Skateboarding: Kick Push and Fall

General Discussion
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Yeah that was with shipping included I think. I skate an almost with thunder trucks (thomas edition) and yeah the stock shit is good. I thought the grip was going to be shit but damn its awesome. I’ve been skating it for 2 months and it still has shit loads of grip. The only thing that was kind of shitty are the wheels but whatever as long as it rolls right haha.

Yeah dude I’ll upload in a bit. I’ll post the link right now. Mike mo is fucken insane!

Here’s the Mike Mo part from Lakai Full Flared. Enjoy!

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That nigga Mike Mo is insane.

And he’s only like 17 years old.

Oh and did the Thunder trucks come with the board?

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Yes sir, my set up is an almost, thunder trucks, evil eds wheels (kind of suck) abec 5 or 7 destructo bearings, and idk whats the hardware.

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So your Thunder Trucks came with your board :rofl:

Only reason why I am asking is because I heard those were good trucks

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well my old alien workshop setup was this one i think like superply? I totally forgot but the play was actually fused with this plastic stuff so it was pretty light and flexible. I had some tensor low trucks (I think) and some really hard spitfire wheels (sorry I forgot the hardness)

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I know it’s cold as hell down there,so you doing anything right now?

BTW,Spitfire wheels are really good wheels from what I hear.OH and what’s play?

Fuck I can’t wait until the Summer.AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHh

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TAMPA PRO, march 21-23 anyone want to go? I’m driving from Jacksonville on that friday night. I may have an extra ticket, dunno yet. I get to go and stand in the way of people and take photos and get hit with boards.

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I live in South Texas so no snow! w00t It’s usually warm n shit, I feel sorry for you guys. Yeah, my board has thunders, they are pretty good just that my unit tool doesn’t fit to tighten the king pin.

Spitfire wheels are alright. Rictas are the fucken shit! Best wheels I’ve ever had.

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What kind of board maintenance will I have to do?

BTW can’t wait until the Summer.There are hella good spots on the Chicago State University campus.It’s just a matter of hoping some dumb nigga doesn’t say something and the cops don’t run me off

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spitfire wheels=top tier

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It’s not exactly skateboarding… but have any of you tried those Ripstiks? Fun as hell! I want one but don’t have $75 to blow right now. :sad:

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They look weird

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this

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Is it anything like riding a Skateboard?

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well sort of. you dont even need to push at all. you just stand on it and I do this tic-tac motion except the board doesnt even leave the ground. I hate em cause they are not real skateboards. stick to the original. You cant even do tricks on them I think.

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You can too do tricks. [media=youtube]s5hmJxLdRsk[/media]

Good luck with that though lol. It’s hard enough to just ride the thing, period, much less do tricks.

I wonder 5 years from now when people are proficient enough with Ripstiks, if they’ll be in the X-Games or something. Apparently people area already doing basic tricks with them. Somebody will bust out a 900 on one sooner or later. =p

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It looks like a modified longboard.

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It’s fairly short, like a skateboard.

It’s just got two wheels instead of four, and the wheels can spin like a shopping cart heh. The board itself can twist slightly on an axis as well. It’s a very awkward experience the first time you hop on one.

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It spins on its own?

Seems kind of scary

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Haha, it is scary! Try it if you find one. :slight_smile:

Here, click on the “See how it works in 3D” at the top right. http://www.ripstikusa.com/product/

There you can see how the wheels spin like shopping cart wheels, and how the deck of the board can twist.