Real Kyle Walker 8.18
Venture 5.8
SML Wheels 52mm 97a, conical with a plastic core
Assorted bolts and bearings
Wasn't feeling the Real setup with Tensor Maglight ATG, WB was a tad too short, and I wanted to wear this board out till after this COVID shit blows over before I setup another board. Really feeling the difference in truck weight, I'll save the titaniums for another setup. But the pop is explosive when I can actually get the timing and force down. Loving the soft wheel on rougher asphalt, wish they were slightly bigger in a 54.
As you can see the curb I have is rough as hell; no amount of wax will save it and lots of elderly folk live around here so I don't want to paint it and cause them to slip and injure themselves.
I'm going to need help with slappies - I'm riding up with my feet wide apart, like in over the front and back bolts. Do I just semi-manual up to get my trucks to lock in?
You could paint just the edge, though that would still be slick with rain.
Could also wax it on hot days so it soaks in before you skate it.
Bs slappy..
Ride straight at a curb and kickturn to axle stall. That's the basic motion. Now try it at 45 degrees with some speed.
Front foot over the back bolts for me but completely over the bolts works too.
Back foot in the pocket, if you're picking up your front truck a lot scoot your foot forward.
Don't worry about getting in with your front truck first, just work on doing as low of a kickturn as possible to get up the curb. Let your feet/legs be realitively light/soft so your board still wanna ride up the curb. But you will wanna kinda jam it in to get the grind going. I think of slashing the lip like a surfer, there's probably some twisting/swinging of the hips going on but I'm not thinking about it.
If you ride out on top that's good, maybe try a lil less effort, umph.. Same thing if you end up leaning back too far and wanna no comply out (back back, not back towards your tail).
If you're getting stuck in feeble you're not putting enough into the kickturn and starting the grind. Same for those frustrating primo grinds!
Once you get the hang of the kickturn into a grind try to ride parallel but kinda far away from the curb.. lotsa speed, get tucked, think slashdawg, and frontside carve into the curb, then quick backside carve into the slappy.
A good lock-in will be the back truck butted up against the toe-side wheel. Or your back truck grinding right over the kingpin. This can look extra steezy in a slasher 80's way. And it'll wear a funky Gullwing groove into your back truck.