The Set-up Thread

[unregisteredhypercam2]

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Heroin 8.5
Independent titanium 8.5 (top red Indy after market. Bottom stock with no washer)
F4 conical full 54
Bronson raw
Masame skate products pivot cup

Heroin 10
Ace af1 77
F4 conical 56
Nibansenji bearings
Masame skate products pivot cup

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How are those Masame pivot cups?

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where do you get masame in north america?

I think there is nowhere outside Japan that sells it.

He has an online store listed on his instagram profile but there is no information stating whether it ships overseas or not.
https://www.instagram.com/masame_skate/

you could try to DM him. i doubt he speaks english, but a lot of Japanese people are able to understand most simple text messages even if they cant actually speak english.

[PuffinMuffin]

8.25 LosersATL
149 lurpiv
53mm spit radial slim
Bones Swiss

Mfg switched to a new stock shape. Rounded nose with a super mellow concave. Reminds me of a primitive O’Neil deck I had a few years ago. Hated how the shape looked but loved how it preformed.

Day one on the lurpivs. The have a great turn and grind.

Sick looking set-up! I'm finally going to grip my Losers board and set it up today. 

[Frank and Fred]

Huffer with big tyres for giant crusty Oregon coast parks.



Af1 66s.
1/4" Dogtown risers.
Spitfire F4 60mm OG Classics.
Rocking Ron's Steel labyrinths.

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

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Heroin 8.5
Independent titanium 8.5 (top red Indy after market. Bottom stock with no washer)
F4 conical full 54
Bronson raw
Masame skate products pivot cup

Heroin 10
Ace af1 77
F4 conical 56
Nibansenji bearings
Masame skate products pivot cup

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How are those Masame pivot cups?

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where do you get masame in north america?

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I think there is nowhere outside Japan that sells it.

He has an online store listed on his instagram profile but there is no information stating whether it ships overseas or not.
https://www.instagram.com/masame_skate/

you could try to DM him. i doubt he speaks english, but a lot of Japanese people are able to understand most simple text messages even if they cant actually speak english.

just had my first session on some mediums, felt very responsive!

[FatGuy92]

Huffer with big tyres for giant crusty Oregon coast parks.



Af1 66s.
1/4" Dogtown risers.
Spitfire F4 60mm OG Classics.
Rocking Ron's Steel labyrinths.

Damn that looks like such a fun setup. I’m not man enough for a Huffer but it looks like such a nice shape

[Kombuch-A-Holic]

8.25 LosersATL
149 lurpiv
53mm spit radial slim
Bones Swiss

Mfg switched to a new stock shape. Rounded nose with a super mellow concave. Reminds me of a primitive O’Neil deck I had a few years ago. Hated how the shape looked but loved how it preformed.

Day one on the lurpivs. The have a great turn and grind.

Sick! Those look like Classics.

[TwisT]

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8.25 LosersATL
149 lurpiv
53mm spit radial slim
Bones Swiss

Mfg switched to a new stock shape. Rounded nose with a super mellow concave. Reminds me of a primitive O’Neil deck I had a few years ago. Hated how the shape looked but loved how it preformed.

Day one on the lurpivs. The have a great turn and grind.

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Sick! Those look like Classics.

so they are classics as it turns out. The new skate like a girl ones

[Xen]

Been on an 8.5, getting around to sizing down...again...go 8.5...want to size down, go 8.125...want to size up I've found that mellow concave is feeling better these days.



8.25 Baker Hawk
Pepper grip (very fine grit, but grippy af, perforated, I'm a fan)
144 Royals IKP
52mm 99a conical F4s
Bronson ceramics
Bolts

[vicious cycle]

Krooked 8.28 Frank Gerwer Guest Board
The new Royals 144 Standard
Spitfire Radials 54 mm
Bronson G3
Shorty Bolts
Jessup Ultra

[rocklobster]

Been on an 8.5, getting around to sizing down...again...go 8.5...want to size down, go 8.125...want to size up I've found that mellow concave is feeling better these days.



8.25 Baker Hawk
Pepper grip (very fine grit, but grippy af, perforated, I'm a fan)
144 Royals IKP
52mm 99a conical F4s
Bronson ceramics
Bolts

I'm usually a Jessup guy but how does Pepper hold up? Mob feels a little too gritty for me but is popular with locals, my guess is they ride their decks way longer than I do so the extra grit works out over time.

[Solex]

The weather is terrible these days, let's post a pic...



Chocolate 'Crob' Twin Chunk 8.25
Film 5.25
Classics Full 99a 54
Barely used Mini Logo bearings
3 bucks hardware
Jessup
(Clean towel hiding the dirty tiling)

First time on a 8"+. Skated it about 2 hours, essentialy flatground, noseslided some benches. The wood is good, the twin shape really on point, the trucks feel nice after 2 turns of tightening, and those wheels seem awesome. Happy so far.

[Xen]

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Been on an 8.5, getting around to sizing down...again...go 8.5...want to size down, go 8.125...want to size up I've found that mellow concave is feeling better these days.



