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I go between the two pretty regularly. I prefer ventures at the park as long as im not skating the bowl, and I prefer indys when I'm in the street or in the bowl. I'm on nearly identical setups otherwise, just a difference in trucks. Switching so often makes me wonder if I'd like slappy trucks based on peoples description of them feeling in between the two (more-so noted thunder instead of venture though.
Try royals.
for real? I haven't even thought about royal since they first came out. They were horrible. I'll assume they got a lot better? Do they match the criteria of what I wrote in my previous post or something?
Yes, that's why I suggested them. You get the stability of ventures but with the ability to carve without wheelbite (thunder).
Slappy trucks are decidedly in the ACE/Indy/ML camp of turn, whereas the Royals are in the Thunder/Venture camp BUT turn better than both. The stock bushings are super soft, if you like a more indy feel keep them stock, if you want a more venture feel (while still being able to turn) throw in some hards.
At my local bowls, there is one pocket that I will always fail in with thunders (wheelbite) or ventures (turn delay) if I forget / just cruising for speed and let muscle memory take over; I don't fail that pocket with indy/ace/theeve/slappy or royals.
I can't recall which thread, this one or the royal one, that shows the royals are essentially damn near the same design, pitch, angles, space between baseplate and bushings, etc., as Ventures.
They are not the end all be all but provide minimal wheelbite, great turn and great stabilty and grind just fine (gotta break them in like vents or aces).