World Record For Speed On A Skateboard Broke
poopypants posted,
How long till Danny starts showing up at DH races and
kicking everyones ass?
2009 March 3 3:12 PM
replied,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8cHqGPo4uU
2009 March 3 3:14 PM
Kate or die replied,
Yeah there's a couple downhillers that could crush Danny in a race...but give him another round and see if it happens again. If pro skaters decide one day that DH isn't gay, I hate to admit it...but those dudes are fuckin skilled!!! The board control on them is retarded and they obviously pick up little details quickly. They'll bring in they're big money sponsors, events will get coverage and then bam! The community as we know it will be over...look out k-rimes, Danny way is in the house! Just a thought...no offence!
2009 March 3 4:42 PM
replied,
A friend of mine is a sponsored skater and he sucks at dh. He even practices kinda a lot
2009 March 3 7:35 PM
Kate or die replied,
Year of practice? Sorry to bust your bubble man, but someone like way would need a day with a top rider, and he would become one of the fastest out there...I can almost guarantee it! And why is my little Charlie so slow? She's not...but she is also 110 pounds, Waaay less than your fat ass weighs! And just so you guys know, I'm not raggin on downhillers, I just personally have a couple of buddies that RIP short boards and would kill any of us after a couple short how to's. They aren't afraid of speed, and the board tends to be glued to their feet...Danny way is no different, infact...he's someone that has now obviously felt speed, and guaranteed has tapped into a little downhill...don't be siprised to see some of these guys kickin around once they get over the nightmare that is lookin like a power ranger in leathers!
2009 March 4 4:11 PM
Kate or die replied,
Hey man, I aint sayin they are gonna be amazing racers right away, your right...only experience can get you that! But what I am tryin to say is that it would probably only take em a day to figure out how to get down somethin like Seymour faster that most guys out there, with the obvious exception of 'our' pros. Its true that there are a lot of pro skaters out there that wouldn't have the balls to do this...but just as there are many of those ones, there are also the ones with a natural ability for speed, board control and an ability to see lines thanks to their audi's and kompressors! Take Steve lange for example...that dude rips in the bowls and parks, nowhere near the extent that Danny way does, but regardless SHREDS shit up...he hardly ever steps on a downhill board, basically only when needed...and he's a top 15 contender at the huge races just for showing up! I fear what he would be capable of doing if he were at every Saturday session, Seymour bomb or anything just once a week for that matter...langer for the win! I personally woidn't wanna race way after his week of practice, but then again...I'm nowhere near being one of the racers he would be after! Haha! Okay I'm done with this! See you all soon!
2009 March 4 6:07 PM
Kate or die replied,
Tricks are for kids...and longboards are for us kids that pretty much can't do any of them ;). Haha!
2009 March 4 9:30 PM
kate or die replied,
shnitz your right...they do hit 50mph on the downramp...and not only are they hittin 50mph on a downramp, they are doing it on a SHORT BOARD.
i have such respect for the pros in our community that fucking destroy hills, but the truth is, pro "skateboarders" are the kind of athletes that would become pros at any sport of their choice whether it be mountain bikes, hockey, golf, basketball...fucking anything! downhill skateboarding is absolutley no exception. if anything...that would be the thing they pick up the fastest.
and beleive me...no research is nessesary for them...you think they've never bombed a hill before? wrong...and they do it on shortboards. i was drivin with a buddy of mine last summer on our way to seylynn from the top of lonsdale and when i told him that i wanted to skate down the cut on my dh board (section of hwy one between westview and seymour) he laughed at me and asked why i hadn't done it yet as chalmers already did it on a short board...
the truth is, most of them just dont find downhill to be thier thing or all that attractive for that matter, but...as the community expands, and more people start to get involved i dont see why these guys wont take a little interest in it at least.
reference to the x-games where dave mirra one not only all his BMX shit, but RALLY CAR racing as well! cross pros man! wait till he desides he wants to destroy on gravity bike, or hell, DH skating as well!
i totally agree with shnitz up above...give a top downhiller a pro skateboarder for a week, and you'll be AMAZED at what they can do. someone like scoot, maytum, K-Rimes...dont get me wrong, are AMAZING at what they do, but pro skateboarders have to sift through literally hundreds of thousands of other skateboarders on this planet and come out on top!
the ones you have to worry about are not the street skaters, those are the ones that would more or likely be too afraid to do downhill(in most, but not all circumstances) but the ones you DO have to watch for though are the dudes that rip bowl! the thing about bowl skaters is that not only are they a little oldschool, but they are aware of downhill for the most part and either just think its gay...or all of their friends think its gay so they never did it...haha
the ratio to determine speed for a downhill vs bowl skater is insane! do you know how fast they have to skate to get that high out of transition or keep thier speed on the coping while grinding? its ridiculous! place that up against the distance that they travel, and yep...they (drastically) cover more ground faster than us! they might not be going 80kmh, but they are going 35k and have to get through some TECH ASS SHIT! its no joke skating bowls the way they do!! that exact reason is why i say they would be so good at downhill, and with minimal practice, racing! they are already used to travelling at ridiculous speeds, dodging any and every obsticle that comes their way! im not talkin settin up for a handrail, im talking dropping in and doing a minute long run in a randomly shaped coping bowl at 35km/h hitting everything both front side and backside, with airs and coping! jeeeesus...thats waaaaay more gnar than most downhill runs will ever give. the only thing i could think that would compare is somethin like watchin k-rimes, louie, kelly and switzer hammering thier stand up only runs down tuna canyon or some shit! haha! (GNAR MALIBU) and believe me...you aint seen downhill skateboarding live unless you've seen that shit! (orangatang vid has some of that run in it!)
just to put it into a personal perspective though...when im skatin bowl lines at seylynn...even though ive obviously done faster shit on my downhill board, running speed lines there FEELS faster than any dh run ive done in my life, and ive gone fast enough to be able to say that without sounding like an idiot...
but regardless, i have come to love downhill and downhill skateboards...and god damn do i think that if these dudes did start to take an interest, we would be watching some AMAZING racing! absolutley amazing racing!
...but watchin cheese is much better though!
GOODNIGHT!