Archive for the 'Skateboard' Category

Bearing apakah yang bagus untuk skateboarding?

Wednesday, July 12th, 2006

Ini adalah forum thread yang saya post di Sk8Climax forum.

Secara amnya, kamu sepatutnya mencari bearing dengan crown ball cage
Yang benda ball cage ialah benda putih dalam gambar di bawah

crown ini menjarakan bola bearing dengan jarak tertentu.
Yang satu jenis lagi ialah jenis besi. Yang jenis besi ialah ini

gigi pada pemegang di kanan akan mencengkam pemegang [...]

10 easy steps to reassembling a bearing

Sunday, July 9th, 2006

Step 1:
Get everything ready

Step 2:
Put a shield on one side of the bearing.The prefred kind is the rubber kind

Step 3:
Flip bearing over and put the inner race in then some balls in.

Step 4:
After you put six of the balls in,put the last ball in between the six balls

Step 5:
Space them out evenly

Step 6:
There are two [...]

Penang X-Jam 2006 : Be there or be square

Thursday, July 6th, 2006

Place :  Penang Youth Park
Date : Friday , 7th to 9th July, 2006
Full details can be found from Sk8Climax website.  The obstacles photos and complete schedule here.
See you!  I am only cheering from the side because I have not master grinding yet. Never mind, there is a next time.

Mont Kiara Skatepark - Latest park to skate!

Wednesday, July 5th, 2006

It is now OPENED. Got this news from here scrool to the bottom of the page. I’m so excited. Can’t wait for my next family trip down to KL. That park is just so perfect. It’s the BEST so far in Malaysia currently according from a few sources. Semi-indoor,Skatelite surface,ajustable rails,correct dimensions and most of [...]

Mont Kiara Skatepark opening 3rd July 2006

Saturday, July 1st, 2006

This just in, Mont Kiara Grand Opening will be on Third July Two Thousand Six 03/07/06. The sad thing is that I can’t be there when that happens. I gotta be in school. There will be a competition and skateboard demo held there. There is a motel or hostel or whatever you wanna call it [...]

Skateboard - Wheels and bearings explained

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006

Toy wheels feel sticky on any surface because it dosen’t have any rebound. This is because they’re made mainly from rubber or plastic. Whereas a REAL skateboard wheel is made from a high rebound substace called urethane. Rebound is the memory of the wheel. Put it this way,all wheels flatten at a microscopic degree when [...]

How not to get hurt skateboarding

Monday, June 26th, 2006

Well there are a few methods. But you don’t really need padding for street skating only get them for ramp,pipe,bowl,pipe,pool skating. But first things first. Get your self some proper knee/elbow padding from a legit company and not paddings from toy stores or retail supermarkets. Second thing is to get multi-impact helmet,here read this article
“Skateboard [...]

Where to buy skateboards

Saturday, June 24th, 2006

Definitely not from toys stores and supermarkets. Those are for kids. Like my little brother. The skateboard is not built properly and is made from cheap wood.
I bought my first skateboard from a Toys R’ Us retail store and it performed badly. You can’t go fast on it because the wheel is made [...]

Starting skateboarding

Wednesday, June 21st, 2006

This is a really helpful guide if you want to start skateboarding.And the forum is really quite fun to be on it.
What you should know before starting
Don’t be fooled, skateboarding is a difficult sport to learn, and its even harder to master, you will feel like quitting many times when you get frustrated, having a [...]

Mont Kiara new skatepark

Monday, June 19th, 2006

The spanking new skatepark in Mont Kiara. When can I skate there?
Bila boleh skate kat sini? Bila???!!!!!?????
It is not open for skating when I went there last two weeks. They said opening on 15 June 2006 and now, there is still no news.
I want to go and skate!!!!!!
I took the photos when [...]