Venture 2020

[Uncle Flea]

im not sure but hes a nice kid

[SlapMcKracken]

Are wknd 8.25s tails too short for high Venture hollows?

[oliknight]

I have come to the conclusion that the more you know the WORSE, there are so many questions on this page about if ventures will “work” with certain decks, the answer is “yes to all” try not too get too bogged down in “this deck has a millimetre of extra flat before the tail curves up so you won’t be able to Christ Air with ventures”

Truck madness is a horrible and slippery slope, just pick a deck that you like that is the right size and skate it, the absolute worst case scenario is that it might feel a bit different but after one day of skating you’ll be absolutely fine.

[rocklobster]

Are wknd 8.25s tails too short for high Venture hollows?

Depends on the 8.25 shape, they've got like 5 shapes with differing lengths. They use the PS Stix measurements, meaning flat across, so take 0.25" off length and 0.125" off nose and tail, thereabouts.

[SlapMcKracken]

No more hollows. Second one that breaks after some months. The wheel just falls off after half a year of skating the trucks.

[goodatmeth]

No more hollows. Second one that breaks after some months. The wheel just falls off after half a year of skating the trucks.

Are venture (hollow) axles different than thunder? Seems like a lot more people break venture hangers

[Tom Pearl]

Deluxe hooked it up fat, they gave me all this shit for free

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

So sick….awesome they came through…..

[SlapMcKracken]

First session on low lights.
Why are they grinding different than high hollows?
Skated park ledges and it grinds so buttery. Smiths and crookeds feek crazy good, but even some back 5-0‘s just felt somehow better.

[notinternetfamous]

First session on low lights.
Why are they grinding different than high hollows?
Skated park ledges and it grinds so buttery. Smiths and crookeds feek crazy good, but even some back 5-0‘s just felt somehow better.

should be the same metal regardless of low or high version. you may just be enjoying the feeling of being lower to the ground and it may be helping with your grinds somehow. also lows are known for their amazing pinch on crooks

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

They should be the same metal as thunder too no?  Same foundry….

[Mbrimson88]

First session on low lights.
Why are they grinding different than high hollows?
Skated park ledges and it grinds so buttery. Smiths and crookeds feek crazy good, but even some back 5-0‘s just felt somehow better.

Is it the new truck "honeymoon period" where everything just feels so slick, compared to when a truck is more worn, more contact on the surface so grinds are more sticky, etc?

[SlapMcKracken]

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First session on low lights.
Why are they grinding different than high hollows?
Skated park ledges and it grinds so buttery. Smiths and crookeds feek crazy good, but even some back 5-0‘s just felt somehow better.

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Is it the new truck "honeymoon period" where everything just feels so slick, compared to when a truck is more worn, more contact on the surface so grinds are more sticky, etc?

Maybe man. We gon see. But I skated the deck of a friend with new indies on the same ledges yesterday and it was not close to the new ventures.

And I mean I had new trucks before those 😄
I don’t think that’s it. Maybe really the height difference. I don’t know

[rocklobster]

Spent 90 minutes skating a newish granite ledge, now my 5.6 are all ground down and I'm feeling like a bad ass. Must be my people love slappys.

[LebowskisRug]

I have an 8" with Venture lows and it does feel like it slappies better especially slappy crook variations. I think it's the angle of the pinch since the trucks are lower/board is less of an angle towards the curb. I had the same effect when I rode Baker decks with Indy's cuz they're so fucking flat and the nose is decently long.

[Uncle Flea]

Deluxe hooked it up fat, they gave me all this shit for free

that hat is killer

[GBLange]

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First session on low lights.
Why are they grinding different than high hollows?
Skated park ledges and it grinds so buttery. Smiths and crookeds feek crazy good, but even some back 5-0‘s just felt somehow better.

[close]

should be the same metal regardless of low or high version. you may just be enjoying the feeling of being lower to the ground and it may be helping with your grinds somehow. also lows are known for their amazing pinch on crooks

true true

[Mbrimson88]

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First session on low lights.
Why are they grinding different than high hollows?
Skated park ledges and it grinds so buttery. Smiths and crookeds feek crazy good, but even some back 5-0‘s just felt somehow better.

[close]

Is it the new truck "honeymoon period" where everything just feels so slick, compared to when a truck is more worn, more contact on the surface so grinds are more sticky, etc?

[close]

Maybe man. We gon see. But I skated the deck of a friend with new indies on the same ledges yesterday and it was not close to the new ventures.

And I mean I had new trucks before those 😄
I don’t think that’s it. Maybe really the height difference. I don’t know

Yeah for sure.

