Community lead mandatory safety

dude… what trucks were you using ?


ATS 12 from mbs. Do not recommend :sweat_smile:

It happened exactly one week before a race in Colorado. I only had the same ats trucks on me and was forced to race with them. I was very nervous and upgraded immediately.

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fantastic article. if you don’t have sufficient gear that you wear every ride, please read!! :slight_smile: its about moto riders but applies almost entirely to us too.

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The new bucket! :sunglasses:

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Digging up an old topic to ask - what is appropriate footwear with regard to safety?

The only other thread on this (What are your Eboard shoes?) is full of vans and low tops. Coming from a motorcycle background, wearing casual shoes is a big no-no at speed. I still have a set of moon boots that have saved my shins from being cracked a few times on a motorcycle, but would likely cause an accident from restricted movement on a longboard.

What do downhill speed freaks wear on their feet?

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TSG makes some ankle protection…I saw someone mention it in one of these safety threads

I think it was these. Not sure how commonly they are used though, or how much they help

I wear Nike SBs. I think most people are wearing skate shoes. Some people wear padded or reinforced high tops of some type.

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I mentioned it and I use just like those. They are 6/10 comfortable.

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Do you think it’s saver to ride in a lower position similar to downhill longboarders? I usually ride almost upright no matter the speed. It seems like when you are lower to the ground you don’t smash forwards quite so bad and transition to slide better.

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In my humble experience I’d say the main safety factor for your balance and in case of fall is how low you sit on your knees / legs, not specially how much you tuck ? Tuck posture will help you reduce your air drag thus give you more aerodynamic stability, however you’ll be also working your weight repartition and balance with needle like precision. This means you need to build calf and ankle muscles, greatly increase your control.

That’s my personal feel, others might feel different.

See it another way, if you sit low on your knees you’ll pump your legs easier. Tucking by itself could maybe help you shift your weight up and down during the momentum when you go for the pump because you’ll naturally shift upwards I think.

However if you faceplant, you faceplant head first which is not pretty… so slide pads etc to help you mitigate the impact with your arms instead, if you’re fast enough to slide it out ?

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In my experience wearing a wrist brace stopped wrist injuries, and started finger injuries. Right now I ride with moto gloves that have extra sliders around the wrist and palm so that they don’t catch on the pavement, which seems to be best for me. YMMV.

Interesting, cool thanks, I suppose I can see that point of view

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:thinking:

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That’s the difference between a SNELL and an ECE/FIM helmet right there

That’s a lot of text, all I have to say is that I’ve learned not to fall on my wrists.

Model? I’m looking to upgrade. A doctor friend of mine said the most common injury she saw last year on pevs was wrist injuries :grimacing:

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:face_with_raised_eyebrow:

Anyway, I use Flatland3D’s pro gloves, which come with plates that stop your wrist from hyper-extending. Highly recommend.

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Joe Rocket Highside. They have slide armor and padding on all the exterior knuckles, and then I took a set of velcro sliders from a dead set of rollerblading gloves and shoe goo-ed them on the palms. I ride with my hands balled up so that there’s sliders all round, since leather can still catch on pavement


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