Comments on: Skip Conversions http://skateandannoy.com/2008/08/27/skip-conversions/ Skateboarding culture for the disenfranchised Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:04:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: kvon http://skateandannoy.com/2008/08/27/skip-conversions/#comment-134831 kvon Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:59:23 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/?p=7579#comment-134831 <p><i>"Besides, building a backyard ramp is SOOOOOOOO 1980s."</i></p> <p>cool! 80's is what I aim for! lol!</p> “Besides, building a backyard ramp is SOOOOOOOO 1980s.”

cool! 80’s is what I aim for! lol!

]]> By: heath http://skateandannoy.com/2008/08/27/skip-conversions/#comment-134824 heath Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:20:33 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/?p=7579#comment-134824 <p>I could be wrong, but grade 8 kingpins are more rigid. Stronger, yes. However, for people that weigh more grade 8 kingpins could be too brittle and more likely to break. I think that most use grade 5 because it absorbs shock better.</p> I could be wrong, but grade 8 kingpins are more rigid. Stronger, yes. However, for people that weigh more grade 8 kingpins could be too brittle and more likely to break. I think that most use grade 5 because it absorbs shock better.

]]> By: Kilwag http://skateandannoy.com/2008/08/27/skip-conversions/#comment-134816 Kilwag Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:26:55 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/?p=7579#comment-134816 <p><em>"grade 8 kingpins"</em></p> <p>Can you really go into a hardware store these days and buy a kingpin for a major truck brand? I remember we used to do that, but then again we used to break a lot of kingpins too. I weigh a lot more now (as does my crew!) and I can't remember the last tie one of us broke a kingpin. Indy has a proprietary kingpin, don't they? Aren't most manufacturers using hardened kingpins these days?</p> <p>What is grade 8 anyway?</p> “grade 8 kingpins”

Can you really go into a hardware store these days and buy a kingpin for a major truck brand? I remember we used to do that, but then again we used to break a lot of kingpins too. I weigh a lot more now (as does my crew!) and I can’t remember the last tie one of us broke a kingpin. Indy has a proprietary kingpin, don’t they? Aren’t most manufacturers using hardened kingpins these days?

What is grade 8 anyway?

]]> By: enemy combatant http://skateandannoy.com/2008/08/27/skip-conversions/#comment-134813 enemy combatant Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:05:26 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/?p=7579#comment-134813 <p><em>"Do you realy think ACE hardware gives a damn about skateboarding either?"</em></p> <p>I wouldn't know. But at least they carry both 10-32 mounting bolts and grade 8 kingpins!</p> “Do you realy think ACE hardware gives a damn about skateboarding either?”

I wouldn’t know. But at least they carry both 10-32 mounting bolts and grade 8 kingpins!

]]> By: bailgun http://skateandannoy.com/2008/08/27/skip-conversions/#comment-134812 bailgun Fri, 29 Aug 2008 18:00:03 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/?p=7579#comment-134812 <p>no, i don't think ACE hardware cares about skateboarding, but at least they don't pretend to be either, do they?</p> <p>that freshpark shit is garbage. i'd be surprised if any of it lasted a whole session.</p> <p>its flimsy, but at least its overpriced.</p> no, i don’t think ACE hardware cares about skateboarding, but at least they don’t pretend to be either, do they?

that freshpark shit is garbage. i’d be surprised if any of it lasted a whole session.

its flimsy, but at least its overpriced.

]]> By: benny b bones http://skateandannoy.com/2008/08/27/skip-conversions/#comment-134785 benny b bones Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:17:18 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/?p=7579#comment-134785 <p>Do you realy think ACE hardware gives a damn about skateboarding either? At least those ramp companies have some finacial stake in skateboarding. They are professionalls, I'll let them decide what is best for me to skate on. They obviously know best; it is their job!</p> <p>Besides, building a backyard ramp is SOOOOOOOO 1980s.</p> Do you realy think ACE hardware gives a damn about skateboarding either? At least those ramp companies have some finacial stake in skateboarding. They are professionalls, I’ll let them decide what is best for me to skate on. They obviously know best; it is their job!

Besides, building a backyard ramp is SOOOOOOOO 1980s.

]]> By: bailgun http://skateandannoy.com/2008/08/27/skip-conversions/#comment-134755 bailgun Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:22:29 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/?p=7579#comment-134755 <p>and then you won't have to worry about the karmic implications of buying shit from profiteers who don't give a shit about skateboarding.</p> and then you won’t have to worry about the karmic implications of buying shit from profiteers who don’t give a shit about skateboarding.

]]> By: colin http://skateandannoy.com/2008/08/27/skip-conversions/#comment-134702 colin Thu, 28 Aug 2008 17:35:48 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/?p=7579#comment-134702 <p>or visit your local hardware store and lumber yard for $300 and learn something in the meantime!</p> or visit your local hardware store and lumber yard for $300 and learn something in the meantime!

]]> By: Estes http://skateandannoy.com/2008/08/27/skip-conversions/#comment-134627 Estes Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:31:52 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/?p=7579#comment-134627 <p>www.freshpark.com $600 bucks for 2 QPs...weatherproof.</p> http://www.freshpark.com $600 bucks for 2 QPs…weatherproof.

]]> By: skatebroke http://skateandannoy.com/2008/08/27/skip-conversions/#comment-134620 skatebroke Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:41:47 +0000 http://skateandannoy.com/?p=7579#comment-134620 <p>how much would one cost to make it a mobile ramp mini ramp??</p> how much would one cost to make it a mobile ramp mini ramp??

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