Landboarding

Has any one tried making a set of sliding gloves?

Well my son has been bugging me to make a set. He wants them for skate board riding and my leather gloves for landboarding (downhill) are getting rather holly.

So I followed the instructions from the Original Skateboard people:


and came up with a set of these:

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Zach has already tried out his and they work a treat. Will be curious how well they work for landboarding and how well I can use Coleman slides to slow down the landboard on dirt tracks.

The gloves were between $7 and $15, the heat gun $35 and the cutting board (good for several pairs of gloves) $10.

Regards,
Norman.

wow norm, you have been a busy boy recently

making your own kitesurfing bag and now sliding gloves? wow, that's totally awesome mate.
did the gloves work well? I have a spare time, I will definitely try making this.

wow norm, you have been a busy boy recently

That's what happens when there is no daylight savings, early sun down and hardly any wind. Good to get some of these projects done though.

Looking great, Norman! Be interesting to see how they go on dirt

made my first set in 2005. made these in 2006 ande they are still going strong! velcro on pucks for ease of replacement.

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heres wants in the press today

bamboo ply, carbon, foam construction. its my suitcase cruiser. designed to stash in my suitcase to pull out and cruise around when i'm on business trips.

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Oh yeah while we are on the longboarding this heres a little cruisy longboard vid of mine.

Plummet, make sure you post up the final product
Given, the shorter board. Is the press mainly for just providing camber? and you've used something extra to shape the kick tail? Where are you getting your ply and carbon from? Cheers!

Nice Gloves there Plummet. Tried mine out in the dirt today briefly, good fun. The thumb pucks came off though. Perhaps I should have made them a bit bigger like yours.

Liked the vide, that sure looks like a nice run.

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oh yeah!

Thats a great video Norman

A step by step guide. excellent!

will be trying that sooonish after my exams