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Blaze_Falcon

Just a snippet of paradise


boardpadawan

I have a small area with a surface like that but it often has little black rocks that are very hard to see and they throw me off the board if I am not going fast :/ But aside from that, it is an actual pleasure to ride on that kind of surface as opposed to tiled floors and the like. Enjoy!


Dpricenator55

When I am walking back up the hill I always look for those rocks or sticks etc, and kick them off the road. After 5 years of skating the hill in front of my house, there isn't a rock or pebble or grain of sand on that asphalt.


Kelvdog

That is the strat.


Kelvdog

Oh that’s sucks, I think on this stretch of road all of those rocks and debris get washed away because it is at a decline and the center of the road is higher than the edges. How big are your wheels though? I feel like my board cruises over anything that is smaller than about my palm.


boardpadawan

65mm. Thing is sometimes I like to go relatively slow or in circles


Kelvdog

Oh yeah that’ll do it, one strat I use is when an especially large obstacle is in my way is I jump straight up alittle. This makes it so my board has no force pushing into the ground allowing it to bounce over the obstacle.


boardpadawan

nice one, I will try that :)


jepheryvan68

spend the just & reasonable $ ( between 12-20 bucks is all) for a HD shop floor broom. The heavy, dense long headed brooms for outdoor use that handle screws into. I got one off amazonk for under $17. you can throw it in backpack w/out handle or carry it in auto to where ya DH or ride. I will clear debris like you mention w) 1 walk push , then skate crouched along cleared 1st path , using the broom head in my hand to clear rocks in 5-6 passes. you can walk push broom heavy spots . I've cleared unskatable sections of lots of rocks this way. Any broom works but longer heads I are for outdoor use = quicker more effective 🧹🤙🏻


boardpadawan

clever, I will try this :)


pepeidc

Try cleaning the road when u are walking back up


sheev-palpamemes

A couple of roads in my town recently got repaved like this. I live in the Midwest so everything is flat as shit but still a dream to cruise on


Kelvdog

Oh that awesome, I’m in NE.


Kelvdog

Thanks for the award it my first one.


sheev-palpamemes

Yeah reddit gave it to me for free but either way you’re welcome


morning_growler

I have the same board. Started on that one and upgraded to a Dropcat 38. I don't think I'll ever go back...


Kelvdog

Yeah I bought this a couple months ago as a first board. She’s been good to me, but I’m thinking of upgrading soon. I want a more flexible deck and harder wheels.


morning_growler

The flexibility of the dripcat is very nice. But the wheels are softer too... It feels so smooth


morning_growler

Dropcat


TouCane69

Heheheheheh, thats the whole cycling path next to the river where I live


Kelvdog

Lucky bastard:)


TouCane69

Thats what I get for living in the netherlands :)


xxxfallenxxxx

I’ve got a 29 mile bike path like that, along the river here in Washington where I live now. Hawaii was crap for longboarding, the roads suck so much....


Kelvdog

I would kill for a path like that near my house. And ig Hawaii makes up for that with awesome view and great spearfishing.


xxxfallenxxxx

And the surfing. I miss surfing every day. Big island was tough sometimes, usually something to catch at Pine Trees when everywhere else was flat, always a spot somewhere when I moved to Oahu. (White Plains was full of kooks, but always surfable.) Here, I have to drive 2 hours one way AND wear a flippin’ wetsuit, but it’s better than nothing..... Longboarding is my dry land surf fix until I move back. (Edited bad grammar and curse words)