Venture 2020

[downtodevin]

My madness is killing me and I’m thinking about setting up an 8 inch with 5.2 Lo’s. I’ve been on AF1 44s for a while and want something completely different. Any advice for a smaller setup with the low trucks? Thanks!

[notinternetfamous]

My madness is killing me and I’m thinking about setting up an 8 inch with 5.2 Lo’s. I’ve been on AF1 44s for a while and want something completely different. Any advice for a smaller setup with the low trucks? Thanks!

Venture 5.2 Lo's will be a fun experiment and are well loved by many of the posters in this thread. Thunder 147's are great and they are low trucks sitting at 50mm.

[FrenchSkater]

I skated my first session with My Ventures raws 5.25 High and my Baker 8.125.. PERFECT COMBO !!  A real pleasure to ride, trucks a little smaller than the board, but so responsive and I feel like all the tricks come easier ! My madness is over .. 

[iw0]

I got some 6.1 V Hollows and they came with yellow bushings.  All the V Hollows I saw in the shop had purple bushings (didn't buy those b/c they didn't have the 6.1s I was after).  I'm guessing these are the same durometer as all the others, just a different color right?

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[SlapMcKracken]

Venture hollow lights (high) with 8.25 Alien Deck, 54 mm wheels for the first time today.

It was different. Pop feel really different. Heelflips still consistent, but often a bit more rocket than usual for example.

I skated a new knee-high (for smaller people thigh high) ledge today with that setup and realized that it’s really different. Pizza Deck before on those trucks and I had flips to mannie every try.
With the AWS I didn’t make it up the ledge the first four times and just didn’t get why. I then tried to pop like crazy and finally had a clean one.

I also was super tired after the session today; but maybe it was just one of those days. Had them before of course too.

I guess I will get used to it, right?




But I’ll ride a new complete soon anyways. 8“ AWS , Venuture lo lights, and I need to get wheels. 51mm? 52mm? What would you get? Got 53 mm spitfires here, but are they too big? Then I would just keep them for a future setup

Is the 8“ Alien deck just as steep? I think the tail is a good amount shorter than of the 8.25.
you think 8“ AWS goes good with Venture lo‘s?

[Radim]

I will skate as long Ventures will be produced.

[manysnakes]

My madness is killing me and I’m thinking about setting up an 8 inch with 5.2 Lo’s. I’ve been on AF1 44s for a while and want something completely different. Any advice for a smaller setup with the low trucks? Thanks!

FWIW I made this exact switch and hated it.

[downtodevin]

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My madness is killing me and I’m thinking about setting up an 8 inch with 5.2 Lo’s. I’ve been on AF1 44s for a while and want something completely different. Any advice for a smaller setup with the low trucks? Thanks!

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FWIW I made this exact switch and hated it.

Anything specific you hated about it? Or just overall not good?

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My madness is killing me and I’m thinking about setting up an 8 inch with 5.2 Lo’s. I’ve been on AF1 44s for a while and want something completely different. Any advice for a smaller setup with the low trucks? Thanks!

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FWIW I made this exact switch and hated it.

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Anything specific you hated about it? Or just overall not good?

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I skate different setups, one has af-1 44s, another 5.2 lo’s.
I think the first thing I notice is that the ace trucks turn a lot more, and can use a much larger wheel. As far as how that ‘helps’ my skating? I probably land more shit on the ventures, I like the pop better on the ventures (I’ve whined about this a bunch, I have a hard time with the pop on ace, may have figured it out a little better last night: move the popping foot closer to the truck, with ace. I’m an idiot.)
Anyways, for me, both are fun.
Caveat: I really like ventures. I want to like them, and I do. So I always make room for them. Not for everyone this

[downtodevin]

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My madness is killing me and I’m thinking about setting up an 8 inch with 5.2 Lo’s. I’ve been on AF1 44s for a while and want something completely different. Any advice for a smaller setup with the low trucks? Thanks!

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FWIW I made this exact switch and hated it.

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Anything specific you hated about it? Or just overall not good?

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I skate different setups, one has af-1 44s, another 5.2 lo’s.
I think the first thing I notice is that the ace trucks turn a lot more, and can use a much larger wheel. As far as how that ‘helps’ my skating? I probably land more shit on the ventures, I like the pop better on the ventures (I’ve whined about this a bunch, I have a hard time with the pop on ace, may have figured it out a little better last night: move the popping foot closer to the truck, with ace. I’m an idiot.)
Anyways, for me, both are fun.
Caveat: I really like ventures. I want to like them, and I do. So I always make room for them. Not for everyone this

Yeah I love my Aces and they turn great but I want more stability. That’s why I want to try the Lows. I think I’ll be able to land stuff more consistently with them. Or maybe I just suck and they won’t help.

[j....soy.....]

