The Set-up Thread

[rocklobster]

Swapped out the Element a little early because for some reason the tail felt very short, even though it measures identical to this Polar and other previous BBS 8.6s I've had.
Polar Herrington 8.625 Something about this shape and dimensions just feels perfect to me. I've had a few of them recently and then I stray away, but whenever I come back it feels great.
Ace AF1 Low 60s with hollow hanger
Dusty-ass lil smokies conicals (should've switched these out as well but didn't have time)
Quantum Atoms
Shorty's Lights 7/8 allen
Pepper grip

Had the same experience with the Element deck I rode a few months back, on paper it's 0.05" at 6.45", but the tapered tail made it feel way shorter.

[Orangepulp1000]

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Baker 8.475 x 31.875 x 14.25
Venture 5.6
Spitfire ff 99 53mm classics
Bones big balls
Jessup ultra
Thin stripe always

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Wow your grip is all lined up perfectly. That's very impressive!

Thank dude appreciate it. I’m pretty meticulous with it 

[Zyth]

clown skateboards 8.75 (14.25 wb)
mob grip
shake junt 7/8 allen hardware
thunder 151 lights
bones hard bushings
powell peralta dragon formula 93a 56mm
bones super swiss 6

[TastyBurrito]

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8.5” 13.75” wheelbase gripped w/pepper
1 1/8” Shorty’s Phillips hardware
1/8” Bones risers
Ace AF1 44’s on Stage 7 baseplates w/OG Krux pins
Spitfire F4 58mm 99a Radial Fulls
*3 washers inside each wheel, 1 outer, axle nuts flipped
Bones Big Balls bearings

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Cute 8.25 ya got there! lol    I've measured 3 more of these 8.5's I've found in the wild and they were all 8.25's.

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I remember people talking about sizing like with PS you measure straight across, with the BBS you measure with the curve.

Anyway, I have the misregistered eagle version of this deck and am curious. So I’ll measure it when I’m home from work.

I measured my mis-registered eagle with the same dimensions and it's 8.25" straight across and 8.5" with the bend of the wood. Unlike the AH Curb Crusher 8.5 (with a 14" WB) where it's 8.5" straight across.

Damn. I wanted to ride a sub 14" WB but don't know how I'll like the skinnier board. Guess I'll give it a go and just switch it out if I don't vibe it.

[Cesspool86]

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Hello all. Longtime lurker first time poster so I figured I'd post the whip. 

Custom board made by the homie Ben of nomatter skateboards.  8 x 31 with 14 inch wheelbase
Thunder 147 with hard bushings
Spitfire lil smokies 48 mm
Mob grip

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So good!

I looked up his instagram and copied your post (and board) to the Woodshop thread, just to give him a bit more recognition.

https://www.instagram.com/nomatterskateboards/

Thanks! Good looking out!

[GT]

Girl GO52 slick
Thunders Ti 149
52mm dragons

[oliknight]

I’m so in love with this set-up, one of my favourite shapes ever, I’ve been through a few of these and will keep skating them for as long as they make them! *chefs kiss*

Venture 6.1
Spitfire 53mm

[tom]

After yesterday's mishap I went back to a BBS board

Andrew Reynolds 8.25 with the 14.25 wb redrilled down to about 13.9
Everything still the same

[Nth syd bear]

^^  that's pretty cool,   you had any trouble using the chems tool?

I'd like one but afraid I might succeed and decide to redrill everything I come across

[Slugboi22]

After yesterday's mishap I went back to a BBS board

Andrew Reynolds 8.25 with the 14.25 wb redrilled down to about 13.9
Everything still the same

great graphic and setup. can we get a top view? looking to size down and that board is on my radar

[logjammin]

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8.5” 13.75” wheelbase gripped w/pepper
1 1/8” Shorty’s Phillips hardware
1/8” Bones risers
Ace AF1 44’s on Stage 7 baseplates w/OG Krux pins
Spitfire F4 58mm 99a Radial Fulls
*3 washers inside each wheel, 1 outer, axle nuts flipped
Bones Big Balls bearings

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Cute 8.25 ya got there! lol    I've measured 3 more of these 8.5's I've found in the wild and they were all 8.25's.

