SNARK!!! The Herald Angels Singing

[BRL]

OMG skateboard talk! Before the topic shifts.... the wheels and bushings on my old vert board from the late 80s are shot. Can I buy off the shelf stuff to replace them (getting back into skating) or have axle diameters/wheel diameters/whatever changed so much that I need to buy a whole new setup?

[maethor]

longboarding like cruising the boardwalk, or longboarding like bombing the steepest hill you can find and riding thru the speed wobbles screaming in triumph when you make it to the bottom alive?

what board you got?

I have bombed a few hills, but I gotta say, that sh*t is scary as hell. I mostly cruise these days, the board I'm building right now will be a pump setup (pumping means using small alternating turns to gain forward momentum). I'm making the deck myself, I'll post some pics when it's done.

[maethor]

OMG skateboard talk! Before the topic shifts.... the wheels and bushings on my old vert board from the late 80s are shot. Can I buy off the shelf stuff to replace them (getting back into skating) or have axle diameters/wheel diameters/whatever changed so much that I need to buy a whole new setup?

It's still all basically the same. Don't spend more than 15$ on bearings. Steel spacers are good. Khiro or Venom bushings are the bomb. ABEC11 makes a nice wheel.

[rigid650]

OMG skateboard talk! Before the topic shifts.... the wheels and bushings on my old vert board from the late 80s are shot. Can I buy off the shelf stuff to replace them (getting back into skating) or have axle diameters/wheel diameters/whatever changed so much that I need to buy a whole new setup?

axle dia/bearings remain the same, bushings are the same, the only things that have really changed is the truck baseplate hole pattern

I have bombed a few hills, but I gotta say, that sh*t is scary as hell. I mostly cruise these days, the board I'm building right now will be a pump setup (pumping means using small alternating turns to gain forward momentum). I'm making the deck myself, I'll post some pics when it's done.

sweet, love to check it out when done... what are you making it out of?

[maethor]

Fiberglass against torsion, top and bottom layers are 4mm birch plywood, center is 4mm poplar plywood. So it is:

glass
birch 4mm
poplar 4mm
birch 4mm
glass

It will be pretty stiff, but have a lively flex because of the fiberglass. Probably a bit on the heavy side, but that's no biggie.

[daizee]

friend of mine started making his own last fall:

http://longboarddecks.weebly.com/whats-going-on.html

-Daizee

[rigid650]

friend of mine started making his own last fall:

http://longboarddecks.weebly.com/whats-going-on.html

-Daizee

hey thanks for the link man, that tarp surfing vid was rad, something ive never seen before...

[Guyon]

You flockers probably just contributed to my demise.
I started shopping longboards around town and found a Gone-Out-Of-Business firesale.
I just gave the "I'll take it" on a Mirimar Natalie deck with Randal 150 longboard trucks and Abec 11 Big Zigs.
Guy's tossing in bearings and hardware for a complete build, and I'll be out the door at $100 cash.
Hope I did okay.

I'll be the old fat geek wearing a helmet.

[tradewater]

You flockers probably just contributed to my demise.
I started shopping longboards around town and found a Gone-Out-Of-Business firesale.
I just gave the "I'll take it" on a Mirimar Natalie deck with Randal 150 longboard trucks and Abec 11 Big Zigs.
Guy's tossing in bearings and hardware for a complete build, and I'll be out the door at $100 cash.
Hope I did okay.

I'll be the old fat geek wearing a helmet.

I'm thinking a BK9 (rampless) would be appropriate with that rig.

[Guyon]

I'm thinking a BK9 (rampless) would be appropriate with that rig.

Oh definitely. I'm shopping for a Dundee rig right now.

[Bladite]

You flockers probably just contributed to my demise.
I started shopping longboards around town and found a Gone-Out-Of-Business firesale.
I just gave the "I'll take it" on a Mirimar Natalie deck with Randal 150 longboard trucks and Abec 11 Big Zigs.
Guy's tossing in bearings and hardware for a complete build, and I'll be out the door at $100 cash.
Hope I did okay.

I'll be the old fat geek wearing a helmet.

sweet - pictures when you get it old man :>

here's the G&S deck, with random shite:

[Guyon]

Shit. Now I've got to get a unicycle and learn to juggle. It never ends.

[1066vik]

cute doumbek.

[tradewater]

Shit. Now I've got to get a unicycle and learn to juggle. It never ends.

And a drum.

[L4NE4]

Anyone have a double bit hatchet?

[Guyon]

[clich]

looks like you stole those right out of shoguns avatar

[Guyon]

Dude. I saw the helmet cams at REI last night. Now I'm going to have the perfect excuse to get one.

[The Warrior]

Nice Nessmuk trio you got there.

[L4NE4]

How do you like that Moore? I just read a not so good review on one.