I’ll prolly get back on 5.6’s or even 5.2 hi’s…..5.6’s were the most flippable truck for me.  I’ve skated 8.25 trucks for awhile now, I sized up because I felt finding boards less than that were hard to find but now it feels like 8.125’s and 8’s are more common than 5-6 years ago….I’m on Mindys now and they feel great, ie. lower, wheelbase proper, grind well….but a lot of the components don’t actually help me, I just like the idea of them…..

[FGO925]

Anyone else ride ventures with steep concave like  FA decks? It’s not my main setup but I think I’ve seen people say they prefer more flat mellow concaves on ventures, yet this has been super fun to ride.

[oliknight]

Anyone else ride ventures with steep concave like  FA decks? It’s not my main setup but I think I’ve seen people say they prefer more flat mellow concaves on ventures, yet this has been super fun to ride.

I skated 5.2 lows on an 8.18 hockey deck and it was amazing for flatground!

[DeepSpace9mm]

6.1 riders what’s your go to deck ?
I haven’t spent much time on Ventures but
I just picked got some (6.1’s). I’m looking at some 8.5-8.75 Alien and Quasi decks. Also the Metal egg 9.0 and Quasi egg with the 13.75 wheelbase look fun. Steep or mellow with Ventures?   

[Tom Pearl]

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Anyone else ride ventures with steep concave like  FA decks? It’s not my main setup but I think I’ve seen people say they prefer more flat mellow concaves on ventures, yet this has been super fun to ride.

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I skated 5.2 lows on an 8.18 hockey deck and it was amazing for flatground!

big nose on lows is my fav combo

[SlapMcKracken]

Anyone else ride ventures with steep concave like  FA decks? It’s not my main setup but I think I’ve seen people say they prefer more flat mellow concaves on ventures, yet this has been super fun to ride.

Skated high ventures on Fa and alien and it was great.

Soon; alien and Venture lo lights. Hope it works with the lo‘s that good too

[tzhangdox]

I really really hated FA on ventures back when I had that combo. That being said, steep kicks are just not my thing in general so your mileage may vary

[Thebird]

Anyone else ride ventures with steep concave like  FA decks? It’s not my main setup but I think I’ve seen people say they prefer more flat mellow concaves on ventures, yet this has been super fun to ride.

I've ridden ventures highs on numerous workshops.  I think they pair great.  Serious nollie power.

[rocklobster]

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Anyone else ride ventures with steep concave like  FA decks? It’s not my main setup but I think I’ve seen people say they prefer more flat mellow concaves on ventures, yet this has been super fun to ride.

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I've ridden ventures highs on numerous workshops.  I think they pair great.  Serious nollie power.

Best Nollies in my life with Ventures and long nose AWS / Habitat decks

[juniormint]

6.1 riders what’s your go to deck ?
I haven’t spent much time on Ventures but
I just picked got some (6.1’s). I’m looking at some 8.5-8.75 Alien and Quasi decks. Also the Metal egg 9.0 and Quasi egg with the 13.75 wheelbase look fun. Steep or mellow with Ventures?

AWS 8.75 and 6.1s is a great feeling setup imo. Not particularly mellow, but it might be the generous tail that balances it out really well.

[Sk.A.T.A.N]

I really really hated FA on ventures back when I had that combo. That being said, steep kicks are just not my thing in general so your mileage may vary

FA/Hockey 8.25 might be my fav decks to pair up with the venture 5.6 v-hollows I ride… I love the 14.12wb on them and the steep concave makes me feel like I got powered up pop.

@DeepSpace9mm I got some 6.1 v-hollows in my “slappy set-up” and I really like them paired with this Heroin “shovel egg” deck with a <14wb. It’s such a fun chubby set-up that I’ve been riding it as my main lately.
But yeah, I think if you don’t go over 14.25wb you should be alright.

[j....soy.....]

I can understand it as Ventures shorten/steepen the nose a bit and unless the nose has some length to it, it's whiff city..... I think if you like those boards, the trucks will be fine, personally I'd prefer them on something mellower (BBS) but that's just how I like boards.

[SlapMcKracken]

Experiences with lo ventures and AWS decks?

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Experiences with lo ventures and AWS decks?

Dunno why, but your request sounds so horny to me


Venture lo’s and AWS were the kit. Pops are his zenith…so many others.
The beginning of the setup thread is just 7.75s and lo’s are shit.
I remember reading something where dill and Ave both swore by the 7.75, 5.0 lo, and like 53 ish wheels (so you know those trucks were cranked).

I haven’t done it in recent times. AWS or habitat isn’t usually at the shop, and the current versions, although totally fine, don’t get pull me in, like say a quasi, or a strangelove would

[GBLange]

6.1 riders what’s your go to deck ?
I haven’t spent much time on Ventures but
I just picked got some (6.1’s). I’m looking at some 8.5-8.75 Alien and Quasi decks. Also the Metal egg 9.0 and Quasi egg with the 13.75 wheelbase look fun. Steep or mellow with Ventures?

