Longboarding

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Longboarding
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Silverfish Longboarding

• Bainbridge, Ohio
• The worlds top street-luge, gravity bike,
  classic-luge, inline, and stand-up downhill
  riders converged once on the small town of
  Bainbridge, Ohio over the weekend of October
  14-16th. Nearing the end of the IGSA World Cup
  series for 2005, the pro riders showed up in
  force, seeking the ever-important remaining World
  Cup points and to take their shots at the season
  title. Points racing aside, this three-day event
  brought the best of the best out to ride, race,
  and party. On roads closed by local government,
  and lined with over 1200 bales of hay, the 1.2
  mile course challenged both new and experienced
  riders alike with a mix of long fast sweepers,
  hair-pins, and chicanes which sent lugers on a
  wild ride at 70mph and stand-up riders through at
  55!

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Go Anywhere You Feel Like It
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Ride Sector 9
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Powerslide

• If you are extremely crazy, powersliding is the
  best way to have fun and do insane tricks down a
  hill.

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Safety

• Gloves are there to decrease friction as well and
  protect your hand. A glove is basically a durable
  working glove with plastic attached to the palm.
  These can be homemade or bought.

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SHOWING OFF!!

• To show off As your flying down a road you see
  some chick walking her dog. Figure the extreme
  speeds and sense of uncontrole will make her
  totally dig you? Well it will. Just dont hit her.
  
• To do a slide you should start with a 180 degree
  coleman. To do slides you must be VERY committed.
  
• First get a moderate speed.
• Next bend down and get ready to grab the side
  of the board that is in front of you.
• You will want too lean as far back as you can
  without flipping over and put your other hand on
  the pavement (You will have gloves. I will
  explain later) and put most of your weight on
  your hand. You will be whipped around.
• As soon as you do the 180 pull your hand off and
  stand back up.

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LongboardMore than just a big skateboard.

• Obviously longer than your standard skateboard,
  Longboards also have bigger and softer wheels
  than their "new school" short board brothers.
  Meant to cruise, longboarders enjoy a smooth ride
  and total control on a deck that can be more than
  six feet long! The original "gravity sport",
  downhill (speed board) and slalom longboard
  competitions have been thrilling spectators for
  years. What is more extreme than bombing a hill
  on a longboard at speeds over 40 mph?

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Longboard Anywhere
THE GLORIOUS END
Jonathan Wickes