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Wesley Tucker

Ok, I'm hip to a spec class. IROC proved there's a certain appeal to having everyone in the same thing and seeing who's really the best "driver," not just the guy who can afford all the new stuff. My only question is AVAILABILITY. Let's just suppose I crawl off my warm couch and head up the intersta...

Wesley Tucker

The one thing Chaput's diagram illustrates well is something that always blows my mind about new school skaters. Have you ever watched these kids skate in the street? THEY DON'T BEND THEIR KNEES! They skate standing straight up and down and they push like a little kid trying to get started on a bicy...

Wesley Tucker

I posted at 5:11 EST
It looks like Jack posted at 5:47 PST

Jack, you're gonna have to get up a lot earlier to beat this rabbit! :razz:

[ This Message was edited by: Wesley Tucker on 2002-12-18 09:39 ]

Wesley Tucker

"essence (n.) 1. The quality or QUALITIES of a thing that give it its identity; the intrinsic or indispensible PROPERTIES of a thing." (My emphaisis.) In other words, the ESSENCE of anything is many parts, not just one specific element you can hang your hat on. Whether its push starts, turning or pu...

Wesley Tucker

[quote] On 2002-12-17 16:12, WesE wrote: I like the thought of eliminating push-starts by using ramps, as the push-start is not a slalom technique.>> Wes, Dan't take this the wrong way, but you are completely wrong. Trust me, I read Henry Hester's Skate Tip on Crow Hop starting so many times to know...

Wesley Tucker

I think it's blurred because you were laughing so hard you couldn't hold the camera still!

(I do this sort of thing all through the picture.)

Wesley Tucker

Oh, one thing more about racing at 'da Farm. I will admit that the difference in Bruce's performance between Boston and Morro was like night and day. I was really impressed that when I looked over my shoulder he was only two or three cones behind me. BUT, unless something changes dramatically betwee...

Wesley Tucker

Well, actually, I got pics of Deanna Caulkins on my wall. (I hope Terry doesn't read this?)

But hey, Bruce, if Piercy floats yer boat, have at it!

(There are kids out there born since the Reagan Administration who have absolutely no idea what we're talking about!)

Wesley Tucker

It's only smack if it's an exaggeration intended to exacerbate or provoke an already smoldering situation. When making an honest observation, though, about specific physiological parameters, it's what's known as "motivational therapy."

Wesley Tucker

Well, before this thing gets really carried away, let me do a little scribbling here. There are a few folks reading all this and wondering, "what the hell are they talking about?" Quite honestly, unless you went to an event where either me or Bruce raced, there may be a little confusion as to exactl...

Wesley Tucker

Of course, I already have one notable advantage:

I know how to find Vista!

Wesley Tucker

Maybe so, Vaso, but we're afraid.
We're very afraid.

Wesley Tucker

For 'da t'ird an' 'da las' time, it ain't my race!

Talk to the bald Greek guy. All I do is bring the leaf blower and some chalk . . . and sleep comfortably in out of the rain!

Hah. Chris said "Swiss" and "cheap" in the same sentence. That's funny.

Wesley Tucker

Eric, I'm a guy who lives in South Carolina and has slalomed since '75. I quit riding with any consistency around '92 and started back again in Feburary. The two things I take the most heat about is my equipment (which when I started back riding was 100% ALL vintage,) and my stance. I'm the only rid...

Wesley Tucker

John, For the record, Claude and I also raced pro at the World's. I qualified fast enough in the "C" group to move up to the "B" Group on Friday where I was eliminated by Atilla. Claude lucked out in that he was 33rd out of 32 qualifiers. When Bad H looked at Main Street Morro Bay and decided he did...

Wesley Tucker

Joe, I intend to race. I intend to race a lot. Just like I did this year. I have no idea what Brady intends to do. Probably pose and delude himself into believing he's making a valuable contribution. Sure, if he comes up in the bracket opposite me I'll race him. Well, I'll race the clock. He'll race...

Wesley Tucker

Again Brady reveals his stupidity. The difference in mere "words" is the difference between a racer and a poser. Simple as that. (As a quick point, there is a difference between "stupidity" and "ignorance." "Ignorance" is not knowing, "stupidity" is knowing better. A man of Brady's advanced years sh...

