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On the subject of driving over boards,
OH gawd that made me cringe, lol.
Man, unless you can't find a board that you like I still hate the idea of stressing the deck that way. It will never be an issue for me as I don't push decks that hard.
I also find it funny that people want MORE mellow kicks as I prefer medium/steep. Anyway, good stuff, always appreciate your input.
Ha yeah, there are some crazy things out there that make me think "No that CANNOT possibly work" and I am pretty old and set in my ways, but especially now with more time on my hands due to covid lockdowns and minimal goings on, it has given me a bit more time to explore these weird and wonderful things, some with surprising results, but other things are still just a straight up NO after the experiment too - not going to go into details for those ones though.
From breaking ankles, front foot once, back twice way back in the late 80s and early 90s, I have found in later life I have to have more mellow kicks, especially a mellow tail otherwise I cannot easily walk, let alone skate much after a solid session. That does suck in itself, but not being able to skate at all sucks more, so I have adapted my board to accommodate my needs, thankfully the IV works, but most others I have parked on to mellow out have also turned otherwise regular / steep kicks into more mellow ones, which means if I cannot get my hands on a IV in the right size, I have other options too.
One other thing that makes it a plus is not necessarily flattening the deck permanently but flexing it helps it to not break as easily with heavy or hard landings on the kicks too. It gives just that little bit more compared to some decks that are so crispy and stiff they crack or break outright.
Just an observation with driven over decks, but I would definitely not recommend people do that before setting up any or every board they skate.
Topic: CURRENT WOODSHOP DIRECTORY 2021 + misc deck and board info, help, questions, etc (Read 210905 times)