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Girl 8.25 (G052 Malto shape)
Venture 5.6 hollow
Spitfire f4 54mm 99's
Bronson bearings
Modus hardware 7/8
Jessup ultra
This board skates great super crisp and poppy, not a huge fan of the .25" taper to the tail but that's a minor as its only a visual thing and doesn't affect the way it skates.
just ordered myself a 8.25 twin (G069) for when this one calls it a day, no taper and pretty much the same specs.
hope they keep it in production!
Good setup. If I recall correctly the malto shape has a long tail, that must be nice with the steepness of Crail tails and the ventures.
Have you ever felt the "tinnyness" of the Hollow baseplate? Idk if you've skated Cast before
i skated two 8.25 chocolate boards just before the pandemic and loved them but could never find that same feeling in other decks on forged ventures. i tried quite a few diff woodshops during my year long madness era and really liked the deluxe boards, they skated good but my body didn't get on with the short tails as they always made my legs super tired after a good session whereas the crail boards don't seem to do that. funny how you end up coming back full circle with these things.
'you started this madness you shall end this madness.' haha
the 6.8 tail length plus the steepness and the short wheelbase combo seems to be a sweet spot for my long legs on ventures.
i always had cast until i started to use v-lights and hollows, i switched out from 101's to 99 spitfires and it took away that tinny feel as it seems to absorb the vibrations better through the thinner base plate plus they seem to slide better on chunky ledges as there's less to catch.
Edit: +1 for the floor tiles (the apartment floor when i stayed in Amsterdam while i was travelling through the Netherlands, perfect for a set up pic)
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