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Which griptape?
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 1:09 pm
by Sven Lippert
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
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 6:58 pm
by John Gilmour
You can buy industrial sandpaper for sanding floors. Something around 80-50 grit woudl do teh job. Use Contact cement to adhere it.
BARB'S SANDPAPER ON EBAY
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 10:42 pm
by Steve Collins
...not that I know anything but I use Barb's self-adhesive sandpaper exclusively and it totally rocks. The price is right too:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 4125520153
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 4125520065
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2004 2:29 am
by Adam Trahan
A couple of weeks ago I rode JG's Roe, according to Steve Michael, the one he used to win Breck, it had some of that 50grit Barbkat griptape, it sticks big time.
9" x 33" for $1.05 USD off of eBay.
I bought four sheets...
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2004 5:22 pm
by Sven Lippert
thanks a lot for all the suggestions - i think the industrial sandpaper solution will be the one for me - chris eggers from germany gave me the same idea - it must be right - whatever ...
cheers from berlin-germany
sven
Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2004 1:06 pm
by Chris Eggers
soso sven
just follow my orders and you will be well off............haha
chris
hey chris
Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2004 4:05 pm
by Sven Lippert
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
Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2004 4:11 pm
by Chris Eggers
Hav a nice wekend too, I am not your Dad!
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Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2004 8:15 am
by Sven Lippert
...for shure not - but it one day you will feel like one and these are great moments
OW tape
Posted: Thu Aug 23, 2007 6:50 am
by Eric Brammer
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...