Venture 2020

[rocklobster]

If anyone is still looking SPoT has 5.6 and 5.8 V-Lights on sale with code CYBERMON for 25%, but no free shipping:

5.6 at $30 a pair
https://skateparkoftampa.com/product/87305/Venture_Polished_Blue_Vincent_Touzery_Pro_V-Lights_Truck/&CID=15815

5.8 at $36 a pair
https://skateparkoftampa.com/product/79457/Venture_Polished_V-Light_Trucks/&CID=242

[swellbowed]

false flag? didnt know 6.1 cast hollows existed…
https://socalskateshop.com/Venture-6-1-Hi-Kader-Sylla-V-Cast-Hollow-Pro-Trucks-Silver.html

Looks like it. Pretty sure they were only made in 5.2H, 5.6, & 5.8

[DeepSpace9mm]

false flag? didnt know 6.1 cast hollows existed…
https://socalskateshop.com/Venture-6-1-Hi-Kader-Sylla-V-Cast-Hollow-Pro-Trucks-Silver.html

I emailed them to find out and that is indeed false info in the listing. There are no 6.1 Cast Hollows.

Bummer. I got excited to try those out and was about to smash that “buy” button.

[Richard Skidder]

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Just noticed how active the Venture thread is compared to other truck threads:

Ace
Started 2010
6000 posts

Venture
Started 2020
3500 posts

Thunder
Started 2021
900 posts

Maybe the #1 rule of riding Venture is you don't stop posting about how much you love Venture.

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64% of my posts are in this thread. Probably.

More time AWAKE means more time to post

[roba]

https://www.ebay.com/itm/334641837073

25 bucks for almost brand new vintage ventures

[IpathCats]

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Just noticed how active the Venture thread is compared to other truck threads:

Ace
Started 2010
6000 posts

Venture
Started 2020
3500 posts

Thunder
Started 2021
900 posts

Maybe the #1 rule of riding Venture is you don't stop posting about how much you love Venture.

[close]

64% of my posts are in this thread. Probably.

[close]

More time AWAKE means more time to post

Yea, you die hard venture guys are fanatics for sure.

I dig it.

If my preferred truck wasn't Indy I'd probably be all crazy about them too.

[rocklobster]

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Just noticed how active the Venture thread is compared to other truck threads:

Ace
Started 2010
6000 posts

Venture
Started 2020
3500 posts

Thunder
Started 2021
900 posts

Maybe the #1 rule of riding Venture is you don't stop posting about how much you love Venture.

[close]

64% of my posts are in this thread. Probably.

[close]

More time AWAKE means more time to post

[close]

Yea, you die hard venture guys are fanatics for sure.

I dig it.

If my preferred truck wasn't Indy I'd probably be all crazy about them too.

Ace and Venture riders are similar in their fanaticism for their trucks, just like how the trucks are polar opposites in how much they shift the wheels in / out. We are the Ying and Yang of the industry and message board.

[IpathCats]

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Just noticed how active the Venture thread is compared to other truck threads:

Ace
Started 2010
6000 posts

Venture
Started 2020
3500 posts

Thunder
Started 2021
900 posts

Maybe the #1 rule of riding Venture is you don't stop posting about how much you love Venture.

[close]

64% of my posts are in this thread. Probably.

[close]

More time AWAKE means more time to post

[close]

Yea, you die hard venture guys are fanatics for sure.

I dig it.

If my preferred truck wasn't Indy I'd probably be all crazy about them too.

[close]

Ace and Venture riders are similar in their fanaticism for their trucks, just like how the trucks are polar opposites in how much they shift the wheels in / out. We are the Ying and Yang of the industry and message board.

I am the balance between the two on my boring indy's

[scab]

I have two setups with identical decks, but one on Aces and one on Thunders. Guess that makes me bipolar.

[Roisto]

I really like this thread and follow it closely even though I’m a “strictly Aces” guy. There’s something magical about Ventures. The pop but something else too. They’re definitely not boring like some other trucks. Big respect to everyone rocking Ventures. I love to see it!

[FrenchSkater]

I really like this thread and follow it closely even though I’m a “strictly Aces” guy. There’s something magical about Ventures. The pop but something else too. They’re definitely not boring like some other trucks. Big respect to everyone rocking Ventures. I love to see it!

What do you mean by « magical » ? 

[Sk.A.T.A.N]

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I really like this thread and follow it closely even though I’m a “strictly Aces” guy. There’s something magical about Ventures. The pop but something else too. They’re definitely not boring like some other trucks. Big respect to everyone rocking Ventures. I love to see it!

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What do you mean by « magical » ? 

Hard to explain but since you're a "FrenchSkater", they have a **Je Ne Sais Quoi** to them...   

I currently have 3 set-ups...

