The Set-up Thread

[fs1/2cab]

Enjoi 8.75x31.9 (14.25 wb)
55 Classic
Radial slim 54 101

First Enjoi/Dwindle deck. It feels great.

I like the specs and the graphic a lot. The kicks seem kinda steep, or is it just the angle?

[chris.]

@fs1/2cab it does have pretty steep kicks. It’s listed as mellow concave/steep kick and I’d say that holds true.

[typeischeap]

Baker Figgy Foil 8.5x32.5x14.38 (B2/steep)
Thunder Hollow Lights 149
Spitfire Formula Four Conical Full 54mm/99a
Indy Phillips 7/8" bolts
Bones Swiss bearings
Jessup grip
Vans Kyle Walker Pro / Old Skool Pro / Grosso mids

Mostly backyard miniramp and park.

[hiljentaa]

Polar 8.25 with Jessup Ultra

Indy ti 144 hangers on new IKP baseplates

Spitfire 51mm tablets with wide inside washers

Not a huge fan of tablets, but I pulled the bearings out of my classics to clean 'em and just wanted to get a skate in today.

[Velcro Wallet]

8.5 Church shop board, 151 Thunder hollows, SML Tom Know 52’s, Reebok work out plus’s. The Church shop board is one of the best shapes I’ve ever ridden. Almost exactly the same as the team April 8.5

[Frank and Fred]

8.5 Church shop board, 151 Thunder hollows, SML Tom Know 52’s, Reebok work out plus’s. The Church shop board is one of the best shapes I’ve ever ridden. Almost exactly the same as the team April 8.5

Well done on  the 8.5"/ 151 combo.

[JugeL]

Palace 8.25
Krux K4s 8.5 with Bones mediums
Spitfire Conical fulls ~53mm
Like three different type of bearings
Shitty Mob grip
Indy bolts that nobody cares
Adidas Liberty Cups with FP Kingfoam elites

Cool guys don't do boardslides

[RichardBarkley]

Palace 8.25
Krux K4s 8.5 with Bones mediums
Spitfire Conical fulls ~53mm
Like three different type of bearings
Shitty Mob grip
Indy bolts that nobody cares
Adidas Liberty Cups with FP Kingfoam elites

Cool guys don't do boardslides

Nice

How are the Krux

[JugeL]

Love them with bones bushings. Not for everybody though, all my friends hate the way they feel. I personally like the wiggle at the centre. Makes pinching grinds feel easier for me.

Still need to try K5s

[saltusnaut]

Vischan stix x Lemmelkaffe 8.5 a colab between a friends skate brand and another friends coffee brand with graphic designed by my nephew
paradox grip
Indy 159 hollow winkoski
f4 og classic 55mm
swiss

[Dan Gerous]

Vischan stix x Lemmelkaffe 8.5 a colab between a friends skate brand and another friends coffee brand with graphic designed by my nephew
paradox grip
Indy 159 hollow winkoski
f4 og classic 55mm
swiss

Love the graphics.

[art hellman]

Vischan stix x Lemmelkaffe 8.5 a colab between a friends skate brand and another friends coffee brand with graphic designed by my nephew
paradox grip
Indy 159 hollow winkoski
f4 og classic 55mm
swiss

how's it skating 159s on an 8.5? been curious about giving it a try next set of trucks

[manysnakes]

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Vischan stix x Lemmelkaffe 8.5 a colab between a friends skate brand and another friends coffee brand with graphic designed by my nephew
paradox grip
Indy 159 hollow winkoski
f4 og classic 55mm
swiss

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how's it skating 159s on an 8.5? been curious about giving it a try next set of trucks

I love this combo. Depends on the 8.5", since obviously there's some variance between makers, but I've got 159s on a 8.5" Skate Warehouse blank and it's nice and snug. I'm not much of a flipper these days, but this board is great for ollies, slappies, pool skating, etc.

[DaSk8D00D]

Deathwish 8.25 Twin
148 Thunder Ti’s, 97a bushings, wood risers
53mm 99a Spitfire Tablets
Bones Big Balls Bearings
NB#1010

[mynameisnotjeff]

Deathwish 8.25 Twin

How steep are the kicks on the board?