8.25 Baker Hawk
Pepper grip (very fine grit, but grippy af, perforated, I'm a fan)
144 Royals IKP
52mm 99a conical F4s
Bronson ceramics
Bolts

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I'm usually a Jessup guy but how does Pepper hold up? Mob feels a little too gritty for me but is popular with locals, my guess is they ride their decks way longer than I do so the extra grit works out over time.

Always been a MOB guy, like the grip and it lasts a long time, it's also good for breaking in new shoes to get your flik, provided you struggle through it; it always wears down to plain old grip after a while and it's always seemed chunkier grit-wise to me.

To the touch, it feels grippier than reg Jessup, but not as chunky as MOB; the grit is 'sharp' compared reg jessup (which always felt 'smooth' to me.

It cut well and it's sticky-icky and I'm so used to mob that I get bubbles without perforation (unless I take my time but fuck that). Durability remains to be seen

[manysnakes]

The weather is terrible these days, let's post a pic...



Chocolate 'Crob' Twin Chunk 8.25
Film 5.25
Classics Full 99a 54
Barely used Mini Logo bearings
3 bucks hardware
Jessup
(Clean towel hiding the dirty tiling)

First time on a 8"+. Skated it about 2 hours, essentialy flatground, noseslided some benches. The wood is good, the twin shape really on point, the trucks feel nice after 2 turns of tightening, and those wheels seem awesome. Happy so far.

Looks like a sticker of a skateboard.

[Solex]

Looks like a sticker of a skateboard.

That's an interesting point of view...

The current scraped version looks more 'true', I promise.

[big_kev_215]

Blowing through way too many decks recently but I couldn’t resist:

Heroin 9.5” egg
Ti 169s with Riptides
57 mm Radial Fulls
Swiss
Mafia grip
Half Cabs

[shpongle]

Blowing through way too many decks recently but I couldn’t resist:

Heroin 9.5” egg
Ti 169s with Riptides
57 mm Radial Fulls
Swiss
Mafia grip
Half Cabs

169 titaniums must be the move!i cant imagine the lightness on that board compared to if those were the standard indy truck weight

[rocklobster]

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Been on an 8.5, getting around to sizing down...again...go 8.5...want to size down, go 8.125...want to size up I've found that mellow concave is feeling better these days.



8.25 Baker Hawk
Pepper grip (very fine grit, but grippy af, perforated, I'm a fan)
144 Royals IKP
52mm 99a conical F4s
Bronson ceramics
Bolts

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I'm usually a Jessup guy but how does Pepper hold up? Mob feels a little too gritty for me but is popular with locals, my guess is they ride their decks way longer than I do so the extra grit works out over time.

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Always been a MOB guy, like the grip and it lasts a long time, it's also good for breaking in new shoes to get your flik, provided you struggle through it; it always wears down to plain old grip after a while and it's always seemed chunkier grit-wise to me.

To the touch, it feels grippier than reg Jessup, but not as chunky as MOB; the grit is 'sharp' compared reg jessup (which always felt 'smooth' to me.

It cut well and it's sticky-icky and I'm so used to mob that I get bubbles without perforation (unless I take my time but fuck that). Durability remains to be seen

Worth a shot with the next purchase then.

[Sonny Paluso]

Bought this awhile back at clearance price, just to try something a little smaller and different. Set it up a week ago and didn't care for the tiny tail (6.375). Chems tooled it, now has 6.75 N/6.75 T with 13.75wb. Should be interesting

WKND 8.125
Indy 146 stage VIII hanger on inverted kingpin plate
OJ mini Combo 58
Bronson ceramics (sans shields, didn't fall back into place well)

[white guy in a durag]

had the overpowering urge to skate a popsicle. I love the 92, but it's going back into the stash for a bit until I can eat shit enough to want to go back to shaped boards.

Polar 8.5 Shin Sanbongi
Venture 6.1 (might swap out for aces or lurpivs)
the funny weed wheels in 60mm
quantum isotopes
jessup
bronze

[animalflesh]

had the overpowering urge to skate a popsicle. I love the 92, but it's going back into the stash for a bit until I can eat shit enough to want to go back to shaped boards.

Polar 8.5 Shin Sanbongi
Venture 6.1 (might swap out for aces or lurpivs)
the funny weed wheels in 60mm
quantum isotopes
jessup
bronze

Kinda insane looking and I love it

[braksabbath]

What’s an ideal setup for a 5’5” adult woman who wants to learn at parks? Thinking 8.5” on Indy 149 but don’t know if brand new ones need a lot of break in time. Ace might be too unstable for a newbie. Willing to sacrifice my hard earned broken in bushings to help the cause. I have old 8” board and trucks (Ace 33 w/ bones mediums that make them squirrelly despite cranked down nut) I could give her but wider is more better? I haven’t been new to this in a while. Looking back my first setup wasn’t ideal but I didn’t have grownup money to change it.

Mad respeck to an any person with a fully developed brain willing to dive in.

