#1 Ripsticking Manifesto

99% of Ripstick riders don’t know this!

The problem is that most riders ride ripsticks as if they were 2 wheeled skateboards.  9.99 times out of 10 videos show riders shimmying from point A to point B;  or doing tricks that you would do on skateboards, like grinding rails, or going super fast down steep hills. Which is all cool and fine, and what kids with unlimited resiliency do.  If U want to keep riding it like that, cool.  Keep on keeping on.  

However, as a fragile OG, ‘I have been everywhere, with no where else i want to go’, and i am in no hurry to get there.  Therefore, I found a way to ride a ripstick that was not only more in line with my place in space and time, but also more aligned with the boards unique design and functionality. Slower, more considerate and appreciative of the experience, less risk, etc.   This opened up a whole new world of enjoyment! 

The ripstick’s super power is the arc of the wheels that is created by flexing the board half’s in opposing directions, using the feet.   

To call upon this super power the rider must learn: 

1. To Appreciate and harness the power of the arc 
2. To Ride the roll of the wheels to their natural conclusion.  As your practice and experience progresses, going from point a to point b, or grinding rails ceases to be a thing. .
3. To Ride the roll of the arc to it’s natural conclusion, in both directions. Mastering this unleashes a path to a more fluid universal galactic flow where you move from half circles to drawing flowers and the infinity symbol with the wheels. This is where you begin to feel the specialness of the arc, that you, the rider creates, controls, and literally rides.” 
4. That you can ride the equivalent of a hundred point a’s to b’s, as fast or as slow as you please, in small spaces. Thereby experiencing what is meant by ‘enjoying the journey (ride) and not just the destination’.  

Focusing on the roll transforms the ride from a narrow wave length pattern to creating a more circler flow, as illustrated in the above video.

5. “The Art of Falling”.  The Art of Falling™ is not about how to fall, rather it is a strategy designed help you to come out of falls better than you were when you started falling.  Learning this, riding progresses to become a series of intentional falls, leveraging the momentum created by the act of falling.

Controlling the arc of the wheels transforms the entire caster boarding (i.e. ripsticking) experience! It unleashes a heretofore ignored potential of this amazing type of board. The above requires practice and skills.

How to control the Arc of the wheels:

1. Caster boarding OG Ce Style™ is mostly about balancing and generating motion with pumping actions.  Transitions between these movements are the interchange between balance and momentum. The whole geometry of the ripstick exists to convert foot pumping action (e.g. force and depth) into forward semi-circle motions.”
2. Point the front and back foot toes in opposing directions.  For example, when the front foot toes pointed up to the heavens and back foot toes earthbound, the board rolls slightly to the left, and visa versa goes right. This creates a fluid, semi-circle movement in the direction of the lead foot.  
3. The amount of force applied to transitions, control speed in OG Ce Style™. The dance between heaven and earth is a ballet between balance and momentum.  The movement of force and intention down through the body’s core, exiting the bottoms of the feet. Like the end of a massage, releasing all of the bodies toxins, tensions, and impurities out through the feet.