Went to the Skatepark today - wound up on someone's video!

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I went to my local skatepark today for some practice. Although I had intended to go there a lot more often, this was only my second, or possibly third time back. I like to practice there because (at least during weekdays), it hasn’t been very crowded, so I don’t get in people’s way. I mostly just practice maneuvering and some basic skills, as well as riding some of the obstacles. The quarter pipe seems pretty easy and not very intimidating, but I find it to be a bit tricky, so my consistency isn’t very good on this quarter pipe so far. After several failed attempts, I finally made it up the quarter pipe successfully a few times. I strive to improve my consistency on this quarter pipe. One of my goals for this skatepark is to successfully ride up the quarter pipe and then ride a revolution or so, do a ninety degree pivot turn to the right to line up with the mini halfpipe, and then ride down that section of the mini half pipe. I realize that this really shouldn’t be very difficult, but I think I have some sort of mental block that I need to get past. In any case, my first step is becoming consistent on the quarter pipe. Once I accomplish that, I can start working on the pivot turn and riding off the ledge of the mini half pipe.

Here’s the link to the video that was taken of me today:

https://kick.com/blackassdave/videos/12353af7-b65c-4961-8b64-8732a86ad429

My riding starts somewhere shortly after the 3 minute mark. The videographer captures two of my failed attempts on the quarter pipe and one of my successes. Anyway, I’m just at the very beginning stage of going back to skateparks, so hopefully future videos will be better, but I thought some people might enjoy seeing one of the first few practice sessions of my favorite kind of riding.

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Nice one! So this guy is just broadcasting his life all day?
That’s your “heavy” 36 wheel?

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Couldn’t find it :person_shrugging:

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Ok it was not the 3 minute mark, but 3 hours :face_with_tongue:

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Great job.

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The chance to meet a 36" rider in a skate park performing exhausting great tricks on an extra heavy wheel is about 8250000000:1 (world population). And this rider watched 3 hours into a video to show us his great stuff.
Thanks :slightly_smiling_face:

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Thanks! I think that’s what he was doing. I’m not of the generation that fully comprehends the world we’re living in these days, but I suppose if I grew up at a time when video streaming is as common as it is now, it probably wouldn’t seem unusual.

Yes, this is my heavy 36er. It’s really my “makeshift heavy 36er” while I’m searching for an old steel rim or figure out a better method of weighting the aluminum rim of the (non-Coker) 36er that I currently use for skatepark riding. The tubing method of weighting the rim that I’m using now isn’t ideal because: (1) the rim isn’t as heavy as I’d like and/or I’m not getting the same level of flywheel effect out of it as I did on my old, steel rim Coker (that I sold), (2) the tubes that I have bungeed to the wheel on each side of the rim are not staying in place, but are moving around a decent amount, requiring me to adjust them often, (3) each time I make an adjustment to the rubber tubing/bungees/dowels positioning, I also ensure that bungees didn’t come off, and if they did, I replace them with one of the extra bungees and dowels that I bring along, so it’s not a big a deal, but it’s just another thing to deal with, and (4) I can feel the bungees on the outside of the tire when I’m riding at slow speeds and when making turns. They are certainly not enhancing the tire’s performance when I’m maneuvering. But looking at the positive side of things, this makeshift heavy wheel set-up is what enabled me to start practicing skatepark riding again and even if my equipment is less than perfect, it’s good enough to get me back to the type of riding I enjoy the most, so I consider my makeshift heavy wheel a success, despite its drawbacks. Hopefully, I’ll find and buy an old Coker steel rim that’s in decent shape one of these days. The only other good option is lining the inside of my aluminum rim with lead strips. The woman at my local bike shop thought that was a bad idea and probably wouldn’t work.

Sorry about that! Thanks for correcting me.

Thanks! Much appreciated.

Thanks for your very kind words. I think there are others… but I admit that it’s not the the kind of thing that is very common these days. The encouragement motivates me to try to find someone to record me riding at some of the other skateparks I hope to visit. Since I’m still in the early stage of doing this type of riding again, I don’t think I’ll be doing anything that’s all that interesting for a while (if ever), but if you enjoy seeing lots of spills and falls, it could fun to watch!

You’re probably right, however, I think the TA tire that I have on my heavy 36er is one of the heaviest 36” tires made, so it’s probably fairly comparable to the King George. But that’s very helpful information for me to know, so I do very much appreciate your post. :+1:

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I went back and watched your old video, I have Watched it before but it was every bit as good the second time.

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I think I said this before but given my experience with a very heavy 36’er wheel and also with a normal weight King George 36’er tire, I’d recommend that your find and try a King George tire. I found the King George tire to be much better at making smooth tight turns then the Nigthrider tire. And the King George tire at a normal weight is better then the Nightrider tire with or without weight.

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I somehow managed to click the wrong thing and it seems I’ve inadvertently replaced my second post in this thread with my third post. I’ll repost my previous post again if I can find it in an email. If not, the main gist is thanking you for the very nice comments.

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This forum has Admin tools to restore edits and versions. I used this force to do it on your second post + added the revision you had made.

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Those are some nifty tools! Thanks, I very much appreciate that.

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