Wesley Tucker

Originally when Brady wrote this story, there was a line in there how everyone told him that if I was involved in the next Folly race, no one would come. Seems that little fabrication died a horrible death. The overall response I've heard and read about the event is that if only a fraction of the vi...

Wesley Tucker

Damn, Vlad, are you saying Parsons and I got all dressed up for nothing?

I'm crushed!:-)

Wesley Tucker

Yeah, you were looking back at me at the start when I was standing on the start ramp chuckling out loud! It's the OTHER END of the street that matters! Besides, I know you were behind me: otherwise, how could you have seen me fall? Ah, gotcha there! Bruce, you gotta make it to the Gathering in the S...

Wesley Tucker

Yeah, especially the cherished memory of some tall blonde guy riding off in a taxi with some other guy's ride home. :eek:

Wait. That wasn't me remembering that, it must have been somebody else?:-D

[ This Message was edited by: Wesley Tucker on 2002-12-11 17:31 ]

Wesley Tucker

Bruce! Glad to see you finally made it to a slalom-exclusive website. 'Twas a bit distracting having to wade through all that longboard and buttboard rabble, eh? By the way, I do hope you realize how much YOU OWE ME! After all, it's not like I got back from Morro and PUBLICIZED the relative times of...

Wesley Tucker

Vaso, it means you go to races, race and are part of the racing scene. Results come with racing, not from just talking about it. You're on the inside, doing what it takes to make yourself a more competitive racer. What you are NOT is some sorry posing slacker standing outside on the sidewalk with yo...

Wesley Tucker

My results in 2002: The Gathering: 12.09 time in the Cyber Slalom Somewhere between 9th and 15th place in the Hybrid. I remember my time was in the 17s, but I forget the placing. Folly Beach - The round of Eight in regular slalom, losing to Paul Price Round of Eight in the 36" Slalom, again losing t...

Wesley Tucker

Henry,

I'd vote for Ilva (strictly because of the "accent" she brings to racing, you understand.)

Of course, you're certainly welcome to your preferenes . . . not that there's anything wrong with that!

Wesley Tucker

See y'all on the 14th . . . of APRIL!

Wesley Tucker

Well, I won't be there (he says once again,) but here's my suggestion: perchance Mr. Bittner could ride by the P&R around sundown and give an update? I'm assuming the problem is if melting snow around the asphalt will cause run off that will keep everything wet? Maybe Andy could take a look tonight ...

Wesley Tucker

Jack, I think where Vlad is coming from is the point of view that no one WANTS TO MISS ANYTHING! It's not just the racing that makes the events special, it's the whole atmosphere that surrounds a weekend's racing. Unfortunately, sometimes there comes a point where you find yourself having to decide ...

Wesley Tucker

Yeah, it'll be right next to Vlad's last bestseller, "Stalinist Totalitarian Boorishness For Dummies."

[ This Message was edited by: Wesley Tucker on 2002-12-05 16:42 ]

Wesley Tucker

I had to think about this so it would be simple: Rule 1: Run 100 cones CLEAN Rule 2: Do it faster than anyone else. • Did Luca run 100 cones clean when he set his record? No. So his record is not THIS record. • Does everyone ride the same board setting the record? No. • So why is pitch, surface, sta...

Wesley Tucker

Gary, That's close to what I was saying two weeks ago. This record IS NOT about traveling a certain distance through 100 cones. It's about MAKING 100 cones. Period. If someone can set up 100 cones at 4 feet and reduce the travel distance to 396 feet, then power to 'em. Furthermore, if you set up 100...

Wesley Tucker

I won't be there, but I will throw this out. When Vlad and I were running straight cones on that side of the parking lot in July, it was filthy! About a third of the way down it was covered in broken glass, pebbles, sand, etc. Seems that lane isn't tended to quite as much as the traditional side. Un...

Wesley Tucker

Adam! It's important to learn something new everyday. Thanks for the advice. Instead of scrolling the list of FORUMS looking for new posts, I can just go to SEARCH and type in today's date ("2002-12-02") and up pops just the recent entries. Although I looked at the search option earlier when I first...

