No offense taken from me Chris but skateboarding is just not safe, it just isn't. As far as that goes, crossing the street isn't either. We can minimize risk by making sure our equipment is safe and that the surface we ride on is too. We can make it less hazardous but the safety level is a personal choice unless it is forced on us.
Foot blocks are personal choices. If you are using a foot block, there are two points to remember.
1. Stepping off the deck in a forward motion is restricted. Pay careful attention when making an exit in that direction.
2. Shoe laces need to be secured to prevent fouling in the block.
This is all that I can think of in the way of caveats for foot blocks. They are used and will be experimented with until they are outlawed. I truly believe in the future of skateboard slalom, decks will have more footblock or sculptured surfaces to increase knowledge of "reference" to the board.
Chris, I understand your point and I also understand why people use them.
Gareth, thanks for posting the picture. I think it looks like a cool design. I personally like the pivoting block design ala Atilla.
Best Regards to you all.
On 2003-03-06 03:27, Chris Eggers wrote:
Oh man, that thing looks scary, so scary.
Why don´t we just use snowboard bindings? I don´t know, I still do not like the idea, keep it simple, grip tape for everyone. It is just my personal opinion, I do not want to offend anyone: there should not be anything else on the top of a skateboard than black griptape and maybe some stickers....
