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Pennyboarding

PostPosted: Wed Jan 01, 2020 8:32 pm
by SnakePlissken
Anybody know any tricks to make this a bit easier? It seems like your feet have to be just right and you have to be up on the balls of them, and it doesn't seem to go very far per push

Re: Pennyboarding

PostPosted: Fri Jan 24, 2020 3:13 am
by waikikikichan
Is that made by “Penny” ? Looks like a Globe Bantam ST.

Re: Pennyboarding

PostPosted: Fri Jan 24, 2020 3:54 am
by SnakePlissken
waikikikichan wrote:Is that made by “Penny” ? Looks like a Globe Bantam ST.

Yes it's an actual penny. I got one for me and one for my son. Then I realized how big my feet actually are.

Re: Pennyboarding

PostPosted: Fri Jan 24, 2020 11:19 am
by waikikikichan
Just as you don't ride a 70's era surfboard the same way as a modern surfboard, same goes for your retro skateboard.

Try get your feet close together in a real narrow stance in the middle of the deck. Really curl your toes and heels over the deck as you lean over to turn. The flex is there on purpose to change the camber and toe in- toe out. Pumping it to gain speed is so fun and fast ( if you know how to do it ).

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Re: Pennyboarding

PostPosted: Sat Jan 25, 2020 4:16 am
by SnakePlissken
Ok I'll try. So when I go to kick should I not turn my lead foot then?
I'll be glad to get this thing going. So convenient. I'm even thinking of making a similar one with a hinge that folds in half and can be clipped to the straps of a backpack or a pocket, I dunno. I think if I work out the engineering it would sell. Thoughts?

Re: Pennyboarding

PostPosted: Sun Jan 26, 2020 2:00 am
by waikikikichan
If you come up with anymore wild ideas, this guy probably already made it.



Oh and Yeah, the "Hindged" skateboard has been done before.


Re: Pennyboarding

PostPosted: Mon Jan 27, 2020 12:27 am
by SnakePlissken
Those bastards stole my idea before I came up with it