i cannot figure out why i like the 6.1s as much as i do.
previously i struggled with cast venture hi’s. i liked my 5.8s that i got from
@art hellman, those were good. i think i started riding smaller boards and then passed those along to a pal who wanted some.
venture hi’s with the forged baseplate have worked better for me, up until this bout with the 6.1s. i’m not sure what it is with the 6.1s,
@munchbox mentioned the geo being slightly pulled in, maybe that’s it.
here’s the slightly unnecessary details:
5’8”, really short legs, 10-11 shoe. usually skate in 10s.
i like to skate different setups, that’s basically been too much of my interface with skating for the last 10 years, just experimenting.
most recently i’d been skating smaller sized setups, most of which had in common a 52 mm wheel. frequently around 8+ ish decks.
i set this board up in a funk and it was one of those where the moment i hopped on i felt rowdy/confident. i don’t land everything, some of the flips take more effort, some stuff like switch flips are as easy as it gets for me.
the wider trucks give me a really stable base to pop
off. i’m using 54 classics, and they keep the board feeling light and crispy compared to the radial fulls and such i had been trying before.
the 6.1s pinch well, i struggle with pinch stuff. but really its the pop and confidence for me.
kinda funny, i’ve been noticing sizes shrink back towards 8, and i’ve been waiting for that, and now im out here hot rodding around on 8.75s like it’s 2015.
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