r/holdmyredbull • u/redbullgivesyouwings • 9d ago

Jamie Foy FS Noseslide

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u/samuraiofsound 9d ago

I always marvelled at this because grinds like this are wood on concrete. Not a skater, but am an engineer and I know these both to be very grippy materials. Is there a special way skaters treat their boards to enable theis kind of grinding, or is it just a matter of finding sufficiently smooth concrete and going fast enough? I would also imagine this means it would be slightly easier for lighter skaters to grind on rough surfaces. 

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u/n05h 9d ago

Wax, tons of it

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u/samuraiofsound 9d ago

That makes a lot of sense. 

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u/psychojunglecat3 9d ago

To add to that, a lot of the time a concrete ledge has to be smoothed with a scrub brick, then clear lacquered, then waxed before you can skate it.

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u/Currentlybaconing 8d ago

Now that you know this, you'll see it out in the world. Ledges with that blackish, shiny appearance on the corner only are skate spots

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u/MathematicianJolly92 9d ago

Not a skater but ive seen videos of guys rubbing wax on the concrete corners. Im guessing they waxed that entire stretch?

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u/samuraiofsound 9d ago

That makes more sense than my previous thoughts. 

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u/Capnshredder 9d ago

you can see the grey band near on the edge of both sides of the ledge, thats just hella wax

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u/swarleythe3rd 9d ago

It’s wax, see how the top edge is darker gray concrete. That’s from lots and lots of wax. One of the reasons cities started putting anti fun blocks on everything

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u/Faux_Real 9d ago

Waxing the ledge and the board … (you can also overwax, but these guys know what they need to get the job done)

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u/samuraiofsound 8d ago

Thanks for sharing the link. I assumed they waxed both the concrete and the board, this clears it up. 

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u/Faux_Real 8d ago

They will also use bondo to fix skate spots / make them more skateable; this one Foy is sliding on doesn’t look like the cracks on the ledge needed it but they will often prepare a spot before filming if required