The Official Skateboarding Thread. - Page 36

December 1, 2010 @ 09:41 AM

CHEEP

Post: 4161

Join Date: Mar 2007

Location: 904

im riding street burners right now... love em

my current setup:
real 8.25 renewal pricepoint
indy 149
52mm street burners
swiss bearings
bones medium bushings

December 1, 2010 @ 07:17 PM

Maui Waui

Post: 661

Join Date: Aug 2006

7.9 julien stranger
indy 139
51mm 101 satori wheels
swiss

December 2, 2010 @ 06:54 AM

Just got huge fucking flat spots on mine from being an idiot. I can't really decide whether to take the move into even smaller wheels 51mm or move up to a 54-55mm. My friends currently ride 55's and they love it, they say it's faster when they cruise and it doesn't really affect their pop? Does anyone ride 54-55mm for street? Spitfire make street burners in a 55 and I was always curious of anyone actually rode them?

December 2, 2010 @ 08:52 AM

Dorsal

Post: 340

Join Date: Jun 2008

Location: 301

I ride 54's they're the perfect wheel in my opinion, they're really fast without weighing me down

December 2, 2010 @ 07:11 PM

GoRubio

Post: 344

Join Date: Oct 2010

Location: Milwaukee

I ride 53 Spitfire classics. Perfect wheels. Lasts longer and feels better than 50s and 51s that I used to ride before. There really isn't any big difference that I've felt since I switched wheels. Although when skating through downtown, feels a little bit better.
Never tried the streetburners. Anyone recommend them?

December 3, 2010 @ 03:19 AM

JasonHe

Post: 362

Join Date: Feb 2010

Just ordered a 51mm classic street burners. Big stab in the dark because they didn't have the ones I wanted in store so I went smaller instead of bigger. I've never ridden small wheels before so hopefully they're good.

December 4, 2010 @ 12:33 PM

EddieB

Post: 366

Join Date: Oct 2008

Location: Philadelphia/NYC

Setup and wheel posts lawl

8.38 Real
149 Indys x Bones hard bushings
Swiss no shields
52 mm blanks
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As far as the wheel size discussion, I highly doubt a 1mm difference in wheel size will affect your performance. The first few batches of F1 urethane was shitty, but they fixed it really quickly. Regardless, if you're just starting, you're not going to be able to tell the difference between different urethanes and 1-2mm differences in wheel size.

December 9, 2010 @ 02:40 AM

JasonHe

Post: 362

Join Date: Feb 2010

I moved down from 52's to a 50mm. I got the F1 Street Burners. I don't know if it was because my last pair of blanks were just a piece of shit or not but these wheels are amazing. They're fast, they're light, they're really really smooth.

About whether or not the extra 1 of 2 mm matters or not that is rather true you probably won't be able to tell too much but after getting these wheels I finally got kick flips down.

December 10, 2010 @ 11:36 AM

Ulzzang

Post: 521

Join Date: Jul 2010

Location: serbia

This was really good!

yeeeeuh thanks!

lol while everyone is posting setups...

girl 8
thunder
spitfire 52-53 (? given to me)
reds

December 13, 2010 @ 07:01 AM

JasonHe

Post: 362

Join Date: Feb 2010

How are the thunders?^

December 14, 2010 @ 07:40 PM

GoRubio

Post: 344

Join Date: Oct 2010

Location: Milwaukee

I love Thunder trucks. Always been my favorite.
But has anyone had a problem with them bending? I usually ride the lows, the 145s I think (whichever fits an 8 ). I was working on flatground one day in the Summer, breaking in the new trucks, and check this out:

Notice anything awkward about the one on the left? Never hit a ledge or went down a gap with them. Just straight up bent on flatground after about 2 hours. Anyone else have something like this happen to them?

December 16, 2010 @ 05:30 PM

JasonHe

Post: 362

Join Date: Feb 2010

^Woah what the fuck man? Thats probably a manufacturing defect you might be able to get warranty on that. From flat ground only? Unless you weigh over 100kg that doesn't make sense haha. Try and see if you can get warranty for them. That puts me off getting them now

. Might just get the indy lows.

December 17, 2010 @ 10:45 AM

GoRubio

Post: 344

Join Date: Oct 2010

Location: Milwaukee

Guys at the shop said the same thing. They said the Thunder lows usually bend when you hit huge gaps, but not from flatground. I still like them the most out of all trucks though (when I did have non-defected trucks). I've been trying out Indys for the last couple of months. Just the raw standards. I hate that they weight like 20lbs. Feels solid and secure though. And do they make Indy lows now?

December 18, 2010 @ 07:16 AM

JasonHe

Post: 362

Join Date: Feb 2010

Yeah they do make lows now. Haven't heard much from them. People generally say you can't tell the difference at all anyway. Indy's are heavy as fuck. I know a couple of people who ride Tony Hawk's new truck company Theeves. I'll probably get them in the next two weeks and give them a go. They're getting a lot of reviews saying they're better than indys in all aspects. But all titanium :S? Sounds like another gimmick.

