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- Thu Dec 12, 2002 3:01 pm
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: "the dark side of the cone"
- Replies: 789
- Views: 1024017
On 2002-12-12 00:37, John Gilmour wrote: As for smack talking. I think everytime some smack is bantered around it must be followed with a "bid". Let's face it....a bunch of skaters scrounging for gear on EBAY paying ridiculous prices for 25 year old OJ's and hard to find Roller Skate wheels using s...
- Thu Dec 12, 2002 2:27 pm
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: "the dark side of the cone"
- Replies: 789
- Views: 1024017
On 2002-12-11 15:35, matthew wilson wrote: My results: Keep in mind that this is a joke!! da Farm v. 2: GS: DQ; TS: DQ (but I at least tried it.) NJ flatland thing: QUALIFIED at snails pace! Lost to my good friend Jim S. And that is why he is on my hit list. ------------ So, um....what does this al...
- Wed Dec 11, 2002 9:39 pm
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: BIG Feet
- Replies: 11
- Views: 9998
- Wed Dec 11, 2002 9:35 pm
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: "the dark side of the cone"
- Replies: 789
- Views: 1024017
My results: Keep in mind that this is a joke!! da Farm v. 2: GS: DQ; TS: DQ (but I at least tried it.) NJ flatland thing: QUALIFIED at snails pace! Lost to my good friend Jim S. And that is why he is on my hit list. ------------ So, um....what does this all mean?? Answer: That I suck the big fat mon...
- Fri Dec 06, 2002 2:31 pm
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: "the dark side of the cone"
- Replies: 789
- Views: 1024017
On 2002-12-05 14:33, Jim Siener wrote: Matt, I'll give you 5 cones AND I will ride my BASS Board. You'll need more than a strong push to beat me, you gotta pump at sometime. If I loose I'll blame the board and go and buy a Roe, then I will toast you back. Jim That is why I said I need some pumping ...
- Thu Dec 05, 2002 7:16 pm
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: How We Can Get More Races Going...
- Replies: 28
- Views: 21483
Vlad-- I agree with you. Talking junk while racing an opponent is unethical. HOWEVER, I think that it should be legal, though not encouraged (obviously). Reason: Though talking crap to your opponenet may cause SOME guys to lose their nerve and lose, I think that it would bring out the best racing ab...
- Wed Dec 04, 2002 6:38 pm
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: "the dark side of the cone"
- Replies: 789
- Views: 1024017
On 2002-12-04 11:18, Henry Julier wrote: Vasocreta- I'm hyped up about my ICK because it's special. Is your board special? Didn't think so. I am quite intelligent though, thanks for pointing that out. Henry You're welcome on the intelligence thing. As for your ICK, well, I know it's special. Kind o...
- Wed Dec 04, 2002 5:03 pm
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: "the dark side of the cone"
- Replies: 789
- Views: 1024017
I have no authority to talk smack since I am a low life, sorry sight of a slalomer. However, that is slowly (SLOWLY) changing. Maybe it will change more quickly soon enough. Though all the sand and salt on the roads right now make practice impossible. Anyway, I have a few targets in my sights and I ...
- Wed Nov 27, 2002 6:50 am
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: "Extreme Sports" Label
- Replies: 47
- Views: 43861
Just when I think that I am having enough fun slaloming, Henry Hester comes along and makes posts like these! I slalom becasue it's fun and challenging. There is really not much more that we would ever need to show in order to generate more interest in the sport. I HATE labels like extreme. What the...
- Tue Nov 26, 2002 4:45 pm
- Forum: General Slalom Skateboard Truck Discussion
- Topic: Back Truck
- Replies: 3
- Views: 5113
I have a question about rear trucks. What makes a rear truck a good rear truck? I understand that we rely on the rear truck for a large part of our raction on a course, but what determins the amount of traction? I found this company online called <a href="http://www.o-shock.com/">o-shock</a> and som...
- Fri Nov 15, 2002 6:22 am
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: Pumping in the tights vs. pumping in the not-tights!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 15032
Thanks, Vlad. Did I screw up which bushings are tops and whicha re bottoms in my last post. That's my darn dislexia again! Anyway, where in the heck do I get longer king pins?? And do I really want to being doing that? I guess I must decide. As for the Donek...I am still saving up!! The season is he...
