Wesley Tucker wrote:. Hell, in 150 hours of skating anyone could become competitive at slalom.

Good to know ! I feel much better now. 145 more hours to go.

I don't know if this might help or not but maybe getting together some professional looking documentation relateing to what you want to do. It should probably be in non-skate speak explaning your objectives and experiences. Also maybe talking to skateshop/park owners and other motivated skaters on h...

I hope to stop by. I'm haveing a deck made but it might not be ready. I retired my crooked truck, ugly, homemade 1st try slalom board because it was awful. :o)

Yeah, Yeah good work on the site. It seems very organized and easy to navigate. Keep up the good work :o )

Here are some photos I took. Due to the quality of the camera and my horrible photography skills alot did not come out good. Here they are anyway, I cropped most of them for size and easy viewing. There is also a zip file for anyone who just wants them all. I apologize once again, If you were there ...

Maybe next time I can show up and skate with you folks. I was chasing my longboard around Newburyport's bowls not realizing this stuff was going on minutes away. Yeah Yeah Derek told me about it the day before, but I just flaked out. I do that often.

Hey Derek I probably won't be able to make either of those Newburyport sessions. I definetly want to run cones this weekend, Saturday would be best for me. I'd even like to skate some bowls too, my back is all better but now I'm sporting holes in my knees from many nice falls this past week. Sunday ...

I'm very interested in the September races if not to race, at least watch and learn. I work in Somerville so if any help is needed in the evening the night before or day of I can get their pretty quick. The hype over the Charles River park is very cool. I can't wait for it to be a reality. Hopefully...

what'd you do to your back? Don't let this guy fool you guys, he's fast like the wind. Anyone who does ollie disasters on a 44" longboard at Newburyport is one to be feared. He gets no head starts. I don't trust that homemade board either. That thing will need to be inspected before race time. I th...

I'd be very interested in some slaloming on the 8th or 9th of May. This upcoming Saturday I'm busy helping a family member move(if my back gets better) but Sunday I'd like to skate anything or everything, i'm not picky. I get no internet or e-mail on the weekends so if anyone would like to skate wit...

Man I want to go too, but I got to much crap to take care of this weekend. Hey Derek when we meet up again you could try my skate, it has an angled riser in the back as well as the front. Both are pointing to the nose. It might not be as stable as yours as its homemade and the trucks are peiced toge...

Thanks for the heads up about the scene. I hope to meet these folks eventually : )

An ugly guy needs an ugly board.

Matt

Come on don't you want to try my custom homemade rig.




Thanks to Glenn S I got the skate tuned pretty good

I'm just getting started with skateing slalom. I have a skate that is a homemade deck with some 3dm Cambria and some no name trucks that I've been tuning. I've been skateing for quite a few years and have been longboarding for about 4-5 of those. I've never run cones and would like to give it a try....

Danny Crawford wrote:Get some better equipment and make a longer board.

Yep thats on the todo list.

woohoo, I accomplished 1 goal so far: Got on a slalom board for 1st time in a local parking garage. It was great, got wheelbite went flying but either way I'm excited with it. Next accomplishment is getting better parts, that'll have to wait a while, too broke from upcoming vacation.

Excellent Photos ! I always dig seeing photos of slalom skaters ripping up the courses. The other misc. photos are great also.

Get on a slalom skateboard. After that is accomplished I need to get some better parts, thats another goal.

Perfect !! Thanks for the info.

Hi, I'm constructing a slalom board to learn on. The deck is 28.5 x 8 and I'm not sure what my wheelbase should be. I intend to try and learn tight slalom with it. I've had the wheelbase measured at 19.5 inches but i'm not sure if this is going to be too big. What would you veterans recommend for a ...

I don't know about the power thing. Your right about 1.) It is a little harder to setup foot positioning for obstacles especially where space is tight and there are many obstacles to hit and speed is needed inbetween. Mongo footed wheelies don't occur once you get comfortable, I mostly skate with my...

I'm 27 and I haven't started yet : o (
I'm poor so I'm waiting for Santa to give me some slalom wheels for X-Mas. By then my deck should be ready and I'll start the learning. Currently I'm visiting this forum to learn anything and everything I can to get me started.