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by Etienne de Bary
Tue Feb 21, 2006 10:01 am
Forum: Racer Profiles
Topic: Gilmour, John - USA
Replies: 20
Views: 37953

Re: Walker RIP

I do think skateboarding will make it into the Games- and soon. Let's face it, snowboarding is 1/2 the age of skateboarding and has about 1/10th as many participants. It's not IF skateboarding will get in...Its WHEN, and slalom despite being a smaller segment of the market, will make it because it ...
by Etienne de Bary
Tue Feb 21, 2006 9:30 am
Forum: Pavel
Topic: Pavel Giant-Super G board
Replies: 30
Views: 30283

great !

looks great...
by Etienne de Bary
Mon Feb 20, 2006 3:49 pm
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: [2006] Region East Atlantic: Europe
Replies: 126
Views: 179707

on a side note: zürich and grüningen are very close -20-30kms? isn't it unfair to have 2 prime races in the same city/suburb spread during a season? if you count the share of German-Swiss girls in the ranking, it's a bit like these suburbs cover half the planet... ;) (on the other hand Steve's argu...
by Etienne de Bary
Sun Feb 19, 2006 1:42 am
Forum: Europe
Topic: [2006] PIRATE SLALOM #5 (Paris, France)
Replies: 3
Views: 4493

spot choice seems to be modified, see Riderz.net
by Etienne de Bary
Fri Feb 10, 2006 1:35 am
Forum: New to slalom skateboarding?
Topic: Wedging advice
Replies: 17
Views: 19261

As far as i know all trucks need wedge pads, even the 30°RI rear Slitfire needs a little bit of dewedge.
by Etienne de Bary
Fri Feb 10, 2006 1:30 am
Forum: Europe
Topic: [2006] Giant Boarder Cross Slalom StGermain 17/18 june 2006
Replies: 11
Views: 11677

Galette/Saucisse rule OK :D
by Etienne de Bary
Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:23 pm
Forum: New to slalom skateboarding?
Topic: Sliding back wheels
Replies: 15
Views: 17190

Jonathan Harms wrote:Etienne, I think Donald may be "pulling your chain" a bit. :-)
you don't think ?
;)
by Etienne de Bary
Sun Feb 05, 2006 10:09 pm
Forum: New to slalom skateboarding?
Topic: Sliding back wheels
Replies: 15
Views: 17190

... i have two feet... i do not understand...
i think if you put your feet too far from one another you can't control rear slides.

dewedging is the point anyway i guess...
by Etienne de Bary
Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:45 pm
Forum: Europe
Topic: [2006] G.O.G. TRIPLE CROWN RACE #3
Replies: 53
Views: 57421

In my jacket ;)

i did not know the program, (never raced with a starting ramp, that was the occasion)...
by Etienne de Bary
Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:38 pm
Forum: New to slalom skateboarding?
Topic: Sliding back wheels
Replies: 15
Views: 17190

Donald Campbell wrote:totally agree with what jonathan suggested.
good guy with valuable and race -proven experience.
etienne:where do you say is your rear foot?
My rear foot is at such a distance of my front foot that don't vary with the wheelbase.
by Etienne de Bary
Sun Feb 05, 2006 3:46 pm
Forum: France
Topic: [2005] French Championships 2005 Results
Replies: 6
Views: 8308

De toutes facons ca sert à rien ce sport: c'est toujours les mêmes qui gagnent :D
by Etienne de Bary
Sun Feb 05, 2006 3:35 pm
Forum: New to slalom skateboarding?
Topic: Sliding back wheels
Replies: 15
Views: 17190

Did you properly de-wedge your rear truck ? it should hardly turn at all, with harder bushings than the front truck. i do not agree with putting foot over rear truck: feet should not be too far from one another (i think), so that (knees bent, top of the body anticipating the turn) you can control a ...
by Etienne de Bary
Sun Feb 05, 2006 3:11 pm
Forum: CHIxILL
Topic: OUTRAY G/S 6 wheeler
Replies: 15
Views: 14052

Got to dewedge the rear (2nd truck more dewedged ?),... don't they usually do 6wheelers with longer wheelbase meant for giant ?
by Etienne de Bary
Sun Feb 05, 2006 3:02 pm
Forum: Europe
Topic: [2006] G.O.G. TRIPLE CROWN RACE #3
Replies: 53
Views: 57421

