Who's into longboarding?

[Jand3rson]

They're amazing, I can carve so hard with them. They'll take a little getting used to, but it rides so much better now.

[kronus]

Hmm, the risers confuse me. Do your wheels hit the deck when turning without them?

[Jand3rson]

I've never ridden it without them. It had flat ones before, but about that same thickness. The angled risers give better turn-in.

[kronus]

It'll probably have less speed wobble without risers, if that's a problem. Speed wobble is the suck.

[aschroeder92]

Hell yeah, I've never bought any before though. My first one was wooden with a couple layers of fiberglass over it, and my current one I made out of an old waterski (like 6" wide ) and bolted up an aluminum plate on the bottom. Pretty sick, I think I'll make another one soon. Randalls FTW

[Streichholzschächtelchen]

It'll probably have less speed wobble without risers, if that's a problem. Speed wobble is the suck.

You can switch up the risers for what you want. Angled in gives turn in, angled out makes your turning harder. I like mine angled in so I can carve, but some people like hitting hills so they want the stability from flipping the risers 180.

[Jand3rson]

Well, I got back on the horse tonight, went out and bombed a few hills. Nothing major, it's going to be a few times out until I get comfortable again, but I had fun. Carving is MUCH easier now, these Randals are amazing. They feel like they're going to be wobbly as hell, and they aren't AT ALL.

['90 325is]

Randal trucks are absolutely amazing, although my 150's can be a bit wobbly at times.

[Jand3rson]

I'm going to try flipping the risers around and seeing how I like that, supposed to be more stable for hills.

[87e30]

Longboarding is an absolute blast. I miss just going out and cruising through campus. Home for the summer sucks.

[Jand3rson]

Andy and I found an AMAZING spot to go riding in a few days ago. It's this SUPER-rich development on the backside of what's called Awbrey Butte here, where there isn't a house below $1 million. This development only has like 10 houses in it, and they're hundreds of yards apart.

Since it's built on the backside, all the roads are super long sweeping hills that drop down, and then rise back up, with tons of run-off and big, sweeping turns. Perfect asphalt, and NO traffic. We're going back there tonight, I'll get some pics and maybe some video.

[Farbin Kaiber]

elbow/kneepads Josh. Bring them.

[Jand3rson]

elbow/kneepads Josh. Bring them.

Jeans will do. I don't have a helmet yet, I need to get one.

[Jand3rson]

Here's a few pics from the new place we found for bombing hills. Perspective sucks, these are all a lot steeper than they look:

[Streichholzschächtelchen]

wow. what a path.