1st 8.25inch Popsicle w/Venture V-hollows 5.6
2nd 8.8inch Squared tail football w/Venture V-hollows 6.1
3rd 10inch Shaped fish tail w/ACE F1 77

I have mad fun in all of them, but I feel some type of way when ridding Ventures... They just look cool af!
Plus the team is sick and the brand image is just far superior to any other truck brand at the moment IMO.

[Noble Experiment]

8.5, 5.8’s, 14.5 wb
That’s gotta be a hefty feeling board.

[Filip]

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I really like this thread and follow it closely even though I’m a “strictly Aces” guy. There’s something magical about Ventures. The pop but something else too. They’re definitely not boring like some other trucks. Big respect to everyone rocking Ventures. I love to see it!

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What do you mean by « magical » ? 

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Hard to explain but since you're a "FrenchSkater", they have a **Je Ne Sais Quoi** to them...   

I currently have 3 set-ups...

1st 8.25inch Popsicle w/Venture V-hollows 5.6
2nd 8.8inch Squared tail football w/Venture V-hollows 6.1
3rd 10inch Shaped fish tail w/ACE F1 77

I have mad fun in all of them, but I feel some type of way when ridding Ventures... They just look cool af!
Plus the team is sick and the brand image is just far superior to any other truck brand at the moment IMO.

I absolutely agree with them looking cool AF and just riding Ventures feels different. I was a Thunder guy all my life on my regular board. I purchased Ventures, the 6.1 for my cruiser setup sometime last year. And when a time came to get rid of my old Thunders 151s, I was really thinking about just buying another Thunders and keep it the same.

I saw a post here on Slap, I think it was either a setup thread or trucks down to the axle thread, and somebody had Ventures that were pretty destroyed, but just looked cool as fuck. I started looking to those on my cruiser, and after a week, I tried them on my regular board. First 2 sessions were a little crazy, but after the bushings started working properly and I re-learned how to pop and slide with the baseplate, it was on. I fell in love and like I found something that I was missing for 19 years of skating.

[FrenchSkater]

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I really like this thread and follow it closely even though I’m a “strictly Aces” guy. There’s something magical about Ventures. The pop but something else too. They’re definitely not boring like some other trucks. Big respect to everyone rocking Ventures. I love to see it!

[close]

What do you mean by « magical » ? 

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Hard to explain but since you're a "FrenchSkater", they have a **Je Ne Sais Quoi** to them...   

I currently have 3 set-ups...

1st 8.25inch Popsicle w/Venture V-hollows 5.6
2nd 8.8inch Squared tail football w/Venture V-hollows 6.1
3rd 10inch Shaped fish tail w/ACE F1 77

I have mad fun in all of them, but I feel some type of way when ridding Ventures... They just look cool af!
Plus the team is sick and the brand image is just far superior to any other truck brand at the moment IMO.

I understand ! And I have the impression that a lot of skaters went to Venture because independent is made in China now.. well, maybe that's not the reason, but I don't know why many went to venture!

[Roisto]

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I really like this thread and follow it closely even though I’m a “strictly Aces” guy. There’s something magical about Ventures. The pop but something else too. They’re definitely not boring like some other trucks. Big respect to everyone rocking Ventures. I love to see it!

[close]

What do you mean by « magical » ? 

[close]

Hard to explain but since you're a "FrenchSkater", they have a **Je Ne Sais Quoi** to them...   

I currently have 3 set-ups...

1st 8.25inch Popsicle w/Venture V-hollows 5.6
2nd 8.8inch Squared tail football w/Venture V-hollows 6.1
3rd 10inch Shaped fish tail w/ACE F1 77

I have mad fun in all of them, but I feel some type of way when ridding Ventures... They just look cool af!
Plus the team is sick and the brand image is just far superior to any other truck brand at the moment IMO.

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I understand ! And I have the impression that a lot of skaters went to Venture because independent is made in China now.. well, maybe that's not the reason, but I don't know why many went to venture!

Yeah, like has been addressed already, there’s just something to them. I can’t explain magic but I appreciate it even if I’m not a magician myself. 

[IpathCats]

I really like this thread and follow it closely even though I’m a “strictly Aces” guy. There’s something magical about Ventures. The pop but something else too. They’re definitely not boring like some other trucks. Big respect to everyone rocking Ventures. I love to see it!

Same, i just like the overall nerdery/fanaticism.

[Paperclip20]

Anyone know of shops getting the Ted Barrow Ventures? Venture's Instagram made a post saying they'll be arriving at shops now and I'm trying to grab a set.

[Richard Skidder]

Anyone know of shops getting the Ted Barrow Ventures? Venture's Instagram made a post saying they'll be arriving at shops now and I'm trying to grab a set.

Came here to post these. They’re cast hollow too!

[IpathCats]

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Anyone know of shops getting the Ted Barrow Ventures? Venture's Instagram made a post saying they'll be arriving at shops now and I'm trying to grab a set.

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Came here to post these. They’re cast hollow too! Here’s the link:

Has he always been a venture guy? Thought he was on indys

[Paperclip20]

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Anyone know of shops getting the Ted Barrow Ventures? Venture's Instagram made a post saying they'll be arriving at shops now and I'm trying to grab a set.

