Longboarding - Longboards - Statement!!!!!! 22 Dec 2009 8:27 PM (15 years ago)

I just have get this straight.. My whole take on skateboards, skateboarding,

skating, longboards, longboarding, etc...

It's acceptable to say, I'm going to grab my longboard an go skate..

It's ~~unacceptable~~ to say, I'm going to go longboarding on my longboard...

I hear too much talk on online forums (names withheld) about people

talking about longboarding vs skateboarding. It's all skateboarding..

Longboarding doesn't exist in my view.. Skateboarding does..

A longboard is just a long skateboard, ususally anthing over

about 36" is considered a longboard..

But, in my opinion a mini, say 22" or 27" long can be considered

a longboard as well, if it's designed setup to turn, and carve....

There are styles of riding that are mainly done on a longboard,

ie.. dancing, cross stepping, boardwalking etc...

But it's all skateboarding...

I think putting labels on everything and dividing things up in

categories can be a negative thing when it comes to skating..

It's all skating, and it's done using skateboards, whether they

be short or long, whether it street or downhill racing, slalom or

freeride, vert or freestyle, it's all skating.........

Division among skaters is senseless, we are skaters,

let's skate...

Longboards = OK

Longboarding = Not OK

Viva La Costa Reunion 12/05/09 11 Dec 2009 1:45 PM (15 years ago)

Last Saturday was the Viva La Costa Reunion. An amazing
day filled with skating slalom, food, libation, and a large
handful of some of the most infuential skaters in history.
These were the people who helped to shape what skateboarding
would later become. I shot many photos, and am still processing
them, but many are now up on the web for your viewing pleasure.
Enjoy!
The Galac Land Surfing PIC Member La Costa Gallery:
http://www.picmember.com/portfolio/galacsurf/2728/

Tiger Williams with Special Turner Board 11 Dec 2009 1:40 PM (15 years ago)

This is a very sort video I shot last year at Pump Station
in Poway, CA during one fo the GS races there.
Tiger Williams was kind enough to pull out this one of a
kind Turner board of his. This board has the ashes of
Legnedary skateboard maker Bob Turner embedded
in the epoxy on the bottom of the deck. Thanks to Tiger
for letting us in on another pieces of skateboarding history.

Chris Yandall Surfing Texas 12 Nov 2009 8:44 PM (15 years ago)

A little video by Kelly Francis of Chris Yandall
during his recent pilgramge to Texas. Here he is
carving up a sweet hill on his POD with Galacized
Bennetts. This place looks almost surreal..

http://www.galaclongboards.com/podtexas.html

Check out Land Paddling Online Magazine 24 Oct 2009 1:42 PM (16 years ago)

There is a new site out there to check out. It's a site dedicated
to Land Paddling, or (SUPSB)Stand up paddle skateboarding..
Primarily the result of owning a Kahuna Creations Big Stick..
This site looks like it's off to a good start and looks like it will
grow to be an online mecca for Big Stick user/owner...
2 big thumbs up to Steve adams for getting this ball rolling.
http://landpaddling.org/

Chris Yandall Sidewalk Surfing in PB 21 Oct 2009 1:13 PM (16 years ago)

This was shot by *R of the Silverfish Channel the
other day. It's more footage of Chris Yandall on
his POD cruising the sidewalks and streets of PB
on his POD.. Some cool footage of old school style
sidewalk surfing, something that POD has deep
in it's blood... It's a natural sidewalk surfing
mini.. The Galacized Bennetts make this little
board so much fun it's unreal.
http://www.galaclongboards.com/pod.html

Chris Yandall in NYC on his Galac POD 22 11 Oct 2009 4:21 PM (16 years ago)

11/11/09: Chris Yandall sent me a link to a video shot
today of him in Prospect Park, riding his POD 22.
It's a short little video 01:24 long, showing Yandall
shredding some asphalt on his tiny little Galac POD
board.. Yandall's skating continues to defy logic and
age..
http://www.galaclongboards.com/pod.html

Galac Land Surfing Picmember Portfolio 6 Oct 2009 7:56 PM (16 years ago)