[tzhangdox]

Grimplestix 8.5 (measures slightly smaller)
Venture 5.6 with 3 washers on the inside, flat top washers and blue indy top bushing (they're more durable)
Spitfire f4 conical 99 52mm
Swiss

[DaSk8D00D]

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Deathwish 8.25 Twin

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How steep are the kicks on the board?

The kicks and concave are a little more mellow than the Ishod twin tails. I actually prefer steeper boards but I skated this for a little bit yesterday and it felt reallllly good. If they keep making them I'll keep skating them, symmetrical boards are the best

[mynameisnotjeff]

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Deathwish 8.25 Twin

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How steep are the kicks on the board?

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The kicks and concave are a little more mellow than the Ishod twin tails. I actually prefer steeper boards but I skated this for a little bit yesterday and it felt reallllly good. If they keep making them I'll keep skating them, symmetrical boards are the best

Darn! I figured with twin noses they’d be on the steeper side. That’s what I’m looking for on a symmetrical board.

[munchbox]

Grimplestix 8.5 (measures slightly smaller)
Venture 5.6 with 3 washers on the inside, flat top washers and blue indy top bushing (they're more durable)
Spitfire f4 conical 99 52mm
Swiss

hows the 5.6 vs the 5.8s?

[DaSk8D00D]

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Deathwish 8.25 Twin

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How steep are the kicks on the board?

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The kicks and concave are a little more mellow than the Ishod twin tails. I actually prefer steeper boards but I skated this for a little bit yesterday and it felt reallllly good. If they keep making them I'll keep skating them, symmetrical boards are the best

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Darn! I figured with twin noses they’d be on the steeper side. That’s what I’m looking for on a symmetrical board.

I don’t know the exact measurements but the ends do seem to be longer than the Ishod twintails even if they’re not as steep

[saltusnaut]

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Vischan stix x Lemmelkaffe 8.5 a colab between a friends skate brand and another friends coffee brand with graphic designed by my nephew
paradox grip
Indy 159 hollow winkoski
f4 og classic 55mm
swiss

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Love the graphics.

yeah I think he did a really good job

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Vischan stix x Lemmelkaffe 8.5 a colab between a friends skate brand and another friends coffee brand with graphic designed by my nephew
paradox grip
Indy 159 hollow winkoski
f4 og classic 55mm
swiss

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how's it skating 159s on an 8.5? been curious about giving it a try next set of trucks

so far I have no complaints. only had one session on the 159s
 so still have that horrible new bushings feeling.
prefer them over my ace 44 classics.

[tzhangdox]

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Grimplestix 8.5 (measures slightly smaller)
Venture 5.6 with 3 washers on the inside, flat top washers and blue indy top bushing (they're more durable)
Spitfire f4 conical 99 52mm
Swiss

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hows the 5.6 vs the 5.8s?

Not a crazy difference given the fact that I have three washers on the inside (and only do one on inside with 5.8s). They definitely turn a little bit sharper which is nice especially on ventures.

I kinda get what people mean when they say the leverage is a little better for some flip tricks, its seems to help a bit with a few flips tricks that I struggle with.

They pinch a bit different, gotta sit on the grind a bit differently dont think its better or worse.

Definitely get a bit more wheelbite and fall off my board more often if I don't land very stable though.

I'm used to it now but there's definitely both pros and cons. Unsure if I'd do 5.8 or 5.6 in the long run.

[yourbreakfsat]

Rewatched too many Love Letters and 80s skate videos and decided to go back to small nose big tail with 169s. Turning my big nose small tail board into a cruiser.





