The Set-up Thread

[intendedreceivers]

AWS 8.75, graphic removed and painted
Venture 6.1
F4 tabs were 55mm
Modus bearings
Shop grip

I would buy an Alien Workshop board again if they looked like this. Well done. Great color palette. Did you use stickers and stencils to do the graphic?

[Tomek]

Doa flat 8.25
Thunder 148
F4 tablet 52
Swiss
Allen hardware
Jessup

[juniormint]

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AWS 8.75, graphic removed and painted
Venture 6.1
F4 tabs were 55mm
Modus bearings
Shop grip

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I would buy an Alien Workshop board again if they looked like this. Well done. Great color palette. Did you use stickers and stencils to do the graphic?

Thanks! Yeah I used masking tape and those little red dot stickers you can buy at office supply stores. Stoked with the way the gold picks up on the wood grain in the green - looks great in the light. Hit the blank with a thin coat of clear before doing the gold which gives it a layered iridescent finish.   

[Chris]

8.5 AVE FA
Indy 149s
Spitfire 54mm Conical Fulls 99du
I think shortys hardware
reds
MOB

LRAB VM001 tall bois

Sneaky self conscious about the FA deck cuz I feel they are considered mid and not cool but I love the phat nose

[kneebone]

lots of green stains on this page, i'll add mine:
Primitive Villani egg, DBZ graphic removed with combo of acetone and sandpaper methods, then hit with a quick spray gloss
Venture 6.1 with the "loose trucks" bushing kit (haven't ridden a set of Ventures since probably '96)
Spitfire F4 99a 51mm
off-brand ceramics from Amazon that have actually been pretty great
Shorty's lights 7/8 allen
Pepper grip

[big_kev_215]

Reached my annual stage of setting up a smaller board, not feeling it, and going back to skating bigger boards… maybe this time will be different

Polar 8.125”
Venture 5.2 lows (threw some flat top washers and Riptides in there)
52 mm Spitfire classics
Swiss
Mob
hardware

[Nth syd bear]

lots of green stains on this page, i'll add mine:
Primitive Villani egg, DBZ graphic removed with combo of acetone and sandpaper methods, then hit with a quick spray gloss
Venture 6.1 with the "loose trucks" bushing kit (haven't ridden a set of Ventures since probably '96)
Spitfire F4 99a 51mm
off-brand ceramics from Amazon that have actually been pretty great
Shorty's lights 7/8 allen
Pepper grip

This looks cool. Good job

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Reached my annual stage of setting up a smaller board, not feeling it, and going back to skating bigger boards… maybe this time will be different

Polar 8.125”
Venture 5.2 lows (threw some flat top washers and Riptides in there)
52 mm Spitfire classics
Swiss
Mob
hardware

Green egg looks great

But this setup with the venture lo’s is what I do like. Dang. Very nice.

[big_kev_215]

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Reached my annual stage of setting up a smaller board, not feeling it, and going back to skating bigger boards… maybe this time will be different

Polar 8.125”
Venture 5.2 lows (threw some flat top washers and Riptides in there)
52 mm Spitfire classics
Swiss
Mob
hardware

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Green egg looks great

But this setup with the venture lo’s is what I do like. Dang. Very nice.

Had a chance to skate it for like 20 mins before work today.  The turn on the Lo’s isn’t as bad as I remember. 

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Reached my annual stage of setting up a smaller board, not feeling it, and going back to skating bigger boards… maybe this time will be different

Polar 8.125”
Venture 5.2 lows (threw some flat top washers and Riptides in there)
52 mm Spitfire classics
Swiss
Mob
hardware

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Green egg looks great

But this setup with the venture lo’s is what I do like. Dang. Very nice.

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Had a chance to skate it for like 20 mins before work today.  The turn on the Lo’s isn’t as bad as I remember.

