Cursed gear

[Skeleton Pudding]

I thought that buying a 10" wide board with a whopping 15.25" inch wheelbase would make for the perfect bowl board. It would be a fun and surfy set up for when I just want to take it easy.

New Years: It was chilly and windy on the day of christening this wooden behemoth at a nearby skatepark. On the second run I slam on the right-hand side of my body, doing nothing but trying to push on this wooden monstrosity. Knee, elbow, and hip, all take a direct hit to the freezing cement. It was so bad that a mom ran over to see if I was allright. I gritted an "I'm okay" but my body was telling me something different.

January 2nd: A friend has a 7-foot cement bowl in his yard. I tell myself that I'm going to take it easy. My entire right side is hurting. There was no way I could take another bone rattling slam like the day before.

I set this wooden plank of pain on the coping, it feeling more like an ironing board than a skateboard. I take some runs. I try pumping one of the side walls backside on the way back into the deep, and somehow don't complete the turn right. I slam, completely missing the downward slope of the waterfall, diving onto the flat bottom of the deep end. Elbow, knee, and hip, already bruised, get another direct impact with hard and unforgiving cement.

This board now sits against the front wall of my apartment. Still shiny and new, and beckoning me to take another ride. But two days of slams makes me want to get it out of my sight forever.

What gear has brought you pain - that you're sure was inhabited by evil?

[theloniousmonk]

I don’t remember any gray that I had that was cursed, but don’t like big wheelbases in general. I guess loosing most of your tricks can be considered cursed.
For your dilemma I would redrill that wheelbase to your normal size and maybe cut it down a little bit with a jigsaw. The board cast the first stone it’s only right that you settle it and end up skating the life out of it after some tweaks

[TastyBurrito]

Oddly enough, I like a 15” WB on a fishtail board —riding a Heroin Eyes board right now — it feels fun and not wonky when I’m riding a bowl with it.

But give me a popscicle board with a WB over 14.75” and it’s like I’m riding on a door.

I found that for a board with a bigger nose, the Gonz shaped board (14.3” WB) feels great.

[Nth syd bear]

I have a brand new pair of adidas city cups white/gum that I want to skate but wont

last pair of city cups i had I broke my big toe skating and now somewhere
 in my fickle mind I must blame the shoes

[GumOnMyGrip]

I’ve had a few cursed decks over the years.Usually I can tell within the first few minutes. Seriously, I have set up boards that have the same dimensions as a previous board I’ve liked but they just felt awful. I used to try and ignore it but I’ve learned to respect the mojo. Even to the point where I have set up a board and taken it back apart within ten minutes- I can just tell.
I did have a deck a while back that had the front truck holes drilled slightly off center.  That put me on the ground at weird times.
The best example I can think of is I once had an AH Grant Taylor 8.5, the loooong one one they used to make with the 14.75 WB. I don’t know if it was the WB or the board length, but I would trip on that damn board while pushing at least once a session. You know when you push your board out in front of you with one foot and then jump on to get speed? I would hang my push foot on that damn thing all the time. End up doing the trip and run, stumbling all over the place. It hated me.

[GumOnMyGrip]

I have a brand new pair of adidas city cups white/gum that I want to skate but wont

last pair of city cups i had I broke my big toe skating and now somewhere
 in my fickle mind I must blame the shoes

This too- I never re - use equipment I got hurt wearing or using. Roll an ankle- that deck and shoes are gone. I might keep trucks and wheels.

[Mantracker]

Red decks

Had some Tensor Mag Lights that shattered on me

[ungzilla]

i have this amulet i bought off a goth and i can never land heelflips when i'm wearing it

[Xen]

What gear has brought you pain - that you're sure was inhabited by evil?

The 8.3 DLX Twin; every time I've skated one (3 so far) I've taken multiple, gnarly slams. I've written that board off forever.

[Mean salto]

I don't have gear that is specifically cursed from the start but I much prefer an old or even second hand board to a new one. At least half the new boards I've ever had have chipped or cracked in the first couple of skates. If they can survive the first week or so they tend to be good for a while.

[rocklobster]

No Lakai shoes, folded my ankle very badly in the 2010s wearing a pair of the Kostons.

It was a massive rail, and it was my very first every handrail (20 stairs), and I was more balls than skill.

But I still blame those shoes for my injury and swore off them.

[pops]

I wore Vans Era Pros when I messed my ankles. Had to burn them.

[al_cvbrera]

DC Evan Smith Lo Zero’s. I thought they were the regular version of the Evan Smith’s but turns out the “Zero” version of this shoe has minimal materials and support. just suede with no backing or anything, just flopping around with no structure. Rolled my ankle pretty bad each time I skated them (only twice), haven’t considered putting em back on ever since.

