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tar76 - September 20th, 2012 at 06:44 PM

Bit of skateboarding downhill madness! :crazy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqylF5xtK3U&feature=g-vrec 

GedPalmy - September 20th, 2012 at 07:17 PM

Sick

tar76 - September 20th, 2012 at 07:46 PM

Are they using a special compound wheel?

waltermitty - September 20th, 2012 at 08:22 PM

Very Coool M

donn - September 20th, 2012 at 08:35 PM

Mad bastards, no tread, running slicks ! :rolleyes:

Bob down - September 21st, 2012 at 07:11 AM

Quote:
Originally posted by tar76
Are they using a special compound wheel?


theyd have to be, ive never seen a 180 slide done with such ease on a skateboard. i can do it on a wakeboard, but wont be havin a crack on my zflex. :no:

tar76 - September 21st, 2012 at 06:03 PM

Yeah i could do it, but would probably go more like slide - to ass plant then hospital :crazy:

Bob down - September 21st, 2012 at 06:14 PM

or face plant :lol::lol::lol:

shaihulud - September 22nd, 2012 at 09:52 AM

I know that that is a form of madness, but no such thing existed when I was a kid in the 1950s.

How I envy todays youngsters their playtime technology.

If I wanted to do anything like that when I was a kid, it would have to have been on a 28 inch wheeled back pedal braked bike, a pram wheeled or ball bearing wheeled billy cart or on steel wheeled roller skates, without a helmet.

That in itself yould have been crazy, exciting and dangerous, but those kids have taken that form of excitement to a whole new level.

I'm green with envy.

gerggl - September 22nd, 2012 at 02:15 PM

No fear - I hate that! :tu:

Bob down - September 22nd, 2012 at 04:47 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by shaihulud
I know that that is a form of madness, but no such thing existed when I was a kid in the 1950s.

How I envy todays youngsters their playtime technology.

If I wanted to do anything like that when I was a kid, it would have to have been on a 28 inch wheeled back pedal braked bike, a pram wheeled or ball bearing wheeled billy cart or on steel wheeled roller skates, without a helmet.

That in itself yould have been crazy, exciting and dangerous, but those kids have taken that form of excitement to a whole new level.

I'm green with envy.


so true !great way to look at things mate :tu:

HappyDaze - September 22nd, 2012 at 05:39 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by shaihulud
I know that that is a form of madness, but no such thing existed when I was a kid in the 1950s.

How I envy todays youngsters their playtime technology.

If I wanted to do anything like that when I was a kid, it would have to have been on a 28 inch wheeled back pedal braked bike, a pram wheeled or ball bearing wheeled billy cart or on steel wheeled roller skates, without a helmet.

That in itself yould have been crazy, exciting and dangerous, but those kids have taken that form of excitement to a whole new level.

I'm green with envy.

Maybe a little bit before your time [late '40s - early '50s], but the best biily cart I ever built had pram wheels at the front, and ball bearings at the back.

Reckon that's where I learned how to drive a Beetle.:crazy::lol:

shaihulud - September 23rd, 2012 at 05:17 PM

Oh! Yes!

Drifting around corners on a ball bearing wheeled billy cart is certainly where I learned a lot of vehicle control.

Being so close to the ground and the cart being made of jarrah 4x2s, it was impossible to turn it over.

I never bothered to have brakes on mine. To slow it down or stop it, I put it into a sideways drift, just like the kids in that video slowed themselves down.

Also, A ball bearing wheeled billy cart is so noisy, that cars could hear you before they saw you and so easily avoid you.

tar76 - September 28th, 2012 at 07:30 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSC__uAvUzY&feature=g-all-u 

Man they make it look easy.

donn - October 2nd, 2012 at 08:09 AM

OH DEAR !



http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/8541287/skateboarder-slams-into-deer-in-down...

tar76 - October 2nd, 2012 at 07:29 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by donn
OH DEAR !



http://news.ninemsn.com.au/world/8541287/skateboarder-slams-into-deer-in-down...



Holy Sh*t !! Bambi 1, skater 0

Bob down - October 2nd, 2012 at 08:17 PM

anyone for venison?

vwvic - October 3rd, 2012 at 12:13 AM

Awsome vids :tu::tu::tu:
Those guy seriously have no fear. I do a little bit of downhill longboarding
And to do a slide going that fast takes some real skill.
There are different wheel compounds for different skating styles they have soft compound
For grip 75a - 79a ( I run 79a cos I don't like to slide ) and hard compound up to 84a - 86a
For sliding and the ones in between are for a bit of everything.

tar76 - October 30th, 2012 at 05:27 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q0K2MhlPj4&feature=related 

Bit slow at the start but some mad sliding comes

tar76 - November 4th, 2012 at 07:09 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONafK-fO8R8&feature=related 

Full down hill bombing

anyone know of any good skateable drains around northside brissy and sunnycoast?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9b86rVq9ZaM&feature=related 

tar76 - December 21st, 2012 at 02:39 PM

Some surf style turns off the lip. these guys are ripping this park up!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTKwT1kVbd4 

donn - January 3rd, 2013 at 06:08 AM

Now for some real stuff, not those pussy's, and check out the winner !:tu:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJessYxu8CE