WKND 8.875" football shape with 13.75”wb.

[munchbox]

6.1 riders what’s your go to deck ?
I haven’t spent much time on Ventures but
I just picked got some (6.1’s). I’m looking at some 8.5-8.75 Alien and Quasi decks. Also the Metal egg 9.0 and Quasi egg with the 13.75 wheelbase look fun. Steep or mellow with Ventures?

anything from 8.5 - 9.25ish should work
without hiccups as long as the wheelbase doesnt pass 14.25
seen people run them up to 14.5wb but its hefty pop
might give it another try myself to maybe change the narrative

steep vs mellow depends on you. i had good times on both

[DeepSpace9mm]

Thanks for the responses and suggestions. I’m excited to try out these 6.1’s when I can.

[Uncle Flea]

Wouldn't redrilling change how the truck feels while turning in manual?

Especially since I'd definitely only drill one using a 6 hole plate then the 69 method.

[Mbrimson88]

Wouldn't redrilling change how the truck feels while turning in manual?

Especially since I'd definitely only drill one using a 6 hole plate then the 69 method.

Are you referring to the way Koston and others do this with their Venture trucks?


If so, then yes.

Completely.

I think the easiest way to explain how it felt is like this - it is like going from having a brick on the front of your board with normal Ventures, which give it the heavy lift feeling when compared to other truck brands, especially Indy or Ace, to having zero weight on the front of the board at all, so it is almost too light compared to everything else, so completely opposite extremes with the difference in where the truck sits on the average board with average wheelbase and holes drilled with normal fingers of flat.

Not that hard to get used to if you stuck with it and skated those same trucks on the same longer wheelbase board, but I guess for those people who do drill their Venture baseplates in the alternate hole pattern, each truck being now 3/8" less so a total of 3/4" for both trucks, that is some serious difference you feel on any board, taking even a 14.75" wb down to even 14" if you wanted to.

I only tried it on an 8.38 with steep kicks and 14.5 wb which was a board I would not have skated normally on my Indy 149 trucks, and it worked really well on Venture 5.8s in the short wheelbase option.  To note the normal wheelbase option on the Venture trucks was terrible for me, but that was just one example and as said, I come from riding Indy trucks normally.


What I would recommend before drilling out the trucks is drilling in the wheelbase on an old board first, just to feel it out.  That is a whole lot easier and gives you a chance to get a feel for it, without maybe making a mess of the baseplates, or realising that it just doesn't work for you.

I did just the tail end initially which made it much more normal all round, as someone else had done to make it more even in the kicks too, but doing both is worth it, just to experience it even once.

[Uncle Flea]

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Wouldn't redrilling change how the truck feels while turning in manual?

Especially since I'd definitely only drill one using a 6 hole plate then the 69 method.

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Are you referring to the way Koston and others do this with their Venture trucks?


If so, then yes.

Completely.

I think the easiest way to explain how it felt is like this - it is like going from having a brick on the front of your board with normal Ventures, which give it the heavy lift feeling when compared to other truck brands, especially Indy or Ace, to having zero weight on the front of the board at all, so it is almost too light compared to everything else, so completely opposite extremes with the difference in where the truck sits on the average board with average wheelbase and holes drilled with normal fingers of flat.

Not that hard to get used to if you stuck with it and skated those same trucks on the same longer wheelbase board, but I guess for those people who do drill their Venture baseplates in the alternate hole pattern, each truck being now 3/8" less so a total of 3/4" for both trucks, that is some serious difference you feel on any board, taking even a 14.75" wb down to even 14" if you wanted to.

I only tried it on an 8.38 with steep kicks and 14.5 wb which was a board I would not have skated normally on my Indy 149 trucks, and it worked really well on Venture 5.8s in the short wheelbase option.  To note the normal wheelbase option on the Venture trucks was terrible for me, but that was just one example and as said, I come from riding Indy trucks normally.


What I would recommend before drilling out the trucks is drilling in the wheelbase on an old board first, just to feel it out.  That is a whole lot easier and gives you a chance to get a feel for it, without maybe making a mess of the baseplates, or realising that it just doesn't work for you.

I did just the tail end initially which made it much more normal all round, as someone else had done to make it more even in the kicks too, but doing both is worth it, just to experience it even once.

Word thanks. I'd definitely redrill my board way before doing my trucks.

My trucks are perfect. Probably going to have to go back to my old purps when the weather warms up tho.

Im going to cop a new truck this summer for my side board. Maybe mags idk. They need a 9" truck.
I'm sick of waxing shit. Gives me tendinitis. If there no sink around to wash my hands after I'm bummed.

I wanna feel what they are like on pool coping too. Hopefully they turn good. I had a trash find with og tensors. They didn't turn at all. Manny forever but forget carving.
Then I had a set of aloys or whatever on my brothers like almost complete. Broken immediately.