The Set-up Thread

[Boog]

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This is one of the weirdest decks I've cut.





Zmorgf 8.6"x31.5" Double Shovel sample with 14-14.5" wheelbase (I gotta work on the shape more)

Ace AF1 55

Spitfire F4 Radials 99a worn down to ~50mm

Mini Logo bearings

MOB

Assorted hardware

Need to wait for the weather to be better before skating this.

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I don’t like it, but I appreciate that you’re doing it

Looks like a snowboard

[pointandclick]

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This is one of the weirdest decks I've cut.

Zmorgf 8.6"x31.5" Double Shovel sample with 14-14.5" wheelbase (I gotta work on the shape more)

Ace AF1 55

Spitfire F4 Radials 99a worn down to ~50mm

Mini Logo bearings

MOB

Assorted hardware

Need to wait for the weather to be better before skating this.

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I don’t like it, but I appreciate that you’re doing it

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Looks like a snowboard

looks like a morrow lunch tray from the 90's to be specific

[funeral_tuxedo]

This is one of the weirdest decks I've cut.





Zmorgf 8.6"x31.5" Double Shovel sample with 14-14.5" wheelbase (I gotta work on the shape more)

Ace AF1 55

Spitfire F4 Radials 99a worn down to ~50mm

Mini Logo bearings

MOB

Assorted hardware

Need to wait for the weather to be better before skating this.

I love the term double shovel. That shape looks strange and I imagine that it's incredibly fun. @yourbreakfsat  are you shape testing?

[yourbreakfsat]

Thanks for the words yall, it's dumb but a friend wanted it so I might as well try it for myself :v

@funeral_tuxedo yeah currently testing all the shapes I cut. If I don't find a shape I cut to be fun, there's no reason for me to sell it.

[mj23]

Smoked a fat 4/20 joint and set this new deck up... needless to say I was in for a rude awakening as soon as I took one push. Stay away from the weed guys, it makes you absent-minded

Polar 8.5 / ricta cloud 92a 56mm / indie 149 / eighth inch indie risers / big balls

[backinaction]

Smoked a fat 4/20 joint and set this new deck up... needless to say I was in for a rude awakening as soon as I took one push. Stay away from the weed guys, it makes you absent-minded

This popped up on my local Craigslist today:

[sweet pee]

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This is one of the weirdest decks I've cut.





Zmorgf 8.6"x31.5" Double Shovel sample with 14-14.5" wheelbase (I gotta work on the shape more)

Ace AF1 55

Spitfire F4 Radials 99a worn down to ~50mm

Mini Logo bearings

MOB

Assorted hardware

Need to wait for the weather to be better before skating this.

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I love the term double shovel. That shape looks strange and I imagine that it's incredibly fun. @yourbreakfsat  are you shape testing?

This shape is amazing, as it stands as a total antithesis to all the football shapes everyone is putting out nowadays.
A few years back, I had a Matt Rodriguez "Double Knot" shape from TKF and loved it. I'd be stoked if more shapes like this become available.

[Sativa Lung]

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This is one of the weirdest decks I've cut.





Zmorgf 8.6"x31.5" Double Shovel sample with 14-14.5" wheelbase (I gotta work on the shape more)

Ace AF1 55

Spitfire F4 Radials 99a worn down to ~50mm

Mini Logo bearings

MOB

Assorted hardware

Need to wait for the weather to be better before skating this.

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I love the term double shovel. That shape looks strange and I imagine that it's incredibly fun. @yourbreakfsat  are you shape testing?

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This shape is amazing, as it stands as a total antithesis to all the football shapes everyone is putting out nowadays.
I had a Matt Rodriguez "Double Knot" shape from TKF and loved it. I'd be stoked if more shapes like this become available.

Ben Raybourn had something similar a few years back... I think it was called the brick. Snack also used to do a super square 8.25 (I have a Cullen one with a weird rollerskating ostrich graphic) but I haven't seen one in a while.

[IUTSM]

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This is one of the weirdest decks I've cut.





