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Souling With Skiboards
By: Roussel
Many skiboarders are also inline skaters. And inline skating has had a influence on skiboarding. One of these influences is the soul grind. For those of you not familiar with inline skating, souling is done by placing the sides of the skates onto a rail or ledge, or what ever your grinding, with your skates perpendicular to the rail/ledge. This opens up hudreds of grinding possibilities. Such as 'topside' where instead of the wheels being beside the rail/ledge they are on top of it. The term soul comes from the word sol as in the sol of your shoe. There are a few ways to soul with skiboards they are:
Using Line Soul Plates
For $30 american or $40 canadian you can get one of these. This is metal piece you screw on to your bindings. I've talked to a few people who use these and they say that it's pretty hard and it takes time getting used to. You also need to have Line bindings to be able to use these.
Flat Souling
Althought this might not be considered 'real' souling, it is another way that people soul. This technique is done by placing your skiboard flat on the rail. I like to call this the ball busting method, since theres a good chance for you to slip off the rail and bust your balls. This method is easiest on thicker rails such as mailboxes and logs. This is probably the most affordable way to soul and anyone with skiboards can do it, but the possiblities are limited.
After thinking about the flat method I thought of another way, but this could only be done on double rails. This method could be done by placing the side of your skiboard into the groove of the double rail. I've never actually tried this but I'm sure someone has. This method offers more possibilities that the flat method can't deliver.
Using Soft Boot Bindings
If you are one of the few people with soft boot bindings then there might be some space to soul with depending on you bindings and adapters. I've never talked to anyone who uses this way but it seems to be easier then with the Line soul plates.
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