. I'm actually surprised the bolts don't sheer off.
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dinobot666
> PowderHound
10/15/2013 at 12:55 |
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I wasn't bashing boarding. I tried to learn a few tricks and get the basics of boarding, but it was simply too slow for me.
Again, I don't have a problem with skateboarding, just never understood the appeal of it. Thanks for the insight though.
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PowderHound
> dinobot666
10/15/2013 at 13:00 |
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No worries, didn't think you were. It is really slow to learn. I stopped getting any better for a few years and then messed up my knee. Haven't been back on one since. Although I might get a nice cruising board and go pump around the bowls.
Z_Stig
> Frank Grimes
10/15/2013 at 13:11 |
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There's plenty of thread on those bolts for your nuts.
But yeah, this is why cars are better. And I can pick up some girls in a car.
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Frank Grimes
> Z_Stig
10/15/2013 at 13:21 |
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LOL. We are in agreement.