Donald, your resignation is not accepted. I expect you to be back at your job pissing people off first thing Monday morning. Achtung!
Seriously, though, WTF? Or rather, in honor of your e-mail address...WDF?
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- Fri Dec 04, 2009 10:13 pm
- Forum: ISSA - Old topics
- Topic: time to say goodbye
- Replies: 15
- Views: 17304
- Mon Nov 30, 2009 6:29 am
- Forum: ISSA - Old topics
- Topic: [2009] What do you want the ISSA to do or be like?
- Replies: 14
- Views: 15478
I see a lot of frustration in these posts--people who seem to feel that nothing is being done to move slalom, or maybe just the ISSA, forward. I also see a lot of energy, from the same people--offering their opinion and their best suggestions for how they'd like to see the organization improved. I w...
- Wed Nov 18, 2009 3:51 am
- Forum: Pavel
- Topic: hunting the pack again
- Replies: 7
- Views: 11510
Congratulations, Steve! And good pick-up, Donald. Steve is a solid guy who really enjoys skating. He was good at the start of the season and just got better all year. Good luck with getting him off those Seismics on his park board, though. :-) http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c95/harmsjb/StevePFSca...
- Tue Nov 10, 2009 4:41 pm
- Forum: Down South
- Topic: Red Clay Cup 2009
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8091
- Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:42 pm
- Forum: Virage
- Topic: New Virage 'Vite' front quick turning truck
- Replies: 73
- Views: 136206
Mr Harms, new day, fresh ideas! I'm loving your idea of calling the nut feature 'an English Channel'. Id like to use that if I may. And if and when someone copies it we can all refer to it as an English Channel. Cool! Michael, thank you for asking, and of course you may use that name. Glad you like...
- Wed Nov 04, 2009 6:41 pm
- Forum: Virage
- Topic: New Virage 'Vite' front quick turning truck
- Replies: 73
- Views: 136206
- Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:35 pm
- Forum: Down South
- Topic: Red Clay Cup 2009
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8091
- Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:34 pm
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: Slalom champions
- Replies: 64
- Views: 142474
Gary - 2003 worlds Overall Mollica GS Mollica? Hybrid Mollica? TS Luca There was no Worlds GS in 2003. They had a dual slalomcross instead. Pro champ was Tay Hunt, Open champ was Richie De Losada. 2005 worlds Overall Mitchell GS Mitchell Hybrid Maysey? TS Strobel (or was it the other way around?) I...
- Thu Oct 29, 2009 10:22 pm
- Forum: Virage
- Topic: New Virage 'Vite' front quick turning truck
- Replies: 73
- Views: 136206
- Mon Sep 14, 2009 5:40 am
- Forum: Turner Summer Ski
- Topic: TURNER and her sisters....
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14958
- Mon Sep 14, 2009 1:08 am
- Forum: New to slalom skateboarding?
- Topic: my setup is good for...?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6588
The Bennett is a great front truck, especially if you wedge it about 7 to 10 degrees (skinny end of wedge toward front of board). So your front is fine. For the rear, though, you want a slower-turning truck, so it just kind of follows the front along. The RT-X turns more quickly than the RT-S, so th...
- Sun Sep 13, 2009 9:24 pm
- Forum: Teams
- Topic: WHEELBITE RACING
- Replies: 8
- Views: 13012
- Sun Sep 13, 2009 9:16 pm
- Forum: Brasil
- Topic: [2009] 7 OVERMEETING SKATE DOWNHILL
- Replies: 7
- Views: 10241
- Sun Sep 13, 2009 9:14 pm
- Forum: New to slalom skateboarding?
- Topic: my setup is good for...?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 6588
- Sun Sep 13, 2009 6:44 pm
- Forum: Turner Summer Ski
- Topic: TURNER and her sisters....
- Replies: 8
- Views: 14958
- Tue Aug 04, 2009 5:29 am
- Forum: G.O.G. Trucks
- Topic: My new GOGs
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6018
- Mon Jun 29, 2009 7:21 am
- Forum: Europe
- Topic: Made in England: Blighty Championships - June 27th/ 28th
- Replies: 26
- Views: 34578
- Mon Jun 29, 2009 7:07 am
- Forum: 2009 World Championships - Hood River, OR
- Topic: Random thoughts...
