Talk:Longboard (skateboard)

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Contents 1 Sliding -> Skateboarding Tricks 2 Wood 3 Reduce external link count 4 Lots of edits and copyediting 5 Drifting 6 longboard / longboarding

[edit] Sliding -> Skateboarding Tricks

- Consider creating a separate page for skateboarding wheels and moving the wheel stuff there. It's pretty general stuff already. Same goes with trucks and bearings.

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While I generally agree that there are similarities between skateboarding and longboarding, and that these general aspects of (e.g.) trucks and bearings should be on a common page, I think that there are enough differences in material requirements to justify the mention on the longboard page. Especially sliding is not commonly considered a "trick" among downhill longboarders, but an essential braking technique. It is not intuitive to look it up on a page called Skateboarding tricks. Also, not every sliding trick can be used as a breaking technique.

I will create a link now, but if you've got more time at hand than I do, maybe you could clarify a bit on the issue.

Best regards, Ravn 14:23, 6 May 2005 (UTC)

If it can be used to impressing chicks, then it is a trick. :) Tp 13:18, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

I also liked that litle tidbit  :) Tardicus 19:52, September 2, 2005 (UTC)

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- This article is about longboards. Create a new page for sliding, drifting and other longboarding techniques. The title for the page could be, for example "Longboarding". Tp 06:13, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

Good point. ;) Ravn 10:06, 9 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Wood

Longboards are normally made of 12mm birch ply, or 2 layers of 6mm birch ply glued together with some sort of epoxy. Also wood has to be Baltic Birch Multi-Ply Plywood

this would be a good tip for people making longboards.

Not necessarily. There are many designs, I've seen from 6 layers up to 11. Also, maple can be used. Christophe Lasserre (talk) 19:37, 10 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reduce external link count

IMHO we should try to reduce the external link count - useful links would include one or two global longboarding online communities and technical documentations. It_s not that useful to include dealers and longboarding clubs here, there are just too many.

What do you think? -- Ravn 09:07, 28 May 2005 (UTC)

I agree. Tp 13:10, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

"Do not add your own webpage to external links. If your website is worth mentioning in Wikipedia, it will be added there by a third party completely unrelated to you." Tp 10:59, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Lots of edits and copyediting

I've been adding information, reformatting, copyediting, and rewriting sections in this article to try to eliminate the cleanup problems. The article is now 'pretty good', but I think it needs some more eyes to polish up the tone. Something may need to be done about the 'equipment' section, some of which is duplicated in Skateboard. I tried to make edits that emphasize not skateboard equipment in general, but in how longboard equipment is different from regular skateboard equipment. If we feel that needs to go somewhere else, that can happen at some point. Plus, the 'techniques' section is a little dry.. It should probably be either removed, or fleshed out... Talk amongst yourselves. ;) Phidauex 22:32, 30 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks :) -- Ravn 10:19, 2 April 2006 (UTC)

New to this wikipedia thing, but this article is a stub at best. No mention of competions, very little mention of any kind of history. No mention of speed records (Teutonia 2007?) or of any kind of "crossover" board like freeboard, T-board, carve board, flowboards, etc. No time to write it all, but if anyone reads through the discussion page....

64.180.46.95 (talk) 04:26, 21 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Drifting

Drifting A drift is when the board loses traction around the turn. It is a controlled movement designed to reduce speed or to impress spectators. The same equipment is used as for a slide; the only variation is in hand positions.

IMO, the equipment is not the same (unless you're referring strictly to slide gloves). Boards used for trick-type sliding are generally very different than those used for (general) drifting. MileHighSkates 20:21, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] longboard / longboarding

Why not make Longboard (skateboard) two separate articles? in longboarding more could be said about the different types of longboards and in longboarding more could be said about tournaments, styles and history. I can help divide this and make both nice referenced articles. (see Snowboarding/Snowboard, and Skateboarding/ Skateboard)Yamanbaiia 17:17, 15 October 2007 (UTC)