The Set-up Thread

[FrozenIndustries]

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Hockey KRod 8.5"
Ace 44, 2 washers inside
99 F4 Conical Full 52mm
Mob/Reds/Shorty's

I bought this board in June because I love the graphic, but only skated it twice because these square boards just look so wrong to me. Mostly skating big 90s shaped boards, but my current one had a tiny, tiny nose so I felt like I needed to set this one back up as an antidote. Ended up having one of my best days in a long while and now I am having kind of a madness meltdown. May put my 56mm Loophole V-cuts on this one and just run with it. I also think I like Mob more than Jessup now which feels a little shameful.

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gnar. that graphic is gorgeous and on my favorite shape

dont feel embarrassed by the mob thing. i liked jessup when i was skating vulcs but now that im purely skating cupsoles, might have to try out mob again for the extra grip.

Thanks. I know you are a fellow tall skater but I am pretty shocked on how roomy the shape feels. Even when compared (at least to my memory) to the similar AWS shape this feels nice and long. I am about it. Mob is feeling good and the edges don't get fucked up like on Jessup.

Was skating it today and for whatever reason I feel like the 44s were making me stay on my grinds longer than the 55s I've been running. Maybe it is just that they're more grooved, but I'm not mad at it.

@thespacewolf

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AA's new shotgun graphic is also from some older movie can't remember what it's called tho.

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Deliverance! That's a great graphic.

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Yeah, the new batch of graphics are pretty rad. Looks like the Andrew Allen shotgun/Deliverance deck is already gone (both sizes). POOF!

The woman from the Kevin Rodrigues graphic looks very familiar and is likely from a film as well, but I can't place it. French actress, possibly? If anyone knows, let loose.

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irene jacob from the movie incognito

original photo -

[Dan Gerous]

Ishod Twin Tail 8.5
Independent 149 with Bones hard bushings
Spitfire Tablets 54mm 99a
Bones Big Balls
Mob

Everything new apart from 20+ years old hardware. I skated as a kid but gradually stopped after high school. After regretting stopping everytime I saw people skating, I decided to get back to it, but it's been over 20 years! Since I'll probably need to re-learn pretty much everything and my legs wont remember how a longer nose feels, the twin tail made sense to me.

[kneebone]

Darkroom 8.75"
Indy 159 titanium w bones soft bushings, no washers
Boardycakes benchwarmers 48.5mm
some off-brand ceramics from amazon
Shortys silverado 7/8 allen

I loved the look of the boardycakes in the package, but once I set them up I hate the look of them. They're kind of comically wide, i feel like i'm riding a cartoon skateboard.  I'll probably throw them up in the classifieds section over the weekend (also have a pair of the bundts I'll put up there too).  They skate great though.  I seemed to be sliding tricks further than usual, but not sure if that was actually from the wheels or just a good skate day. 

[Stigmata]

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Hockey KRod 8.5"
Ace 44, 2 washers inside
99 F4 Conical Full 52mm
Mob/Reds/Shorty's

I bought this board in June because I love the graphic, but only skated it twice because these square boards just look so wrong to me. Mostly skating big 90s shaped boards, but my current one had a tiny, tiny nose so I felt like I needed to set this one back up as an antidote. Ended up having one of my best days in a long while and now I am having kind of a madness meltdown. May put my 56mm Loophole V-cuts on this one and just run with it. I also think I like Mob more than Jessup now which feels a little shameful.

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gnar. that graphic is gorgeous and on my favorite shape

dont feel embarrassed by the mob thing. i liked jessup when i was skating vulcs but now that im purely skating cupsoles, might have to try out mob again for the extra grip.

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Thanks. I know you are a fellow tall skater but I am pretty shocked on how roomy the shape feels. Even when compared (at least to my memory) to the similar AWS shape this feels nice and long. I am about it. Mob is feeling good and the edges don't get fucked up like on Jessup.

Was skating it today and for whatever reason I feel like the 44s were making me stay on my grinds longer than the 55s I've been running. Maybe it is just that they're more grooved, but I'm not mad at it.

@thespacewolf

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AA's new shotgun graphic is also from some older movie can't remember what it's called tho.

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Deliverance! That's a great graphic.

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Yeah, the new batch of graphics are pretty rad. Looks like the Andrew Allen shotgun/Deliverance deck is already gone (both sizes). POOF!

The woman from the Kevin Rodrigues graphic looks very familiar and is likely from a film as well, but I can't place it. French actress, possibly? If anyone knows, let loose.

