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If everyone started skating ace or thunder/venture indy would become a tshirt company at pacsun like rip and dip or Hurley
My understanding about the recent shake-ups with long-time pros at Indy is that, amongst other things, the new ownership of Independent wanted to turn the whole thing into a "lifestyle" brand in the same way Thrasher had managed to become *haute couture*.
I might be wrong, but last time I checked Indy was
still owned by Novak, Haut, & Shuirman Inc.
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Indy currently has a couple trucks that have both the standard and old school drillings (6 holes total). Why? Didn't we figure it out in the 90s that if you drill the holes back further you won't ruin your bolts on nose slides? Are there really that many people setting up old school boards with the old bolt pattern that require 6 hole baseplates? Does anybody actually care about nerdy shit like this other than me?
retro stuff is huge
get a clue
Yeah I know, but I don't understand why anyone would continue to use the old bolt pattern on a reissued or old school style board. What's the advantage? The only thing I could think of is that having the bolts spaced slightly further apart makes for a more stable truck interface, but it seems like it would be pretty minimal. And I guess you could use old trucks with the old bolt pattern, but it seems like very few people would be doing that.
Makes it an exact replica of the original
I mean... not really.
The original (whatever they’re repro-ing this month) set ups were not likely running Indy stage 11s, but at least with those 215s, you can nail down a certain chunk of the mid 80s fairly well.
Still, I take your point. And at least from the top, you can get that look/feel.