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Venture HI's have been on mind for about a year now. Have rode INDY 149's for almost 15 years straight now but something about ventures has been looking appealing to me. Should i make the switch to Venture or not? I normally ride 55mm-56mm wheels so i'm worried about the ventures not being hi enough. Also how good is the turn compared to standard indy's? I normally skate alot of parks and mini ramps nowadays. SOmeone convince me so i can stop second guessing buying some ventures please.
I made the switch after years of Indys and love Ventures. During this time I've progressed a bit more but that's because I've been skating more. I honestly turn fine on Ventures but I'm also not doing deep carves or anything. I feel like the height makes the board more responsive. Especially if you have a board with mellow/medium kicks
One issue I've had with them are the bushings, however it hasn't really affected me. Each truck has a bushing that is torn/starting to tear away. I'm thinking about replacing them with bones mediums or thunder bushings. Probably gonna do bones.
Join the #venturegang bro . If you get 5.6 and don't like em I'll buy em off you or I'm sure someone else will
I'll gladly buy another set of 5.6, really handsome looking truck.
My love for Venture has been tainted by Thunders. Ventures (for forged ones at least) are a very deck-specific truck for me (longer than 31.8", WB 14.125" max, steep kicks and concave), on anything else and I'm ghost popping all day though the pinch on grinds is unbeatable.
Thunder (and Indys) play better with a wider variety of board dimensions. I sacrifice pinch for a more forgiving pop.
Some Fallen / Lakai shoes, maybe some Shoe Goo since all the shops in my area are bone dry at the moment.