Author Topic: M110 Stilts? (Read 23240 times)

dark-castles2 · « **Reply #100 on:** August 05, 2009, 11:08:44 PM »

Thats why my family owns a gym, ill be in there

WEATHER CANT BEAT ME!!!!
DC

Jason · « **Reply #101 on:** August 06, 2009, 08:54:30 PM »

Your family owns a gym DC

You are gonna be popular on here mate :Claugh:if the EA's find out you'll never be rid of them

Jason

Hilly-of-the-Marshes · « **Reply #102 on:** August 07, 2009, 10:23:21 AM »

too right

dark-castles2 · « **Reply #103 on:** August 07, 2009, 11:41:12 AM »

Damn, im scared now :p

Jason will you protect me?

Meh could be good buisness to have a Bocking day there, Only problem is EA is in London this gym is some place near Reading.

DC

chocl8 · « **Reply #104 on:** August 07, 2009, 01:11:47 PM »

Quote from: dark-castles2 on August 07, 2009, 11:41:12 AM

Only problem is EA is in London this gym is some place near Reading.

DC

Geography fail, but will let you get away with it.

Where abouts? For a gym day we haven't really got any issues with distance, like Jason says, you won't get rid of us

dark-castles2 · « **Reply #105 on:** August 07, 2009, 01:18:39 PM »

I did fail geography

were is reading?

And ill ask if you cna use it, dunno yet as its my Grandad's. But should be cool cus its got loads of crash matts as it used to be used for gymmnastics, but there is some good stuff to use there

DC

chocl8 · « **Reply #106 on:** August 07, 2009, 02:00:53 PM »

Quote from: dark-castles2 on August 07, 2009, 01:18:39 PM

I did fail geography

were is reading?

And ill ask if you cna use it, dunno yet as its my Grandad's. But should be cool cus its got loads of crash matts as it used to be used for gymmnastics, but there is some good stuff to use there

DC

See map.

dark-castles2 · « **Reply #107 on:** August 07, 2009, 02:06:30 PM »

Wow mager geographic fail, i see how reading is right by London :p

Guess it wont be to difficult for you to get there.

DC

Hilly-of-the-Marshes · « **Reply #108 on:** August 07, 2009, 04:56:12 PM »

it will if we cant get a lift with driving ppl - EA is further north - at least us EAs are

Tenroe · « **Reply #109 on:** August 07, 2009, 07:26:16 PM »

Good lord i cant believe this thread has gone for 5 pages. Just and update though from me. i havent had any more goes on the stilts and hopefully the wife will never know i did allready. But ive gotten 4 different colours of tape for my springs. Red, black, Brown, and Black/yellow warning (Aka Barricade or Police) Tape. Ontop of this i got some seat belt covers that would be used for a car's seat belt and secured those to the springs aswell so they are well and portected hehehe.

Jason · « **Reply #110 on:** August 07, 2009, 07:36:11 PM »

Err Did you say Reading as in Berkshire DC

Cause if you did you have real problems as that is almost walking distance (well not quite

) for both the Hanworth Banned and the Surrey springers

And we are within easy drive of EA and Invicta so you could end up with a very full house if your Grandpa is willing

Jason

dark-castles2 · « **Reply #111 on:** August 07, 2009, 08:49:34 PM »

This is starting to look worrying :p

well ill update you as soon as i can on wether you can use it, and ill post a time table to show you when the gym will be free so you can decide when you want it.

No promises though.

I wanna Gaffa my springs to but i dunno how :p

DC

Jason · « **Reply #112 on:** August 07, 2009, 08:54:38 PM »

I must admit we have been looking for a gym in our area for a while

We are willing to pay the going price (but any discount will be welcome

) and if he is unsure about the bocks you can give him a demo

So well done DC even if it doesn't pan out

Jason

dark-castles2 · « **Reply #113 on:** August 07, 2009, 09:48:20 PM »

Free of charge m8, if none else has booked it, ill just creep up to him :p

buy him a beer or something

DC

Jason · « **Reply #114 on:** August 07, 2009, 09:59:27 PM »