[oliknight]

What’s an ideal setup for a 5’5” adult woman who wants to learn at parks? Thinking 8.5” on Indy 149 but don’t know if brand new ones need a lot of break in time. Ace might be too unstable for a newbie. Willing to sacrifice my hard earned broken in bushings to help the cause. I have old 8” board and trucks I could give but wider is more better? I haven’t been new to this in a while. Looking back my first setup wasn’t ideal but I didn’t have grownup money to change it.

Mad respeck to an any person with a fully developed brain willing to dive in.

It really is subjective, I’m 6 foot and i skate an 8” deck with 5.2 ventures, that would be some peoples idea of a nightmare but I love it! Wide boards are fun too of course but I always find myself coming back to old faithful.

[Easy Slider]

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What’s an ideal setup for a 5’5” adult woman who wants to learn at parks? Thinking 8.5” on Indy 149 but don’t know if brand new ones need a lot of break in time. Ace might be too unstable for a newbie. Willing to sacrifice my hard earned broken in bushings to help the cause. I have old 8” board and trucks I could give but wider is more better? I haven’t been new to this in a while. Looking back my first setup wasn’t ideal but I didn’t have grownup money to change it.

Mad respeck to an any person with a fully developed brain willing to dive in.

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It really is subjective, I’m 6 foot and i skate an 8” deck with 5.2 ventures, that would be some peoples idea of a nightmare but I love it! Wide boards are fun too of course but I always find myself coming back to old faithful.

Usually women have smaller feet. I hand my wife down my old 8.5s but honestly an 8“ would be much better for her (or even smaller). I say give her the old 8“. This way you won‘t waste money if she doesn‘t like it and stops after two sessions. If she is light consider ditching the top washers to get the trucks very loose without the nuts falling of.

[animalflesh]

Just throw bones mediums in it until she gets comfortable

I’d say an 8.5 with a square tail (for stability) and 149

No risers… 54-55 wheels

[big_kev_215]

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Blowing through way too many decks recently but I couldn’t resist:

Heroin 9.5” egg
Ti 169s with Riptides
57 mm Radial Fulls
Swiss
Mafia grip
Half Cabs

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169 titaniums must be the move!i cant imagine the lightness on that board compared to if those were the standard indy truck weight

I sound like a broken record on here but the Ti 169’s are the best truck I’ve ever skated

[oliknight]

What’s an ideal setup for a 5’5” adult woman who wants to learn at parks? Thinking 8.5” on Indy 149 but don’t know if brand new ones need a lot of break in time. Ace might be too unstable for a newbie. Willing to sacrifice my hard earned broken in bushings to help the cause. I have old 8” board and trucks I could give but wider is more better? I haven’t been new to this in a while. Looking back my first setup wasn’t ideal but I didn’t have grownup money to change it.

Mad respeck to an any person with a fully developed brain willing to dive in.

I don’t think there needs to be any extra stability.. unless she specifically wanted that.
Shaped boards are good fun but I wouldn’t suggest it based solely on the fact that she’s a girl.

Best bet is to go in to a skatepark and just ask if you can stand on a few decks and see which one is nicest and feels most comfortable and go off that. It’s good to ask advice but it can often leave you even more confused than you started hahah
You can’t beat finding out for yourself what suits you the best

[Painted Baby]

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had the overpowering urge to skate a popsicle. I love the 92, but it's going back into the stash for a bit until I can eat shit enough to want to go back to shaped boards.

Polar 8.5 Shin Sanbongi
Venture 6.1 (might swap out for aces or lurpivs)
the funny weed wheels in 60mm
quantum isotopes
jessup
bronze

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Kinda insane looking and I love it

I hate to ask but is there a top view? Or if not, what's the stick-out factor like? Looks like a lot of fun regardless

[white guy in a durag]

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had the overpowering urge to skate a popsicle. I love the 92, but it's going back into the stash for a bit until I can eat shit enough to want to go back to shaped boards.

Polar 8.5 Shin Sanbongi
Venture 6.1 (might swap out for aces or lurpivs)
the funny weed wheels in 60mm
quantum isotopes
jessup
bronze

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Kinda insane looking and I love it

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I hate to ask but is there a top view? Or if not, what's the stick-out factor like? Looks like a lot of fun regardless

Doesn't really show in the picture, but there's some pokin' out. Not crazy but it's definitely not a hover board.

[Painted Baby]

I wouldn't know it had all that going on underneath just by looking down at it. Thanks!

[oliknight]

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had the overpowering urge to skate a popsicle. I love the 92, but it's going back into the stash for a bit until I can eat shit enough to want to go back to shaped boards.

Polar 8.5 Shin Sanbongi
Venture 6.1 (might swap out for aces or lurpivs)
the funny weed wheels in 60mm
quantum isotopes
jessup
bronze

[close]

Kinda insane looking and I love it

[close]

I hate to ask but is there a top view? Or if not, what's the stick-out factor like? Looks like a lot of fun regardless

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Doesn't really show in the picture, but there's some pokin' out. Not crazy but it's definitely not a hover board.

How do grip jobs like this effect your switch and nollie tricks?