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Paul Howard

Hey, we decided to move the date and make it a 2 day event,

Oct 13th Saterday - 2 separate courses
Oct 14th Sunday - Head to head assmytrical courses

Paul Howard

Yes, I COMPLETELY agree with every reason stated for having the kicktail added-on in a wedge form onto a straight tailed deck(which can be concave) as opposed to a laminated/bent kicktail. Solid, secure, safer, less squish and torsional twist to the rear truck mounting bolts, etc. That's my story an...

Paul Howard

Hey, Thanks again for the pictures, that was fun, glad you and everyone else made it to Salem. -Paul

Paul Howard

Hey, I just saw these, that was fun and thanks for posting your pictures. - Paul

Paul Howard

Those wheels have served me well as well as their 3DM reincarnations. I still use them. I weighed at most 170lbs and now weigh 150lbs. For me the Grey 85A's were always a better Front wheel with the white 80A's in back. That was always and is still the "go anywhere and be safe" combination. I now mo...

Paul Howard

OK: The Phase One(on the Tracker RT-X baseplate) was made to be a rear truck but if positive wedged 15 degrees it makes a good front end, especially for flat ground tight slalom, it actually produces the sensation of "pulling" you similar to a Radikal front especially if you have developed good fron...

Paul Howard

Here's some shameless endorsement: The Subsonic Pauliwog is noncambered, concave, you can have wheelwells put in, has a nice wide front end for your front foot and the tail is wide enough to get leverage but narrow enough to wrap your toes over the edge and you heel also for edge control. And it has...

Paul Howard

A flex/camber Roe will work great if you ride with at least one foot(or both feet) in between the trucks and learn how to pump the flexing camber and have a nice feel on bigger courses. Now that Roe has lower camber, each deck will be more usable for a wider range of courses. A stiff noncamber Fatbo...

Paul Howard

Karl- Like you, I prefer a stiff concave deck on supertight flat, tight, and hybrid/general courses and I only ever seem to want flex/camber on bigger hybrid/general and giant courses. I also find I like the camber to be very low like in the range of 1/10" to 1/4" max. However, the more I ride, the ...

Paul Howard

OK, so I'm late out of the gate here too, but here's my 2 Cents:

Barrett/PPS sent me a Mollica Hardcore and a Mitchell E-Series for prizes at my event April 1st 2007(among other manufactures as well) so I and everyone was stoked for that.

Adios - P

Paul Howard

Hey, so is the rest of the deck cambered or straight/non-cambered (it is clearly concave from the pictures)? Just my two cents: I find that on tighter courses camber gets in my way and definately slows me down and just makes me whack cones and lose reaction speed in the turn so It's not incorporated...

Paul Howard

Those look pretty good, correct me if I'm wrong but they look like the tail is not as steep as the Sk8kings Axe. I think that's a good idea as the Axe is a good deck but the tail always seemed too severe for me personnaly. Adios- Paul

Paul Howard

Eric, good choice, I think that combination will work well for you. You can also put longer kinpins in Indy's, if you have the new Indy with the new kind of kingpin, just knock/press it out and get the longer hex-head grade 8 3/8" replacemen. Next mix some JB Weld to fill the space around the hex he...

Paul Howard

Hey, Since it's my model, I'll give you my personal 2 Cents: It's my favorite board ever for Tight slalom, Super tight, and tighter hybrid/general. For trucks I have used different combinations but I always came back to this: Asphalt Playground PHASE ONE rear truck in the 107mm width, Gary has re-is...

Paul Howard

Nice work: SEISMICS AND TRACKERS: I Use the the 30 degree baseplate and in the REAR ONLY, not in front- the pivot line is too far away from the front foot to turn as quick as I want . I sometimes use the 45 degree baseplate in the rear negative wedged maximum 15 degrees for REALLY tight tight slalom...

Paul Howard

I love everyone who puts on races and I'm not dissing on anyone by saying this(and it's my understanding that COSS and Regnier have decided 2007 won't be optimal years for them to host the Worlds anyway for different reasons): DHB Worlds? - Absolutely YES! They have the crew, the leadership, the mot...

Paul Howard

OK, so here's how I have my new 4.3" Bennetts on my 36" Sector 9" Craftsman": FRONT: 10 degrees Positive wedge, Same bushing contraption described before of a Khiro white tall conical top with aluminum insert on top with a trimmed yellow stim on the bottom plus "doughnut" or "mini bushing" cut from ...

