Anyone ever ridden ventures with the standard 8.5 shape? I’m having a bout of madness lately. Carl aikens has a new shape for chocolate and it seems like it’s dimensions are very similar to the polar 8.5 which I’ve seen him skating before. Just curious what ventures are like on that 8.5 wheelbase
I’m super curious what this person rides as a full setup. 5.8s? 5.6s? The very nice crailtap shape guide doesn’t yet have the the write up for this new shape you are referencing. The guide does say he rides the g016, and in some of his footage that looks to be true, as that shape has the ill small pointy tail, but that could be old news. His new shape is just listed in the site of you look his boards up.
I wouldn’t worry too much about matching trucks to boards. I’ve chased this horseshit dragon around, and it can absolutely help me get results, but…if I like a certain pair of trucks, and like a shape enough, anything can work. Where this pairing really helps is if the board is kinda fucked for me. Imo.
This is a polar thread and they have really good stuff obviously. I kinda stopped riding them, just so ubiquitous. I really appreciated the first artist, but their graphics are generally very nice. Good wood. All of that being said, I really back crail shapes. The wood is never my absolute favorite (the old company that everyone hated, because it frequently sucked, occasionally put out some decks that felt amazing), but it last pretty good these days. Very consistent.
Anyways, who knows Carl’s setup? This is all I care about