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Tod Oles

Hayato,

I see a Happy birthday is in order!! Welcome to the forum.

Tod

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Marty, At the risk of sounding a bit nebulous....My level of racing raised the instant I quit just going along for the ride atop my skateboard and started to TAKE the thing with me...I started riding better just through that change of attitude. Your style will adapt as you think more agressively... ...

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T'was a blast!!!!

Cfav, Thanks again for the Wicker tour and the chow.
Keep them mountain bikes tuned up....

T.O.

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What a weekend in Chi-town!! Thanks Cfav and Cnova for all you put yourselves through to keep us coming back...its become a no-brainer for me. If you missed it, you missed out. Greg, Always a great time racing you Detroit guys....Oh, and thanks for the compliment, although, "Oles Rips" sounds kinda ...

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Donald,

What's the width of the hanger??

Thanks for posting!!

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Way to go Adam!!

It was good to meet you in Ohio...

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Noah, Nice shot!! It was a blast watching you skate. I learn something new everytime I hang out at a race with all you fast guys... Cfav and Nova, It's always good to hang with you dudes. I'm glad you two got an epic weekend with your boys... My girls are almost grown and it seems I miss them alread...

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Marion,

Does your wife know about this?? hmmmm...????

NICE!

Was great to see you and some of the DHB posse again... We'll see ya in ColoRadO,

Tod

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Dave,

I'm gonna hi-jack your thread..... the Blues Kings are my kind of straight ahead
blues band! I like it!!

Thanks, Tod

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Dave, Laughing = hypocrisy manifest ;-) If you really liked mine it was laid up as follows... fiberglass top, three layers of wood to a middle sheet of carbon weave, then three more lams of wood with a carbon bottom sheet... It's pretty stiff compared to some of the stock ones I've been on. Remember...

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Tom, I too thank you and your family for having us in your home...the steak was awesome!! What a great day watching some young skaters catch the stoke! I'll be back without fail if you decide to pull this off again, Great job!! Bryce here was all tricked out and ready to rock... http://img.photobuck...

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Stephen,

Thanks for posting....

I can relate a little bit...

Looking to the future and having some sort of carrot out in front
of you while you live this life is really the only way to go through it.....
successfully anyhow.

Tod Oles

WT,

I really appreciate you posting up and proving to my lovely wife that I do in fact go "skateboarding"

Thanks,

Tod

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Alessandro, Bennett is making a comeback and I've heard new trucks should be available soon?? Until then if you can find a Tracker 106 RTX front truck and wedge it 15-20 degrees that should get the front of your deck turning pretty nicely. One of your gullwings might make an OK rear truck while you ...

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Tway, How's it going?? I was wondering if you had any issues with baseplate wheel bite with that narrow of a hanger? Marcos, I found the "beaker stoppers" at Ace hardware in the area where all the nuts and bolts are, They carried two types, black rubber which is a bit harder, and green neoprene ones...

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Chris,

MMW is run by Eric Wallgren....you've got to kick the bushes to flush him out.

He hangs in the motorcycle roadracing crowd also, so I'm sure his plate is full with
machine work.... great guy/ awesome work if you can find him!!

Tod

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KILLA CHIILLA

Well done Sir!

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Brian, Obviously the wider the hanger is, any misalignment(s) will be magnified... I rode a stock Seismic in front for awhile, which had pretty nice axles and hanger faces... but I noticed a slight difference in both speed and turning precision when I started using Biltin bearings. For the next big ...

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Adam,

Glad you had a good time!!

I've been fighting a nasty virus for the past 3 weeks and I hope to be back up to snuff by the next Buckeye session...

So even us team members can't see the goods eh?? Bummer

Later, Tod

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Mike, How bad of pavement are you talking?? I have experience with 74a (Red) and 78a (Blue) 3dm Avalons….(they’re called Hot Spots now) and I ride them on tarred and graveled type pavement. They work good for smoothing out the ride and are quite a bit faster than harder wheels on the same pavement…I...

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Stephen,

Nice find!! I was a Logan Earth Ski rider myself...anyways checkout the link in my signature
for the scoop on Chitown slalom. We're all about TS, GS and BS

There will be a race in or near Chicago this year sometime...

PM me if you need more info or contacts.

Later, Tod

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Robbie,

Glad you're hyped about racing! Do you have a crew to skate with?
Keep it up and good luck in the future!

Tod

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CHIxILL GS 7ply, front and rear Radikals, trimmed 84a Avilas in front and coned 80a Avalons in back was the rig I used to snag 4th place on the San Marcos, TX GS hill. This thing is gonna get used and abused this year... and squeezed through the tighter courses too... I can feel it! Adam, I can't bl...

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The Ole Cknuck, knawked me down to 4th in his mad dash to beat the rain.......

Claude was awesome, and is always fun to watch... You couldn't get your pocket picked by a nicer guy....

Cfav and Cnova,

Thanks for a great start to 2006!!