Oh how I agree.
It’s not some ace ‘surfy’ stuff, but it does not inhibit me: I skate flatground.
Skating lo’s with 52s is some real g shit. I gotta tighten it up to do that, and again, that’s not a bad thing.
Yea yea I’ll take my tight trucks opinions to the trucks/venture 2020 thread

[Wafools]

 

Polar P2 JR 8.25
Ace AF1 55s
spit F4 52 99 duro
Mob
7/8 Allen.

[Coldcut]

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First post and my last setup! 

TOA - The Secretum 8,5" x 32,25" WB: 14,5"
Thunder 149 High Hollow II
Spitfire F4 Conical 52mm 99A
SKF Energy Efficient Bearings
Silver Bolts 7/8"

Plus some ordinary Gripjop. My hidden appointment...
No fresh Setup will ever see the ground without this quirk

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Been on a Theories/ Picture Show/ Hopps kick the last couple months although on a smaller size but on thunders and F4s too as usual!
Things a beaut and the gripjob is awesome even though i prefer clean black grip on my own board!
Whats up with those SKF Energy Efficient bearings? Intrigued....

Have the SKF Bearings in diff setups.
It is Euro made in italy, not like the US brands, most made in middle east!
They have closed cages so the dirt stays where it belongs, outside. And i dont want to clean up my bearings every two months. Thats it:)

More than 100 years exp. in industr. bearings. Makes sense for me, mainly the price-performance ratio...
Maybe you should give them a try

[GoneWithTheSchwinn]

Skating a set of teir basic ones right now and so far they feel as good as Swiss six balls.

[SupremePizza]

Girl 8.25
Venture Worrest 5.6
Girl 54mm wheels
Bronson G3
Diamond hardware
Dunk High

[flocke]

Sour 8.25 / WB 14.2
Venture 5.6 V-Hollow, stock everything, after 15 years riding independent finally tried other trucks, love them so far, way more stable for me and return to center is great. Also with independent i always had to change something (bushings, pivot cups etc)
Spitfire Conical 52mm 99a
Reds Bearings

[notinternetfamous]

Girl 8.25
Venture Worrest 5.6
Girl 54mm wheels
Bronson G3
Diamond hardware
Dunk High

huge props on the griptape job lmao i bet that took more time to set up everything else

[franquietits]

Was looking at picking up a deck for a new set-up and came across this awesome one:



Can anyone tell me the artistic significance behind this graphic? I don't get it. I'm trying to wrap my head around it. It's entitled, "Lurk". A woman spying through some cloud printed thing. She has some bling, red nails. What does it all mean?

[nevrwasben]

Was looking at picking up a deck for a new set-up and came across this awesome one:



Can anyone tell me the artistic significance behind this graphic? I don't get it. I'm trying to wrap my head around it. It's entitled, "Lurk". A woman spying through some cloud printed thing. She has some bling, red nails. What does it all mean?

I think it means that they need some new graphic designers

[notinternetfamous]

I think it means that they need some new graphic designers

[SupremePizza]

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Girl 8.25
Venture Worrest 5.6
Girl 54mm wheels
Bronson G3
Diamond hardware
Dunk High

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huge props on the griptape job lmao i bet that took more time to set up everything else

Haha thanks. It did take more time to setup but wasn't as bad as it looks. Would probably have been much easier if I used an xacto knife instead of box cutter blade

[os89]

Was looking at picking up a deck for a new set-up and came across this awesome one:



Can anyone tell me the artistic significance behind this graphic? I don't get it. I'm trying to wrap my head around it. It's entitled, "Lurk". A woman spying through some cloud printed thing. She has some bling, red nails. What does it all mean?

