Which griptape?
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Which griptape?
hello to the rest,
i am looking for a better traction for my forefoot without using a foot-blocker. read about the psitolgrip and about to order some foot -DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS ???
would be great to get reply - thanks in advance and cheers from berlin
sven lippert
i am looking for a better traction for my forefoot without using a foot-blocker. read about the psitolgrip and about to order some foot -DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS ???
would be great to get reply - thanks in advance and cheers from berlin
sven lippert
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You can buy industrial sandpaper for sanding floors. Something around 80-50 grit woudl do teh job. Use Contact cement to adhere it.
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BARB'S SANDPAPER ON EBAY
...not that I know anything but I use Barb's self-adhesive sandpaper exclusively and it totally rocks. The price is right too:
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hey chris
ok chris, but it`s always good to hear a second opinion but it all goes in the same direction. did you always belive what your parents said without asking a another buddy .....
cool and have a nice weekend
cool and have a nice weekend
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OW tape
I have an S-Camber that formerly belonged to Micheal Dong. He put 50-Grit floor-sanding-paper on it, which is burly enough to be felt thru my Vans. Awesome board, much fun, and I've had it set-up pretty nicely, until a week before The Farm. Being a nice guy, I loaned my RTX's out to Rick, and put a steeper wedge + old-style Fultracker up on the nose of the S-camber. Cool, still turned sharp and quick, but the footstop now is just a bit (5mm) ahead of the front axle. Also, if I cranked a turn too deep, my front wheels could rub.
Man, I set myself up...
So, I'm cruising at dusk (work 2nd shift now) during lunch break, easy hill, just some pumping turns. I turn in just past my car, and into a vacant industrial lot to slow down. I hit some unseen loose sand, overturned, snagged some front-end wheelbite, Going Down Quick, I lift my front foot, hoping to land on the kneepads. My toeblock snags, the board kicks forward, back knee touches down fine 9on pad), front leg lands on this BURLY griptape along the side of my calf. Un-real skin shreddage... Had to put two 4"x4" guaze pads on this scuffer, and limp back to work for another 3 hours. It's healed up nicely now (though I'm missing some freckles on that leg), but Itches like blazes.
Lesson here; Don't get too aggressive with the griptape, or, don't ride unfamiliar roads at sunset... Whichever...
Man, I set myself up...
So, I'm cruising at dusk (work 2nd shift now) during lunch break, easy hill, just some pumping turns. I turn in just past my car, and into a vacant industrial lot to slow down. I hit some unseen loose sand, overturned, snagged some front-end wheelbite, Going Down Quick, I lift my front foot, hoping to land on the kneepads. My toeblock snags, the board kicks forward, back knee touches down fine 9on pad), front leg lands on this BURLY griptape along the side of my calf. Un-real skin shreddage... Had to put two 4"x4" guaze pads on this scuffer, and limp back to work for another 3 hours. It's healed up nicely now (though I'm missing some freckles on that leg), but Itches like blazes.
Lesson here; Don't get too aggressive with the griptape, or, don't ride unfamiliar roads at sunset... Whichever...
"Surfin' these Old Hills since back in The Day"