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Came here to post these. They’re cast hollow too! Here’s the link:

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Has he always been a venture guy? Thought he was on indys

Pretty sure he's skated both but always been heavy into venture's.

[rocklobster]

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Anyone know of shops getting the Ted Barrow Ventures? Venture's Instagram made a post saying they'll be arriving at shops now and I'm trying to grab a set.

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Came here to post these. They’re cast hollow too!

only 5.2 and 5.8? Why no 5.6?

[IpathCats]

Is this the first time someone who would just be considered an "influencer" or something adjacent to that, and not a pro has gotten a "pro" model something on a LEGIT brand?

[theloniousmonk]

Ok everyone I’m looking for words of advice to get me hyped on ventures!

I have a set of 5.2 lows (cast plates)on the way, I’m coming off thunder 147s that have inverted kingpins.

It’s my first time riding ventures since the green bushing feather lite lows on the 90s

What bushing setups work great with the lows?

Has anyone used an inverted i goin in the lows? I’m guessing not because the cavity doesn’t look like it will hold the kingpin but maybe there is a way?

Anything else I need to know?

Thanks in advance!!!

[LebowskisRug]

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Anyone know of shops getting the Ted Barrow Ventures? Venture's Instagram made a post saying they'll be arriving at shops now and I'm trying to grab a set.

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Came here to post these. They’re cast hollow too! Here’s the link:

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Has he always been a venture guy? Thought he was on indys

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Pretty sure he's skated both but always been heavy into venture's.

Likes and skates both, doesn't care much about dimensions and madness parameters.

[Thebird]

Ok everyone I’m looking for words of advice to get me hyped on ventures!

I have a set of 5.2 lows (cast plates)on the way, I’m coming off thunder 147s that have inverted kingpins.

It’s my first time riding ventures since the green bushing feather lite lows on the 90s

What bushing setups work great with the lows?

Has anyone used an inverted i goin in the lows? I’m guessing not because the cavity doesn’t look like it will hold the kingpin but maybe there is a way?

Anything else I need to know?

Thanks in advance!!!

So long as you are ok with the way they turn(or don't), just ride them stock.  I always found stock lows to be really solid.  I think this is the best truck for flipping in and out of manuals if that is your thing - quick flip and really stable.

[Bo Turners Masonic Fish]

Ok everyone I’m looking for words of advice to get me hyped on ventures!

I have a set of 5.2 lows (cast plates)on the way, I’m coming off thunder 147s that have inverted kingpins.

It’s my first time riding ventures since the green bushing feather lite lows on the 90s

What bushing setups work great with the lows?

Has anyone used an inverted i goin in the lows? I’m guessing not because the cavity doesn’t look like it will hold the kingpin but maybe there is a way?

Anything else I need to know?

Thanks in advance!!!

The bushings are the same height as on the standards. I used to swap them for the green supercush because they helped with wheelbite and they reminded me of my childhood.

I also put a set of K4 inverted pins in a set, but I was sloppy and got JB weld in the nuts and couldn't use them. So they will fit inside the plate, which is the same as the highs (Hi and Lo differ based on the hangar).

Also (unrelated) those feedback hollows are the only time I've ever been tempted to buy trucks with a graphic.

[j....soy.....]

The 5.2’s are highs I assume…..

I ran IKPs in thunders….planned on doing it in ventures 5.6’s but I got lazy and didn’t need it because the clearance is way better and they don’t grind down as fast…..

[theloniousmonk]

The 5.2’s are highs I assume…..

I ran IKPs in thunders….planned on doing it in ventures 5.6’s but I got lazy and didn’t need it because the clearance is way better and they don’t grind down as fast…..

Thanks for the replies everyone,
The 5.2 are lows, it sounds like I won’t try inverted pins, unless somebody 3d prints inserts that will accommodate the nut lol

I loved the kreper pins in my thunders, and I have a back up set of 147 if I end up not enjoying the venturesome

[theloniousmonk]

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Ok everyone I’m looking for words of advice to get me hyped on ventures!

I have a set of 5.2 lows (cast plates)on the way, I’m coming off thunder 147s that have inverted kingpins.

It’s my first time riding ventures since the green bushing feather lite lows on the 90s

What bushing setups work great with the lows?

Has anyone used an inverted i goin in the lows? I’m guessing not because the cavity doesn’t look like it will hold the kingpin but maybe there is a way?

Anything else I need to know?

Thanks in advance!!!

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So long as you are ok with the way they turn(or don't), just ride them stock.  I always found stock lows to be really solid.  I think this is the best truck for flipping in and out of manuals if that is your thing - quick flip and really stable.

Thanks! I’m hyped for the quick flip and heavier weight than the 147s. Hopefully I’ll stop whiffing my flip tricks with the extra heft

Do the stock bushings freeze? My thunders did