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I remember people talking about sizing like with PS you measure straight across, with the BBS you measure with the curve.

Anyway, I have the misregistered eagle version of this deck and am curious. So I’ll measure it when I’m home from work.

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I measured my mis-registered eagle with the same dimensions and it's 8.25" straight across and 8.5" with the bend of the wood. Unlike the AH Curb Crusher 8.5 (with a 14" WB) where it's 8.5" straight across.

Damn. I wanted to ride a sub 14" WB but don't know how I'll like the skinnier board. Guess I'll give it a go and just switch it out if I don't vibe it.

I haven't measured it but I can tell just by looking at it, especially with how much magic carpet there was before I added three washers inside each wheel, and these are some wide wheels, that it's definitely an 8.5. After skating so many 8.1-8.5 boards over the years I have a good eye for calling it without measuring.

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After yesterday's mishap I went back to a BBS board

Andrew Reynolds 8.25 with the 14.25 wb redrilled down to about 13.9
Everything still the same

Oooh shit!
Hot, very hot

[Nth syd bear]

Enjoi R7 8 x 31.6 x 14wb
Indy Ti 129 bones medium
Reds
Spitfire f4 51mm conical full extra washers

I tried 139's and aces didn't like it much
I know 129 on a dwindle 8 is not the coolest shit
But I'm really liking this for some reason,
That said I'm not a large human and do like shorter boards

[tom]

@Nth syd bear the Chems tool was super straight forward. I used the 3/8 increment version because the 1/4 one would’ve been too close to the existing bolt holes, and too short if I went by 1/2 an inch. I had redrilled all four bolt holes in under a minute. Just be confident while you push it through and run it in reverse while pulling out

@ok i mostly bought it for the graphic. It was my size and I already really like baker shapes, but just had to pull it in a little bit


@Slugboi22

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@Nth syd bear the Chems tool was super straight forward. I used the 3/8 increment version because the 1/4 one would’ve been too close to the existing bolt holes, and too short if I went by 1/2 an inch. I had redrilled all four bolt holes in under a minute. Just be confident while you push it through and run it in reverse while pulling out

@ok i mostly bought it for the graphic. It was my size and I already really like baker shapes, but just had to pull it in a little bit


@Slugboi22

Baker shapes are good.
I have a shop deck that the person specified as being ‘generator’ (not bbs…I’ve heard that generator is just a place that does graphics, I’ve also heard they have a few presses and make boards, I dunno). The board looks like a baker. Flatter, less of the dramatics concave from the side view.
Anyways, something is very pleasing to me, about the classic baker shape, the pointy, the flat, the smaller tails…noses are bigger than I like, but their boards look good on hand, and from above.

[hiljentaa]

Element Jaakko 8.25 (last of three)
Venture 5.8
worn 51mm F4

[BartHarleyJarvis]

Quasi World Wide 9" egg
Indy Stage 4 151
Spit F4 Oski 55m Radials
Quantums
Santa Cruz Slimline rails
Mob

Trying to clear out the sticker stash...

[Cesspool86]

Quasi World Wide 9" egg
Indy Stage 4 151
Spit F4 Oski 55m Radials
Quantums
Santa Cruz Slimline rails
Mob

Trying to clear out the sticker stash...

That's a tasty looking shape. Reminds of a magenta egg I might have to run again

[Woodshop]

Baker shapes are good.
I have a shop deck that the person specified as being ‘generator’ (not bbs…I’ve heard that generator is just a place that does graphics, I’ve also heard they have a few presses and make boards, I dunno). The board looks like a baker. Flatter, less of the dramatics concave from the side view.
Anyways, something is very pleasing to me, about the classic baker shape, the pointy, the flat, the smaller tails…noses are bigger than I like, but their boards look good on hand, and from above.

