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...I also have to mellow out the kicks by parking on them, about an hour each, for the steeper ones...
@Mbrimson88 this actually works!?! I've heard about this for, well, forever, but never knew anyone that actually did it. I always assumed it was some kind of urban legend type deal, and didn't want to try it myself. What is the exact method you use?
I have a Corolla, so small car, fairly light on the boards, but the best thing to do with whatever vehicle you have is try it out on some old boards first, just to see if the weight is ok, not too much. For my car, I use the front wheels (engine heavier) than the back, but others start with back wheels to get it going or in a bigger car or truck, go with whatever is lightest.
Also warm tyres work way better than cold, but also warmer weather helps more than cold weather. Even just start with driving slowly over the board to see how it goes, then when I know it is ok, I park on the bolts area for a bit to just mellow it out a bit, or stay on it for an hour or so if it is really steep.
I have never had any issues with BBS boards, but I know others have cracked or broken Dwindle boards, as they were just too stiff and didn't want to give. That was only one or two, compared to the many Dwindle boards that that guy has flattened, along with a few other woodshops, so it definitely works but there can also be some issues.
I started putting the boards on carpet squares, but now sheath the deck in cardboard too, just to protect the top of the kicks a little bit, as well as doing it on the smooth garage floor, but others have just driven over them on the road or carpark and left chunks in the tops from the road surface, which I don't think is very nice.
Lastly after doing whatever you do, let them sit for a day or so before worrying that you have flattened them too much. They usually spring back a lot, but yes I have flattened some a little too much, compared to the ideal position which I liken to taking a DLX board with a I stamp down to a IV stamp. I just did a few of the I and II boards I got on sales where I didn't care what number they were cause the boards were so cheap it didn't matter and they still feel super stiff and not at all flexed out after doing this, but they are a little more mellow than they started, so I am really happy with them.
Here are a couple of posts I did on it, showing the board bouce back after driving over it and where I park on them. The sound is really distorted when I drove over it, so no there is nothing wrong with the board or the car.