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irene jacob from the movie incognito

original photo -

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It is Irène Jacob from the movie "Three Colours: Red"

[moonordie]

Ishod Twin Tail 8.5
Independent 149 with Bones hard bushings
Spitfire Tablets 54mm 99a
Bones Big Balls
Mob

Everything new apart from 20+ years old hardware. I skated as a kid but gradually stopped after high school. After regretting stopping everytime I saw people skating, I decided to get back to it, but it's been over 20 years! Since I'll probably need to re-learn pretty much everything and my legs wont remember how a longer nose feels, the twin tail made sense to me.

Welcome back.

[Seventyfrigginseven]

Ishod Twin Tail 8.5
Independent 149 with Bones hard bushings
Spitfire Tablets 54mm 99a
Bones Big Balls
Mob

Everything new apart from 20+ years old hardware. I skated as a kid but gradually stopped after high school. After regretting stopping everytime I saw people skating, I decided to get back to it, but it's been over 20 years! Since I'll probably need to re-learn pretty much everything and my legs wont remember how a longer nose feels, the twin tail made sense to me.

Welcome back, now go reunite with pure happiness this weekend. I just setup that same board today so kudos to you for your impeccable taste.

[Basingstoke]

Canada Skate Shop 8"
Jessup Standard (sanded down to super fine)
Independent 139 Titanium
Spitfire O.G. Classics 53mm 99a
Bones Swiss
Shorty's Lights 7/8 Allen
Riptide pivot cups

[jakeumms]

Damn resident Kieslowski fan misses opp to sho of how smart he is

I really wanted to cop that KRod Hockey deck. It sold out pretty quickly if I remember. Closest I got was finding a broken one next to a donation bin which was a weird coincidence in and of itself. Almost kept it but I'm pretty sure that's hoarder behavior.

This has been a great page. Pics or it didn't happen

[Dan Gerous]

Welcome back.

Welcome back, now go reunite with pure happiness this weekend. I just setup that same board today so kudos to you for your impeccable taste.

Thanks for the welcomes, going to enjoy it!

[cricketclub]

7.81 AH, 5.0 Venture polished Highs, Spitfire classic 99 50mm. I accidentally oriented the thrasher and spitfire stickers upside down Lol

[SneakySecrets]

7.81 AH, 5.0 Venture polished Highs, Spitfire classic 99 50mm. I accidentally oriented the thrasher and spitfire stickers upside down Lol

That’s ok, it shows you’re not trying too hard.  Nice looking setup.

[bigdave]

I havent put a sticker on my skateboard since I was 13, and I never will again.

[fulfillthedream]

real 8.18
thunder 148
spitfire f4 99a classic 52mm (best ever)
bones super reds

[rocklobster]

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7.81 AH, 5.0 Venture polished Highs, Spitfire classic 99 50mm. I accidentally oriented the thrasher and spitfire stickers upside down Lol

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That’s ok, it shows you’re not trying too hard.  Nice looking setup.

Stanley Hudson is there to look at you disapprovingly if you mob your kickflips

[DA BIG BODY BENZ]

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Just setup this flip stick. Been waiting ages for this pocket rocket. Wanted to use cast ventures but hollows is all I could get

DOA 7.5
Venture Hollow Lo 5.0
F4 99a 52

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Nice.

Fat Bundts JUST arrived, took the spits of I was going to use, and this thing is finally done.

Can’t really try it out today because of the rain. Was nervous about the hi’s, but just popped an Ollie in the apartment and it felt surprisingly good.




5boro 7.75
Venture 5.2 hi’s
Boardy Cakes Fat Bundts 44mm
Jessup
Cheapshots
Shortys

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Beauty!

the fat bundts are next on my list. Bit worried how they ride on my shit streets. I know they're hard. I've been used to 99a f4s for awhile.

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in my experience they handle rough asphalt pretty good, i hardly even notice how small they are when i ride mine

That is a thing of beauty but idk how you do the 5.2s on a 7.75, I ride a 7.75 too and theres no way I could let the axle stick out further than the deck

[os89]

I havent put a sticker on my skateboard since I was 13, and I never will again.

Oh so sophisticated!

I bet you're also a man of honesty, loyalty, respect, integrity, and family tradition. 

Edit: Damn I was right! I was just kidding around, but you did get a vasectomy. Thinking ahead like a responsible adult.

Respect, honestly.

Maybe the key to life is just no stickers... or maybe vasectomies. Either way this guy is onto something.

[Freelancevagrant]

Polar football shape with the wheel wells.
Ace 55s
Spitfire F4 lock-ins 54mm 99a
Reds
Shorty’s Rasta bolts
Mob

[bigdave]

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I havent put a sticker on my skateboard since I was 13, and I never will again.

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Oh so sophisticated!