A beer

a Case of beer more like

Jason

Hilly-of-the-Marshes · « **Reply #115 on:** August 07, 2009, 10:01:48 PM »

hell, i'll buy him a few for that deal

there's always a little promotion work for free in return too...?

dark-castles2 · « **Reply #116 on:** August 07, 2009, 10:06:57 PM »

Lol, na ill just go see him this month some time (he is crap with phones)

then ill tell you if you can use it

DC

Tenroe · « **Reply #117 on:** August 14, 2009, 09:24:49 AM »

Just an update guys. Ive had my bocks now for 3 days not counting today since i just woke up and I LOVE THEM SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH. Ive gotten plenty of practice and can now hop on one foot, bounce about 3 feet high whilst doing various grabs and tricks. I can run a at a decent pace aswell which isnt NEARLY as hard as alot of people made it out to be. Ive only taken 3 spills so far and all of them have been stupid falls as i wasnt even doing anything other than walking lol.

My only problem is i have a hard time maintaining my balance for more than a few bounces at a time. Im still working on my technique so i can get higher and higher but ive got walking up and downhills mastered. I can also bounce over a set of 4 stairs as well as other various drops of different sizes of walls.

Have a hard time gauging my height though as i tried to bounce UP the wall next to the set of stairs and came up short. I thought i was going to eat dirt but somehow i did a stall by landing on the wall with the underneath of my foot plates. (Think ive invented a new bocking trick allthough it's rather dangerous lol and was a complete accident) But i hopped back down and decided jumping up anything higher than a curb isnt a good idea for now lol.

ANyways that is my expereince on bocks other than i forgot to mention i met one of the members of the Welsh Bockers (who gave me some pointers) the day before yesterday while bocking around and will be making my first trip to the gym next week.

darfgarf · « **Reply #118 on:** August 14, 2009, 10:31:13 AM »

Quote from: Tenroe on August 14, 2009, 09:24:49 AM

(Think ive invented a new bocking trick allthough it's rather dangerous lol and was a complete accident)

nope, some people have even gone along grind rails on that part of the bock, bad idea, damages bocks, puts a huge shock up your leg, really not fun

Tenroe · « **Reply #119 on:** August 14, 2009, 10:41:45 AM »

Shock wasnt nearly as bad as anything when skateboarding. But damn i was hoping to try and grind a rail myself once i get a bit better. Ill start throwing out variations of nose grinds 5-0's, not to mention frontisde and backside lipslides and stuff like that.

Didnt damage the bocks as all though there is barely a mark on them and it was on some pretty jagged ass concrete aswell which is why i was expecting to die lol (not literally) Obviously it cant be good for them and i wont actually make a habit of doing it often but it was jsut a fun little acident that occured. lol thanks for being positive

darfgarf · « **Reply #120 on:** August 14, 2009, 11:30:20 AM »

just watch your support rods for any obvious bending, normally the spring takes quite a lto of shok out of the frames, but if you land on the footplate, all the shock will go straight up the rods, they're designed to work under tension, not compression, so jut watch em

sprog · « **Reply #121 on:** August 14, 2009, 11:39:34 AM »

Agreed with DG, I caught the side of my footplate on the side of a skate ramp a few weeks back and wrecked a support rod.

Tenroe · « **Reply #122 on:** August 14, 2009, 12:31:23 PM »

Shall do guys thanks for the advice ill make sure not to bang em around to much. I can do this

and this

now aswelll hehehe

dark-castles2 · « **Reply #123 on:** August 14, 2009, 03:06:59 PM »

sounds like you are getting on well with them, i broke mine and had to buy a new pair

But they should be here tomorrow

Cant wait again

DC

Jason · « **Reply #124 on:** August 14, 2009, 08:31:27 PM »

I remember your kind offer of a spare bit at CB Cardiff Sprog when I did the same thing and bent the footplate support it's very easy to do and can do a fair bit of dammage if you get it wrong

Sounds like you got off lightly

Jason

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Author Topic: M110 Stilts? (Read 23240 times)