Skateboarding

Dave Caddo makes stuff that is really fucking hard look easy. Skills.

https://vimeo.com/132094361

Haven't had a board for a few years. Turned 30 last week so perfect time for mini midlife crisis.
Looked out the window this morning and realised I needed one in my life again so walked to Skate Attack on Green Lanes and came away with an Enuff fitted with some 62mm SFR slick(quad skate) wheels and decent bearings. Spent £70 all in.
Aside from the trucks not feeling quite as quality as my old Indys it feels pretty damn nice and rolls down hill just fine. I can just about ollie while rolling slow still so looking forward to old-manning around a bit. Would be nice to be able to shuv-it and 180 up and down curbs again and get my 5-0's back...
Got it home, sanded back the graphic, tightened kngpin(need to grind it down as sits proud of hanger) and been for an amazing afternoon of just rolling around smiling, just enjoying learning to control the board again carving turns on little hills(no slides yet but will come back I hope despite the grippy wheels), dropping off curbs and re-learning everything that used to come so naturally. Keep rotating 90deg while ollieing which I remember being annoying as a yoot.

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The ollie between the tree boughs. OOF!

https://youtu.be/9E-ZuPyDhWA

Them wheels look sick, nice little secret there. Ive recently been buying all new parts for an "up to date" non luddite board, as part of that I purchased some new ricta cored wheels at a premium price despite seeing loads of enuff wheels for a fraction of the price that looked exactly the same. I thought they would be better quality and made in the USA, like all the wheels I ever new. But nopes, packet said made in china all over it and they feel so plasticy. Should have just got enuffs! And those quad versions have such an awesome profile!

Yup those wheels were £20 I think from Skate Attack. They're super soft and sticky but roll silent and actually bounce when you drop em, can't slide em yet as they're only 76a so v grabby on the rough roads round here. SLF Sold as 8's online but in the shop they were happy to sell me 4.
The 53mm enuff wheels that came with the board seem super hard and skiddy.

Learning to not speed wobble while bombing and powerslides is my top priority. My old board has very broken in 95A wheels but with a wide profile and I could never manage it on anything but a polished floor. New plasticcy rictas are 53x16.5 and like rocks. Hopefully I can finally it down. I see that downhill riders use super soft and super wide wheels but somehow non stop sliding with ease. Would love to be able to do that!

Did anyone go see Rodney Mullen et al @ south bank today?

Just found out grindking are long out of business. Sad times.
Ordered a mismatched(in colour) nos pair on ebay to keep the dream alive. Looks like I'm gonna end up building a pro board slowly...

Anyone recommend or sell a set of longboard trucks and wheels to convert an old deck to a cruiser?

Gonna jigsaw the profile to give wheel clearance.

ive got a cruiser for sale if interested?

https://vimeo.com/132562969

The best cruiser trucks are bennets. Wheel clearance cutouts are not enough, you also need huge risers (like 1") and to perhaps have them angled to "tune" your steering.

Hi man, I might be interested but I'm not london based so it might be more hassle than its worth to post it.

gimme a PM.
sure we can sort suttin

That new Austyn Gillette HUF part is fucking heavy... Can't link from Thrasher.

Slammed at full speed bombing a hill near me tonight. Was going waaay to fast to try to stop by skidding my back foot.
First grazed palm, hip and shoulder in a while. Must learn to judge speed on board again!

My wife is an Appleyard so couldn't resist. Nos grind king trucks. Annoyingly one is a mid, the other low(my fault for not checking with seller) but nothing a 1/8 riser under the low can't fix.

The deck will probably end up as a wall hanger so truck will end up on something that'll get ridden. Undecided on wheels.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qQPVdeHJiM

Swapped out the Bennets on my cruisy board because I felt they were a bit too narrow and a bit too turny. Will see how I go with some wider indys.

Bennets probs for sale.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRkFr_xO3HY

Boserio = Beast

How much for the Bennett? You ok to post?

Nice. I use old 169s on my beer run board: If you can find any, try some Tracker Stimulators as the 'inner' on those trucks (for flat land pumping (too lazy to push)).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ijpv6e57a4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=91&v=uR_8JuIXvpA