[Prostate Exam]

I once bought one of the flight decks when they first came out. It was a 9' and had the absolute worst shape ever. It was almost a twin tail and the wheelbase was pretty long.

I went to my local indoor ramp and from the beginning something felt off.
I went for a lien to tail on the vert extension and the next thing I know, I was laying on the floor not able to breathe.

I tried to play it off like nothing happened and continued to skate, but the fucking shape was just awful so I went for a few brews and went home.

The next morning I went for a piss, I was already feeling kinda weird. It was my friends house, so I was being respectful and sat down to pee. When I turned around to flush, I saw that my piss looked like guinness, black / brown and it smelled like blood.

I went to the emergency room immediately and it turned out I ruptured my kidney and my spleen, cause when I smacked the ground, I shoved my elbow into my belly, resulting in internal bruising.

From that day on I started hating big popsicle boards and eventually started riding even bigger boards.

Cause what happened was (well atleast my friend told me) :

When I smacked the tail on the coping, my front foot was hanging off on the way down and stopped me from rolling down. Instead I fell to the flat bottom like a sack of potatoes and impaled me with my own elbow.

Fuck popsicle boards on tranny, I need room for my feet

[Skatebeard]

I retired a G027 Andrew Brophy deck after a couple of months after 4 really bad slams on it. I've since gone on to skate a couple of the same shape boards with no issues...must have just had some bad ju-ju with that particular board (if you are the superstitious type).

[Matze]

it's the first in 20 years that i bought a green deck again ... green boards usually break pretty fast.

[munchbox]

hyperextend my knee on one of those primitive eggs
took me the next 2 months to recover
was definitely my fault but havent lusted eggs since
tapered shit sketches me out

[ish_wav]

I broke my foot in a pair of Shane Nike SBs. Love the shoe, but I can’t skate them anymore because I get weird vibes haha. I’ve always broken every board I’ve put black magic grip on the day I set it up. I’m not even sure black magic grip is still around lol.

[fakie varial flip]

I once bought one of the flight decks when they first came out. It was a 9' and had the absolute worst shape ever. It was almost a twin tail and the wheelbase was pretty long.

I went to my local indoor ramp and from the beginning something felt off.
I went for a lien to tail on the vert extension and the next thing I know, I was laying on the floor not able to breathe.

I tried to play it off like nothing happened and continued to skate, but the fucking shape was just awful so I went for a few brews and went home.

The next morning I went for a piss, I was already feeling kinda weird. It was my friends house, so I was being respectful and sat down to pee. When I turned around to flush, I saw that my piss looked like guinness, black / brown and it smelled like blood.

I went to the emergency room immediately and it turned out I ruptured my kidney and my spleen, cause when I smacked the ground, I shoved my elbow into my belly, resulting in internal bruising.

From that day on I started hating big popsicle boards and eventually started riding even bigger boards.

Cause what happened was (well atleast my friend told me) :

When I smacked the tail on the coping, my front foot was hanging off on the way down and stopped me from rolling down. Instead I fell to the flat bottom like a sack of potatoes and impaled me with my own elbow.

Fuck popsicle boards on tranny, I need room for my feet

What kind of board do you like for transition? I tried the big shapes on it and, ironically, would always lose my front foot somewhere because there was too much real estate and my foot wouldn't catch the nose.

Speaking for myself, I had a scumco dave abair board that I bought literally days before he died. I hung up so many times on such stupid shit, and the pop died so quickly (ps stix...), that I ended up focusing it. I don't know if it was the grip (first and last time using grizzly, was all I could get) or what but that board was truly cursed

[Prostate Exam]

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I once bought one of the flight decks when they first came out. It was a 9' and had the absolute worst shape ever. It was almost a twin tail and the wheelbase was pretty long.

I went to my local indoor ramp and from the beginning something felt off.
I went for a lien to tail on the vert extension and the next thing I know, I was laying on the floor not able to breathe.

I tried to play it off like nothing happened and continued to skate, but the fucking shape was just awful so I went for a few brews and went home.

The next morning I went for a piss, I was already feeling kinda weird. It was my friends house, so I was being respectful and sat down to pee. When I turned around to flush, I saw that my piss looked like guinness, black / brown and it smelled like blood.

I went to the emergency room immediately and it turned out I ruptured my kidney and my spleen, cause when I smacked the ground, I shoved my elbow into my belly, resulting in internal bruising.

From that day on I started hating big popsicle boards and eventually started riding even bigger boards.

Cause what happened was (well atleast my friend told me) :

When I smacked the tail on the coping, my front foot was hanging off on the way down and stopped me from rolling down. Instead I fell to the flat bottom like a sack of potatoes and impaled me with my own elbow.

