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Old 11-23-2005, 04:37 PM
CrazyEyez CrazyEyez is offline
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Friction keeps your feet from moving on the board but that energy is transferred down to the wheels and, since perfect bearings, the board moves backward.

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Exactly. Think about having 2 blocks, one velcro'd on top of the other, sitting on a sheet of ice. If you push the top block, the whole system slides.

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Ha. I'm not stupid, despite my efforts to prove otherwise in the plane thread.
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