Surf skate and golf. Why did I subscribe to this thread? ♂
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Grab your favorite drink or GTFO!
Gold is the most boring sh!t ever, watching or playing. And I love my son, but I’m not moving to Texas.
Back to topic...
Although I've never ridden one, you don't need a "surf skate" to pump. My 34" X 8" blanks, Independents, and 58+ mm 92A wheels pump just fine.
Although I've never ridden one, you don't need a "surf skate" to pump. My 34" X 8" blanks, Independents, and 58+ mm 92A wheels pump just fine.
Already thread for this...
What’s ur fave surfskate?
Carver? Seems to make ur stance super narrow tho. Thinking bout getting one for training. wait nevermind all the adult learner COVID kooks bought them all out.
forum.surfer.com
BUT, whiskey - that that's a hard counter to all the negatives.
Just not quite enough to make up for golf though.
Something I prepared earlier...
Of the boards I put in my car, one is a Lost driver, there's a hole in one, one is green and one is a bit rough. My local beach is a fair-way which is a bit of a handicap but I usually hook up with some mates for a slice of the action. This year there's a ball at the local surf club (for subway), where I'm hoping for a foursome, Bunker Spreckles is coming but the Germans aren't allowed round because their word for surfing is golf and we never talk about GOLF!!!
Sorry!
that's correct although there is more than one type of pumping and I suspect that your pumping doesn't resemble the mechanics of turning a surfboar.
The fellows who pump the most efficiently and effectively for distance and speed are the LDP and slalom enthusiasts.
For energy expenditure efficiency the LDP'ers use a side to side ankle wiggle. Sometimes they wave their rear arm behind them, but they also seem to be able to travel effectively mainly on quick ankle wiggles. The slalom skaters do wave their arm a lot behind them, front arm too. It needs to be more vigorous for speed and need more body lean.
On regular non wedged TKP trucks (both the above categories like to have the front wedged higher than the rear) I assume you would be doing something in between LDP and slalom. If you are happy with waving your arm behind you when surfing then that's fine, surfing for the most of us is about having fun whatever way we want - recently I've thrown all proper form out the window and spending my time in the sea skidding out of control doing standup lid. But going into the early stages of a bottom turn with your arm behind you is not generally viewed as good form.
I don't think many surf instructors use the infinity loop, but it does demonstrate the very different pumping involved that is needed to effectively turn our shortboars.
Depending on how interested you are either watch the 3rd video from the start or just jump to 9 mins+ in to see that pumping a surfskate surfboar style is quite different - notably the shoulder rotation and the way the back arm travels from behind to well in front of the body.
I've tried the infinity loop on my Paris street trucks (tall Ace TKP trucks) and can't do it, what stopped me was the 97a wheels sliding out although I could tell that even with grippier wheels it would be hard to keep up the momentum. Maybe your 92A would grip enough.
it is - I don't have to participate or engage with Golf in the slightest, and I can put headphones on, or run away whe nthey whip out the spoke bladder
Whiskey > Everything
CONSPIRACY ALERT: I have found Sausage, not in Texas, but in Sydney, Australia, refereeing the bloody rugby league...
Salsa is back and looking tasty in his Fuschia wettie and a riding a black sheep. Sounds like something from a LBGQT rally.
Sit back and grab your favourite drink!
Sit back and grab your favourite drink!
WTF is that wetsuit?!?
Did he lose a bet?
I guess love is love in TX
I could only bring myself to watch a couple random waves. The blacksheet build looked too flicky and didn’t look good under his feet.
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Dang... I thought Gold was kinda cool and funny. I guess i was just so impressed by Sterling. I didnt know he was that good of an air guy in his prime.
The waves look pretty damn good! Does anyone know if he's surfing the Pro Sessions or the Advanced Session? Frothin to get a wave like that left.
idk about the blacksheet, but I briefly had a lightspeed RNF96, the thing was light as hell and had absolutely no drive