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the shizzle => diet, training and injuries => Topic started by: Three Nine on March 24, 2010, 09:35:59 am

Title: Slopers for boards
Post by: Three Nine on March 24, 2010, 09:35:59 am

If you were a font 7Aish punter and were very bad on slopers and wanted to get a couple for a 45 board to redress this, what would you get? Being skin-friendly is essential, as lack of skin is the biggest problem i have with training.

Title: Re: Slopers for boards
Post by: Krank on March 24, 2010, 10:05:04 am

bleaustone did some good 45 slopers.
http://www.bleaustone.com/cms/en/8-/product/328-45-degree-slopers (http://www.bleaustone.com/cms/en/8-/product/328-45-degree-slopers)

These are also pretty nice
http://coreclimbing.co.uk/core/hard-slopers-c-276_331_367.html?p=shop (http://coreclimbing.co.uk/core/hard-slopers-c-276_331_367.html?p=shop)

Title: Re: Slopers for boards
Post by: lagerstarfish on March 24, 2010, 10:06:01 am

Some big chunks of wood that can be sanded/shaped according to your needs. Ask for off cuts from floor joists etc at your local timber shop.

Title: Re: Slopers for boards
Post by: nodder on March 24, 2010, 10:06:24 am

What is the top of your board like? if you have space to hang it, make it a big sloper, therefore every problem finishes on sloper.  Made out of wood so skin friendly.  Cheap too.  Most slopers on a 45 would actually be more like pinches. 

Title: Re: Slopers for boards
Post by: Jim on March 24, 2010, 10:09:39 am

yeah
got a big slopey pinch for a finishing hold in the garage - well plastic

Title: Re: Slopers for boards
Post by: abarro81 on March 24, 2010, 10:12:09 am

They have a few of those bleaustone ones on the foundry 40 degree - they're great but more like big pinches than slopers (like nodder said).

Title: Re: Slopers for boards
Post by: Three Nine on March 24, 2010, 10:55:40 am

Cheers guys. Sadly my board's in a small room so the top of it terminates in the ceiling, so im restricted to bolt ons.

Title: Re: Slopers for boards
Post by: Krank on March 24, 2010, 11:11:04 am

Quote from: abarro81 on March 24, 2010, 10:12:09 am

They have a few of those bleaustone ones on the foundry 40 degree - they're great but more like big pinches than slopers (like nodder said).

There only pinches if you pinch them, we have got them on our 45 and without thumbs they are slopers.

Title: Re: Slopers for boards
Post by: abarro81 on March 24, 2010, 11:18:07 am

True, it must require a lot of willpower not to put a thumb on though!

Title: Re: Slopers for boards
Post by: Krank on March 24, 2010, 11:27:45 am

It only requires will power when your mates are crushing your projects, with thumbs, and your flailing on the second move without. I do have a self inflated feeling of higher board ethics though ;)

Title: Re: Slopers for boards
Post by: dave k on March 26, 2010, 08:25:10 am

The bleaustone 45 deg slopers are good, as are the 30 deg slopers. Quite pricey though.

Using them with no thumbs is a bit wierd at first, but leaves one with a feeling of smug satisfaction.

Krank - I promise to only crush your projects without thumbs!   ;D

Title: Re: Slopers for boards
Post by: Krank on March 26, 2010, 08:46:46 am

Quote from: dave k on March 26, 2010, 08:25:10 am

Krank - I promise to only crush your projects without thumbs!   ;D

If you do them with thumbs, you aint done them.