Darkside

STPHNSN23 · Guest

i won't really try it. i suck at skating Crying or Very sad

Jester · Posted: Feb 19, 2003 2:04 pm Post subject:

furitive_revolution · Outlaw Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Posts: 127 City: Oshawa

yeah man, i forget where i've seen it exactly but it has been done numerous times..

David Legler · Posted: Feb 19, 2003 6:57 pm Post subject:

Aaron Reed does them, i haven't seen a video of it yet(i'm sure they will have one in SNAP) but i have seen pictures of it, one was in WakeboardingMag. its pretty sweet.

Nathan Newman · Addict Joined: 08 Feb 2003 Posts: 711 City: Baylor

maybe
if we could get rodney mullen on a wakeskate...

Todd Armstrong · Addict Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Posts: 758 City: Battle Ground

I like the way Rowley does it better.

Jester · Posted: Mar 22, 2003 7:41 pm Post subject:

Rowley's are sloppy compared to Mullen's.

Wakeskater42 · Newbie Joined: 03 Mar 2003 Posts: 22 City: Miami

It WILL happen as soon as the pros (or some1) starts kickflipping (in the flats) like on a skateboard and has the balls to try it. The Cassette 3-ds are the only board that I think might work. It has the lip on the edge where the grip tape ends. Maybe Thomas planned the 3-d Cassette's to be like this for a reason... Wink

Jester · Posted: Apr 11, 2003 5:38 am Post subject:

Todd Armstrong · Addict Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Posts: 758 City: Battle Ground

Wakeskater42 is right, if you could 1/2 flip on a 1/2 flip off the only deck that wouldn't hang up are the Cassette 3D's. The way they are milled leaves the raw wood , no tape, on the mid rail.

B-rad · Posted: Apr 11, 2003 9:04 am Post subject:

I've never thought about that... Good call bringing that to our attention.

Jester · Posted: Apr 11, 2003 10:59 am Post subject:

Well, first off, I misunderstood what he was saying. I thought when he said on the edge of the board he meant the nose or tail, not the rail edges.

Second, you shouldn't hafta leave a non-grip area on your deck for darkslides. If skaters can darkslide a waxed cement ledge you should be able to do it on a PVC slider.

Todd Armstrong · Addict Joined: 04 Feb 2003 Posts: 758 City: Battle Ground

Not at 20 mph thought. What don't you get Jester, you really need to wakeskate more so you have applied knowledge. I have slid my skate alot and it is hard to keep it under you when your feet are on the gripped side an you are only just sliding wood to PVC not griptape to PVC adn no grip to your feet.

derrick lenz · Posted: Apr 11, 2003 1:32 pm Post subject:

pvc is soft. it'll dig into the pvc and slow you down. grip tape lides on concretebetter cause concrete is harder and there for it slides over it better. grip tape wouldn't go good with pvc.

jibn-it-all · Outlaw Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 248 City: apopka

i geuss weel have to do darkslides on metal rails then!!!!!

andrandre · Soul Rider Joined: 13 Jan 2004 Posts: 258 City: Toronto

in and issue of wakeboard mag a while back i belive a guy tried a darkslide in their "did he make it section" he got into the right position but didnt pull it off

rybassett17 · Addict Joined: 11 May 2004 Posts: 562 City: Cadillac

I don't even know where I got this and I don' think that its real because of the water but if it was whoever it is ... they are fuc&in sick

RUSSIAN · Posted: May 27, 2004 8:58 pm Post subject:

that was faked, there was a whole thread about it. It goes right up there with putting a handle on your deck so you can do indy backrolls Rolling Eyes

rybassett17 · Addict Joined: 11 May 2004 Posts: 562 City: Cadillac

damn too bad its not real that owuld be so sick

Tyler~Moore · Posted: May 28, 2004 7:25 am Post subject:

RUSSIAN, haha, I remember that. Who was that kid again?

Wakebrad · Ladies Man Joined: 11 Dec 2003 Posts: 12257 City: Dallas

I would seriously like to see that darkbutterslide. I bet it's possible, you'd just have to lean back on the board more than a normal butterslide. The hard part would be getting the board right side up before the nose dipped into the water. Man, I need to buy a wakeskate, I'd love to try this stuff.

x2xwakegurlx2x · Guest

I remember that pic, some girl came on here and kept claiming it was real, and then she finally admitted it was staged.

cojo99 · Newbie Joined: 18 Mar 2004 Posts: 36

have u seen the wbm in the last blast drew mc. attempted it. its pretty sweet

Elevation · Posted: May 28, 2004 8:16 pm Post subject:

i remembered seeing that pick in the skate forum a while back. i was just about to post it but rybasset beat me to it. sick picture but too bad its not real ha.

darkslide butterslide, that sounds crazy but i bet it would be insanely hard. what if someone did a casper on the water and just leaned way back hahaha wow probably not possible. casper on a low deck would be very sick tho.

rybassett17 · Addict Joined: 11 May 2004 Posts: 562 City: Cadillac

I mean but could you imagine tryigng to do that....... I dunno

HaveNewACL · Outlaw Joined: 21 Dec 2003 Posts: 207 City: Richland

someone will probably pull the grip tape off in the middle just so it dosent catch. but with concave boards the grip tape probably wont touch the pvc

wakeguy2008 · Addict Joined: 16 Jul 2003 Posts: 847 City: Ft. Myers

i dunno.....its seems kinda odd to stand on the bottom of your deck.....can any of you guys ride on the bottom side of your deck with out slipping off?

stompin7s · Posted: Jun 03, 2004 7:58 pm Post subject:

i say casper slide brfore dark slide...i dont know how u would half flip out of the dark slide?

Elevation · Posted: Jun 03, 2004 8:11 pm Post subject:

even though its fake, that is still a really sweet pic.

Fredrick Eisenhauer · Posted: Jun 03, 2004 8:42 pm Post subject:

Nah I'd say darkslide before casper. Casper slides are way harder to get the timing for then dark slides. All you do for darkslide is catch the board half way, its that easy. Sliding along and flipping out is alot harder though.

ryan lemons · Newbie Joined: 16 Apr 2004 Posts: 21 City: winterpark now.

well, believe me, darkslides are definatly possible, ive been kickflipping in and out off lipslides, (havent put them togeather yet Crying or Very sad

) but sometime soon i will grip parts of the bottom of my board and go out and stick one. it has to be done on a flat deck where the water doesnt grip the edges. i think its possible, and might be done this summer.

pooser · Wakeboarder.com Freak Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 4738

i dont think people will be able to do TRUE caspers unless its on a dock or some sort of flat surface because i dont think theres enough surface area on the back of the deck to ride without your front foot dragging through the water. ive deffinitely dark butterslides willbe the first. the hardest part will be the upside down half flip out.
ryan lemons, Kickflip in and out of lipslides. thats sick dude keep up the good work. i would think that it would be possible on a concave because there was a pic of someone riding their deck upside down on the lip and i thought for sure the deck was concave.

Elevation · Posted: Jun 07, 2004 4:38 pm Post subject:

ryan lemons, kickflipping in and out of lips thats tight. saw the video of you flipping out but not of flipping in. sounds pretty tight. if you ever get the darkslide this summer, post a video that would be sick.

The Headless Chicken, thats insane. some riding there deck upside down on the lip??? i was joking around saying someone should try a casper on the water but it doesnt seem like a casper or darkslide would be possible. to ride with ur deck upside down it seems like ud have to be goin pretty fast and lean back a ton considering the deck would be curved the wrong way. anyway, id like to see it done.