Left:
- Zmorgf Spade 9.5" x 32.5" with 14 - 14.5" adjustable wheelbase
- Thunder 161 Hollow Lights with Thunder 90a white aftermarket bushings
- Powell Peralta 56mm 85a G-Slides (caliper says they're actually 55mm)
- Bronson G3s with spacers
- Real Thunder Wooden Riser Pads 1/8"
- 1" hardware
- MOB

Right:
- Zmorgf Landboat II 9.6" with 14 - 14.5" adjustable wheelbase (Landboat shape that I scaled down a bit). I forgot the length
- USA Indy 169s with aftermarket Indy 92a conical blue bushings
- Powerflex 56mm 83b/55d Gumball wheels (Dual duormeter. Urethane is 83b while the core is 55d. Caliper says they're actually 55.5mm)
- Bones Swiss with spacers
- MOB
- 1" Diamond hardware

Haven't skated without rails in forever. These Powerflex wheels should be interesting to ride, although they are skinnier than I thought they'd be.

[big_kev_215]

Polar 8.25 with Jessup Ultra

Indy ti 144 hangers on new IKP baseplates

Spitfire 51mm tablets with wide inside washers

Not a huge fan of tablets, but I pulled the bearings out of my classics to clean 'em and just wanted to get a skate in today.

I had that same deck over the summer.  That Polar 8.25” shape is so good. Just grabbed another one from the most recent drop.

[mj23]

Rewatched too many Love Letters and 80s skate videos and decided to go back to small nose big tail with 169s. Turning my big nose small tail board into a cruiser.





Left:
- Zmorgf Spade 9.5" x 32.5" with 14 - 14.5" adjustable wheelbase
- Thunder 161 Hollow Lights with Thunder 90a white aftermarket bushings
- Powell Peralta 56mm 85a G-Slides (caliper says they're actually 55mm)
- Bronson G3s with spacers
- Real Thunder Wooden Riser Pads 1/8"
- 1" hardware
- MOB

Right:
- Zmorgf Landboat II 9.6" with 14 - 14.5" adjustable wheelbase (Landboat shape that I scaled down a bit). I forgot the length
- USA Indy 169s with aftermarket Indy 92a conical blue bushings
- Powerflex 56mm 83b/55d Gumball wheels (Dual duormeter. Urethane is 83b while the core is 55d. Caliper says they're actually 55.5mm)
- Bones Swiss with spacers
- MOB
- 1" Diamond hardware

Haven't skated without rails in forever. These Powerflex wheels should be interesting to ride, although they are skinnier than I thought they'd be.

These are sick

How are the G Slides?

[hiljentaa]

I had that same deck over the summer.  That Polar 8.25” shape is so good. Just grabbed another one from the most recent drop.

It's a great 8.25. Widely available and sometimes interesting graphics.

I wish the wheelbase was actually 14.125 as listed instead of 14.25 in reality. Long nose works well for me on noseslides.

[logjammin]

My first PS Stix board and I'm obsessed with this shape.

8.25"x14.25"WB GX1000 reg Jessup
1" Shorty's phillips
1/8" Dooks risers
Venture 5.8 standards 88a supercush bushings
Spitfire CLASSIC FULLS are back! 52mm 99a
Bones Swiss bearings

[Easy Slider]

Deathwish 8.25 Twin
148 Thunder Ti’s, 97a bushings, wood risers
53mm 99a Spitfire Tablets
Bones Big Balls Bearings
NB#1010

I noticed my flips are better when I ride on the nose instead of the tail. This twin nose might be what I need. How is the flick, is it rather like flipping a nose or a tail? I am specifically talking about the bit of concave you are flicking the foot out on kickflips and heelflips... is it rather flat or deep?

[hiljentaa]

Real 8.06 x 31.58 x 13.9wb - IV stamp.

Venture 5.2 lights. Flat top washer and 2x inside washers.

Spitfire 52mm Classics.

Jessup Ultra, Shorty's 7/8 allen, Mini-Logo bearings.

So excited to skate this board! First time on an 8 in probably 15+ years.

[RottenToTheCore]

Real 8.06 x 31.58 x 13.9wb - IV stamp.

Venture 5.2 lights. Flat top washer and 2x inside washers.

Spitfire 52mm Classics.

Jessup Ultra, Shorty's 7/8 allen, Mini-Logo bearings.

So excited to skate this board! First time on an 8 in probably 15+ years.

Perfect trucks for that wheelbase