I just put some of those Supercush 88 Deluxe bushings in my regular 8.25 ventures, highly improves the turn in my opinion. I’ll probably try riptides too after reading this.
I just love manuals on Ventures, they’ve been helping my perfect nose-manuals which I’ve struggled with in the past.
I also have some Ventures on a cruiser deck where the bottom bushing on the front is kinda destroyed and they’re pretty much wiggly. They feel cool but I wouldn’t want them on my everyday setup.