Hey! i am new to the forum
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Boyd de visser
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John Gilmour
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Boyd- look closely at some of the set ups in Dixie Cup on that website- it should give you an idea of proportion and so forth.
Your trucks are quite wide relative to the deck.
Try turning your wheels around it will make the overall width less and likely a little better for slalom.
I also had a slalom deck where the wheels were much wider- I was 15, it was a Henry Hester Fibreflex deck with Trackers. It was easy to pump with the wide trucks- the board was only 5 inches wide, but for racing the trucks usually are not much wider than the board.
Your trucks are quite wide relative to the deck.
Try turning your wheels around it will make the overall width less and likely a little better for slalom.
I also had a slalom deck where the wheels were much wider- I was 15, it was a Henry Hester Fibreflex deck with Trackers. It was easy to pump with the wide trucks- the board was only 5 inches wide, but for racing the trucks usually are not much wider than the board.
One good turn deserves another
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Boyd de visser
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Boyd de visser wrote:so if in the future i have some sessions whit donald and the others i could buy decks of him since www.sickboards.com doesnt sell pavel boards and they rly looks greatYOYO SHULTZ wrote:Donald is the MAN behind Pavel....he own the company!Boyd de visser wrote:oh and btw donald are u an employee of pavel skateboards? or manager since your the admin for that section
YES! I can only recommend the Pavel decks.....I am riding one myself AND Donald supports and pushes Slalom, whereas sickboards is only in for the money.

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so if in the future i have some sessions whit donald and the others i could buy decks of him since www.sickboards.com doesnt sell pavel boards and they rly looks greatYOYO SHULTZ wrote:Donald is the MAN behind Pavel....he own the company!Boyd de visser wrote:oh and btw donald are u an employee of pavel skateboards? or manager since your the admin for that section
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Re: Hey! i am new to the forum
Welcome to the Forum!Boyd de visser wrote:Hi my name is Boyd an 15year old schoolar from the netherlands.
i have been longboarding for over 4years now 2years of mostly downhill, just started slalom an few weeks ago since i got inspired by some other rider of the www.adrenalinsports.nl forum .
i just made my first board an hand made 71cm slalom board inspired on the Force SL race deck gonna mount it whit seismic 105mm 45angle trucks and seismic hotspots.
i am new to the forum and nice to meet u all.
greeting.
Boyd.
Just for your info if you are looking for other Dutch Slalom skaters.
In August I met Hans Lucas, you may want to get in touch with him as well.
Here is his email: archeo3@yahoo.com
Greets,
yoyo

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the problem right now is www.sickboards.nl the site i buy my gear seems to be offline for the last few days so i hope i can order some new slalom gear tommorow and have it next saturday or next week
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sure will do m8 but i first need to find an day where i can go on an 4hour long train ride.
perhaps next week but if cant make it due school and other things i will surely come at the holidays which are in i believe 3weeks here.
but i cant buy decks now for an while since i also bought an landyachtz DH race deck an while ago and as u know students dont have that much cash ^^
so i probably need to go back on my woodworking table
perhaps next week but if cant make it due school and other things i will surely come at the holidays which are in i believe 3weeks here.
but i cant buy decks now for an while since i also bought an landyachtz DH race deck an while ago and as u know students dont have that much cash ^^
so i probably need to go back on my woodworking table
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hey... i wouldn't do anthing on the wheels before we meet and have a sess.
you probably will also want to build yourself a different board after the session.
just keep on riding your board and enjoy it the way it is now.
you'll get a lot of insight into several things after we had our first session.
there you can also try a few things out and compare+you will get a lot of input at the course.
i think that's better for you to see things in real life than just internet advices.
here's my home phone# you can call me in the evening after 8 pm.00492115382440.
then we'll talk a bit and things will move on from there.
you probably will also want to build yourself a different board after the session.
just keep on riding your board and enjoy it the way it is now.
you'll get a lot of insight into several things after we had our first session.
there you can also try a few things out and compare+you will get a lot of input at the course.
i think that's better for you to see things in real life than just internet advices.
here's my home phone# you can call me in the evening after 8 pm.00492115382440.
then we'll talk a bit and things will move on from there.
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Hey! i am new to the forum
Hi my name is Boyd an 15year old schoolar from the netherlands.
i have been longboarding for over 4years now 2years of mostly downhill, just started slalom an few weeks ago since i got inspired by some other rider of the www.adrenalinsports.nl forum .
i just made my first board an hand made 71cm slalom board inspired on the Force SL race deck gonna mount it whit seismic 105mm 45angle trucks and seismic hotspots.
i am new to the forum and nice to meet u all.
greeting.
Boyd.
i have been longboarding for over 4years now 2years of mostly downhill, just started slalom an few weeks ago since i got inspired by some other rider of the www.adrenalinsports.nl forum .
i just made my first board an hand made 71cm slalom board inspired on the Force SL race deck gonna mount it whit seismic 105mm 45angle trucks and seismic hotspots.
i am new to the forum and nice to meet u all.
greeting.
Boyd.



