Quote from: rikki on May 03, 2024, 09:05:16 AM

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Quote from: Xen on May 03, 2024, 08:12:38 AM

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There is no harm is setting up a wide bowl board, wider carvy trucks (that are know to be the choice of bowl rippers), longer wheel base and bigger wheels to better skate that terrain.

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This is true. But this is the road to multiple setups, which is ok too. But if a lifetime Venture rider wants to rip both street and trannies with one setup, it's gonna be hell trying to do everything with any other truck.

The two setups solution:

1. Stay AWAKE on the streets, ledges, curbs, flatground.
2. Go to sleep with Indys or Aces in bowls and trannies.


OR

Fuck that madness shit, stay AWAKE all around, and proceed to rip trannies on Ventures, which is entirely possible (but not as easy).

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I'd go for another setup.

Don't fold under the idea that second wide setup will solve your problems on transition, if you are comfortable using venture in streets you can be in transition too, there's pros using ultra loose trucks and pros using ultra hard trucks in tranny. Just shoot your shot

is rowley actually on toy machine or did he just get a guest board
i thought he was doing FREEDOME or is that done already? I kinda remember seeing a post here about that

Quote from: wax poetic on May 26, 2024, 12:25:59 PM

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Not that I was psyched to buy from skatewarehouse but I was able to get the Pro Shell Adv's for 100 instead of 120 on their holiday sale.  No one else either had them in my size or allowed their sale to work on them.  I paid full from my local on the first pair so I will tell myself that makes it ok haha

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PLA is doing 20% off footwear/apparel, Furnace is doing 20% off (except for hardgoods which is 10%), and SPoT has 30% off with MEM30 (but you pay $10 for shipping), for those that want new releases.

Shoutout to @rocklobster for the SPoT coupon. I snagged five pairs of shoes, so I’m good on shoes until Black Friday deals. It feels much better to get padded shoes that I actually want instead of multiple pairs of the Alltimers One Star for $19/pair from Converse.

Missed out on the trucks / bearings / wheels sale a week back on SPOT, stacked with the 20% code would have been a perfect time to get some Ace and Slappy trucks.

haven’t been skating, went thru another what now feels like significant aging/changing time….i now feel older, and just crustier than ever. nothing is working when i go to skate. i spend the whole session on the very basics (think slow rolling kickflip), and then don’t make it to any other rungs.

of course this sparks the setup switcheroo, as tho that will change it all.
has anyone just switched to something, regardless of results, and buried the madness for a bit?
i’ve been trying to find an 8” setup that works, that seems like it would make the most sense for me (skated best in the 7.75 era, getting older and weaker big boards heavy).
i’ve cast a wide net, tried too much. the last flatground session (mercifully by myself in a deep corner of a parking lot that is only frequented by some thoughtful unhoused folks, occasional dog walker, oversized truck trailers), i showed up with 4 completes. an 8 with venture lows, an 8 with ace 33s and big wheels, 8.38 with 8 thunders, 8.5 with 149 thunders. skated the 8.5 the best, board is like 3 years old and dead as fuck.
i think that because it’s a wide plank it’s a little easier to land on. the 8.5 is also 32 with a 14.4 wb. kickflips work, and im trying to get back to 360 flips. the complete feels like it weighs more than two completes.


the above conversation about wider trucks having ‘more soul’, is sadly accurate. @Sedition had mentioned this before and it’s one of the few times i agree with them re: gear, wider setups ‘feel better’ (or something to that effect).

i traveled and went to a skate spot/park that would have been my dream 25 years ago, and realized some difficult truths about where my abilities are at today. it hurts.

my feet hurt. the 808s have been saving me, well except for the part about the toes being squished into the narrow toe. dunks seem to have dried up, i have some hi’s on the shelf that are more narrow than my lows were. maybe forums? those run tts?

i’ll try and keep my posting down, and in this thread. it really is where i belong, ha