Zmorgf 8.6"x31.5" Double Shovel sample with 14-14.5" wheelbase (I gotta work on the shape more)

Ace AF1 55

Spitfire F4 Radials 99a worn down to ~50mm

Mini Logo bearings

MOB

Assorted hardware

Need to wait for the weather to be better before skating this.

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I love the term double shovel. That shape looks strange and I imagine that it's incredibly fun. @yourbreakfsat  are you shape testing?

[close]

This shape is amazing, as it stands as a total antithesis to all the football shapes everyone is putting out nowadays.
A few years back, I had a Matt Rodriguez "Double Knot" shape from TKF and loved it. I'd be stoked if more shapes like this become available.

those double knots looked sick. there was one on the sale rack at solstice, whenever that deck was current, that to this day I regret not picking up.

[Sativa Lung]

Scumco & Sons Ty Beall 8.375" x 31.75" 14.25" wb(PS stix)
Ace 44 classics
Bop Shop 53mm wheels (klasiq shape)
Bop Shop "Stop, Bop, & Roll" abec 8 bearings
Mob grip


Got a wild hair up my ass and decided to set up a bigger and steeper deck. I've been staring at this shape for like a month and although the graphic doesnt do much for me, there's something about the super steep nose/normal tail combo just gives my pickle a tickle so I decided to finally set it up. Unfortunately my two days off this week are so unseasonably cold that it might fucking snow, so I had to test it out in the basement. Really like it, it's similar to his last PS deck (which I loved) but I think the nose is slightly steeper and the tail slightly mellower. As with most PS decks it has serious pop straight out of the shrink, it felt like it was glued to the bottom of my foot when I ollied.

I did have a little trouble finding my timing with such a steep nose so I might actually swap the aces out for mini logos and just see how it feels with trucks that are a little lighter and lower. The Aces weren't bad by any means, I'm just kind of curious what kind of difference ML might make on a deck like this.

[Boog]

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This is one of the weirdest decks I've cut.

Zmorgf 8.6"x31.5" Double Shovel sample with 14-14.5" wheelbase (I gotta work on the shape more)

Ace AF1 55

Spitfire F4 Radials 99a worn down to ~50mm

Mini Logo bearings

MOB

Assorted hardware

Need to wait for the weather to be better before skating this.

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I don’t like it, but I appreciate that you’re doing it

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Looks like a snowboard

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looks like a morrow lunch tray from the 90's to be specific

Lol holy shit it does

[stets]

At lunch break I threw those inverted kingpin Ace's and a new set of F4 tablets on my JK Industries dream girl setup and skated some flat. Feels good, gonna be skating some curbs and the park on it this week.

JK Industries Dream Girl, Hawk rip version
Ace AF1 66's with inverted kingpin
Spitfire Tablet F4s, 51mm 99a
Reds
Shortys 7/8in lites
Adidas Altimers shoes found at Buffalo Exchange

Had previously had some inverted kingpin Thunders 151's hollows on this board... might end up getting rid of those lightly skated trucks if anyone is interested!

[FrozenIndustries]

At lunch break I threw those inverted kingpin Ace's and a new set of F4 tablets on my JK Industries dream girl setup and skated some flat. Feels good, gonna be skating some curbs and the park on it this week.

JK Industries Dream Girl, Hawk rip version
Ace AF1 66's with inverted kingpin
Spitfire Tablet F4s, 51mm 99a
Reds
Shortys 7/8in lites
Adidas Altimers shoes found at Buffalo Exchange

Had previously had some inverted kingpin Thunders 151's hollows on this board... might end up getting rid of those lightly skated trucks if anyone is interested!

This is such a sick setup. Also running tablets on AF1s at the moment (54mm on 77s), half feel like I should have gotten 66s and half stoked beyond belief on the 77s.

[backinaction]

I did have a little trouble finding my timing with such a steep nose so I might actually swap the aces out for mini logos and just see how it feels with trucks that are a little lighter and lower. The Aces weren't bad by any means, I'm just kind of curious what kind of difference ML might make on a deck like this.

