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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.

Off Road

off road question by Thuh Ghoti (stone man): Are there any good truly off-road games currently out?
And by truly off-road I mean not on a track. I use to play Test Drive Off-Road Wide Open a looooooooooong time ago, and really enjoyed its setup. So I was just wondering if there was anything similar, only new.

off road best answer:

Answer by Mirt F
Try DiRT or DiRT 2

I also like excite truck on the wii, but that’s not everyone’s cup of tea.

Off Road Parts

off road parts question by Cuban Pete: Road Rage: Are there idiot drivers that p!ss you off in your part of the country??
Here in L.A., a light drizzle’s enough to shut down a freeway. These people can’t drive!! No wonder we’ve got freeway shootings.

off road parts best answer:

Answer by Lala
oh ya, I think they are everywhere

Off Road Pictures

off road pictures question by : Parties aside, are there any folks thinking maybe we’d have been better off with McCain after all? Read on.?
I’ve started to hear a few comments on TV & internet over the past month about this. The following is some of what I’ve gathered, mixed in with my opinion of course.

The aftermath of the Feingold-McCain bill seems to have made just a few folks and reporters wonder as we’re all fed up with the Jr. High mentality that’s been running DC, even before Obama. No limits on Union & Corp donations to campaigns has raised a red flag for some apparently.

I can’t figure out why the Republicans didn’t get some McCain stories out besides the prison camp – it was very clear that Obama’s campaign was far superior, regardless of the contents.

From more than one source, before & after the elections, I’ve learned that McCain was ripped off & lost all his campaign funds about 6+ months before the primary. He started with nothing from scratch. Didn’t dip into the wealth of his wife’s family. Bought a coach plane ticket to NH, was met by some local yocal of the Party, and started walking the streets again to rise like a Phoenix from the ashes. But we didn’t hear about it then.

Whether we like the guy or not, that shows character. He is actually relatively moderate, so he couldn’t have been as offensive to folks as other more extreme platforms were during the primaries.

It also has come up that he could have paraded the pictures of his non-white adopted child to hang out the race card, but he declined parading his family in front of the media – that’s a good protector of those he cares about. I want someone like that to care about me & mine.

After the campaign, the news outlets revealed that George W.’s administration did NOT favor or like him, but he was thrown in with Bush. If he had W’s camp behind him, he probably would have won.

My editorial: The only contender, besides Biden, who had a strong reputation for reaching across party lines, persevered staying relatively clean for years (I was poly-sci major back in his earlier days), had the contacts in DC to pull strings to get things done, and we let this go? I was hoping for a McCain/Biden ticket, or someone to cross party lines and bring us back together.

I think, don’t know for sure, Rush Limbaugh referred to McCain as being “a slower road to Socialism”. He didn’t like him, so there goes the ultra conservative accusations.

This is no offense to Obama, or any party member, I’m a boring, yet not on-the-fence moderate. A voter with no party – worked in HR, hiring & training employees. The “resumes”, and how they were presented during that campaign, don’t make sense at all to me. I think the Republicans had one of the most moderate, candidates, with a proven track record (whether you agree with his policy or not), they’d seen in decades.

What do you think? I like all perspectives, please be nice – it’s Sunday.

off road pictures best answer:

Answer by Demsmierda
Yes. Big Difference.

McCain is about 50% Democrat.

Obama is about 75% Communist.

I didn’t like McCain.

But Obama is Destroying the Future for our kids and grand kids.

Off Road

off road question by : Is there any way to register my vehicle as off road in VA?
I have a 98′ Saturn and it is in pretty bad condition. I got a newer car so the Saturn is sitting off road and not being used until I can fix it up. Is there any way to register through the DMV as off road or non-use or something so that it doesn’t need to be insured or have the safety and emission inspections?

off road best answer:

Answer by Andy Pandy
ask your local vehicle office their more likely to know that we are.