Yes, no need for Dainese jacket ;)
by Etienne de Bary
Sun Jan 29, 2006 11:34 pm
Forum: Abec 11
Topic: ZigZags?
Replies: 39
Views: 54448

We do not sell small wheels at all, we would do the big ones i think...
by Etienne de Bary
Sun Jan 29, 2006 11:32 pm
Forum: Europe
Topic: [2006] G.O.G. TRIPLE CROWN RACE#2
Replies: 41
Views: 50371

Yes it's more than time to post the dates of the next Paris Outlaw on SS.com ;)
sunday the 19th, isn't it ?
by Etienne de Bary
Sun Jan 29, 2006 8:59 pm
Forum: Europe
Topic: [2006] G.O.G. TRIPLE CROWN RACE#2
Replies: 41
Views: 50371

in Paris too some of us "forget" the helmets when racing on flat... specials on flat with lots of offset gates...

You had ice eventually. Nice pictures, you guys had fun !
by Etienne de Bary
Sat Jan 28, 2006 2:54 pm
Forum: Abec 11
Topic: ZigZags?
Replies: 39
Views: 54448

Erik Basil wrote:The wheels appear to be well-made and well-thought in the design.
They are not exactly like the HotSpot, are they ? ;)

Who brings a bit of live testing enthusiasm, please ?
by Etienne de Bary
Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:24 pm
Forum: Rocky Mountains
Topic: snowboarding and 6 wheelers
Replies: 4
Views: 8051

Very interesting topic on silverfish, very brightly explaining what it's good for.
by Etienne de Bary
Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:13 pm
Forum: Pavel
Topic: Campbell's Custom Rigs
Replies: 17
Views: 18212

if you want you can buy a dagger from me,etienne.this board will suit all your needs. i hope we will be in business shortly and i can test them more or less systematically, i try all of VinZzzz's. i did quite a bit of freeride on the 3dm slalom cruiser last summer, so it's maybe just a point of get...
by Etienne de Bary
Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:33 pm
Forum: Hardware & Bushings
Topic: Khiro Wedge Riser Kits Available Now
Replies: 10
Views: 14890

i will make an order VinZzzz and we try it together if that's OK for you :)
by Etienne de Bary
Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:20 pm
Forum: Europe
Topic: [2006] Paris Slalom World Cup 2006, May 25-28, 2006
Replies: 233
Views: 279114

We intend to use the Thursday for Giant slalom racing on a street outside of Trocadero, but we haven't got the authorization for that particular street yet. i suspect the city administration would prefer to offer to cut a boulevard on the sunday morning when traffic pressure is very low. Doing nati...
by Etienne de Bary
Wed Jan 25, 2006 4:15 pm
Forum: Pavel
Topic: Campbell's Custom Rigs
Replies: 17
Views: 18212

i agree 100%, i had never related the facts but i have very deep concave feet sole actually.
by Etienne de Bary
Wed Jan 25, 2006 4:07 pm
Forum: Europe
Topic: [2006] Paris Slalom World Cup 2006, May 25-28, 2006
Replies: 233
Views: 279114

Re: Paris dates: from the 25th to the 28th of May 2006

Vincent Berruchon wrote:Riderz and the CDRS75 (parisian comitee of the french federation) booked the Trocadero slopes from the 25th to the 28th of May 2006.
by Etienne de Bary
Wed Jan 25, 2006 11:23 am
Forum: Pavel
Topic: Campbell's Custom Rigs
Replies: 17
Views: 18212

So this deck has a moderate rounded concave ?
by Etienne de Bary
Wed Jan 25, 2006 10:59 am
Forum: Pavel
Topic: Campbell's Custom Rigs
Replies: 17
Views: 18212

Re: What the truck?

Sam Gordon wrote:one of the crucified Lazer freestyles pimped by Geezer-X
looks pretty much like some Vlad Popov customised truck he uses for pushing the 20cones challenge...

