Australia skaters quick question

[The real veganshawn]

When you're putting together a new complete do you call it a set up or a build ?

[Mean salto]

I guess set up. never heard a skateboard being called a build before.

[newguy]

When you're putting together a new complete do you call it a set up or a build ?

we call it a bloody beaut mate 

[Nth syd bear]

Set up,

You build a bloody house not a skateboard

What prompted this question if you don't mind me asking??

[biaherl]

Set up,

What?! That's an odd name. I'd'da called them Chazzwazzers

[Mbrimson88]

Set up,

You build a bloody house not a skateboard

What prompted this question if you don't mind me asking??

Yeah, I set up a board.


I have heard others use "build" though.  Maybe it has come more from USA or somewhere else.

Some other crowds use it too, bike builders especially.


Someone recently made comment about it and everyone else chipped in and was saying WTF and similar.

Looking up hashtags, seems it is very American.

[newguy]

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Set up,

[close]

What?! That's an odd name. I'd'da called them Chazzwazzers

i’d call it a thingamajig meself

[Sila]

Set up,

You build a bloody house not a skateboard

What prompted this question if you don't mind me asking??

[GBLange]

something i assembled that turns into a skateboard

[The real veganshawn]

Set up,

You build a bloody house not a skateboard

What prompted this question if you don't mind me asking??

A guy in a 50 and older skate group said everyone in Australia calls them builds when I said they're called set ups in the USA.

[j....soy.....]

Well that's sounds like something a 50 year old man would say......

[newguy]

[The real veganshawn]

Well that's sounds like something a 50 year old man would say......

Very true

[Mbrimson88]

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Set up,

You build a bloody house not a skateboard

What prompted this question if you don't mind me asking??

[close]

A guy in a 50 and older skate group said everyone in Australia calls them builds when I said they're called set ups in the USA.

That's funny.

I thought it was the other way round, as did a few others I know who are in / almost in that age group.

Guess it is down to what industry they are in as well.

Who knows really.


Can more often than not trust those groups of 50+ aged individuals to have something curiously interesting to say.

Glad I am still a couple of years off.

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

44 yo Aussie here, I call em setups

[JimmyFive]

38 y/o Kiwi here - it's a set up mate

[Nth syd bear]

38 y/o Kiwi here - it's a set up mate

Oi,  get outta here! Bloody kiwi's 

[AsianVegan]

Build is an overstatement when you’re basically just tightening 12 nuts and bolts.

[Orangepulp1000]

Set up never heard it called a build before but hey I am in West Aus and we’re about 10yrs behind everyone else…

[Terminal]

Set up. Never, ever heard "build" in Aus...

[lurkluke]

shortened to Setto

"gotta new setto"

Aussies are always sayin that.