Paul Howard

I had the same problem on most TRUE 8mm axle trucks such as AsphaltPlayground Splitfires and 8mm'd RT-S/X's and PPS Indy 8mm trucks. I'm hoping sometime to get an Airflow OS in the future. I did the same thing as Steve Collins, I just got out some fine emery cloth but I wrapped it around metal file(...

Paul Howard

Nice job, is it covered with aluminum? On your next deck, think about making it wider over the back truck, wide enough to get more leverage but still narrow enough to have your toes and heels on the edges. Also, if you can make it concave and add wheelwells that will improve your footing and give yo...

Paul Howard

Hey, Today I finally got to go ride my Sector 9 Craftsman with the Bennetts front(pos wedge 10 degrees) and back(neg wedge 10 degrees) for about an hour. I took about 20 cones and messed around on a flat course and with a 20"approx wheelbase, I easily could make 6 foot cones in the straight sections...

Paul Howard

Hey, I did go straight to 15 degrees which actually I liked the response, I'll have to try some lesser wedge angles however. I haven't yet used a Bennett on the rear yet, hopefully I will soon(it's been raining a LOT here in Oregon lately and is suppossed to just keep raining for awhile). One observ...

Paul Howard

Hey, I finnally went and did some Tight slalom on a course with a few sections of 5'cones in the tightest sections. So far I've only used it as a front truck positive wedged 15 degrees and replaced the bushings with some Khiro and Stim combinations to equal the height of the stock bushings in order ...

Paul Howard

Here's what I've found: 1) One side of the hangers is a good 90 degrees with a good bearing spin with the axle nut down snug and the right spacers in the bearings. The other is a smidge off. A little bit of time on a lathe to true them would be good. Same thing both trucks( I bought a pair from www....

Paul Howard

I just got the 4.3" hanger version today from www.solidskate.com in the mail. I'm looking at them at work at arm's length and the axles and everything in general looks pretty good just "eyeballing it". Tonight I'll give them the spin test for axle straightness and test the wheelspin to check whether...

Paul Howard

Yes, I think they would be fine for a cruising around application, They're just not what you want a slalom truck to feel like if you're actually racing. My main complaint was the obviously bent and not-alignned-in-the-hanger axles. Now that I know LOADS more about slalom since when I had them I coul...

Paul Howard

Hey Adam, How do you like that Tri-axial glass on your decks: 1) Do they seem pretty stiff length-wise and torsionally? 2) Are they the versions with a kick tail(and maybe kicknose) or the concave only straight through (no camber or kicks)? 3) Do they seem heavy compared to other slalom decks(I'm su...

Paul Howard

Hey Eddy, That looks pretty cool and congrats on your placing! I finally saw for the first time, the Subsonic Production Facility recently as I travelled to Portland . I think I saw the 36" deck you mentioned, hard to tell from the pile of decks Scott had in mid-process. Scott's been doing some pret...

Paul Howard

Nino, Best thing I can suggest is to obtain an old complete wheel/bearing/cone/axle/hanger/nut assembly and make sure you have all those EXACT same kind of parts. Otherwise with out the cones on the axles and the double-nut system with a washer between the nuts, you will likely have a hard time gett...

Paul Howard

Hey John, Thanks, I got your message and hopefully I correctly sent you back a message on the private message route. I'll see what I can come up with. Adios-Paul

Paul Howard

Hmmm, Did I miss it buried somewhere in this thread or is there an address to ship this stuff to?? Thanks-Paul

Paul Howard

Hmm, I just checked it out. Chicken if you're reading this(and I hope you are) you might add some things to the new site that I found missing or very not obvious(i.e. -hidden if existing) such as: 1) Wheelbases on a lot of decks, especially the foam cores but others as well. 2) Flex/stiffness option...

Paul Howard

Hey, I've owned both. 1st , the Unlimited is pretty versatile due it's longer length and longer possible wheelbases relative to the Crossfire. It can also have short wheelbases obviously too. 2nd, the Crossfire(like the Bullet) has a wider rounder nose and wider tail which results in more deck under...

