The Set-up Thread

[Landmine]

My wife got sent the wrong deck in an order, so I ended up with a free Welcome I wasn't planning on.  Tossed on some spare parts I had lying around, et voila

Welcome Nora 8.6
AF1 55s
OJ wheels
Raws

[Frank and Fred]

Anti hero 8.75 with 14.25 wheelbase 31.75 length - this board is kinda insane. The nose and tails feel like little stubs. Its good if you like wider boards but still like doing flip tricks. This is perfect for that.
Ace af1 60 8.75 trucks
Spitfire 58mm radial full kaders
Bones reds bearings

Perfection.

How's the wheelbite?

[Big Baby Jesus]

8.38 Hockey AA
5.8 Venture w/ 97du supercush bushings
54mm Spitfire Conical Full
Bones Big Balls
Bronze Hardware
Pepper Grip

Vans Crockett Hi

[TheSickness]

Sorry I've been sleeping on the thread but I gotta say I love this setup!! 
I'm straight up addicted to the Couch shape, have had 4 in a row now...my only complaint is that they need more graphics available but we'll done on this setup!

I was dreading this day but it had to come eventually and it was time to rip the bandaid off.  After seven lovely months on my 169s it’s about time to start breaking in a new set of trucks.

Chocolate couch
Indy Hollow 159s
55mm F4 classics
Swiss
Mob
hardware
Last Resort VM001 canvas highs

Shoutout to @Ronnie Rodriguez for the broken-in Indy bushings

[Tarquin]

Limosine 8.38
Ace 44s
F4 OG Classics
Reds
Mob
Skate Half Cabs

Skated it for an hour last night. Shape is very nice.

[TwisT]

My wife got sent the wrong deck in an order, so I ended up with a free Welcome I wasn't planning on.  Tossed on some spare parts I had lying around, et voila

Welcome Nora 8.6
AF1 55s
OJ wheels
Raws

Zumiez order?

I've gotten the wrong stuff from zumiez before and offered to take it back to the store, and they've just be like, nah keep it. One time I told them that my order hand been clearly opened gone thru and lazily repackaged, which wasn't their fault, but I thought they'd have have a line to complain to UPS cause all my shit was being opened at the time. They apologized and resent the same order.

[Fooj]

Heroin 9.25"x32.25"x14.25"
Ace Classic 66s
Bones Swiss
56mm Radial Fulls
Hella Tight
Mob

Short and Stubby, ready to roll

[LebowskisRug]

Same old shit: Indy 144, 54 Classic Fulls now 53, Quantum Atoms, Pepper Grip that has glitter in it. Oh the deck is Sci Fi Fantasy 8.38. Unfortunately this one is on the steeper side which is a bummer for my flip tricks so far.

[Landmine]

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My wife got sent the wrong deck in an order, so I ended up with a free Welcome I wasn't planning on.  Tossed on some spare parts I had lying around, et voila

Welcome Nora 8.6
AF1 55s
OJ wheels
Raws

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Zumiez order?

I've gotten the wrong stuff from zumiez before and offered to take it back to the store, and they've just be like, nah keep it. One time I told them that my order hand been clearly opened gone thru and lazily repackaged, which wasn't their fault, but I thought they'd have have a line to complain to UPS cause all my shit was being opened at the time. They apologized and resent the same order.

Nah, I forget the shop name now but it was a smaller place.  She was after a different Nora deck so the mix up is easy to understand.  Apparently they just said "ah shit sorry, we'll ship out a new one, keep both".

[Sativa Lung]

Really want a Sour deck. What's the wood like ?

Good. It's snappy and durable. I like the HLC molds a lot although I waffle a bit on the "epoxy vs glue" thing (both have pros and cons). Honestly if the sour s1 was like 31.5ish length I'd probably skate these all the time.

Also whoever posted about the phantom 2 risers... They were foam and glued on to the baseplate. I soaked mine in lighter fluid and burned them off and my board stunk for months when I was a kid. There's a skull cutout in the foam as well IIRC.

[funeral_tuxedo]

My wife got sent the wrong deck in an order, so I ended up with a free Welcome I wasn't planning on.  Tossed on some spare parts I had lying around, et voila

Welcome Nora 8.6
AF1 55s
OJ wheels
Raws

I'm not usually too psyched on Welcome boards but that Nora graphic with the gold perimeter around the glossy black is lovely.

[PRISON IKE]

Heroin 9.25"x32.25"x14.25"
Ace Classic 66s
Bones Swiss
56mm Radial Fulls
Hella Tight
Mob

Short and Stubby, ready to roll

This right here. Love it!