Image
by Etienne de Bary
Tue Jan 24, 2006 10:47 am
Forum: Pavel
Topic: Campbell's Custom Rigs
Replies: 17
Views: 18212

Quite sexy, the foot locker is a smart idea.
What's the front truck ?
by Etienne de Bary
Tue Jan 24, 2006 10:11 am
Forum: Random Slalom Topics
Topic: [deleted]
Replies: 21
Views: 23135

it's difficult to judge the process if we do not actually know the situation, particularly how far the cops were actually rude, what is the relation between the particular cop and his hierarchy (how far and deeply he was really backed by his superiors), between cops and the university hierarchy, and...
by Etienne de Bary
Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:34 pm
Forum: Pavel
Topic: Chris has a new toy.....
Replies: 22
Views: 19254

Mike Cividino wrote:Marty, I dont even know where to start....But pretty funny stuff man!.
Now do the same for Chris Backgrounds ;)
by Etienne de Bary
Sun Jan 22, 2006 8:46 pm
Forum: New to slalom skateboarding?
Topic: wheel duro
Replies: 15
Views: 14617

94A front, 90A rear* *for TS rmn high duros Avalon are more predictable. Question N°2 is how much do you slide at each turn, and not lose your speed, and what would be your duros for Special to compare, and do you use trimmed/HotSpot, etc. ? (not a typical beginner question, just to grip, 80a 86a i...
by Etienne de Bary
Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:32 pm
Forum: ISSA - Old topics
Topic: ISSA re-launch 2006
Replies: 47
Views: 60973

Jani... Could you tell me what is the respective part of the forum and association, and what is exactly the job to actually perform ? You know, i kind of feel it's a good thing to do, but it's not much more precise than that i must admit... Ok we must set rules/definitions of the sport, but apart of...
by Etienne de Bary
Fri Jan 20, 2006 6:02 pm
Forum: ISSA - Old topics
Topic: ISSA re-launch 2006
Replies: 47
Views: 60973

Re: Number of votes -- no need to argue about that right now

Ettiene: I think you may have underestimated the number of USA participants. The 3 largest cities in the USA have over 57 million people combined and the 6 largest Swiss cities have only 2 million combined. And there are plenty more "mid-size" cities in the USA than in Switzerland. In every urban a...
by Etienne de Bary
Fri Jan 20, 2006 5:35 pm
Forum: ISSA Rules & Discussion
Topic: Wheel size limit
Replies: 43
Views: 57186

Ramón Königshausen wrote:We'd have to introduce that. It might be no problem here in Switzerland. Just some rules about steepness, offset, goofy/regular course and so on had to be fixed...
a few cones, i would add, maybe...
by Etienne de Bary
Fri Jan 20, 2006 12:52 am
Forum: ISSA - Old topics
Topic: ISSA re-launch 2006
Replies: 47
Views: 60973

It will not be possible having weight on countries like it once was beacuse of USA and Europe is not in phase. Europe has not yet got its Union in place. Corky, get real, the big federation of states that regularly produces most of slalom champions was constituted several centuries ago: (united sta...
by Etienne de Bary
Thu Jan 19, 2006 12:10 pm
Forum: Starting Line / Ramps
Topic: My Ramp Starts Suck, So I Built a Start Ramp For Practice!
Replies: 11
Views: 17500

The great thing would be to find a way to build a ramp that grows higher and tighter as you grow better and more confident. Pierre Samray did something like that in Antibes, a (fast) 3 parts ramp with a removable center part...
by Etienne de Bary
Thu Jan 19, 2006 10:59 am
Forum: Random Slalom Topics
Topic: "the dark side of the cone"
Replies: 789
Views: 1022727

This Just In: "Updated: 09:36 AM EST 1970s Teen Idol Leif Garrett Arrested LOS ANGELES (Jan. 18) - Seventies teen idol Leif Garrett was being held without bail after authorities said he was suspected of carrying narcotics and not having a subway ticket." Another one of Joe Iacovelli's idols has fal...
by Etienne de Bary
Thu Jan 19, 2006 10:36 am
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: [2006] What's wrong with the world ranking system?
Replies: 24
Views: 32608

Anybody else ???

