The Set-up Thread

[rocklobster]

im just fuckign with you man. ace trucks are dope. to my dismay having more than one setup really fucks with me,

Thanks for bringing my insecurities to the forefront asshole. All this lockdown and reduced skating isn't good for gear madness. I don't have enough spare wheels (yet) to have multiple setups. I asked about Ace trucks because I never learned to carve a bowl properly, I've tic tac instead of getting a carve in and eat shit repeatedly. Thought I would try a wider setup and carvey trucks would help get me to learn them. But I don't skate enough to justify multiple setups.

I only would consider hoarding boards since they are pricey in my country ($75) and I'm thinking of selling the graphic boards I wouldn't ride and skate nothing but BBS boards from Tactics.

[yourbreakfsat]

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New deck and Wheels


Business & Company Bunny 3 8.25" x 31.75" with 14" WB
Venture Hi 5.6 with Indy bushings
Spitfire F4 52mm 99a Radials (coming from Spitfire F4 54mm 99a Tablets worn down to 50mm)
MOB
Bones Swiss
Thunder 1"

Probably gonna add stickers or something later, I don't know yet.

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What is the nose and tail length on the B&C board? How steep are the kicks?

Nose: 6.75"
Tail: 6.18"

I haven't had the chance to skate it yet, but both kicks are mellow as fuck. Concave is pretty flat too.

Also they measure the length by bending the ruler to the board's shape, so if you measure boards from tail to nose without bending the ruler, it's 31.25"

[Crabby_Bastard]

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New deck and Wheels


Business & Company Bunny 3 8.25" x 31.75" with 14" WB
Venture Hi 5.6 with Indy bushings
Spitfire F4 52mm 99a Radials (coming from Spitfire F4 54mm 99a Tablets worn down to 50mm)
MOB
Bones Swiss
Thunder 1"

Probably gonna add stickers or something later, I don't know yet.

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What is the nose and tail length on the B&C board? How steep are the kicks?

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Nose: 6.75"
Tail: 6.18"

I haven't had the chance to skate it yet, but both kicks are mellow as fuck. Concave is pretty flat too.

Also they measure the length by bending the ruler to the board's shape, so if you measure boards from tail to nose without bending the ruler, it's 31.25"

Thank you!

[munchbox]

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New deck and Wheels


Business & Company Bunny 3 8.25" x 31.75" with 14" WB
Venture Hi 5.6 with Indy bushings
Spitfire F4 52mm 99a Radials (coming from Spitfire F4 54mm 99a Tablets worn down to 50mm)
MOB
Bones Swiss
Thunder 1"

Probably gonna add stickers or something later, I don't know yet.

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What is the nose and tail length on the B&C board? How steep are the kicks?

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Nose: 6.75"
Tail: 6.18"

I haven't had the chance to skate it yet, but both kicks are mellow as fuck. Concave is pretty flat too.

Also they measure the length by bending the ruler to the board's shape, so if you measure boards from tail to nose without bending the ruler, it's 31.25"

thats a huge tip. was looking into their 8.75 at 32" length but if its really gonna be 31.5 long, easy pass.

[yourbreakfsat]

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New deck and Wheels


Business & Company Bunny 3 8.25" x 31.75" with 14" WB
Venture Hi 5.6 with Indy bushings
Spitfire F4 52mm 99a Radials (coming from Spitfire F4 54mm 99a Tablets worn down to 50mm)
MOB
Bones Swiss
Thunder 1"

Probably gonna add stickers or something later, I don't know yet.

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What is the nose and tail length on the B&C board? How steep are the kicks?

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Nose: 6.75"
Tail: 6.18"

I haven't had the chance to skate it yet, but both kicks are mellow as fuck. Concave is pretty flat too.

Also they measure the length by bending the ruler to the board's shape, so if you measure boards from tail to nose without bending the ruler, it's 31.25"

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thats a huge tip. was looking into their 8.75 at 32" length but if its really gonna be 31.5 long, easy pass.

Yeah after I received it and measured it, I was kinda scared that a whole 0.50" was going to fuck with my skating since I'm used to FA/Hockey's 31.75"

Skated it today and it's probably one of the best shapes I've ridden. I'm a smaller person, and the mellow kicks and flat concave combined with a shorter length and Ventures just made everything click. I could land things way easier where I usually had to warm up to do. Ollies and related tricks are way easier to bone out and pop shuvs are super easy to rotate.

Only shortcoming I can really thing of is the pop isn't as heavy as I'd like it to be since I'm used to that, but I'd say it's overlooked by the actual performance of the board.

Mellow kicks and flat concave also has me worried the board may break easier, but I think that's just in my head. Time will tell.

[Sativa Lung]

Damn now that I know they're short and mellow I kind of want one. Too bad the graphics are pretty terrible.

[augustmoon]

set this one up as kind of a more functional cruiser.  soft wheels are taking some getting used to.



Polar Shin surf shape

Indys

56mm Spit Charger 80 HDs

generic bearings

[jay_nev]

that deck is sick would like to try the 31.5 length and 14.38 wb. Are those 149s?

[layzieyez]

Really nice wheel well colors. I eyed one of those for a bit before I remembered Pontus hates me.

[augustmoon]

that deck is sick would like to try the 31.5 length and 14.38 wb. Are those 149s?

i'm not even sure what size the trucks are, but I think they probably are 149s.  i had them on a 8.3 before and they fit these pretty well

[augustmoon]

Really nice wheel well colors. I eyed one of those for a bit before I remembered Pontus hates me.

i really have a thing for colored veneer under light colored paint, so i'm stoked to watch the red come through

[lamfordie]

8.25 Steve Durante Politic
5.8 Venture
52mm OG V Cut sml Wheels

Adidas Campus ADV

Can you tell green is my favorite color

[GBLange]

set this one up as kind of a more functional cruiser.  soft wheels are taking some getting used to.