[cosmicgypsies]

Limosine 8.38
Ace 44s
F4 OG Classics
Reds
Mob
Skate Half Cabs

Skated it for an hour last night. Shape is very nice.

great stickering

[DeadSquidMask]

Heroin 9.25"x32.25"x14.25"
Ace Classic 66s
Bones Swiss
56mm Radial Fulls
Hella Tight
Mob

Short and Stubby, ready to roll


Rad setup. I had the previous graphic on that big popsicle shape and it became my favorite board by far. Broke it a couple months ago and haven’t been able to find the shape anymore. Where’d you score that one? Also, does it have razor-edge? Or just regular sanded and rounded edges? Thanks buddy!

[Fooj]

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Heroin 9.25"x32.25"x14.25"
Ace Classic 66s
Bones Swiss
56mm Radial Fulls
Hella Tight
Mob

Short and Stubby, ready to roll


Rad setup. I had the previous graphic on that big popsicle shape and it became my favorite board by far. Broke it a couple months ago and haven’t been able to find the shape anymore. Where’d you score that one? Also, does it have razor-edge? Or just regular sanded and rounded edges? Thanks buddy!

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Thanks guys, Yeah it has razor-edge. TBH i took it out yesterday and didn't really notice it too much, but the board felt great overall. It was crazy having something this wide but not super long.
I got this one at POPs in everett, wa.  Havent seen it anywhere online though since i picked it up

[iw0]

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Really want a Sour deck. What's the wood like ?

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Also whoever posted about the phantom 2 risers... They were foam and glued on to the baseplate. I soaked mine in lighter fluid and burned them off and my board stunk for months when I was a kid. There's a skull cutout in the foam as well IIRC.

i have a set of pink ones in my trunk, i'll snap a pic later for funsies

[art hellman]

Grimple 8.4 Gerwer (customized as a fantasy AA guest board)
Indy 149ti (w/cast baseplate (hollow), aftermarket Indy conical bushings, riptide)
SF F4 53mm OG Classic 99a
Swiss
Jessup

inspired by:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=annXSj1Jm0M

[Frank and Fred]

Love your thinking at @art hellman

[iw0]

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Really want a Sour deck. What's the wood like ?

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Also whoever posted about the phantom 2 risers... They were foam and glued on to the baseplate. I soaked mine in lighter fluid and burned them off and my board stunk for months when I was a kid. There's a skull cutout in the foam as well IIRC.

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i have a set of pink ones in my trunk, i'll snap a pic later for funsies

behold...

don't have anything to throw them on right now, but when i do i'll post the set-up
also taking suggestions 

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Really want a Sour deck. What's the wood like ?

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Also whoever posted about the phantom 2 risers... They were foam and glued on to the baseplate. I soaked mine in lighter fluid and burned them off and my board stunk for months when I was a kid. There's a skull cutout in the foam as well IIRC.

[close]

i have a set of pink ones in my trunk, i'll snap a pic later for funsies

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behold...

don't have anything to throw them on right now, but when i do i'll post the set-up
also taking suggestions 

Holy shit.
What else does the trunk of your (time machine) “car” have in it?
I definitely want to see the setup pics

[camel filters]

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Really want a Sour deck. What's the wood like ?

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Also whoever posted about the phantom 2 risers... They were foam and glued on to the baseplate. I soaked mine in lighter fluid and burned them off and my board stunk for months when I was a kid. There's a skull cutout in the foam as well IIRC.

[close]

i have a set of pink ones in my trunk, i'll snap a pic later for funsies

[close]

behold...

don't have anything to throw them on right now, but when i do i'll post the set-up
also taking suggestions 

[close]

Holy shit.
What else does the trunk of your (time machine) “car” have in it?
I definitely want to see the setup pics

These brought up a memory of my childhood of my friend who was more of a gamer but had these set up on a purple bam board. He was the only one of our skate group who wasn't really doing 5050 on curbs yet but could roll on from a curb cut and grind the unwaxed curb in front of his house. He ended up being the first one I've ever witnessed reach axle on his trucks. I now think about how I will always relate axled trucks and roll on grinds to phantoms and how jacked that is.

[theloniousmonk]

Summer of 2001 I had phantom trucks, but they were maybe phantom 1s because the emblem on them was round. The shop in Madison had a connection with syndrome for their blank decks that they screened for the shop and I think phantom was out of there as well.