From new, I feel like Indy are the most rounded of the trucks, more width and just power through everything is the way they ride, but both Venture and Thunder are so narrow and minimal in the grind surface when new, I recall some dudes having to scrape wax off things when they got new Venture or Thunder trucks as they were slipping out as the grind was too quick for what they were used to, then when they wore in and the narrow edge and grind surface became more worn, it was back to the usual wax on things.

Funny how that works, more so on Thunder, but still happens on Venture, which makes everything feel so buttery if it is well waxed.

See how you go anyway.

[Festivus]

Figured this would be the best place to ask, would anyone have an interest in a list of information/photos of all the Venture's throughout the '90s? Over the years I've collected every size of the Featherlites from 7.5" to the elusive 8.5"

It'll be a lot of photos, so I'm not sure if I should do it here in this thread (assuming people are interested) or if I should create a separate thread for all of it.


Could be a cool definitive list for any Venture heads here.

[Ok]

Figured this would be the best place to ask, would anyone have an interest in a list of information/photos of all the Venture's throughout the '90s? Over the years I've collected every size of the Featherlites from 7.5" to the elusive 8.5"

It'll be a lot of photos, so I'm not sure if I should do it here in this thread (assuming people are interested) or if I should create a separate thread for all of it.


Could be a cool definitive list for any Venture heads here.

Oh here for sure


You got the mids!?

[Mbrimson88]

Figured this would be the best place to ask, would anyone have an interest in a list of information/photos of all the Venture's throughout the '90s? Over the years I've collected every size of the Featherlites from 7.5" to the elusive 8.5"

It'll be a lot of photos, so I'm not sure if I should do it here in this thread (assuming people are interested) or if I should create a separate thread for all of it.


Could be a cool definitive list for any Venture heads here.

Always interesting to see something like that, especially the 8.5s.

At what point did they go from six hole baseplate back to only four holes?  I know it was about 1992 or so that they came out with them, as people were drilling them back well before that anyway, but I was thinking it was up until about 1998 that the six hole baseplates were standard on everything, then dropped off when things changed a whole lot just before 2000s.

Always happy to be corrected in timelines as well.

Thanks.

[YeoWhattup]

Figured this would be the best place to ask, would anyone have an interest in a list of information/photos of all the Venture's throughout the '90s? Over the years I've collected every size of the Featherlites from 7.5" to the elusive 8.5"

It'll be a lot of photos, so I'm not sure if I should do it here in this thread (assuming people are interested) or if I should create a separate thread for all of it.


Could be a cool definitive list for any Venture heads here.

I’d love to see your collection

[Mr. Pickles]

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Figured this would be the best place to ask, would anyone have an interest in a list of information/photos of all the Venture's throughout the '90s? Over the years I've collected every size of the Featherlites from 7.5" to the elusive 8.5"

It'll be a lot of photos, so I'm not sure if I should do it here in this thread (assuming people are interested) or if I should create a separate thread for all of it.


Could be a cool definitive list for any Venture heads here.

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I’d love to see your collection

[RichardBarkley]

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Figured this would be the best place to ask, would anyone have an interest in a list of information/photos of all the Venture's throughout the '90s? Over the years I've collected every size of the Featherlites from 7.5" to the elusive 8.5"

It'll be a lot of photos, so I'm not sure if I should do it here in this thread (assuming people are interested) or if I should create a separate thread for all of it.


Could be a cool definitive list for any Venture heads here.

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I’d love to see your collection

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[munchbox]

is there any interest in a 9 inch venture?
personally dont want to switch to thunder 161 for wide decks

[BL0B]

is there any interest in a 9 inch venture?
personally dont want to switch to thunder 161 for wide decks

i'd like to see one. i wish they would only take the wings out to the 6.1's lenght. the 6.1 looks weirdly long or thicc with such long wings.

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

I have one more 8.25 to burn through before I take a step down to 5.2’s……looking forward to it….

[drinny]

is there any interest in a 9 inch venture?
personally dont want to switch to thunder 161 for wide decks

6.1’s are good up to 9.5” boards if you extend out with super wide/offset wheels. I’ve got a setup using them, will need to get harder bushings for the same turn feel though.

But sure I’d love to see an Alva, Beemer or Zip Zogger with the classic V’s on…. Would be sick.

[Festivus]

You got the mids!?

I do, although they're technically the same as the high's, they were just named Midlites until the late '90s.

At what point did they go from six hole baseplate back to only four holes?

To my knowledge, they surprisingly kept the 6 hole pattern until 2001ish, I can't confirm that 100% but after lots of extensive searching through ads & catalogs, it's what I'm fairly certain of.

I actually have a set or two from when they made the switch, and the casting was pretty sloppy on them.


I'm glad to see there's some interest in the trucks & the history! I'll try and go through some boxes and find everything sometime this month and get everything uploaded here.

[SlapMcKracken]

From high to low ; how long to get used to it?

Second little session and it’s a bit different.