Off Road Videos
off road videos question by mintai2003: Is there a greater chance of getting longboard injuries while downhilling as opposed to tech tricks?
So I started out as a longboard commuter and now I’m getting interested in doing funner things. My tiger claws, manuals, and etc are all horrible… but practice makes perfect right? As for downhilling, my friend took me on some average hills just a few days after I learned how to ride. I got the speed wobbles, freaked out, and did an epic bail, but thanks to my shuai jiao/judo training I rolled out with only a lil scar left on my wrist no bigger than a cigarette diameter.
All in all… I’m not a fan of downhilling, scares the shit out of me! But I gotta admit the speed rush is fun.
Recently I was checking out some longboard accident videos of youtube and some were pretty bad… way beyond scrapes and bruises. The majority of these videos were from downhilling by both people who knew what they were doing and kids being dumb.
So to stay safe… am I better off working on tech tricks on the side walk? Stay off the road with cars? I’ll probably stay away from skate parks too. Or am I better off just sticking to commuting. No matter what I still want to learn powerslides for speed checking.
PS, I’m not a pussy, I’ll take a good beating from the concrete road. I just don’t wanna get seriously effed up and not be able to do stuff for a good while.
off road videos best answer:
Answer by Doug
the people in those videos had no clue what they are doing, and have there setups all wrong. downhill accidents tend to be worse, but only if you don’t wear helmet/slide gloves/pads. downhill is fun, but make sure you have your setup in a way that you feel comfortable. remember though, wobbles are 90% rider, 10% setup. oh yeah, and make sure you know how to slide. if you do get wobbles, or there is a place where you feel you need to stop, make sure you know how.