It’s an image of that bad bitch in your dreams, but she just looking down and laughing at yo ass? I dunno

[nitro89]

So this happened last week.
kicked out on a kinked rail and somehow it perfectly clipped the square base where it bolts to the floor. lost four plies out the tail #chunky



had to set the freshie up earlier than planned:

Girl 8.25 (G052)
Venture 5.6 v-lights
Spitfire 54mm F4 99's (probably 52mm now)
Jessup ultra
Bronson's
Modus hardware




After the 1st skate on Saturday night:

[fs1/2cab]

So this happened last week.
kicked out on a kinked rail and somehow it perfectly clipped the square base where it bolts to the floor. lost four plies out the tail #chunky



had to set the freshie up earlier than planned:

Girl 8.25 (G052)
Venture 5.6 v-lights
Spitfire 54mm F4 99's (probably 52mm now)
Jessup ultra
Bronson's
Modus hardware




After the 1st skate on Saturday night:

Woah, now that is a chip. What a bummer. New setup looks rad. I think these G052 decks are perfect for Venture trucks. They tail felt really long on my Indy's.

[nitro89]

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So this happened last week.
kicked out on a kinked rail and somehow it perfectly clipped the square base where it bolts to the floor. lost four plies out the tail #chunky



had to set the freshie up earlier than planned:

Girl 8.25 (G052)
Venture 5.6 v-lights
Spitfire 54mm F4 99's (probably 52mm now)
Jessup ultra
Bronson's
Modus hardware




After the 1st skate on Saturday night:

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Woah, now that is a chip. What a bummer. New setup looks rad. I think these G052 decks are perfect for Venture trucks. They tail felt really long on my Indy's.

yeah I went round the world and back again with a case of the madness trying different woodshops/shapes etc. hunting down the perfect dims to work for me with the forged ventures and it appears the G052 is the one! the twin tip G069 is pretty much the same specs so works equally good.

[Richard Skidder]

White paint looks so good when it gets skated

[BartHarleyJarvis]

So this happened last week.
kicked out on a kinked rail and somehow it perfectly clipped the square base where it bolts to the floor. lost four plies out the tail #chunky



had to set the freshie up earlier than planned:

Girl 8.25 (G052)
Venture 5.6 v-lights
Spitfire 54mm F4 99's (probably 52mm now)
Jessup ultra
Bronson's
Modus hardware




After the 1st skate on Saturday night:

Love the set up and the sticker placement. How has girl wood been for you, it seems like feedback has been all over the place. I bought a girl deck for the first time in 2020 and the board felt pretty good but the shape really didn’t work for me, but I know others who go through them quickly

[LebowskisRug]

Not the OP, but Crail wood is great now. Very stiff, very snappy, feels great for a long time. I had no complaints but the G052 was way too small for me. My main issue is that the shapes are all pretty different so it's not like BBS where often times there is similarities in kick dimensions.

[TwisT]

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So this happened last week.
kicked out on a kinked rail and somehow it perfectly clipped the square base where it bolts to the floor. lost four plies out the tail #chunky



had to set the freshie up earlier than planned:

Girl 8.25 (G052)
Venture 5.6 v-lights
Spitfire 54mm F4 99's (probably 52mm now)
Jessup ultra
Bronson's
Modus hardware




After the 1st skate on Saturday night:

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Love the set up and the sticker placement. How has girl wood been for you, it seems like feedback has been all over the place. I bought a girl deck for the first time in 2020 and the board felt pretty good but the shape really didn’t work for me, but I know others who go through them quickly

There a a handful of I think. Iconic or timeless sticker placements

Spitfire head on a girl deck Almost as iconic as the green emerica tip sticker

[Thebird]

Not the OP, but Crail wood is great now. Very stiff, very snappy, feels great for a long time. I had no complaints but the G052 was way too small for me. My main issue is that the shapes are all pretty different so it's not like BBS where often times there is similarities in kick dimensions.

This.  All of the crail decks I have had recently have stayed crispy for a long time.

[manysnakes]

Crail has the stiffest and snappiest wood out right now. Honestly it was too stiff, and I ended up taking my G052 deck off after a few sessions because I found it challenging to skate.