- Thu Nov 14, 2002 2:36 pm
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: Jani doing the "Jani Move"
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5257
- Wed Nov 13, 2002 3:15 pm
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: Pumping in the tights vs. pumping in the not-tights!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 15032
The work is the best part about slaloming!! Don't get me wrong. It is my own impatience that I must tame!! This is probably what hinders any athletic ability that I may have...IMPATIENCE. It is the absolute bane of my existence. With that aside, I feel that I am doing a pretty good job of making sur...
- Mon Nov 11, 2002 9:53 pm
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: Pumping in the tights vs. pumping in the not-tights!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 15032
- Mon Nov 11, 2002 7:20 pm
- Forum: Starting Line / Ramps
- Topic: Gates. gates, gates...
- Replies: 27
- Views: 41391
Has anyone experimented with trying to develop a system where the actual start of a timer is dictated by the position of a light? For example, a system that consisted of tape switches in each lane that would not be activated until a red light turned green, let's say. If a skater false started the li...
- Mon Nov 11, 2002 6:32 pm
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: Pumping in the tights vs. pumping in the not-tights!
- Replies: 17
- Views: 15032
I am not sure where this should go, but I wanted to touch on the topic of pumping....again. I apologize if this has been talked to death, but this past weekend while skating some cones set at 5' CoC, I wondered how it is that I have had an easier time learning to pump through tighter cones than thos...
- Thu Nov 07, 2002 4:20 pm
- Forum: Tracker
- Topic: Superballs!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 12448
- Fri Nov 01, 2002 2:30 pm
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: a way to start a "Youth class" for slalom
- Replies: 29
- Views: 29701
hmmmm, that there Jim is a smart one!! I think that last thought is a super-important one to consider. Jumping to the extrmes (i.e. jumping from all us "older" folks to pre-teen kids) may be a bit draqstic in thinking. It may also be unrealistic when put alongside how most other sports progress. If ...
- Thu Oct 31, 2002 2:22 pm
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: a way to start a "Youth class" for slalom
- Replies: 29
- Views: 29701
John, I agree totally that this is not skateboarding, at least not in the way that skateboarding is portrayed to the world today. I mean even the stark obviousnous (is that a word?) is not apparent to everyone. How many people do you encounter each week asking you that question: "What are you doing?...
- Mon Oct 28, 2002 9:06 pm
- Forum: Gates & Course Setting
- Topic: Setting a Course (chalk line?)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 48677
- Mon Oct 28, 2002 1:32 pm
- Forum: ISSA Site administration
- Topic: Slalom! [online] in full swing!!!
- Replies: 30
- Views: 34259
- Thu Oct 24, 2002 9:15 pm
- Forum: RoeRacing
- Topic: John Gilmour with Roe Racing boards...
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7607
- Thu Oct 24, 2002 9:12 pm
- Forum: Media Resources
- Topic: Logo Design for SlalomSkateboarder.com
- Replies: 3
- Views: 4985
- Thu Oct 24, 2002 5:00 pm
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: a way to start a "Youth class" for slalom
- Replies: 29
- Views: 29701
Deb-- your response is just a GREAT one. It provides perspective from 3 VERY major angles: as manfacturer, everyday citizen, and mother. I agree with you wholeheartedly. The "kick-flipper" community is an essential market to be tapped. In fact, I think that if that group is not drawn to slalom, then...
- Thu Oct 24, 2002 4:39 pm
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: Where is slalom growing the quickest? Then and Now.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5093
GREAT post, John and Leo. Gosh, I grew up in a Bridgeport, CT and I don't recall EVER seeing a skateboard in my youth--though they must have been around somewhere. I am actually saddened by the fact that I never learned about slalom earlier, it would have suited my childhood personality. Exposure se...
- Wed Oct 23, 2002 3:07 pm
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: a way to start a "Youth class" for slalom
- Replies: 29
- Views: 29701
Andy, excellent point!!! If any program is going to start, there must be a number of representatives who can establish that lead. ROLE MODELS! Do we even have enough of them who can and are willing to start programs? Building a product is NOT like building a following! In product production, you can...
