Club Obi Wan

How bad do you think it would be for a whip to be used on linoleum? (And how do you spell that?)

I'll be going to a lock-in this weekend, and we may be having a bit of a "whip-cracking contest," for volume in a confined space... hehe. The whip I'll be competing against...? My old Keppler! I sold it to a friend, in order to get the funding for my Stenhouse, and it's going to be my opposing whip!

If it's bad on linoleum, we'll just have to go find some grassy place, but it'll be really dark, and I don't think we can go to that grass - it's pretty far from where I'll be... and it is supposed to be a lock-in.

In Christ,
Shane

Actually linoleum or any smooth surface is very user friendly in regards to damage to the whip. My only criticism is that since the surface is so smooth the end of the whip just tends to follow Newton's First Law. After the crack the end of whip tends to wrap around your heels or ankles. So you have to relearn to crack so that it does not hit the floor.

At the Wild West Arts Club (WWAC) conventions, the floors were smooth. It was great for the ropers, but terrible for us whip crackers - at least for me. I couldn't do hardly anything, especially fast target cracking. The end of the whip always got tangled behind my boot or ankle. Since I never practice on smooth surfaces I never developed a technique. Did I say I hate smooth surfaces? Anyway, Shane maybe you can learn the technique.

-Sergei

Oh, good! I was worried it might damage it like, say, gravel. I guess the only problem is the roughness of gravel. See, I'd thought that the actual problem was the hard nature of those surfaces, and the whip smacking against it. So basically, as long as it's not rough, it's good to crack on...?

In Christ,
Shane

Abrasion is the operative word. Like untreated concrete would not be good. IT would be similar to sandpaper. However, painted, epoxy or polished concrete would not be abrasive.