Wish all Vans models were this comfortable

underrated shoes!

plus i think they look good. just not in product photos. might have to finish off my pair

I remember the hype for this tour and subsequent DVD was kinda crazy. Definitely looked forward to that specific magazine for what felt like forever.

POV Chris Cole just pulled a funny prank on your windshield

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Might be an unpopular opinion but i wish heroin did more asymmetric eggs. I loved the original curb killer egg, but twin kicks don’t appeal to me too much.

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Are the kicks more twin tails, twin noses or somewhere in between?

I had seen a few normal eggs and the tail was a tad too small for my liking, but some of the twin nose lengths seemed way more manageable, but that is just me.

Guessing as per the fried egg above, a 6.25 tail is just too short for some people, but having a 7" kick at both ends can also be a deal breaker too.

At least a longer kick can be machined down to work well enough as I have done in the past with some boards, compared to a shorter kick which can only be drilled in or baseplate redrilled to make it work (also done this too) with mixed results.

What constitutes a good length nose and good length tail, or is there a compromise where some twins can work well enough for everyone?

I know the standard for noses is about 6.9 to 7.1" and tails is about 6.5 to 6.75" on regular boards anyway.

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i think the symmetricals have 7" kicks.

i'm one of those where the short tail just aint it. i want to like em. as i dont like how the symmetricals look. but they skate so much better. definitly going symmetrical again next time. i find myself doing some tricks off my nose cause the short tail messes me up on the 9.4 im riding now.

i do think the OG 10" egg deserves a return. its not fair to just ditch a shape many people loved.

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Ended up skating the that fried egg backwards a lot due to the 6.25" tail...it's super stubby, finally dismantled it. Gotta wait for some 8.75 twins so show up I guess. Don't really want to go wider.

8.75 symmetrical coming next drop

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What non Indy trucks were pros riding in the late 90s-early/mid 00s when they rode bigger boards?
 I'm guessing it's pretty common knowledge that in the whole shop wall was 7.5/7.75 years that many pros actually rode much bigger boards but if that pro was on ventures on thunders how were they getting trucks to match? Old stock, getting specially made shit just for them?

Or same question the other way when some pros were riding like 7.25-7.4 what's the point of the axle was sticking way out

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Maybe Fury's, they had a stacked team with people who strike me as wide board guys (Hawk, Burnquist, Rowley, Saari, etc.)

Rowley always skated the 146 trucks from Stage 8 or similar and made them last years.  Still did last time someone asked which was a while ago now.

Hawk rode 8.25 boards for a long time, only went up to 8.5 when Riley had a wider board than him.

Trying to remember what Bob rode, but I think when he was out here for X Games, he was on about an 8 like everyone else, only riding those big rigs on the super vert / mega ramp type things a lot later in the timeline.

Not sure what a lot of others skated, but I know people like Dan Drehobl had a struggle with 8.5 Ventures, then went to Indy, but that was way later anyway.


It is a bit of an interesting one, because even most of the "wide board" guys were still only on 8 or at absolute max 8.25 more than anything else, from what people were saying.

Maybe there was a fair bit of the Reynolds type action going on too - wider board, narrow trucks?