- Replies: 29
- Views: 30060
Seb, you can take a bus from Portland to Hood River (and back!) for about 20 dollars. (You also have to take a metro train from the airport to a bus transfer station, but that's only about five bucks or less.) Check out the bus company's website at www.greyhound.com . Or send me a PM and I can tell ...
- Mon Jun 22, 2009 5:25 pm
- Forum: FullBag Skates
- Topic: Louis Ricard SL
- Replies: 5
- Views: 11722
- Wed May 27, 2009 5:19 am
- Forum: Canada
- Topic: 2009 Krispy Hill Outlaw, May 23, 2009
- Replies: 10
- Views: 15970
- Fri May 15, 2009 6:27 am
- Forum: Down South
- Topic: Can't find races!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5763
- Fri May 08, 2009 12:40 am
- Forum: Europe
- Topic: [2009] 2nd Tunnel Skateboard Slalom World Cup, ZH, April 25
- Replies: 113
- Views: 142178
More photos, you say? Here's one. http://lh6.ggpht.com/_ofsjlPzH7r4/Sf6DZglVgQI/AAAAAAAAA0o/vzN3_Ep2l_o/s720/P1000701a.jpg The other 300+ photos from my trip are online at http://picasaweb.google.com/jbh123/GermanySwitzerlandApril2009# . I haven't had time to put captions on them yet. At the tunnel ...
- Tue Apr 21, 2009 10:34 pm
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: How Long Before COMPLETES With One Manufacturer's Name?
- Replies: 31
- Views: 25044
Just like some guys have suggested a Rad front in the back for TS. This is off topic, but who the hell suggested that? Perhaps its just me being narrow minded... I didn't suggest it, but I actually tried it, in 2005, for TS. The rear Rads at the time all had the swing-arms, and cut-down Rad rears w...
- Sat Apr 18, 2009 1:17 am
- Forum: Europe
- Topic: [2009] KING VOM RHEIN RACE GERMANY APRIL 11/12
- Replies: 33
- Views: 53196
- Fri Apr 17, 2009 12:40 am
- Forum: Europe
- Topic: [2009] 2nd Tunnel Skateboard Slalom World Cup, ZH, April 25
- Replies: 113
- Views: 142178
So you're coming, Mr. JBH? Indeed I am. I found a good fare to Duesseldorf. An unnamed manufacturer in that vicinity assured me he could arrange some sort of transpo to Zurich. :-) (Flights to Zurich were 200 dollars more. :-() I'm sure it will work out. If you bring a tent Pelle, you can camp in m...
- Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:11 pm
- Forum: Europe
- Topic: [2009] 2nd Tunnel Skateboard Slalom World Cup, ZH, April 25
- Replies: 113
- Views: 142178
- Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:14 am
- Forum: New to slalom skateboarding?
- Topic: tips on my form? (video)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 17360
I would agree with everything Marty, Rick and Cfav said. I especially like Marty's observation: You're basically doing quite well already. Your basic form/technique is not bad at all, especially for someone who (as far as I know) hasn't been doing slalom for all that long yet. As far as bending your...
- Wed Apr 15, 2009 7:16 am
- Forum: New to slalom skateboarding?
- Topic: Newbie....help dialing things in....
- Replies: 13
- Views: 16003
i have the rtx up front. maybe i'll add an extra wedge and see what happens. front foot placement....behind, on, or in front of the bolts? As far as that spacer and slop...i just remembered a trick i used with a bike handlebar stem that was loose...a small piece of coke can...cut to slip inside snu...
- Wed Apr 15, 2009 6:26 am
- Forum: Europe
- Topic: [2009] KING VOM RHEIN RACE GERMANY APRIL 11/12
- Replies: 33
- Views: 53196
- Wed Apr 15, 2009 6:23 am
- Forum: New to slalom skateboarding?
- Topic: Newbie....help dialing things in....
- Replies: 13
- Views: 16003
should i try adding a little more wedge to the front since it wont hold a pump? Won't hold a pump with the Bennett up front or with the RT-X up front? Most people seem to agree that an RT-X needs more wedge to come alive--maybe 12 degrees or so. A Bennett shouldn't need quite as much, although you ...
- Fri Apr 10, 2009 7:15 pm
- Forum: Virage
- Topic: Virage Team
- Replies: 27
- Views: 33227
- Tue Apr 07, 2009 6:37 pm
- Forum: New to slalom skateboarding?
