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Left foot in front is regular footed. Right foot in front is goofy footed. Same terms applies for surfing. I'm regular footed as well. Just a goofy personality.Also a “?High Five” for being a goofy foot rider like myself... since i’m like you and used to ride left foot front and push with right only... never got around to learning to skate regular as they call it
Just awesome work Ulu!
I loved skating when I was a teen back in the 80's, during the time of the Bones Brigade.
I can't remember what I did with it, but, Man, I wished I kept my Mark Lake Nightmare board. It was so cool!
I loved skating when I was a teen back in the 80's, during the time of the Bones Brigade.
I can't remember what I did with it, but, Man, I wished I kept my Mark Lake Nightmare board. It was so cool!
Sorry about that, but you are right... i must have been half asleep when i wrote that... coz i actually ride left foot in front not right... me thinks me need more coffee in the morning... coz my brain hasnt been functioning properly as of late ???
I had the chance to own a Mutoh sign cutter/plotter but I'm retired now. Too much bother.
Usually I will sketch something out by hand and scan it. Then I will tune up the art on the computer and print templates.
I always do the cutting and finishing by hand. It's for therapy you see. I'm not in this for a profit.
This one is a little more DogTown. This is a Blue Haven Pool Cue, but it's the Fat Cue version because I have big feet.
The Knuckleduster is a low "drop-thru" design, with cloth in clear epoxy on the bottom.
This was pressed at The Soda Factory. Not as radical as the Darth Nutz.
I did the grip from leftovers and I hate it. I was always intending to re-grip it, but I never ride this board. The foot area is too short for me.
Longboard riders usually wear gloves with round or square plastic slider "pucks", so you can touch the road while moving. They don't normally wear wrist braces, but I damaged my wrists playing ball and I want full support. I made these pucks from a thick high density polypropylene cutting board. I cut them to shape, then heated them and bent them to fit my hands. They are screwed to the ordinary plastic braces of some "8-Ball" brand wrist braces and reinforce them a lot.
I shattered a set of rented wrist braces, falling at the Mogul Bowl skatepark back in the 70's. I still suffer some effects in a falling barometer situation. Roller Derby skaters and park skaters usually wear wrist braces, but downhill skaters say they cause broken wrists.
I think it's based more on style though. Some skaters will do the goofiest things, but only if they don't see them as goofy. Wearing socks was a big one. I remember being harassed for wearing socks, because otherwise my clothes were spot on.
The Knuckleduster is a low "drop-thru" design, with cloth in clear epoxy on the bottom.
This was pressed at The Soda Factory. Not as radical as the Darth Nutz.
I did the grip from leftovers and I hate it. I was always intending to re-grip it, but I never ride this board. The foot area is too short for me.
Longboard riders usually wear gloves with round or square plastic slider "pucks", so you can touch the road while moving. They don't normally wear wrist braces, but I damaged my wrists playing ball and I want full support. I made these pucks from a thick high density polypropylene cutting board. I cut them to shape, then heated them and bent them to fit my hands. They are screwed to the ordinary plastic braces of some "8-Ball" brand wrist braces and reinforce them a lot.
I shattered a set of rented wrist braces, falling at the Mogul Bowl skatepark back in the 70's. I still suffer some effects in a falling barometer situation. Roller Derby skaters and park skaters usually wear wrist braces, but downhill skaters say they cause broken wrists.
I think it's based more on style though. Some skaters will do the goofiest things, but only if they don't see them as goofy. Wearing socks was a big one. I remember being harassed for wearing socks, because otherwise my clothes were spot on.
It's not really.
I just call that design the Hang Ten because of the red footprints. I shaped it, but the 7-ply maple deck blank was actually pressed by Farm Fresh Longboards.
They are long defunct AFAIK.
This is correct.
Mongo is when your board foot rests at the tail and you push with the front foot.
Being a noserider I do just the opposite. My front foot never leaves the board.
I do not do it for profit per say, 8 years ago when the casino where I am the grounds manager purged marketing employees they did not know what to do with it as no one knew how to use it and parked next to me in my receiving bay. Me being the curious mind researched it and fired up and learned to use it, I have been the casino laser etcher ever sense. And yes I am still the grounds manager also.
be great for putting photos into your boards before sealing. or etching after sealing then use etching wax to color the etch and sealing again.
be great for putting photos into your boards before sealing. or etching after sealing then use etching wax to color the etch and sealing again.
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Pops, that is very nice, and I could see a profit in it. How fast did it etch that photo?
I have quit building boards for now & I have a line of other projects ahead of me that is so daunting I haven't even taken time to skate.
At least I remember to feed the fish and change water every week.
I have quit building boards for now & I have a line of other projects ahead of me that is so daunting I haven't even taken time to skate.
At least I remember to feed the fish and change water every week.