I have a Welcome Enenra (from fall, so also PS Stix) that looks like it came out of the same mold.  Tail is 19 degrees and nose is really steep (24? - i need to re-measure).  I have the damnest time getting my kickflips to work on it. I almost focused it - and I have never focused a board in my life.  I'm 48.   

So far I've had it set up with Indy forged hollows, Thunder Ti, and now Mini Logos.  Mini Logos have worked the best - I just have to ollie with my foot in the pocket more than towards the end of the tail.  But it still mostly sits there unused while I skate my Clutch wood.
 

[Mesteezo]

8.5" AH eagle, 14.25 wb
Ace AF1 55's
56mm 97a formula four classic shape
bones super swiss 6
jessup ultra

[Fhk]

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Smoked a fat 4/20 joint and set this new deck up... needless to say I was in for a rude awakening as soon as I took one push. Stay away from the weed guys, it makes you absent-minded

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This popped up on my local Craigslist today:

Haha I hope that neither of those end up with a kid just getting into skating.

[white guy in a durag]

At lunch break I threw those inverted kingpin Ace's and a new set of F4 tablets on my JK Industries dream girl setup and skated some flat. Feels good, gonna be skating some curbs and the park on it this week.

JK Industries Dream Girl, Hawk rip version
Ace AF1 66's with inverted kingpin
Spitfire Tablet F4s, 51mm 99a
Reds
Shortys 7/8in lites
Adidas Altimers shoes found at Buffalo Exchange

Had previously had some inverted kingpin Thunders 151's hollows on this board... might end up getting rid of those lightly skated trucks if anyone is interested!

Please report back on how you like the deck long term. I've been eyeing that shape for a while and I want to believe it will be what I wanted the dane 1 to be.

[Paco Supreme]

I needed something new



Enjoi resin 7, 8.5 x 32.2
Well loved 149s with bones med and riptides that are scorched
Worn down f4 radials
M80

The step from 8.4 to 8.5 is nothing but this is a stubbier sort of board which is making my ollies faster(too fast?)

Feels good change it up and if this works enjoi are a lot more common and plentiful than the habitats I’ve grown to love

[funeral_tuxedo]

Smoked a fat 4/20 joint and set this new deck up... needless to say I was in for a rude awakening as soon as I took one push. Stay away from the weed guys, it makes you absent-minded

Polar 8.5 / ricta cloud 92a 56mm / indie 149 / eighth inch indie risers / big balls

Did you ever fix your truck?

[coexist3]

8.0 polar
5.25 ventures
52mm loophole wheels

[rocklobster]

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Smoked a fat 4/20 joint and set this new deck up... needless to say I was in for a rude awakening as soon as I took one push. Stay away from the weed guys, it makes you absent-minded

Polar 8.5 / ricta cloud 92a 56mm / indie 149 / eighth inch indie risers / big balls

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Did you ever fix your truck?

Nah he lives life on hard mode.

[sweet pee]

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Smoked a fat 4/20 joint and set this new deck up... needless to say I was in for a rude awakening as soon as I took one push. Stay away from the weed guys, it makes you absent-minded

Polar 8.5 / ricta cloud 92a 56mm / indie 149 / eighth inch indie risers / big balls

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Did you ever fix your truck?

[close]

Nah he lives life on hard mode.

Trendwatch 2022: Both trucks inverted

[sweet pee]

Polar Boz – 8.125" x 32" – 14.25"wb, 7.125" nose, 6.75" tail
Ace Classics 44
Spitfire F4 Classics 53mm 99a
Bones 6-Balls
Shorty's Lil' 7/8" allen bolts
Jessup

Polar Shin Surf – 8.75" x 31.5" – 14.375"wb, 6.25" nose, 6.5" tail
Ace 44 - stage before the Classics (V3?) with slimmer hanger design
OJ Super Juice Mini 55mm 78a
Bronson G3s
1/8 Bones hard risers (fits the Ace baseplate pretty flush)
1.125" old trusshead phillips bolts
Jessup

I haven't skated the Boserio yet, but I've had the Surf for a few weeks and absolutely love it as a slappy/cruiser setup. The tail is considerably steeper than I expected, but feels pretty good when snapping ollies. I just wish the nose was a bit longer, as nollie tricks can feel a little ghost-poppy with the 6.25" nose.