I bet you're also a man of honesty, loyalty, respect, integrity, and family tradition. 

Edit: Damn I was right! I was just kidding around, but you did get a vasectomy. Thinking ahead like a responsible adult.

Respect, honestly.

Maybe the key to life is just no stickers... or maybe vasectomies. Either way this guy is onto something.

Oh, no. it's an OCD thing. I cant have stickers tearing away where the graphic should. That's all. It drives me crazy.
Has nothing to do with anything else.

Even on my snowboards, which are fertile grounds for sticker terrorism, I only put two stickers: Wave Rave and Angry Snowboarder.

[Big Baby Jesus]

Polar football shape with the wheel wells.
Ace 55s
Spitfire F4 lock-ins 54mm 99a
Reds
Shorty’s Rasta bolts
Mob

How do you like it? I'm sitting on one at the moment.

[os89]

Oh, no. it's an OCD thing. I cant have stickers tearing away where the graphic should. That's all. It drives me crazy.
Has nothing to do with anything else.

Even on my snowboards, which are fertile grounds for sticker terrorism, I only put two stickers: Wave Rave and Angry Snowboarder.

Yea was just kidding. Dumb joke.

I pretty much overdo stickers on every board and regret it.

[Dan Gerous]

real 8.18
thunder 148
spitfire f4 99a classic 52mm (best ever)
bones super reds

I love that veneer magic, superb, and it still looks nice after slides.

[bigdave]

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Oh, no. it's an OCD thing. I cant have stickers tearing away where the graphic should. That's all. It drives me crazy.
Has nothing to do with anything else.

Even on my snowboards, which are fertile grounds for sticker terrorism, I only put two stickers: Wave Rave and Angry Snowboarder.

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Yea was just kidding. Dumb joke.

I pretty much overdo stickers on every board and regret it.

Shalom good sir!

[Freelancevagrant]

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Polar football shape with the wheel wells.
Ace 55s
Spitfire F4 lock-ins 54mm 99a
Reds
Shorty’s Rasta bolts
Mob

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How do you like it? I'm sitting on one at the moment.

I was nervous because of the wheel wells but it’s become my favorite shape I’ve had in a very long time.

[KushBush]

Alien 8.1
Venture 5.6
Spit classic 53 (101a)
Bones super reds

[os89]

That is a thing of beauty but idk how you do the 5.2s on a 7.75, I ride a 7.75 too and theres no way I could let the axle stick out further than the deck

Thanks. So far so good. Use to do it allll the time back in the day. Also, they honestly don’t really stick out anyway. Bolts look like shit though, drunkenly swapped trucks, tightened some too hard. So annoying.



edit: Just was thinking about it, I don't know when, but either indy (which I mainly skate) 129s were either not common, or not even out when I first started skating. No wonder I don't see a problem with it.

Also @johnes

8” trucks on my 775

[TheLowerBack]

Polar Grund 8.5
Thunder lights 151. Stock top, 88 Indy conical bottoms without washers
Loophole 54 V’s
Shieldless Reds
Allen
Jessup black, Mob clear

[Wizard0f0dds]

Hockey 8.5
Ace 44 (3 washers inside each wheel)
Spitfire Formula 4 classics 99a 54mm (probably around 52 right now?)
Bones REDS
1" bolts

Switching between Vans Era pros and Authentic Hi's AA

Thinking of going back to Indy 159 with conical fulls 56mm, what do you guys think? Feels like ace with 54 classics are easier to flip, but 159s and 56 conical fulls are so much better for crusty spots and transition skating...

And yes, I'm a huge Andrew Allen fanboi.

[yourbreakfsat]

Hockey 8.5
Ace 44 (3 washers inside each wheel)
Spitfire Formula 4 classics 99a 54mm (probably around 52 right now?)
Bones REDS
1" bolts

Switching between Vans Era pros and Authentic Hi's AA

Thinking of going back to Indy 159 with conical fulls 56mm, what do you guys think? Feels like ace with 54 classics are easier to flip, but 159s and 56 conical fulls are so much better for crusty spots and transition skating...

And yes, I'm a huge Andrew Allen fanboi.

Show us your Andrew Allen cosplay.

[Seventyfrigginseven]

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Polar football shape with the wheel wells.
Ace 55s
Spitfire F4 lock-ins 54mm 99a
Reds
Shorty’s Rasta bolts
Mob

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How do you like it? I'm sitting on one at the moment.

Me too! I have no idea when I will ever skate it though. What trucks do you plan on using with it?

[Stanley Spadowski]

8.25 DOA
5.25 Venture lo
50mm Spitfire bigheads
Swiss
Jessup
Shorty’s 7/8 Allen