Polar Shin surf shape

Indys

56mm Spit Charger 80 HDs

generic bearings

sweet setup..how's the 80hd ?

[augustmoon]

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set this one up as kind of a more functional cruiser.  soft wheels are taking some getting used to.



Polar Shin surf shape

Indys

56mm Spit Charger 80 HDs

generic bearings

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sweet setup..how's the 80hd ?

they feel nice.  probably could have gone with 54s, but i'm still getting good pop with the 56s.  just not used to rolling smooth

[weon]

Can you tell green is my favorite color

too bad it's not a creative color

[rocklobster]

8.25 Steve Durante Politic
5.8 Venture
52mm OG V Cut sml Wheels

Adidas Campus ADV

Can you tell green is my favorite color

Riding Venture 5.8 is a big dick energy move.

[tom]

Really nice wheel well colors. I eyed one of those for a bit before I remembered Pontus hates me.

need some details on this skate beef you guys have

I love that surf shape. I haven’t gotten one yet myself, but if I see one at the shop it’s gonna be a no brainer

[Benchpress]

Polar 8.25
Ace 44 (no bottom washers)
F4 55mm 99a

Coming down from my 10.5” Scram and 9.75” Dane1, this will be interesting... Almost want to try Classic shaped wheels. Pros/cons over Conical Full?

Yooo Dailys. Seen this on their insta, nice one man.
Been eyeing up a pair of Aces but keen to smoke my current thunders before buying yet another set of trucks.

I just switched to conical fulls after riding classics for a short period, I kept slipping out and getting wrecked on slicker parks. The shape is nice but I like the confidence and grip conical fulls give me on transition, regardless of the (minimal) added weight.

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

set this one up as kind of a more functional cruiser.  soft wheels are taking some getting used to.



Polar Shin surf shape

Indys

56mm Spit Charger 80 HDs

generic bearings

dope, now I’m amped to set mine up!
I also went with 56mm (loopholes) just cuz I wanted to max the benefit out of the wheel wells. Good to hear you’re still able to pop. The nose seems super mellow, it doesn’t ghost pop?

[FrozenIndustries]

8.25 Steve Durante Politic
5.8 Venture
52mm OG V Cut sml Wheels

Adidas Campus ADV

Can you tell green is my favorite color

Super sick. How old is the Durante board? Few things get me as sparked as his Inhabitants part.

[Big Baby Jesus]

Couldn't get down with my traffic on clutch wood even though the K8 shape was perfect. I didn't like how much give it had. Just felt soggy after a few days. Happy to be back on BBS wood.

8.38x32 14.5 WB
5.8 venture w/ 97du supercush
55 Spitfire SFW 99du
Reds
Bronze hardware
Mob
NB# 440 First cupsole since AR Slims. Love the shoes now that they've broken in. Supportive with good board feel. Big change from the halfcabs I was running.

[Solid bowlcut]

Quasi 8.75
Thunder lights 151
Spitfire Conical 56 (now maybe 53)
Reds
Nike SB Check Solar

Wheelbase feels weird but having pop feels so good. Shoes are fucking ass but fortunately they gonna be done soon.

[SneakySecrets]

8.25 flat South central blank
5.6 venture lights
53mm f4 radials

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8.25 flat South central blank
5.6 venture lights
53mm f4 radials

Damn. This is nice.

[thespacewolf]

Polar 8.25
Ace 44 (no bottom washers)
F4 55mm 99a

Coming down from my 10.5” Scram and 9.75” Dane1, this will be interesting... Almost want to try Classic shaped wheels. Pros/cons over Conical Full?

Always cool to see madness and polar have these wheel well decks, but im curious to see if it actually makes a difference?

[Frank and Fred]

set this one up as kind of a more functional cruiser.  soft wheels are taking some getting used to.



Polar Shin surf shape

Indys

56mm Spit Charger 80 HDs

generic bearings

What size Indys?

[layzieyez]

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Really nice wheel well colors. I eyed one of those for a bit before I remembered Pontus hates me.

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need some details on this skate beef you guys have

I love that surf shape. I haven’t gotten one yet myself, but if I see one at the shop it’s gonna be a no brainer

I just left a comment about a graphic how something was out of place logic wise on their insta, and he went into my insta to mock me personally. No more polar for me.

[weedgod94]

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Really nice wheel well colors. I eyed one of those for a bit before I remembered Pontus hates me.

[close]

need some details on this skate beef you guys have

I love that surf shape. I haven’t gotten one yet myself, but if I see one at the shop it’s gonna be a no brainer

[close]

I just left a comment about a graphic how something was out of place logic wise on their insta, and he went into my insta to mock me personally. No more polar for me.

what did you mean by this
it sounds nerdy, kinda dope that they taunted you instead of just ignored

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Really nice wheel well colors. I eyed one of those for a bit before I remembered Pontus hates me.

[close]

need some details on this skate beef you guys have

I love that surf shape. I haven’t gotten one yet myself, but if I see one at the shop it’s gonna be a no brainer

[close]

I just left a comment about a graphic how something was out of place logic wise on their insta, and he went into my insta to mock me personally. No more polar for me.

[close]

what did you mean by this
it sounds nerdy, kinda dope that they taunted you instead of just ignored

Yeah not very nice of me, but I thought the same: when I talk shit, I expect to get it back. I’ve heard he can be petty. Sounds like a lot of that shit is personal to Pontus/them. Opposed to say toy machine/Krooked that are kinda just stamping out shit (I like/love/have loved both of those companies I used as examples)

[jamersonbass]

FA 8.5
Venture 6.1's
F4 52 Classics
Swiss 6
Mob
Diamond Hardware