- Topic: Newbie....help dialing things in....
- Replies: 13
- Views: 16003
Good advice from both Lenny and Rick, IMO. From your description of wedging, dewedging, etc., sounds like you're on the right track with what you're riding. In my experience, the RT-X doesn't really come alive as a front truck until you wedge it at least 10 to 12 degrees. The Bennett doesn't need as...
- Fri Apr 03, 2009 9:29 pm
- Forum: New England
- Topic: NJ OUTLAW SKATE JAM 09: Recession Session
- Replies: 73
- Views: 77344
- Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:31 pm
- Forum: New to slalom skateboarding?
- Topic: Front truck on a budget
- Replies: 6
- Views: 10396
Front truck: Get a Bennett 4.3 and wedge it about 7 degrees (skinny end toward the front of the deck). Use soft bushings (for example, white Khiro barrels on top and bottom or white top/orange bottom) and run it considerably looser than your rear truck. That sucker WILL turn and should work for bot...
- Fri Mar 27, 2009 8:22 am
- Forum: Midwest
- Topic: Race in Batavia Illinois 3/21/2009?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 38292
I think there were a couple of cones in that run--three for Claude, one for me? That was actually the first run of two. In the second run I had the "inside lane," which seemed to run a bit faster because it was on the inside of a curve. I think Claude was faster than I was at the end, but I had a fa...
- Fri Mar 20, 2009 4:17 pm
- Forum: Timing System
- Topic: Trackmate does it have beeps?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13519
- Fri Mar 20, 2009 7:43 am
- Forum: Timing System
- Topic: Trackmate does it have beeps?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13519
- Fri Mar 20, 2009 3:25 am
- Forum: Timing System
- Topic: Trackmate does it have beeps?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13519
- Thu Mar 19, 2009 10:51 pm
- Forum: Timing System
- Topic: Trackmate does it have beeps?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 13519
Trackmate does it have beeps?
Can the 2003-vintage Trackmate timer do a "beep" start cadence of any kind? Or does it only record the times? It's a black box with two red buttons on the top and one sliding black On/Off switch on the side, and it has two "phone jack"-style connections. I'm taking this timer to the Chicago race thi...
- Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:08 pm
- Forum: 161 - EttSexEtt
- Topic: New team member
- Replies: 6
- Views: 9634
- Thu Mar 12, 2009 4:44 am
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: JISSA
- Replies: 130
- Views: 134861
- Tue Mar 10, 2009 5:38 am
- Forum: Midwest
- Topic: Race in Batavia Illinois 3/21/2009?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 38292
OK, I now know something. We have a timer--IF I can make it up there. That's the next step. One Dagger is still car-less (me), one may have work conflicts (Goad), one has a very sick wife right now and isn't in the planning mood (Graf), and the head of our Springfield, IL satellite office (Bean-a-re...
- Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:56 am
- Forum: Midwest
- Topic: Race in Batavia Illinois 3/21/2009?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 38292
- Fri Mar 06, 2009 4:33 pm
- Forum: Midwest
- Topic: Race in Batavia Illinois 3/21/2009?
- Replies: 36
- Views: 38292
I've been planning to come, along with--I hope--at least one or two others from the STL area. I still plan to come, but it's now dependent on whether I can get a slight "transpo problem" worked out--my car got jacked last night. :-( I've been in touch with Justin R. and will keep him apprised of wha...
- Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:04 pm
- Forum: Virage
- Topic: Virage Team
- Replies: 27
- Views: 33227
- Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:48 am
- Forum: Down South
- Topic: Want to be on TV?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 18511
- Thu Feb 26, 2009 4:26 am
- Forum: Down South
- Topic: Want to be on TV?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 18511
- Wed Feb 25, 2009 4:56 pm
- Forum: Down South
- Topic: Want to be on TV?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 18511
- Wed Feb 25, 2009 4:47 pm
- Forum: North America
- Topic: [2008] Prizes At The Gorge Games, Feedback, Complaints,
- Replies: 91
- Views: 107100
Are you the only board member that reads this website? Joe No. I have been reading this thread all along. I suspect/hope the other board members have as well, but I'll let them speak for themselves. I've refrained on commenting until I have the time to dedicate to taking action. I've had several ou...