Tod

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Try the board building thread here: http://www.silverfishlongboarding.com

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Scott,

Thank you for supporting the Chicago racing scene!! Hope to see you out and about this year.

Later, Tod

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Clay, Just an observation about the Pro-design plastic caps... they seem to be made of a plastic that's harder than other brands. My Pro-tecs seem to grip the pavement when I take to my knees in a botched slalom run, which pitches me onto my hands. It's really bad on seal coated blacktop... You may ...

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Adam,

Can't wait to see the eye candy.....

Tod

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Adam,

I'm glad it has found a good home!!

Ride it like you stole it....

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Chris, Good luck to you and Greg!!!! Can't wait to see how it all shakes out. I wish I could get over to see the CHIxILL squad more often as cfav and cnova have been the coolest dudes to hang with on race day and have treated me like a brother from the minute I met them... See you guys soon!! Tod Tw...

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Wes,

2 Radikals and 4 Avalons work for me..........

Good to see you in the mix down in GA !!

See ya soon, Tod

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I finally setup my 7 ply CHIxILL GS deck I stole from the back of the CHIxILL Hemi... At my winter weight of 195lbs. the camber is just taken up when I take my stance on the board. (standard 22in drilling).....Good wood makes for some snappy flex also... This thing has a nice big shape with plenty o...

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Chris,

Maybe Chris Bara will chime in here....... he had a few done to 90mm also.

Dave gale had one on the front of a little Turner that I rode in the hotel parking lot in NC......
It had me humming the song "Do the Hustle"

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Paging Mr. Fadell...........

Greg, The prints my wife commissioned from you are all ABSOLUTELY AWESOME!!!

And thanks for the DP treasure....apparently PunK still LIveS !!!! YEAH!!!!

Later, Tod

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Marion, Happy New Year to you and all the core DHBers !!!!!!!! You all are awesome as well........... Wow!! I never ever woulda thought Mother Teresa, Ghandi, Merle Norman and one lowly Tod Oles would be used in the same sentence........... Although, I can be pretty stoke-full when I'm not at work.....

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Some of my favorites are here; http://www.gregfadell.com Check it out!!!

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Marty, It's funny how you just seem to "get off the train" in life..... then at a later stage, just jump back on and away you go... I think you with your OG background and of couse your obvious talent will be a great asset to this sport. It's great to have met you. It really is amazing to have met a...

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Marty,

Is it Ferrari red or .......................Emergency vehicle red???

Also, it's kind of a bugger to smoke cigars in...... ain't it.......

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WOW!!! Glad everyone is OK....!! I wear a Bell "Bellistic" I think Paul Howard wears one also?? The Medium I have weighs in at 32 oz. so it's a bit heavier than some, but I like the snug fit and it has good peripheral vision. I did trim some of the visor off as it was hard to see "under" .... All in...

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Gary, I'd take a couple of baseplates if you decide to do some... Any idea of the angles you'd be making?? A 60* front and a 30* rear may be nice as thats close to how they'll get wedged anyway...(well, at least by me) :-? Also, maybe "slotting" the rear mounting holes just a little bit might be a n...

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Lenny,

Was great to see you racing!! ... I hope Mrs. Poage and you are having a good holiday season.
Don't worry bout the hardware, I get it for free from the local MAC tool salesman.....
It's good to have friends......

Tod

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Jim, Gary I tried my new rear Splitfire out for the first time today and I must say, my trusty 30* Seismic has been put up for adoption. Also, It was nice of you guys to match my 90mm hanger with a correctly drilled Randal base... (I never knew they came like that.....) ;-) Will we see a matching ba...

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Ted, This was a big obstacle for me when I first started.... I do the following on faster hills where there is still some down grade left to negociate after the finish... I make a few good and hard carves across the hill trying to absorb the speed with my legs and then I put the foot down to stop co...

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Chris, Nice job!!!! I noticed over last weekend how much your skating has improved just since Chicago. Just keep practicing with the likes of Civ and Sydia and you'll be right there..... It was great hanging out with all you guys....Thanks for the hospitality!! Keep ole Fur Trapper in the mix up the...

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Wow!!!!

Even got the Captain Morgan pose goin.......NICE ramp!!!!!!!!

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Yeah,

I keep forgetting I'm talking about canadians.......

Marty, We gonna sit around and drink dark and flavorful brews again???

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10-4 Rob.....

You guy's have a safe trip!!...... oh, and keep civ under control......

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Dave, I'll go first........what the hell. This is something I've been trying to answer or at least "grasp" since I started doing slalom 2yrs. ago already.... My experience has the stiffer wood ply decks faster through straight-ish TS type courses... I think Mr. Maysey may have proven this already......

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Going to Ace hardware for loose ball bearings got quite old quite fast if you ask me.... It was a pleasure to toss that old Makaha in the trash when Kona Surf shop finally delivered the "Bruce Logan" Earthski w/fulltracks and......drumroll.................. RR4s w/....... SEALED BEARINGS!!!!!!!! Man...

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