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2 weeks in, nothing forbidden here. happy to have hit axle on the ventures.
Love it. Are you going to stick with the ventures when they're done?
luckily there's still plenty of life in them, i tend to skate trucks until i find they're inhibiting my skating - this is usually when the axles get past the point of rethreading. still have yet to lose a truck to complete structural failure though i was damn close on a set of thunders once. i also like to tinker a fair bit and go through multiple bushing setups so i can find what works best. i just threw in the bones hardcore blues and also stopped skating risers for the first time in around 6 years, that combo is working pretty well, so yeah when this set is dusted i will probably grab the same pair/bushing combo. may try and pair them up with a 14wb 8.5 too, i've heard that's a good combo.
are 14wb 8.5 boards common? I want a 14wb 8.25 board and that's hard enough to find
Some companies bring out a lot more boards with shorter wheelbases than others, so it can be very brand or woodshop specific.
Pennswood woodshop has a number of 14.0 wheelbase board options that some people ride regularly from Slap.
Some boards from DLX - Real, Antihero in particular have shorter wheelbase options, as well as some boards from Santa Cruz / Creature, a couple of shapes from WKND or other PS Stix variant in 8.25 with 14.0 wb I think, April decks have shorter wb, just for starters.