Hey, let's drop this for 8 hours, it's only europeans here now, let's have some reactions from the other side before we go ahead...
by Etienne de Bary
Thu Jan 19, 2006 10:15 am
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: [2006] What's wrong with the world ranking system?
Replies: 24
Views: 32608

i think you must be right Vincent, ... until now Jani has used the SS.com financers as a limited decision college, ... If we want to go forward we have to go thru the "evaluating the respective weight of each nation" process and make quotas, this process would be very destructive and painful since s...
by Etienne de Bary
Wed Jan 18, 2006 12:59 pm
Forum: Europe
Topic: [2006] Paris Slalom World Cup 2006, May 25-28, 2006
Replies: 233
Views: 279114

Etienne de Bary wrote:Passy INVASION 8D
Just a joke...

The dates are still sure-sure ? SO gave me other dates...
by Etienne de Bary
Sun Jan 15, 2006 9:21 pm
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: [2006] Region East Atlantic: Europe
Replies: 126
Views: 179707

OK :)
by Etienne de Bary
Sat Jan 14, 2006 5:49 pm
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: [2006] Region East Atlantic: Europe
Replies: 126
Views: 179707

Ramón Königshausen wrote:everybody should have to take a vote
What if i have no opinion ?
by Etienne de Bary
Sat Jan 14, 2006 3:01 pm
Forum: ISSA World Ranking
Topic: [2006] What's wrong with the world ranking system?
Replies: 24
Views: 32608

Corky's work is efficient, parameters seem well balanced, ... one is free to invest a few years work in trying create one more convincing, i guess it would end up quite the same but with alt managers... then what ?
by Etienne de Bary
Fri Jan 13, 2006 12:11 am
Forum: Europe
Topic: [2006] Paris Slalom World Cup 2006, May 25-28, 2006
Replies: 233
Views: 279114

or rue de Passy...
Passy INVASION 8D
by Etienne de Bary
Wed Jan 11, 2006 7:37 pm
Forum: For Sale - Wanted
Topic: indy 101's on ebay - HURRY!
Replies: 7
Views: 6370

This is not for you :p !
by Etienne de Bary
Sat Dec 24, 2005 10:11 am
Forum: New to slalom skateboarding?
Topic: ok im new here and i was wondering if i ordered an ok set up
Replies: 12
Views: 12949

Re: top rear bushing

brad wrote:Maybe it's my imagination, but the setup seemed incredibly more turny than the double yellow (medium hard), and took a bit to get used to.
You should give a bit more wedge. The geometry is a bit modified. Got to squeeze it well to fit in its room.
by Etienne de Bary
Sat Dec 24, 2005 8:31 am
Forum: New to slalom skateboarding?
Topic: ok im new here and i was wondering if i ordered an ok set up
Replies: 12
Views: 12949

i use both blue Khiro Barrel and insert, i never used harder ones. The small insert is fine on the rear set-up as there is just to hold the hanger well placed laterally, a red one sounds like a good idea too but i never tried. The big blue insert is great on a RtX if you give a very strong wedge and...
by Etienne de Bary
Fri Dec 23, 2005 10:03 am
Forum: Random Slalom Topics
Topic: Slalom picture of the year 2005
Replies: 75
Views: 76676

Yes we have a great photographer on the Pirate Parisian races, Do you know his real name David ? B&W pictures are made with a chamber, you can see the incredible details piqué in the backgrounds.
by Etienne de Bary
Wed Dec 21, 2005 5:13 pm
Forum: New to slalom skateboarding?
Topic: ok im new here and i was wondering if i ordered an ok set up
Replies: 12
Views: 12949

Re: Radikal clear on rear

Do u think the Radikal clear would work for 140 lb, about 65 kg, rider? when you say flat ring, r u referring to the metal ring between bushing and nut The clear Radikal bushing is really quite soft. i use it between the baseplate and the Hanger into both RtS and Airflow trucks, i use a small inser...
by Etienne de Bary
Tue Dec 20, 2005 11:34 pm
Forum: New to slalom skateboarding?
Topic: ok im new here and i was wondering if i ordered an ok set up
Replies: 12
Views: 12949

You can add wedge to the front truck, little by little as you get used to it. i adapt a Radikal clear bushing inside the RtS on a flat ring. Your rear truck should be stable, your front truck should turn as much as you can.
by Etienne de Bary
Tue Dec 20, 2005 11:19 pm
Forum: Random Slalom Topics
Topic: "the dark side of the cone"
Replies: 789
Views: 1022727

At the #1 Paris Pirate there was a young Ella with terribly worn out wheels.