I skated a ton of status boards back then, they were like $35 each

I still have one of the syndrome blanks, 7.5 just under 14” wheelbase and 31” long.

[Ronnie Rodriguez]

Summer of 2001 I had phantom trucks, but they were maybe phantom 1s because the emblem on them was round. The shop in Madison had a connection with syndrome for their blank decks that they screened for the shop and I think phantom was out of there as well.

I skated a ton of status boards back then, they were like $35 each

I still have one of the syndrome blanks, 7.5 just under 14” wheelbase and 31” long.

Are you talking about these?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/154110611559?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=AJlSTBzdS7y&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=0u4e0FiGRYS&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

Phantom Unit trucks. I had them in like 1998 and they were the worst trucks I've ever skated. I wanted ventures so bad, but these were cheaper and I wasn't disciplined enough to wait another week to save the money. After these, I skated nothing but ventures for 14 years.

[iw0]

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Really want a Sour deck. What's the wood like ?

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Also whoever posted about the phantom 2 risers... They were foam and glued on to the baseplate. I soaked mine in lighter fluid and burned them off and my board stunk for months when I was a kid. There's a skull cutout in the foam as well IIRC.

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i have a set of pink ones in my trunk, i'll snap a pic later for funsies

[close]

behold...

don't have anything to throw them on right now, but when i do i'll post the set-up
also taking suggestions 

[close]

Holy shit.
What else does the trunk of your (time machine) “car” have in it?
I definitely want to see the setup pics

oh not much else, just a set of tensor lows


also love the connections people have with the phantoms. bam board is now on the list to get them onto lol

[tzhangdox]

Grimple 8.4, deviating from the usual dlx 8.5 14.25 shape but so far I like it
Venture 5.8 (cast plates, titanium hanger, clear supercush bushings, flat top washer)
Spitfire f4 52mm 99a og classics
Swiss

[FatGuy92]

Grimple 8.4, deviating from the usual dlx 8.5 14.25 shape but so far I like it
Venture 5.8 (cast plates, titanium hanger, clear supercush bushings, flat top washer)
Spitfire f4 52mm 99a og classics
Swiss

Is it a true 8.4? Or is it slightly off like the 8.5 and 8.38?

[FUBAR]

That is a sick setup.

[tzhangdox]

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Grimple 8.4, deviating from the usual dlx 8.5 14.25 shape but so far I like it
Venture 5.8 (cast plates, titanium hanger, clear supercush bushings, flat top washer)
Spitfire f4 52mm 99a og classics
Swiss

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Is it a true 8.4? Or is it slightly off like the 8.5 and 8.38?

I don't have a measuring tape on me. But I think the 8.5 14.25 navy eagle dlx shape is actually 8.5 at the widest point, just most of it is closer to 8.38. This 8.4 feels pretty consistent throughout so I'm guessing its a true 8.4, which lets be real, is pretty much indistinguishable from an 8.38.

Overall impressions is that it is a hair longer, I think the wheelbase is a true 14.25 as opposed to the navy eagle shape is more of a 14.2ish. Feels a little more pencil-ish and less chodey than the 8.5 but they're very similar.

Only one session in so verdict is still out, but its good so far. If they had this shape but in a true 8.5 width I'd be very very very happy.

[rocklobster]

I skated a ton of status boards back then, they were like $35 each

I still have one of the syndrome blanks, 7.5 just under 14” wheelbase and 31” long.

Loved those decks, really steep and stiff and the Status logo decks were fantastic for the price. Would love to find one on eBay and hold onto for memory's sake.

[FatGuy92]

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Grimple 8.4, deviating from the usual dlx 8.5 14.25 shape but so far I like it
Venture 5.8 (cast plates, titanium hanger, clear supercush bushings, flat top washer)
Spitfire f4 52mm 99a og classics
Swiss

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Is it a true 8.4? Or is it slightly off like the 8.5 and 8.38?

[close]

I don't have a measuring tape on me. But I think the 8.5 14.25 navy eagle dlx shape is actually 8.5 at the widest point, just most of it is closer to 8.38. This 8.4 feels pretty consistent throughout so I'm guessing its a true 8.4, which lets be real, is pretty much indistinguishable from an 8.38.

Overall impressions is that it is a hair longer, I think the wheelbase is a true 14.25 as opposed to the navy eagle shape is more of a 14.2ish. Feels a little more pencil-ish and less chodey than the 8.5 but they're very similar.

Only one session in so verdict is still out, but its good so far. If they had this shape but in a true 8.5 width I'd be very very very happy.

Sick thanks for sharing!