Donkey 'Stick' POLL

boardrider · Since 05 Apr 2006 1034 Posts Ventura, CA XTreme Poster

DO you:

1. Use it at all

or

2. If you DON'T - do you cut it off the assembly or ?

I almost NEVER use it - and have cut it off sometimes. I don't want to compromise the re-sale of the bar, but I can't simply tuck it out of the way well w/ my new set up.

jbruxer · Since 24 Jul 2005 398 Posts Beaverton, OR Obsessed

What about #3: use it all the time.
...guess that means I need to think about taking off the training wheels. Wink

kt · Since 16 Mar 2005 764 Posts Portland, Or Opinionated

i use it.

taking it out for unhooked tricks and then popping it back in. i don't want to cut off completely. more than once i have forgotten to put it back and and came unhooked accidentally. i like to keep it around for safety's sake.

kt

forrest · Mon May 12, 08 11:27 am

I use it part-time. Though last year I didn't have one and it worked out just fine.

pkh · Since 27 Feb 2005 6549 Posts Couve / Hood Honored Founder

I don't cut it off or take it out, it never seems to get in the way when I am unhooking. When I am not unhooking I use the stick.

EdG · Since 19 Dec 2005 425 Posts Just a Kook that's Obsessed

When I tried Nate's Switchblade years ago, he had it zip-tied to the loop in several places. Quick snipe of the ties and I could try it out.

boardrider · Since 05 Apr 2006 1034 Posts Ventura, CA XTreme Poster

WOW, everyone uses it ? - I guess i'm just a FREAK Confused

Mocean · Since 21 Sep 2005 343 Posts Newport Obsessed

Take it off, keep it for re-sale later.

magicmaker · Since 29 Oct 2006 895 Posts da Hood Opinionated

i remove my donkey phallus from all my bar/lines. i got so many donkey phalluses i dont know what to do with them all

brass · Since 15 Jul 2006 152 Posts Stoked

I use it all the time except of course when I unhook. Before I ever did unhooked tricks or was comfortable riding unhooked I used it all the time becuase I didn't want to get unhooked by accident. Before the donkey "stick" came out we all used to use releasable shackles tied to the spreader bar and shackled to the chicken loop.

mschulz · Since 29 May 2007 530 Posts Reno, NV Addicted

I use it all the time. Not pulling unhooked tricks yet.

FunShui · Since 16 Jul 2006 146 Posts Really, really Stoked

I almost never use it and can't really decide whether to cut it off or keep it. Using the SS Profire I always feel secure while hooked in.

Some I have cut and some I have left but mostly left in case I wanted to sell it or ever figure I might want to use it.

pkh · Since 27 Feb 2005 6549 Posts Couve / Hood Honored Founder

One thing I forgot to mention...

SS added a hard plastic stick inside the donkey dick of the 08 bars (my friends call it "viagra".)

Basically everyone I know took that thing out almost immediately. It makes it really hard to get in and out of the "dick." You can take it out by cracking the glue inside, just bend the dick back and forth and twist it with your hands going in opposite directions. Shocked

Also most people I know shortened the loop by a good inch and a half. Even with it smaller its still easy to get in and out of, and it brings the bar closer to you so you have more throw.

Just becareful when you shorten the loop not to overshorten the dick. When under power the loop will stetch and if overshortened your dick will fall out. Very Happy

genek · Since 21 Jul 2006 2165 Posts East Po KGB

Inept_Fun · Since 14 Apr 2005 1417 Posts Hood River XTreme Poster

a 3 letter word.

thats what donkey dix are.

kitebot · Since 20 Feb 2007 251 Posts Obsessed

Any time I'm not unhooked or trying stuff I use a DD. A couple years ago I had an incident where I was landing on a gusty beach, a lull came along, I sheeted in too much accidentally unhooking, then a huge gust came along. I was now unhooked with an overpowered kite in my hands, it ripped free, yanked off my leash and flew away to the land of wind and ghosts. Had I been in the DD this wouldn't have happened.

jbruxer · Since 24 Jul 2005 398 Posts Beaverton, OR Obsessed