Airborne
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| posted on 23-9-2004 at 20:02 |
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skimboarding
Hi, has anyone tried skimboarding here and can anyone tell me if its hard to pick up or not?
Any extra info and tips on what to do to start off skimboarding, where to do it, what skimboard to buy etc. would be really great!
I might just get and atuna skimboard for around £30, incase i don't like the sport...i'd like to take this sport up because i don't
live to near the sea, so if its too flat when i get there to bodyboard, i can skimboard.
Plus, can anyone tell me if this atuna board has riding wave ability or is it just skimming? See link below to view board.
its the blue one on the far left "skimboard atunas":
http://www.littlepinkshop.com/lps/erol.html
just click on skimboards on the left hand column of that link...cheers for any help.
[Edited on 23-9-2004 by Airborne]
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mNeil
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| posted on 28-9-2004 at 18:50 |
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check this out; martin from llandudno using a skim board to kitesurf with.
www.skyte.co.uk
A KITE IS FOR LIFE!! THAT IS IF ITS A YARGA.
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Airborne
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That's a pretty good link you got there mNeil, but i've decided to forget skimboarding and take up mountain boarding instead 
Skimboarding looks to dangerous. 
Cheers for the rep,y anyway.
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Thodd
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Mountain Boarding!!! Now your talking!!!
I've tried my hand at that a couple of times, it went something like this:
"hey this is good i'm going really fast!!"
"bugger....how do I stop.....NO BREAKS!!!"
"AAAAAAArrgh...crunch!"
ooooh the pain! I'm really really bad at it!
One of my mates (actually living with him for a couple of months) is a sponsered rider for team Exit. Watched him compete in races and
those guys are sick!! ecspecially the free style event... it cannt be normal to do back flips on one of those things!
Anyway I know a bit of stuff about these contraptions from endless lectures off my mate... but if you want any advice and I don't know
the answer, i'm sure he will!
Wasn't summer great? I think it was on a Thursday!
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Airborne
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lol, thanks for the reply Thodd sounds good. I was thinking of buying an Exit mountainboard, could you ask your friend if i should by
an "Exit Phantom", or go for the "Ride the Hill Tsunami" considering price, and i'm a beginner just starting out. Plus the "Ride the
Hill Tsunami" has a toolkit and manual. Here is the website i am buying from, please show it to your mate and post back the info to
this thread.
That would be great if you could do that for me.
Really appreciate it, cheers.
Airborne.
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Thodd
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Just incase you check this thread and theres still no answer... be assured I've just emailed him at work so hopefully get the answers
you need real soon. If not i'll post again tomorrow after I see him.
Wasn't summer great? I think it was on a Thursday!
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Airborne
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thanx Thodd i'll wait for your reply.
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Thodd
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Well he's about as usefull as a Chocolate Fireguard!!!!!
He says he's never heard of them before. bugger! Think its because he uses the top end boards, and ones that aren't actually in the
shops yet!
He does however have an Exit Toaster for sale. Exit keep sending him boards and I think he's got about 5 or 6 of them now. The most
recent one being a rather plush looking prototype that they want him to try and break.
Anyway the Exit Toaster...
http://www.atbshop.co.uk/
Click on "boards" on the left and then Exit. It'll take you to some info on the toaster.
The board he's selling has never been ridden, don't actually think that its been out of the box, so its brand new. He says that he
wants £200 for it, but as they're £215 new off the internet I reckon I could knock him down if you interested at all. Bit more
expensive than what you were looking at I know.
Anyway, let me know if your interested. Probably get him down to the £170-£180 area so you've got an idea. We'd probably drive
down and drop it off for you as well so you can "see before you buy"
And again... sorry that theres not much help on the other boards!
Wasn't summer great? I think it was on a Thursday!
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Airborne
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Thanks very much for the info Thodd! The Exit toaster looks really good, but i've decided now that i think the "Ride the Hill" Board is
for me. Therefore i won't be interested in buying the Exit board off you, but thanks for the offer anyway. 
Tell your friend if he's interested that Ride the Hill are some mountainboarding centres where you can ride. They sell all kinds of
boards like the great link you gave me, cheers for that! Anyway, they also sell their own custom board for beginner senior riders,
below is the link if yourself or him are bothered:
Its the Ride the Hill Tsunami that im getting.
Thanks for the info, you've proven yourself to be man of all knowledge once again!
Cheers,
Airborne.
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Airborne
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OK sorry i pressed the wrong thing for the website link, here it is:
http://www.ridethehill.com/Shop/shop_rth.html
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Thodd
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| posted on 19-10-2004 at 08:04 |
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Hello...
No problem... it is a bit expensive for your first board!
Yeah, i've been to a few Ride the hill centres. The best one that I've seen is at Bolesworth near Chester its on that site that you
sent me the link for.
http://www.ridethehill.com/Centres/bmc.html
The place is totally sick! It has a huge bowl cut out of the ground at the bottom of the valley with huge girders for rail slides,
massive air jumps and a quarter pipe right at the bottom! You should see the pro's nail it during the freestyle section of comps its
awesome!
The track itself is pretty scary going, but like all the centres its got a practice hill.
Theres also a place in Hertfordshire called "Court Farm" and a place about 30 mins from Croyde in Bideford called "Big Sheep".AND.....
theres a place called "Out to Grass" http://www.outtograss.com/ which is near Worcester. All of these places are well sound places
to ride. It is the end of the season now tho, and I think that most centres are shutting this weekend if they haven't already done
so!
Oh yeah.... Also my mate knows the guys that do a magazine called "Scuz"..
http://www.scuz.info/Default.aspx?tabid=33
Theres a forum on the site so if you want to ask them technical questions then these are your boys! They ride alot of places that
aren't on the internet.. little secret spots all over the country so if you find yourself getting involved in it all then you know who
to ask!
Right.... I think that, thats enough information churned out of my head for the day!! Should keep you going for a bit!!!
Wasn't summer great? I think it was on a Thursday!
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Airborne
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Thanks for all the info you've given me Thodd that's really great! I've joined the forum on the link you gave me, looked at the ride
the hill centre, i agree it looks really sick! I get a free lesson with my board at any of the centres so i'll look forward to that! In
fact all the links are great! I especially like the sound of the one in devon, i always go to ruda park in croyde and they always have
a mountainboarding course which should be good.
Cheers!
Airborne.
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rob
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well that's a coincidence, my friend's sister's boyfriend runs the Ride the Hill centre near chester!
blow me!!
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Airborne
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Wow! Nice one
What mountainboard does he ride if you know?
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rob
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no idea, sorry. i suspect it's one out of my price range!
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kitesurf_dan
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Hows longs that been set up? Need to get boarding again!
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rob
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the superbole near chester opened last year, not sure of the others. it opens again soon i think.
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Thodd
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I know a guy who knows a guy who knows the guy......... etc who owns it.
I have a feeling he'll open it up privatley over winter if you can get a large enough number of people going. Should be able to get
more information if anyone wants it?
Wasn't summer great? I think it was on a Thursday!
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