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What is soaping?
May 31, 2003 by TooSicKs

I know it's the shoes with grindplates, and it involves inline skate-like handrail moves, but do you soapers do other stuff that doesn't involve rails/grinds? Stuff like gaps and airs, or trials-like stuff?

Sometimes i go offroad trail jogging, not with soaps, but i do stuff like jog singletrack with all kinds of rocks an gnarly drops and stuff, i gap between rocks, and i like doing high speed techinical ascents and descents over rough rugged rocky stuff. You soapers are prolly the only ones around who can relate to an aggressive footsport. Some of the stuff I do is like "freeriding" type stuff on natural terrain, i like running in rock formations and shooting down rocky washes and stuff like that, and occasionally i'll go out and do some "urban".

Peace
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May 31, 2003peach

i think there is freestyle walking, which is more like the jumping around places rather than grinding, but i might be mistaken. the only thing ive heard similar to what you are talking about is a group of french people in paris who climb buildings and jump gaps and stuff like that and use martial arts type rolls when they land (i saw all this on tv :D)

i kinda know what you mean by liking just having quick ascents up rocky slopes i like that kinda stuff if im running away from people i love doing hard terrain - urban or otherwise.. descents on sketchy rocks i wouldnt be too keen on in case they slid under me! haha :D

interesting hobby :)

May 31, 2003Tanner

Yeah, soaping is grinding with shoes, and freestyle walking, or FSW as it is more commonly called, is jumping over stuff

Jun 1, 2003peach

from the times ive tried soaping i always mess my ankles when coming off the thing cus i have to go into unco-run mode to keep momentum... so i flail like an incontinent monkey and stumble forward over my own arse... but thats probably just something i would nee to work on (if i get some of my own soaps)

Jun 1, 2003Smokey

Well like all sports it's recommended that you stretch before you do it...

Jun 1, 2003mike

FSW is fun shit, but god it messes up your ankles. Actually, soaping messes up your ankles pretty bad for that matter. At least, it messed up mine. I think there was an article a while back in Outside magazine about how to train in a park or whatever and they had a guy like stalling on rails and jumping to ledges from them and stuff, it was pretty cool.

Jun 6, 2003Luke

Personally I think fswing rocks, the other day my freind jumped off this bridge (about 10/15 ft) it was so cool

Jun 7, 2003Tanner

Fuck yeah!

Jun 7, 2003Mart

No-one can beat Phov's FSWing... that shit was crazy

Jun 18, 2003peach

i love those fsw pictures, makes me wanna go out and try some of it :) and snap a couple of ankles

Jun 18, 2003Louis

OH how i miss freelifestyle :(

Oh yeah, the french guys are called Yamakazi, i have their DVD :)

Jun 19, 2003Nick

Ya I saw that thing wit the french guys like a year ago on TV.

Mar 7, 2009Joshua3109

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