Wesley Tucker

Adam, I didn't know where else to ask this question, so I thought I'd put it here. Is there a time limit of some sort on some of these topics? It's not that I don't like the idea of a continuous archive of what is discussed, but the list of "random topics" is really getting lengthy. A good example i...

Wesley Tucker

Well, they might step in if EXTV decided to air female topless slalom.

Tway and Parsons without their shirts? God help us all!

P.S. Maybe I should cross post that to the smack forum?

Wesley Tucker

Let's see if I got this straight: Slalom Racing is on EX TV. EX TV is on the FOX Sports Network. But Fox has nothing to do with dissiminating the notion that Slalom Skateboard Racing is an extreme sport. Nothing like a condescending attitude to really put someone in their place. I feel so terribly c...

Wesley Tucker

Well, let's be blunt: "extreme sports" today is whatever the television networks call "extreme." I've seen base jumping, rodeo and even midnight disco bowling labelled as an "extreme" endeavor. Personally, I think the whole notion of "extreme sports" as being ridiculous. It's a media-made label desi...

Wesley Tucker

I pretty much rode then what I ride now. What's your point?

P.S. I have a bucket full of coned out, hollowed-out Kryp C-65 reds. Wonder what they'll fetch on eBay in 20 years?

Wesley Tucker

There is some discussion going on in "other" forums concerning a possible Product Of The Year. So far the nominees range from trucks to wheels, cones to timing systems. To be honest, though, I don't think "soul carvers" or "freestylers" give a damn one way or the other about cones or tape switches. ...

Wesley Tucker

Oh, one other thing. There's been quite a bit of discussion about how long it takes and how much effort is needed to set up a 100-cone course. Here's a question for you: are y'all setting the course and CIRCLING all the cones with chalk? My question would be why bother? The cone spacing doesn't matt...

Wesley Tucker

Been thinking a bit about this 100-cone thing and have come up with an idea. (I still think that a 100-cone race should be 100 cones clean, but that's another argument entirely.) If someone is really serious about setting a 100-cone world record, then perhaps the "trick" to making the grade is a DUA...

Wesley Tucker

Claude, that really depends on whether you count the raw speed or the corrected speed.

After all, anyone can rip it, but ripping it precisely is what counts.

Wesley Tucker

Ok, TK, I'll throw a little gas on the fire. A few weeks ago Joe Iacovelli made an observation on "some other skateboard slalom/event forum" that is worth repeating here. To me it was so enlightening that ever since I have found myself categorizing people who participate in these slalom skateboard f...

Wesley Tucker

A quick addendum: One of the things as a kid that I realized that made skateboarders "different" than most other athletes is that we, well, skateboard. Ever listen to ball players (basket-, base-, foot-, etc.) talk about practice? All they do is bitch about wind sprints, tackling drills, shagging fl...

Wesley Tucker

All I know is that if Bass fishing gets on ESPN, then by God slalom skateboarding certainly deserves a little air time now and then! Gilmour talks about setting up equipment before each event. Hah. How about deciding whether or not to spend $22,000 for a boat that get's an extra .5 knots on a glassy...

Wesley Tucker

Ok, time for semantics. This is the "100-cone straight slalom course." Not the "594-foot course," or the "545-foot course." The gist of it is ONE HUNDRED CONES. If you hit ONE cone, then it becomes a 99 CONE course. You fail. By the very nature of the course description, anyone who attempts this cou...

Wesley Tucker

John, the first time I ever heard about this stuff was sitting in the barn at Steve's house and you were showing your portfolio of pictures. Did you tell me the 100-cone races in Europe were all-or-nothing or was there a calculated time penalty? I know you said something and I even repeated it here ...

Wesley Tucker

Jack,

Sounds like Perfumo Canyon Road?

Wesley Tucker

If I remember correctly what Gilmour told me, the penalty is DEATH if you hit ONE. This is sort of a giant "Cyber Slalom": it's an all or none situation. As soon as JG gets online again and reads this thread, he can fill in all the details. If I remember correctly, he was involved in two 100-cone sl...

Wesley Tucker

Well, I'll repeat myself here for the third time what I have said twice in "another slalom forum": Slalom Skateboarding is not going to "take off" by getting kick flippers to run cones. The future growth of this sport is with guys who snowboard, wakeboard, boogie board, surf board, snow and water sk...

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