I'm quite fed up with photosbucket, i've been using it for years.
But the time has come to stop using it, I'm tired of how slow it
is and how much crap thye've added. So I've switched to
Picmemember. It's amazing, fast, plenty of storage, and
a great GUI. I'll still be leaving everyhing on my photobucket
album, but all new photo material will be uploaded to my
Picmember albums.
http://www.picmember.com/portfolio/galacsurf/albums/

Chris Yandall ripping on his new POD 6 Oct 2009 7:47 PM (16 years ago)

A late night shot from last evening when Yandall came by
to pick up his new Galac POD 22" with Yandall yellow
Galacized Bennett 4.3's.. This little e board is a blast and
pumps like mad.. Yandall was thoroughly enjoying his
POD ripping around the street at night, just zinging
around in front of my house.
http://www.galaclongboards.com/pod.html

Chris Yandall Galacized Bennett 4.3 6 Oct 2009 1:33 PM (16 years ago)

This is a shot of one of the Galacized Bennett
4.3's I did for Chris Yandall... Super tasty in
yellow.. These are now mounted on his new yellow
POD deck, and it's a super turny fun board.

G&S 50th Anniversary 10/03/09 6 Oct 2009 1:26 PM (16 years ago)

On saturday we went to the G&S 50th Anniversary party at
Wave Housein Mission Beach, San Diego.. it was an epic day
and night, so many legends in skate and surf, it was pretty
overwhelming to say the least.
The Galac Land Surfing G&S 50th Gallery on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=160904&id=130841565855&ref=mf

GTCPLDP website updates 22 Sep 2009 8:07 PM (16 years ago)

The gtcpldp.com website has been updated with new
content, photos, examples etc... It's finally coming
together, still aloong ways to go, but now it's starting
to be the site I had envisioned, hopefully it can help
people with their pumping and LDP setups.
There is also quite a bit of new info on the trucks,
and bushing pages..

http://www.gtcpldp.com

Bennett Magical LDP Bushings Setup 21 Sep 2009 11:46 AM (16 years ago)

The Reflex Lime 80a bushings, barrel and tall cone are
amazing. Lathing them and rounding off the corners
makes such a huge difference it's unbelievable.
This is my go-to LDP bushing setup at the moment.
This wold also be ideal for the right slalom course.

Custom GTCPLDP finally done. 19 Sep 2009 3:59 PM (16 years ago)

I just set this up yesterday. It's got a Glacized Bennett 4.3
front, Grombiz rear, Jet black dyed Lemon/lime Bigzigs.
Bones Reds, front Race west precision spacers, inverted
rear wheels, stainless steel hardware with top washers,
bushings dialed in for him now. It will be in its owners
hands soon. This board is the pinnacle of the GTCPLDP.
I think it's going to be a magic carpet riding board.

New Acrylic Gloss Finish Available On Boards 7 Sep 2009 9:05 PM (16 years ago)

We will now be offering a new Acrylic gloss protective
finish in the bottoms of boards. It will be a sprayed on
clrystal clear finish that will offer a protective clear
over the cured poly, that will have a much more glossy
finish on the boards. It will require a one week addition
to the normal wait fo the board due to cure times.
This will be an additional $5.00 option for those
interested.
http://www.galaclongboards.com/contact.html

Galacize Bennett Update 4 Sep 2009 11:48 AM (16 years ago)

I will be doing a small batch of these this week, I will be doing
one of each color. Red, Blue, Pink, Grape, Yellow, Green, Orange.
I am now taking orders, and will be offering your choice of color
combinations, you can pick any color you want
for the baseplate, and color for the lettering in the hanger.
It will take roughly 1 week, to finish and ship a truck when you order one.
These are $50.00
(which includes free shipping within the continental US)
through paypal.
Galacized Bennett 4.3:
http://www.galaclongboards.com/galacized.html

Contact:
http://www.galaclongboards.com/contact.html

Galacized Bennett Now Available! 3 Sep 2009 10:36 AM (16 years ago)

The Galacized Bennett is now available..They will be selling
for $50.00 shipped within the continental US. They will be
available in 7 colors that you can mix and match.

http://www.galaclongboards.com/galacized.html

Galacized Bennett 4.3 Photos.... 2 Sep 2009 11:47 PM (16 years ago)

Here are a few shots of the Galacized Bennett 4.3.....
Available soon...

Galacized on the left, stock Bennett on the right.