Fuck popsicle boards on tranny, I need room for my feet

[close]

What kind of board do you like for transition? I tried the big shapes on it and, ironically, would always lose my front foot somewhere because there was too much real estate and my foot wouldn't catch the nose.

Speaking for myself, I had a scumco dave abair board that I bought literally days before he died. I hung up so many times on such stupid shit, and the pop died so quickly (ps stix...), that I ended up focusing it. I don't know if it was the grip (first and last time using grizzly, was all I could get) or what but that board was truly cursed

Now I ride 10*32' (14.5wb) boards

[fakie varial flip]

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I once bought one of the flight decks when they first came out. It was a 9' and had the absolute worst shape ever. It was almost a twin tail and the wheelbase was pretty long.

I went to my local indoor ramp and from the beginning something felt off.
I went for a lien to tail on the vert extension and the next thing I know, I was laying on the floor not able to breathe.

I tried to play it off like nothing happened and continued to skate, but the fucking shape was just awful so I went for a few brews and went home.

The next morning I went for a piss, I was already feeling kinda weird. It was my friends house, so I was being respectful and sat down to pee. When I turned around to flush, I saw that my piss looked like guinness, black / brown and it smelled like blood.

I went to the emergency room immediately and it turned out I ruptured my kidney and my spleen, cause when I smacked the ground, I shoved my elbow into my belly, resulting in internal bruising.

From that day on I started hating big popsicle boards and eventually started riding even bigger boards.

Cause what happened was (well atleast my friend told me) :

When I smacked the tail on the coping, my front foot was hanging off on the way down and stopped me from rolling down. Instead I fell to the flat bottom like a sack of potatoes and impaled me with my own elbow.

Fuck popsicle boards on tranny, I need room for my feet

[close]

What kind of board do you like for transition? I tried the big shapes on it and, ironically, would always lose my front foot somewhere because there was too much real estate and my foot wouldn't catch the nose.

Speaking for myself, I had a scumco dave abair board that I bought literally days before he died. I hung up so many times on such stupid shit, and the pop died so quickly (ps stix...), that I ended up focusing it. I don't know if it was the grip (first and last time using grizzly, was all I could get) or what but that board was truly cursed

[close]

Now I ride 10*32' (14.5wb) boards

That's fucking awesome. 90s shape? Fishtail? Eggy boi?

[lamfordie]

Indys: I had the worst experience when I bought them years ago that I never bought another pair again. The axle nut kept loosing up and I just couldnt turn at all. Also from what I have heard that they switched their manufacturing to china I dont see myself buying any for the foreseeable future.

Antihero boards: Years ago I tried to nollie noseslide a hubba and slammed so hard that I go a giant gash on my forearm. Havent bought one of their boards since. I remember at that time I didnt really like the shape.

[krookedjuice]

not really getting hurt. but i broke 3 real boards skating flat the same day i set them up.

needless to say i never bought another.

[IpathCats]

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What gear has brought you pain - that you're sure was inhabited by evil?

[close]

The 8.3 DLX Twin; every time I've skated one (3 so far) I've taken multiple, gnarly slams. I've written that board off forever.

Damn, I have such a great time on this size/shape. I'm on my 4th

[IpathCats]

Krux
Reg formula spits
Destructos
Bright top plys especially red

[palelight]

Thunders. Probably my own fault, but all the same. Threw some 149 teams on my crustier setup, which was then running Keyframes. I knew not to get too too rotational with shit on Keyframes because of the wheelbite, but the pop on my ollies felt real good with Thunders, was going along at good speed and did a kickflip, landed with my front heel a good amount off the board, the resultant wheelbite/pitch was comical, like I hit a 12" tall invisible wall made of granite. Usually I fall quickly like a sack of shit, or can run out of wheelbite, but I floated straight down onto my left shoulder and it was tweaked for months. The idea of running Thunders makes me sweat sitting down now.

I probably should blame the Keyframes but my brain autocorrects to hating Thunders.

[DeepSpace9mm]

I had this Hockey deck with a nose that was too steep for me. On the first day with it I hurt my tailbone and jammed my big-toe so hard that my toenail eventually fell off. The next morning I body checked the bottom of a shallow, baby bowl. As I slammed I elbowed myself in the ribs.

For weeks after that I had to sit on this donut cushion for my tail bone and was unable to sneeze or cough without feeling like my ribs were breaking.

After healing, feelin real nice I decided to give the board another try with some different trucks which felt a little better. As soon as I realized I was having an OK session I ate some much more mild shit, got spooked, and never used the cursed deck again.

Nowadays FA/Hockey decks freak me out and I don’t like steep noses.

[Paul_Glider Skateboards]

Bought a Krooked board once and couldn’t get used to
The wheelbase. Get like they’re a lot wider than normal