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Paperclip
Posts: 162 - Karma: 10
Hey does anybody out there like to longboard? I was going to buy my first one real soon and was wondering what kind of dimensions and wheels are ideal or if it even matters?
Feb 17 2006 11:42PM
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PimpDaddySkier
Posts: 4221 - Karma: 20
sector 9 baby wheels dont matter just what comes with em are fine...cosmics are sick all round boards but the pintails are superb for crusin
Feb 18 2006 12:18AM
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jibvermont
Posts: 910 - Karma: 10
i have a loaded board, flex 5, its made for like 120lb kids, i like it because its so flexy... i got well i forget what bearings are inthere but i got the best ones.. wheels not a big deal really... but i recommend looking at Loaded longboards.
Feb 18 2006 12:48AM
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GotamaBCshredder
Posts: 5062 - Karma: 424
Loadeds are dope I haev a flex 4 and its awesome
Feb 18 2006 2:05AM
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Elijah.
Posts: 9322 - Karma: 76
sector 9 pintail its a cruiser for sure but i love it all the same.
Feb 18 2006 2:18AM
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eheath
Posts: 61708 - Karma: 124,236
Longboarding is fun as hell, some good hills here in bozeman.
Feb 18 2006 2:20AM
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brianbrphy
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i would recomend the carve stick it is awsome
Mar 25 2006 11:49AM
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bhill2.0
Posts: 6573 - Karma: 197
its fun, is loaded like custom?
Mar 25 2006 11:58AM
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nkmo.
Posts: 3994 - Karma: 285
Wheels don't matter? are you serious? Your wheel, bearing and truck setup is the most important thing about your board.
Mar 25 2006 12:11PM
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Maxfreeride
Posts: 1185 - Karma: 13
yeah my wheels used to be so grippy, but if i take a turn too hard they'll just slip out now
Mar 25 2006 1:07PM
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waynewong
Posts: 1359 - Karma: 23
I love my tahoe long board....mt rose highway down the NV side toward reno....long mellow 4-lanes wide


we hit it up early morning in late spring when ever we head down to mammoth from tahoe city...

no traffic, early mornign light and about 8 miles of perfect gradient
Mar 25 2006 1:51PM
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Petecanski
Posts: 941 - Karma: 7
Longboarding is so chillin. I ride a sector 9 pinner and just use plain old factory wheels. I use Pig abec 7 bearings, not too shabby.
Mar 25 2006 2:58PM
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Paul-o-Rama
Posts: 3301 - Karma: 13
I have a sector 9 goddess pintail, its fast as fuck
Mar 25 2006 4:22PM
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skimack
Posts: 2458 - Karma: 33
yeah right...wheels don't matter, until you're laying over a turn at close to 25 miles per hour and you loose traction in the back and go skipping across the pavement like a ragdoll. Like someone above said, wheels, bearings and trucks are the most important parts of your board, i'm on 80mm abec 11 fly wheels with bones reds bearings and randall trucks. They're dope. The actual deck is just a piece of plywood with some fiberglass in it, unless you're getting a loaded or landyachtz dh race they'll all perform about the same depending on flex, stiffer = more stable, softer = quicker turnier, just like skis.
Mar 25 2006 4:32PM
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DunDunDun
Posts: 989 - Karma: 13
i kinda wanna buy one. id mostly jsut be pushing though. cause we onlyhave like one good hill here in oakwood. and its only like 300 feet maybe. any suggestions??
Mar 25 2006 4:36PM
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Dan.
Posts: 7201 - Karma: 1,126
landyyachtz the Chief and a flexdex slalom 30.
both have siesmic avila 68mm wheels, i have a set of extra softs and medium. 72a and 80a i think. with bone swiss ceramics bearings, and gullwing alpine trucks with marshmallow bushings
Mar 25 2006 4:50PM
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