The Longboard (Skateboard) Thread

[Ahatala25]

This is what me and my friends have been doing since skimboarding..

http://youtu.be/ihmeXQgA3Jc

[Chrith]

dont know much about longboads and i want to get some new wheels and bearings for christmas. i've got a gfhurley pigme. i mainly just skate for transportation and a little bit of carving. suggestions?

[Chev]

Madrid.

http://www.madridskateboards.com/decks.asp?id=1

[a_pla5tic_bag]

^He asked for wheels and bearings? unless you're just posting that of course.

just get bones bearings,t hey're cheap and work great. get some wheels of like 70mm or so.

[shin-n]

dont know much about longboads and i want to get some new wheels and bearings for christmas. i've got a gfhurley pigme. i mainly just skate for transportation and a little bit of carving. suggestions?

here ya go.

longboardskater.com

free shipping, good selection. for bearing get reds like suggested or you can go cheaper with speedy lunatics which i heard good things from. for wheels, there are too many to choose from. also spend $8 on bushings, itll make your board ride much better.

[Walruz996]

I've got the gfh fatties and really enjoy them. Apparently the website is expired..

[LAXitives288]

Get some abec 11 flashbacks, im pretty sure theyre 70mm and decently cheap. Will carve and roll great, they hold up great to serious abuse so they should last a hot minute.

[motosurf]

fellas, on a board of this size, you can't be rolling big dumb wheels. Don't want to look you're pushing a radio flyer around.

retro 66mm zig zags in this bitch

[Chev]

http://www.kebbek.com/en/content/r%C3%AAve
New Board

[zeus]

fellas, on a board of this size, you can't be rolling big dumb wheels. Don't want to look you're pushing a radio flyer around.

retro 66mm zig zags in this bitch

i read this in bruce dickinsons voice from SNL

[CasterTown]

http://www.kebbek.com/en/content/r%C3%AAve
New Board

Best race-deck in history. My first one was the first gen and got broken in a accident. After that I was in a long and dark transition period trying to find a board that came close to this one (kebbek wasn't making these for a long time). I was literally one of the first to grab one of the new ones when they started pressing them again. Twas a happy day.

I mourned for this board:


My new one:


I might chop it a bit more in the future.

[Chev]

I havent ridden it yet, I have only ever ridden a sector 9 bamboo looseshow

[LAXitives288]

Chopped and redrilled at ~27" would be the dopeness.

[Chev]

Kinda seems like Kebbek just makes boards whenever the frack they want...

[Ahatala25]

My friend just got a custom one of these with some nice 81a freerides. That is a sweet setup!

http://www.bclongboards.dreamhosters.com/boards/moray/

[LAXitives288]

Clear grip for the ultra mega loss.

[Ahatala25]

I don't mind it cause it actually holds really well for now at least. It might wear out really fast though

[Ahatala25]

I think I decided to add this board to the arsenal. I'm looking on a board that controls well at high speeds. I skate pretty much everyday only up to like 40 mph though which is why I'm looking to get a downhill board. I have big hills and mountain passes in town. Earthwing road killer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFZK12TaJcA

[a_pla5tic_bag]

i'd say the trucks/bushings a bigger factor with "control" at speeds. I mean, some boards maybe better than others but I could take any of my friends decks and slap my truck setup on there and ride those downhill.

I recently started using two barrels for bushings for downhill, do like. also it's cold out. 40-50 at like 12:30 at night is coldddd.

[floridaskimmer]

Getting a landyachtz switch, on the way now. It is a 37, and I got Paris 180s and Bigzigs. Should be sick, thoughts?

[Chev]

Topmount it.

[floridaskimmer]

Topmount it.

Why? will I get wheel bite?

[dukiedude13]

My brother screwed up my griptape on my Comet so Im taking it off and doing the dance of the Where The Wild Things Are monsters and clear grippin it.

[LAXitives288]

Clear grip is megasuck traction/durability wise.

[dukiedude13]

I'm not too worried cause it's just my campus cruising board. Plus I was thinking about cutting the middle section of grip out and doing the art on the middle of the board

[myfro13]

Topmount it.

It is topmounted...

[LAXitives288]

I'm not too worried cause it's just my campus cruising board. Plus I was thinking about cutting the middle section of grip out and doing the art on the middle of the board

That works pretty well. So does spray paint and stencils.

[Chev]

I think I found castertown in a youtube video accidentally.

[dukiedude13]

That works pretty well. So does spray paint and stencils.

Yeah I would spray it but my brother literally screwed it up pretty badly. Why is the clear grip so bad? I felt the clear stuff and it seems pretty grippy. I'm not worried cause I'm not doing crazy shit, just cruising. Literally in love with this board.

[seefeeltime]

Pine cones are so evil. My hip hurts so much. heh

[lbiskim]

just got my sector 9 punta lobos board so pumped

[a_pla5tic_bag]

i will be procuring a vac bag.

[Ahatala25]

Like on that bc board I posted its a different kind of clear grip. It is actual grip tape that is clear not the loaded spray on stuff they use (could be wrong) . But from my experience with loaded they wear off really quick where you feet alwasy are.

[Chev]

Spray on shit will wear faster in more common foot places, it happened on my sex 9 carving deck, sucks because you can't just pull the tape off like real griptape.

[floridaskimmer]

duh... it will wear like a normal grip tape will, exactly where you normally put your foot, definitely dont put it on a landyachtz with gnar bars, it would be a constant spot that has trouble.