- Tue Oct 22, 2002 5:33 am
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: a way to start a "Youth class" for slalom
- Replies: 29
- Views: 29701
- Mon Oct 21, 2002 4:03 pm
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: a way to start a "Youth class" for slalom
- Replies: 29
- Views: 29701
Leo-- I hear your point much ouder now that I understand your demographic. The USA market would be a very different place to break into than a more traditional European-style market. When I spent some time in Italy I noticed very different buying trends than those found in the USA. John-- I agree wi...
- Fri Oct 18, 2002 9:13 pm
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: a way to start a "Youth class" for slalom
- Replies: 29
- Views: 29701
Leo-- I am with you to a degree. I agree that prices need to get lower in order to create prolonged growth within the sport. But from a sport standpoint, or a hobby standpoint, $200 is not an amount that I think most kids' parents would balk at. I talked to a mother at my office who just dropped $10...
- Wed Oct 16, 2002 8:03 pm
- Forum: Seismic / 3dm
- Topic: Cambria and Avalon
- Replies: 11
- Views: 16437
- Tue Oct 08, 2002 10:11 pm
- Forum: Random Slalom Topics
- Topic: a way to start a "Youth class" for slalom
- Replies: 29
- Views: 29701
John, I think that your ideas are pretty much on the money. The only concern I have is parental support. I know I speak from speculation here, but I would venture to guess that most parents would be hesitatn in getting their children involved in skateboarding. For some reason, football seems to be s...
- Mon Oct 07, 2002 9:45 pm
- Forum: North America
- Topic: Fall Farm Series
- Replies: 23
- Views: 20479
- Wed Oct 02, 2002 5:48 pm
- Forum: General Slalom Skateboard Deck Discussion
- Topic: Slalomboards from Sweden
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7065
I had a question about European slalomboards. From what I hear, the Europeans run cones much tighter than we have a tendancy to run here in the US. However, many of our top riders here in the US spend a lot of time trying to trim down their wheelbases. The average tight slalom board here has a wheel...
- Mon Sep 30, 2002 6:18 am
- Forum: North America
- Topic: HELP
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2324
CALL FOR HELP!! I am putting together a brochure regarding slalom skateboarding and I am looking for some info regarding the history of the sport. This brochure will be available as a PDF file for download from the B.A.S.S. <a href="http://www.vasocreta.com/boston_slalom/">Web page</a> after I finis...
- Sat Sep 28, 2002 7:01 am
- Forum: North America
- Topic: B.A.S.S.
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2597
For those who don't know, B.A.S.S. stands for Boston Area Slalom Sessions. Two guys, myself (Matt aka. vasocreta), and Jim S. (lot33), have been meeting regularly in and around the Boston area to learn to slalom. We have had quite a few sessions so far, and we have typically met on Wednesday evening...
- Thu Sep 26, 2002 3:51 pm
- Forum: North America
- Topic: B.A.S.S.
- Replies: 0
- Views: 2685
- Tue Sep 24, 2002 6:38 pm
- Forum: Arena
- Topic: VENUES!!!!!!!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 13396
hmmm...I have to agree that racing on the street is a GREAT thing and should not change. An arena for slalom skateboarding?? I don't think so! It is a nice thought, but then there will be hot debates as to what type of concrete or asphalt is used, control and maintenence of the building, etc. I thin...
- Tue Sep 24, 2002 4:21 pm
- Forum: Fibreflex
- Topic: model "Response"
- Replies: 17
- Views: 30329
Hi, debbie. I had a question regarding the Response and Response Pro. The Fibreflex Web site does not provide suggested rider weights for the decks they offer. Can you provide that information for the above decks? I currently ride a Comet, and am thinking of trying out somethingthat is a little more...
- Mon Sep 23, 2002 5:40 pm
- Forum: Comet
- Topic: Comet Race Narrow
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6524
As someone put it in an email to me recently: The Comet Race Narrow is "a steel toothpick." I have to agree. I am fairly new to slalom, and after a fair amount of research I somehow decided that the this board was the best for me to start on. Well, I may have been wrong about that since the flex on ...
- Mon Sep 23, 2002 5:14 am
- Forum: North America
- Topic: ? about G.R.A.S.S. movement
- Replies: 6
- Views: 7482
<b>OR...B.A.S.S.!!</b> If you don't like GRASS, you can go with BASS. God, I'm corny. Anyway, to make this post relevant, I spoke to a 14 year old kid about coming to some of the Boston Area Slalom Sessions. Although I have little hope for the kid's immediate involvement, I am convinved that the ter...