Re Generator, my understanding is this:

BBS is the manufacturer / woodshop that makes the boards for many top tier brands including Baker.  Generator is their wholesale board distributor or "in house" retail arm, more so for smaller brands and shop boards (blanks) that do not or cannot go directly to BBS. 

As a lot of the shapes and molds are different within BBS, there are dedicated molds for certain top brands, but there are also dedicated molds for Generator blanks, so what you would get as a shop board is often going to be slightly different to what Baker or similar brands have as their own concaves, due to different molds being used, even though they are out of the same place.

That way they can keep things separate so people can't just go get "blanks / shop boards" instead of a Baker board, keeping the branding and the product in a different line, blanks and shop boards being cheaper, pro boards being more expensive.

A Generator board sticker, which is on a shop board:

[Nth syd bear]

^^ shout out to you @Mbrimson88 / @Woodshop

Appreciate all the info you share/questions answered

[Woodshop]

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I forgot to add, BBS is just over the border in Mexico, but Generator have their office in Oceanside, California.


Generator has a newish site up now with some good info, that I hadn't seen before:



https://www.generatordistribution.com/about-1-1


Our boards are manufactured exclusively with BBS MFG. in Mexico.  Printing, transferring, packaging & distribution is done at our facility in Oceanside California. 

[Mbrimson88]

^^ shout out to you @Mbrimson88 / @Woodshop

Appreciate all the info you share/questions answered

Ha yeah, always down for skateboarding and finding out more info about things.

[rocklobster]

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I forgot to add, BBS is just over the border in Mexico, but Generator have their office in Oceanside, California.


Generator has a newish site up now with some good info, that I hadn't seen before:



https://www.generatordistribution.com/about-1-1


Our boards are manufactured exclusively with BBS MFG. in Mexico.  Printing, transferring, packaging & distribution is done at our facility in Oceanside California.

Looks like they finally caved and are selling blanks like PS Stix
https://skatesamples.com/

[Nth syd bear]

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I forgot to add, BBS is just over the border in Mexico, but Generator have their office in Oceanside, California.


Generator has a newish site up now with some good info, that I hadn't seen before:



https://www.generatordistribution.com/about-1-1


Our boards are manufactured exclusively with BBS MFG. in Mexico.  Printing, transferring, packaging & distribution is done at our facility in Oceanside California.

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Looks like they finally caved and are selling blanks like PS Stix
https://skatesamples.com/

Looks like shipping within the US only
Still would be interesting to see the dims on the regular decks
I see the shaped ones have length and wb listed but not the pops

[YungJugg]

quasi 8.5
venture 5.8 90a supercush cast plate hollow axle
classic f4 56mm
swiss
allen
jessup

[Maccat]

Vacation in Chicago set up.



Polar Dane 1
Indy Hollow 159s
Ricta Clouds

[Maxi205]

There 8.25 x 31,5 with a 13,88 WB (True Fit Mold)
Venture 5.6 Cast with a flatwasher on top and Riptide Pivot Cups
Spitfire f4 99a 54 Classic Full
Cheap Cortina Bearings
Shorty‘s Lights 7/8 Hardware
Mob Grip
Cons Louie Lopez beat to death

Had a short flatground session today and it felt pretty good

[Thebird]

First time trying a Hockey.  8.5 Andrew Allen
5.8 cast hollows
52 mm f4 99A
Bones swiss

[Made In China]

quasi 8.5
venture 5.8 90a supercush cast plate hollow axle
classic f4 56mm
swiss
allen
jessup

Dude that front truck is looking crazy! Props for getting it that grounded

[manysnakes]

I’ve had some real waaaacky ones. Truck holes at an angle

Last time I tried PS, I bought a WKND and the truck holes were not drilled square. I cannot even imagine how you can get this wrong - the only universal standard on a skateboard. Wouldn't a manufacturer just have a jig permanently set up for drilling four holes in the exact same place? How could one of those holes ever be off?