"Galacized" Bennett 4.3's coming soon! 1 Sep 2009 3:14 PM (16 years ago)

I'm busy working on a "Galacized" Bennett 4.3 truck..
It's going to have a custom painted baseplate and
the recessed lettering in the hanger is painted to match.
The hangers have been heavily faced, and the bushing
seats on both sides of the hanger have been sanded,
buffed, smoothed out. The entire hanger is sanded,
and buffed smooth, to a dull satin finish.
It will have a custom bushing setup with Nylon
washer on the bottom, and a Grade 8 flatwasher.
And it will have Khiro spacers.
The pivot cup is replaced with a sanded and buffed
Khiro pivot cup.. The pivot cup is then lubricated
with a special silicone grease that takes out all squeaks
and noise and make the movement within the pivot
smoother and more fluid.
There will also be a very small spacer on the kingpin
between the top and bottom bushings that is
approxiamtely 1/8" tall, it creates a union between
the two bushings, and helps create more rebound..
These trucks will be smoother and more fluid than
an off the shelf Bennett..
I plan on selling these in very limited runs. The will come
in red, yellow, grape, blue, orange, pink, green.
These are kind of like a Bennett (Deluxe)
I will photos ready by tomorrow..
No price yet, but I plan on keeping them affordable.

The POD has come to life....... 30 Aug 2009 3:18 PM (16 years ago)

The 22" POD Micro Pumper has come to life, the first one
is finaly ready for action.. Right now it's set up with Tracker
RTX/S 106mm trucks, 66m 78a Zig Zags dyed black, some
wedging/dewedging and Biltins bearings. It will be set up
with Bennett 4.3's and 62mm Alligators as soon as I get
them in... This board is pure fun.. It's like a tiny, quick,
fun little slalom board that pumps like mad..
Decks are $75.00 shipped in the continental US...
http://www.galaclongboards.com/pod.html

Surf Museum 08-28-09 30 Aug 2009 11:47 AM (16 years ago)

Chris Yandall, Thane from Griffin Skateboards and I
went to Oceanside on friday evening for an industry
repection at the California Surf Museum in Oceanside..
It was a great evening. I got to meet lot so of famous
surfers and skaters, including Jeff Ho, Christian Fletcher,
Duane Peters, Cris Dawson, and the list goes on..
Very inspiting to be around these people,
made me want to go home and start
building more boards at 11 at night..
I have added some photos of the evening to
page 3 of the photo gallery on my website..
Me and Larry Balma of Tracker with the GTCPLDP:

Galac Land surfing Boards page redone 27 Aug 2009 2:21 PM (16 years ago)

I have just finished redoing the baords page of my site.
No more long scrolling page, now there is a main boards page
and separate page for each board model..
http://www.galaclongboards.com/boards.html

The Sushi deck has been discontinued 27 Aug 2009 12:20 AM (16 years ago)

The fun little board the Sushi has been discontinued,
and will be replaced with a 26" x 9 1/2" POD model.
The Sushi had its run, but the POD promises to replace
everything the Sushi was about and more..
The fishtail of the Sushi was cool looking but served
no real purpose, the squared off tail of the POD will
serve much better and help maximize wheelbase and
the ability to stand up for storage.

Galac Land Surfing New Symbol 25 Aug 2009 4:35 PM (16 years ago)

I've been working on the graphics for a while now...
I've got the original Oval logo, the new streamlined
oval logo and the new GLS initial logo.. But I've been
thinking of a symbol for a while now.. It finally came to
me.. This is based off the atomic symbol.. It's my own
twist to an old design, based off the oval in our logo.
Presenting the new Galac Atomic Symbol...
This will be the official symbol for Galac Land Surfing.
This is gonna be a fun one to use.. I can't wait to get
this on T-Shirts and stickers..

Just had to say, Muir Skate rules... 23 Aug 2009 10:39 PM (16 years ago)

If you're in the San Diego/Pacific Beach area, there is only one
skateshop to bother with.. Muir Skate has everything you need
in one shop. Scott at Muir takes care of things and is willing
to help you out and get you rolling.
I'm so thankful that we have a shop like Muir, and guys like
Scott and Seth doing what they're doing.
They have an abolutely amazing website/online store...
Plus they throw great skate events.
http://www.muirskate.com

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