December 18, 2010 @ 10:25 PM

stuffle

Post: 166

Join Date: Dec 2008

Location: Az

happened to mine once but the rest were all fine minus the kingpin breaking after a couple months, i have tensor magnesiums right now good but i still prefer thunder lows

December 20, 2010 @ 01:35 PM

Ulzzang

Post: 521

Join Date: Jul 2010

Location: serbia

holy shit @ those bent thunders lmao

i pretty much ride thunder, indy, krux...anything except ventures because of the shitty design they have when you put them on/take them off.

i had tensors and idk, i just prefer something more solid feeling.

December 21, 2010 @ 06:35 AM

JasonHe

Post: 362

Join Date: Feb 2010

Think I'm going to give these a go. Long shot. But hey whatever I've never bought trucks before I just use my friends old ones.

December 21, 2010 @ 11:57 PM

rts

Post: 144

Join Date: Feb 2010

Location: NJ

^Woah what the fuck man? Thats probably a manufacturing defect you might be able to get warranty on that. From flat ground only? Unless you weigh over 100kg that doesn't make sense haha. Try and see if you can get warranty for them. That puts me off getting them now . Might just get the indy lows.

Once i got a pair of indys, ive never even though about getting anything else. 129's till i die

December 30, 2010 @ 05:28 AM

JasonHe

Post: 362

Join Date: Feb 2010

Once i got a pair of indys, ive never even though about getting anything else. 129's till i die

Skated some 129's the other day on my friends board. Shit is solid. It turns well and it's really stable. Buuuuut. I skated some Theeves and ended up getting a pair instead. Give them a go. I've got a couple of friends that skated Indy's for years but then moved to Theeve and claimed they're better.

January 2, 2011 @ 11:05 AM

FLACHS

Post: 171

Join Date: Nov 2006

Location: EU

Used to skate and miss it, but don't have the time anymore

January 11, 2011 @ 10:05 AM

DragonSlayerofChaos

Post: 56

Join Date: Aug 2009

i have a pair of indys right now, dont really care for them too much. i prefer thunders

January 16, 2011 @ 12:12 PM

RawShack

Post: 1503

Join Date: Jul 2008

Chris Cole on DC, swag.

January 16, 2011 @ 12:34 PM

Denny Crane

Post: 1914

Join Date: May 2006

Extra sell-owt!

January 16, 2011 @ 06:34 PM

RawShack

Post: 1503

Join Date: Jul 2008

Extra sell-owt!

lol who cares about Fallen though really.

January 17, 2011 @ 12:10 AM

shhh

Post: 240

Join Date: Sep 2010

Location: SL 510

I used to skate back in fresh/soph year of HS, but I quit since. Cause for some fucked up reason, I would always be inclined to sprain my ankle. After I healed from one, it would happen again just a month later lol. Does this happen to anyone else? I bought those ankle braces from Pro Tec, but it was hard to flick

January 19, 2011 @ 09:41 AM

Denny Crane

Post: 1914

Join Date: May 2006

lol who cares about Fallen though really.

Yeah that's why I had to add extra. Fallen is sellout status to begin with!

January 19, 2011 @ 09:44 AM

SuMing

Post: 261

Join Date: Dec 2010

Location: Canada

my best deck yet has been: Krooked, Ricta, Thunder, Bones Reds
For shoes: Vans Chukka Low, Adidas Campus Vulc or a Blazer SB

Fave skaters: P Rod, Koston & Mike MO

what do you guys think of skating Blazer SB's? Hard to get used to I found.

Twitter: @SuMingHS, Website: www.hellosaskatoon.ca

January 20, 2011 @ 11:43 AM

-Scientifik-

Post: 151

Join Date: Aug 2008

I will only skate Indy's (but I do switch the bushings for Krux). Here is my back truck after learning stand up grinds >

.

January 22, 2011 @ 07:07 PM

damnwitless2

suspended

Post: 7236

Join Date: Sep 2008

Location: Bucktown, USA

Yeah that's why I had to add extra. Fallen is sellout status to begin with!

fuck outta here, Chris Cole is pretty much the best skateboarder alive and now he's getting paid like it

All I do is smoke weed, blow lines, and listen to MF DOOM. And rap. http://www.facebook.com/SpacemanNYC

January 22, 2011 @ 09:21 PM

mikeywalker39

Post: 26

Join Date: Nov 2010

Location: Ontario, Canada

setups a baker braydon szafranski stay gold 8 with krux trucks, rictas that are flatspotted to shit and reds... shoes are green janoskis, black/yellow kiss blazers, cut down sk8 lo's or p-rod 2's(which i fuckin hate).

fav skater will always be john motta