Paul Howard

Hey, Here's what we did last Sunday since we did'nt have enough timer wires: It was the end of the season with the idea of a BIG open cone interval course so newbies with longboards could make the course and everyone relax and have fun and not much fuss. Since the course was SOOO open and easy, the ...

Paul Howard

Hey John, I'm a Lo-Tech kinda guy would prefer to do the payment with a check or money order. If I get a complete together for you, with that payment method be acceptable? Thanks-Paul

Paul Howard

Good one, I like it. - Paul

Paul Howard

Hey, Adam glad you're digging the Pauliwog, Thanks from Me and Scott, Eddy- Glad you're digging the Lowlander, It looks like a good shape. I agree that the concave and wheelwells are a great combination, I have not yet had a wheelbite incident since I've been riding the Subsonics(formerly "Curve"). ...

Paul Howard

Hey, A picture is truly worth a thousand words. Nice Work. Maybe I should have tried that before I sold my Phase III front to a guy here in the Northwest. Thanks-Paul

Paul Howard

Hey Adam, I forgot to add this, When I use the Splitfire Phase I (or one of my old TTC/3TC's- which by the way, Geezer has done 2 of mine and did an EXCELLENT job), I find it makes a great rear truck best combined with a twitchy front truck like an RT-X or Radikal. But this is likely a personal pref...

Paul Howard

Hey Adam, I think it would be worth getting one if there's one for sale in front of you. If you don't like it, I imagine it would be easy to sell on the buy-sell-trade forum here or on the "other" site. I find I like it dewedged about 5-7 degrees on the back. I never have tried it on the front, but ...

Paul Howard

Hmmm, Very Interesting Indeed. So far, and maybe it's just me, but I have never like any rear truck for Tight and General as much as I LOVE the Phase I Splitfire(with the Tracker RT-X baseplate). What Fluitt says about keeping the rear truck as-is without the kingpin/hanger bearing interface makes a...

Paul Howard

Hey Pat, That was a lot of fun and a great warm-up for Hood- Thanks for putting it on.-Paul

Paul Howard

ADAM- check my lengthy entry from May 8th 2006 on the other thread tiltle something like "How important are straight axles on the front truck" one thread below this one on the General truck discussion forum. Also, lengthening your kingpin with a new longer(than stock) grade 8 kinpin will allow you t...

Paul Howard

I haven't seen the SK8KINGS rebuilt truck yet, but it's probably fine, if you don't find it too your liking, maybe contact www.asphaltplayground.com or Eric Wallgren by posting here, or on the "Machine SHop"(or whatever it's called) forum on the truck forum and see if either one of them have any RT-...

Paul Howard

Hey, I looked on the www.sk8kings.com site and it did'nt really give the info I wanted to answer your question about buying them. Here's my thoughts: 8mm axles DO improve traction because they get rid of some slop, sloppy wheel jiggle is one of the reasons you will lose traction. However, it's reall...

Paul Howard

Hmmm, I've been eyeballing some" techno/flipper" trucks and tweeking them for a front truck recently. Good to know. -Paul

Paul Howard

I agree with Pat that wheels flex far more than Axles. I'll add this, "standard" offsets that are made by chopping and welding like with trackers and Indy's and Radikal Dragon's Tail(rear Truck) flex more than others because of all that torsion(? I think that's the word, Pat feel free to correct me)...

Paul Howard

Hey, Put about 10 to 15 degrees NEGATIVE wedging under it and some harder bushings and that will make a noticable difference more than anything else. You can then tell people you hang out with Luca Giammarco and gave him the idea. Yeah, that'll work, well, the truck suggestion will, but the Luca sto...

Paul Howard

Hey, I didn't like them much, I gave them to my neice for her scoot-around board for the neighborhood. I remember the old original split axles having a better feel but not a whole lot better like Bara 'sez. Adios-Paul

Paul Howard

Hey, I pretty much use converted 8mm axle RT-X's in front for everything, 100mm for tight tight(but occasionally a Radikal on flat super tight) , 107's on tight/hybrid, and a 129mm for G/S and Super G. I find that 8mm conversions with straight axles just handle a little nicer plus having the hanger ...

Paul Howard

Hey Trish, Martin and anyone else, if you have a race this year, please put it on the NCDSA Contest Calender at least 2 months in advance so some of us out-of-state'rs can make plans and attend- Thanks, Paul

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