re: ventures not with short wheelbase
i have been teaching a lady friend how to skate
was going to put her on ventures but the local was out of 6.1s
went with ace 60s and the dlx 8.75/32.5/14.625wb
i did a couple of flip tricks and goddamn
the added wheelbase and length didnt feel off at all
not to mention the +400g weight was hardly noticeable
pop feel was similar, just missing the needed venture stability
the effective wb is close to what i ride so maybe thats it?
you all know i notoriously like short wb, trust me im baffled
my current ride is 8.75/31.75/14wb
it has been feeling too short for a while but is it wb or length?
anyway, the longer board gave me more confidence
more space to set up comfortably
rotations even felt easier, the weight made em whip around
basically everything felt better outside of ace squirrellyness
so im picking up a polar 9.0/32.25/14.5wb deck to test stock
pairing it up with 6.1 hollows
at best, i backtrack on all the times i said it doesnt work
at worst, i can just redrill it to 14.125wb and keep the length
anyone here running 14.5wb and ventures these days?
awhile back i got annoyed with myself only skating 14” wb, or less, and started trying to go the other way. i used to have a really really odd board, that amongst many other quirks, had a 14.75 wb. i could treflip it pretty easily, which is a trip because sometimes i will go FORFUCJINFEVER without landing a one, or a good one, on setups that really only have that sole purpose.
so anyways, i started off with a griffin gass shape, just less than 14.5. board was amazing. wrong thread for all of this nonsense, for many reasons, most saliently: i was skating thunder 149s. loved that setup. instead of getting another one and calling it good, i then moved on to trying the next longest wb that was readily available to me in that moment, that chud brophy’s board, with a 14.75 wb. that board skated very well. nonsense.
the brophy was too big, but did a lot of what i wanted it to do, and when that stuff worked, it was extremely satisfying. i think it was
@Sedition that mentioned this in another thread, paraphrasing: bigger board is more satisfying/feels better, even at the expense of tricks.
because you are, if i remember, a pretty tall person, i’ve wondered if that dipshit brophy’s board would work well for you. the proportions are nice.
i think effective wb is a trap. there is some other magic that is a foot. i love my venture lo’s on the girl boards with the sub 14” wb, but if i had to guess, it’s really the tail on that shape, and the overall length of the board, that i enjoy.
once again i’ve written a lot, said little of note.
i don’t have some personal grudge against brophy. just seemed like he did drugs with carroll and got onto a team i used to love. i favor the idea of a diet reese, it’s just not….
sort of on track: i’d be surprised if a longer board didn’t help you out.
and ventures are sick. i don’t even try and match the trucks and the wb anymore.