Lucas Pro's from yesteryear. I stocked up pretty heavily on these in 2013 when adidas was phasing them out for the ADV's (yuck) and am down to my last few pairs of the OG's. I will certainly miss them when they are done...

[TwisT]

backward trucks = no hangups on the smith

[mj23]

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Smoked a fat 4/20 joint and set this new deck up... needless to say I was in for a rude awakening as soon as I took one push. Stay away from the weed guys, it makes you absent-minded

Polar 8.5 / ricta cloud 92a 56mm / indie 149 / eighth inch indie risers / big balls

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Did you ever fix your truck?

[close]

Nah he lives life on hard mode.

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Trendwatch 2022: Both trucks inverted

Yeah I fixed it, but in my stoned haze I also left my skate tool home when I drove to the spot. So I scrounged around in my car for a while until I found a Swiss Army knife and a socket wrench. Weed-induced hard mode indeed

[Sonny Paluso]

Polar Boz – 8.125" x 32" – 14.25"wb, 7.125" nose, 6.75" tail
Ace Classics 44
Spitfire F4 Classics 53mm 99a
Bones 6-Balls
Shorty's Lil' 7/8" allen bolts
Jessup

Polar Shin Surf – 8.75" x 31.5" – 14.375"wb, 6.25" nose, 6.5" tail
Ace 44 - stage before the Classics (V3?) with slimmer hanger design
OJ Super Juice Mini 55mm 78a
Bronson G3s
1/8 Bones hard risers (fits the Ace baseplate pretty flush)
1.125" old trusshead phillips bolts
Jessup

I haven't skated the Boserio yet, but I've had the Surf for a few weeks and absolutely love it as a slappy/cruiser setup. The tail is considerably steeper than I expected, but feels pretty good when snapping ollies. I just wish the nose was a bit longer, as nollie tricks can feel a little ghost-poppy with the 6.25" nose.

Lucas Pro's from yesteryear. I stocked up pretty heavily on these in 2013 when adidas was phasing them out for the ADV's (yuck) and am down to my last few pairs of the OG's. I will certainly miss them when they are done...

Absolutely gorgeous. Respect for the nose/wb/tail measurements. There should be a sticky post just for that. I'm hard-core soft tape measurer flat on top of deck. Too much variance on different sites (no local shop)

Edit: and measurement across front and rear trucks too. That's one that should be mandatory.

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Polar 8.38
Thunder 149 team edition with 97DU aftermarket thunder bushings
Spitfire F4 Conical Full 101 54mm
Olympia silver grade bearings
Shake Junt 7/8 allens
Mob

[Fhk]

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Polar 8.38
Thunder 149 team edition with 97DU aftermarket thunder bushings
Spitfire F4 Conical Full 101 54mm
Olympia silver grade bearings
Shake Junt 7/8 allens
Mob

That looks perfect! I probably should be on something just like it, but I insist on creating setups to make my session harder than it has to be.

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Polar 8.38
Thunder 149 team edition with 97DU aftermarket thunder bushings
Spitfire F4 Conical Full 101 54mm
Olympia silver grade bearings
Shake Junt 7/8 allens
Mob

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That looks perfect! I probably should be on something just like it, but I insist on creating setups to make my session harder than it has to be.

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I recently just disassembled my quiver and put everything in my closet so I don't have to look at it. It will all get used but I'm just gonna treat the closet like a skateshop and only go when I need to replace something.

Covid got me buying gear just to try and I kinda miss having old gear again instead of swapping something the second I get the itch to have a fresher version of something.

[GumOnMyGrip]

One set up- one on deck. Larb 8.5 decks from Hitz. The shaped is actually more like 8.4 . 1st gen Ace 44, almost to the axle. Old Autobahn 54’s, Reds .